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Community Partner News
Wellbeing News
Veterans Moving Forwards Course
Course Aim:
To provide you with the opportunity to gain clarity about your direction in life, develop tools and strategies to help you commit to action and make progress towards your brighter future.
Free online nutrition and lifestyle support on offer for Worcestershire residents
A FREE 12-week online lifestyle programme for adults in Worcestershire looking to lose weight, feel more energetic, or simply develop healthier habits has been launched, writes Abigail Wyatt.
Led by a qualified nutritionist, each weekly session is packed with expert advice and practical tips.
Local Events
Love Woodrow Banner Making Project
Join us at The Den, Bengrove Close, Woodrow on Saturday 16 August, from 1–4pm to launch the Love Woodrow Banner Making Project. Drop in anytime to try plastic fusion, Hapa Zome flower printmaking, and tie dye. With live music from Spoz, free pizza, and drinks.
Children's Lego Group
Sun 17 Aug 2025
The Globe at Hay, Newport Street, Hay on Wye, Hereford
Join us on the 3rd Sunday morning of the month for a fun and therapeutic Lego-building session hosted by Jo (The Therapywise Foundation) and Christina Resch (ELSA). Open to ages 4+, with parents required to stay on-site.
Village Hall News
Health and Safety Risk Assessments.
These matters are quite simple in a village hall setting. Halls are generally low risk environments, not much more than a simple box, in which activities take place. The MC is responsible for providing a safe box and the activity provider for running their activity safely and appropriately. The model hire agreement I can supply sets these responsibilities out clearly and is very important.
The most important duty for the MC is to risk assess its hall and to take reasonable steps to mitigate any risks. It does not have to eliminate all risks. Risks include physical injury, fire and other matters like safeguarding, a further risk assessment would help in relation to financial risks and data protection.
Advice notes and templates are available to members of our network for free. Email richardt@comfirst.org.uk for more information
Rural News
Rural Ambition: enabling communities to thrive
ACRE’s Strategy for 2025-30
Our vision for the future is of rural communities that are thriving, inclusive and sustainable, with the support they need to ensure equitable outcomes for everyone.
Our new strategy for 2025-30, Rural Ambition: enabling communities to thrive, is designed to deliver this vision with renewed focus and energy
Consultation Opens on Proposed Reforms to WaterSure Scheme
DEFRA has launched a consultation on proposed reforms to the WaterSure scheme, which supports low-income households in England with high essential water use by capping their water and sewerage bills.
Originally expected to be part of a wider consultation on a National Social Tariff, WaterSure has now been split out and is subject to its own consultation process. The reforms aim to strengthen protections for vulnerable customers and ensure fairer, more consistent support across water company areas.
Funding News
Grants for physical activity providers
We provide grants of up to £3,000 to support physical activity projects for people with Parkinson's all over the UK.
Investing in home-based early years support
Creating Connections Grants Programme 2025
We’re pleased to announce that the McCarthy Stone Foundation is awarding grants of up to £7,500 to support over 20 charitable organisations working to reduce loneliness and isolation among older people
Free trees for schools and communities