Contents: Moda's News (1); Events (4); Training (3); Funding (3) ; Resources (2) ; Jobs (2)
Good news for MODA members and users. We now have our own training room at 1 Mark street with enough space for up to 20 trainees. From January 2008, we will run regular training programmes every month. We will publish the details of our programme in the next E-bulletin. Community groups needing room for meetings and training can hire the training room from £10 per hour.
9 January 2008, 10am, City Hall, London
This ground breaking conference will be the culmination
of the Older Refugees Programme focusing on the issues, challenges and
service needs of older refugees and asylum-seekers.
The Older Refugees Programme is a 2-year partnership initiative, funded
by Lloyds TSB, between Age Concern England, the Refugee Council, Age
Concern London and the Greater London Association of Older Women (AGLOW).
Older refugees are often particularly vulnerable as they are seldom recognised as having specific needs or for the contributions that they can make to the wider society. They become isolated as a result of their refugee status and because there are fewer engagement opportunities open to older people.The conference is aimed at an audience of service providers and policy makers responsible for addressing the needs of older refugees and asylum-seekers. The day will be a unique opportunity to explore how existing and potential initiatives can help to reduce the isolation experienced by many older refugees and promote their integration in to the local community and wider society.
For further information click here.
Wednesday 30 January 2008, 6pm
Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ
Leadership in non-profits can be tough! Because charities are strongly cause related, many staff have high commitment, strong views and want to participate in decision making. How do you gain the benefit of this participation without slowing down decision making unnacceptably? How do you take urgent decisions fast without losing staff enthusiasm? How do you persuade Trustees who feel acutely the legal responsibility for final decision making, to accept staff inputs? Shami Chakrabarti, elected by her peers as 2006’s most admired CEO will talk about her views on these and other leadership issues. Speaker: Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty
This is one of a series of Charity Talks organised by the Centre for Charity Effectiveness. Cost: £20 For more information, and to book a place, click here.
28th February, 5:30 – 8:00 pm, London; 5:30 to 8:00 pm
The Institute of Family Therapy located on 24-32 Stephenson Way,
London NW1 2HX.
The Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies at the Institute
of Family Therapy is pleased to announce that we are hosting an evening
in conversation with Chip Chimera on ‘Cultural Understandings
of Attachment Relationships’.
Chip Chimera is the Director for the Centre for Child Studies here at
the Institute. She has a long term interest in integrating attachment
theory with systemic practice. Chip has worked with groups and families
who have experienced cultural and attachment trauma in a number of settings
both here and abroad. Chip’s presentation will contain a mixture
of didactic and experiential methods. Participants will be encouraged
to reflect on their own culture in relation to attachment issues. The
links between attachment and the experience of cultural trauma will
be explored. Her talk will be followed by a discussion over wine.
To book a place (fee: £25) or further information contact: Ingrid Mayegibo, ingrid@iftnet.plus.com, Tel: 020 7391 9150
18th December 2007, 1.30 – 4.30pm
Holloway Road Resource Centre, London N7.
Under recent government policy, community involvement
takes centre stage – in the words of Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary
of State for Communities and Local Government, public involvement is
now the rule, not the exception. But how can we ensure that the many
community empowerment activities underway and planned achieve what they
set out to?
The National Empowerment Partnership programme aims to improve the quality,
coordination and evidence of community empowerment. One of the key features
of the NEP programme in London is to produce an Involvement Map of community
empowerment and engagement mechanisms, such as participatory budgeting,
citizen’s panels, residents’ focus groups, and petitions.
Our initial focus is on gathering examples of mechanisms targeting young
people and refugees and asylum seekers, later we will broaden our research
to other groups.
The London Civic Forum, as lead partner in the
National Empowerment Partnership in London is holding a half day participatory
event at which you can find out more and contribute to improving the
quality of community empowerment mechanisms in London.
