Contents: Moda news (1); Events (4); Training (7); Resources (2); Funding (4); Jobs (5)
In response to interest from our groups MODA intends to set up a new forum:
Migrants' Anti-Poverty Alliance (MAPA). MAPA aims to bring together migrant
community organisations and stake holders interested in the issue and
consequences of poverty and unemployment experienced by migrant communities
and individuals.
MAPA aims to: 1. Monitor the level and size of poverty, destitution and unemployment among migrant communities and individuals through conducting research, surveys and case studies; 2. Create a forum for participants and stakeholders to exchange knowledge, experiences, ideas, resources and co-operate in finding solutions through developing shared strategies and projects; 3. Use the data obtained through research and shared strategies to influence policy-makers in relation to tackling migrants' poverty and unemployment; 4. Provide information, advice and training focusing on the promotion of employment, self-employment and social enterprise.
The project will work to achieve the above aims through: 1. Creating a forum of interested parties; 2. Developing research projects; 3. Holding bi-monthly meetings; 4. Developing proposals for fund-raising to support anti-poverty and employment measures for the benefit of migrant individuals and families; 5. Co-ordinating and co-operating with similar networks, organisations and agencies to influence policy-makers; 6. Providing information, advice and training.
MODA's MAPA network is open to all migrants, migrant community organisations, public bodies, businesses and other stakeholders interested in the promotion of employment and anti-poverty solutions to tackle poverty and destitution experienced by migrant families and individuals.
To register interest in joining this network please email info@moda.org.uk
16 March 2010, Human Rights Action Centre, London EC2
A learning and networking event especially for Trustees, Managers, Advisers and HR officers to help implement better HR practice in the voluntary and community sector.
There are a limited number of free places available. Please contact us
for more details.
More information and booking details at www.lvsc.org.uk/peaceconference,
or email peace@lvsc.org.uk, telephone
0203 349 8911
22 January 2010, 9.30am - 5.30pm, One Great George Street, London,
SW1P 3AA
This workshop is aimed at policymakers and advisors in the UK government and voluntary sector. The objective is to stimulate thinking on concrete approaches to ‘migration management’ in the context of needing to ‘work with other countries to better understand and manage global migration’, according to the Managing Global Migration Strategy. This year’s training workshop will particularly look at the realities of illegal migration, how successful assisted return policies are and the effects of the economic downturn on migration patterns and migrant behaviour. The day will be led by Richard Black, director of the Migration DRC, and each session will be introduced by academics.
Registration for the workshop costs £130 and will be for a maximum of 40 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Fees may be waived for statutory or voluntary organisations - please enquire. To register for the workshop, visit www.migrationdrc.ac.uk.
From theory to practice: How asylum policy impacts on the refugee
experience
5th February 2010, London
Refugee Council's 2010 conference focuses on asylum policy and how changes in legislation impact on the experiences of refugees. Come and learn about the key developments in asylum policy over the past year and how these impact on the day to day lives of refugees in the UK today. The conference will also discuss which policies the sector should be campaigning for over the next 12 months. Delegates will participate in two workshops from a choice of seven, on topics such as health, asylum support, detention and unaccompanied children.
For further information, to read a full list of workshops and to book a place, click here.
Witchcraft, Juju and Safeguarding Victims of Human Trafficking
27th January 2010, 10.00 - 16.00, Central London
About AFRUCA – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse is a leading charity promoting the rights and welfare of African children in the UK. We are the only UK based charity working exclusively with victims of child trafficking from Africa.
Background: Traditional belief in witchcraft and juju rituals is strong
in Africa and traffickers are known to employ it to coerce and subjugate
their victims. Many victims of human trafficking are made to take oaths
of allegiance, secrecy and confidentiality to bind them to their traffickers,
ensure compliance and guarantee the repayment of the huge sums of money
claimed to be owed for transporting the victims to Europe and for their
upkeep. Many victims, fearful of the repercussions of the oath taken are
compelled to endure their suffering in silence without recourse to help
and support. The fear of Juju makes it extremely difficult for agencies
to support victims and for the authorities to investigate, prosecute and
bring suspected traffickers to justice.
How can UK practitioners better understand the needs of young people who
are under the spell of Juju in order to intervene successfully?
Guest speakers:
- Mr. Andy Desmond, Detective Constable, New Scotland Yard Human Trafficking
Team: Witchcraft and juju as barriers to effective prosecution of traffickers.
