Contents: Events (6); Training (6); Calls (2); Resources (1); Funding (4); Jobs (4)
A full-day conference and exhibition
Tuesday 1 December 2009 ; 10.00am -4.00pm
The Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 The Broadway, London E15 4BQ
The London branch of the European Anti-Poverty Network England (EAPN), in partnership with the Third Sector European Network (TSEN) and LVSTC, is holding this event in anticipation of the forthcoming European Year Against Poverty (EY2010).
- Listen to our speakers, including Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Bharat Mehta, Chief Executive of the City Parochial Foundation and Jean Lambert MEP
- Visit our Exhibition, featuring just some of the anti-poverty work currently taking place in London
- Learn about grassroot level experiences of tackling inequality
- Discuss what shape the year could take and it could be used to help your work
We are keen to make this event as representative as possible, so we welcome bookings from organisations who help to tackle poverty and those who they have helped, in order to feed in their contributions and experiences as well.
For further information and to book a place click here or call LVSTC on 020 7538 4309.
Tuesday 1 December 2009, 9.30am - 2.00 pm
North London Central Mosque; 7-11 St Thomas Road, Finsbury Park, London
N4 2QH
This is a partnership conference organised by Islington Improving
Reach, Islington Refugee Forum & Hackney Refugee Forum. Activities
will include: speakers, workshops, stalls, networking. Lunch Provided
This is a free event and all are Welcome.
For further information or to book a place or a stall please contact: Improvingreach@ivac.org.uk ,Suj Ahmed 020 7354 6361 or Duncan McLaggan 020 7354 6373
13th November 2009; 12.30 - 3.30pm
Conference Hall, City and Hackney Carers Centre, Springfield House,
5 Tyssen Street, E8 2LY
This event will include the launch of Community Advance
Project DVD “My Place?” and the research report "Young
Homeless Refugees in London", produced in partnership with Middlesex
University.
The Hackney Refefugee Forum AGM will follow.
Hot Lunch and refreshments provided. For further information please contact Suj Ahmed: Community_advance@yahoo.co.uk, or Ali Aksoy: ali@hcvs.org.uk, 020 7923 1962
25th November 2009, 10am – 2pm
Hammersmith & Fulham Carers Centre, 182a Hammersmith Road, London
W6 7DJ
Mainstream community, voluntary & third sector organisations are increasingly embracing social enterprise to consolidate & extend their services & operations & strategically positioning themselves to sustain services, operate in & take advantage of the competitive contracts and commissioning culture & processes. The emergence of social enterprise in the Health & Social Care sector is a growing & important development offering new opportunities within contracts commissioning & funding processes. However, social enterprise and opportunities associated with it remain untapped by BME community & third sector organisations, with few BME organisations incorporating social enterprises or consortium based approaches as vehicles to secure grants or contracts and to address inequalities in Health & Social Care particularly within BME communities.
This seminar aims to: promote BME awareness of & engagement in social enterprise; provide information on opportunities for social enterprise within health & social care sector; identify capacity building needs of BME health & social care providers; explore potential for diverse BME groups & providers to come together within partnerships and consortiums & bid for grants and contracts around addressing health inequalities and meeting health & social care needs of BME communities; improve engagement between NHS, commissioners, allied health professionals, third sector and BME communities.
Cost: FREE, but places must be booked in advance. £5.50 contribution for lunch from all delegates mandatory (not refundable if delegates do not turn up after booking a place)
For further information please contact: Tel: 02085705038; Email: leadership@taha.org.uk or info@selfdirectedcare-taha.org.uk; Website: www.selfdirectedcare-taha.org.uk
Sunday 28th November 2009, 12 to 5pm
Development House, 56-63 Leonard Street, Old Street, London EC2 4LT
Are you a woman seeking asylum or a refugee? Are you keen to see more justice for women refugees in the UK? Do you want to join up with other women and make your voice count? If so – come along! Come and discuss the work that women are already doing against destitution, detention and deportation and how you can be part of it.
