FareShare Cymru are looking for an

Operations Manager!

This new role is based in our Cardiff warehouses will provide leadership and oversee the FareShare Cymru operational locations, ensuring that operations are managed efficiently, to required levels of compliance with regulations and Service Levels, meet operational objectives and ensure its ongoing success.

If you are interested in applying please see more information on our website 

https://fareshare.cymru/fareshare-cymru-vacancies/

Last chance to book your Safeguarding Awareness Training !

We still have a few spaces on our

Safeguarding Awareness training on 25^th March. 

It’s a half day session starting at 9:30

The Benefits:

💡 "Protecting vulnerable people in our community"
📜 "Essential knowledge for community workers & volunteers"
🏆 "Enhance your skills & boost your CV"
✅ "It's free, quick & easy to attend!" 

Don’t forget its FREE

To book your space contact karen.vowles@vamt.net

Would you be interested in running a Tea & Tech session to help members of your community ?

Digital Communities Wales will be hosting a face to face session at VAMT. 

The session will be informal and relaxed and give an opportunity to learn together.

Date:  10^th April

Time: 10 am to 1pm

Venue: Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

In addition, Digital Communities Wales will help you to help your communities by loaning digital kit.

This includes laptops, tablets and smart speakers. They can also support with FREE data.

To book your space click the link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vamt-tea-tech-digital-friends-tickets-1254471621389?aff=oddtdtcreator

As part of our Meet the Funder series of events, National Lottery Community Fund will be holding a surgery by appointment only on:-

 Wednesday 9th April at VAMT

If you would like to discuss funding for  a potential project or any issues you may have with delivering your current Lottery Funded project, book your half an hour appointment now.

Appointments must be booked via karen.vowles@vamt.net

Charity regulator warns about fraudulent letters sent on its behalf

Charity Commission warns charities about fraudulent messages recently sent to charities and trustees.

The messages typically request action to be taken such as removing a trustee or chief executive from their position, releasing funds as part of a grant or supplying documents such as a passport or utility bill. They may be signed as coming from ‘the Commission,’ Chief Executive Officer and/or its Directors.  

We have reported the incidents to Action Fraud and will continue to monitor the situation.  

It’s not always easy to tell if correspondence is real or fake, however please note we:

• will only send you a letter just by post only if we do not have your current email address. Check and update your details
• rarely address letters generically, for example ‘to whom it may concern’
• do not write letters or emails of certification on behalf of UK charities regarding tax exemption or any other matters
• do not issue requests to authenticate an account online by supplying personal identity documents
• will not ask you to provide banking information

In the rare circumstance where we might send you a letter by post  it will:

• be franked – not stamped
• normally have a case number or reference on it 
• be unlikely to be marked as ‘Strictly Private and Confidential’ 
• come from the Charity Commission for ‘England and Wales’, not the ‘UK’ or ‘England’

It is unlikely that any serious allegations against individuals would be detailed in a letter, or that we would name individuals before there was clear evidence of wrongdoing. 

Matters to do with casework or investigation would normally come from a caseworker or a team at the Commission . 

If you are in any doubt, contact us to check.

Please contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales if you have any concerns via the above link.