Contents: Events (7); Training (3); Calls (4); Funding (2); Jobs (3)
Thursday 20 September, 6pm – 8.30pm; BT Centre, 81 Newgate
Street, EC1A 7AJ
This free seminar and networking opportunity is aimed women leading voluntary groups. Several groups of women in England have embarked on a journey towards Social Leadership, rewarding their confidence, their ethical entrepreneurship and their networking skills. They are following an inspiring learning programme, the Award in Social leadership, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management. Outstanding women will speak about their initiatives. You'll have the opportunity to network and ask a business/management/leadership related question that will be submitted to a panel of experts.
For more information, please visit: www.ogunte.com and book your free place at: socialleadership.eventbrite.com. This event has been made possible thanks to BT Executive Women Network.
Friday 28 September, 7.30pm, Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street,
London NW8 8EH
A new multimedia documentary theatre production from Birmingham-based Banner Theatre, which sets out to bust some of the myths about refugees and asylum seekers. This live multimedia show, combining music, song, video, film and theatre, speaks for asylum seekers in their quest for safety and security after fleeing war-torn lands in Africa and the Middle East. It tells the human stories of people in the wrong place at the wrong time, and cuts through the myths and prejudice surrounding the search for sanctuary in England’s green but sometimes not so pleasant land.
For further information, booking and the calendar of other performances across the UK, click here.
16 October 2007; Clothworkers’ Hall, London EC3
This London Councils conference takes place against a backdrop of
a national debate about identity, integration and the increasing diversity
of our communities. As the recent report by the Commission on Integration
and Cohesion made clear, we remain a generally cohesive society with
the overwhelming majority of people, of all races, faiths and nationalities,
getting on well. But the report also made clear that the biggest influence
on people’s perception is what is happening in their local area.
As one of the most diverse cities in the world, London is an example
of the economic and cultural benefits diversity can bring; but it is
also prone to the tensions that can arise within and between communities
in a rapidly changing world. The conference will examine how London
councils and their voluntary sector partners can help build strong,
cohesive communities across the capital. It is aimed at elected members,
senior borough officers and decision makers from public, commercial
and voluntary sector organisations.
For any further information and bookings click here or contact the events team on Tel. 020.7934.9758, email events@londoncouncils.gov.uk
4 October 2007, Queens Hall, Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing,
W5 2BY; 10am-3.30pm
This is a free event. A traditional Punjabi cusine will also be served
at lunch.
A conference on Sikh Charities in London. Meet and network with members of your local Sikh Voluntary and Charitable Organizations. Listen and interact with guest speakers from London's Chairty Sector. Attend worshops that help sort you charity issues.
For further information and bookings please contact Tarsem Singh andChris Giamo, tel. 0208.579.8898; email: chris@swrt.info.
Tuesday 9th October 2007; British Museum, London WC1
Keynote Speakers: Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London; Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector, Cabinet Office; Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, Commission on Unclaimed Assets and Chairman, Social Investment Task Force; Charlie Mayfield, Chair, John Lewis Partnership.
London is a leader in business and social enterprise innovation, providing world-beating solutions to social and environmental challenges. Social enterprise is dynamic, encompassing well-known companies like the John Lewis Partnership and The Big Issue as well as hidden gems like ECT who provide one in five Londoners with doorstep recycling, and Greenwich Leisure Limited which runs over 60 leisure facilities in London. Now is the time and London is the place for social enterprise: the 2012 Games and their promise of a ‘legacy' for London; developments in public service delivery; and the shift towards socially responsible business have resulted in social enterprise gaining cross-party support and a greater public profile.
In this exciting context Social Enterprise London, the Capital's support agency for social enterprise, presents Social Enterprise is the Business: Creating New Markets in London . This conference provides a unique opportunity to discuss the seismic shifts in business development and public service delivery, opening up new markets with new challenges. The conference will bring together key politicians, policy-makers, journalists, private businesses, local authorities and social entrepreneurs.
For further information click here or contact Sarah Spencer on 020 7324 4359, e-mail sarah.spencer@neilstewartassociates.co.uk
Thursday 20th September 2007, 2.00 – 4.00pm
Refugee Therapy Centre, Della Clyne House, 40 St Johns Way, London N19
3RR
This will be another opportunity for staff and volunteers from Refugee Community Organisations, as well as other professionals working with refugees, to visit the Centre. You can learn more about our work and the services we are providing, and have your questions answered about how to refer clients. There will also be a chance to get involved with the Refugee Community Representatives Steering Committee, which advises the Centre’s work.
