Contents: Moda news (1); Events (3); Training (4); Resources (3); Funding (4); Jobs (4)
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
In June 2010, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities throughout the country
will be working in partnership with schools, councils and other public
bodies to creatively challenge the many myths and stereotypes that blight
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller lives.
Launched in June 2008, with political backing from the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF), Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History month was embraced by thousands of Gypsies and Travellers working alongside central government, local authorities, schools and heritage organisations to explore their own history and culture.This June, its impact will be even bigger thanks to a doubled level of grant from the DCSF and more widespread grassroots support for the initiative.
A dedicated website (http://www.grthm.co.uk/) includes further information and will provide detailed lists of events.
For those wanting to do their bit to educate the world about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history and culture, a guide to getting involved is also available online (www.grthm.co.uk/getting-involved.php). It includes details of the local organisers working hard to make the month a success and how local Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities can get funding to put on events of their own.
Friday 21 May 2010, Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, London, NW4 4BT
Keynote speakers: Prof Viv Edwards, NCLL, University of Reading
Prof Krystyna Iglicka, Warsaw University
Prof Ann Phoenix, Institute of Education, University of London
Prof Rosemary Sales and Dr. Louise Ryan, Middlesex University.
In recent years new patterns of migration to Britain and other European states have emerged associated with, for example, EU enlargement. These have had diverse implications for family migration strategies. In contrast to historical patterns of migration which were generally perceived as involving long term or permanent settlement, this new migration often involves more transitory patterns of mobility. Nevertheless, short term stay may be extended over time often leading to family reunion and family formation. The impact of this new migratory strategies, especially on children, is beginning to be explored by researchers and to spark interest among policy makers and service providers as they respond to new needs, for example of new arrivals in schools.
This conference will bring together research on a range of issues relevant to this new phenomenon. Specific themes will include: Current migration patterns, family strategies and family reunion; Migrants from the new EU states; The emotional impact of migration; New arrivals and the transition to schooling; Migration, education and parental expectations; Language acquisition, language transition and bi-lingualism.
Full programme and booking form available on:
www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Minisites/polishpupils/
Please note booking deadline is: 14 May, early bird fees until 1 May 2010.
For more information contact: Magdalena Lopez Rodriguez at m.rodriguez@mdx.ac.uk
Thursday 29 April, London
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is launching the “I Love Migrants” campaign. “We love migrants. We think migrants have been good for Britain. And millions of you agree. Migrants have helped Britain prosper. Migrants have allowed Britain to compete as a knowledge economy in a globalised market (…) During the general election it is vital that people who do like migrants make themselves heard. We want to be visible. We don’t want to lecture people – but we want them to know that most people in Britain like meeting, working alongside and living among people from other countries.”
The launch event will take place will take place at the legendary Foundry club in Old Street, east London. Food and drinks will be provided for early arrivals from 7pm and there will also be live music and original photography. Hina Majid, JCWI policy director, will be joined by Neil Gerrard MP and Philippe Legrain, the author of Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them and University of London Union president elect Clare Solomon. Also, photographer Jesse Hurd of Report Digital will present a collection of images about migration. The hugely popular I Love Migrants t-shirts will also be available for sale while everyone will get a free badge simply for turning up.
For further information about this event and the I Love Migrants campaign visit : http://ilovemigrants.wordpress.com/
11 May 2010, Central London ; Course Fee: £80.00
This training course is designed to enable those working closely with African children to develop a stronger working knowledge of clients from African background and the key role that religion can play in child upbringing in many African communities. It will assist participants to assess and examine some religious practices and their impact on parenting styles and child safeguarding. Participants will work to identify strategies to promote better safeguarding of African children and to intervene positively in families where there are child protection concerns of abuse related to the influence of religion. This course will also assist in identifying key strategies to better engage faith leaders in order to safeguard vulnerable children.
To book your place at the training, please contact training@Afruca.org or telephone: 0844 660 8607 or 02077042266. For an application form. You can also download the training information and the booking form from the website at www.afruca.org
Wednesday 28 April, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Barnet Multi-Cultural Centre, Algernon Road, Hendon NW4 3TA
This is an Evelyn Oldfield Unit’s free course for any person associated with refugee, migrant or asylum-seeker charities. It is an introductory level. A hot lunch will be provided.
The aim of this workshop is to support delegates to better manage their monitoring systems, whilst improving how they capture the effect they are having. This will be an interactive session with lots of idea-sharing amongst participants.
During the day we will: Examine new trends in monitoring and evaluating, ideas and definitions; Look at an ‘ideal’ system; Look at a variety of tools to help you better capture your impact; Consider the benefits and challenges of involving your beneficiaries in the design; Begin to apply all the learning to our own work environments.
