Representatives of 25 organisations and netowrks attended MODA event on 21 September at Bordman House.
Jill Walsh, London Regional Co-ordinator of Capacitybuilders, presented a briefing session on the new Capacitybuilders funding programme 'Improving Reach' which was launched on 11 August 2006.The presentation was delivered in clear simple language and covered all aspects of the new funding, what it is for, who can apply and how and the time scale and requirements. The briefing was followed by a one-hour long questions and answers which the participants found very useful. Improving Reach is a pilot programme which will run until March 2008.
The aim of the Improving Reach programme is to improve access to capacity building and support for a range of frontline groups / organisations that may not have been reached in previous ChangeUp programmes.
In particular the programme is aimed at :
- Black and minority ethnic groups
- Refugee and migrant groups
- Faith groups
- Isolated rural groups
Improving Reach is open to all eligible organisations and is not restricted to existing ChangeUp consortia in recognition of the barriers to participation which may have limited some organisations active involvement in ChangeUp to date. For more information click here
Venue: SAVO, 8th floor, Hannibal House, Elephant and Castle, London SE5 6TE
MODA and Ilington CAB are offering four days of free training to community organisations in quality assurance. The training includes Strategic Planning for Quality (5 October), Developing Fundraising Strategy (11 Oct), Practical Fundraising (11 Oct) and Monitoring and Evaluation (12 October).
You can book one or more training days. To book please fill in the booking form click here and return to info@moda.org.uk
You can now order your copy of MODA’s Directory. It has 226 pages giving in-depth information about 513 organisations and networks. It is a one-stop information resource which helps you to access various resources and identify organisations with similar objects for partnerships, exchange and collaboration. It gives information about the resources which community organisations have and are prepared to share and the resources which they need and look for in other organisations. It costs only £12.00 including packaging and postage. For orders over 10 copies we give a further 10% discount. To order a copy you can either download this form or order it online (click here).
MODA has recently set up a special project to help ethnic minorities and migrant organisations to promote their activities and services on the web. Particularly, MODA promotes the development and customization of a Dynamic Website, with a very effective and user friendly interface, which can allow you to manage and update your website without any specific IT knowledge.
It is a simple easily usable website which you can access, use, edit, update at any internet point or café in the world without need for any extra tools or software.
We can develop a complete dynamic website within 1-2 weeks. That’s because we are going to use a template – we have specifically developed for community organisations - that will be customised according to your necessities.
For further information click here or contact us at info@moda.org.uk
Saturday 7 October 2006 - March for Migrant Rights: 3rd International Day of Action for Migrant Rights
Starting at 12 noon from the gardens of the Imperial War Museum
Sunday 8 October 2006 - 10 am-5 pm - Conference on Migrant Rights and Regularisation
Queen Mary’s University, Geography Department, Main Lecture Theatre, Mile End. Tube: Mile End, Stepney Green.
In an echo of recent actions in the US, the UK's migrants are coming out of the shadows and demanding that their rights are recognised. Saturday October 7 will see a march through London demanding equal rights for all. The organisers are calling on migrants, asylum seekers and their friends, families and colleagues to join the demonstration and build a movement to change conditions for migrants for the better.
For many people migration is essential to escape human rights abuses, conflict and poverty. In turn people from all over the world help fuel UK prosperity, with London's diversityan important ingredient in its successful bid to host the Olympics. However, many migrants are deprived of their full rights in employment and access to public services, while at the same time being vilified as "illegal" by politicians and media and living in daily fear of detention and deportation. The march on October 7 will start at 12 noon from the gardens of the Imperial War Museum (Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park) and proceed through south London towards the city.
October 7 activities will take place in various cities across Europe and in Africa, forming the Third International Day of Action on Migration. This action results from the Migration Assembly which took place at the European Social Forum in Athens in June. It builds on the appeal launched by various organisations during the World Social Forum in Bamako, Mali, in January and will lead to a major European Assembly on Migrant Rights and Regularisation in 2007.
Taking their lead from the ESF manifesto, the various groups organising the march are calling for:
- Regularisation for the migrants who are in the UK irregularly because they are refused asylum applicants, trafficked people or visa overstayers
- The right of all present in the UK to work and to be protected from destitution
- The closure of all detention centres and an end to the ‘externalisation process’ through which detention centres and other forms of migration control are established outside the borders of the EU
- Social justice and security of livelihood for all
- UK sign up to the UN International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers.
