Salcare has been supporting residents of Heanor and the Amber Valley that are experiencing poverty and other disadvantage since 1977. We began to support victims of domestic abuse in 2016. We provide a range of support to help individuals and families flee and move on from crisis, including domestic abuse, alongside practical support that helps people meet their basic needs and create a home. All our services are based in our community hub that provides a safe space where people can connect and rebuild their self-confidence. 

We are now seeking up to four individuals to strengthen the expertise and capacity of our board including a new Treasurer. We are particularly keen to strengthen our expertise in the following areas, though applications from those without these skills are also welcomed. 

• Charity finance including budgeting and year-end accounts (Treasurer role). 
• Working with children and young people including experience of Ofsted. 
• Corporate Social Responsibility and networked with businesses in the region. 
• Developing communications strategy including social media. 
• Income generation including social enterprise.  

If you are interested in becoming a trustee or the Treasurer of Salcare please write to the Chair outlining briefly why you are interested in the role, what you believe you can bring to Salcare, and details of your relevant experience. Please email this to trusteerecruitment@salcare.org.uk   

The closing date for expressing interest is 12^th June 2024

Salcare Escape, based in Heanor, Derbyshire, is recruiting three part-time posts in its’ Family Support Team, after our officers flew the nest onto new opportunities (and we wish them well working with the Police and Local Authorities no less).

So now we’re looking for three part-time workers, that we’re ready to welcome, train (if necessary) and support in their career working with families. We need:

• IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) working with clients to assess risks, delivering a service appropriate to that level of risk, offering a person-centred service depending on risk levels.  
• ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advocate) providing emotional support, information and practical advocacy support to adult survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence supporting DA victims and survivors who have experienced rape or sexual assault, regardless to whether they have reported to the police. 
• CIDVA (Children and Young People’s Domestic Violence Advisor) creating safe spaces for children and young people who have experienced Domestic abuse to explore their experiences and feelings, develop their understanding of safe relationships, feeling safe and having opportunities to engage in activities within the community. 

Full training provided, salary starts at £20,821 for trainees up to £ 22,627 depending on experience & funding, + 6% pension contribution, fully flexible hybrid working, with some evening and weekend work.  

DEADLINE 19th March 2024

HOW TO APPLY

Please download the application form and job description and return it to enquiries@salcare.org.uk for the attention of Lizzie by the closing date. Good luck

For 2024 Salcare are providing a warm space and support for anyone to escape the cold

We are offering a warm, comfy space with free refreshments to anyone who needs to get out, reduce their heating costs and receive support and advice from trained energy advisers on how to reduce their heating and energy bills. The project provides

• A warm area to relax, meet people
• Free Tea/Coffee and snacks
• Free WIFI
• Free energy support & advice

Please feel free to refer any clients or service users to the project

Open all weekdays 930-4pm 59 Ray St Heanor DE75 7GF

A former bus depot receives £250,000 funding boost to kick starts charities building renovation! 

The government’s levelling up funding is coming to a local charity based in Heanor to kick start it’s long overdue building project.  

The largest capital grant Salcare has ever received, the Community Ownership Fund helps communities protect assets that foster a sense of community pride and bring people together.  

Service Director, Jacqui Bell said, “We are over the moon. Salcare acquired their building in 1977 for a small furniture donation project for local people in need. Today we have developed the services to provide a Community Café, Community Pantry & Food Bank as well as providing opportunities for all kinds of people volunteer and develop new skills. For a long time, we have felt that we achieve big things despite our building, now we can begin to build a Community Hub that’s fit for purpose and offer even more space for the hundreds of families & people that use our services.”    

She went on to say, “We’ve spent the last year talking to people who use our services, as well as the wider community, finding out what they want to see in the building. Now we hope to extend our café, develop our therapeutic space and build a community creche.” “First things first though – we need to fix the roof”, she said.   

Salcare has supported the growing needs of people living across the district, tackling issues around food, fuel and furniture poverty as well as providing domestic abuse support services at the same site. The overall building project involves improving its Furniture Warehouse, including creating a small workshop to build a Reuse & Repair scheme. Extending the Community Hub and cafe area to sit alongside a boutique charity shop area, will allow the charities 1000’s of visitors to browse whilst popping into the pantry. The large open plan fully accessible café & kitchen will be used for cooking demos and community eating, maximising light and even growing flowers & fruit.   

