Tameside – Action Together – New Bulletin

By Mr J Haslam19th April 2021 

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Good News!
Tameside hits 100,000 vaccinations.
Tameside and Glossop’s Covid-19  vaccination drive has reached a major milestone with 100,000 residents now having received their life-saving jab.

Well done Tameside!
Find out more
Over 50?
Still time to get your vaccination.
If you haven’t had your vaccination already, please book an appointment for your Covid-19 vaccine at: http://www.tamesideandglossop.nhsvaccinations.co.uk

Or you can call your local GP practice if you can’t access the booking site.
Tameside Vaccine Information
Census- Have you completed it?
Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society, particularly relevant due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Census remains open until the 3rd May 2021 and any household which hasn’t completed the Census for whatever reason will receive a reminder. Households may also request a new unique 16 digit code or paper questionnaire by calling the Free Census Help Line on 0800 141 2021 or visit www.census.gov.uk

Anyone having difficulties completing the Census due to language difficulties can contact the Free Language helpline on 0800 587 2021 for assistance and translation support.
Census 2021 find out more
Tameside Healthcare Services Easter 2021.
Anyone feeling unwell over the Easter bank holidays can still access a variety of healthcare services when their GP practice is closed.
Find out more
Ideas for Easter!
IF you’re wondering if there will be anything for your children to do during the Easter holidays then “beast” your eyes on what’s on offer.

Tameside Cultural Services have come up with some great family-friendly activities and all with a mega-beast theme to please anyone who loves dragons and dinosaurs. Their programme includes everything from crafting and creating to a dinosaur egg hunt in parks and outdoor spaces.
Find out more
Easter Holiday Camp! Curzon Ashton FC
Tuesday 6 April – Friday 16 April (weekdays). Free places for children in receipt of free school meals.

For more information please contact Mark Bradshaw on 0161 330 6033 or email: mark@curzon-ashton.co.uk
Latest Voluntary Sector News.
Visit Action Together’s What’s New section on our website for all the latest voluntary, community and social enterprise news across Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside and Greater Manchester. You’ll find out about the following:

  • What helps VCSE Organisations Keep Greater Manchester Moving?
  • Ageing Better: All about money? The links between loneliness & poverty
  • Support from Good Finance for Black and Ethnic Minority led social enterprises
  • #RightNow Campaign

And much more!
Click here to read our latest news
We offer support, information and guidance to Tameside residents and organisations on a wide range of volunteering opportunities. You can find local volunteering opportunities from hundreds of organisations on this page.
Meet the Charities!
Action Together is hosting a series of Meet the Charity – Volunteer Information Meetings over the next few weeks. With hopefully more local charities scheduling a session soon!

These online, informative yet informal meetings are a fantastic opportunity to learn more about Tameside’s charities, the work they do, the people they support and how you can get involved as a volunteer!

Coming soon:

Finding Rainbows offers support to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby, child or through early pregnancy loss.

When: Monday 12 April 10am -11.30am

Find out more
Tameside Volunteer Coffee and Catch up!
These informal meetings will help us keep in touch with one another. They are a space to discuss organisational updates you may have, how you are involving volunteers and staying connected to them during this time. There will be an opportunity to meet people from other local organisations, to share ideas and to ask for advice.

When: Thursday 22 April, 12.30pm – 2pm.
Book your place
Give Time to Tameside.
Do you live in Tameside and want to support your local community? Come and find out what’s available in your neighbourhood, and the different ways you can give your time, whether you want to support a local group or you have your own ideas, we are here to help!

When: Wednesday 7 April, 6pm – 7.30pm.
Book your place
If you need training, support, advice or help with funding, contact the Action Together development team on Tel: 0161 339 2345 or Email: development@actiontogether.org.uk.
Advice and Guidance for Community Groups During COVID-19
Action Together is working closely with partners to identify best practice guidance for voluntary, community and faith sector groups to safely operate. As local and national restrictions continue to change we will provide the most up to date information we have available and how these may impact your building, services or activities.

Please join us for a Q&A session.

