Support Staffordshire’s Volunteering Team needs you!
We have some volunteer roles available within our Volunteering Team – could one of them be the perfect role for you? We need Volunteer Advisors who are happy to chat to volunteers to find out what skills and experiences they have and use this information to match them to available volunteering roles. This is a […]
New Volunteering Roles at Read Easy UK
Read Easy UK is a charity which offers free one to one coaching for adults who struggle to read. Most of us take reading for granted, but 2.4 million adults in England alone cannot read at all or can barely read. Read UK’s vision is for all adults in the UK to have the literacy […]
Social Prescribing case study – September 2023
One member of the Social Prescribing team initially held a drop-in at Leek Livestock Market to promote the service and offer advice and signposting. The majority of people passing through the doors were over 55 with many still farming in their 70s and 80s. Almost all were out of area, living in Derbyshire and Cheshire. […]
SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN THE MOORLANDS
New year, new help for community businesses and social enterprises in the Moorlands Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is funding Support Staffordshire through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to help people in the Moorlands who are running or planning to set up social enterprises and community businesses. Sarah Roberts is Support Staffordshire’s Social Economy Development […]
Trustee Roles available in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Thinking about being a Trustee? It’s great way to support your local community and we have a role available in the Tean area that may suit YOU! Checkley Community Centre need a Treasurer to help their small but effective management team. Checkley Community Centre is in the small, rural village of Checkley, Near Tean, in […]
Leek Building Society Charitable Foundation
Leek Building Society Charitable Foundation was founded in 2021 to support local schemes and good causes across Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire. The Foundation’s primary purpose is to provide grants and donations up to £5000 that will have a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged or vulnerable people in our communities. Organisations based within […]