The team also plan to develop the outside space as a wellbeing area with space for training, workshops and group work. The area will incorporate natural materials including plants and provide a natural setting where interventions can be delivered.   

Improving the exterior appearance and heritage of the building whilst creating interior community asset spaces, the charity is aiming to create a wow factor that the community can be proud of and make it their own. 

ENDS  

Notes to editors:  

Salcare contact details  

59 Ray Street Heanor DE75 7GF  01773 764562 enquiries@salcare.org.uk 

Salcare was founded in 1977, we are a local, community-based charity that provides essential support services to people affected by Domestic Abuse and Families in need in our community in Amber Valley and Erewash districts in Derbyshire.  Our programmes include tackling Domestic & Sexual Abuse through trained Independent Advisors, McKenzie Friends legal support, Art Therapy/Psychotherapy and Outreach Early Intervention Support for Children & Young People. We also provide practical support through our Community Foodbank, Charity Shop and Furniture Warehouse. Our mission is to help create safer & stronger communities, where families, who are moving away from abuse, feel empowered to build a new future. 

Community Ownership Fund – summary

The government is providing £150 million over 4 years to support community groups in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of being lost.

Voluntary and community groups can bid for funding to acquire important assets and run them for the benefit of the local community.

The Fund will run until March 2025. We intend to run regular bidding windows throughout the year for applicants to submit a full application to the Fund.

Purpose: Apply for funding to take ownership of assets at risk of loss in your community

Type of fund: Competitive

Who can apply: Incorporated voluntary and community organisations, and parish, town and community councils (depending on eligibility requirements)

Capital funding available: Up to £1 million for all asset types, but we expect that most awards will be for up to £250,000 of capital funding.

Goals:

support community groups to take ownership of assets which are at risk of being lost to the community

support community groups where the asset is already in community ownership but needs essential renovations to be sustainable for the long-term benefit of the community

strengthen community ownership across the UK

strengthen the social infrastructure that helps communities to thrive

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-ownership-fund-prospectus/community-ownership-fund-prospectus–3

As part of #volunteersweek, Salcare is thanking its fantastic team of volunteers with a meal and celebration event provided by the staff for all our volunteers.

Jacqui Bell, Director of Service for Salcare explained ‘we couldn’t operate without our hardworking volunteers, they are a massive asset to the organisation and the services we provide. The value of volunteering is huge in our sector, in terms of the services they are able to deliver, and the experience and sense of ‘giving back’ that the volunteer can achieve. We have so many members of staff that initially started with us as volunteers, demonstrating the high value we place on experience when employing people. We’d like to give a huge thanks to all our volunteers, past and present, you are all amazing!!’

Salcare provide a range of volunteering opportunities in the Shop, Community Pantry & Café and Warehouse. If you are interested in learning more about volunteering with us, please contact us on 01773 764562 or enquiries@salcare.org.uk

Volunteer Case study (C)

Background

C, a single parent, was receiving support from Derbyshire Recovery Partnership (DRP) for alcohol dependency issues and, as a consequence of an emergency protection order, had lost custody of their 2 children due to the effects of their dependency. C had also been the subject of legal action around ASB whilst they were dependent.

They had high levels of anxiety and low self-esteem and were worried that they may go back to previous coping strategies through alcohol.

C. attends the 12 steps of AA with Alcoholics Anonymous regularly.

How did you come to volunteer?

DRP suggested that C should look for other activities that would be positive and steer them away from risky coping strategies by referring them to Amber Valley CVS for volunteering opportunities, which resulted in an introduction to Salcare. C was introduced to the volunteer team at Salcare and felt they could take on a role in the community café, preparing and delivering a café menu 3 days per week.

How has volunteering helped you?

‘I’ve made some big steps to building a new life so I can get my kids back.

Volunteering with Salcare is amazing, I feel safe and all the people at Salcare are so open, honest and non-judgmental at my background. I feel more confident to make a new start and stay drink free, I have made some new great friends and a sponsor for my AA sessions.  I even got some new qualifications that can help me find work in the future.’

C. has also accessed support through our ‘Move-on’ group (wellness after abuse peer support workshop) and support with her legal case through Salcare McKenzie Friends service (legal support) and support with accessing their benefits and essential food through our community pantry.

ENDS

WHAT IS VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK?

Volunteers Week takes place 1-7 June every year. It’s a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say thank you. Volunteers’ Week is supported and celebrated by small grassroots organisations as well as larger, household-name charities. Together they run hundreds of activities across the UK, which showcase and celebrate volunteers and their contribution to our communities. Volunteers’ Week 2023 is a time to celebrate and inspire. We aim to highlight that our diversity is our strength, show that there’s more than one way to volunteer and encourage people to be the change that we want to see.