When: Tuesday 13 April, 10am-11am
Book your place
We help people make connections and have a voice. We link people with avenues of support, groups with other groups and partners that can help their organisation and help to influence decision making locally. Get my group connected >>
Tameside Poverty Action Network
The Poverty Action Group is a place for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups and partners to work collaboratively on issues we feel will help to alleviate poverty in Tameside.

Contact Dawn Acton to find out more about the network.

Email: dawn.acton@actiontogether.org.uk.
Click here to book on a Tameside Poverty Action Network Session
If you would like to find out more about Action Together’s collaborative work contact us on Tel: 0161 339 2345 or Email: info@actiontogether.org.uk.
The Greater Manchester Mayor and the VCSE Sector – a hustings.
This hustings is your chance to put questions and requests to the candidates ahead of the Mayoral election on 6 May. The three main party candidates have been invited to attend this meeting.
Whether you are able to attend the meeting or not, GMCVO is asking all GM based VCSE organisations to spare a few minutes to answer a couple of questions, the responses of which will inform a ‘Manifesto for the VCSE sector’ which will be sent to all candidates.

When:  Via Zoom on Wednesday 14 April 12noon -1.30pm
Find out more
Neurodivergent Creatives wanted!
These workshops run by Starling, are aimed at young people who identify as neurodivergent * providing a creative and social experience for all.

*Autism, ADHD, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Epilepsy, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia, Trauma (Young Carer, Care Experienced).

Where: Moravian College in Fairfield/Droylsden

When: From Thursday 8 April 4pm – 5.15pm

For more information please fionna@starlingcio.org.uk
Find out more about Starling
Henshaw’s Tameside.
Henshaws work with people of all ages, both children and adults, living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities living in Greater Manchester. We aim to empower people with sight loss to take steps to change their lives for the better, with independence and friendship being at the heart of everything we do.

Our Tameside Enablement Officer, Kathryn, will support you in working out what your needs and priorities are, to live a more independent and fulfilled life. We can introduce you to other people living with sight loss in your area, help you work out what technology may make life that little easier for you, provide you with professional emotional support through our counselling service or simply assist you in ensuring you are claiming the correct benefits you may be eligible for.

If you would like to find out more about how Henshaws services can help you, please give Kathryn a call on 0300 222 5555 or visit our website www.henshaws.org.uk.

The next Tameside over the phone Living Well With Sight Loss – starts Thursday 15 April  at 2pm.
Action Together’s Find Funding page includes a range of local, regional and national funding opportunities. Find out more>>. Sign up to our Funding eBulletin here.

Eco-School

By Mrs L Pope19th March 2021

A huge well done to our Eco-Committee, whose efforts pre-lockdown in producing an action plan to improve recycling across DCC has been recognised with the Eco-Schools Bronze Award.

 

Moving from COVID Testing in College to Home Testing

By Mr J Haslam15th March 2021

As you will be aware, on Monday 22nd February 2021 the Prime Minister announced to the nation that from 8th March 2021 ‘pupils and students in all schools and further education settings can safely return to face-to-face teaching’ and that ‘school attendance will be mandatory for all pupils, with secondary schools and colleges able to phase return over the week of 8th March to allow students to be offered testing on return’. The testing of students in college continues to progress well and we are now at the stage where we are ready to move from testing in college to home testing.

If you gave consent for your child to take part in the COVID-19 testing currently taking place in College then no further action is needed, your child will receive their first batch of home testing kits this week when they receive their third and final test in College.

If you did not give consent for your child to take part in the COVID-19 testing taking place in College then you may still opt-in to home testing for your child. Please read the attached letter outlining our approach to home testing in more detail and the attached COVID-19 testing privacy statement detailing the data we will need to collect from you and how it will be treated. If after reading these documents you wish to opt-in to home testing for your child/children then please complete the Consent form for opting-in to Home testing for your child/children before Friday the 19th of March, 2021.

If you choose to opt-in to home testing for your child, they will receive their first batch of home testing kits in the week commencing Monday, the 22nd of March, 2021.

Below you will find some responses to frequently asked questions, additional information, and the letter sent home about home testing if these do not answer any query you may have then please feel free to contact Mr Nixon.

