ITV and BBC Positive Action Traineeships
Training bursary of £9,500
12 months full time voctional training.
All training positions are pre-entry level and full support/ training provided.
All applicants must be over 18, from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background and have right to reside in UK/ recourse to public funds.

Interested applicants can call Tabrona (0113) 274 2772 or 07875056577 to request and application pack for the positions they are interested in or contact Marsha on (0113) 222 7068 for more details on the placements.
Training specifications and application forms/ guidelines can be downloaded www.tabrona.co.uk

Drop-in advice sessions and application filling support:
Thursday 11th September Wakefiled Careers Fair, Lightwaves Leisure Centre, Wakefield @ 11am - 4pm
Friday 12th September Leeds Media Centre (Host), Chapletown Rd @ 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Friday 12th September Leeds, ITV studios, Kirkstall Rd, Leeds @ 4:30pm - 7:30pm.
Monday 15th September Bradford, Westfield Job Centre, 85 Manningham Lane, Bradford @ 10am - 12:30pm

Pay & Employment Rights Service is currently involved in commissioning research into the barriers Pakistani & Bangladeshi women home workers face in escaping poverty. The research is funded by Oxfam UK and it it will be used as a means to influence national policy .

We need women homeworkers from the Pakistani and Bangladeshi community, in West Yorkshire, to participate in the reserach.

If you are aware of any Paksitani/Bangladeshi women who fall into this category, or if yourself do, and may be interested in taking part in this research, i would very grateful if you could get in touch with me.

In order to gain insight into the issues, we need to gather anecdotal information from Pakistani & Bangladeshi women in West Yorkshire, who currently, or have previously, worked from home. ALL INFORAMATION GATHERED WILL BE ANONYMISED SO THAT NO INDIVIDUAL CAN BE IDENTIFIED.

We want to explore :

How Homeworking impacts on Pakistani & Bangladeshi women in West Yorkshire.

Minority Ethnic Women Business Start Up Seminars (MEWBS) are free business seminars for women only being run by Leeds Thomas Danby and ABDN Minority Ethnic Enterprise Network.

They are for Minority Ethnic Women who are interested in starting their own business, and include presentations from a range of local business women, guest speakers and networking opportunities.

The events are free of charge and childcare may be available.

For further details see that attached flyer or to book your place please contact Amrit Choda on 0113 224 3387 or email amrit.choda@leeds.gov.uk

Steps to Success is a free 10-week business course for potential business start ups being run by Leeds Thomas Danby and ABDN Minority Ethnic Enterprise Network.

The training will work towards you writing your own business plan and covers finance and numeracy skills, marketing, legal issues, E-commerce and IT, staff recruitment and Enterprising Ethnic Entrepreneurs presentations.

It starts on Monday 30 October 2006 for 10 weeks and runs from 6-9pm.

For further details see that attached flyer or to book a place please contact Amrit Choda on 0113 224 3387 or email amrit.choda@leeds.gov.uk

Capacitybuilders has announced details of a new funding programme which aims to improve the reach of infrastructure for a range of marginalised groups.

Improving Reach is a pilot programme which will run until March 2008. We hope to extend the scope of the programme and build on its success in future years following an evaluation of the pilot.

The aim of the Improving Reach programme is to improve access to capacity building and support for a range of frontline groups / organisations that may not have been reached in previous ChangeUp programmes.

In particular the programme is aimed at:

* Black and minority ethnic groups
* Refugee and migrant groups
* Faith groups
* Isolated rural groups

Improving Reach is open to all eligible organisations and is not restricted to existing ChangeUp consortia in recognition of the barriers to participation which may have limited some organisations active involvement in ChangeUp to date.

For further information and full details on the programme please visit : www.capacitybuilders.org.uk/fund