• Salary £21,430-22,258 (1 years fixed term contract with the likelihood of extension based on funding).
• Working 37 hours per week, operating over 5 weekdays
• 25 days annual leave pro rata plus bank holidays

Pathways is a Chesterfield based charity offering support and advice to people that are homeless and vulnerably housed.

Our mission is to prevent homelessness. We aim to eradicate rough sleeping within our community, and to support those without a permanent home to obtain and maintain one by providing clients with the help, skills and the confidence to resolve their issues of homelessness.

Pathways is the single point of access for single homeless people in Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover. We are looking for a Link Worker to support the work of Pathways. We are seeking someone who has passion and experience in supporting vulnerable people, with strong organisation skills, confident in communication, with an ability to manage competing demands.

The Link Worker will deliver the Keeping Everyone In service, working across Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover with people who have experienced or are at risk of rough sleeping.

The people referred into the service will have been working alongside Derbyshire Outreach Team as part of the joint response by Pathways of Chesterfield, the Derbyshire & Staffordshire Moorlands Partnership and P3 to the Covid19 pandemic. People may have recently moved into permanent accommodation, may still be in temporary accommodation or could still be rough sleeping. They will require intensive, wrap around support to address their accommodation needs as well as any other areas that due to their complex, entrenched nature, cause barriers to a more positive lifestyle.

Link Workers will work intensively with people to develop a positive relationship, supporting people in an unboundaried, flexible way in line with the values and principles of Pathways of Chesterfield.

Application forms are available on the Pathways of Chesterfield website HERE

Applications to be received by Friday 4^th September 2020

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Shelagh’s Sewing Circle is a volunteer group that sews and delivers cotton face masks made from donated fabric, absolutely free of cost.

So far they have made over 44,000 mask!

If your group/organisation could benefit from some face masks, please order on the Shelagh’s Sewing Circle website HERE

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DerbyshireDialogue

Hearing Help UK provides practical help, information and support to the Hearing-Impaired community, to enable them to enjoy the highest quality of life possible. Hearing Help UK do this through the provision of; information, advice, support, advocacy, social activities, outreach activities, assistive listening devices, hearing loops and volunteering opportunities in Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire and South Derbyshire.

Hearing Help UK are currently recruiting, click on the links below to find out more and apply.

Service Manager

Outreach Consultant

Closing date for both posts is 14th September 2020

You can find out more about Hearing Help UK by visiting their website HERE.

Healthwatch Derbyshire are currently conducting a piece of work around  digital health appointment. During the Covid pandemic there has been a significant rise in the use of digital services in place of face-to-face services, such as telephone appointments, video consultations, text messaging and others. Healthwatch aims to highlight where virtual appointments may not have met the needs of patients and help to provide understanding for the reasons why people had not engaged with services in a virtual format.

Do you live in Chesterfield?

Do you work or study in Chesterfield?

Do you care about Chesterfield?

Your Life, Your Chesterfield is a fun and interactive way to get together to talk about the big things and the little things, what we love about our lives and what we don’t, what we value about Chesterfield and what could be better.   It’s absolutely free to attend.  

What’s important to us all in Chesterfield? It could be about… 

• Our connections with family, friends, neighbours  
• Our health and the way we feel in body and in mind 
• How we use local services 
• Our home 
• Our street 
• Our community 
• Our work 
• Our town 

If you join us, you can be sure that:

1. Everyone’s life experiences count .
2. Everyone will have a chance to say their thing in the way they want to say it  .
3. Everyone will be respectful – in what they say and how they listen  

We’ll be walking a path together: this event is the first of several opportunities for us to talk together about what matters in our lives.  

Who are we and why are we doing this? 

We are a partnership of organisations working together to support communities in Chesterfield.  We want to build bridges between people, communities and services, so we can shape Chesterfield together in a more joined up way. 

When is it?

The first session is repeated – you can choose your preferred date:
Tuesday   8^th September 10.30am-12.30pm   OR
Thursday 17^th September 12.30pm-2.30pm 

Click here for full info & booking

Funding Talk: Fat Beehive Foundation
 
Thursday, August 20, 2020 from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
 
The Fat Beehive Foundation Grant for Digital Services
 

Improving your digital presence can be transformational, but it’s really tough to secure funding in this area. The Fat Beehive Foundation exists to change that, offering small grants of up to £2,500 to charities with a turnover of less than £1 million.
Come and find out more about what they fund and how to apply.

Book via Eventbrite HERE

Find out more about The Fat Beehive Foundation and the funding they offer by visiting their website HERE