 Letter to Parents and Carers (Testing)

Some frequently asked questions about home testing

Testing yourself for Coronavirus Pupils & Parents Guide to the Rapid Lateral Flow Test

A guide to regular testing for parents with children at nurseries, schools and colleges

 

DCC celebrate World Book Day 2021

By Mr J Haslam5th March 2021

In recent years, DCC students have been used to celebrating World Book Days with scenes like this – staff dressed as some of their favourite book characters, and students completing quizzes and challenges to win prizes based around their teachers’ favourite books. Of course, this year things will be very different but we are still celebrating World Book Day and the powerful effect that reading can have on our mental health.

Scientific studies have shown for many years the positive effect that reading can have on academic attainment, but there are so many other positives to it besides helping students to achieve better grades in school, including the evidence that it can reduce stress AND combat the symptoms of depression. The positive effect reading can have on our mental health really cannot be underestimated, and this is especially important given the difficulties we have all faced over the past 12 months.

Unsurprisingly, the boredom and anxiety that some young people have experienced during lockdown has seen more and more of them reading for pleasure. After all, there are only so many times they can practice their new Tik Tok moves!

The Literacy Trust has carried out a study of nearly 60,000 people aged 11-18 about their attitudes to reading in Lockdown. Over 60% of those surveyed said that reading had made them feel better “overall” during the 2020 Lockdown, and just over 30% said specifically that reading had helped them to deal with missing their friends and family members.

Here at DCC we are still promoting a love of literature throughout college, despite the lockdown, and we can’t wait to welcome students back through the doors in the coming days to celebrate with us – already there has been an online quiz to identify the Mystery Staff Readers and there will be prizes to win, other competitions to enter and book tokens to spend waiting for students upon their return.

If you would like to try and guess the mystery readers watch our assembly video below and submit your answers through the link. Happy Reading!

Submit your answers here

Action Together – Tameside -Update 3

By Mr J Haslam5th March 2021 

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Roadmap Announced
The Prime Minister has announced the government’s roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England.

Initial dates have been outlined which will enable the re-opening of many businesses – however each stage of the four-step roadmap will be based on data to keep infection rates under control.

You can read the roadmap in full here and we will continue to update our advice pages on our website as more guidance and information becomes available.

Until such time as the stages of the new roadmap take effect England currently remains subject to a National Lockdown. See the National Lockdown Guidance here.

Are you unsure how COVID-19 restrictions will affect your local community and voluntary group to make informed decisions about your group, activity or building? Click here to see the key points for consideration for groups looking at how to operate during the pandemic and details on how you can keep in touch with us. Join us for our next online drop-in session.

If you would like support for your voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise  (VCFSE) organisation, please contact us on 0161 339 2345 or email development@actiontogether.org.uk if you would like to discuss how we can support you during this confusing and difficult time.

Click here for dedicated coronavirus information and advice for residents, charities, and community and voluntary groups in Tameside, Oldham and Rochdale.
Tameside Vaccine Roll-Out
Vaccines for Tameside and Glossop are being delivered by GP led hubs based within Primary Care Networks – groups of GP practices within a neighbourhood. There are now five vaccination hubs delivering the vaccine locally – Ashton, Hyde, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop. There is also a national vaccination centre based at The Etihad Tennis Club in Manchester.

When it is the right time, people will receive an invitation to book an appointment for their vaccine.

You can watch a video here about why the vaccine is important.
Find out more
Tameside Community Champions
Tameside Community Champions can be anyone who live or work in the community. You might be the person that everyone knows and trusts. You might be someone who just wants to help in whatever way you can – even if this is your first time.

You can support amongst the community as much or as little as you like in a variety of ways from simply passing on information, to having conversations or volunteering your time.
Find out more
Census 2021 is Nearly Here – Make It Count for Tameside!
Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society, particularly relevant due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

You will be receiving a letter with a unique access code, allowing you to complete the questionnaire (available in multiple languages) on your computer, phones or tablets. If you prefer a paper questionnaire (also available in multiple languages) can also be sent to you.

