Heath Service Consultation There is currently a review into all health care services in Newark. Newark hospital is not closing. There are several reasons for this review - the population is ageing, health care standards are rising and Newark is a growth area. We must tackle health inequalities and health care should be in the right place and at the right time, first time. This is a long-term strategy. Some changes could happen quite quickly, others may take more time. Click here for links to consultation documents.

BIG Lottery Reaching Communities Fund

The Fund issues a press release in Feb 10 detailing a new process to be launched for sums up to £40,000 as well as more investment in this fund which supports community buildings. Click here to see the press release.

Meeting 10th March about Newark PHAB (Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied) Click here for details

Community Magazine Contacts

CAN has recently updated the list of editors of community, parish, faith, village, group / organisation magazines in Newark & Sherwood. One of CAN's aims is to help people to feel more able to influence decisions made in their locality and would welcome the opportunity to work with the people who produce these publications as they are very effective in reaching a wide variety of people. In return we are able to pass on the list to potential advertisers who may wish to support your publication.

At present we are actively looking to make contact with representatives of different faith and ethnic communities and are finding it hard to trace any organised groups. If you can help us or would like to discuss this work, please contact us .

Heartstart Pete Winson is funded by the British Heart Foundation attached to East Midlands Ambulance Service as a Community Resuscitation Development Officer for Nottinghamshire. One of his roles is to promote and deliver a free two hour emergency life support course called Heartstart. If your group might be interested please contact peter.winson@emas.nhs.uk

Activity Friends Need Volunteers aged 50+ to work with older people. Click here for details.

Funding Advice Service

Please note that fJo Butler is on maternity leave. Beth Harvey, an experienced funding adviser, will be picking up Jo's mail and messages on a weekly basis and holding monthly funding advice surgeries.

To download information from Beth Harvey about funding opportunities, please click here.

Carers in the Community Advertorial - Click here for details

Directory of Speakers in Nottinghamshire

The new 2010 edition is now available, price £10 from nottsspeakerdirectory2010@btinternet.com. If you have an older version, please destroy to avoid unnecessary distress to people who have been bereaved or those who have retired. Thank you.

Health Trainers Available  Please click here for details

Update on WREN

Plunkett Foundation:  Village Core Programme
The Village Core Programme supports the establishment of community-owned village shops in rural communities or the transfer of existing shops into community ownership.  All applicants applying to the programme must demonstrate the benefits the community-owned shop will provide to rural residents suffering from social or economic exclusion.  Examples of eligible groups include:
 
·                Elderly people without their own transport
·                Disabled people without access to retailing facilities
·                Young people without employment opportunities
·                Single parents without childcare facilities
·                Members of the community on low incomes
 
To enable community owned shops to become viable and sustainable community enterprise the programme provides start-up grants of up to £20,000 per community-owned village shop, subject to contributions of at least the same value being obtained from the village and a loan of at least the same value from Cooperative and Community Finance, a recognised Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI).
 
Applications are welcome from legally established community organisations or groups located in rural communities with not less that 300 residents.  Individuals are not eligible to apply and the programme will not support the expansion of existing community-owned shops.
 
There is no set deadline for applications, Village Core is a rolling programme.
 
Source of more information:
http://www.plunkett.co.uk/whatwedo/rcs/ruralcommunityshops.cfm
 

BCVS Training Opportunities

For the latest programme see http://bcvs.org.uk/events