Contents: Moda's News (2); Events (4); Training (2); Calls(2); 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.
21 May 2009 The London Metropolitan University, Tower Hill, London
Everyone has the right to shelter in 21st century Europe. Join us at this practical one-day event and help tackle one of the key feeder routes to someone sleeping rough. Migrant populations new to the UK are vulnerable. Without recourse to public funds, and without the right help, there is a high likelihood that they will end up sleeping rough.
This conference will explore the short and long-term
support options, as well as the housing, health, employment and benefit
entitlements of 3 different migrant groups; these groups being those who
are most likely to face destitution: Central and Eastern Europeans; Failed
asylum seekers; Other migrants outside the asylum system.
In November 2008, the Government committed to tackling rough sleeping,
with one of the aims targeted at supporting migrant populations. This
conference is an opportunity to support this aim and improve the outcomes
for these vulnerable groups, by bringing together Local Authorities and
voluntary sector organisations to share understanding, solutions and approaches.
For further information or to book your place please click
here.
Alternatively please call 020 7960 3032 or email: kate.alaway@homelesslink.org.uk.
30 April 2009; 09.30 – 13.00 (with lunch)
Venue information and map will be sent with joining papers around
a week before the event
Deadline for responses: 23 April 2009
This BIG Outlook session on monitoring and evaluation will introduce what the Big Lottery Fund requires of our grant holders, and what we expect of a good application. We will also discuss some good practice examples, with the opportunity for questions at the end of the workshop.
This session will also include updates on open programmes, including People’s Millions 2009 and Changing Spaces.
For further information please contact Anna Johnson events.lon@biglotteryfund.org.uk or call 020 7842 6101.
Wednesday, 3rd June 2009; 10.40am – 2.00pm
London, Westminster
The recently published report on the Government’s race equality
strategy, Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society: A Third Progress
Report, outlines the significant progress that has been made in tackling
race inequalities and building more cohesive communities but states
that new approaches are needed. As set out in the consultation, Tackling
race inequalities: a discussion document, the Government wants to
move away from a “one size fits all” approach to a more
targeted approach in order to help meet the differing equality needs
of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. This new focus
will be both wide ranging and multi-faceted, encompassing race equality
and community cohesion issues in education, employment, housing, health,
and the criminal justice system. Achieving race equality and community
cohesion is crucial in an ever more diverse society and is especially
important as a result of the pressures being exerted by an ever deepening
recession.
Delegates at this Westminster Briefing will have the opportunity to
consider the report’s findings, examine the current equality
and community cohesion challenges faced by BAME communities, and discuss
the way ahead for a new race equality strategy. Delegates will be
drawn from a wide range of stakeholders. These will include councillors
and equality and diversity officers from local authorities; central
government departments & public bodies; housing associations and
RSLs; national, regional and local health services; employment and
trade bodies; race equality and community cohesion specialists and
professionals; NGOs and charities; and any stakeholder with an interest
in race equality and community cohesion.
For further details please contact james.macdaid@westminster-briefing.com
or on 0207 096 2917.
30th April 2009 ; 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
5th Floor, Berkeley Business Centre, Citygate House, 246 – 250
Romford Road, London E7 9HZ
This is a workshop for volunteer involving organisations in Newham. The workshop will cover: Induction and training; Expenses; Insurance; Equal Opportunities and diversity; Health and Safety; Grievance and Disciplinary procedures; Confidentiality.
A Certificate of Attendance will be given to each participant. Refreshments
will be provided.
If you would like to book your place, please contact Eyasu Buba on:
020 8536 1937 or via e-mail: eyasu.buba@vncnewham.co.uk
Course dates: 20th May, 27th May, 3rd June and 10th June 2009; Venue:
Stratford (E15)
£360 per participant including certification, course materials and
OCN registration fee.
LECP in association with Youthforce are pleased to present this 4 day course accredited through OCN – 3 Credits at Level 2.
Street and Community based work has always been a significant aspect in the engagement of young people; with a number of young people feeling socially excluded or choosing not to use conventional services. There is an increasing need to work with people where they are or where they feel comfortable. This training will give participants a clear understanding of what street and community based work is. It will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to initiate, plan, deliver, record and evaluate effective street and community based work with young people.
Target Group: The course is suitable for anyone who is already has experience and understanding of working with young people and needs to deliver work that is not centre based regardless if that work is short or long term.
For an application form and further information please contact: Training & Development, London East Connexions Partnership, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ. Email: training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk; Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830
Starts 13th May 2009, and runs every Wednesday from 6-8pm for 9 weeks
For anyone interested in learning more about life in the UK
This course has been inspired by the government’s demand that people applying for citizenship pass a test that will examine their knowledge of life in the UK. However we hope this course will be of interest to all migrants, asylum seekers and refugees wanting to know more about life in the UK.
WHAT will I learn about:
- British National Institutions
- British politics
- Relationships between Britain and the rest of the world
- Equality
- The law and its application in our lives
- Employment and benefits
- Everyday needs
- Culture shock and British traditions and customs
WHAT are the requirements?
9 weeks commitment; Intermediate level of English (Level E3 minimum)
For more information please contact Catheryn at the Migrants
Resource Centre on Wednesday or Thursday on 020 7834 2505 ext 105 or email
- catheryn@migrants.org.uk
Calls - Kings College London , Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women
InThe Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG) at King's College London and the African Leadership Centre are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women 2009/2010. These scholarships are intellectual and financial awards for personal, professional and academic achievements, as well as the recognition of future potential.
For more information please click here.