Our experience at New Scotland Yard
- Ms. Debbie Ariyo, Founder and Director of AFRUCA: The Impact of Witchcraft
Abuse on Victims of Trafficking in the UK
- Dr. Esohe Aghatise, UN Expert on Trafficking and Director of Associazione
Iroko Onlus, Italy: Working with Victims of Trafficking in Italy: Addressing
Juju as a hindrance to Safeguarding Victims
- Mr. Godwin E. Morka, Head of Lagos Zonal Office, NAPTIP Nigeria: Addressing
Human Trafficking at Source: Countering the power of Juju on Victims –
Our Experience at NAPTIP Nigeria
Fee: £65 per delegate. Booking: Please contact Cherifa Atoussi,
AFRUCA London Office, Unit 3D/F Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1
3QP cherifa@afruca.org telephone:
0844 6608607 for details and booking. Please note that places are limited
and will be on a “first come first served” basis.
15 & 29 January and 5 & 12 February , Stratford
4 Day Accredited training (OCN Level 3)
Who is it for? This course is a must for anyone either currently involved
in or about to embark upon a project within their work. For example
you may be involved in running a programme of activities for young people
or about to apply for funding for a specific project. Pitched at both
introductory and intermediate levels; some prior experience of working
within children and young people’s services is an advantage.
What will I get out of it? The course will show you the essential components
required in planning a project and give you the confidence and immediate
useful tools to put them into practice back at work.
Cost: £420 per person including OCN Registration Fee. –
Payment: Payment in full at least 14 days prior to course commencement
please.
You can download an application form from http://www.lecp.org.uk/training
and return it to:
LECP Training & Workforce Development, 4th Floor Solar House, 1-9
Romford Road,
Stratford, London E15 4LJ, training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
, Tel: 020-8536-3630
14th January 2010, Evelyn Oldfield Unit, London
At this event, a grant officer from Media Trust’s
Community Voices will give attendees an overview of their new fund. Groups
can apply for up to £14,000 to engage with their beneficiaries through
digital media. The grant officer will also support groups to access tools
and resources for communities to increase engagement through digital media.
This will be a lunchtime learning session from 11-2 with a light lunch
provided.
Please send your booking form by email to developmentteam@evelynoldfield.co.uk
or call Sarah Menzies, Development Worker, for further details on 020
7700 8213.
28 April 2010, Refugee Council, London
End of Processis the term used to describe the situation for those
asylum seekers who have been refused asylum and have exhausted all appeal
rights. UK policy states that when someone is in this position they
are no longer entitled to many services and support, including main
stream asylum support.For those unable or unwilling to return to their
home country, this means that many asylum seekers at the end of the
process become destitute.
For those working in the voluntary and statutory sector, knowing how
and when they are able to support asylum seekers at the end of process
is a challenge. Service providers often hear conflicting messages and
myths, and struggle to ensure they are up to date with the continual
changes to policy and procedures due to legal cases. There is a need
to empower service providers with up-to-date information and increase
confidence in how and when to provide tangible support to asylum seekers
at the end of process.
Following on from other courses delivered by the Refugee Council looking at mainstream support, this course specifically looks at support and entitlement for asylum seekers who have had their claims refused and have exhausted all of their appeal rights. In order to support clients in this situation it is important for service providers to be aware of support mechanisms available and to be able to advise clients accordingly.
By the end of this one day training programme, participants will be
able to:
- Clarify some misconceptions and misunderstandings regarding ‘categories’
of refugee and asylum seekers;
- Identify the routes to obtaining legal advice and the processes of
making a fresh asylum claim;
- Define the eligibility criteria and entitlements under Section 4 support;
- Recognise who is eligible for community care support; and
- Discern when different client groups are entitled to healthcare, education
and employment.
For further information click here.
at Ethiopian Community in Britain, 2a Lithos Road London NW3
6EF
Free weekly enterprise start-up, social enterprise and business training
for unemployed refugees asylum seekers and migrants from all backgrounds
with permission to work, specially targeting those from Horn of African
countries. Free course materials, travel costs and advice and information
services provided
For more information contact Ephrem on tel. 02077944265 or visit www.ethiopiancommunity.co.uk
Migrants Resource Centre, 24 Churton Street, London SW1V 2LP
4th February to 25th March, on Thursdays, from 10am to 1pm (7 meetings)
All participants MUST attend the Introductory Meeting on Thursday 28th
January, from 10am to 1pm
This will form part of the selection process for the course
A 21-hour course for you to put to work your ability to speak two languages and take the first steps towards a recognised certificate in Community Interpreting.
If you… are fluent in English and another language spoken in London; have an interest in preparing for Community Interpreting training; can attend a minimum of 80% of the course
And you… would like to build up some voluntary interpreting experience; are interested in joining the Essential Skills & Knowledge in Community Interpreting course in the future
...this course is for you! The course will focus on: the role of the community interpreter in assisting communities to access services; awareness of the provision of public services in the local area; basic terminology from public services; opportunities for a career in community interpreting.