- Inspirational women speakers from WAST groups in Manchester, Leeds
and London
- Workshops on campaigning and using the media with supporters from
Women for Refugee Women and Medical Justice
Lunch included and travel expenses reimbursed. If you wish to attend please send a text message to 07852765193 or email wastlondon@yahoo.co.uk (Let us know if you will be bringing children)
11th November 2009, 1-4.30pm, The Resource Centre, Holloway Road
The Association for Research in the Voluntary and
Community Sector (ARVAC) are hosting a half day seminar on community
research with support and input from the Evelyn Oldfield Unit. The
seminar includes presentations from eminent speakers from policy,
academia and practice and a number of practical workshops covering
diverse issues related to conducting community research. This seminar
will be of interest to community groups wishing to begin or to support
research within the sector.
The first speaker, Alun Michael MP, will draw on his formative role
in New Labour's thinking about voluntary and community sector research
and the creation of an evidence base for policy-making. Professor
John Diamond will remind us of the enduring values in community research
in a time of change and Mulat Haregot, Sectoral Development Manager,
Evelyn Oldfield Unit will speak about the value of community research
in work with refugee and migrant communities.
In the workshops, practitioners, including Sarah Menzies, Development
Officer with the EOU and co-presenter Abukor Essa of Horn Afrik, will
present case studies of community research and discuss the implications
with participants.
For more information or to book a place, contact: Valerie.lammie@cdf.org.uk
or call 020 7833 1772.
Want to know about commissioning? But afraid to ask? Throughout 2009/10
LVAC, through the Lambeth LIP consortium, is offering FREE commissioning
training courses for all Voluntary and Community Sector Groups in Lambeth.
The aim of these courses is to: Increase your organisation’s knowledge of commissioning to complete tender documents; In the longer term, assist your ability to be successful in future commissioning rounds. Next courses include:
Tendering as a Consortium ; 26 November 2009
This specialist course will cover the rules and regulations for tendering
as a consortium, consortium models, and assistance with identifying
new possibilities and opportunities for consortium tendering in the
third sector.
Lambeth Procurement and the Voluntary and Community Sector ; 18 February
2010
This course will cover the commissioning process from a Lambeth Council
perspective and will be delivered by a member of Lambeth Council’s
Corporate Procurement Team.
To book your place, please contact LVAC’s Administration and Communications Officer on 020 7737 9460 or by emailing your name, and a contact number to training@lambethvac.org.uk.
LECP in association with Shelter Training
12th November 2009 ; Stratford E15; Cost: £135 per person.
This one day programme will enable participants to develop an understanding
of youth homelessness; to provide a working knowledge of the legislative
frameworks that are available to assist young people; and to develop an
understanding of how the legislation can be used as a platform to develop
better integrated services for all young people in housing need.
Target Audience: Connexions PAs, Youth workers, and other practitioners
who advise young people and who requires a good understanding of legislative
solutions to their housing problems. This course is particularly relevant
to those who have already developed some understanding of young peoples’
housing issues and wish to develop their ability to assist their clients.
For further information or to book a place visit http://www.lecp.org.uk/training
26 - 27 November 2009, City Forum, London
This LVSC course will examine the practical aspects of implementing equal opportunities in organisations. It will look at devising a strategy to encourage people along the road from understanding to ownership to action. It will introduce methods for promoting equal opportunities at work and challenging discrimination will also be considered.
For further information click here.
8th December 2009, The Resource Centre, Holloway Road.
Improve, update and manage your organisation’s finances with free training from the Evelyn Oldfield Unit. If you: Want to brush up your financial management knowledge; Have just taken on managing your organisation’s finances; Need to prepare a budget for a fundraising application; Have recently been awarded funding or; Would like to be clearer about managing and recording your organisation’s money ...then the Evelyn Oldfield Unit’s financial management training programme is for you! This free half day session will cover ‘Budget Basics’ and ‘Petty Cash Essentials’ and is open to volunteers and staff of refugee and migrant community organisations. The training is not computer based.
For further information email developmentteam@evelynoldfield.co.uk or call Tracy Williams, Development Worker on 020 7700 8213.
23 and 24 November 2009, City Forum, London
This LVSC training is a 2 x free-standing one-day courses. Each one-day course can be booked seperately or together.