Who should attend? This event will be of particular interest to frontline
organisations, community engagement practitioners and local authority
and statutory sector officers with direct responsibility for community
empowerment. If you meet this criteria then come and share your views
and experiences on what does or does not work well with these communities.
Travel and childcare expenses can be refunded for volunteers and unpaid
workers.
For further information or to book a place contact Amina Rahmanl: amina@londoncivicforum.org.uk
January 22nd, 2-6pm ; NCVO. Regent’s Wharf, 8 All Saints Street,
London, N1 9RL.
Would you appreciate chance to: discover the results of research into
voluntary sector skills gaps and training needs? ; share your knowledge
and experience with others to feed into the final report? ; influence
policy recommendations to be pitched to government?
In October this year the UK Workforce Hub and NCVO launched the Voluntary
Sector Skills Survey 2007. This research highlighted a number of skills
needs within the voluntary sector and identified recommendations for policy
and practice. We have recently conducted a number of focus groups with
front-line organisations to further explore some of these issues. We are
inviting those of you who work in CVS or voluntary sector infrastructure
organisations to attend a workshop where you will have an opportunity
to hear the early findings of this research and to share your experiences
and knowledge of skills gaps and training needs within the voluntary sector.
This workshop will allow us to ensure our findings and future policy and practice recommendations are informed by the knowledge and experiences of a wide range of voluntary organisations. Your input will feed directly into our final report and influence any policy recommendations to government.
If you are interested in attending, or would like further information, please contact our research assistant John Gardiner at john.gardiner@ukworkforcehub.org.uk or on 020 7520 2437.
Do you want to make changes in your life?Do you need help or skills to
move on? Whatever your resolution, you can make a great start at Hillcroft
by coming to one of their weekend taster courses:
NEW BEGINNINGS – 4-6 January2008
This course is for women who want to change direction but don’t
know which way to go. This will help you to:
• Build self esteem
• Develop confidence and assertiveness skills
• Assess your skills and understand how to move on
• Develop a learning plan with advice and guidance on progression
BEGINNERS’ IT - 4-6 January 2008
Would you like to order next year’s presents on-line or send thank
you emails to your friends and family? If you need help getting started
with IT, enrol on this course and learn to:-
• Use a mouse and keyboard confidently
• Use basic word processing functions
• Explore the Internet
• Send and receive e-mails
For more information please ring 0208 399 2688 or email us on enquiry@hillcroft.ac.uk
Funding - London European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Closing date for Expression of Interest is 12.00 noon on Friday 1
February 2008.
London Development Agency have launched the first Prospectus for the London European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2007 to 2013 programme. The Prospectus builds on the Operational Programme which sets out the investment priorities for London ERDF, and provides information on the specific types of projects which will be supported, the application process, timetable, and the technical eligibility criteria.
There are three main priorities for which we invite Expressions of Interest:
- Business innovation and research and promoting eco-efficiency
- Access to new markets and access to finance
- Sustainable places for business
For further information and guidelines click here.
Funding - European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals
The 2007 call for proposals for Community Actions of the European Fund
for the Integration of the third-country nationals is open. The deadline
for submission of the proposal is the 31 January 2008.
The general objective of the fund is to support the efforts of Member States to enable third country nationals to fulfil the conditions of residence and to facilitate their integration into European societies, in accordance with the Common Basic Principles for immigrant integration policy in the European Union. The Fund is targeted primarily to newly arrived third country nationals for actions supporting the integration process of third country nationals in Member States. It will also support enhancing the capacity of Member States to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate in general all integration strategies, policies and measures for third country nationals and the exchange of information, best practice and co-operation in and between Member States.
To access all the fund documentation and guidelines click here.
Funding - Improving Reach programme 2008-2011
Grants up to £150,000 a year for three years.
Closing date: 28 January 2008
Priority to organisations developed by and working with:
• black and ethnic-minority communities
• refugee and migrant communities
• faith groups
• isolated rural communities.
