Contents: Moda's News (2); Events (4); Training (2); Resources (2); Campaigns(1); Funding (3); Jobs (3)
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
Tuesday 21st April 2009, 10-1pm;
5th Floor Class room,Berkley Business Centres, Citygate House,
246-250 Romford Road,Forest Gate, E7 9HZ (Buses 25 and 86 stop outside the building)
If you pay your workers you need to be able to understand
what their employment status is. People who work a few hours a week, once
a month or less regularly often just invoice the organisation and act
as free-lance, but does this mean that they are genuinely self-employed?
In reality they are more likely to be part-time employees and this means
that they have certain rights under employment law.
This useful training session aimed at people volunteering on Management
Committees will look at what a volunteer, an employee, and a self-employed
worker is and is not. It will explore what organisations can practically
do if their "free-lancers" turn out to be part-time employees.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To book a place on this workshop please click here. Since this training room is on the 5th floor please let us know if you have any special needs.
MODA is pleased to be working in partnership with LVSC PEACE Project and the Volunteer Network Centre, Newham to run this training session free of charge. We would like to hear what other training topics would around Good Practice in Volunteering would be of interest to MODA groups.
Friday 24 April 2008, Middlesex University, 12.30-17.00
Room C219, Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT
Although migrants are a hot topic in the UK, there are few hard facts. There is no agreement on how we define “migrants” and a lack of data on equalities and migrants, especially in relation to age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Their diversity has implications for the development of immigration and citizenship policies.
This report reviews the available information about inequalities that migrant workers and their families face in Britain today. It sets out the rapidly changing policy context and its implications, analyses recent data, and examines the experiences of migrants themselves.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP Carol Andrewes:
c.andrewes@mdx.ac.uk
Tuesday 19 May 2009 9.30-16.30
NCVO Conference Suite Regent's Wharf 8 All Saints Street London N1
9RL
Hear sector leaders' views on key future challenges for the VCS.
Broaden your thinking about what's over the horizon, so your organisation
can move forward with confidence.
From the opening panel session, to the informal workshops, engage
the experts on their opinions. Raise the points that matter to your
organisation; gain valuable knowledge which will strengthen your organisation
for future challenges and make it ready for opportunities.
Involvement
A morning of practical sessions will develop your strategic insight
and planning skills. An afternoon discussing future trends in the
sector will deepen your understanding of what the future looks like.
Use this to make better decisions. This is a day where social media
and new conference techniques will be used to bring the issues alive
and maximise the ways in which you can learn from each other
For more information click here. To book click here
6 May 2009; 10.00am - 4.15pm
Microsoft UK, 100 Victoria Street, London SW1
This event will help you to understand how technology can work for you and maximise your productivity. Workshops will cover:
• E-learning tools
• Ensuring effective websites
• Delivering an e-campaign
• Technology supporting collaboration
• Managing your supporter base
• Accessible computing
• Innovation in service delivery
Tuesday 31 March, 10 - 3pm
The Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road London W2 5ES.
Women achieving: Defeating the Economic Downturn and
Conquering the Credit Crunch
This is a unique opportunity to celebrate the positive contributions of Women, Women’s organisations and Service providers for Women:
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To raise awareness of the Economic Down turn and its Impact on women for a positive response;
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To encourage the active engagement and participation of grassroots women;
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To explore ways of providing support to community women’s organisations to help them
deliver services to their communities; -
To promote Community Cohesion and Integration
How can you get involved? Do you have a project working with women?
You can showcase projects that have taken place to a wider audience
at this event. Display your Achievement. Your organisation can have
a stall at the event and with over 100 women attending it is a great
way to reach residents
Book a stall now by calling 020 7286 5290 and giving your details
Wednesday 29 April 2009;9:30 am – 4:30pm,
NCVO, London, N1 9RL
This workshop will provide:
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A unique opportunity for you to influence the future of leadership development provision for the third sector;
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Thought-provoking models, tools and solutions to your leadership challenges;
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The chance to network and share your ideas with a wide range of leaders involved in the third sector
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You will develop your leadership knowledge on topics such as: Emerging trends in leadership and provision of support for leaders; Learning to lead through troubled times; The civil society agenda & relations with government; How to create a great workplace & inspire your people Socially responsible leadership
A limited number of FREE bursary and subsidised places will be on offer to NCVO member organisations* with an income of <£100,000 per annum.
Book before the 30th of March and receive an early bird discount of 25% off the normal delegate fee!
For further information click here, email Amy Bowen or call 0207 520 2445.
Migrants Resource Centre, 24 Churton Street, London SW1V 2LP
CV AND COVER LETTER WRITING
Friday 3rd April 2009 1-3pm
We will learn how to write a CV and Cover Letter. We will get examples
and formats that will help us compile a CV.
INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
Friday 17th April 2009 1-3pm
We will go through all the stages of the interview process and explore
the most frequent questions employers ask and how we can be successful
during an interview.
JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Friday 24th April 2009 1-3pm
We will discover different ways to search and apply for jobs.
VOLUNTEERING FOR YOUR FUTURE
8th May 2009 1-3pm
We will talk about the importance of volunteering and will give you tips
and suggestions on how you can start a career in your sector.
There is free access to the crèche during all workshops!
To register for a session, please contact Laura Marziale or Bianca Galluccio by email: laura@migrants.org.uk or bianca@migrants.org.uk , Tel: 02078211273
Resilience and Adversity- Activated Development
Tuesday 2nd June; 10.00am- 4.30pm
The Institute of Family Therapy, 24-32 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HX
This training will give a refreshed and expanded perspective
that can acknowledge both the impact of traumatisedexperiences and the
realities of resilience and adversity activated development will be presented
to inform our theory and practice. This workshop will demonstrate how
ideas developed in this context can be widely applicable to a broad range
of professional contexts and will be useful to all those working with
individuals, couples, children and families.
For more information and to book a place please contact training@iftnet.plus.com
or call 0207 3919150. Visit
http://cccs.typepad.co.uk
Campaign - Let asylum seekers work
In hard times, society expects everyone to pull their weight where they can. Yet asylum seekers are forced to live on handouts or sometimes nothing at all. So why do we deny them the chance to work – then force them to bear the bruntof public hostility?
The 'Let Them Work' campaign goal is to give asylum seekers permissionto work if their cases have not been resolved within six months – including everyone who has had their claim refused but can’t go home.
There are now some new campaigning initiatives which we ask all supporters to help to promote this goal – this will cost you nothing and only takes a few minutes online
- Visit www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/letthemwork to sign the campaign pledgeonline – then send it to your friends and networks;
- The campaign is looking for organisations to sign up, so please also download the organisation support page here;
- On the site you can send a mail to your MP asking them to sign the pledgeand to support EDM No. 960 in Parliament which supports the Let Them WorkCampaign.
Resources - Vinvolved Team
vinvolved is the new national youth volunteering programme,
which aims to revolutionise youth action and leadership in England. We
work with education providers, the public sector, social enterprises and
not-for-profit groups and charities across nine London boroughs, to create
and develop innovative volunteering opportunities for 16-25 year olds.
We are becoming increasingly aware of the vast amount of skilled talent
out there in our target age group and these individuals are looking for
volunteering experiences that go beyond what volunteering typically is.
Call us if you need help and be creative – anything is possible!
If you need something doing, we know someone who is looking for the experience:
• Get help attracting more young people to your organisation
• Re-design your marketing literature or website
• Get IT support for your staff or help with programming new systems
• Find a volunteer bookkeeper
• Engage a group of young creatives to transform your public space
If you have never taken volunteers before but can see
the potential, we can help to get you up-to-speed with national standards
for volunteer placement providers.If you would like us to advertise your
existing opportunities, provide any support in building your capacity
for volunteer placement or talk about novel ways of engaging groups of
volunteers in events etc, please get in touch.
For more information please contact Sally Wood on 020 7702 1511or email
Sally@changemakers.org.uk
Resources - AFRUCA Launches "What is Child Abuse?
AFRUCA will launch a new booklet to help guide parents and others about
how to protect children from abuse and harm at its National Conference
on African children holding in Birmingham on 26 March 2009.
Our new booklet explores many practices which are harmful to African children.
It discusses the impact of child abuse on children and how to act to protect
them. It also highlights the risks that African parents in the UK face
in losing their children to the care system due to allegations of significant
harm. The book is aimed at helping parents recognise those harmful practices
which can lead to their children being removed because of significant
harm and abuse.
Visit AFRUCA
website to download a copy of this booklet. You can also
order copies for your faith or community group members in the UK. Call
us at AFRUCA on 0844 660 8607
Deadline: 31 July 2009
The European Cultural Foundation is offering Artistic Project Grants for cultural organisations and individual artists. They wish to support new artistic projects that highlight the issues of diversity in Europe. The average grant size is €30,000 - €60,000
More information is available on the website.
No maximum or minimum grant amounts are stated, however grants are unlikely
to be more than £100,000. Start-up costs, running costs, salaries
and overheads are covered, depending on the scheme.
The Waterloo Foundation supports registered charities and constituted groups for environmental and child development projects in the UK.The environmental programme focuses on tackling man-made climate change, particularly concerning forest and marine environments.
The child development scheme is particularly interested in childhood neuro-developmental conditions, e.g. Autistic spectrum disorders including Aspergers Syndrome, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Certain childhood epilepsies (especially BECCTS) and any links into adult mental illnesses.
