VANEL’s IGNITE team are pleased to have received a certificate from Macmillan Cancer Support recognising the huge effort that was made by the whole community at our coffee morning event back in September. In just over 3 hours the coffee morning raised £288.27! Read on to view the certificate and find out more about the event.
VANEL, in partnership with Anglian Water, will be holding a World Toilet Day (WTD) event on Saturday 19th November 2016 at People’s Park. The event aims to increase awareness of the global sanitation crisis affecting 2.4 billion people worldwide, and will serve as the launchpad of the O2 funded IGNITE project “Explorabubble”. We will have a bubble machine, giant bubble wands and bubble-themed crafts and activities which the whole family can get involved with. If you like bubbles, this is the event for you! For more information about WTD or Explorabubble, please contact Helen@vanel.org.uk. (01472) 231 123.
Book your place on a free 6 week Domestic Abuse Awareness training course delivered by Women’s Aid. The course starts on Wednesday 11th January 2017 from 1pm until 3pm and is available to anyone who lives in North East Lincolnshire. For more information and to book your place, please contact Rachel on (01472) 324 902.
VANEL’s Community Health Champions (CHC) project is on the lookout for people aged 16 or over who have an interest in health and wellbeing, to become volunteer Community Health Champions. As a CHC you will work as part of a team helping to deliver health and wellbeing messages to people of all ages and from all backgrounds across North East Lincolnshire. This opportunity would be particularly beneficial to anyone who wishes to study or gain employment within the healthcare sector. All volunteer CHC’s will be enrolled on CERTA’s Health Champion Level 1 training and have the opportunity to gain other relevant qualifications at a later stage if so required. For more information or to apply to become a CHC, please contact CHC project coordinator, Vickie Ehret. (01472) 231 123. Email: Vickie@vanel.org.uk.
Local runners who have missed out on a place in next year’s Virgin Money London Marathon which takes place on Sunday 24th April 2017, are being encouraged to sign-up for a place with YMCA Humber. The charity has limited places available so don’t miss out on your chance to put your best foot forward. For more information on running for YMCA Humber, call Jonathan Byrne, Events and Marketing Lead on 01472 359 621 or email info@YMCA-Humber.com.
The Grimsby and District Live at Home Scheme in partnership with the Style Lounge are holding a fashion show on Sunday 4th December 2016 at Humberston Academy. Doors open at 12:30pm for a 1pm start. Tickets are £5 each and can be purchased by contacting the Style Lounge or the Grimsby and District Live and Home Scheme. Call 01472 602 080.
VANEL are pleased to announce that we have offered our support to a significant number of local organisations and ‘Communities of Interest’ during the month long period that stage one funding applications to HealthWin were being accepted. Nearly half of the groups we worked with were invited to submit a more detailed stage two funding bid, and we are excited to find out which groups will soon be in receipt of the funding that they need!
Read on to find out about the latest funding opportunities from The Bulldog Trust, The Social Investment Business and Erasmus+.
Friendship at Home and Harbour Place Day Centre have become two of the first VANEL Member organisations to have signed up to the Volunteer Development Service. The Volunteer Development Service is designed to support and develop the quality of volunteer programmes, and improve the knowledge and skills of the management team. The Volunteer Centre team would encourage any organisation, VANEL Member or otherwise, who works with volunteers, to subscribe to the Volunteering Development Service, today! For more information, please contact Liz at the Volunteer Centre. Call (01472) 231 123. Liz@vanel.org.uk
Winter Wonderland is returning to Cleethorpes Meridian Showground for four days this December and promises to be even more magical than last year. The event opens on Thursday 8th December and closes on the evening of Sunday the 11th. Read on to find out more about whats on at Winter Wonderland and what it is that you can do to help spread a little festive sparkle.