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Dear friends
Easter greetings from the staff, volunteers & trustees here at the Saltbox.
“JESUS IS RISEN…JESUS IS ALIVE!”
Please find below events & items of news that may prove of interest - feel free to forward this to others.
- 3rd Day…Sat 23 April
- 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster...Mon 25 April
- Two Saints Way…Mon 2 May
- May Day Craft Fair…Mon 2 May
- Faith for the Future…Tues 12 May
- Evening with Philip Yancey… Mon 16 May
- Charity Golf Day…Thurs 19
- Prison Ministry…Sat 21 May
- The Big Consultations…Tues 24 May
- Evening with Bill Wilson…Weds 25 May
- Epiphany…Sun 19 June
- Coffee Pot
- Sudan Prayer Update
- Do you want extra publicity for your event?
- ROC Café Cobridge
- Lounge Bookings
- Healing Rooms
- Saltbox…practical donations needed
- PhoneLink Volunteers Needed
- Vacancy: Children's Worker
- Vacancy: Saltbox – Finance Officer
- Vacancy: CAB Project Officer
Every Blessing
Lloyd
Churches Together in Market Drayton presents
The Easter Story told in music & song.
When God did something different…they nailed his Son to the a Cross
Date: Saturday 23 April
Venue: The Grove School, Market Drayton
Time: 7pm
Ticket price: £5 ~ Concessions: £3
Refreshments will be available
For more details ring 07811 517324 or visit www.3rdday.org.uk
25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster
To Commemorate 25th Anniversary, a Candlelight Vigil is being held, and the Deputy Lord Mayor of Stoke will be attending. This will be held in the grounds of Stoke Minster in Stoke (opposite the Kings Hall), with refreshments served at the Haven Suite. There will be a reading from ‘Voices of Chernobyl’ read out, by various people. People are being asked to bring a candle in a glass jar or a torch and gather around 8.30pm, so a figure of 25 can be made for the 9 pm Vigil, which will happen in cities all over the UK and Europe, to remember the people still living with the consequences of Chernobyl.
Date: Monday 25 April
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Stoke Minster, Stoke
Two Saints Way - 65km walk on 65th birthday
Stone-based David Pott is currently developing a new pilgrimage walk between Chester Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral, a distance of some 87 miles. Since both cathedrals are dedicated to Celtic saints (St Chad at Lichfield, St Werburga at Chester), the pilgrimage route is to be called the 'Two Saints Way.' You can find out more about the project at www.twosaintsway.org.uk
David is raising funds for the Two Saints Way by walking 65km (40 miles) on his forthcoming 65th birthday. David plans to leave St Chad's Cathedral, Lichfield, at 6.30am on 2 May 2011, & hopes to reach the end point at Stoke Minster around 10pm that evening. You can support David as he raises funds for the Two Saints Way through his birthday marathon walk at http://www.justgiving.com/David-Pott0
Audley Christian Viewpoint’s MAY DAY CRAFT FAIR
Date: Monday 2 May
Time: 10-4pm
Venue: St James' Church Hall, Audley
Further information, please contact Barbara Jones - 121 Nantwich Road, Audley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8DL, Staffs or email kenjones552@btinternet.com
Faith for the Future – 8 District resource events in Staffs
- Stafford (Rising Brook Church)-Thursday 12 May
- Newcastle (St Peter’s Westlands) – Tuesday 17 May
The 2008 Staffordshire Faith Action Audit highlighted the commitment of local faith groups to their communities. Mobilising thousands of volunteers currently results in over 1,000 community projects being run & supported each week, many of them helping the most needy & vulnerable people.
What? - Faith for the Future aims to provide faith leaders & project workers with resources, advice & helpful contacts
Who? - These events will ideal for church & other faith leaders, plus anyone who helps to run a local faith based project including pastoral & youth workers
Why? - To help faith groups access information, identify possible funding & training opportunities & connect with other community partners
Partners: Each district event will involve the respective local support & development orgainsation (CVS). Representatives from the Police, Fire Service & County Council will also be attending & will outline opportunities for improved partnership working with local faith groups.
