Contents: Moda's News (2); Events (6); Training (5); Calls (1); Funding (2); Jobs (2)
and 4pm – 5pm (AGM)
MODA’s
Goldstar Conference and Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday
19th February 2009 at St John’s Church (opposite Stratford shopping
centre with disabled access). The theme of the day is “Voluntary
Inspiration and Participation:involving volunteers from diverse communities”.
At our last AGM we had a wonderful celebration of exotic cuisines from
around the world from our diverse London communities. By popular demand
we are again inviting groups to apply to MODA for a small grant (£50
towards ingredients and travel costs) to bring some cultural foods. Grants
will be awarded to the first 10 applicants on a first come first served
basis. Please hurry to return the form below if your group wishes to take
part. We will then contact you to let you know if we are able to award
your group a display stall, or a grant to bring foods. Food will be served
at 1pm and there will be a prize awarded for the best presented culinary
dish!
Attendance to the conference and AGM is free. Please click here to book a place.
19th February is very close to the International Day for Mother Tongue Languages. We are encouraging groups to contact us if they would like to feature a MODA multilingual publication celebrating and promoting volunteering.
The
Community Leaders Development Programme aims to provide individuals from
Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities who live in London,
with a flexible and tailored range of leadership development opportunities.
This project has two elements: a programme of outreach, taster sessions
and entry level training; and a range of longer support options to provide
more intensive structured personal and professional development.
The programme is funded by the LDA Opportunities Fund Round 2 and is run
by London Voluntary Service Council in partnership with the School for
Social Entrepreneurs, Race on the Agenda, MODA and Charitytraining.com.
For
more information please click
here
Wednesday 11 March;10:00am - 4:30pm
Royal Commonwealth Club, London WC2N 5AP
Despite the economic downturn, there is still interest from employers in the skills and experience offered by refugee jobseekers, in particular those with professional backgrounds.We will hear examples of positive stories so far achieved by programmes across the UK and are keen to see how we might, as a sector, join together more effectively to maximise the support for this group during the recession. We are also interested in exploring the opportunities available to individuals who might wish to one day return to and rebuild their home countries.
More information and a registration form is available at the Employability Forum website.
They have limited funds to support travelling costs for delegates from refugee community organisations. For further information, please contact r.john@employabilityforum.co.uk
27 February 2009, 10am - 4pm
The establishment of a Third Sector Skills Body is one of the most significant develoments for our sector in recent years. This one-day event will inform you about the new Body and will facilitate discussion about its remit and workplans. On the day there will be a 90 minute consultation workshop on the draft Sector Skills and Qualification Strategy. The final strategy will set the agenda for the new skills body.
The event will also include a workshop to raise awareness about Apprenticeships in the Third Sector.Organised by LVSC in partnership with NAVCA & LSC, this workshop will explore the opportunities and support available for apprenticeships in the Third Sector.
Booking details and further information will follow shortly. To register your interest for both events please contact, Michelle Curtis: michelle@lvsc.org.uk
Quality and Performance in social services in Europe - better
outcomes for people
22-24 June 2009, Prague
Developing social services of the highest quality and performance is the ambition of all those responsible for meeting the needs of citizens, especially those most at risk, vulnerable and disadvantaged. This task is all the more important at a time when there is pressure on public finances.
With considerable current debate as to what constitutes a quality social service, the European Social Network has responded by organising its most comprehensive event on Quality and Performance in social services in Europe to date.
The conference will pose a number of key questions, including: what systems of quality exist today in different parts of Europe and how can we evaluate their outcomes? In an increasingly mobile Europe, should we move towards common standards or principles? How can those who use social services be involved in monitoring their quality? What should be the balance between cost, performance and quality and how can contracting or ‘commissioning’ act as a lever to raise standards and deliver better services for people?
The event forms part of the Official Programme of the Czech Presidency of the European Union and is supported by the Czech Government as well as the Committee of the Regions and the Council for European Municipalities and Regions.
For more information on the conference programme and venue and to book your place, please click here.
3rd March – 6.30 – 9.00pm
The Hub, Kings Cross, 34b York Way, London, N1 9AB
In these difficult times, individuals, businesses and communities
are in need of practical solutions to make ends meet and live in harmony
with their environment.
We have come across fabulous work achieved by women in social enterprises,
campaigns or networks, who have stepped out of the tramlines of convention
and been brave enough to try something new. They provide sustainable,
replicable, exciting and inclusive solutions working towards a socially,
environmentally and economically stable society. We call them Female
Social Innovators.
Through this manifesto we propose to bring these women together
to help hold their heads high, to shout out what they have achieved.
Collectively, we MUST acknowledge and leverage the values, the connections,
the achievements of these women. Let's connect!
So if you feel it's a useful movement, if you are woman or a man,
join us on 3rd March 2009, in London, to connect, listen to, adopt
and champion these female social innovators, the famous ones as well
as those working in the shadows.
To book click here.
Monday 30 March 2009, 5pm to 7.30pm
The Advait Centre, Forty Avenue, Wembley HA9 9PE
Closing date for submitting applications is Monday 9 March 2009
Are you aged between 13-19yrs old? Do you live or go to school in
Brent?