Charities and voluntary organisations often use the census as evidence to get funding. It helps businesses to understand their customers. The census also provides important information on population diversity, allowing organisations to know whether they are meeting their responsibilities and triggering action where necessary.

Census Day Sunday 21 March 2021.
Census 2021 find out more
These Boots Are Made For?
The GM Daily Mile Toolkit!
The GM Daily Mile toolkit is designed to help you if you are looking to start walking a GM Daily Mile either on your own, with family or friends.
It is bursting with inspiration & tools to help you take those first steps towards your GM Daily Mile walk.
Lots of ideas here
Tameside Events –
March
Find out what events are running throughout March in your area.
Read it here
Droylsden Library –
Have Your Say!
Residents are invited to have their say on proposals to relocate Droylsden Library to the adjacent Guardsman Tony Downes House.
Have your say!
Taxi!
Changes to the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme, mean that domestic businesses and those who hold a Tameside taxi licence may now be eligible for a one off payment of £1,500.
Find out more
We offer support, information and guidance to Tameside residents and organisations on a wide range of volunteering opportunities. You can find local volunteering opportunities from hundreds of organisations on this page.
Give Time to Tameside
Do you live in Tameside and want to support your local community? Come and find out what’s available in your neighbourhood, and the different ways you can give your time, whether you want to support a local group or you have your own ideas, we are here to help!

When: Wednesday 10 March, 6pm – 7.30pm.
Book your place
Tameside Volunteer Coordinators – Coffee and a Catch Up!
These informal meetings will help us keep in touch with one another. They are a space to discuss organisational updates you may have, how you are involving volunteers and staying connected to them during this time. There will be an opportunity to meet people from other local organisations, to share ideas and to ask for advice.

When: Thursday 11 March, 12.30pm – 2pm.
Book your place
Willow Wood Hospice
Willow Wood Hospice is looking to recruit new volunteers for a number of different roles. Come along to this online information session and find out more about this fantastic Tameside charity, the work they do and the care they provide, and find out how you can get involved and support them as a volunteer.

When: Wednesday 17 March, 10.30am – 12pm.
Book your place
If you need training, support, advice or help with funding, contact the Action Together development team on Tel: 0161 339 2345 or Email: development@actiontogether.org.uk.
Advice and Guidance for Community Groups During COVID-19
Action Together is working closely with partners to identify best practice guidance for voluntary, community and faith sector groups to safely operate. As local and national restrictions continue to change we will provide the most up to date information we have available and how these may impact your building, services or activities.

Please join us for a Q&A session.

When: Tuesday 16 March, 10am – 11am.
Book your place
One Year On: Reflecting on COVID-19
The last year has seen unprecedented changes for the voluntary and charity sector. One year into COVID-19 restrictions, we’re taking the chance to reflect on the challenges local organisations have faced, share the lessons we’ve learnt, and look at how we can use these learnings to plan for your organisation’s future.

When: Tuesday 23 March, 10am – 12pm.
Book your place
Free Support for VCSE Orgs via ‘Skills for Growth SME Support’ Programme
Skills for Growth – SME Support is a fully funded, tailored service offering one-to-one, personalised and impartial advice from skills coaches, wellbeing champions and change specialists to help organisations grow through re-shaping, developing talent and enhancing team performance.
Find out more
Pilotlight Offers Charities and Social Enterprises Access to Strategic Business Support
Do you need help getting to the next step in your journey?

Pilotlight offers charities and social enterprises access to the strategic business support they need to thrive.
Find out more
We help people make connections and have a voice. We link people with avenues of support, groups with other groups and partners that can help their organisation and help to influence decision making locally. Get my group connected >>
Tameside Poverty Pilot Information Session
Are you working with communities in Tameside who may be experiencing poverty? Have you referred anyone to a foodbank or other food support agency in Tameside in the last year? Or, maybe you provide food support to people who are struggling financially?

We would like to invite you to a meeting to share our new pilot project.