Other locations:
- Cannock Chase – 26 May – St Aidan’s Chadsmoor
- South Staffordshire – 7 June – The Church at Perton
- Tamworth – 21 June – St Peter’s Hawksworth
All events: 9:30am – 12:30pm (registration from 9am)
While there are free-to-attend events we ask that you please advise us that you are planning to attend.
Please register by contacting Helen Anderson on 01782 207200 or email helen@saltbox.org.uk
The most inspirational writer of our day, presenting ‘Seasons of the Soul’. People have said that Philip Yancey has been described as the most popular inspirational writer of our time. With over 15 million books sold world wide, he now ranksas one of the most respected authors of the 21st Century. His latest work ‘What Good is God’ promises to be another best seller, & its content will feature in the programe.
Date: Mon 16 May
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Raising Brook Baptist Church Centre, Burton Square, Stafford, ST17 9LT
Cost: £8 or £9 on the door
For more information call 01785 214750
Verity Deaville, is writing on behalf of Registered Charity, Metro Ministries, to invite your church / group / friends to enter a team (s) to their Charity Golf Day &/OR Dinner held at Mere Golf & Country Club, 19 May in Cheshire.
Metro Ministries is an international Christian humanitarian organization with headquarters in Brooklyn, New York and reaches over 45,000 inner city disadvantaged children and their families every week in the ghetto?s of New York city, garbage dumps and cemeteries in the Philippines, South Africa, India, Romania, Thailand and beyond.
Their founder, Pastor Bill Wilson was abandoned as a child and suffering from rickets from malnutrition, he grew up wanting to make a difference in the lives of forgotten children.
Faced with many challenges including being stabbed, beaten, temporarily blinded in one eye, and shot in the face, Bill has consistently refused to walk away from those for whom he has vowed to dedicate his life. Today he is one of the most sought after inspirational motivational speakers in the world and will be speaking at Mere Golf & Country Club to tell his story. X-Factor 2007 finalist, Beverly Trotman, will also be supporting the evening event and we are expecting tickets to sell out quickly. We have also received a signed cap from Rory McIlroy and signed cards from Lee Westwood and Louis Oosthuizen in support of the event.
For non-golfers tickets are available for the evening event and we really hope you would like to join this charity event. For promotional information and booking forms please visit http://www.box.net/shared/hk0049t4jc
If you would like any further information or tickets to either the golf or evening event please do not hesitate to contact me on 01260 273026 or verity@deavilleandco.com by 29 April.
God Bless
Verity Deaville
Event Organiser Deaville&Co Event Management www.deavilleandco.com
Do you have a Calling in to Prison Ministry?
Local people interested in volunteering to assist in a wide range of local prison programmes are invited to attend a Prison Fellowship Awareness Day at the Bridge Centre, Birches Head Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD (9.30-12noon), Saturday 21 May
This event will be an opportunity for Christians to find out how they can support Sycamore Tree, Prison Fellowship’s restorative justice programme and to find out more about how the charity seeks to reduce levels of reoffending.
Volunteers are also involved in other specific programmes, such as Angel Tree (which enables children of prisoners to receive a Christmas gift), writing letters to prisoners, pray for prisoners and those supporting the prison population in England and Wales.
Stephen Hawkins, Prison Fellowship’s Regional Coordinator for the North West region, said today: “This is an informal occasion for the Christian Community to meet together and hear about what volunteering possibilities there are with Prison Fellowship.
Volunteers already working with Prison Fellowship will be present at the event.
Refreshments will be provided.
For further details please contact Stephen Hawkins Prison Fellowship Regional Co-ordinator, North West
Mobile: 07890 636837
Email:stephenhawkins@prisonfellowship.org.uk
The Big Consultations…for youth workers
The Big Society & Faith-Based Youth Work: Opportunity or Challenge?
