VCSE Health and Wellbeing Event - Microgrants for the VCSE and access to mental health support for people working in VCSE

Our next VCSE Health and Wellbeing Event -  Microgrants for the VCSE and access to mental health support for people working in VCSE will be held at 9.30am One Strawberry Lane on Tuesday 24 February.

Microgrants available to VCSE - an opportunity to be part of a holistic offer of support

The first presentation will outline the microgrant process that supports the WorkWell offer in Newcastle and Gateshead. All VCSE are able to apply, not just those with an employment focus. 

WorkWell is a government funded initiative offered to people who have a job but currently have a sick note and want help to get back to work. The pilot in the north east recognises longer term health problems can be complex and issues that stop or delay recovery may contribute to or be the cause of the health issue. 

One of the key values in the VCSE is the flexible approach, seeing the person as an individual.  This is a perfect match for the microgrant approach so the solution offered is right for each individual.  Examples of this could be advice for a carer who has struggled to juggle work and home responsibilities, support to get used to public transport,  etc. 

Mental Health support for staff working in the VCSE

Richard Duggins from Neuro Rehabilitation & Specialist Services at CNTW will give a presentation about the support for staff in the NHS and VCSE sector to look after their own mental wellbeing. 

To reduce the carbon footprint of our events, we would like to politely request that all attendees make the best effort, where viable, to travel to our events in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

• The venue has secure bike storage and free to use shower facilities 
• The venue is within 60 seconds from St James Metro Station  
• The venue is less than a 15 minute walk from Central Station  
• The venue is close to 22, 351, 354, 40 and X1 bus links 
• Many city centre bus links are within 10 minutes from the venue

Our training and events are funded from a variety of sources, allowing us to offer them for free to eligible organisations. Please check the eligibility requirements for each session before signing up, as this varies from course to course. If your organisation is not eligible for a free session you may be interested in one of our tailored training packages.

You can keep up to date with the latest training and events from Connected Voice by subscribing to our fortnightly email bulletin.

Attendance and value Our team have dedicated significant time and resource to create and deliver our excellent range of training and events. Connected Voice is funded for this work, allowing us to offer these events free of charge. However, we expect people who have registered to prioritise attendance and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to attending. We may follow up with you if you are absent without letting us know.

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this session. We will do everything we can to accommodate them. We can provide a BSL interpreter for training and events on request, but ask you to give us enough advance notice to enable this to be organised. To maximise resources, we are unable to provide BSL interpreters for all sessions unless we know this is essential.

Evaluation This event is free to attend but all participants will be required to complete a short evaluation on completion. This feedback enables us to continue delivering a free programme of training and events.

For security and practical reasons: You can only book one place for yourself. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves. You must give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine.

If circumstances change, you must advise us as soon as possible so that the place isn’t wasted as we have limited spaces for each event. You must also advise us if a substitute person from your organisation is attending in your place. We will be monitoring non-attendance and may not accept future bookings from regular non-attenders.