For more information on each scheme and to view the international
schemes contact the Waterloo Foundation by email
or visit their website.
The Nuffield Foundation grant-making reflects the Foundation's aim of
bringing about improvements in society through research and practical
experiment. The wide range of activities supported by the Foundation fall
into two main categories:
- support of research and innovation that will bring about beneficial social change;
- development of research and professional capacity with particular emphasis on people in the early stages of their careers in the sciences and the social sciences.
The Foundation currently has three grant programmes that support research and innovation for beneficial social change. These are:
- Access to Justice - promotes access to, and understanding of, the civil justice system.
- Children and Family - helps to ensure that the legal and institutional framework is best adapted to meet the needs of children and families.
- Open Door - for projects that advance social well being, but lie outside their main programme areas.
Grants are mainly for research (usually carried out in universities or independent research institutes) but are also made for practical developments or innovation (often in voluntary sector organisations).
The Foundation also has an Education Programme which supports research and development work in specific priority areas. Unsolicited grant proposals are not accepted, but other funding opportunities arise from time to time.
Timetable for grant applications:
Access to Justice, Children and Families, Education and Open Door programmes -July 2009 Meeting Outline Applications - 27 March 2009, Final Applications - 15 May 2009; November 2009 Meeting, Outline Applications - 10 July 2009, Final Applications - 4 September 2009
Commonwealth Programme – Programme under review. No timetable for next grant round.
The Nuffield Foundation, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS Tel: 020 7631 0566 Fax: 020 7323 4877 Website: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org
Salary:£26,000
Location:Reading
Closing Date:3 April 2009
Food4Families is an innovative new 3-year project to engage families in growing food, through developing school/community-based gardens across Reading, with the support of horticultural tutors.
If you have sound experience of project management and working with local communities, together with an interest in growing food sustainably, then we would like to hear from you.
Application pack: www.risc.org.uk/job or 0118 958 6692
GHARWEG is a community organisation based in London Borough of Southwark
providing services for black and ethnic minority communities, refugees
and the unemployed. They are seeking applicants for
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IT/Tutor/Trainer (part time – 3 days a week)Salary: £29,000 (inclusive of ILW) pro rota
Closing Date:Friday, April 10, 2009
They are looking for a Trainer with knowledge and skills in IT applications, especially word, excel, graphics , access and internet. The worker will be required to develop training packages and deliver training to the unemployed, especially hard to reach people and older people. The Trainer will be expected to outreach into target communities to recruit trainees and to liaise with examination boards and process examinations. Experience in teaching or training and qualifications in IT packages are essential for the post. The post is funded by Learning + Skills Council London Central (LSC) and European Social Fund (ESF). It is for 20 months and ends on 31st December 2010. Candidates with knowledge of monitoring, evaluation and health and safety systems will be desirable. We are expecting the successful candidate to start on 1st May 2009.
- Vocational Guidance & Access to Education Officer (part-time
– 3 days a week)
Salary: £29,000 (inclusive of ILW) pro rota
Closing Date:Friday, April 10, 2009They are looking for a person with the following characteristics:
• Ability to support trainees to progress into further education and/or work.
• Knowledge of vocational guidance and delivering of soft skills and workshops.
• Ability to reach out to targeted communities.
• Provide basic training in IT skills for participants.
• Experience of similar work in the past is essential.
• Monitoring, evaluation and health and safety systems is essential.
• Advice and Guidance Qualification is desirable.
To apply for these posts, please send your CV with a covering that should detail your experience and training. You should detail in particular your experience of work with unemployed people.
The Co-ordinator
GHARWEG Advice, Training & Careers Centre
5 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7XW
For more information please contact gharweg@aol.com
Shortlisted candidates will be sent an application together with the job description and special specification, which they should fill and bring to the interview.
Salary:£23,500 pro rata (pro rata 18 hrs per week)
Location:Lambeth
Closing Date:3 April 2009
Fixed term contract until 31st December 2009 (possible extension subject
to funding for one year)
Victim Support in Lambeth is looking for a Domestic Violence Caseworker who will ensure victims are suitable for the Sanctuary Scheme(through risk assessment) and to support victims through the process of installation; for those victims of domestic violence who wish to remain safely in their own homes. You will:
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be the main point of contact for agencies referring clients to the Sanctuary Scheme;
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be responsible for making initial contact with, and assessing the needs of, women and their children who have, or are, experiencing Domestic Violence who request the Sanctuary Scheme;
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work within a multi agency setting
We would like to here from you, if you have:
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excellent communication skills;
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proven understanding of the impact domestic violence;
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proven experience of working and supporting victims of domestic violence;
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proven experience of working in a multi agency setting
For an application pack contact Joanne or Hazel on 020 7820 0007 or e-mail vs.lambeth@vslondon.org.uk