If you would like more information about this event, please contact Miriam Philip on 020 7272 2565 or at miriam@refugeetherapy.org.uk
Tuesday 30th October 2007; LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London, EC1V 9NG
Join leading social entrepreneurs, commercial business and policy makers for cutting edge debate. This high profile event features leading social entrepreneurs, policymakers and commercial business sharing their experience and skill in scaling up. A must-see for entrepreneurs, decision-makers and businesses working in or supporting social enterprise in the UK.
To read the full programme and for booking information click here.
The course will run from 24th September to 17th October 2007.
Sessions will be on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:30am - 1:30pm.
This course is for asylum seekers
with professional and higher level qualifications and/or experience and
with intermediate English (ESOL level 1) or above.
This course will help you to: Understand more about the life and culture
of London and the UK; Develop your communication skills in a focused way;
Learn about useful organisations and services; Identify opportunities
for volunteering; Examine the rights and responsibilities of citizens
in the UK; Learn more about the National Health Service; Get an overview
of the English education system and qualifications.
The course will focus on different topics and will combine useful information
with language learning, discussion, outside visits and speakers. This
programme covers six topics: World in a City; Lifelong Learning; Mother
Tongues; Volunteering and Employment; Healthy Living; Law and Society.
If you want to register for this programme please contact RAGU on 020.7133.2110 or by email at ragu@londonmet.ac.uk. This course is free for asylum seekers. Travel expenses are paid and funds for childcare are available.
Friday 28 September ; Friday 26 October 2007, 9:45am – 16:30pm,
Central London
ORAMA is organising a one-day Diversity Training for Voluntary Organisations and Social Practitioners. The training follows a carefully developed programme of interactive activities - experiential and rooted in intercultural learning. The European Commission in its White Paper recognises the importance of this method as an example of good practice in diversity education.
For more information and bookings contact: elina.stamou@orama4diversity.org,
tel. 0208 342 9686,
http://www.orama4diversity.org
Day 1: Monday 17th September 2007; Day 2: Monday 8th October 2007
9.30am - 4.30pm (lunch provided); NCVO, Regent’s Wharf, 8 All Saint’s
Street, London N1 9RL
You must send your completed application form by Wednesday 12th September
.
This is a free two-day training
course for voluntary and community organisations. A refundable £25
deposit is required to secure your booking. At the end of this training
you will: Learn how to assess your effectiveness; Learn about what works,
to improve your services; Demonstrate to funders that you are making a
difference; Increase morale for staff and users by showing that change
is happening.
This course is offered as part of the National Outcomes Programme 2007-2009,
run by Charities Evaluation Services. The programme is funded by the Big
Lottery Fund. This means the training, which usually costs £250,
is free to participants. For further information contact: Angela Spence,
Tel. 020 7843 6114 or E-mail: angela@bteg.co.uk
Calls - Reporting Asylum - the London Press Awards 2007
Reporting Asylum is the Mayor's scheme to recognise good practice in
coverage of refugee and asylum issues in London’s local, regional,
faith, Black, Asian and minority ethnic newspapers.
Nominations of good examples from any of London’s papers, one
item per entry, are invited for four categories of award: News reports;
Background or comment articles; Visual or creative material eg photographs;
Report, article, visual/ creative item in a faith or Black, Asian or
minority ethnic or refugee newspaper.
Visit the Mayor of London's website (click
here) for more details, how to make a nomination and download the
entry form. Entries are accepted any time up to the closing date of
31 October 2007.
The Awards will be presented at City Hall in early December 2007 by
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London and Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty.
Calls - Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is a UK National Honour (equivalent
to an MBE) launched, in 2002, to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
It is awarded every year to recognise the achievement of outstanding
voluntary organisations nominated by their local community. This year
seven London groups received the award and nominations are now open
for 2008.
If you know a group of volunteers who devote their time to helping others in the community, and improving the quality of life and opportunity for others, please nominate them for the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. The deadline for nomination is 30 September 2007 and it is easy to nominate. For further information and to get a nomination form, click here, email queensaward@volunteeringengland.org or call the Award hotline on 0845 000 2002.
Calls - Consultation on the Mayor's Health Inequalities Strategy
The Mayor is asking for responses to his paper "Reducing health
inequalities — issues for London and priorities for action"
by 19 September. The consultation will feed into the development of
a draft Health Inequalities Strategy for London, which is due to be
available for formal public consultation at the end of this year.
Health inequalities are differences in health between different sections of the population, which are not the result of biology but are determined by behaviour or circumstance. They are the result of social, economic and environmental conditions such as employment status, income, education, social networks and housing.
For a briefing on the Health Inequalities Strategy for London, including guidance on how to respond to the consultation, go to the LVSC website (click here). LVSC will be submitting a coordinated response: to contribute email your concerns, case studies and evidence to policy@lvsc.org.uk by Friday 14 September.
