Good afternoon,

 

I’m glad to announce that the Framlingham, Wickham Market and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership has launched another Small Grants Scheme round today, which will close on Monday 7th of March 2022.

The priorities being focused on in this scheme are –

  • Developing Opportunities for Younger People
  • Reducing Social Isolation and Loneliness

We’re welcoming community & voluntary groups, Town & Parish Councils and organisations (like sports clubs) within the Community Partnership to submit applications to help address the priorities. Applications for £250 - £3000 can be submitted, and any applications higher than this will still be considered but a suitable level additional information would be required in the application. Please find below a weblink to the press release for the scheme where you’ll find more information. Attached to this email is the guidance and application form should you need it.

Further funding to benefit community groups » East Suffolk Council

If you have any questions about this or would like support, please feel free to contact me.

Please do feel free to share this with any relevant contacts you may have.

 

Kind regards,

Joss

 

Joss Mullett | Communities Officer – Framlingham, Wickham Market & Surrounding Villages

East Suffolk Council

07920 380535

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The Connected Comunities winter edition leaflet is now available to read.

St Elizabeth Hospice bereavement service, LivingGrief, is here to co-ordinate all bereavement support across East Suffolk. 

Our LivingGrief bereavement and emotional wellbeing enquiry line is available for anyone who is impacted by a bereavement, regardless of whether they have accessed the hospice before or not. The enquiry line provides access to a member of the team who can help find an appropriate service to meet the needs of the individual, from 9am–4pm, Monday to Friday. Full information is available on their flyer available to read now.

 

Useful Contacts:

The Home But Not Alone helpline has been re-instated:

for people living in Suffolk who are clinically extremely vulnerable, to assist with any questions they may have and to help them find the support they need. 
The Home But Not Alone helpline is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday,
tel. 0800 876 6926 ... Suffolk County Council's web link for Home But Not Alone; https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/home-but-not-alone/


The helpline for the Suffolk Advice and Support Service

0800 068 3131 open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The web address is... https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/suffolk-advice-and-support-service/
The Suffolk Advice and Support Service is helping people across Suffolk, to access information or support relating to debt, benefits, housing or employment. The service is responding to the financial impact that Covid-19 has had, and continues to have, on families across all of Suffolk. 


 
The COVID-19 Emotional Wellbeing information Hub offers resources, guidance, tips and support… www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/covidhub



The First Response Service is a 24/7 helpline for people of all ages in Norfolk and Suffolk who need urgent mental health support.

If you are experiencing something that makes you feel unsafe, distressed, or worried about your mental health you can telephone the helpline on 0808 196 3494.
The First Response Service is operated by Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). The helpline is available to members of the public of any age, regardless of whether they are an existing NSFT service user or family carers.

 

Movement and Mental Health

A free 20-minute e-learning course, designed by experts from Suffolk Mind, has been launched to give people a better insight into the benefits of movement on their mental health and how, by moving more, it can help us all enhance our wellbeing.


The resources are aimed at all adults and young people in Suffolk and have been designed to be engaging and informative. They revolve around four short animations focusing on the need for movement, the mental health barriers to physical activity, how people can be helped to increase their physical activity levels and how physical activity can often be the key to meeting many emotional needs in one go. More details can be found at; https://www.keepmovingsuffolk.com/courses/the-benefits-of-exercise-on-mental-health/

 

Youth Focus Suffolk is a one year programme funded by Suffolk County Council to increase the strength in our communities to support our young people.

There are several work-streams to deliver on this, please share this information where you feel it would be helpful:
  1. A grant scheme is available to support positive engaging activities for young people in their area.  Co-production with young people themselves is fundamental to this to ensure delivery answers what they would like to see in their locality.  Bids to support projects between £2,500 and £20k are welcomed. Closing date 5th July. Application details are on the Suffolk Community Foundation website.
  2. A free training and development offer is open not only to those who work with young people directly, but also those trusted adults in communities who may have brief interventions with them.  So this could range from employers of older children, barbers & beauticians who chat to their young customers as they deliver their service, drivers of home to school transport, school caretakers, sandwich shop owners  - the list goes on!
  3. A peer network for all those across Suffolk with an interest in positive outcomes for young people.
  4. An online resource to connect people with relevant information and signposting routes for common referral themes - this has recently launched but is in continual development; www.youthfocus.suffolk.gov.uk
... For more information please contact Deborah Sage, Localities & Partnerships Project Manager, Public Health & Communities, Suffolk County Council ... E-mail: deborah.sage@suffolk.gov.uk