Have you got an idea on how to help young people feel safe?
If you answered yes then you have the chance to win £6,000
Enter the Dragons’ Den style competition and tell us how you
think you can help youngsters feel safe in Brent. The shortlisted
groups will get the opportunity to do a five minute presentation in
front of Brent’s very own Dragons’ panel and the winning
group will get £6,000 to implement their idea.
Minimum group size of three will apply.
Light refreshments will be provided. For more details and an application
form please contact Inspector Neil Anderson by tel: 020 8733 3234
or by email: Neil.Anderson2@met.police.uk
23 March 2009; 10am - 4pm
LVSRC Centre, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA
A one-day event organised by the London Voluntary Service Council, aims to raise awareness of the new opportunities available from Train to Gain for Third Sector organisations.
As of January 2009, Train to Gain will have more flexibility and different entry criteria for all organisations that employ fewer than 250 staff.
Outline Agenda:
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A speaker from Common Purpose, covering Leadership and Management training.
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The role of the Train to Gain brokers will be explained and
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A Third Sector guest speaker will examine how Train to Gain works for us.
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Workshops during the day will also look at the training needs of the sector's staff.
To book a place and for more information on Train to Gain click here
Deadline: Friday 13th February 2009, there will then be a group interview and introductory evening on Thursday 19th February 2009
There are still some training places available on WORLDwrite's 2009 London Behind the Scenes programme. The training package involves: one evening a week; some weekends and includes a heady mix of film making, historical investigation, political discussion and presentation skills.
The training is free for 16 - 25 year olds who would like to try out tour guiding and filmmaking and are interested in interrogating history and serious political discussion. WORLDwrite particularly welcomes new arrivals to London from across the globe on this programme. A detailed tour guide training pack which includes a full course outline and a simple application form for 2009 is available online. Please click here
WORLDwrite's London Behind the Scenes programme of alternative East End tours has been developed to promote international understanding in keeping with the charity's ethos and objectives. These volunteer-produced tours are: accessible online with virtual routes interwoven with compelling historical archive and present day footage; on foot as entertaining and educative walking tours and on film as discursive and illustrative professionally made documentary shorts.
The latest London Behind the Scenes tours include a docks tour, which tells an alternative tale of trade, dockers and Empire and a Brick Lane tour which examines the positive impact of immigration and changing ideas about 'race'. WORLDwrite tour guides who gained accreditation in 2008 are now providing these tours to school groups free of charge, should this also be of interest.
If you require any further information please email world.write@btconnect.com or telephone 020 8985 5435
17 February 2009; 10:00—16.45
at HVA, 92 Dalston Lane, E8
FREE event for refugee and migrant community organisations organised by
the Evelyn Oldfield Unit in partnership with Fossbox. A day of workshops
and hands-on demonstrations on free or low-cost and sustainable alternatives
for VCS IT needs. Find out about:
- Quality office, email, media, publishing, graphics, accounting and educational software for free
- Useful tools if you're struggling to organise your work without an office of your own
- Appropriate solutions if you can't afford new computers, servers, or regular tech support
Plain-language overviews with hands-on demonstrations you can try out for yourself
- Learn how to use popular free software from a USB stick or on any ordinary Windows PC
- Find out about cheaper, greener alternatives
- Learn how to give your older PCs a new lease of life
- Think about new ways of working more sustainably
- Get free help and support
- Take away a Free Software CD and helpsheet
For more information or to request a booking form, please call the Evelyn Oldfield Unit on 020 7700 8213 or email developmentteam@evelynoldfield.co.uk
10 February, 9:30-16:30
IARS, Clifford's Inn, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1BZ
ROTA is now advertising training places for further hate crime training
sessions. The training which previously received excellent feedback takes
forward the findings and recommendations from the Restoring Relations
Project drawing attention to the dynamics of hate crime (victims and perpetrators),
the role of mediation and the value of multi-agency cross-sector partnerships.
Training will be delivered by:
Liz Dixon - Senior Probation Officer at London Probation.
Elena Noel - Manager of the Hate Crimes Project at Southwark Mediation
Centre.
The training is useful for people working in: Conflict resolution; Community
tensions; Gang mediation; Domestic Violence; Sex offenders; Housing disputes;
Schools; Work disputes; Criminal Justice agencies and Safer Neighbourhood
Teams; and Hate Crime coordinators with little or no understanding of
restorative justice amongst other areas.
To register your interest and book your place or if you have any queries regarding the training, please contact jacky@rota.org.uk
Please note:
MiNet Members: ROTA and London Probation will also be delivering hate
crime training on 4th March. If you are a MiNet member you can attend
this training for free. Contact anthony@rota.org.uk
if you are a MiNet member and would like to attend or join Minet.
Serious mental health problems in children and young people are increasing,
both nationally and locally.How can we help these children and their families?
What works? How can we share and increase our skills and work together
to meet this challenge? What resources are available and where does CFCS
fit in? What constraints are we facing and how can we overcome them?