Free consultations about Big Society for faith-based youth workers (volunteer, paid, full-time, part-time, qualified, not qualified, student)
The consultations (choose either afternoon or evening) will discuss what faith-based youth workers think about the Big Society & its possible implications. The consultations will be fully participative
Date: Tuesday 24 May
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Venue: Learning Exchange. 2nd Floor, Flaxman Building, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2XW
For more information & to book contact Nigel on 07940 545469 or nigel@pimlott.org
An evening with Bill Wilson
A “Fishers of Men” event with the founder of Metro Ministries.
Date: Weds 25 May
Time: 7.00 PM
Venue: Swan Bank Church, Burslem
For further info: (01782) 535384 or (01782) 219146
Epiphany
Join Epiphany for their series of relaxed and entertaining, hour long Sunday evening coffee concerts. Each concert starts at 8:15pm (7:45pm for tea / coffee & cake) at St George’s Church, Poynton, Cheshire
Tickets are £8, £5 concessions / unwaged, free for under 18’s
19 June 2011 – Mendelssohn String Octet – an exciting climax to our series
Tickets available at the door, or season tickets in advance, please call 01625 858802
For more information, visit Epiphany’s website at www.epiphanymusic.org.uk
The Ageing Well Project
The Ageing Well Project promotes better health for people aged 50 & over. This is achieved by you to keep as physical, socially & mentally active as possible.
Activities we provide:
- Chair based gentle exercise
- Cycling, walking groups
- Gardening circles & gentle gardening groups
- Reminiscence sessions
- Social groups
- Day trips & supported holidays
- Walking stick ferrule change
- Art & craft sessions
- Computer classes
- Healthy sessions on: falls prevention, blood pressure crime prevention, heart start
Health Benefits of activities:
- Meeting new people & making friends
- Gain more energy
- Keep your mind active
- Help with weight control
- Improve sleep
- Promote good mental health
- Reduce the risk of: heart disease, high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, stress, arthritis, osteoporosis
If your interested in attending any of our activities, please contact Ageing Well Team for informal chat on 01782 812063
Date: Every Thursday
Venue: St Stephens Community Church Bentilee.
Time: 9.30am-11.30am,
Crafts, recreational activities, gentle exercise, stay and play, tea/coffee and toast for £1.
We are actively encouraging groups from across the city, who works with people with learning disabilities to pay us a visit.
More information call 01782 260876
Following the burning of three villages and displacement of tens of thousands of people from Abyei town, an agreement was reached to pull all non-Joint Integrated Unit forces out of Abyei. Relative calm has been restored – there have been no further villages burned and no reports of fighting since Sunday. However, previous agreements have been respected by one side only. If Southern forces pull out but Northern militias claim they are Misseriya migrating through the area and do not pull out, Southerners will see this as more evidence of the international community rewarding violence from the North. Recent satellite images suggest neither side is respecting the agreement as yet.
Please pray for:
- Provide for those displaced by recent violence
- A changed policy from the international community
- Grieve with God for those killed in South-South violence in Upper Nile & Jonglei
For more information or for a talk on this subject please contact Tim Flatman tflatman@gmail.com or 07595 908 405
Do you want extra publicity for your event?
Make sure your details are included in the Lichfield Diocese “What’s On” guide.
There is a simple self-service form at http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/add-event.
ROC Café Cobridge is the first ROC Café in the Midlands. It’s a drop-in centre for young people aged 11+ with safe, creative and collaborative activities. The project is a partnership between Staffordshire Police, Urban Expression Cobridge , Reveal Theatre and Pathways Community Project.
ROC Cafes have been established by ‘Redeeming our Communities’, a national charity whose aim is to be a catalyst for community transformation by promoting partnerships which open up more opportunities for crime and disorder reduction, and enhanced community cohesion. www.redeemingourcommunities.org.uk
The café will be held at Cobridge Community Centre (Bursley Road, Cobridge, ST6 3DQ) each Thursday during term time from 3.45pm to 5.30pm.
If you need further information, please feel free to contact Iona Jones,
Dr Iona M Jones
Imagine Associates
Direct line: 01782 280938 / 07815 771209
Email: iona@imagineassociates.co.uk
Web: www.imagineassociates.co.uk
Need a place to book for meetings or training days?
