Contents: Moda news (5); Events (4); Training (4); Calls (3); Resources (3); Funding (3); Jobs (4)
MODA's and AGM will be held on Tuesday 23 March 2010 from 5 - 6pm at St
John's Church, Stratford, E15 1NG. If you wish to attend, you can reserve
a place by emailing info@moda.org.uk
MODA and Middlesex University are working on a research project about
funding and resources available to migrant and minority organisations
in London.
The project is centred on a survey of organisations which will gather
information about the services they provide, the community needs they
try to address, the financial and organizational challenges they face
and the creative ways they are finding to cope. The research also aims
to explore the effects of the current economic and political climate on
these organisations and effective roles that second tier organisations
may play in supporting them.
This initiative is funded through the Social Enterprise Capacity Building
Cluster, a programme supported by the Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC) and the Office of the Third Sector.
If you would like to participate in the survey you can either fill in
the questionnaire available online (click
here) or contact a.dangelo@mdx.ac.uk
for a telephone interview.
We will also organise some focus groups where you will be able to share
your opinions and join in a discussion with members from other community
organisations. (Travel expenses will be provided). Participating organisations
will be acknowledged in the final research report and invited to the launch
event in June 2010.
For further information contact a.dangelo@mdx.ac.uk or info@moda.org.uk
Tuesday 23rd March 2010, 10-1pm; Ground Floor Berkley Business Centres,
Citygate House,
246-250 Romford Road,Forest Gate, E7 9HZ (Buses 25 and 86 stop outside
the building)
This useful FREE training session is aimed at people volunteering on
Management Committees and designing and managing projects involving volunteers.
It will explore the topic of stress and practical ways of minimising negative
stress in community/voluntary group project designs.
Practical exercises to reduce stress including the "tapping technique"
will be introduced.
The session will also provide an opportunity to network and learn from
people involved in a range of voluntary sector groups. Certificates of
attendance will be given to all participants.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To book a place on this workshop please click here or contact Eyasu at Voluntary Network Centre Newham 020 8536 1937.
MODA is pleased to be working in partnership with Vitality Living and the Volunteer Network Centre, Newham to run this training session free of charge. If your organisation has other training needs MODA may be able to respond to please contact us by emailing info@moda.org.uk
In association with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (17 - 27 March)
MODA is proud to present the UK premiere of Goran Paskaljevic's Honeymoons,
followed by a Q&A with the multi award-winning filmmaker. In his latest
feature, Paskaljevic explores migration through the stories of two young
couples as they leave their respective countries, Albania and Serbia,
hoping for a better life in the 'promised land' of Western Europe. On
arrival their dreams quickly disappear in the face of harsh realities.
Find out more and book tickets: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/honeymoons.
Screenings:
Tuesday 23 March, 9.00pm Ritzy (http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/)
Wednesday 24 March, 6.30pm ICA (http://www.ica.org.uk/23794/Film/Honeymoons-QA.html)
22nd March , 12.00 - 14.30, Haringey Chinese Centre, 211 Langham Road,
London N15 3LH
This event will see the launch of a recently completed research report: Chinese Older People in Haringey: meeting the needs of an ‘invisible’ community. The research was carried out by researchers at Middlesex University working with the Haringey Chinese Centre.
The report shows that, although Chinese people make up a significant proportion of Haringey’s population, and a growing percentage of older people, they have remained largely invisible in relation to the planning of services. They experience, however, considerable problems as they get older, including social and physical isolation and difficulties in accessing appropriate services. The report details the experience of a sample of Chinese people living in Haringey and proposes a number of recommendations for to policy makers and service providers, including Chinese organisations.
For further information or to book a place email chinesecentre@btconnect.com or tel. 020 8881 8649 (Please confirm your attendance by Monday 15 March)
Friday 12th March 2010, 3-5pm, Stratford E15
The ‘B Heard Project’ is made up of a group of young people
(16-19 yrs) from Tower Hamlets and Lewisham – with the aim of training
practitioners in working and engaging with young people like themselves.
