Bulletin 24 April 2009

Inspiring Communities – funding opportunity

Just to alert you that the application process for the Inspiring Communities funding which Naomi Eisenstadt spoke about at our Raising Aspirations conference is now available. Full information is available at http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/inspiringcommunities

Call for submissions: Glastonbury Festival Big Screen

Glastonbury Big Screen – Expanding the network of London 2012 Live Sites around the UK, London 2012 and the Cultural Olympiad have secured a double sided screen at Glastonbury Festival, to run during the festival 24-28 June 2009. The screen is a partnership between LOCOG (London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, the BBC and Glastonbury Festival. The screen will have its own Screen manager for the duration of the festival, who will be responsible for developing, approving and editing content for the screen.   Glastonbury Festival has an audience of 350,000, and the screen offers an opportunity to showcase the best of the UK’s film & new media work to festival goers and BBC viewers of the Festival. The 2012 screen is at the “meeting point” at the festival, one of the busiest points of the site.

Call for Submissions – As part of this, Arts Council England are now looking for content for the Glastonbury Big Screen, to be shown during the Festival. The selection of the films and work to be showcased on the screen is being managed via the London 2012 Creative Programmers in each region/nation. In the North East, we are undertaking an open call; submissions will then be selected by a panel made up of Northern Film & Media, Arts Council England NE and the London 2012 Creative Programmer in the North East.   Attached are a briefing paper and a film submission form for you to submit your work for consideration for inclusion on the Glastonbury Big Screen. Deadline for submissions is midday on Friday 15th May.

Internship Opportunity

Northern Pride are offering an internship for 1 day a week. The Intern’s main duties will be administrative, recording bookings, paperwork, phone calls, assisting in compiling the annual report and evaluation, finalising accounts and administration around the Annual General Meeting, it is envisaged that the internship will be 3 to 4 months. If you or you know of anyone who is interested then please contact Darren@changemakers.org.uk .  For more information on Northern Pride please visit their website at http://www.northernpride.org.uk/

About Northern pride – Northern Pride is a community based organisation entirely run by an enthusiastic group of volunteers elected at an Inaugural General Meeting in July 2007. They are working hard to bring you a Pride celebration that is accessible, enjoyable and informative for the whole community.
Their aims are to
• To create a safe environment, where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people can promote their culture and work, in the interests of their social welfare, towards removing the social exclusion experienced by many.
• To promote equality and diversity, advance education and eliminate discrimination in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Bulletin 17 April 2009

British Youth Council Mapping Exercise

BYC is currently carrying out a mapping and audit of young people’s involvement in local government. It would be great if you could send around your networks the advert below for me

The link to the survey is:

The British Youth Council is carrying out a mapping activity about the involvement of young people in reviewing local services, as well as their interaction with local government to help us plan our future work.

If you could spare five minutes to share your knowledge and experience about what has or hasn’t been happening in your local authority we would be very grateful. The survey will close on the 16th April 2009

BYC will share the final report with you once the survey and mapping process has finished. We expect the final report to be completed by the end of June 2009

Opportunity for Free Staff Development with Fairbridge Training

Fairbridge Training is developing a training programme and toolkit for practitioners to use to help tackle knife crime.  They would like to invite you to be part of the process and ensure that we develop a toolkit that practitioners can use easily and will meet the needs of young people.

There will be two development days to capture ideas and feedback from frontline youth workers. These two interactive days will allow your worker to be part of the initial development of the tackling knife crime training pack and feed in ideas to creating a comprehensive practical training programme.

11th May 2009
Examine how strategies for working with challenging young people can be used as a basis for raising awareness of knife crime in young people and discuss how activities can be modified to transfer this learning.

12th May 2009
Take part in activity based sessions that can be used to increase understanding around knife crime and discuss how these can be used in practice by youth workers.

There is no cost for attendance and lunch will be provided. The venue is currently at;

Fairbridge Tyne & Wear
West Fifteen
Whickham View
Benwell
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE15 6UN

Please support this opportunity by allowing a member of your staff to develop their skills and pass on their expertise to others. There are only 12 places which will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Workforce Development: Regional Consultation Events

Consultation events regarding the Youth Professional Status and Skills Development Framework are now available to book, the Newcastle event is on Tuesday, May 12 at the Assembly Rooms.

