Full time Senior Development Consultant
Permanent 37 hours a week – £29,500 Main base Stafford, with travel and partial home working Would you like to be part of a dynamic, award-winning, local charity that helps communities to thrive? Could you… lead a team to support and advise voluntary and community groups on running effective organisations and delivering best practice? A […]
Local Resilience
The Southport attack is a horrifying incident that leaves all parents and the wider community deeply worried. Our thoughts and sympathies go to the families involved and the community of Southport. If you want to give, then please follow this link to the official fundraising page here. Our Local Resilience Team have collected some useful […]
Community Resilience Resources
With the horrendous news of the knife attack stabbings and murders in Southport Resilience & Rural Support Staffordshire Senior Development Officer Michelle Cliff provides resources and guidance on what individuals and groups can do to help themselves and the community. Launched in 2022, ProtectUK is a new central hub for counter terrorism and security advice. […]
Launch of free new NSPCC resource to support refugee and displaced mums
Calling all organisations and professionals supporting refugee and displaced mums or mums-to-be!You are invited to the virtual launch of NSPCC’s new Look Say Sing Play resource in collaboration with Bristol-based refugee charity Project Mama. Every mum should be supported to give their baby the best start in life and our new resources are tailored to […]
Timeline of LGBT+ History for Stoke and Staffordshire
Support Staffordshire members ‘The Older LGBT+ people’s group’ has put together a timeline of LGBT+ history for Stoke and Staffordshire on their website. Have a look here It’s a really well done collection and worth everyone reading.
Garry’s July Blog
Well, that was quite a week. Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you may have noticed we have a new government. I have deliberately avoided comment during the election campaign, not least as it looked likely that Staffordshire could see considerable change, and I wanted to maintain clear impartiality in terms of party […]
Welcome to New Members!
We were pleased to welcome 25 new members at our May Board meeting taking our general member total to 1,317. See a list of the new members below and find-out more about them by looking at our Organisation Directory here. Acton Trussell, Bednall & Teddesley Hay Community CentreADHD Pirates CICBurton Wrestling World Sports Association CICChuckle […]
Garry’s June Blog
Summer is finally here and thus far not too wet! June is a month crammed full of activity in the VCSE sector and wider communities; so much so, that The National Lottery Community Fund has dubbed it the ‘Month of Community’: an opportunity to celebrate the value of community and raise awareness of the fantastic […]
Acre Grants of up to £75,000 return for village halls
ACRE is pleased to confirm that village hall management committees can apply once again for larger grants to improve their buildings. The fund, which was originally announced to mark the Late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has reopened for new applications. Groups can submit applications for grants of between £7,500 and £75,000 which can be used to cover […]
Member Focus
It was with great pleasure that we presented nine Support Staffordshire awards last week, at our glittering awards evening at Alton Towers, in celebration of our 10-year anniversary. It was great to recognise the winners, but what really made everyone’s heart’s swell were the videos of member organisations, volunteers and their beneficiaries telling us a […]