Our aim is to enable front line workers to increase their confidence, resources and skills.We are offering a series of 5 free linked workshops in Building Collaborative Networks in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, for staff in Health, Education, Social Services & the Voluntary Sector
- 8 May 2009 9.15-1.00pm – Introduction & Assessment of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
- 22 May 2009 9.15-1.00pm – Behaviour – Theory & Practice
- 5 June 2009 9.15-1.00pm – Network & Family Interventions; working with complexity
- 19 June 2009 9:15-1.00pm – Engaging the Child or Young Person individually
- 3 July 2009 9.15-1.00pm – Resources, Internal &
External, Self care & Evaluation
at Newham CFCS, York House, 411 Barking Road, Plaistow E13 8AL.
For further information please contact Marie McConnell on marie.mcconnell@eastlondon.nhs.uk
Migrants Resource Centre - 24 Churton Street, London SW1V 2LP
The Migrants Resource Centre is offering new ESOL for health sessions
consisting of 2 parts:
1) Health related vocabulary and exercises aimed to:
• enable the students to describe the symptoms of the most common illnesses
• provide them with phrases to use while dealing with the staff at the surgery
2) Basic description of the NHS system with particular focus on Primary Care Services and explanations of the most common jargon.
As part of their exercises the students will have to
fill in a real GP surgery registration form. Role plays, conversations
and other interactive learning tools will be used to help our users become
more confident while accessing health services.
For more information about the classes please contact Ambra Caruso or
Catheryn Cheetham at 020 7834 2505.
Calls - Online Survey: Practice & experience of international social care workers in the UK
Are you a citizen of a country other than the UK and currently work in a care home, for a home care agency, or as a support worker, social worker, care manager or occupational therapist?
If your answer is yes, we would very much like to hear about your experiences of working in the UK. Your views are very valuable to our research and we would appreciate if you can take part by completing a short online survey.
If you would like to contribute your views, please e-mail to Shereen Hussein, shereen.hussein@kcl.ac.uk who will send you a unique link to the online survey. No personal information such as name or employer will be collected. The survey is being carried out by the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
Everyone who completes our survey will be entered into a prize draw with the first prize of £50 (in high street vouchers) with another 5 runners up getting £10 vouchers each.
This is a new fund that has just launched its first set of grants. The
grants will focus on Womens Body Image.
The fund will have a minimum of £25,000 in total to award. Grants will be made to projects
- with at least two partners,
- who are engaged with the media and
- who address the question: ‘How can you support women and girls to develop a positive body image?’
The full criteria and application details will be announced in early February.
For more information, click here
Grant size available: Total fund size is £5,000,000. Grants can
be for up to 3 years. Grants must be match funded, 50:50, from non-EU
funds.
Deadline: 6 March 2009, with a further call for proposals expected in
June 2009. Scheme runs until 31 December 2013.
The fund is aimed at organisations that are setting up innovative projects to support the economic, social, cultural and political integration of third-country nationals and encourage the fulfillment of the conditions for permanent residence in the UK. Grants are also available for Local Authorities, Adult or Further Education Colleges or Community Colleges who wish to offer or expand ESOL courses.
Projects must involve one of the following four priority areas:
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Implementation of actions designed to put the ‘Common Basic Principles for immigrant integration policy in the EuropeanUnion’ into practice
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Development of indicators and evaluation methodologies to assess progress, adjust policies and measures and to facilitate co-ordination of comparative learning
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Policy capacity building, co-ordination and intercultural competence building in the Member States across the different levels and departments of government
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Exchange of experience, good practice and information on integration between the Member States.
Youth Arts and Learning Co-ordinator- Full Time £20-£22k
per annum
Youth arts participation specialist required with experience of delivering
creative participatory projects for young people.
Marketing and Fundraising Co-ordinator - Part time 2 days per
week £20- £22k pro rata
Marketing, events and communications specialist required with an interest
in fundraising and ability to promote the organisation.
Programme and Leases Co-ordinator - Part time 3 or 4 days per
week £20 -22k pro rata
Commercially minded programmer required interested in programming performing
arts productions for young people and is able to maximise income
Performing Arts Agency Project Co-ordinator - Part time short
term contract
Project manager with experience of working with young people and has managed
an actors or other performing arts agency.
Volunteer intern - 2 or 3 days per week for three months
Application deadline 5pm Monday 8th February 09
For more information and an application form please contact peter@hoxtonhall.co.uk
or 0207-684-0060
Salary: 32,119 - 42,602 (NJC scale PO2 - PO5, point 35 - 47), 5% pension
Closing Date: Monday 23rd February 2009 11:00pm (by post or email).
Interview Date:Monday 2nd March 2009.
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is London's leading social policy think-tank
focusing on issues affecting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME)
communities and the Third Sector that serves them. We are committed
to working towards achieving social justice and the elimination of discrimination
and promoting human rights, diversity, equality of opportunity and best
practice.
This post offers the opportunity to lead on the organisation's policy and research programme working with the experienced and passionate policy team. Current policy priorities include crime and antisocial behaviour, health inequalities, community cohesion and regional governance. You will need demonstrable knowledge of social policy priorities for the BAME sector and communities. You will also need demonstrable experience of staff and project management as well as experience of fundraising and writing clear and concise reports.