For further information please contact:
Laura Marziale, 02078342505 Ext 111 or Phyllis Acosta: 02086741651,
pacosta@wea.org.uk
20 January or 26 January 2010, Stratford E15 - Cost: Free
The ‘Workforce: The Young Voice' report highlighted the views
of young people about what characteristics and behaviours they wanted
to see from their workforce. The intention of this training is to build
on this research by supporting young people from ‘hard to reach
communities’ to develop and deliver training for practitioners
on what young people want from practitioners, under the title of the
‘B Heard Project’. To prepare for this focus groups have
been held, and filmed, and the training follows on from this.
This one day training is developed and delivered by a group of young
people (16-19yrs old) as part of the CWDC Participation programme. Young
people from four different youth centres in London (Youth A.I.D. Lewisham,
Youth League – Dagenham, East London Somali Youth & Welfare
Centre and the Junior Muslim Circle) have come together to get the opinions
of their peers about what works (and what doesn’t) for Practitioners
wishing to engage effectively with young people. They have then put
together this exciting and innovative one day training course, which
they will deliver themselves.
Outcomes: The professionals receiving the training will gain by
being better trained and having more skills and becoming more confident
in working in a better way with young people from a wide range of different
backgrounds. Practitioner attending will become aware of the characteristics
which will allow to effective communication and engagement with young
people across cultural barriers, by ensuring that they can share Common
values.
Target group: Both new and experienced frontline practitioners working
with young people, who want to find out what the young people themselves
really think.
You can download and application form from: http://www.lecp.org.uk/training
For further information contact: LECP Training & Workforce Development,
4th Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ
training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk
, Tel: 020-8536-3630, Fax: 020-8534-2830
Do you have an idea to set up an organisation or business that
will benefit your community?
Are you running an existing project that you want to develop and sustain?
Do you need help setting up your project or developing it further?
Would you benefit from tailored, personal support whilst you’re
making positive change?
Could practical insights from social entrepreneurs and regular guidance
from a personal tutor help you reach your objectives?
Would you benefit from a different approach to learning?
Would you like to meet and share experiences with likeminded people?
If so, SSE could be for you. We provide training and opportunities to enable people to use their creative and entrepreneurial abilities more fully for social benefit. To achieve this goal we run practical learning programmes aimed at helping develop the individual entrepreneur and their organisation simultaneously: our approach, and belief, is that social change is people-powered, and that the most valuable assets and resources we have are human ones.
We are now recruiting for SSE 2010 intake. To find out more, contact Cynthia Quek (Programme Officer) tel: 020 8981 0300 email: cynthia.quek@hotmail.co.uk
Resources - Refugee Council’s Domestic abuse leaflet available in 18 languages
The Refugee Council has produced a new leaflet giving advice for people
experiencing domestic abuse. The leaflet has been translated into 18 languages
and is available to download, along with lots of other practical advice,
from http://languages.refugeecouncil.org.uk/
Click on “resources for advisers” and then “support”.
Resources - New Children's Legal Centre Guide
The Children's Legal Centre has published a new guide, ‘Seeking
Support: the Rights and Entitlements of Separated Refugee and Asylum Seeking
Children’.
To download the guide for free in pdf format click
here.
Funding - 1 Million Pound Initiative on FGM Prevention
City Parochial Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and
Rosa (the UK Fund for Women and Girls), three independent charitable organisations,
have collaborated to establish a new UK-wide Special Initiative to fund
community based, preventive work to safeguard children from the practice
of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
The initiative is supporting organisations based within practising communities - in particular, women’s organisations. Approximately £1million has been invested in 15 organisations throughout the UK over a three-year period. The projects will start in January 2010.
The initiative’s aim is to reduce the risk to girls and young women in the UK of undergoing genital mutilation in all its forms. Research undertaken by FORWARD in 2007, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Department of Midwifery at City University, estimated that nearly 66,000 women with FGM were living in England and Wales and 21,000 girls under the age of eight were estimated to be at risk of FGM. These figures are based on the 2001 census and are likely to have increased since then due to migration to the UK from practising countries.
Maggie Baxter, Chair of the initiative’s Advisory Group, said: “For too long FGM has remained a subject couched in silence, with communities fearful to speak out about the practice and its implications. This initiative will support a wide range of community-based activities and is a huge step forward in supporting communities to have a voice, take a stand, and make lasting change.”
For more information click here.
Funding - The Secret Millionaire Fund
The Secret Millionaire Fund is a joint venture by the Big Lottery
Fund and Channel 4 that gives viewers a chance to act on the charitable
inspiration fuelled by the series. Lottery funding worth £1 million
has been lined up to give away across the UK in grants of up to £10,000
from the Fund.
For further information click here.
Funding - Trust for London
Next deadline for applications: 7 February 2010.
The Trust for London will supply Grants of up to £15,000 per year
- for initiatives that challenge discrimination faced by disabled people;
promote the inclusion and integration of recently established communities;
strengthen mother-tongue and supplementary schools to provide creative
educational opportunities. For more information visit: www.trustforlondon.org.uk/grants/
Funding - Funding for local resource centres
Capacitybuilders has launched an extension of its previous capital funding
programme for community resource centres – with a closing date of
Christmas Eve, but with priority given to applications received by 15
December.