The Improving Reach programme for 2008-11 aims to achieve the following outcomes:
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Smaller organisations have more skills and resources to provide support services to third-sector frontline organisations which work with excluded communities. These smaller organisations are able to continue their work after our funding has run out.
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More frontline organisations working in and with excluded communities can get high-quality support services which are appropriate for them.
Information on the programme, funding criteria and guidelines can be found here
source: BTEG Alert Issue 26
This IPPR report has been produced to form the empirical basis of an
episode of Channel 4’s Dispatches series on the economic characteristics
of Britain’s immigrant communities and the contributions they
make to the country.
This report attempts to contribute fresh information about the characteristics
and contribution of some of the UK’s largest immigrant communities.
It presents data on a range of indicators of the socio-economic characteristics
of 25 groups of people defined by their country of birth (which we refer
to as ‘country-of-birth groups’) living in the UK, plus
those of the UK-born as a comparator. The report also explores and outlines
some of the factors that shape these socioeconomic outcomes and highlights
trends over time. While a complete picture cannot be drawn because of
the lack of comprehensive data, we believe this report uses the best
available evidence from the best available sources to present a picture
of how Britain’s immigrant communities compare with each other
and compare with the UK-born population across several key economic
criteria.
To download the report click here.
This Refugee Council briefing provides information about the situation
of Zimbabwean asylum seekers who think they may be affected by Asylum
and Immigration Tribunal judgment published on 21st November 2007. This
ruling by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, in favour of the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, overturns the decision in 2005 that
all Zimbabwean asylum seekers face a risk of persecution in Zimbabwe
if they were to be forced to return.
This is an updated version of briefings published in August 2006, September
2006 and April 2007.
To download the report click here.
Part Time (21 hours per week), salary £19,280 pro rata (NHS Scale
Band 3, increases annually with NHS pay awards). Closing date for receiving
applications: 12 noon, Friday 21 December 2007
Kurdish Association is looking for a dynamic, energetic and competent
person for the above post. The post holder would be responsible for
running the Kurdish Health Trainer Project, which is a new project and
funded by the Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust (PCT). The post
starts with one year contract and is renewable for up to 3 years subject
to performance and achieving targeted outcomes.
The job involves working with the KURDISH COMMUNITY IN HAMMERSMITH AND
FULHAM to; promote healthier life style, change attitudes and behaviour
in individual towards health, address the health inequality issues in
the community, enabling individuals in accessing health services and
identify those whom are at risk and advocate on their behalf.
Candidates must demonstrate:
- good experience in community work
- ability of working with individual service users and running projects
- good knowledge of the NHS system and other available health services
- posses good communication skills in English and Kurdish (both oral
and written)
- the ability to work in a team
Note:
- Clinical (medical) background is not essential.
- Successful candidate must attend 3 months full-time training provided
by H&F PCT (from around mid Jan 2008 for 3 months)
- Successful candidate must be available to start in mid Jan 2008
If you are interested you can apply by sending your CV with a covering
letter to: Kurdish Health Trainer Project (KHTP), Kurdish Association,
Palingswick House, 241 King Street, London W6 9LP
Or e-mail it to: kurdishassociation@btconnect.com
; Or by Fax to: 020 8563 1918
For further information please contact us on: 020 8563 7918
£47,815 per annum
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Noon 19 December
2007
Interviews will take place at City Hall in January 2008.
This is your chance to join the most pioneering regional government in the UK. You will provide high level support and expertise in the devising and developing of policy and strategies. You will play an integral part in promoting the Mayor’s agenda for London and advising on the management of change.
You will offer advice on relations with the Asian community and the issues affecting Asian Londoners. This varied role will see you undertake research and analysis across the range of the Mayor’s policies, ensuring that equal opportunities are promoted and the benefits of London’s diversity are realised. A successful track record in developing policy aimed at improving services for Asian people is essential for the role and you will be comfortable working in a complex political environment, with proven ability to present concise reports and presentations on sensitive issues to a diverse range of people.
For further information click here.
