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Denton Community College is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Eton College during the COVID-19 Pandemic in order to support our Year 10 and  Year 11 students.

Eton was founded by King Henry VI in 1440 and lies just across the river Thames from the pretty Berkshire town of Windsor; most famous for its royal castle. Throughout its history, Eton has been one of the leading independent schools in the UK and it continues to provide a stimulating all-round education, coupled with academic excellence.

Denton Community College is being granted access to Eton’s Eton X online courses. The students of Denton will gain access to courses on CV writing and Resilience and be able to complete the courses online at home.

If you are Parent or Carer of a Year 11 or Year 10 student, you will shortly receive details via email on how to access these courses. If you do not receive this email or wish for more details. Please contact: info@dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk

Are you interested in completing an online BTEC?

ITEC are currently delivering BTEC Workskills, BTEC Health and Social Care and BTEC Customer Service courses. These BTEC online courses are being delivered using the Zoom platform, the Zoom platform ensures that learners are getting the valuable face to face contact and support which is accessible at times convenient to all.

The courses are fully funded for anyone that meets the AEB funding eligibility. if you know anyone that would benefit from the courses please feel free to contact ITEC on their email: courses@itec2016.com

One of their team will contact you and discuss their individual support requirements.

Firstly, the Grants Online team hope you are all well and bearing up in these difficult times. 

Since our last email there have been some important updates with regards to funding being made available to help with the impact that COVID-19 is having on local communities and organisations that are helping local people.

Some of the updates include:

Sport England has launched a Coronavirus Emergency Fund. This new fund aims to help community sport and physical activity organisations who are experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Awards will be between £300 and £10,000. In exceptional circumstances Sport England will consider awards of more than £10,000.

Youth Scotland has launched an Action Fund to help youth groups and youth workers meet the needs of young people in response to the Covid-19 Coronavirus. the purpose of this fund is to enable youth groups to purchase essential items that will enable them to continue working with young people throughout this period of social distancing and restrictions. Grants of up to £500 are available.

A number of additional Community Foundations have now launched funds to help local organisations and people affected by Covid-19.

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has launched a Third Sector Resilience Fund. The Third Sector Resilience fund provides grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 to provide emergency support for charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations working in Scotland.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has put together a £50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.  Grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 will be available to organisations which have received funding in the past or are either a current grantee, or still under contract following a previous grant

We are working hard to keep everyone updated with the latest information and if you are aware of any funding schemes not listed on our page please let us know by email at info@grantsonline.org.uk

To access the list of funds available please go to:  https://www.grantsonline.org.uk/coronavirus.html

Please feel free to share this information.

If you are in self-isolation and you have a smart meter (pre-payment meter) please contact your utility provider who may be able to assist by sending out two weeks’ worth of gas/electricity.

Please see contact details below:

British Gas:               0333 202 9802

EDF:                           0333 200 5100

EON:                          0345 303 3040

N Power:                    0800 073 3000

Scottish Power:        0800 027 0072

SSE:                           0345 026 2658

If you require support with Council Tax payments please visit:  https://www.tameside.gov.uk/ctax/counciltaxsupport and email: counciltax@tameside.gov.uk

DCC has this week been recognised as an establishment that provides schemes of work that engage pupils and colleagues in UK Parliament and democracy.

After submitting a portfolio, the UK Parliament expressed how impressed they were with Mr Spencer and the RS team, and how they had managed to embed work related to Democracy at Denton Community College. They praised the teachers for a brilliant job of engaging our pupils and colleagues in the UK Parliament and democratic process.

The college gained special recognition for the achievement of raising student awareness in topics as diverse as Uighur Muslims, LGBTQ+ Action and the Make Your Mark programme.

Consequently, we are delighted to confirm Mr Spencer’s status as UK Parliament Teacher Ambassador (Gold). The college has been awarded two versions of a digital badge which Denton Community College will add to the website.

We will shortly receive a printed certificate and an enamel badge. Mr Spencer will also be invited to the ‘show and tell’ at the next Teachers’ Institute currently scheduled for 22 June.

We are immensely proud of this achievement and want to thank Mr Spencer and the RS team for helping our pupils and colleagues in Denton to learn more about the UK Parliament!

Well done Mr Spencer for becoming a Teacher Ambassador and the team for their hard work!

  

How do I help my child during this time? What can I do to explain the situation?

The following document provides specific advice on speaking to your child at this time. It has useful help and tips on how to respond to worries and concerns in relation to COVID -19 and Coronavirus.

Click on the link below:

Help and Support – How to respond to your child during the Corona-virus Outbreak