February Newsletter
| We hope you are having an excellent start to 2023. Below are the latest opportunities to support charities, and communities. We have also featured help and information regarding the city response to the cost of living crisis, which may be useful for you and your people. |
| Cost of Living Support In Sheffield, there are now 172 registered welcome places where people can gain support through the cost of living crisis. These are detailed in the cost of living crisis map found HERE. The Sheffield City Council website HERE.also provides business, financial and other general support. |
| Support those who are digitally excluded ClickSilver is open for referrals again and Business in the Comunity (BITC) needs your help to reach more people! For a decade, BITC’s ClickSilver programme has helped older UK residents use technology to gain confidence and improve their digital skills. The programme matches vulnerable and older people with volunteer mentors from businesses, who support them to develop digital skills and confidence online. This sharing of skills and knowledge helps to increase beneficiaries’ independence and reduce feelings of loneliness while bridging the digital divide between young and old. After supporting thousands of individuals since 2012, the team are open for new referrals. If you work with people who are digitally excluded, isolated, lonely and who need support to use their tablets, PCs, smartphones, get in touch with them. They have fully trained mentors waiting to support individuals with their digital skills! Refer today! They offer 4 sessions lasting 30-60 minutes with experienced business volunteers (DBS checked and trained), all free of charge. And if T&Cs are met, they even have tablets to donate to your most isolated beneficiaries to use during the sessions and keep after programme completion (internet included, for up to 6 months). Get in touch today at clicksilver@bitc.org.uk and the team will walk you through our very easy referral process. More information here 👉 https://www.bitc.org.uk/supporting-people/#clicksilverconnections |
Charity South Yorkshire Charity Mentors The voluntary sector undertakes often vital work within our community, and organisations face unprecedented challenges today. To support this vital work South Yorkshire Charity Mentors (SYCM) has been established to offer free mentoring support to voluntary sector leaders across the region. If you have problems or challenges in your organisation; if you want to strengthen your organisation; if you want to develop yourself and/or your colleagues or if you simply want a sympathetic, experienced “ear” to chat through issues, they can match you with one of their mentors for an agreed amount of time. They have already provided support in HR, finance, CEO, marketing and commercial to name a few.You can access a mentor by emailing them at 👉sycharitymentors@sycf.org.ukYou can also contact us via their website 👉www.sycf.org.uk/sycm-home or via LinkedIn. |
| Attract more funding by proving how you help peopleOn the 8th of March Business in the Community will be Partnering with In Kind Direct to show how effectively you help people to attract more attention and funding. At this FREE online seminar, you will have the opportunity to hear from a leading specialist Emma Aldridge and learn about:- How you can gather insights to measure your impact- How to prove that impact and your social value to funders- How to use ‘impact’ to attract corporate sponsors, partners or donors 📅 8th March 2023 ⏰ 11:00 – 12:30 📍 Online Sign up for this FREE webinar today 👉 Attract more funding by proving how you help people Tickets, Wed 8 Mar 2023 at 11:00 | Eventbrite |
| Business Volunteer Day Painting for Sunndybank Center in Broomhall The Sunnybank Centre ( https://goo.gl/maps/EPEeyzaSBAjFy2ta6 ) in Broomhall is a much-needed community asset in a marginalised community which has been shut for a long time but is now being brought back to life. Companies are invited to join the initial volunteering project or to support the centre in other ways in the future. Half to full-day volunteering opportunities, primarily painting inside the property, for staff groups of up to 6 people 27th Feb – 16th march. Give a community asset in a marginalised community some TLC and a lick of paint alongside local young people while building cohesion in your team. Email katie@sheffieldbusinesstogether.org.uk for more information. |
| Are you or do you know someone passionate about growing creative opportunities? Greentop Community Circus Centre are seeking a new Chair and Trustees to play a pivotal role in harnessing their vision and strategy to benefit their neighbourhood, artists and people across South Yorkshire. This is an exciting time to be joining the Greentop team with a chance to shape the next 3-year business plan. Previous trustee experience is not essential and we welcome applications from all ages and backgrounds. They seek a chair to act as an enthusiastic advocate, leader and ambassador and Trustee with skills, in either marketing, fundraising or finance. These are voluntary positions, but reasonable expenses will be reimbursed. See our chair/trustee info pack www.greentop.org/opportunities email admin@greentop.org to discuss the role further Deadline: February 8th (get in touch if you need an extension). Informal interviews planned for 22nd February or a date to suite. |
| Support Period Poverty in South Yorkshire Irise is a Sheffield-based charity that works to end period poverty, stigma, and shame to ensure that everyone can reach their full potential regardless of their periods. Period poverty is rapidly getting worse due to the cost of living crisis and Irise are increasing their efforts to provide period products to people in South Yorkshire. Businesses can support by donating period products or toiletries or give financial donations so that they can get these items to people across Sheffield.  |
| Fundraising with Causeway Sheffield-based charity Causeway is kicking off its new year in style with an exciting new fundraising partnership with Irish artist Ally Simpson. The charity, which as well as running rehabilitation programmes for people involved in crime, operates safe houses and outreach programmes for modern slavery survivors, has teamed up with the artist and graphic designer for ‘Network for Change,’ a campaign the charity hopes will raise awareness of its work, as well as funds for its modern slavery services. The campaign will run between February 27th and March 10th, and will offer supporters the chance to download art work created for Causeway by Ally, in exchange for a pound donated to the charity. Supporters will then be encouraged to share news of their donations on social media, and encourage their followers to do the same. Keep an eye on their social media accounts @causewaycharity for more information about the campaign, and please like, share, and if you can- donate and download! |
| Reconnected: Support a Child Who Has Been Excluded Excluded young people are the most vulnerable in society. Just 1 in 2 progress to sustained destinations at age 16; young people in gangs are six times more likely to have been excluded compared to other young people assessed by children’s services; and one in two adult prisoners have been excluded from school. From Autumn 2022 ReconnectEd and Brigantia will work together to recruit and upskill local people as coaches to understand the issues facing young people and build trusted relationships with them and their families/carers. The coaches will go to Yewlands Academy and Mansel Primary School every day for three years to help the targeted young people have better self-regulation and well-being. They are also looking for in-kind gifts which the coaches can use with the young people and their families to build rapport. This could be in the form of vouchers for a meal out, discounts for items that the young people can use i.e. to buy a bicycle. As a small team they are also interested in pro-bono expertise, particularly in the area of PR/marketing would be appreciated. If you feel as though this is something you can support please email: ah@reconnecteducation.co.uk |
| Supported workplace visits The Autism Centre for Supported Employment is currently looking to connect with new employers who may be able to offer work placements or employment opportunities for their clients. The Charity specialises in supporting adults with ASD into work; they use a person-centred support structure to ensure the correct level of involvement in order to empower their clients to succeed in the world of work. They are also happy to offer advice around reasonable adjustments and can offer Autism Awareness training sessions for employers and staff. If you would like more information about the Charity or would like to find out how you can help this worthwhile cause, then please contact 👉 autism.centre@yahoo.co.uk. |