More information on the fund is available on the Capacitybuilders website (click here) including a brief case study of bassac member the Retford Action Centre which received grant funding last year.
This fund might be useful for community anchor organisations looking to develop their building and extend their services, but at a level below the full investment element of Communitybuilders.
Funding - Groundswell Small Grant Award Scheme for homeless
Groundswell’s Grant Award Scheme offers grants of up to £700
to homeless people to set up their own projects. We welcome applications
from anyone with experience of homelessness, ie. rough sleepers, Travellers,
squatters, refugees and asylum seekers, residents of hostels and B&Bs
etc. Anyone without a secure tenancy. The project you are trying to set
up can be a service user group, an arts group, a business, a charity –
any kind of self-help initiative.
Deadline Awards are made four times a year (15 January, 15 April, 15 July, 15 October), but you can send in your application form at any time.
For further information visit: http://www.groundswell.org.uk/grants_home.html
Due to the departure of our Access to English and England Co-ordinator
at the end of January 2010, we wish to recruit as soon as possible to
enable a smooth handover. As the current post holder, also took responsibility
for developing and delivering ESOL for Health courses and has developed
an ESOL and Orientation course due to start in January, we envisage
that in the short term (and until we are notified of future funding
for ESOL for Health) these areas of responsibility are more likely to
be filled by two people. We are therefore advertising two temporary
posts as follows:
1. Access to English and England Co-ordinator
Hours: 17.5 per week (flexible, including evening and some Saturday
hours)
Fixed term until 31.3.2010
Salary: £28,687 fte per annum, pro rata
The successful candidate will have proven experience of working in the
voluntary sector, organising and co-ordinating a range of activities,
delivering training and/or facilitating group activities. The postholder
will be working with a range of staff, volunteers and users and must
be sensitive and positive to their needs and be solution focused.
2. ESOL for Health / ESOL and Orienation Tutor
Hours: 10.5 per week (flexible, including evening and some Saturday
hours)
Fixed term until 31.3.2010
Salary: £24,746 fte per annum, pro rata
The successful candidate will hold an ESOL qualification and will have
proven experience of teaching ESOL at different levels and of organising
new courses or activities. The postholder will be working with a range
of staff, volunteers and users and must be sensitive and positive to
their needs and be solution focused.
To apply you should send a CV and no more than an A4 sheet explaining
why you are suitable and meet the person specification. Deadline: Thursday,
17th December 2009. Interviews for both posts will be held on: Tuesday,
5th January 2010.
For further information and to submit your application please contact:
Laura Marziale, Community Education Co-ordinator laura@migrants.org.uk
Mind Enfield is a local independent charity, working in partnership
with other statutory and voluntary organisations to provide an range
of services to meet the needs of mental health service users and to
challenge the stigma and isolation experienced by people who have mental
health issues.
Mind Enfield is currently recruiting for two posts:
Chief Executive Officer - £40,767
pa (inc. Outer LWA), 35 hours per week
Closing date: 8 January 2010; Interviews: 1st stage 3 February 2010
We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and highly skilled professional
to lead a dedicated team towards the achievement of our organisations
philosophy, aims and objectives. You will have a proven track record
of successful leadership and experience in fundraising, financial management,
strategic planning and change management. You will demonstrate excellent
communication skills, experience of working in partnership and ability
to motivate and inspire teams.
Counselling Manager - £29,158 pa (inc. Outer
LWA), 35 hours per week
Closing date: 8 January 2010; Interviews: 26 January 2010
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual
to lead our counselling team. You will have a proven track record within
the Counselling arena and possess high level management skills. You
will also demonstrate excellent communication skills, experience of
working in partnership with other organisations and the ability to motivate
and inspire teams.
With responsibility for the development of a new service model, you
will ensure that staff members are fully engaged in its implementation.
For further information and an application pack visit: www.mind-in-enfield.org.uk/recruitment.html
SMILE (Supporting and Mentoring in Learning and Educations) is a new
project for the Refugee Council and works with refugee and asylum seeking
children both in families and in the UK on their own. The project has
three distinct volunteer roles:
- Mentors - working with children / young people for 3 months (minimum commitment) to help find educational placements and then support them to settle in to school / college
- Befrienders - working with children / young people for 12 months (minimum commitment) to support them finding and attending out of school activities and groups
- School Awareness raising volunteers (minimum 6 month commitment) visiting schools and promoting the experience of refugee and asylum seeking children
SMILE also offers other roles for group activities, small related projects, administration etc.
For more information please go to http://www.smileproject.org.uk/ or contact us at: smile@refugeecouncil.org.uk