Calls - Success Stories competition 2007
Have you recently: Launched an exciting new project? Made a winning
funding application? Held a fantastic event? Recruited a wonderful new
team? Designed innovative practices or policies? Run a successful campaign?
Whatever your success story is , LVSC would like to hear about it!
Success Stories was launched last year. The winner, Toynbee Hall, gave a presentation at LVSC AGM and conference Linking London and received £200 for their fantastic Safe Exit project. This year's winner will receive £200 for their organisation and have the opportunity to present their success story at the LVSC conference on 14 November 2007.
To enter, please complete the Success Stories competition entry form (click here) and return it by 21 September 2007 to the address or fax number on the form or by email to susan@lvsc.org.uk. For more information contact susan@lvsc.org.uk.
Funding - London Councils Grants: Deadline extension
London Councils invests £28m a year funding over 400 voluntary organisations
on behalf of all the London boroughs. London Councils is now commissioning
the voluntary sector to provide 59 priority services to meet key areas
of need in the capital.
London Councils has decided to extend the deadline for the submission
of applications for single stage services to noon on Friday 21 September
2007. This decision has been made in recognition of the work involved
for voluntary organisations in completing the single stage proposal form
over the holiday period and will give groups more than 8 weeks to complete
their applications.
This change only affects the deadline for single stage applications and not that of two stage applications, which has now passed. For further information click here.
Funding - Community Assets
The £30 million Community Assets programme, funded by the Office
of the Third Sector and delivered by the Big Lottery Fund, is a programme
to enable third sector organisations to have greater control over the
assets they use, such as community buildings. It will facilitate the transfer
of genuine assets from local authorities to third sector organisations
for their use as community resources. The programme will offer grants
of between £150,000 and £1 million for refurbishment of local
authority buildings, including community centres and other multi-purpose
facilities, so they can benefit both local communities and the third sector
organisations that take them on.
The Big Lottery Fund is holding regional seminars in each of its nine England regions between 4 and 14 September (click here for the list of dates). The seminars, attended by local authorities and their third sector partners, will focus on explaining the aims of the programme and the application process.
There will be a single bidding round for all applications, which closes on 15 November 2007. Application materials are available from Big Lottery Fund’s website (click here).
£13 per hour or £12,168 per annum; 18 hours p/w, start
early December, Central London
Closing date for applications: Monday 8 October 5pm. Interview dates:
23 and 25 October.
NDRC provides help and support to refugees, mostly from francophone
Africa. A wide range of services, including advice, counselling, health
and immigration surgeries are delivered through the drop-in centre open
two days a week, Mondays and Thursdays.
The ideal candidate will have a track record of working with volunteers,
a good understanding of asylum issues and extensive administrative experience.
Spoken French is essential.
Please request an application pack by email at recruitment@notredamerc.org.uk or by phone on 020 7440 2643.
Salary £32,112; Location: Brixton, London (Ref L/0050)
Closing date for applications is Friday 14th September 2007
The Refugee Council is the largest charity in the UK working with refugees
and asylum seekers. We provide direct help and support to clients and
also campaign and lobby for refugee rights. The Refugee Council believes
people seeking asylum should be treated with understanding and respect
and all our work is driven by this fundamental belief.
The Institutional Giving Team sits within Fundraising and has responsibilty
for securing restricted and unrestricted income from charitable trusts
and foundations, companies and statutory sources. The main role of the
Institutional Giving Manager is to lead in implementing and developing
a successful institutional giving strategy. The strategy will identify
and target new funding opportunities and build on relationships with
existing funders in order to maximise strategic and sustainable income
generation. The post-holder will line manage a team of three officers
and will report to the Head of Fundraising.
For further information and an application pack click here.
Salary £17,352; Temporary until March 2008 (Ref No: W/0053);
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Closing date for applications Tuesday 19th September 2007
The Interpreting Services Team is responsible for providing interpreting
support to all staff in the Birmingham office. The team plays a supportive
role to over 30 Birmingham-based front line staff and performs a vital
role allowing clients to express their needs and facilitating access
to the Refugee Council and external services through high standard and
sympathetic interpreting. This includes interpreting advice sessions
and this work requires very high levels of sensitivity, inter-personal
skills and professionalism and is very demanding.
You will be required to provide quality interpreting services between
the Refugee Council staff and service users in accordance with the organisation's
code of conduct and other relevant policies and procedures. You may
also be required to support the production and dissemination of client
information by carrying out some translation and proof-reading duties.
For further information and an application pack click here.
