Contents: Moda's News (1); Events (6); Training (3); Surveys (1); Funding (2) ; Jobs (5)
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 )
22 July, 2.30 - 5.00 pm, NCVO, London
How will an economic slowdown affect your organisation and how should you respond? Whether or not the UK enters a full blown recession, it is clear that we are entering a period of global economic slowdown. How will current turbulence in the economy impact on the sector and how can your organisation respond? This will be the next topic in NCVO's popular series of seminars.
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Peter Hahn, Cass Business School will give an overview of some of the key trends currently affecting the UK economy, exploring where these might go in future.
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Keith Hickey, Chief Executive, Charity Finance Directors' Group will explore some of the main implications that the current economic climate might have on the VCS and highlight some strategic responses to deal with these.
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Chair: Karl Wilding, Head of Research, NCVO
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The focus of the seminar will be on small group discussions during which you will have a chance to explore implications and practical responses for your organisation.
For further information and to book a free place click here.
Incorporating the 3rd Tomlinson Memorial Lecture
29 September 2008, Thistle Marble Arch, London W1
Disability equality and improving life chances for disabled people is high on the government agenda at present. Enabling disabled people to lead fulfilling lives where they become active citizens in an inclusive society is essential and post 16 education is a vital ingredient in the mix. The bonding agent is the cross government strategy, Progression through Partnership (HMSO, 2007), which sits within the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), Department of Health (DH) and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This four-year strategy is being knitted into other government policies and strategies for example, Independent Living (ODI, 2008) and Valuing People Now (DH, 2007). This year the NIACE Annual Disability Conference will focus on policy matters. There will be an address from the Government and the wide range of workshops will offer something of interest for everyone attending.
For further information click here.
Thursday 17th of July, 3.00 - 7.30 pm, Brady Arts Centre, E1 5HU
Cardboard Citizen’s latest community production - Under the Radar - presents a collage of old and new work devised and performed by an eclectic community of actors, musicians and singers with experiences of homelessness from the Cardboard Citizens Performing Arts Workshops. The performance will traverse time and space, crossing borders, changing identities, exploring history and homelessness in this annual community production.
This event is a Pay What You Can event. Your attendance will be very much appreciated and your donation (£5 recommended) will go a long way to support our work with the homeless. As the UK’s only professional homeless people’s theatre company, Cardboard Citizen’s are committed to engaging with homeless communities and we would be delighted if you could attend the performance.
Cardboard Citizens events regularly sell out. To ensure your ticket for this event, RSVP by calling 020 7247 77474 (quote “Under the Radar”) or by emailing your name and which performance to mail@cardboardcitizens.org.uk.
3rd Capita's Conference
Monday 22nd September 2008 – Central London
The children missing education agenda takes an important step forward with the roll out of ContactPoint commencing in October. If the duty is to be met and the progress made so far is to continue, it is imperative key stakeholders remain informed of the latest policy and good practice being implemented and developed nationwide. Capita’s 3rd National Children Missing Education conference will provide all parties involved in CME with an interactive forum in which to share experience and practical advice. Our speakers will highlight ways to overcome the wide range of challenges surrounding identifying, tracking and engaging children missing, or at risk of missing, education.
For further information and a booking form click here.
Seminar, Friday 25th July 10.30 – 16.30
Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon
The Middlesex University Social Policy Research Centre is launching two recent comparative European research projects which explore aspects of the integration and inclusion of non-EU migrants. It will also discuss the broader conceptual and policy issues arising from these projects. Presentations will focus on both the UK situation and recent developments in the EU and include researchers from the projects at Middlesex University as well as external speakers.
The Research Projects
The MITI (Migrant Integration Territorial Index (UK, Italy (lead), France, Spain, Portugal) part of the EU’s INTI programme, critically explored the meaning of integration and the EU agenda of measuring integration in order to develop policy targets. This project reviewed national and EU policy on integration and explored the possibilities of using existing data sets to measure integration.