When: Monday 8 March, 3pm – 4.30pm.
Find out more
If you would like to find out more about Action Together’s collaborative work contact us on Tel: 0161 339 2345 or Email: info@actiontogether.org.uk.
Making Sport More Inclusive for LGBT Young People
This guidance provides some pointers form National Governing Bodies and other sport providers on how to make their sport more accessible to youngLGBT people. It has been written following consultation with young LGBT
people who access the services of LGBT Youth North West.
Read the guide here

IMPORTANT – Regular Testing for Staff and Students.

By Mr J Haslam26th February 2021

As you will be aware, on Monday 22nd February 2021 the Prime Minister announced to the nation that from 8th March 2021 ‘pupils and students in all schools and further education settings can safely return to face-to-face teaching’ and that ‘school attendance will be mandatory for all pupils, with secondary schools and colleges able to phase return over the week of 8th March to allow students to be offered testing on return’.

 

Regular testing of our staff and students has already begun in our on-site testing facility. The COVID‑19 tests, known as ‘lateral flow devices’, help identify asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 that might otherwise not be detected within school populations, and the government hopes this testing will reduce the ability of the virus to spread undetected. Anyone who has a positive result will immediately have to self-isolate for ten days, as would his or her close contacts.

 

The testing will be carried out by a team made up of school staff and some external volunteers all of whom have completed the required government training to enable testing to take place and have full DBS safeguarding checks. The tests are entirely self-administered – the students will complete the process themselves – and they will need to have three tests within six to ten days. However, this can only take place with your consent – no test will be taken without it.

 

If you would like for your child/children to take part in this testing programme you need to give your consent for them to do so. Please read the attached letter outlining our approach to testing in more detail and the attached COVID-19 testing privacy statement detailing the data we will need to collect from you and how it will be treated. If after reading these documents you wish to give your consent for your child/children to take part in the testing programme then please complete the relevant consent form below before 3pm on Wednesday the 3rd of March, 2021.

Consent form for Year 11 Student COVID-19 testing at Denton Community College

Consent form for Year 10 Student COVID-19 testing at Denton Community College

Consent form for Year 9 Student COVID-19 testing at Denton Community College

Consent form for Year 8 Student COVID-19 testing at Denton Community College

Consent form for Year 7 Student COVID-19 testing at Denton Community College

Please feel free to contact Steve Nixon, Assistant Headteacher by email at s.nixon@dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk if you have any questions about the testing that he can answer for you.

Please click here for information related to Consent  & click here for a letter to parents

Tameside – Action Together Newsletter

By Mr J Haslam22nd February 2021 

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Action Together membership is free and open to all community and voluntary organisations in the areas we support. Become a member of Action Together.
Rapid Drop-in Testing for Key Workers in Tameside
Rapid testing is now available for voluntary, community and social enterprise volunteers and workforce with no Covid-19 symptoms. Supporting communities throughout the pandemic, in public facing roles, means your workforce is eligible to receive regular and rapid testing.

Anyone who can’t work from home, or comes into regular contact with the public, is strongly encouraged to get tested. You’ve done so much for our borough and this testing service offers the opportunity to help to protect you, your loved ones, and those you come into contact with.

Public Health staff recommend that anyone who is eligible gets tested twice a week – an increase from once a week. Testing gives you a result for that moment in time and so by testing more frequently, we can better help to prevent the spread of Covid-19 unknowingly. With evidence to suggest the new variant of Covid-19 may be linked to a higher mortality rate we need to do everything we can to stop the spread and protect each other.

You don’t need to book, you can simply turn up at one of the rapid testing centres and bring ID and proof of occupation.

Volunteers will need to provide proof of their key worker status and confirmation letter to present when attending testing sites. Action Together can provide a volunteer confirmation letter, please contact lisa.hannibal@actiontogether.org.uk.
Find out more
Tameside Vaccine Roll-Out
Vaccines for Tameside and Glossop are being delivered by GP led hubs based within Primary Care Networks – groups of GP practices within a neighbourhood. There are now five vaccination hubs delivering the vaccine locally – Ashton, Hyde, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop. There is also a national vaccination centre based at The Etihad Tennis Club in Manchester.

When it is the right time, people will receive an invitation to book an appointment for their vaccine.

