The National Lottery Heritage Fund has put together a £50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The UK-wide fund – money raised from The National Lottery – will address immediate pressures over the next three-six months for those organisations most in need. It will be open for applications within the next […]
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 […]
VIRTUAL HELPLINE SUPPORTING THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF WALES DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS. Children, young people, and the professionals who work with them can still access vital information, advice and advocacy from Meic Cymru, the bilingual, Welsh Government-funded helpline during the COVID-19 crisis The service will continue to run as normal, and is contactable via freephone (080 880 23456), […]
Help us to safeguard our communities from abuse and neglect The Chairs of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board are asking everyone within the region to look out for one another in order to help those who may be at risk of abuse and neglect. This is a message which applies at all times, but now more than ever, people […]
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 […]
Wellbeing Bulletin March 20
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Community Coordinators Bulletin April For more information contact: Lucy Foster – Rhondda email: lfoster@interlinkrct.org.uk Mobile: 07580 865938 Deanne Rebane – Cynon email: deanne.rebane@vamt.net Mobile: 07580 869983 Karen Powell – Taff Ely email: kpowell@interlinkrct.org.uk Mobile: 07580 869970 Claire Williams – Merthyr Tydfil email: claire.williams@vamt.net Mobile: 07580 866547
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 […]