Training | Hyffordiant : Understanding how to safeguard the welfare of children and young people/Deall sut i ddiogelu lles plant a phobl ifanc

Please click here to view the training course

Views sought on the future of Powys libraries

Powys library users, interested residents, businesses and voluntary groups are being asked to give their views on how best the council and communities can continue to deliver library services in the future.

With savings of over £27m to be found over the next three years, the library service has been tasked with reducing their costs by £250,000 by April 2019.

The current proposal is that the six main libraries - Ystradgynlais, Brecon, Llandrindod, Machynlleth, Newtown and Welshpool – and the two mobile library services for North and South Powys form the cornerstone of the service. 

Ideas and views are being sought on how best to save 50% of the local running costs and continue to deliver services in the 11 towns that have branch libraries – Builth Wells, Crickhowell, Hay-on-Wye, Knighton, Llanfair Caereinion, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Llanwrtyd Wells, Presteigne, Rhayader and Talgarth. 

Some meetings have taken place with town and community councils and other organisations who could contribute towards library running costs, co-locate their service within the current library building or offer the library a home in theirs. 

   

Library users, interested residents and other stakeholders are being asked to contribute to these discussions between 15^th April – 3^rd July either by completing an online or paper survey or attending a drop in session at their branch on the following dates.

Making a Difference During 2015/16

Please would you take a few minutes to let us know how the support from PAVO has made a difference for your organisation?

 

This information will help us make sure we are providing you with effective support.  It will also help to demonstrate to any of our funders that our activities can make a difference.

 

As always, if you have any suggestions which would help you in the future please do let us know.

 

We will collate your responses, summarise them and make the results available via the Children & Families Blog by the end of April.  

 

Could you let us have your comments via the form linked below by THURSDAY 14TH APRIL 2016?

 

Making a Difference During 2015/16

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Relationships Shouldn't Hurt' on Thursday 14th April at 7pm at CARAD (Community Arts Rhayader & District) Rhayader

Tender Opportunity: Provision of Independent Professional Advocacy Services for Children and Young People

This Tender Opportunity has been published on Sell2Wales (www.sell2wales.gov.uk) website on 7th April 2016.

Powys County Council on behalf of the Mid and West Wales Regional Programme Board is commencing the procurement of Independent Professional Advocacy services for the region of Powys, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire local authorities. As the lead authority on behalf of the region, the Council is seeking to engage with suitably qualified and experienced organisation(s) for the provision of Advocacy Services.

The Mid and West Wales Region is commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy Services for children and young people for whom there is a statutory entitlement.

The proposed service will cover the counties of:

Powys
Carmarthen
Ceredigion
Pembrokeshire

Running for 36 months, the contract is divided up into 5 lots:

Relationships Shouldn’t Hurt – Drama Production, 28th April

BRAVE EIP

Presents

Relationships Shouldn’t Hurt – Drama Production

Performed at the Guildhall, Brecon, on Thursday 28^th April @ 7.30pm

New Integrated Training Brochure

The new Integrated Training Brochure is now available to access on the Powys County Council website

http://www.powys.gov.uk/en/training-and-dbs/training-for-childcare-providers-foster-carers-and-social-care-work/ and for Powys County Council employees can also be found on page 4071 of the Powys staff intranet site.

The Integrated Training Brochure offers information and training relating to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, information and sign posting to partnership organisations within Powys as well mapping training into a single training programme from April 2016 – March 2017.

The training continues to build on the adopted tier system to make courses more accessible for all staff, practitioners, carers, foster carers, adoptive parents and service users.

Promoting the value of Play and getting our children outside ....

Twitter campaign #Dirtisgood 

Follow this campaign on Twitter.  The following article summarises the talk by Sir Ken Robinson on the importance of children accessing play.

http://rethinkingchildhood.com/2016/04/05/sir-ken-robinson-outdoor-play-dirt-is-good/

The Powys Play Sufficiency Assessment will soon be published which backs up some of the findings in this article.

Saving lives: Understanding the links between alcohol and suicide

PAVO OUTREACH SURGERIES

Does your organisation need funding support or a Funding Health Check?  Have you got an issue around governance? Would your trustees like support to understand what their role is?  Would you like to discuss potential project ideas? 

Come along for a chat to a PAVO development officer to find out how we can support you.

Here are the outreach dates for April 2016– we hope to see you there:

Wednesday 13^th April 2016        PAVO Offices Llandrindod                     10am – 4.15pm

Friday 15^th April 2016                PAVO Offices Newtown                            1-30pm – 4.30pm

To avoid disappointment and make an appointment please contact PAVO on 01597 822191 to book a place.