The group successfully researched, developed and delivered a one day training
package, including a film of focus groups held. This was delivered for
the first time in January 2010, to a wide range of practitioners working
with young people from across London, including Youth Workers, Social
Workers, Connexions, Police and others. The training materials developed
will shortly be available to all on the CWDC website.
The project was set up as part of a Childrens Workforce Development Council
(CWDC) funded initiative, facilitated by LECP Training with participation
of a number of youth projects. The B Heard Project focussed on supporting
this group of 16 to 19 year old young people from ‘hard to reach
communities’ to develop and deliver training for practitioners on
what young people want from practitioners.
The whole project, from the beginning of planning, recruiting the young
people, team building, training the young people to become trainers and
the actual delivery of this ground breaking training has all been captured
on a film. This film, and the shorter film on the focus groups, have both
been produced, filmed and developed by another group of young people –
BOOM Group.
This event is the ‘premier’ showing of the film, and there
will be an opportunity to meet all the young people involved, ask questions,
congratulate their success hear invited speakers, and partake of refreshments.
Advance booking is essential as there are limited places. 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: 02085363630.
Thursday 18 March, 7-9 pm, Highbury Baptist Church, 40a Highbury Place,
N5 1QL
The Islington and Hackney Amnesty group present a screening of Nick Broomfield's Still Human Still Here. With Guest speakers including Marilynn Bonzo and Afshin Azizian who both appear in film, and can relate their experiences as Refugee's in the UK. They are joined in discussion by: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Maurice Wren (Asylum Aid), The Earl of Sandwich, Bridget Fox (Liberal Democrat Party).
The event is free but donations would be welcome.
For further information email: hugh.whitby@gmail.com
Website: http://islington-hackney-amnesty-group.com/
22nd March, 9.30 am - 1.00 pm, The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway
Rd, London, N7 6PA
Learn about playback theatre as a tool for sharing oral history as
a community and find out about funding opportunities for oral history
projects.
- Does your organisation want to start working on a creative project
that will help your community to improve its communication with the
wider society?
- Do you want to find out how to apply for funding for that project?
- Come and learn about playback theatre and how to use it as a tool
for oral history documentation and for exploring issues affecting your
community!
This half day workshop will offer practical advice on how to apply for funding and give you an introduction to playback theatre, a form of improvisational theatre in which the performers facilitate the telling and playing back of personal stories shared by the audience. Playback theatre has been used internationally to facilitate discussions and sharing within and across communities, for general or specific topics, and in oral history projects. True Heart Theatre and the Heritage Lottery Fund will be delivering the workshops in collaboration with us.
For further information or to book a place please contact: Pilar Lara
Cruz, tel: 020 7700 8213, email: pilar@evelynoldfield.co.uk
Tuesday 13th April 2010, 10am – 4:30pm
The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA
Interested in developing projects bringing together younger and older
people in your community?
Want to get more young people involved in your organisation?
Keen to come up with project ideas and find out about funding available
for this work?
Intergenerational projects bring older and younger people together to get to know each other and share activities and experiences. Come and find out more on this free one day training session for refugee & migrant community organisations, presented by the Evelyn Oldfield Unit in association with the Beth Johnson Foundation.
For more information and to get a booking form please contact Tracy Williams on 020 7700 8213 or email developmentteam@evelynoldfield.co.uk.
21st April 2010, Stratford, London E15
This training is CPD certified (5.5 hours). Cost: £90 per person.
The cultural make up of London and the UK in general is becoming increasingly diverse and complex, when working with young people and other clients, it is inevitable that practitioners will be working with people from different cultural backgrounds to their own. How does this impact on their work? Can practitioners work effectively across different cultural divides? What are the challenges? Do practitioners need in-dept knowledge of the culture of the people they are working with?
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)
Please complete a course application form, available from http://www.lecp.org.uk/training/
Return your completed form to: Training & Development, LECP, 4th
Floor Solar House, 1-9 Romford Road, Stratford, London E15 4LJ, training@londoneastconnexions.co.uk,
Tel: 020-8536-3630.
