Westmeath Community Development

Westmeath Community Development wishes to recruit a TUS TEAM LEADER

For a new work initiative, “Tús – Community Work Placement”. This initiative will provide short-term quality and suitable working opportunities for people who are unemployed while at the same time carrying out a broad range of services of benefit to the community and in a variety of community settings.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must be continuously unemployed for at least 12 months and “signing” on a full-time basis and
• Be in receipt of a Jobseekers Payment from the Department of Social Protection for at least 12 months (including Jobseekers Benefit), and
• Be in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance at time of application.

The Department of Health has a National Lottery Discretionary fund in place which provides once-off grants to organisations, providing a range of health related services.

Who can apply

Applications come primarily from community groups and voluntary organisations with an involvement in the provision of health services to specific client groups (for example persons with an intellectual disability and/or physical disability, elderly, etc.), national groups providing information and support for various disabilities and illnesses and groups with a specific interest (for example to provide holidays for elderly, equipment for hospitals, mini-buses, homes, etc.).

Based on the success of the Operation Transformation Walk held recently, Westmeath Sports Partnership in conjunction with Belvedere House and gardens, have being hosting FREE walks on Saturdays at 11.00am. The walks will continue to take place until Saturday, February 18th, with the next walk taking place on Saturday, February 4th.

Belvedere House and Gardens will offer free entry to those wishing to participate in the walks. Participants can choose what trail and distance to undertake and each of the walks cater for all ages and abilities and are family friendly.

From today Monday 23 January, Chartered Accountants Ireland is pleased to announce that the Chartered Accountants Voluntary Advice service (CAVA) will extend its free business advisory service nationwide. This service extends to all sectors of the economy, including non-profit organisations.

Background to CAVA:

• CAVA is a free, confidential, independent and now a national organisation that provides advice to business people who cannot afford to pay for an accountant, and draws upon a panel of almost 150 experienced chartered accountants. Originally set up as the brain-child of Chartered Accountants Leinster Society in 2007, the service is now extending nationwide. This move is in response to the growing demand for advice from business people in financial distress. Typically this free service is used by sole traders, who are trying to survive against the odds, and who would not otherwise be able to afford expert financial advice. The service has since been rolled out in the South West and Mid West of the country and will be rolled across the rest of the country in the coming weeks and months.  
   

Ireland's first ever online careers fair has just been launched by website.

The website runs from today until this Thursday and aims to help students with their CAO choices.

The new service comes as figures out this morning shows that so far, more than 54,000 people have applied through the CAO application to attend college this September.