Wellbeing Bulletin 6 April 2020  

Interlink Help is out there for individuals If you or someone you know needs support, please give us a call.  We work with local Resilience Hubs (see below) and local groups to get people the support they need if they do not have access to family, friends and neighbours.  This could be shopping, collecting prescriptions or befriending support – someone […]

ITS NOW OPEN: THE COMMUNITY COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND (from the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund CIC) https://penycymoeddcic.cymru/community-covid-19-emergency-funding/  FUNDING: We hope you are continuing with all your hard work in such difficult circumstances.  Help is around the corner with the announcement today of £24 million to support the third sector in Wales.  We expect to see several funding streams to be […]

Dear Forum Member/Partner GUIDE TO RUNNING A COVID-19 COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP Please see the article on the website www.interlinkrct.org.uk on Running a Covid 19 Community Support Group Corvid-19-guide-to-running-a-community-support-group/ RCT COMMUNITY RESOURCE DATABASE A link to our Community Resource Database for support services now available in RCT. This is updated daily. HELP WITH VOLUNTEER DBS CHECKS Support is available from CBS […]

Covid-19 Group – Guidance on Running a Volunteer Community Group Covid-19 Group – Guidance on Running a Volunteer Community Group (click on the link above for the full document, please let us know if you require a Welsh Language version)) This guidance is for new informal community groups. Consider if you can work under an existing local group or organisation […]

Some key sites for community and voluntary groups, charities and social enterprises.RCTCBC Covid Response RCTCBC are now setting up their 7 hubs to provide local support to vulnerable and isolated groups. WCVA Covid19 Updates WCVA are providing daily updates to pass on information relevant to the Sector from Welsh Government, WLGA, funders,etc Gov.UK Guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19 All the latest on help for […]

Dear Member We are all trying to support each other at this difficult time and understand the impossible challenges you are facing.  Interlink is currently contacting all community organisations and working with partners to offer a range of advice and support to support our local communities during the Covid-19 crisis. If you wish to contact Interlink, please get in touch […]

Covid-19 Group – Model Volunteer Agreement Here is a Model Volunteer Agreement specifically for Covid-19 Community Volunteer Support Groups.  For example, it can be posted by your group on your social media page to explain what volunteers can expect and what is expected of them.  A welsh language version is also available. VOLUNTEER AGREEMENT Volunteers are essential to our combined […]

Covid-19 Group – Guide to Risk Assessment It is important to look identify, reduce and review risks if you have formed a group to help the community deal with Covid-19. When you do this it is called risk assessment and the plan a risk plan.  During the current Covid-19, there are many informal groups that need to take simple and […]

Interlink Support to Covid-19 Groups Interlink are providing support to all Covid-19 Volunteer Community Groups in RCT who want support.  We will help you in any way we can.  For example, we offer: Guidance for Groups – we can provide you with easy to follow guidance for running a Covid-19 volunteer community group, doing a risk assessment and a model […]

Covid-19 Grants of up to £500 are available for any new or existing formal or informal community group or organisation operating in Merthyr Tydfil / RCT Grants must be used to support efforts and responses to Covid-19 BEFORE 31 MARCH 2020!! You will need to describe what you intend to do, and what you need the grant for. Please note […]