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A Netherton charity has secured a prestigious national award.

Fun4Kidz were named SME of the Year at the 2019 ERSA Employability Awards for their commitment to providing employment opportunities in Sefton.

Sefton@Work, who support residents into employment, education and training in the borough, nominated the charity for their work in reducing unemployment within the borough.

Fun4Kidz was established in 1998 to provide out of school clubs in Netherton and have since expanded to meet the needs of families across the borough.

The charity provide activities for over 850 children per week and have been recognised for offering employment opportunities to people who may have faced barriers to work.

The work of Fun4Kidz was singled out by a panel of expert judges, who recognised the charity’s “exceptional commitment in creating opportunities for disadvantaged and long-term unemployed jobseekers.”

Fun4Kidz Chief Exectuvie Debbie Stevens said she “couldn’t believe it” after collecting the award and thanked Sefton@Work for their nomination.

For more information about how Sefton@Work can support your career ambitions visit http://www.seftonatwork.net/

Sefton Council joined over 50 other organisations and businesses from across the borough this week to celebrate its new dementia friendly status.

Thanks to the work of Sefton’s Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), the borough has been officially recognised by The Alzheimer’s Society as ‘working towards becoming dementia friendly’. This status means that Sefton is a place where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported.

The event, held yesterday (Tuesday, 1 October) at The Atkinson in Southport, was a chance for all of the organisations involved in the Dementia Action Alliance to celebrate the result of their work and start a new era of the partnership which will now be known as Dementia Friendly Sefton.

This news comes as Sefton continues to celebrate its Year of Friendship, a year-long campaign that aims to tackle loneliness and social isolation across the borough. The ongoing work of Dementia Friendly Sefton will be an extension of this campaign in years to come as it works to create a better community for our more vulnerable residents.

Cllr Paul Cummins, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, said: “I am so proud to be able to celebrate Dementia Friendly Sefton this week. This event is the culmination of years of hard work by a huge number of organisations from across Sefton to create a place where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported.

“The world can be a confusing and sometimes frightening place for people with dementia, but by making small changes to the way we usually do things, we can make that world much brighter. Dementia Friendly Sefton will continue to work towards making our community a better place for people living with dementia and in doing so, enable them to live the lives they choose to live.”