Sunday 23rd April, 3pm

Help prepare communities for Emergency Alerts test

On 23rd April, a welcome message for the Emergency Alerts system will be sent out to all compatible phones in the UK. It will clearly indicate that no action is required and that this is a test of the system.

Ahead of this, Cabinet Office Communications and Emergency Alerts Team are asking for support of the public campaign to ensure that all stakeholders are informed of the Welcome Message date – in particular, to ensuring that vulnerable groups know about the alerts and are aware of how they can opt out of receiving these.

Monday 24th April – 10am to 12pm – Online

Green Funding Forum

How can funders, donors, and voluntary organisations work together to tackle the climate crisis?

Join Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and Going Green Together for this special event focusing on how we can collaborate to create opportunities and make meaningful change happen, to protect our communities and future generations against the impacts of climate change, and work towards a fairer, greener future.

All members of the North East’s voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, including funders and donors, are invited to this two-hour online session. We will share and discuss current environmental funding opportunities, followed by conversations around how we can work together to further the cause of environmental sustainability.

This is an excellent opportunity to make connections, share your perspective, learn from others, and find out more about the exciting environmental work undertaken in our sector.

Register your place

Work Experience Opportunity

The Grow into Work Programme is open to anyone wanting to enhance their work experience and develop their Employability Skills.

The Alnwick Garden offers 4 weeks of work experience in a range of departments and 1:1 employability support to assist with CV writing, application skills, cover letters, interview skills and preparation.

Work Experience is based over three days per week, normally 10am – 3pm and travel costs are reimbursed.

For further information, please contact Alastair: [email protected] / 07443 177625

The job and volunteer section of our website is an opportunity for charity organisations to advertise their new job and volunteer roles for free.

If you would like us to advertise any upcoming vacancies, then please email [email protected] with the details.

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North Northumberland Voluntary Forum

Community Transport Project – Community Transport Feasibility Officer

Full time – one year contract – £18,720 – plus expenses (30hrs per week - £12 per hour) 

North Northumberland is poorly served by rural transport meaning that many people are disadvantaged when accessing key services in their local communities and beyond.

Through this one-year Lottery funded post based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, our aim is to explore and develop transport options which complement and improve existing transport provision in North Northumberland. This role will involve a feasibility study building on existing knowledge of the available transport networks, recent research and good practice elsewhere with a view to developing sustainable long term solutions.

You should have experience of project management, be able to analyse data, prepare reports and develop evidence-based proposals. You will have good inter-personal skills, being able to build and sustain good working relationships with a variety of people.

Closing date for applicant : 5pm Thursday 20 April 2023

Application should be made by a letter and curriculum vitae – email [email protected] 

A full job description and person specification is available by contacting:

Fiona Calder, North Northumberland Voluntary Forum Manager – 07570 649225 – [email protected]

or Jan Casson or Jane Pannell – 01289 388321 – [email protected]

Everyturn

MDT Pathway Involvement Officer

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for two MDT Pathway Involvement Officers for the Northumberland Recovery College. 

These exciting new posts will support Northumberland Recovery College and the VCSE Mental Health Alliance to maintain and continue to meet the needs of Community Mental Health Transformation (CMHT) through engagement with service users and communities; developing links with Northumberland PCNs and clinical teams, attending MDT meetings and recommending and supporting individuals to engage with NRC activities. 

The postholder will be required to attend MDT meetings across the whole of Northumberland and will need to have a good understanding of the area.

For more information or to apply visit https://www.everyturn.org/careers-Pathway Involvement Officer

Could you be a Northumberland Community Health Champion?

Northumberland County Council is encouraging residents, workplace representatives, community and voluntary groups to sign up to become a Northumberland Community Health Champion.

The network of new Northumberland Community Health Champions will help to spread health and wellbeing messages and encourage healthy behaviours. They will become sources of information on all aspects of health and wellbeing, able to signpost people to services and support others to make positive behavioural changes.

Anyone can volunteer and they will receive regular updates to keep them fully informed. They don’t need any specific experience, just a willingness to get involved without having to give up a lot of time. Training to become a Community Health Champion just takes one hour a week, for eight weeks.

And following that, there is the opportunity to gain a Level 2 Royal Society for Public Health qualification for those who are interested.

For more information, email [email protected], or scan the QR code on the poster and complete an expression of interest form.