Day One - Introduction to volunteer involvement - this is an introductory component for those new to working with volunteers
Day Two - Managing your volunteer programme - this is more advanced and is targetted at those who have some experience of working with volunteers but need to go into more depth
For further information click here.
10th December 2009; Stratford, London E15
CPD Certification: This training is CPD certified (5.5 hours); Cost:
£90 per person
The aim of the course is to provide practitioners with the skill and
confidence to work and communicate across different and unfamiliar cultures
without relying on stereotypes, thereby being able to meet the needs
of the clients they work with. The course is interactive and focuses
on practical issues and self-awareness.
Target group: Practitioners working with migrants/newly arrived immigrants,
refugees and asylum seekers (i.e. youth workers, teaching assistants,
mentors, employment and advice services, Careers Advisers, Connexions
Advisers, Social Workers, Voluntary/Community organisations, etc)
The day will look at Culture, its various aspects, including personal
culture, and its impact on communication. We will then look at how we
communicate, and communication tools.
To book a place please complete a course application form onwww.lecp.org.uk/training/
For further information contact: training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
Calls - Consultation on Mayor's London Plan
The Mayor of London has launched a public consultations on his 'London
Plan', which sets out an integrated economic, environmental, transport
and social framework for the development of the capital over the next
20-25 years. Responses and comments are welcomed from stakeholders and
the public until January 2010. For further information visit http://www.london.gov.uk/shaping-london/.
Calls - Consultation on London Councils Commissioning Programme
Working on behalf of London's boroughs, London Councils distributes £26
million funding to the voluntary sector in London each year. The London
Councils 2007-11 commissioning programme currently funds 360 organisations
delivering 59 priority services to Londoners.
London Councils are now consulting on their new commissioning programme for the period 2011-2015. Public meetings will be held in various locations across London throughout November and December 2009. An online survey will also take place until January 2010.
For further information click here.
Resources - Beyond Tolerance: Making Sexual Orientation a Public Matter
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a series of reports
into the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in Britain.
Beyond Tolerance: Making Sexual Orientation a Public Matter' celebrates
the considerable progress that has been made in tackling homophobia in
the past 40 years, and sets out measures organisations could take to tackle
the discrimination that persists.
For further information and to download the reports click here.
Funding - Comic Relief Refugee and Asylum Seeking Women
Deadlines for 2009/10: Cycle 2: 13 November 2009; Cycle 3: 5 March 2010.
This programme aims to provide support for refugee and asylum seeking women who have experienced rape, torture and other forms of violence in their home countries and meets one or more of the outcomes listed below. We are especially keen to make sure that women get the help they need in making their claims for asylum, and also get access to emotional and practical services they need to help rebuild their lives.
There are two strands to the open programme:
Direct support to women - We will fund support services with the aim of helping women cope better with the trauma they have experienced. This could include services such as counselling, group work or self help support. We will also fund services that help women access legal support, health care and housing for example.
Training - We are also interested in supporting organisations to develop training for people working both in refugee and mainstream organisations to increase their skills, knowledge and practice in working with this vulnerable group. We hope that some of this work may be accredited and will have the potential to be adopted more widely by other organisations.
For further information and application guidelines click here.
Funding - Bromley Council for Voluntary Youth Services - Grants 2009-2010
Next deadline for applications: 11 January 2010
On behalf of Bromley Council, BCVYS administers grants for Youth Work. Two forms for Grant Aid are available - one for Voluntary Organisations, and one for individuals to engage in training activities and courses. These grants are limited and demand may often exceed the funds available so applications should be made as earlier as possible, and provide as much information as possible in support of the application.
Grants will only be awarded for work relating to 12-21 years old in accordance with the London Borough of Bromley Youth Service objectives. An organisation applying, or for an individual applying, the organisation must be a member of Bromley Council for Voluntary Youth Services.
A Grants Panel meet 3 or 4 times a year to consider applications (see below). After these meetings applicants will be advised as to the outcome of their request for funding.
For further information click here.
