The Uttlesford Foodbank is looking for people to become volunteer drivers.
Do you have your own car?
Do you have a couple of hours (or more) free during the day on weekdays?
Would you like to volunteer with the food bank, making a real difference to people in Uttlesford?
If so, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for volunteers to deliver food parcels to our clients in and around the Stansted, Takeley and Dunmow areas.
Contact us on:
T: 01371 404525
Support families by offering emotional support and guidance.
Your offer of time and support, as a volunteer, can mean the world to a family. Becoming a parent, whether it’s the first or the fourth time, can be an isolating experience.
Home-Visiting Volunteers offer families support and encouragement in their home by visiting them once a week for a period of six months. They develop a relationship with the family and encourage positive parenting and school readiness. They encourage the family to explore, reflect and come up with their own solutions. They can offer practical support within the home such as reading to a child.
No formal qualifications required as full training will be given.
Parenting experience or experience of working with families and children.
Contact us on T: 01371 404525
Baby and Toddler Rhyme Time Volunteers needed at local libraries
As a volunteer at baby and toddler rhyme times, you will deliver rhyme sessions, and support the development of children by sharing your enjoyment of books and rhymes.
Contact us on Tel: 01371 404525 Email: volunteer@ucan.org.uk
Due to demand for help, we need to grow our team of dedicated volunteers who can help out with occasional tasks for neighbours.
Your Community Needs You! Uttlesford Community Response Hub supports isolated and vulnerable residents by providing assistance with:
Due to demand for help, we need to grow our team of dedicated volunteers who can help out with these jobs, in Great Dunmow and Saffron Walden, but particularly in some of the outlying villages like Stebbing, Felsted, The Rodings, Newport and the Hatfields.
Contact us on T: 01371 404525
UCAN has a vacancy among its trustee board for an Honorary Treasurer
Uttlesford Community Action Network is the charity at the heart of our community. Working with VCFSE colleagues, statutory services and volunteers, we deliver a range of services to improve the quality of life for the residents of Uttlesford. Our primary mission is to reduce loneliness and isolation amongst our population and enable people to live independent but supported and connected lives.
The UCAN board of trustees are volunteers who hold the operational management team to account, set strategy and develop policy and support the charity with compliance and governance matters. We are now seeking to appoint a new Honorary Treasurer, as the previous post-holder has retired.
The role of the Honorary Treasurer (who is both a trustee and director of the charity) in addition to their regular responsibilities as a trustee of UCAN, is to have oversight of the financial administration of the charity.
Day to day responsibility for the financial management and administration of the charity is devolved to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), supported by the Financial Administrator. The financial management and administration of the charity is governed by the Financial Regulations policy.
The Treasurer, in addition to attending regular trustee meetings, will also Chair Finance Sub Group meetings where they will work with the Chief Finance Officer to set and review budgets and budget performance, review the fundraising activities and funding pipeline and support the CFO with matters relating to the good financial governance of the charity. The sub group will make recommendations to the board on routine financial matters and issues arising.
PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR THE HONORARY TREASURER
| Requirement | Essential or Desirable |
| Financial qualification such as chartered accountant | D |
| Financial management at a senior level | E |
| Charity finance, fundraising and pension schemes | D |
| Ability to analyse proposals and consider their consequences | E |
| Willingness to be available to the SMT and trustees for advice and guidance on an ad-hoc basis | E |
| Be eligible to serve as a trustee | E |
Your commitment as a trustee is to attend as many schedule board meetings as possible within the year. These alternate between in-person main meetings and virtual (Zoom) online update meetings approximately every six weeks, plus participation in the finance sub group which meets two weeks before each trustee meeting. Board meetings usually take place on a Friday morning in
If you match the eligibility criteria and are interested in taking an active role within UCAN and our community, please email your CV outlining relevant experience, and a covering letter to connect@ucan.org.uk the Dunmow area, with virtual meetings taking place on Wednesday evenings. This is a voluntar role, but expenses for attending meetings can be claimed.
Thank you for your interest.
The UCAN Charity Mobile Community Hub was out and about in Uttlesford again yesterday, this time setting up in Hatfield Broad Oak.
We’re delighted to announce details of our fundraising barn dance!
Audley End has a large Volunteer team who look after the House and Grounds. The team are a wonderfully diverse and friendly group who help to give a warm welcome to all visitors at Audley End.
We are looking for volunteers to become Explainers for visitors at Audley End House and Gardens. The role would include varying activities such as providing a warm welcome for all visitors, helping to tell the story of the house and collection, helping with family trails, helping to protect and preserve the collection and attending the relevant training courses and workshops to increase your knowledge of the site. Full training on the role and health and safety will be provided as well as site and role induction with your dedicated Volunteer Manager.
Skills needed:
Contact us on T: 01371 404525 E: volunteer@ucan.org.uk
Jack’s has been part of the fabric of Dunmow since 1952, and business owner Darren Cox and his wife Jude are very much part of the local community. UCAN was delighted to be supported by the store once again this winter, receiving a donation of assorted sizes of men’s and women’s base layer garments that can be distributed to residents struggling with the cold at this time of year
Each winter UCAN distributes clothing, blankets, bedding and appliances to people in need, to help them to stay warm and well through the colder months of the year. We are grateful to Darren and Jude for helping the community once again, and the clothing they have been providing over the past two years has been incredibly useful in our work.
You can find out more about Jack’s and their range of clothing and outdoor items by visiting their website https://www.jacks1952.co.uk/jacks-dunmow or why not call in to 19-21 High Street, Dunmow between 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to Saturday.
If you or someone you know would benefit from our support this winter, please call the UCAN Community Response Hub on 03333 408218 or email connect@ucan.org.uk and one of the team will be in touch to help.
More community projects are set to benefit from funding to rescue prized local assets, such as sports clubs, music venues and historic buildings, as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities launches the third round of its £150 million Community Ownership Fund.
More community projects are set to benefit from funding to rescue prized local assets, such as sports clubs, music venues and historic buildings, as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities launches the third round of its £150 million Community Ownership Fund.
Changes to the fund will make it easier than ever for community groups to seize back control of prized local assets that are at risk of being lost forever – helping to strengthen and level up communities and restore optimism, hope, and pride in the UK.
The requirement for match-funding is also being reduced to as low as 10%, making it easier for communities to acquire assets without raising additional private funding. For the first time, parish councils will also be able to apply to the Fund, which has previously only been available to charities and community groups.