For further information and bookings please contact: Sarah Menzies, tel: 020 7700 8213, email: sarah@evelynoldfield.co.uk
5, 12, 26 May 2010, Stratford, London E15
Certified Programme, accredited through OCN – 3 Credits at Level
3
Cost: £310 per person including OCN Registration Fee
This 3-day course is to support professional workers to develop practice in working with disabled young people. It aims to support the development of professional practice for workers to ensure positive outcomes for disabled young people.
The course will cover: Policies and initiatives relating to disabled young people; The role of professionals working with young people; Assessment and planning with disabled young people; Transitions and transition planning; Meeting the needs and supporting disabled young people’s aspirations.
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.
3 June 2010, 9.30am – 4.15pm ; Venue : Stratford; Cost: £
90
Group work is an effective, but often under-used tool for encouraging the development of greater self-awareness, opportunity-awareness, decision-making skills and transition skills in our clients.
This course will provide those who work with groups of clients, the
opportunity to reflect on the activities they use and develop more creative
methods of delivery in order to achieve their session objectives and
engage their clients in a positive learning experience.
The course is aimed at experienced guidance practitioners and others
who work to support young people and adult clients (for example Connexions
PAs, learning mentors, teaching assistants, IAG advisers, youth workers
etc). It is targeted at those who have experience in undertaking group
work as part of their role, and who now want to build on that experience
to develop their practice, and share with other similarly experienced
professionals.
Trainer: Jane Westergaard, author of ‘Effective Group Work with Young People, (Open University Press, 2009)
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.
Resources - Manual for people advising undocumented migrants
Author: Sue Lukes for Praxis
Praxis Community Projects has recently launched a manual for non-lawyers on advising undocumented migrants. Authored by Sue Lukes, this is an invaluable resource includes topics such as: immigration matters, access to healthcare and social care, education, housing, ethical and practical issues in advice work.
For further information and to order a copy of the manual click here.
Resources - Identity, Politics and Public Policy
Questions of identity arise continuously in contemporary public debate.
Why are questions of identity so important? What, if anything, should
politicians be doing about them? Should policymakers leave people’s
identities alone or, given their importance to our shared life as citizens,
help shape them in some way? If policymakers should act in this terrain,
how should they do so and what challenges do they face?
This paper addresses these questions by surveying new evidence from five
years of research under the Economic and Social Research Council’s
Identities and Social Action programme. The purpose of this short paper
is to understand what this substantive body of new evidence can tell us
about some of the most important public policy questions that involve
questions of identity – and what, if anything, politicians
and our wider society should be doing about them.
To download this free IPPR document by Rick Muir and Margaret Wetherell, click here.
Resources - More evidence that UK Borders Agency is failing to clear backlog
The Home Affairs Committee has raised concerns about the failure of UKBA
to process the backlog of asylum claims, stating this will have a ‘serious
impact on thousands of people’ over the coming months.
In a new report published on April 7th, UK Border Agency: follow up on asylum cases and e-borders programme, the committee stated that despite reassurances from UKBA, recent evidence from the agency has ‘reinforced and increased’ their concerns that the backlog of 450,000 legacy asylum cases will not be processed by the deadline of July 2011. Further to that, a new backlog of cases is accruing as targets to process new asylum cases within six months are not being met.
Source: Refugee Council
To read the Refugee Council’s response and download the report click
here.
Funding - UK Border Agency funding for refugees integration
Deadline for applications: 12pm, 28 April 2010
The EDF Energy Trust has announced that a new grant scheme is available of up to £40,000 per year, for two years to increase the availability of money advice services to help resolve energy debt problems. Organisations must be working with the Common Financial Statement to apply and preferably be operating CASHflow, the self-help debt advice service recently initiated by the Money Advice Trust. For more information visit www.edfenergytrust.org.uk/grantsorgs.html
Funding - Awards for All England
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:
- People have better chances in life - with better access to training
and development to improve their life skills.
- Stronger communities - with more active citizens working together to
tackle their problems.
- Improved rural and urban environments - which communities are better
able to access and enjoy.
- Healthier and more active people and communities.
The application form is short and simple. You will find out if you are successful within six weeks.
For further information visit: www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/summary.html
Funding - NCVO Party Conference Bursary Scheme
Staff at small charities are being offered the chance to rub shoulders
with the political elite and talk through their own priorities and concerns
at a national level, thanks to a bursary scheme by NCVO.
NCVO is launching its fifth Party Conference Bursary Scheme this month,
which will enable 21 small charities to take part in Labour, Conservative
and Liberal Democrat party conferences in September.