Funding - Tower Hamlets Events Fund
Deadline for applications: 20 november 2009
The Events Fund is a distinct allocation from the Tower Hamlets Mainstream Grants budget and exists to provide small grants for high quality public events and festivals. Administered by Tower Hamlets Council Arts & Events team, it provides grant funding to support approximately 40 festivals or events taking place in the borough each year. Grants can be up to £3000 for each application, with most in the range £500 - £1000 and support a wide range of projects ranging from film festivals to community festivals and including music, dance and theatre events. These must be arts-based events which are accessible to and of benefit to the community.
For further information call 0207 364 7914/07 , email festivalsandevents@towerhamlets.gov.uk or visit http://www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk/?lang=e&s=45
Funding - Edible Islington - Small Grants
This scheme ends on 31st January 2010
The small grants programme is part of Edible Islington, Islington Council’s £1m community food growing programme. The programme aims to develop opportunities for food growing across the borough, promoting the production of and access to locally produced food and promoting social wellbeing, healthy living and sustainability.
The small grants programme is being run on behalf of Islington Council by Capital Growth. Capital Growth are working with the Major of London to create 2012 new growing projects across London. All the Edible Islington growing projects will form part of the 2012 programme.
The purpose of the Edible Islington small grants is to provide an easily-accessible source of funding, to help people to initiate and run new food growing projects in Islington that are for community benefit. Projects can be for commercial gain but must provide a community benefit in all cases.
For further information click
here.
Salary scale: £36,929-£41,807 plus contributory pension
(2 year fixed term contract), London EC1
Closing date: 5pm Wednesday 25 November 2009
Interviews: Wednesday 9 December 2009 at the Foundation’s offices.
Trust for London and City Parochial Foundation are two innovative funders
distributing £7 million annually to voluntary & community
organisations in London. We are seeking to recruit a suitably experienced
individual to join our grants team.
You will need at least three years experience of working in the voluntary
& community sector, preferably in London. You will need to have
good analytical and communication skills, experience of project management
and a keen interest in promoting social justice. Experience of grant-making
is desirable but not essential. The focus of this post will be on developing
our mission-connected investments, co-ordinating our training and support
for funded organisations, as well as grants assessment and management.
For further details on how to apply visit our website: http://www.cityparochial.org.uk/cpf/vacancies/
or telephone 020 7606 6145. For an informal discussion please ring Mubin
Haq or Bharat Mehta on 020 7606 6145
Closing Date: 5pm, Friday November 20th 2009;
Interviews Friday November 27th 2009
RAK is a well-established organisation providing support for refugees & asylum seekers in Kingston upon Thames and working strategically across neighbouring London boroughs. Our mission is to advise and support refugees and asylum seekers to lead fulfilled and independent lives.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Director who can manage and motivate the staff and volunteers delivering our high quality busy services. A relevant background is essential, together with success in fund-raising, project management and service development. Comprehensive communication and networking skills are also needed, plus the ability to work under pressure to meet targets and deadlines.
For further information and an application pack visit: www.refugeeactionkingston.org.uk/jobs.html
Closing date: 13 November 2009
Interviews dates: 27 November 2009 and 01 December 2009
The Roma Support Group is pleased to offer two part-time posts:
Roma Young Refugees’ Advocacy Project Co-ordinator (ref: RoM 22)
21 hrs per week, £16,598 per annum inc. LW and pension (NJC
scale SO1)
You will be responsible for running advocacy schemes for young
Roma refugees and asylum-seekers, providing 1-2-1 support and empowering
them to be engaged in advocacy/ campaigning activities at a local and
regional level. This post is funded by The Diana, Princess of Wales
Memorial Fund and City Parochial Foundation for 3 years.
Roma Young Refugees’ Advocacy Outreach Worker (ref: RoM 23)
14 hrs per week, £9,172 per annum inc. LW and pension (NJC
scale 6)
You will be responsible for providing Roma refugees and asylum seekers
with 1-2-1 advocacy support combating their destitution and enabling
their access to healthcare, legal provisions and housing. This post
is funded by The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for 3 years.
For both posts you must have experience of advocacy work, be highly motivated and have empathy with Roma refugee and asylum-seeking children. Fluency in Romany, Polish or other East European languages is desirable. For an application form, visit www.romasupportgroup.org.uk or call 079 49 089 778