Friday 19th March 1-3 pm ; Migrants Resource Centre, 24 Churton Street,
London SW1V 2LP
This is a workshop led by Andy Gregg (Chair of MRC and trustee of London Voluntary Service Council and Refugee Action). The session will cover: What is the Voluntary sector? Volunteering and the voluntary sector; Charity status and other types of organisations; Concepts of Civil Society and the Third Sector; London’s voluntary and community sector, some facts and figures; Issues facing the VCS, funding, contracts, grants etc; Employment in the VCS; Websites, contacts and further information.
To register, please contact Laura Marziale or Francesca Logi by email: laura@migrants.org.uk, francescal@migrants.org.uk or telephone: 0207 834 2505 ext. 111
Calls - Online survey of Westminster’s voluntary and community groups
Voluntary Action Westminster is carrying out a survey of voluntary and
community groups in Westminster, to find out more about their needs, and
the impact of their services on local people.
We know that there are going to be huge public spending cuts in the years ahead. And these cuts will have a huge impact on local voluntary groups. Put simply, there will be less money available from local authorities, and more competition for what funding there is. By taking part in the survey, you’ll help us to understand what support voluntary organisations need during the tough times ahead, and to lobby on behalf of the sector at a local and regional level.
The survey asks questions about your organisation’s finances, so the person who does the survey should be someone who knows about this. It might be a director, finance manager, or member of your trustee board. If that’s not you, please help us by forwarding this email on.
Your responses will be kept strictly confidential. Where we publish data from this survey, we won’t include any information that could be used to identify individual organisations.
You can take the survey now at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/67M3S77
If you have any questions, please call 020 7723 1216 or email dmapp@vawcvs.org
Resources - At the end of the line - restoring the integrity of the UK's asylum system
In 2008 alone, more than 10,000 asylum seekers in the UK approached the
British Red
Cross in need of emergency relief from destitution. The Red Cross is only
one of dozens of
organisations – many of whom do not have asylum seekers or refugees
as the core focus of
their work – that are increasingly finding themselves having to
pick up the pieces of
Government policies which leave asylum seekers destitute and with no means
of supporting
themselves. The situation has further deteriorated during 2009. This report
aims to provide a
detailed overview of the human and financial costs of the current system
and to propose
policy solutions which are humane, efficient and effective.
To download the report in pdf format click here.
Source: MRN Newsletter
Funding - UK Border Agency funding for refugees integration
The deadline for applications is 25 March 2010.
The Home Office’s UK Border Agency has announced that the call for proposals for the European Refugee Fund is now open. The fund is aimed mainly at organisations setting up projects to help integrate refugees, or people who have been granted humanitarian protection or discretionary leave. Around £800,000 is available.
The Border Agency is also calling for proposals to the European Return Fund. A minimum fund of £500,000 is available to co-fund projects that are setting up or improving counselling, information and specific assistance to third country nationals on return measures. The deadline for applications to this fund is also 25 March 2010.
For more information on these funds, see the Border Agency website (click
here).
Funding - Cracking the Code Bursary Scheme
Closing date for the next round of applications: 31st March 2010
Cracking the Code is a NCVO bursary scheme for infrastructure organisations to improve their governance based on all or any of the principles of the Good Governance: a Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector.
NCVO will provide up to £500 for your organisation to improve its governance based on all or any of the principles of the 'Code'. In return we ask that you write a case study and develop a method to share your knowledge and experience with others in your local area.
For further information visit: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/crackingthecode
To download the Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector click here.