You can watch a video here about why the vaccine is important.
Find out more
Tameside – Latest Information
If you want information about the latest changes to the local lockdown, if you need support or if you want to know how you can support your community, check out our dedicated page on the Action Together website.
Find out more
British Sign Language Advice
BSL have produced a video guide on Covid-19 vaccination for eligible adults.
Watch video
Tameside Age Friendly Newsletter Launched!
Community News has been produced by a network of residents and staff from various charities and organisations
across Tameside. Have a read for support and advice about how you can live a healthy, happier life, what’s going on in Tameside and read about some of the great things that have
been happening around Tameside recently!
Read it here
Census 2021 – Make It Count for Tameside!
Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society, particularly relevant due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tameside households will receive a letter with a unique access code, allowing you to complete the questionnaire (available in multiple languages) on your computer, phones or tablets. If you prefer a paper questionnaire (also available in multiple languages) can also be sent to you.

Charities and voluntary organisations often use the census as evidence to get funding. It helps businesses to understand their customers. The census also provides important information on population diversity, allowing organisations to know whether they are meeting their responsibilities and triggering action where necessary.

Don’t forget! We are holding a Census #WednesdaysWeekly session on Wednesday 3 March, 10am – 11am. The session is for anyone that wants to know more about the Census, how to complete it or ask any questions. Book your place here.
Census 2021 find out more
Tameside Sport & Leisure – Have your Say!
A public consultation has been launched on Tameside’s sport and leisure assets and they need your views.

Active Tameside is a charitable trust that manages leisure services on behalf of Tameside Council. Like many local authorities, Tameside Council is having to make difficult decisions in light of the extremely challenging economic climate brought on in part by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A sport and leisure review has been undertaken across leisure estate which proposes initial cost-saving measures aimed at achieving financial sustainability. The Council has developed these cost-saving proposals in partnership with Active Tameside.

It wants to hear your views on how these proposals might affect you and how it could continue to deliver health and wellbeing services to the local population.
Find out more
Good News – Noah’s Art Expands!
Noah’s ART supports people of all ages in the recovery of their mental and physical health through their love of animals based at The Together Centre in Dukinfield. It has now extended their provision to include the newly built ‘Hoppy Huts’. The Huts will provide outdoor areas to allow for the delivery of nature-based therapies, including arts and crafts, bunny yoga, dog agility and many others.

Hoppy Huts is a multi-purpose facility that, in addition to therapeutic services, will eventually host the Hoppy Huts Theatre and Dog Café!
Find out more about Noah’s Art
Tameside History -Festival of Libraries Project
Manchester City of Literature and partners – the Local History and Archives services for Oldham, Tameside and Manchester – want to create a new way to engage residents in local history as part of the gradual recovery from Covid-19.

Find out more here.
Godley Green Village, Hyde Proposal Now Live!
The consultation on the Godley Green Garden Village proposal in Hyde has now been launched. The council wants the project to be led by people rather than developers, and residents are being asked for their views so they can help to shape the proposals. There is also an online information session taking place on Thursday 25 February if you wish to attend book here.

Find out more about the propsals here.
Tameside & Glossop Mind -Listening Spaces
Mind has launched  ‘Listening Spaces’ in Tameside, Oldham and Glossop. A confidential service providing advice and resources for people to talk.

Call 0161 330 9223 Ext 2169.
Tameside ACE – Free ESOL Classes
ESOL Zoom Classes available from Tameside Ace.

For more information call 0161 342 4063.
Noah’s Art –
Eating Disorder Peer Support Group
Peer support group for adults 18+ in recovery from eating disorders.

Contact: catherine@noahs-art.co.uk or call 07505474390.
Tameside – Let’s End Hate Crime
Come along and meet the funders of the Lets End Hate Crime small grants that is currently available for VCFSE groups in Tameside to apply for.

When: 3 March 11am-12pm.

Book your place here.
We offer support, information and guidance to Tameside residents and organisations on a wide range of volunteering opportunities. You can find local volunteering opportunities from hundreds of organisations on this page.
Give Time to Tameside
Do you live in Tameside and want to support your local community? Come and find out what’s available in your neighbourhood, and the different ways you can give your time, whether you want to support a local group or you have your own ideas, we are here to help!