The winning charities will all take part in a roundtable discussion with
the relevant third sector minister or spokesperson, as well as attending
other meetings or seminars on the issues that matter most to them.
The conferences also provide opportunities for one-to-one meetings with
MPs, cabinet members, special advisers, research and policy officers and
journalists, which could help small charities raise awareness of their
cause and influence future Government policy.
NCVO staff will be on hand to provide bursary participants with support
during their conference. Successful organisations’ conference passes,
one night’s accommodation, and travel costs will be paid for by
NCVO.
The scheme is open to NCVO members that are based in England and have
an annual income of less than £500,000. Seven small charities can
attend each conference.
Organisations wishing to take part in the scheme can contact Nzinga Cotton
on 020
7520 2458 or nzinga.cotton@ncvo-vol.org.uk.
For further information click
here.
Funding - European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals
Deadline for applications: 4 June 2010
Grants are available for public, private and third sector organisations
wishing to help newly settled foreign nationals within the UK acquire
the basic fundamental knowledge required to reside in the UK.
There is a total budget of £6.4 million for proposals under the
2009 call. The minimum grant available will be £40,000. Projects
may last up to three years and must commence on or after 01 July 2010.
For further information click
here.
Closing date for applications: Friday 7th May 2010.
Salary: £31,936 (inclusive of Inner London Weighting)
12-month fixed-term post, with a possible extension
This new post has been created to enable us to operate more effectively as a project, and so provide a better service for and on behalf of Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs). Across England, hundreds of RCOs deliver support and advice to refugees – yet, despite their success, almost all would benefit from more consistent support.
This is where our Basis Project comes in. Created through the support
of the Big Lottery Fund, and delivered in partnership with Refugee Action,
the project will run for another two years. The aim is to enhance RCOs’
financial sustainability, as well as their organisational efficiency
and their ability to deliver services to clients.
The Project Initiatives Manager will need to hit the ground running
and support the delivery of a number of key, high profile areas within
the project.
You’ll need experience of managing staff or volunteers, as well
as experience of successfully planning, establishing and delivering
projects. You will have exceptional interpersonal skills, with experience
of delivering impressive results in relationship-focused environments.
You will be a proactive problem-solver, eager to take responsibility
whilst working as part of a wider team, and ideally be able to start
immediately.
For further information and a full job description click
here.
Funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund.
Deadline for applications: 10am Thursday 13th May
Interviews Friday 21st May
We are looking for someone to lead on improving marketing and communications within our Active Citizens Hub. The Hub aims to get people involved in the local community in Southwark whether through volunteering, giving views to a local consultation, becoming a councillor or even being a good neighbour.
We are looking for a creative and driven individual to improve what we do, and in particular improve our use of the web including use of social networking sites such as Twitter and creating podcasts, increase our use and the effectiveness of email bulletins and viral marketing. You need to be able to work across a team to improve marketing and communication and be able to inspire people to get engaged in the community.
For further information click here.
Closing date for applications: 23 April 2010
With the help of a substantial National Lottery Grant Hillcroft College are developing outreach activities into new targeted areas across the country. We seek professionals who are self motivated and effective communicators to help us to establish partnerships and build relations with regional and national women’s groups/charities.
Outreach Worker based in Bristol
(Minimum average of 1 day per week) £18,000 - £27,000
(pro rata) depending on experience and qualifications - 12 month contracts
initially.
Applicants should have previous outreach experience, and have experience with dealing with women’s groups and organisations in the community, for the homeless/ victims of domestic abuse; unemployed; children in their early years; probationers; BME groups. You must be able to work flexibly in the evenings and week-ends.
Team Leader and Outreach Worker based in London.
£25,000-£30,000 Full-Time
Applicants should demonstrate sound leadership skills. Applicants must hold a recognised teaching qualification and have worked in education with adults. Excellent public speaking skills are also required. We are seeking someone who is well organised with ideas and experience in outreach work and networking in the community. You may have worked with organisations or charities for the homeless/ victims of domestic abuse; unemployed; children in their early years; probationers; BME groups. You must be able to work flexibly in the evenings and week-ends. Willingness to work across regions will be required.
Working at Hillcroft
Hillcroft is based in a Victorian listed building set in attractive
grounds within minutes of Surbiton station – only 20 minutes from
Waterloo. Employee benefits include generous annual leave, final salary
pension scheme, on-site child care provision, and excellent subsidised
catering.
Applications and further details through the College website: www.hillcroft.ac.uk or contact Vivienne Gay on 020 8339 4067, email viv@hillcroft.ac.uk.