Funding - Refugee Integration Awards Scheme (RISE) - England
Deadline for applications: 21 March 2010
RISE aims to unleash and encourage the potential of refugees as social
entrepreneurs. Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available
to small groups of refugees and individuals to set up projects to help
make their communities happier and to support refugees to achieve their
full economic and social potential. For more information visit http://unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=55&PageName=rise:refugeeawardsscheme
Salary: 46,745-53,169 PA, permanent position
Closing date for applications: 16 March 2010 ; Interview date: 07 April
2010
About the role - Fearlessly challenging the status quo. Tirelessly motivating your team to plan and develop increasingly productive relationships with key contacts. Constantly boosting the efficiency of the team while nurturing crucial relationships with individuals and organisations. You’ll do all of these things and more as you rise to the challenge of leading our major donor development team. Clearly its a hugely influential role made all the more so by the fact that you’ll also be part of our five-strong marketing management team and wider Management Group. As such, you’ll help shape the future of our organisation as a whole, finding new ways to drive positive change.
About you - A results-driven leader, you'll already have significant experience at a management level within an NGO. Youll be no stranger to KPIs either, combining sharp entrepreneurial thinking with an inspiring strength of conviction, while employing a diplomatic touch when needed., Youll bring fresh ideas and new methods to the ever-evolving challenge of securing major gifts. Whats more, youll know how to win hearts and minds. In fact, youll be at your best building strong relationships both internally including strengthening bonds with our international counterparts and externally with those donating so generously.
About Amnesty International - Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of volunteers and professionals standing up for human rights. Independent of any government, ideology, economic interest or religion, we have 2.8 million supporters in over 150 countries. Our purpose is to research, campaign and take action to effect change and protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.
For further information and an application pack click
here.
£30,849 to £32,472 Greater London
Closing Date: 23 March 2010
For over 70 years Plan has been working with the world’s poorest children, families and communities. Today, child centred community development is at the heart of our programmes with 11million children in 48 developing countries. We are growing and are looking for talented individuals to join our team;
We are currently recruiting for a Campaigns Officer (permanent contract) whose role will be to co-ordinate cross organisational public campaigns. Our current lead public campaign, ‘Because I Am a Girl’, aims to improve the lives of girls in the developing world and safeguard their rights. They will contribute to the strategic development and delivery of Plan’s campaigning aims and objectives, devising robust project plans for campaign activities. They will also initiate and manage the implementation of public campaigning activities collaboratively with other Departments in Plan, ensure activities meet objectives.
We are ideally looking for someone with experience of a senior campaigns role in a marketing or communications setting, preferably in the international not-for-profit sector. They will have proven experience of handling communications and negotiations sensitively and efficiently. In addition they will have proven ability to research and analyse relevant public policy, fundraising and external trends information for campaign purposes.
We’d prefer it if we didn’t receive CVs and also, we’d prefer not to be inundated by calls from recruitment agencies. You will need to have a valid working permit to work for Plan UK and most importantly we are strongly committed to our values on Child Protection so you will need to be too!
For further information click here.
Salary:££30,351 to £31,935 ; Location:Islinghton
Closing Date:17 March 2010
LVSC brings London voluntary and community sector organisations together
to share best practice and create a co-ordinated voice to influence
policy makers.
Reporting to the CEO, this is a new post working across the organisation
at all levels. With editorial oversight of the website, e-bulletins
and branding, you will lead on developing internal and external communications
systems that deliver LVSC’s communications strategy. Working closely
with teams, your experience of delivering communications projects for
a range of audiences will improve LVSC’s engagement with internal
and external stakeholders.
Paid maternity, 27 days leave (exc. BH), flexible working and flexi-time.
Applications welcomed from: disabled, BAMER, LGBT and older people.
LVSC operates from an accessible building in central London and strives
to be an equal opportunities employer.
For further information and to download an application pack:
http://www.lvsc.org.uk/templates/information.asp?NodeID=102532
Salary:£25, 520 (pro rata); 17.5 hrs per week
Closing Date:22 March 2010
Islington Refugee Forum is recruiting a Development Outreach Worker in order to bring together refugee/migrant community organisations to promote dialogue and partnership with other service providers and statutory bodies. Key areas of responsibility are to provide: Outreach to refugee/migrant community organisations; Administration and communication; Policy support and development
For further information and to get an application pack email Alice.Johns@vai.org.uk or visit: http://www.ivac.org.uk/