On Sunday October 8 (10am-5pm) a conference will be held at Queen Mary University where migrant communities, activists and specialists in the field will discuss the possibilities and implications of a regularisation in the UK.
For further information please contact Don Flynn, Project Director, Migrants' Rights Network (MRN) on 020 7391 9229 or email d.flynn@barrowcadbury.org.uk
Please send further signatures to: frassainfo@kein.org
9 October, 12.30 – 4.45pm
Britannia Street Conference Centre,
London, WC1X 9JP.
(tube: Kings Cross)
The Mayor has published papers on his plans to ensure that the Olympic Games
and Paralympic Games maximise the benefit to Londoners. This event will
provide an opportunity for London’s voluntary and community organisations to scrutinise
the Mayor’s draft proposals and fill in any gaps.
There will be workshops on planning for the cultural Olympiad, volunteering, sustainable
development and engaging communities.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first service basis. Send your booking by 2 October by fax: 020 8709 9771, by email: events@londoncivicforum.org.uk or post to London Civic Forum, 18a Victoria Park Square, London, E2 9PB. Telephone inquiries 020 8709 9770
Thursday 28 September, 11.30 – 1.30pm
Durning Hall in the Chapel, Earlham Grove,
PQASSO stands for Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations and it is one of the most recognised standards within the community and voluntary sector.
It is a quality assurance system that is straight forward to use and can help your organisation run more effectively and efficiently. PQASSO is a self-assessment tool which provides organisations with an opportunity to develop an action plan. PQASSO has a staged approach that enables organisations to assess where they are now, identify what they do well and what they will need to do to improve service provision.
An introduction workshop about PQASSO will be held next Thursday, run by Jacqueline Cocker.
For further information and an application form p
4 October
NCVO Conference Suite, London
Strategic Diversity: A new concept in leadership
But how can diversity strengthen the board and drive the organisations development? At this NCVO Trustee and Governance event, which is supported by Provident Financial, you will learn from experts sharing their real life, hands on experience.
For more information or to book a place visit click here or call 020 7520 2423
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12 October
NCVO Conference Suite, London
Diversity Quality Circles: For advisers, trainers and supporters
Do you support boards in diversifying their composition? Are you looking for tools, resources and techniques? What has worked for others? What advice is helpful?
A network of like-minded advisers, supporters and trainers travelling the road towards meaningful diversity is what you need and this event will provide that and a focus on designing tools that actually work. With excellent opportunities for networking built into the programme why not come along for the trip? This event is organised by NCVO and supported by Provident Financial.
For more information or to book a place visit click here or call 020 7520 2423
Seminar on the Discrimination Law Review – help influence the future of equality law
Thursday 9 November, 9.30am-2.00pm
City Hall, C ommittee Room 5, The Queens Walk, Riverside, London Bridge Thursday 9 November from
This seminar is being organised to encourage public debate on the Discrimination Law Review and the future shape of equality law. It will be an opportunity for stakeholder organisations to hear informed opinion from a wide range of experts and campaigners, and to put forward their own views on what the content of a Single Equality Act should be.
The Discrimination Law Review (DLR) was announced in February 2005. Yet still no proposals have been put forward on how anti-discrimination law should be improved to produce a Single Equality Act and ‘a simpler, fairer legal framework that fits the needs of 21st century Britain’. Maximum public discussion is urgently needed to ensure that this once in a generation opportunity to create laws which fully tackle inequality and discrimination is grasped. The Mayor fully supports the maximum public consultation at all stages in the development of new legislation – particularly involving those most affected by discrimination – as necessary to create a wide consensus for the equality law we need. This seminar is being organised to raise awareness and help stimulate discussion and consultation. It is part of a process of consultation on the future of equality and will be followed by other seminars and initiatives.
If you wish to attend this free event you are encouraged to book your place early. Please register your details by emailing: paul.jenkins@london.gov.uk
Friday 6 and13 October 2006, 9:45am - 15:00pm
Cromwell House, 14 Fulwood Place, London WC1V 6HZ
This two days training for Voluntary Organisations, Youth Workers and Social Practitioners allows you yo explore issues that affect your daily life in thousand different ways:
- Examine and confront stereotypes, prejudices, racism, discrimination
- Find out ways of promoting diversity in your environment
- Exchange views and experiences with others
- Increase your confidence in dealing with such important issues
- Provide for an inclusive and productive environment in your organisation
- Improve your communication with your diverse clients
The training follows a carefully developed programme of interactive activities - experiential and rooted in intercultural learning.Training Programme designed and delivered by ORAMA experienced professional trainers.
