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'Successful Commissioning: Preparing Children's Service Tenders' is a two-day training course designed to enable VCS organisations to enter the new commissioning process with confidence, equipped with the tools to understand what commissioners want and how to deliver services within the Every Child Matters (ECM) framework.
The training course will be taking place at the Best Western Merrion Hotel in Leeds on 4 - 5 November. There are free places available to small voluntary organisations, who have a turnover of less than £200,000 and no more than 5 paid employees (grant funded under the VCS Engage programme).
Please book your place online by visiting www.vcsengage.org.uk or email vcstraining@ncb.org.uk
Start: 09:30
End: 15:30
In preparation for the publication of the new NHS contracts for Mental Health and Community Services, each SHA is holding a contract implementation support workshop in October/November for their commissioners and providers to introduce the emerging contractual requirements and processes in advance of the publication of the NHS Operating Framework and new NHS out-of-hospital contracts.
All PCT commissioners, NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts, independent sector providers and third sector providers from Mental Health, including Learning Disability, and Community services are invited to attend these workshops.
http://www.pcc.nhs.uk/events/
Start: 09:30
End: 16:00
Alice Tligui Training
New Migrants: Rights & Entitlements
This information packed one day course will help those who work with new migrants to better understand the diversity of this group
The course help participants to gain an understanding of the complexity of the current systems of welfare, health and education entitlements for new migrant groups including :
· Eastern European migrants,
· Refugees,
· Workers and work seekers from Europe and beyond,
· International students,
· Those who have come to the UK to join family members.
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Start: 10:00
End: 15:00
2nd Annual Celebration Event of Touchstone’s Community Development Service for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Communities
The aims of the day will be:-
To bring all our Partners together, share a meal with them, and say “Thank you” for their support
To put our Partners centre stage – and let them tell you about the progress we have made.
To get your feedback on what we’ve been doing
To help us plan our future work.
Start: 10:30
End: 16:00
Participatory Budgeting is a proven method of giving local people a direct say in how part of a public budget is spent in their communities. Interest in the adoption of PB as a way of making empowerment meaningful is growing in the UK and features strongly in the recent “Communities In Control” White Paper.
The seminar is aimed at public bodies and community groups with an interest in PB. It will:
• provide an overview of the background to PB
• explore the policy and practice of PB in the UK
• help delegates to consider the benefits for public agencies and communities, and to consider approaches to implementation
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Start: 10:00
End: 15:45
FREE Awareness raising/consultation events organised by The British Humanist Association,Funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Information about “religion or belief” equality legislation, employment practices, humanrights, community cohesion, education, conflict of equality strands and more!
London 10th November 2008, Birmingham 22 January 2009 and Cardiff 17th February
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Start: 12:00
End: 16:00
The Leeds BME Strategy Group invites you to the first of a series of events, which will look at how to help to improve the lives of people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The first event (in partnership with the Leeds BME Network and NHS Leeds) is focused on HEALTH, and how BME communities can influence and be involved in decision making.
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Start: 09:30
End: 16:00
Alice Tligui Training
Getting to Grips with Community Cohesion - NEW COURSE
This course will consider what policy makers mean by cohesion and integration and look at how workers can practically encourage cohesive communities.
This one day course will:
· Help participants to understand the concepts of community cohesion, integration and poly-culturalism
· Identify factors that encourage and discourage community cohesion
· Consider different perspectives
· Look at different initiatives that encourage community cohesion
· Develop a list of ‘positive features’ to help practitioners plan pro-cohesion initiatives
For further information and booking forms please email Val Kay Course Co-ordinator: val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or go to website: www.alicetliguitraining.co.uk
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Start: 10:00
End: 16:30
An introductory, whole-day, workshop looking at the place of faith in every aspect of life, by Faith Matters (a joint project of CRC and the Yorkshire and Humber Faiths forum).
http://www.faithmatters.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=12&Itemid=98
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Start: 10:00
End: 16:00
The Westminster Briefing Third Sector Conference - A Thriving and Independent Third Sector: New Opportunities and New Challenges" will be hosted by The House Magazine in Westminster.
With the Third Sector Review having set out a new relationship between charities and the Government, and the CSR spending round now well under way with £515million being invested into the sector, there has never been a greater opportunity for the Third Sector to develop and thrive.
This Westminster Briefing Conference will give delegates the opportunity to be informed on the Government’s vision for the future of the Third Sector, and consider charities in the context of their multiple identities as campaigners for change, deliverers of public services and champions of communities.
For more information and to book, visit
http://www.eventsforce.net/DODS/media/uploaded/EVDODS/event_719/Third%20Sector%20Conference.pdf
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Start: 09:30
End: 16:30
The aim of the one-day conference is to bring policymakers, practitioners and academics together to hear and discuss the latest research on issues of cohesion, diversity and extremism.
For more information, see attached flyer.
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Start: 12:00
End: 16:00
Invizible Circle Education presents real opportunities for the communities of Chapeltown and Harehills to shape the services delivered in your communities. Come along to Community Edutainment, featuring live music and performances, presentations, consultations, workshops, information stands and much more. Areas include: housing, education, health, jobs, training, enterprise, advice, area management. Free entry, free parking, free food and refreshments.
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Start: 09:45
End: 16:00
Many local authorities across the region have developed community engagement strategies. The 4 South Yorkshire authorities have formed a community engagement ‘community of practice’ to share ways of working, to pilot new ways of working and to learn from each other.