Civic stratification, gender and family migration policies in Europe (UK, Austria, Spain, France, Czech Republic, Netherlands) examined how immigration legislation affected different kinds of family migrants and their responses to it. It was based on policy analysis and interviews with NGOs, policy makers, academics and individual family migrants.
For further information and to register please contact Eleonore Kofman: e.kofman@mdx.ac.uk
2 August 2008, 2-4pm
EPI Centre, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ.
Bangladeshi Women’s Society (BWS) is inviting
all their networking partners to attend their AGM and support the event.
For further information tel. 02085395523 or email: h_bangladesh@hotmail.com.
The NCVO Working For A Charity online course Effective Voluntary Sector
Management ran for the first time during 2007. The 2nd course is running
from February 2008 to October 2008. Enrolment for the next course, starting
October 2008, is now open.
The course is intended for people new to the voluntary and community sector who want to find out more about how the sector works, and for people considering a move into the sector from other backgrounds.
For further information and an online application form click here.
12 August 2008, 10am-1pm (CPD hrs: 3), JCWI, London
With tier 1 already in force, and now the statement of intent having been released for tier 2, this course is designed to equip practitioners with everything they need to know about the Points Based System. It will also provide practitioners with a understanding of the new civil penalties scheme brought into force at the end of February 2008.
This JCWI course is delivered by a senior law lecturer who heads the immigration department at a London University and has practised in immigration law. The course will specifically provide you with a general overview and explanation of the 5 tiered; an examination of tier 1 (in force for in country applicants); an explanation of the new civil penalties scheme under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
For further information click here.
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
Surveys - What are YOUR views on London’s police?
Have you come to Britain from another country? How safe do you feel in
London? What are YOUR views on London’s police?
People who are new to London can experience things that make them feel
unsafe and unhappy. This may include people stealing from them, threatening
them or making them do things that they do not want to do. People may
not know who to turn to for help, or how to report things that have happened.
They may not have confidence in the police or they may not know if the
police can help them. The Greater London Authority and the Metropolitan
Police Authority have the job of making London a safer place to live for
everybody, no matter where they were born and how they came to be in London.
We want London to be a safe city for all, wherever they have come from.
We want everyone to feel they can rely on the Police to help them stay
safe. We are therefore asking all new migrant communities across London
to take part in a survey so that they can tell us how safe they feel and
what they think of the police.
You are invited to speak your mind through a completely confidential survey
– and to help get the best Police service for everyone. Join many
other migrant and refugee Londoners in giving a voice to your community.
To make sure that all views are included, an independent research team
at the University of London has been appointed to carry out the survey.
If you have any questions about the survey please contact or telephone
ICAR on 020-7040-4596.
Do fill in the survey questionnaire online click here.
This survey is supported by GLA and Metropolitan Police Authority.
Funding - Diana Memorial Fund - Refugee and Asylum Seekers Initative
Deadline for applications: 5pm on Friday 12 September 2008
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund is working for change for children and young people seeking asylum. Through an open grants round targeting community organisations working with children and young people seeking asylum, the Fund will raise awareness of their needs and influence policy makers and service providers to take action.
The objective of the grants round is to provide support to community organisations providing direct services and advocating on behalf of children and young people seeking asylum in the following areas: Detention; Destitution; Enabling access to services such as: healthcare, legal provision, housing, and education; Providing support to unaccompanied children.
For further information click here.
Funding - vcashpoint
Deadline for the next round: 18 July 2008
vcashpoint is the funding initiative offering young people the cash they need to turn their ideas for volunteering projects into a reality. vcashpoint offers grants of up to £2500 for young people aged 16 to 25 in England to set up their own volunteering projects in their local community.
vcashpoint is NOW OPEN for applications from young people (not youth workers or organisations). 16-25 year olds can apply online on vinspired.com. vcashpoint will fund NEW projects or ideas which aim to expand or develop previously completed projects - these are projects which have been carried out once in the past and where the applicant wants to develop the idea further and do something different for a short, defined period of time, involving new young volunteers. All projects must create NEW volunteering opportunities for 16-25 year olds, be youth-led, take place in England and benefit a chosen community. If the young person applying for funding is a youth worker, the project must have no link to their area of work and must be carried out outside of their working hours. vcashpoint must be the only source of funding for the project.