Why not book the Lounge, £8 per hour,
Venue: The Lounge, Gitana Street, Hanley, ST1 1DY
For more information contact Jyoti Whicker on 01782 207200 or email jyoti@stlabox.org.uk
Healing Rooms – No appointment necessary and there is no charge
What are healing rooms? For people in need of physical, mental or emotional healing to come and
encounter the healing power of God through Jesus Christ.
What do we offer? A trained, caring, ministry team who will listen and pray for you.
When are we open? Every Wednesday
Opening Times: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Place: Beacon House of Prayer, 550 High Street, Sandyford. ST6 5PD
For more info email: thebeaconinfo@btconnect.com
Community Chaplaincy Project…working to rehabilitate ex-offenders
Saltbox is in need of bedding, curtains, cutlery, crockery, saucepans and other kitchen equipment to stock their houses. As well as these items we would be grateful for our tenants, such as socks, toiletries, personal products, chocolate and many more. Donations of these items would be much appreciated.
For further information contact us at 17 Regent Road, Hanley or by phone on 01782 252708
PhoneLink Volunteers Needed - Telephone befrienders needed
Are you a ‘people person’?
Are you a good listener?
Can you spare an hour or two a week to offer a friendly ear to older and vulnerable members of society in Stoke on Trent?
PhoneLink needs you!
Telephone befriending is a rich and rewarding way to volunteer your time. No qualifications or experience necessary – though warmth, compassion and a sense of humour are a definite advantage!
To enrich your life and make a real difference locally, join us at PhoneLink.
Contact Zi Makhiwa for more information on 01782 265651 or email zi@saltbox.org.uk
Vacancy: Children's Worker
The Parish of Leek and Meerbrook seek to appoint a Children’s Worker
Full-time paid post, to develop our existing children’s work across the Team, to find new ways of engaging with children and families and to recruit and train others to share in the work.
Closing date for applications: 27 May 2011
Interview date: 9 June 2011
Contact: The Revd Matthew Parker on 01538 382515 or by email matpark01@aol.com
Finance Officer
Part-time, 24 hours per week, over 4-5 days
We require a Finance Officer to take care of our finances & to add value as part of our management team.
You will have a working experience of:
- Sage 50 (or equivalent)
- The preparation of management accounts
- Service contracts
- Annual accounts
- Voluntary sector experience would be beneficial
To obtain an information pack, please contact the Saltbox by:
Telephone: 01782 207200 Email: jyoti@saltbox.org.uk
Download a copy from our website: www.saltbox.org.uk/documents/CareLinkNetworker2011.pdf
Closing date for applications 12 noon Wednesday 27 April 2011
Vacancy: Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureau / Challenge North Staffs
This post offers an opportunity to be part of the Challenge North Staffs team hosted within Stoke CAB a professionally managed advice service which employs 70 paid staff and about 70 volunteers and which is one of the country’s most progressive and dynamic advice organisations.
Challenge North Staffs – the Hate Crime Network – has a team of 4 staff working within Stoke CAB.
Our emphasis is on quality, commitment and anti-discriminatory practice.
Project Officer: Challenge North Staffs (Ref: CNS)
The post holder will provide front line services to victims of hate crime. She/he will co-ordinate the system of self –reporting forms recording hate crimes received by the project and will work with victims as well as stakeholders and the general public to raise awareness of hate crime and to achieve an increase in reporting.
Salary: Project Officer: £19,621 to £23,708 p.a. (Assistant Manager Grade)
Hours: 37.5 per week
Application packs from Stoke on Trent Citizens Advice Bureau, Advice House, Cheapside, Hanley, ST1 1HL. Telephone 01782 408628, email sue.jinks@stoke-cab.org.uk or visit our website www.stoke-cab.org.uk. We aim to give all applicants an equal opportunity.
Closing Date for applications: 4 pm Friday 6 May 2011
Interview Date: Friday 13 May 2011
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