This is an opportunity to share their learning across the whole region.
Start: 12:00
End: 15:00
Invizible Circle Education and ATL (Yorkshire) present a free session of support, advice and real case studies on running and growing a new business in the social, community and creative sectors.
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Start: 09:30
End: 16:30
Westminster Briefing all day Conference entitled “Equality Conference 2008 – Achieving a Fairer and More Equal Society for All” will be hosted by The House Magazine on Tuesday, 25th November 2008 to be held in Westminster.
The newly launched Framework for a Fairer Future – The Equality Bill sets a new direction in achieving a fairer and more equal society for all. It aims to strengthen equality protection, advance diversity amongst all sections of society and ensure more harmonised and effective equality legislation.
This Westminster Briefing Conference will provide delegates with an opportunity to consider the Bill and examine its implications with key stakeholders, and discuss the way ahead to ensure that a fairer and more equal society is achieved. For more information visit http://www.westminster-briefing.co.uk/equality08.html
Start: 10:00
End: 14:30
Leeds Connecting Communities is holding a BME networking event-for more information see attached flyer.
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Start: 09:30
End: 16:00
Alice Tligui Training
Extending Cultural Awareness
What is cultural awareness and how do we acquire it?
This one day course:
· Helps participants to appreciate the process of cultural identification
· Demonstrates how to read and understand cultural rules
· Explores different cultural rules about such topics as food, marriage, hospitality…..
· Looks at the phenomena of culture shock and how this affects behaviour
For further information and booking forms please email Val Kay Course Co-ordinator: val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or go to website: www.alicetliguitraining.co.uk
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11 / 27
Start: 10:00
End: 16:00
Series of three seminars on understanding the skills and knowledge of people working with refugee and asylum seeker families.
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC), working with Northumbria University’s
Disaster and Development Centre (DDC) and National Foundation for Education Research
(NFER) has set up a series of three seminars which aim to understand the skills and knowledge of people working with refugee and asylum seeker families. The long term aim of this project is to provide training for individuals or groups to fill skill or knowledge gaps in relation to their work in this area.
Who’s Invited
Individuals working with refugee and asylum seeking children including local authority staff and those from voluntary and community organisations, charities, social enterprise and cooperatives. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be a limited number of places for individuals from the same organisation.
Discussions will be documented and a report capturing the three events will be produced detailing lessons to inform the practice of others working in this area.
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Start: 09:30
End: 16:00
Alice Tligui Training
Workshop – Gender, Violence and Honour - NEW
This workshop is a follow-up to the Women from Abroad course. The workshop will explore different cultural gender experiences and perspectives on violence i.e. Gender and Persecution, Gender and Sex/Marriage and Gender and Violence and how participants can adapt their professional practice to better respond to these phenomena.
N.B. This workshop is ONLY open to participants who have attended the Women from Abroad and Domestic Violence course.
For further information and booking forms please email Val Kay Course Co-ordinator: val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or go to website: www.alicetliguitraining.co.uk
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Start: 09:45
End: 15:15
LAUNCH OF NIACE CAMPAIGN
A right to a voice: Survival English for Asylum Seekers
Wednesday 10 December 2008, London, 9.45am – 3.15pm
Attendance is free
Substantial research evidence shows that language is the key to social integration for newcomers to Britain and also leads to employment giving newcomers an opportunity to contribute to the economy. NIACE calls on a wide range of organisations and individuals to support asylum seekers in the first six months in the UK and offer them ‘survival English’ within a ‘Welcome to Britain’ programme of support. This will include getting to know your local area, accessing essential local services and some basic first aid English.
Volunteers from community groups, faith groups and the wider community are asked to join us in this challenging initiative to raise awareness of the needs of asylum seekers and to put right a social injustice.
Background
On 10th December 1948, in the wake of the Second World War, the government signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which recognised education as a universal right of men and women, whatever their nationality, race or circumstances.
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Start: 09:00
End: 16:30
About the workshops: The aim of the workshops is to equip voluntary and community sector organisations with the skills to negotiate effectively with public bodies on issues such as funding cuts, policy change consultation and local authority decisions concerning the provision of services.
The workshops are open to all voluntary & community organisations who are funded by, or seeking funding from, public bodies. The focus of the workshop is on the delegates experiences in dealing with public bodies and how to resolve disputes to the advantage of the voluntary and community sector. We are sorry, but we are unable to accept bookings from public bodies.
The workshop includes sessions on:
What is public law and what are public bodies
What happens when things go wrong
What you can do when faced with these problems.
For more detail see http://www.navca.org.uk/services/learningopps/evs/evstraining.htm
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Start: 12:30
End: 16:30
Calling all third sector Development Workers based within a support agency
Do you work for a support agency or infrastructure organisation in the voluntary and community sector?
Does your job involve giving hands-on support to frontline groups and organisations?
How do you know you are doing your job well?
We are developing a new set of national occupational standards[1] for development workers who support voluntary and community groups and organisations.
The SKiLD learning project at NAVCA has already done lots of work on the key elements of development work. They’ve developed a competency framework where you can assess your skills and find out about relevant resources. Have a go at www.skild.org.uk.
We need your help!
We want to make these national occupational standards as relevant and useful as we can. We want to check that both the content and the way that we actually produce the standards will work for you.
If you're a development worker who supports voluntary and community groups and organisations, it's easy to get involved, you can give your feedback during the three month consultation phase taking place from December 2008 – the end of February 2009 by:
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