For further information click here.
£35,790 per annum
Closing date: 22 July 2008, 12pm
Amnesty International is a movement of ordinary people across the world standing up for humanity and human rights wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied. Our work is high profile and covers a wide range of human rights issues, including stopping violence against women, preventing torture in counter-terrorism, and ending the death penalty.
Working with AI country researchers, you will provide detailed country information to legal representatives acting on behalf of UK asylum seekers. With excellent research and analytical skills and the confidence to work independently, you will have experience of conducting asylum legal casework. Detailed knowledge of the law, policy and procedures relevant to the assessment of UK asylum cases are essential, as is the commitment to our aims.
For further information click here.
Salary £20,099 (pro rata) Fixed-term to March 2011 Ref No:
Y/00148
Location: Barnsley, Yorkshire/Humberside
Closing date for applications is Friday 18th July 2008
The post-holder will be responsible for liaising with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure that appointments are booked for all clients in the Initial Accommodation centres within a very short time-scale. The post-holder will also be responsible for undertaking a wide range of administrative duties. These include maintaining a complex paper filing system of client records, updating the database, collating monthly statistics, answering telephone queries and providing administrative support for the Wraparound Services Team. The post-holder will also be required to liaise with the IT, Office Services, Statistics and Finance and Human Resources departments who are based in London.
For further information and an application pack click here.
In our Brixton office we run informal English language lessons for refugees
and asylum seekers. These classes are run on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
mornings from 10am - 12pm and also on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm
- 4pm. The majority of the students are teenagers who are waiting to
get into school. These classes are run on a drop in basis and are not
meant to replace formal education but to act as a stop gap until our
clients can access alternative courses. Each day a senior teacher splits
the clients into groups from very basic to intermediate - group sizes
range from about 6 - 15 although there is also some 1 - 1 teaching as
well.
We are looking for people who ideally have a TEFL/TESOL/CELTA qualification
or an alternative teaching qualification and are available over the
summer, and potentially beyond, for at least one lesson a week. When
completing your application please state the level of qualification
you have, any relevant experience and also when you are available.
If you would like to talk about this opportunity in more detail please
call Vanessa on 020 7346 6727 or email vanessa.hill@refugeecouncil.org.uk
For further information click
here.
Deadline for applications: Monday 14 July 2008
A fantastic opportunity to join the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO) - a global voice for patients. IAPO is a small and dynamic global NGO that represents people with chronic illnesses of all nationalities across all disease areas, and promotes healthcare around the world.
As a key member of IAPO's staff, you will be responsible for developing and implementing methods for the organization to support its members organizations including: The biennial Global Patients Congress; Overseeing and implementing a capacity building strategy and developing capacity building services including a twinning initiative, The Patients Exchange online resource and delivering ad hoc support and advice; Managing the membership scheme and developing appropriate membership procedures and strategies. The postholder will also actively contribute to IAPO's overall development, direction, fundraising and programmes
For further information click here.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Wednesday 16th July
Islington Voluntary Action Council is recruiting to two posts, which will develop innovative new work with people involved in local voluntary and community action.
Development Officer: Training - £30,014 p.a.
Hours 35 pw
To lead on the development of local training opportunities.
Development Officer: EC1 New Deal - £30,014
p.a. Hours 35pw
To lead on supporting individuals and organisations involved in building
a strong and sustainable community in the EC1 area
This work is supported with funding from EC1 New Deal for Communities. IVAC is adjacent to the Angel shopping centre with excellent public transport links. We provide 30 days annual leave plus public holidays and have negotiated substantial discounts on use of borough leisure facilities for our staff. Salaries are paid on the NJC scale.
For further details about these posts and an application form please visit IVAC web site (click here). For an application pack please call or write to IVAC' recruitment advisor, Anne Gadson, on 01494 478801, email ivac@hradvantage.co.uk.