When: Wednesday 24 February, 6pm – 7.30pm.
Book your place
Tameside Volunteer Coordinators – Coffee and a Catch Up!
These informal meetings will help us keep in touch with one another. They are a space to discuss organisational updates you may have, how you are involving volunteers and staying connected to them during this time. There will be an opportunity to meet people from other local organisations, to share ideas and to ask for advice.

When: Thursday 11 March, 12.30pm – 2pm.
Register here
If you need training, support, advice or help with funding, contact the Action Together development team on Tel: 0161 339 2345 or Email: development@actiontogether.org.uk.
Advice and Guidance for Community Groups During Covid-19
Action Together is working closely with partners to identify best practice guidance for voluntary, community and faith sector groups to safely operate. As local and national restrictions continue to change we will provide the most up to date information we have available and how these may impact your building, services or activities.

Please join us for a Q&A session.

When: Tuesday 2 March, 10am – 11am
Book here
Free Support for VCSE Orgs via ‘Skills for Growth SME Support’ Programme
Skills for Growth – SME Support is a fully funded, tailored service offering one-to-one, personalised and impartial advice from skills coaches, wellbeing champions and change specialists to help organisations grow through re-shaping, developing talent and enhancing team performance.
Find out more
Pilotlight Offers Charities and Social Enterprises Access to Strategic Business Support
Do you need help getting to the next step in your journey?

Pilotlight offers charities and social enterprises access to the strategic business support they need to thrive.
Find out more
We help people make connections and have a voice. We link people with avenues of support, groups with other groups and partners that can help their organisation and help to influence decision making locally. Get my group connected >>

Action Together – Tameside -Update

By Mr J Haslam5th February 2021 

Follow Action Together on social media
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Action Together membership is free and open to all community and voluntary organisations in the areas we support. Become a member of Action Together.
Rapid Drop-in Testing for Key Workers in Tameside
Rapid testing is now available for voluntary, community and social enterprise volunteers and workforce with no symptoms. Supporting communities throughout the pandemic, in public facing roles, means your workforce is eligible to receive regular and rapid testing.

Anyone who can’t work from home, or comes into regular contact with the public, is strongly encouraged to get tested. You’ve done so much for our borough and this testing service offers the opportunity to help to protect you, your loved ones, and those you come into contact with.

Public Health staff recommend that anyone who is eligible gets tested twice a week – an increase from once a week. Testing gives you a result for that moment in time and so by testing more frequently, we can better help to prevent the spread of Covid-19 unknowingly. With evidence to suggest the new variant of Covid-19 may be linked to a higher mortality rate we need to do everything we can to stop the spread and protect each other.

You don’t need to book, you can simply turn up at one of the rapid testing centres and bring ID and proof of occupation.

Volunteers will need to provide proof of their key worker status and confirmation letter to present when attending testing sites. Action Together can provide a volunteer confirmation letter, please contact lisa.hannibal@actiontogether.org.uk.
Find out more
Tameside Vaccine Roll-Out
Vaccines for Tameside and Glossop are being delivered by GP led hubs based on our Primary Care Networks – groups of GP practices within a neighbourhood. There are now five vaccination hubs delivering the vaccine locally – Ashton, Hyde, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop. There is also a national vaccination centre based at The Etihad Tennis Club in Manchester.

As roll-out continues, all those people aged 70 years and over and those who are clinically vulnerable should have received an invitation to book an appointment for their vaccine. If you are in these groups and haven’t received or seen your letter you can book a vaccine appointment here.

If you are not aged over 70 or are in a clinically vulnerable group please wait until you are contacted by the NHS for your vaccination appointment.

You can watch a video here about why the vaccine is important.
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Tameside Community Champions Still Needed
Many Tameside residents are already ambassadors within their communities, inspiring and influencing others to keep to the rules to help reduce local transmission rates. Please sign up to become a community champion where you can help get messages into the heart of local communities.