For further information and to book a place contact elina.stamou@orama4diversity.org, tel. 0208 342 9686, www.orama4diversity.org
The Harrow Refugee Forum in collaboration with Refugee Women’s Association offer FREE TRAINING for all Refugee Community Organisations on
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 9.30am - 3.30pm
Creating Sustainable Community Organisation
Thursday 26 October 2006, 9.30am - 3.30pm
Funding and Mobilising Resources
VENUE: Community Premises, 27 Northolt Road, South Harrow, HA2 0LH. The nearest tube station is South Harrow on the Piccadilly Line. You can also take Bus 140 or 114 from South Harrow & Harrow Hill tube stations.
Places are limited and are on first come first served basis. To book a place, please call The Harrow Refugee Forum, Tel. no: 020 8427 7359, Email: info@harf.org.uk or Refugee Women’s Association, Tel. no: 020 7923 2412 , Email: rwa@refugeewomen.org.uk
Free lunch will be provided. Travel and childcare expenses will be reimbursed.
CEMVO has been commissioned by the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) to develop a project called Volunteering in the Third Age (VITA) to place older people of Asian origin as trustees with voluntary sector organisations.
The project is designed to help us to understand:
- Whether targeted approaches to trustee recruitment within minority ethnic communities provide an effective way of widening participation and encouraging leadership.
- Whether provision of regular structured individual support to both prospective trustees and their host organisations adds value, facilitates and enhances their shared board-level experience.
We will be recruiting potential new trustees and host organisations from June to end of October 2006 and in doing so, the project aims to;
- Equip potential trustees with the skills and expertise to contribute effectively to their (or other) communities through one-to-one support on a monthly basis from an appointed CEMVO staff and close supervision at board meetings
- Increase board level skills base and creativity through matching potential trustees with the necessary board skills, professional and cultural experience
- Increased social networks for participants and increased potential stakeholder support for host organisations
The project will last for nine months in all. Support from an experienced member of CEMVO’s team will be available for 5 months for each new trustee and their placement organisation. Meetings and interviews will be recorded for research purposes.
We wish to learn more about the kinds of issues that are encountered by new trustees, and by the organisations placing them, to develop ways of utilising and where appropriate extending the types of capacity building services that CEMVO can offer in the future.
Once we have matched potential trustees with host organisations a meeting will take place between them to enable them to agree to the placement. After that CEMVO will hold a meeting to induct all participants to the programme. This will take place in October 2006. From October 2006 - March 2007 CEMVO will offer training in trustee skills and responsibilities and follow this up as necessary over the 5 months duration of the placement in the project. The intention is that trustees would continue when their training and mentoring period finishes.
A lunch allowance of £5.00 and reasonable standard class travel expenses for potential trustees will be reimbursed by the project (from CEMVO).
All those who participate in the project for the full six month period will receive a £ 100 retail voucher and a letter from CEMVO to say that they have completed the training, and names will be entered into our prize draw, with a laptop computer as first prize.
If you are interested in participating in the project or for further information, please contact Wai Yeung at CEMVO: Tel. (020) 84320012, Email wai.yeung@cemvo.co.uk (www.cemvo.co.uk).
A toolkit on the Disability Equality Duty (DED) is now available to download. The toolkit consists of seven documents. These materials are derived from a research project which reports the experiences of organisations engaged in implementing the Disability Equality Duty (DED). This duty is part of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, which comes into force on 4 December 2006. This suite of materials, or toolkit, is designed to provide practical advice, tools and examples drawn from practice and offers key messages about implementing the duty. It is advisable to read these materials alongside the DRC Codes of Practice.
You can download the toolkit by visiting the LSN website (click here). The toolkit will be available in hardcopy shortly.
For any query please contact The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) on 020 7297 9000 or email enquiries@LSNeducation.org.uk
Funding - City Parochial: Tackling poverty in London
City Parochial Foundation (CPF) and Trust for London (TfL) two of London’s most significant independent charitable funders launch their new project: Tackling poverty in London.
