RCVDA Volunteer Awards 2022 – Time to Nominate!
Friday 27th May 2022 1pm – 4pm
Gisborough Hall, Whitby Lane, Guisborough TS14 6PT
TIME TO NOMINATE!
RCVDA are delighted to confirm that we will once again be holding our annual Volunteer Awards event to celebrate the thousands of inspirational people who give their time, freely, to help our communities in so many remarkable ways.
Covid restrictions prevented us from formally recognising our volunteers in 2020 and 2021 – a time when people from our region stepped up, going above and beyond to help and support their communities, their neighbours, and our voluntary organisations, so there is even more to acknowledge this year.
Anyone who wishes to nominate a volunteer or team of volunteers need to click on the link below for the nomination form: You will then receive an automatic acknowledgement that we have received your submission
Click here for nomination form
CATERORIES
Health and Wellbeing:
An award for a group or individual who, through volunteering, has made a positive impact on the physical health, the mental health, or the lifestyle of residents in the community. This could be via befriending, sports activity, health support groups etc.
Innovation/Enterprise:
This category is for those innovative entrepreneurs (either individual or a group) who are making a difference by doing things differently. We are looking for where a new idea, new method of delivery or new approach has been successful.
Empowered through Volunteering Award:
This award is for a volunteer who has gained new skills and knowledge through volunteering. This individual will have broken down barriers and learnt new skills which has raised their aspirations regarding their career path.
Outstanding Community Group:
The recipient of this award will be a group or team who have dedicated years of service in support of their community, or who have worked to successfully deliver a project they are passionate about.
Young Volunteer (under 21):
Do you know a young person who embodies all that is good about the young people in our area? For example, young people who are promoting intergenerational activities, fundraising or protecting and campaigning for the environment.
Volunteer of the Year:
An award for an individual who has gone ‘above and beyond’ over the last year. This could recognise the amount of time they have dedicated to a particular project; or could acknowledge the amount of time they have contributed to make a difference to another person’s life, or for the benefit of their community.
Volunteer Team:
This award will recognise a team who, in working together, have created positive change. This award will recognise their commitment and determination and highlight the importance of teamwork.
Outstanding Trustee:
Charity trustees work behind the scenes, strengthening and driving an organisation forward, but people may not realise that a trustee is also a volunteer, without whom we wouldn’t have charities. We would like to recognise a trustee who has been outstanding in their support of a charitable organisation.
RCVDA Lifetime Achievement:
The lifetime achievement award will recognise a dedicated individual who, through years of positive service, has made a significant impact to their community, or who has consistently delivered community projects they are passionate about.
Department of Health and Social Care – Acquired Brain Injury Call for Evidence
Executive summary
This call for evidence will inform the development of the government’s acquired brain injury strategy. Rather than a formal consultation on specific proposals, it constitutes a request for ideas on which we can build.
It will run for a period of 12 weeks and is open to everyone aged 16 and over. You can respond as an individual or on behalf of an organisation.
The easiest way to participate in the call for evidence is to complete the online survey
The call for evidence closes at 11.45pm on 6 June 2022.
More information is here
Tees Valley Volunteering Charter – Sign Up Today
Tees Valley Volunteering Charter
As part of ongoing partnership work between the Local Development Agencies (LDAs) and other infrastructure organisations that support the local voluntary and community sector (VCS) across the Tees Valley we have been exploring the potential for introducing a Tees Valley Volunteering Charter.
The Charter will contain a series of simple statements, which volunteer involving organisations (VIOs) pledge to work towards and make central to their everyday practice with volunteers.
Signing up to the Charter gives organisations a way to publicly pledge their commitment to providing excellent support to their volunteers. It also provides a basis for organisations to develop and adhere to appropriate policies, procedures, and good practice.
The Tees Valley Volunteering Charter will not involve an assessment of evidence, however, local LDAs will be on hand to offer support to help any VIOs who feel they need support to be able to sign up.
The statements contained within the Charter will be accompanied by examples of what this might look like in practice to enable VIOs to assess their own practices.
The Charter is simply a way in which VIOs can pledge their commitment to providing support to volunteers. The VIOs can then display the pledge to demonstrate their commitment to good practice in volunteering.
We value the contribution of VIOs in developing this Charter and are committed to producing something which will support and add value to the wonderful work they do without creating a work intensive process.
To ensure the Charter is useful and welcomed by the Sector, we are keen to assess the appetite for this.
Please email your local contact below to express your interest (or not) in signing up to a Charter. This is in no way a firm commitment at this stage, purely an indication of interest and a willingness for us to contact you for further input.
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you in advance for your help with this.
Darlington – Julie Thornton info@teesvalleyruralaction.co.uk
Hartlepool – Tracy.Harvey@hartlepool.gov.uk
Middlesbrough – Lesley.spaven@mvdauk.org.uk
Redcar & Cleveland – carole.marshall@rcvda.org.uk
Stockton – lucy.owens@catalyststockton.org
Tees Valley Combined Authority – Active Travel & Social Prescribing Pilot Feasibility Study
Tees Valley Social Prescribing Pilot – Introductory Note
TVCA have been awarded funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) to conduct a feasibility study to inform the potential pilot of active travel social prescribing in the region.
The objectives for the pilot are:
- To address local community identified need relating to underrepresented groups, high levels of deprivation and health inequalities.
- To actively promote increased levels of physical activity through cycling and walking
- To demonstrate clear links between infrastructure development and the proposed social prescribing schemes.
- To support modal shift to active travel providing people with travel choices and supporting changes in behaviour.
It is proposed that the target population and geographical area for our feasibility study is the whole of the Tees Valley. This is based on the fact that there is cross area support from the Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (TVCCG), all Primary Care Networks (PCN), and all social prescribers. This is also aligned to the Combined Authority’s Strategic Transport Plan and the Active Travel Hub model. All stakeholders have stated that this is their preferred approach.
Research thus far with our stakeholders has revealed that:
- In general, clients aged 18-64 have issues with mental emotional stability, co-morbidities, social isolation and food or fuel poverty; and
- clients aged 65+ are living with co-morbidities, low mood, social isolation and lack of support from close family or neighbours.
SYSTRA have been commissioned to carry out this work on their behalf and will be contacting you as part of an extensive stakeholder engagement process to inform the study. Please complete the survey to support this study.