Director of Public Health, Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy talks more about the role of community champions in this video here.
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Tameside – Latest Information
If you want information about the latest changes to the local lockdown, if you need support or if you want to know how you can support your community, check out our dedicated page on the Action Together website.
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Census 2021 – Tameside Groups Your help is Vital!
Census 2021 will provide a snapshot of modern society, particularly relevant due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tameside households receive a letter with a unique access code, allowing them to complete the questionnaire on their computers, phones or tablets. A paper questionnaire (available in multiple languages) can also be sent to you.

Taking part in the census is so important, as it gathers essential information that’s used for things that affect your Tameside community. Public bodies use census information to help plan and fund services like housing, education and healthcare, this could mean improved services such as doctors surgeries, schools, transport links for Tameside etc.
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Have Your Say on Tameside Boundaries
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England is asking for your views on our electoral review of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. The review will agree new ward boundaries across the council.

They need local input to help them understand the different communities of Tameside and how that translates into workable electoral ward boundaries.
Have your say
Make 2021 an Active Year!
As many of us are spending more time at home, we’re likely to spend less time moving and more time sitting which isn’t good for our physical or mental health.

Moving more lifts our mood, burns off energy, helps us sleep better and enables us to manage a healthy weight.
Ideas about how and where you can be more active in Tameside
Good News! The Food Pantry
Smallshaw Hurst Community Action Group – Food Pantry is now registered as a CIO – Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Volunteers are needed to support the pantry.
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T & G Healthy Young Minds Survey
Tameside and Glossop Healthy Young Minds would like to ask partners to complete the survey below to help understand your experience of our service and ways in which we might improve our support.
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Moving after Covid-19 Road to Recovery
After coronavirus, people may feel unsure of how and when to return to physical activity. GM Moving, has collated advice and guidance on how people can start to get moving again after coronavirus.
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Nominations Open Dementia Hero Awards 2021
Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Hero Awards 2021 will showcase the stories of people doing outstanding things during the pandemic – our dementia heroes.

Deadline: Friday 5 March.
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Donate Your Old Devices!
Can you help by donating an unused device or by giving your time as a volunteer?
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Tameside GP Survey Open!
Local people registered with a GP practice in Tameside and Glossop are asked to take part in a survey about their experiences of local NHS services.
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We offer support, information and guidance to Tameside residents and organisations on a wide range of volunteering opportunities. You can find local volunteering opportunities from hundreds of organisations on this page.
Give Time to Tameside
Do you live in Tameside and want to support your local community? Come and find out what’s available in your neighbourhood, and the different ways you can give your time, whether you want to support a local group or you have your own ideas, we are here to help!

When:

  • Wednesday 10 February, 6pm – 7.30pm.
  • Friday 12 February, 10am – 11.30am
  • Wednesday 17 February, 6pm – 7.30pm
Book your place
Tameside Volunteer Coordinators – Coffee and a Catch Up!
These informal meetings will help us keep in touch with one another. They are a space to discuss organisational updates you may have, how you are involving volunteers and staying connected to them during this time. There will be an opportunity to meet people from other local organisations, to share ideas and to ask for advice.

When: Thursday 11 February, 12.30pm – 2pm.
Register here
If you need training, support, advice or help with funding, contact the Action Together development team on Tel: 0161 339 2345 or Email: development@actiontogether.org.uk.
Advice and Guidance for Community Groups During Covid-19
Action Together is working closely with partners to identify best practice guidance for voluntary, community and faith sector groups to safely operate. As local and national restrictions continue to change we will provide the most up to date information we have available and how these may impact your building, services or activities.

Please join us for a Q&A session.

When: Tuesday 16 February, 10am – 11am.
Book here
Free support for VCSE orgs via ‘Skills for Growth SME Support’ programme
Skills for Growth – SME Support is a fully funded, tailored service offering one-to-one, personalised and impartial advice from skills coaches, wellbeing champions and change specialists to help organisations grow through re-shaping, developing talent and enhancing team performance.
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Pilotlight Offers Charities and Social Enterprises Access to Strategic Business Support
Do you need help getting to the next step in your journey?

Pilotlight offers charities and social enterprises access to the strategic business support they need to thrive.
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