Contents: Moda's News (1); Events (4); Training (3); Funding (3) ; Jobs (7)
Deadline: 31 August 2008
This project aims to support small and medium community organisations in areas of capacity-building needs identified by the groups themselves. As part of our 2008 progarmme. we are now in the process of recruiting 10-15 community groups to provide them with free1-2-1 targeted technical support to build up their governance and operational structures, help them with business and project planning and management and increase their access to resources and funding. The groups will be selected on ‘first come, first serve” basis. If you wish to be considered for support please fill in the online form: Outreach Capacity Building Support. (Click here )
Saturday 21st June 2008; 12:00-18:00
Bethnal Green museum Gardens (near Bethnal Green underground station)
Do not miss this 2008 Refugee event to celebrate 25 years of Praxis and to mark Refugee Week, with live music, sustainable food, children’s activities and information stalls.
Praxis,in partnership with Tower Hamlets Council and Museum of Childhood .The event is to mark Refugee Week and a celebration of the impact new communities have made in Tower Hamlets and of 25 years of Praxis, it promises to be a great day with dancers, drummers and musicians from diverse backgrounds. There will also be a children’s corner with interactive events, stalls from various NGOs/ government agencies and a sustainable food section with demonstrations.
For more information on the event click here
Saturday 21st June 2008
Assemble: 12 noon, Tooley Street, London SE1
(behind Greater London Assembly building, near Tower Bridge. Nearest
underground stations: London Bridge and Tower Hill). March to Trafalgar
Square, W1
Unite Against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism have called a national
march and a demonstration against fascism and racism in London celebrating
the diversity of our society . There will be a march and carnival parade,
with floats, marching bands, speakers and banners from every organisation
opposed racist hate.
Please come along and bring your friends and family.
For more information click here
Wednesday 2 July 2008; 9.00am - 3.30pm
Barnsbury Centre, Offord Road, London
Main Speakers and Presentations:
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The Evolving Identity of British Bangladeshis (Dr Jon Wilson, Lecturer, University College, London)
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How to involve Bangladeshi Parents in the Life of the School (Abdul-Hayee Murshad, Headteacher, Hermitage Primary School, Tower Hamlets)
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Panel with Leepu Awlia Bangladeshi car designer and star of theDiscovery Channel show, Lee and Leepu’s Chop Shop plus parents, pupils and teachers of Bangladeshi heritage from London schools
For further information, please contact: Joan Clarke, Ethnic Minority Achievement Service, Cambridge Education @ Islington T: 020 7527 5899
Thursday 3rd July; 10.00am - 1.00pm
Venue: Christchurch Communicare, Redford Way, Uxbridge UB8 1SJ (Near
Uxbridge bus/tube station)
Cohesion, Integration, Citizenship, ‘Single-group’ funding,
PVE? Where are we going?
Time to share experiences and strengthen the voices of BME&Refugee
groups in West London
For further information and to book a place contact Sarah on 01895 441530
or sarah@REAP.org.uk
- Marketing as a management tool
Tuesday 01 July 08
- Basic book-keeping
Thursday 03 July 08
- Trustee roles and responsibilities
Wednesday 16 July 08
- Introduction to fundraising
Monday 21 July 08
- Business planning
Monday 28 July 08
- Preparing a funding application
Friday 08 August 08
- Strategic planning
Thursday 21 August 08
To book a place, please call our training programme support officers at 020 7723 1216 or email at training@vawcvs.org.
For further details on any of our courses, please visit our website at www.vawcvs.org/uploads/training_programme_final.pdf
Tuesday 15th July 2008, LVSC, the Resource Centre
LVSC also runs a one day ‘basic research training’ course
on Thursday July 31st. at LVSC.
This course will help you to think creatively about how to find and present the evidence to demonstrate the need for your current or proposed services. At this course, you will gain a better understanding of:
- How local and national policy can influence your project case
- How to find and analyse different sources of information (e.g. neighbourhood statistics, policy documents etc)
- Using the internet for research
- Profiling service-users
- How to present your information
This FREE accessible and introductory training is open to staff from members of 3SA (Third Sector Alliance). It is also open to members of other LVSC networks. It will be of particular interest to policy, research, capacity-building or information officers - but anyone appropriate to your organisation can attend.
