Volunteer Passport Scheme
The Volunteer Passport scheme is a unique service to support volunteers or organisations recruiting volunteers, which will launch across Northamptonshire next Monday, 9 May. Find more information here
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Entries by Sophie Negus
Dementia Action Week 16th – 22nd May 2022
Each year, Alzheimer’s Society holds Dementia Action Week to encourage people to take action to improve the lives of people affected by dementia. With many dementia diagnosis rates at a five-year low, tens of thousands of people across the country are currently living with undiagnosed dementia. This means they don’t have access to the vital […]
The Integrated Care System
The Integrated Care System process is gaining pace in Northamptonshire, and VIN recently contributed to the proposed Government White Paper on People and Places. The focus session was led by the NHS Voluntary Partnerships Team and included contributors from across the VCSE Sector within the UK. The response can be seen here Continue to view […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 9th – 15th May 2022
Its Mental Health Awareness Week next week and this year’s theme is loneliness – something we can all experience at some point in our lives. We all know the effect that loneliness and social isolation can have, and how it can impact on an individual’s health and wellbeing. As part of the Better Health: […]
Join VIN on the 26th of May 2022 for the Poverty Truth Commission
If you live, work or reside in Northamptonshire and have a story to tell about poverty or financial vulnerability, or are just interested in the issue of Poverty then why not join VIN on the 26th of May 2022 between 12 noon and 1.30PM. Location: 15 St Giles Street: Northampton: NN1 1JA Refreshments: Drink and Cakes. […]
Policies and procedures
This week we are talking to Amarjit Pawar of Right Resolution CIC, Jane Geraghty, Northamptonshire Safeguarding Adults Board, Independent Scrutineer AND Michelle Wright, Team Manager for Safeguarding & Assurance, North Northants Council about the policies and procedures that support effective safeguarding in VCSE organisations.
Risk: Recognising, responding and reporting
To help VCSE organisations understand who is at risk, and how this relates to their responsibilities around safeguarding, NLive’s John Leivers is joined by NDAS’s Natriece Westwood, Amarjit Pawar from Right Resolution CIC, Jane Geraghty an Independent Scrutineer from Northamptonshire Safeguarding Adults Board ( NSAB) and Michelle Wright, Team Manager for Safeguarding & Assurance, North Northants Council.
Safeguarding, recruitment, and criminal records checks
Age UK’s Caroline Gooch, Natriece Westwood from NDAS,and Martin Steers from NLive Radio join John Leivers to talk about safeguarding, recruitment, and Criminal Records Checks, to help VCSE organisations understand what they should consider during the recruitment and induction of volunteers and staff, and what Criminal Records checks are, how to use them (and how not to!).
We are recruiting a trustee
If you want to help and support a local charity or understand a little more about the importance of Infrastructure Organisations that connect People to Places, then this might be a role for you.
Happy at Home volunteering Leaflet
Happy at Home provides a volunteer befriender to call or visit for a chat, offer information and social events.
