Does your community organisation need additional funds in 2025? Come along to our free online session find out how your organisation can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easy fundraising.

In this informal session, Becky from easy fundraising will show you how your volunteers, staff and supporters can use the easy fundraising platform to raise donations for free for your organisation when they shop with leading retailers. 

What to expect:-

• A live demonstration of how it works
• Instructions on how to get your organisation set up
• Tips on how to raise as much as possible
• A Q&A session with Becky

Suitable for: anyone involved in fundraising for good causes of all shapes and sizes including voluntary groups, CICs, social enterprises, churches, schools, sports clubs and charities

It will be a friendly informal session and is open to any member of your team so please feel free to share this invitation.  

Why not set up a free easy fundraising page for your organisation before the session? You can do that here:https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/merthyr-tydfil

About easy fundraising

Through easyfundraising, 8,000 online retailers will donate money to your organisation when your volunteers, staff and supporters shop with them. Anything from a weekly grocery shop to a family holiday can generate a free donation for you.  Every 3 months you’ll receive all the donations raised by your supporters and as it’s unrestricted funding, you spend the money on whatever you need.

You will have the opportunity to ask questions and share your experiences too. 

For more information and book your place by 18^th March contact Emily.whiteman-cranston@vamt.net 

About us: Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil (VAMT) is the County Voluntary Council (CVC) for the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil and has existed since 1997.  VAMT is a part of Third Sector Support Wales (TSSW) which is a network of support organisations for the third sector. Our shared goal is to enable the third sector and volunteers across Wales to contribute fully to individual and community well-being, now and for the future.

About this role:

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the postholder will support VAMT in its delivery of the TSSW Infrastructure Agreement, particularly the strategic aim to “strengthen representation and influence of third sector organisations”

The postholder will line manager the team of Community Coordinators and ensure accurate records are kept up to date via a bespoke CRM system.

To secure this great opportunity you will have experience of:

• working in the third sector at a strategic level
• partnership and collaborative working across sectors
• managing a team of staff

 Benefits of working with us:

• A flexible working scheme
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata) rising to 33 on completion of 5 years’ service
• 8 bank holidays
• 3 concessionary days
• Enhanced sick pay
• A very generous pension scheme – 10% employer contribution
• Agile Working
• Employee support programme

**We are currently trialling a “4 Day Week” – this means 80% time for 100% salary and 100% output.

To download an application pack click here

This position is subject to a successful 6 month probationary period.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact: claire.williams@vamt.net 

Closing date: 31^st March 2025, 12pm

Interview date:  10^th April 2025

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Group A

Basic Awareness

25^th March 2025 9:30 – 1pm (in person session)

All staff working in: social care, health care, local authority departments, police, education, early years, the third and voluntary sector (including volunteers) are required to undertake basic awareness training. This session will give you an overview of what safeguarding is and how it impacts on your role in the community.

Group B

Recognition and Response

31^st March 2025 – 9:30 to 4:30 (in person session)

This session is for anyone who has regular contact with adults, children and members of the public in their roles. This includes practitioners who are or aren't registered or regulated and volunteers. The session will enable you to recognise a safeguarding situation and what measurers and procedure you need to respond.

Both training sessions will be held in the Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil, 89-90 High Street, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8UH.

To book your space on this FREE training contact karen.vowles@vamt.net