The Community Cast

08/11/2024

It was great to attend the Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank AGM this afternoon, hearing about the inspiring impact of work they're doing in and with local communities across the potteries, and celebrating those who volunteer their time and effort to tackle poverty and hardship in the city.

07/11/2024

| Funding Opportunity

The Swansway Community Grants Fund

Grants of up to £1500 for organisations in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent who are supporting children and families in need, or organisations who are supporting those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Applications close on 17th November 2024

🔗 https://staffordshire.foundation/grants/swanswayfund/

07/11/2024

Great day learning, discussing, and making plans with the Civil Society CiC and All the Small Things CiC and loads of other fantastic people and orgs and inspiring community focused people, looking at tackling and true community and civic impact in and beyond 🫶

Stoke-on-Trent City Council North Staffs Mind YMCA North Staffordshire Expert Citizens VAST North Midlands Older LGBT Group (formerly OLGBT North Staffs and Stoke) OUTSIDE and many, many more 😀 🫶

05/11/2024

Join other community leaders from across Stoke to build a shared understanding of loneliness and co-produce a strategic plan!

05/11/2024

The Big Thank You is your chance to recognise and celebrate volunteers and people taking community action in North Staffordshire (Stoke on Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Moorlands).
Is there someone in your community who supported you or other people?
Who has gone ‘the extra mile’ to help their community?
Who is taking the lead to connect people and make change happen?

We want to celebrate all that is positive about people in North Staffs.
We would love to hear from you.
Please use the form.
https://forms.office.com/e/xJMALuJiwB

You can say thank you to as many people as you want.
You can thank community groups and organisations as well as individuals.

Please use a new form for each person, organisation or group you want to nominate.

Please tell us who you want to thank for their kindness, care, time and skills, and why you want to say thank you.

Please make your nominations by 6pm on Friday 22nd November 2024.

You and the people you nominate for a big thank you are invited to Big Thank You Celebration on 2nd December from 10am to 3pm at Fenton Community Hall. At the event we will say thank you to everyone who is nominated.

The Big Thank You is being organised by 1000 Lives Community Network and Expert Citizens Expert Citizens

If you have questions or need help to fill in the form please phone or email Lynne 0751 881 3131 [email protected]

05/11/2024

YMCA North Staffordshire is delighted to be working with University of Staffordshire and Keele University on a city wide youth consultation for young people aged 10 - 24. We will then celebrate with the findings on a vision for the future led by young people.

You can book a session here: https://calendly.com/consultation-ymcans/consultation for one of our team to deliver a creative consultation session or email us for a toolkit to deliver the session yourselves: [email protected]

25/10/2024

And that's all folks, until November 4th. Catch ya on the flippity flip! 🏄‍♂️🌞🥘🥂😎

25/10/2024

Community Noodles is a not for profit social project providing instant noodles to people experienc… Sophia Fedorowicz needs your support for Community Noodles

25/10/2024

All set up for the start of with and hearing opening introduction from Associate Professor Nic Gratton Connected Communities and first keynote from Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council Jane Ashworth #

24/10/2024

24/10/2024

Are you coming to the Action on Poverty conference this Friday?

We'll be there listening to voices and stories of poverty and hardship, providing a platform and opportunity to discuss the issues, raise awareness and get involved 🗣️🎙️

Come say hi and have a chat ☺️



Connected Communities All the Small Things CiC Stoke-on-Trent City Council

22/10/2024

Lucky enough to be invited to spend the morning with the awesome and ever inspiring Al-Ani being interviewed for the Collaborative Value Initiative (CVI) , a research project, aiming to support the VCSE sector by developing accessible tools for SROI (Social Return On Investment) = putting a number to social impact to show the economic value and impact.

17/10/2024

Out now! Episode one of the podcast from National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement - NCCPE

A total privilege and amazing learning journey to be so involved in this groundbreaking project, reaching across the UK and 🌎

Engage - listen - Empower

👇
https://soundcloud.com/nccpe-bristol/nccpe-ck-podcast-ep-1-jessica-salzwedel-full-edit?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
publicengagement.ac.uk/engaged-future…

17/10/2024

🚀We're excited to launch the NCCPE's new venture!

🌟Engaged Futures will bring together a diversity of people to develop a long-term, actionable vision of the role of universities in society.

💚Join our Catalyst Group, and help make change:
https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/engaged-futures-catalyst-group

With thanks to our funders: UK Research and Innovation, Wellcome Trust, Research England, Scottish Funding Council, Medr Cymru, Department of Education.

Please share with your networks! British Science Association Arts Council England University of Bristol, Natural Environment Research Council Science Ceilidh Engagement Scholarship Consortium British Science Festival Institute of Physics STEM Learning Royal Society of Chemistry PRIA The Royal Society The Young Foundation BIG STEM Network

10/10/2024

05/10/2024

Fancy joining our dream team?

🔎 We're looking for a motivated Project Support Officer to play a key role in engaging with community groups, building relationships, and supporting local development initiatives.

This role offers fantastic learning opportunities, with on-the-job training and guidance from our experienced team members.

🔗 https://vast.org.uk/project-support-officer-vast/

03/10/2024

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month share this post and help us remind everyone to touch, look and check their breasts regularly. Anyone can get breast cancer, so it’s important to know your normal.
✅ Touch your breasts
✅ Look for changes
✅ Check anything new or unusual with a GP
There’s no right way to check. Just make sure you do it regularly.
Your breasts can change for many reasons – like the menopause, pregnancy and breastfeeding, puberty or even over your period. So, if you check them regularly, you’ll be able to spot any changes that should be checked out by a GP.
What’s your normal?
https://breastcancernow.org/about.../touch-look-check/...