Entries by Cat Giggal

Free desktop audit now available!

Utility Aid is offering Community First Yorkshire members a free Desktop Audit on their latest energy bill! Utility Aid is the UK’s leading energy broker for the charity and not-for-profit sector. As well as helping to secure new contracts with your Electric, Gas, and Water, Utility Aid can also help with supplier problems, inaccurate bills, […]

Social Enterprise Support

At the beginning of 2025, we worked with the York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub and Social Vision to offer free peer support, workshops, mentoring and networking for any budding social entrepreneur in North Yorkshire. The programme has ended but we are pleased to share some of the slides and resources here: Sustainability presentation Marketing […]

Join the Yorkshire & Humber Secure Data Environment Citizens’ Jury

What is a Citizens’ Jury? Being part of a Citizens’ Jury is your opportunity to share your thoughts, hear different opinions, and work together to make recommendations that really matter. This Citizens’ Jury has been commissioned and funded by Yorkshire & Humber Secure Data Environment to recruit 25 members of the public to help shape […]

Volunteer at the Mobile Library

North Yorkshire Libraries are recruiting volunteers to offer digital support on the Mobile Library. Sessions are pre-booked and members of the community sit down one to one with a volunteer to find out how to get online and/or to complete digital tasks using either the library laptop or their own device. If you would like […]

Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) Upskilling Programme

NHS England has announced the launch of the  Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) Upskilling Programme eLearning sessions, available now via the NHS Learning Hub. The programme is a free and short online course designed to support all providers – NHS, VCSE and independent sector – who submit data to the MHSDS to build their confidence […]

NHS 111 select mental health option

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing a mental health crisis, access urgent support 24/7 by calling NHS 111 and selecting the mental health option. Local crisis teams are not changing and the service is still provided by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust in our region. It is just a new […]

Free digital support in North Yorkshire

Would you like support learning how to do something online? Received a new phone or tablet for Christmas and want to get to grips with it? You can receive free one to one support with your digital queries on the Mobile Library in Sleights, Danby, Castleton and Robin Hoods Bay. To find out when the […]

Babington and BT Group Apprenticeship Fund

Introducing Babington’s partnership with BT Group, empowering businesses, charities and public sector organisations to unlock access to BT’s £4 million Apprenticeship Fund What is the Apprenticeship Fund? BT Group, partnering with Babington, is making available up to £4 million from its apprenticeship levy funds to help SMEs, charities and the public sector train new apprentices […]

Health and care talent programme briefings

Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership have launched three new system leadership development programmes and are holding briefings to let you know more about them. These programmes are specifically tailored to develop system leaders, and are designed to prepare participants for the next step of their career, equipping them with the skills to […]

Make 2025 your year for volunteering

Start 2025 with purpose – give back to your community and boost your wellbeing. Explore countless opportunities on our VINY (Volunteering in North Yorkshire) portal, from gardening and driving to social media roles. Search by location, interest, or cause, and connect directly with organisations. Register for a VINY account today and begin your volunteering journey!