We’re proud to be supporting #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek – May15 to 21. The theme of this year’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is anxiety #ToHelpMyAnxiety

Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.

Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food.

Here’s some tips on dealing with #ToHelpMyAnxiety 👇

PV Solar Panels

Due to securing significant funding from Derbyshire County Council (Derbyshire Environmental Trust) we now have the opportunity to install PV solar panels to help provide low cost power for the benefit of our community.

You can access the documents by following this link below

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j31ssrxtFu_bwUlmhHAcGLB8WFxb8BLF?usp=share_link

Please note the response timetable below, no submissions outside this time-frame will be considered

Step	Task	Date
1.	Tender issued	20/02/2023
2.	Site visit (if required)	20/03/2023
3.	Deadline for clarification questions	27/03/2023
4..	Responses to clarification questions issued	03/04/2023
5.	Deadline for Bid Submission*	10/04/2023
6	Evaluation of the Tender Responses commences	17/04/2023
7.	Clarification meetings if required	24/04/2023
8.	Notification to unsuccessful Bidder	01/05/2023
9.	Provisional notification to Successful Bidder	01/05/2023
10.	Order Placed & contracts signed	08/05/2023
11.	Installation complete	04/09/2023

We will be publishing responses to any supplier questions below on a daily basis.

*NOTICE OF EXTENSION TO DEADLINE

Due to the submission deadline falling on a bank holiday we have extended the deadline to 11th April 2023

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A new job opportunity at Salcare

Thanks to DCC’s Derbyshire Grants Programme we’re delighted to be recruiting a new part-time Community Hub Development Worker.   

Our vision is to create a Community Hub, fit for purpose and addressing directly the critical needs of our local community at a critical time.

The job will lead a project to repurpose our community centre, making a transitional change to the way we deliver services to better support the increasing needs of our community through a different, more person-centred approach to issues such as skills for work through volunteering, healthy living, food and fuel poverty, isolation and help support low level mental health (MH) issues. We also want to build up front line service capacity through a team of trained volunteers.

Specifically the role will co-ordinate and promote services and facilities of our Community Hub.

A full job description is attached but the principal responsibilities include:

• Plan and co-ordinate all services of the community hub (currently Café/Pantry/Foodbank/partner services)
• To explore other services that support the local community
• Work with partners to deliver further service in the hub
• Co-ordinate staffing of all services
• Recruit, train and mentor volunteers to support the hub services
• Deliver a development programme for all volunteers including specific roles and potential qualifications
• Organise and promote delivery of intervention programmes around the needs of the community (Cooking lessons/meal clubs/partner groups)

The deadline for applications is 9:00 Monday 24^th October, via the Application Form attached. Completed forms should be sent to don.davis@salcare.org.uk. For an informal chat about the role please contact Don via email to arrange a time.   

People in Heanor will be able to save on their weekly shopping bills, thanks to a new project that opens this week.

With the help of the Feeding Derbyshire Partnership, local charity Salcare has grown its food project into a community pantry, to be run and used by local people and will be officially launched at an event on 1^st September from their community centre on Ray Street, Heanor.

The Community Pantry will improve household food security and free up more money for other essential household costs such as rent and utilities offering a nutritious weekly food shop for families and individuals that may be struggling to cover all the bills during the cost-of-living crisis.

A balanced weekly shop will be provided at a hugely discounted price to people that need it. They will be able to join the Community Pantry for a small (affordable) fee and access groceries based on paying ‘what they can afford.’ So far, 50 members have signed up so far, and the charity’s director, Jacqui Bell, expects that to rise over the coming months.

Jacqui Bell, Director of Services at Salcare said “we already provide free food parcels for families that are referred to us through our foodbank, but there is a larger community of people and families ‘just about coping’, that with rising fuel and food prices, are really struggling. We want to be able to help those working families and other vulnerable individuals by providing good quality food at a very affordable price, so they become self-reliant and avoid going hungry or cold. This is part of our re-focus on addressing some of the emerging issues we are seeing in the community around food and fuel poverty and isolation.”

Opening in August, the pantry will be open every weekday from 930-2.30 pm, people wanting to join the scheme can contact Salcare, either in person on Ray Street or by contacting them on 01773 764562 or shop@salcare.org.uk