Calls - BIHR’s Human Rights and Poverty Project
Are you a London based voluntary and community sector organisation working to tackle poverty or social injustice?Would you like to empower the people you are working with by increasing their knowledge of human rights and how to use human rights to tackle poor treatment?Would you like to use human rights to increase your influence and impact with public policy makers?
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is an independent charity with a mission to bring human rights to life. We do this by producing and shaping human rights tools, public policy and practices that empower people to improve their own and others’ lives.
We focus on the value of human rights ideas, laws and practice (a human rights based approach) to tackle poverty, inequality and promote social justice.
BIHR has been funded by City Parochial Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation to provide support to up to six London-based voluntary and community sector organisations that are working with and for people facing poverty or social injustice. The support will enable organisations to use human rights to strengthen their voice and influence with policy makers. Both during and at the end of the process, we will evaluate what works and draw out learning and tools for a wider range of groups to use.
From May 2009 – Oct 2010 BIHR will support participating organisations/ groups to:
• build awareness, skills and knowledge in human rights
• build awareness of how human rights can be used to influence a
policy maker or public body to make changes
• identify a policy or practice that they would like to change
• develop and deliver influencing activities (campaigning, lobbying,
advocacy) using key human rights
• measure progress or changes made through influencing activities
An information day is being held for organisations that are interested in being involved in the project, to provide you with the opportunity to meet the project officer and clarify any questions you might have about the project. Please note that it is not necessary to attend the information day in order to apply to join the project.
The information day will be on 20th April 2009 and will be held at Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA.
For more information on the project and to register for the information
day, please visit BIHR’s website at www.bihr.org.uk/projects/poverty.
Awards for All England is a simple small grants scheme making awards of
between £300 and £10,000. The Awards for All programme aims
to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.
To do this we want to fund projects that meet one or more of the following
outcomes:
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People have better chances in life - with better access to training and development to improve their life skills;
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Stronger communities - with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems;
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Improved rural and urban environments - which communities are better able to access and enjoy;
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Healthier and more active people and communities.
You may be eligible to apply for an Awards for All grant if you can meet one of the criteria mentioned above, and:
- you are a not-for-profit group (including social enterprises), or you are a parish or town council, school or health body.
- you have a bank account that requires at least two unrelated people to sign each cheque or withdrawal.
- you have a governing body with at least three unrelated members
- you can spend the grant within one year.
Contact
* Call our team for advice on 0845 4 10 20 30.
* Email us at general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.uk.
* Call our Lottery Funding Helpline on 0845 275 00 00 or go to www.lotteryfunding.org.uk
for details of all the lottery funding available.
Funding - Esme fairbairn - New Guidance & you can apply on line now
What work do we support? Within four primary areas of
interest: the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural
environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully
in society.
They prioritise work that:
- Addresses a significant gap in provision
- Develops or strengthens good practice
- Challenges convention or takes a risk in order to address a difficult
issue
- Tests out new ideas or practices
- Takes an enterprising approach to achieving its aims
- Sets out to influence policy or change behaviour more widely
Most successful applications meet more than one of these priorities. If your work only meets one, you should consider carefully whether to apply.
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
£29,963 - £31,524 (NJC scale SO2 point 32 - 34), 5% pension
Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 22nd April 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.
MiNet is the London focused BAME network of networks, which joined ROTA in 2002 to strengthen the voice for London's BAME Third Sector in the development of regional policy.
This post offers the opportunity to lead on the development and delivery of the network, provide information on policy and provide a voice on the BAME implications of policy developments. You will need to have demonstradable experience in developing and supporting networks, knowledge of issues affecting the BAME Third Sector in London and some experience of management and income generation.
For further information and an application pack click here.
Salary: £32, 500
Location:East Sussex
Closing Date:21 April 2009
Refuge is a national charity which provides a lifeline for women and children escaping domestic violence. We are seeking to recruit a high calibre professional for this management role:
Do you want an outstanding leadership and management role calling upon all your versatility, judgement and tact? Do you have the ability to motivate and communicate well with others? Can your call engender the best responses from other professionals, for example, housing officers, police, voluntary and statutory agencies? Then consider this opportunity to manage our East Sussex sites.
Responsible for managing the delivery of refuge services in East Sussex,
you will ensure that a secure and supportive environment for women and
children escaping domestic violence is provided. This role requires
a strategic and versatile individual, with proven experience of managing,
developing and motivating staff. You will have excellent interpersonal,
budget management and report writing skills. You must also have knowledge
of domestic violence issues, housing, welfare and experience of working
in either a women’s refuge/residential setting. A recognised social
work/housing/management qualification would be desirable.
Please note that on-call work will be required in this post.
All candidates must have a commitment to the values of empowerment, support and equality, which underpin all the work undertaken by Refuge.
Benefits include 28 days’ holiday, non-contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and a childcare voucher scheme.
For an application pack, please email refuge@point13media.com or contact Point Thirteen Media on 0845 496 7416 quoting reference number 2602.
Salary:£25,267
Location:Southwark
Deadline for applications 10am Tuesday 5th May, interviews Friday 15th
May
We are looking for someone who is passionate about volunteering to encourage voluntary groups to take on volunteers and treat them well.
Encouraging groups to develop good practice in volunteering is key to our work and this new role at the Centre will be key in making the move from running a reactive, to a proactive service. You would be offering advice and support to groups, developing resources, training, and a good practice charter whilst linking in with work going on across London and the Volunteer Centre network.
To find out more download an application pack at www.volunteercentres.org.uk/ or contact Barbara on 0207 403 2936 barbara@volunteercentres.or.uk deadline for applications 10am