For further information please contact Sandra van der
Feen on 020 7700 8175 or email Sandra@lvsc.org.uk
Monday 14th July; 9.30-4.00
Diana Memorial Fund, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7PB
This one day training course will address the following:
- Why your organisation should have a drugs policy;
- Drugs and the law;
- Dealing with drug related incidents;
- Work based scenarios;
- Developing a drugs policy for your organisation
The cost of attending this course is as follows:
- If your organisation has 3 or less full time employees or part time equivalent: £20 per delegate;
- If your organisation has more than 3 full time employees or full time equivalent: £50 per delegate;
- Statutory sector: £100 per delegate (max. 2 places per course).
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. Click here to download a booking form
Funding - J Paul Getty Charitable Trust
The J Paul Getty Trust have recently updated their website. The
Trust gives grants totalling about £1.8 million per year to registered
charities for social welfare, arts, conservation and the environment (the
majority of funding goes to social welfare).
You can read more about what the specific types of work the Trust wants to fund on their website. In theory, you can apply for grants of any size. In practice, read through the grants list in their annual report and you will see a small number of larger one-off donations of up to £50,000, a lot of grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 per year over three years, and a few one-off donations of £1,000 to £2,000.
There are no deadlines for applications, and trustees meet quarterly. Application is by letter rather than application form.
More info is on the J Paul Getty Trust website.
Source: HSCF Newsletter 20th June
Funding - Sportsmatch
Sportsmatch is funded by Sport England to support the development
of grassroots sport in England. We make awards to organisations running
projects aimed at increasing participation in sports at community level.
We do this through matching eligible funding invested in community sport.
We will match funding for any eligible sporting activity, so long as it is recognised as a sport by Sport England.
The maximum amount of sponsorship monies we will match is £50,000 and the minimum is £1,000. Sponsorship support doesn't have to be in cash - in some circumstances we will also match in-kind sponsorship. If you have a query over any in-kind sponsorship please contact your Scheme Manager.
We cannot match sponsorship funding if the project is due to be completed post 31st March 2009.
As a funding body, we have a number of Priority Groups, as follows:
* Women and girls
* Black and Minority Ethnic groups
* Disability groups
Applications which relate to these groups are given priority because these areas traditionally receive less funding than other areas. You can find more information on Sportsmatch funding for Priority Groups here
Source: HSCF Newsletter 20th June
Funding - Barrow Cadbury Trust: new funding scheme
The Barrow Cadbury Trust has launched a new funding stream aimed
at fostering greater cohesion in some of Britain’s most diverse
towns and cities.
The trust will fund voluntary and community projects with grants typically worth £30,000. The new funding stream builds on the trust’s existing work promoting ‘Habits of Solidarity’ between people of different ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. Projects that promote ‘Habits of Solidarity‘ encourage people from different backgrounds to work together in order to tackle mutual problems.
They are looking for a small number of community based projects (10-15) that will add value to our current work and generate ideas or examples that can influence the national debate. For example:
• Ethnically and culturally diverse communities coming together to tackle issues that are a priority for all local citizens, bringing about positive change for the community as a whole rather than particular sections of it.
• Projects that can show how our support can help them to breakdown specific barriers that exist within their community.
• Projects that enable local people to coalesce around a shared idea or activity.
Click here for more information.
Source: HSCF Newsletter 20th June
BNRRN is a Pan-London membership organization of over 300 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic organizations. Our aim is to support BAME led organisations to participate more effectively in local and regional initiatives.
They are are currently looking for .
- Finance and Administrative Officer
Salary: £16,515 (NJC scale 6) (pt 26) Hours: 35 hours per week
Location of work: Bethnal Green
Closing date: 2nd July 2008
Interviews: 8th July 2008
You should have:
• Excellent finance and administrative skills
• Experience of using Microsoft Office packages including spreadsheets
• Able to work as part of a small team
• Have the experience of working with BAME communities
- Community Engagement Officer
Salary: £29,241 - £30,774 NJC scale SO2 (pt 32 - 34)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location of work: Will be based in BNRRN offices in Bethnal Green but will work in 4 identified London boroughs a year.