While London is one of the wealthiest and most diverse cities in the world, its prosperity resides cheek by jowl with unacceptable levels of poverty and disadvantage. It has some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country with high levels of deprivation, unemployment, inequality, homelessness, poor health and pollution.
Improving employment opportunities for disadvantaged people; promoting the inclusion of recent arrivals to the UK; promoting social justice; and strengthening the voluntary and community sector are the new priorities for CPF for its next five year period. For CPF’s sister fund, Trust for London, the emphasis over the next five years will be on challenging discrimination faced by disabled people; promoting the inclusion and integration of recently established communities; strengthening mother-tongue and supplementary schools to provide creative educational opportunities; and addressing new and emerging needs.
Both CPF and TfL have decided to make fewer but larger grants and to enhance the ‘funding plus’ approach both have developed over the years. Grants are not given in isolation, but additional support and training is offered to help organisations grow and develop, achieve additional benefits through creative approaches, and learn from their work.
For further information please contact Bharat Mehta, Mubin Haq or Sioned Churchill on 020 7606 6145 or you can download the new CPF grant guidelines from here and the new TfL grant guidelines from here.
Funding - Sport Relief Small Grants
The Sport Relief Community Foundations programme Sport Relief 2004 raised over £15m including its 'Go The Extra Mile' campaign. Sport Relief Small grants (up to £5000) support projects that use sport and exercise to strengthen communities and provide opportunities for people who are excluded or disadvantaged. This funding is being distributed by the Community Foundation Network on their behalf.
In the UK, Sport Relief aims to support projects that use sport and exercise to strengthen communities and provide opportunities for people who are excluded or disadvantaged. During 4004-06, up to £4million of Sport Relief money is being distributed through Community Foundations focusing on community groups that are using sport to: increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation; help people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives to regain their confidence and self esteem; and encourage people to take part in sporting activities that bring communities together.
To find local community foundations involved in the scheme go to Website: www.comicrelief.com/applyforagrant/grants-uk-sr-commfound.shtml (Source: fit4funding)
£28,700, 35 hours per week, 30 months contract
Closing Date: Monday 2 October, 5 pm
Kalayaan is looking to recruit a F/T Community Researcher to co-ordinate a Kalayaan-COMPAS joint research project on migrant carers
For more information, and to apply for this position, please go to www.kalayaan.org.uk
Salary: £17,500 p.a.pro rata - 18.5 hours per week
Closing Date: Wednesday 11 October 2006
The Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) is a charity that promotes change, well being and dignity of African girls and women. FORWARD works to stop female genital mutilation, child and forced marriage and other forms of gender-based discriminatory practices.
FORWARD is looking for a committed and pro-active youth worker to join our small team. The position is part-time for 18.5 hours a week. Key tasks include work in partnership with black and minority ethnic youth organizations, including FGM practicing communities, organisation and delivery of training sessions on gender-based violence including FGM, as well as report writing.
The successful applicant will have energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the promotion of gender equality as well as excellent communication and organisational skills. Previous work experience with BME youth groups is essential and working knowledge of MS Word, and knowledge of FGM and other gender discriminatory practices desirable.
For the full job description and person specification please send an email: forward@forwarduk.org.uk or phone on 0208 960 4000.
Please note that we cannot accept CVs, only applicants that have completed the application form will be considered.
£30,030 including ILW, pro-rata, 4 days per week, Ref: OSS/03
Closing date 5pm Friday 13 October. Interviews will take place on Thursday 26 October.
LVSC’s Personnel, Employment Advice and Conciliation Service - PEACe provides expert advice and support on employment law and personnel management issues to voluntary sector employers in London, through dedicated helplines, information resources, training and consultancy.
This post will be responsible for developing better access of Black Minority Ethnic and Refugee organisations to PEACe services through an outreach programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for working with these groups to identify their needs in the areas of employment law and HR management and for delivering advice, support and training that will address these needs.
You will be an experienced advisor with good knowledge of employment law and personnel issues; you will have experience of working with marginalised groups and an understanding of the needs of small BMER organisations. Your proactive approach will enable you to plan, develop and deliver this project successfully with lots of vision, commitment and autonomy.
For an application pack: email edward@lvsc.org.uk; download from www.lvsc.org.uk/OSS3; or telephone 020 7700 8118.