Tendering4 Care Training Opportunity

Please find attached, an opportunity on behalf of Carolynne Withers of Middlesbrough VDA – of some free training on preparing effective tenders

Youth Leadership Team

Changemakers are now recruiting for the next BIG Challenge Youth Leadership Team…

•    Are you committed to social change?
•    Do you want to empower other young people?
•    Will you take up the leadership challenge?

The Youth Leadership Team make key decisions about the programme and support the BIG Challenge project winners. They are a group of inspirational young people who come from all over the UK, from a variety of backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences that make up a diverse and lively group! Their advice ensures that the BIG Challenge focuses on what young people want and need today!  For more information about the YLT please visit the BIG Challenge website: http://www.bigchallenge.org.uk/ylt.aspx

If you are aged 16 to 25 and would like to apply, please contact: laura.baruch@changemakers.org.uk

FREE: Work Aid Training courses

Changemakers is running a free first at work aid training course on the 24th April, 1st May, 8th May and 15th May.

The course will run from approximately 9am to 4pm at our offices in the John Buddle Work Village, NE4 8AW.  The course is free and lunch will be provided.

Unfortunately, we have had a few cancellations so there are now a couple of spaces available. If you would like to attend the course, please fill in form and return to me at the address below or by email as soon as possible.  Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Introduction to Islam Course

IDC is presenting to you the next round of dates for the ever-popular ‘Introduction to Islam course’, designed at providing the public and voluntary sector much needed training around Islam and the Muslim culture. It is a one day training course, which includes a full lunch, observation of the Muslim prayer and information pack.

Currently they have spaces available on the following dates, for those who are interested in attending. Please confirm as early as possible to the dates which suit you best, and remember courses are limited to 20 people, so it is important to book early!

The following dates are available in May 2009;

•           Tuesday 19th May 2009
•           Tuesday 26th May 2009

The following dates are available in June 2009;

•           Thursday 4th June 2009
•           Wednesday 17th June 2009

At present they have been getting excellent reviews for this course and quality of delivery and benefit is resounding. Please see attached documents for more information.

Blast Youth Panel

Applications for this year’s Blast Youth Panel have now opened and with the deadline only a week or so away (Friday 24th April), BBC Blast are really keen to get the word out to as many young people as they can ASAP to encourage applications. This year they’re recruiting a central panel of just 10 young people who will have a more in-depth involvement with Blast including giving ideas and feedback on the website and competitions, as well as feeding directly into, and helping out with, the Blast Tour and other local events and partners such as BBC Switch. They are also looking to recruit an online panel of 100 who will respond to surveys and questions via e-mail, calling on their creative ideas and youthful input!

More information is available on the BBC website

Ethics and Social Welfare Workshop: Durham

Please find below details of a workshop to be held in Durham (St Mary’s College) on 15 May: ‘Social welfare ethics: Learning professional wisdom, courage and compassion’
This event will comprise a mixture of plenary presentations, discussion and smaller workshops with a focus on developing learning and teaching about ethics in the social professions (social work and community and youth work).

Durham University particularly welcome youth and community workers from the North East, and have workshops on a youth and community work theme – including Kerry Young (author of The Art of Youth Work) on the youth worker as philosopher, and Howard Sercombe (Prof of Community Education, Strathclyde University and author of a forthcoming book on Youth Work Ethics) on new brain research.

This is the first event organised by Sarah Banks under the banner of the newly formed Ethics and Social Welfare network. It will have a particular focus on ‘moral character’ in professional education (as opposed to simply focusing on ‘conduct’). They will consider the contested nature of ‘moral character’, whether this can be learnt and developed and how it links with judgement about ‘suitability for practice’. The event will also provide an opportunity to engage in dialogue and debate and to share good practice in teaching and learning about professional ethics in social, youth and community work. They will use the occasion formally to launch the Ethics and Social Welfare network and agree future activities. Speakers include Dr Ann Gallagher (Reader in Nursing Ethics, University of Sussex), Professor Joan Orme (Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the Glasgow School of Social Work) and service users will be providing their perspective of an ethically good practitioner.

Further information and Bookings:
Booking information
Please note that this is a no-charge event, but that a cost of £25 per person is to be paid on the day to cover the costs of refreshments and to subsidise service user attendance.

Organiser: Sarah Banks, 0191 3341497, s.j.banks@durham.ac.uk