Closing date: 2nd July 2008
Interviews: 8th July 2008You should have:
• A minimum of 2 years practical experience in a similar post within the last 5 years
• An appropriate education qualification
• Experience of outreach and working with BAME community groups
• Ability to work independently
• Must be able to work some evenings
For an application pack, please contact Bolaji Bank-Anthony on 020 8981 3003 or e-mail Bolaji@bnrrn.org.uk
NJC SCP 33 – Salary £30,018 pro-rata
Department: Performance and Support Team
Responsible to: Business Development Director
Hours: 35 hours per week – 3 month temporary contract with potential
for permanent appointment
Praxis Community Projects has ambitious plans for growth and development.
This will involve the formation of new strategic partnerships, an expansion
of services and an investment in infrastructure. It is essential that
Praxis continues to build upon its excellent reputation by delivering
value for money for stakeholders and funders whilst ensuring that the
critical needs and expectations of our diverse client base are met and
wherever possible exceeded.
Praxis therefore plan to form a new ‘Performance and Support’
function within Praxis that will maintain a steadfast focus upon excellent
financial determination and discipline, strong HR management principles
and rigorous monitoring and evaluation of their performance across the
full portfolio of their service delivery.
For further information please contact Carlos Gomez at carlos@praxis.org.uk
Salary: £24,260 pa pro rata for 21 hours per week.
Closing date: Thursday 11th July 2008
• Do you have excellent communication and organisational
skills?
• Experienced in delivering successful projects in the voluntary
sector?
• Excited by the challenge of taking on a new post promoting and
developing a service assisting disabled people access their legal rights
and combat discrimination?
DLS is a registered national charity providing free legal advice and a casework service for disabled adults and children. Our service is growing and we are now seeking a self starter to join our Development Team.
IT skills and previous experience in the voluntary sector essential.
More information and an application pack can be downloaded from www.dls.org.uk or phone 020 7791 9800, text 020 7791 9802, or email recruitment@dls.org.uk to request a pack
Monday 7th July 2008
Salary: £40,000 pro rata; 2.5 days per week (20 hours)
Part of a 3 year programme, with an initial contract until June 2009
and renewable subject to funding thereafter
CARA has recently secured funding from the European Refugee Fund to develop its advice service through the recruitment of an experienced Education, Training and Employment (ETE) Consultant. CARA would welcome applications from professionals meeting the specification overleaf, including from outside the charity sector as a secondment opportunity for instance.
The ETE Consultant’s role will be to provide specialist advice to refugee academics and other suitably skilled refugees on employment in the UK Higher Education (HE) sector, subject allied professions and other professions, to support refugees in making better informed career choices, more efficient job searches, becoming more competitive in the job market as well as making links with potential employers. He/she will work closely with the grant programme team who manage CARA’s core grant programme
For an application form and more information please visit click here
Hours of work: 28 Hours per week.
Pay detail: NJC Point P02 sp 35- 38
Starting salary £24,475.00 pro rata incl inner London Weighting
Closing date: Completed applications must be received by 5PM, Friday
4 July.
Interview date: Monday 14 July
The South London Refugee Association is looking for a Manager to be
responsible for the day-to-day management and development of the organisation.
The South London Refugee Association (www.slra.org.uk) coordinates two
drop in centres for refugees and asylum seekers in Merton and Wandsworth
and runs a youth outreach programme.
You will have experience of working with refugees and asylum seekers,
experience in community development and project management and 12 months
minimum experience in managing a team of paid staff or volunteers.
Applications from candidates with refugee backgrounds are encouraged.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced CRB
check.
For more information or to request an application pack please contact
Michael Belford at 0208-646-6565 or michael.slra@yahoo.co.uk.
Salary: 40,000
Deadline: Friday 4th July
Established in 1989 the Kurdish Housing Association has progressed steadily and now works in several London Boroughs and with major RSL partners. KHA are now seeking a Director who can plan and guide the organisation through the next stage of its development, increasing the housing stock and expanding our Supporting People work.
If you think you have the right blend of project and people management skills combined with a good knowledge of the business disciplines of marketing, communication and financial management, not necessarily gained in the housing sector then KHA would like to hear from you.
Please contact Paul Heasman Interim Director on 020 8808 9954 for an informal conversation about the post and an application pack or email paul@kurdishhousing.org for details.
