[Ebulletin] ::: Voscur ebulletin - 15 October 2008 :::
Emma Rice
emma at voscur.org
Wed Oct 15 15:34:25 BST 2008
::: Voscur ebulletin - 15 October 2008 :::
Contents:
- Stop Press!
- Book Now!
- News
- Voscur Training
- Local Community Diary
- Coming Up
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Dear Members, Partners and Friends
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Welcome to your weekly Voscur ebulletin.
Please pass this information on to anyone else in your organisation, or friends who may find it useful.
Please add your Events at: http://www.voscur.org/event please do not send us events by email. If you would like help adding your event to the online diary, please contact the Voscur office on 0117 909 9949 or email: mailto:emma at voscur.org
Post your jobs adverts online at: http://www.voscur.org/view/jobs click on 'post a job' link. Please note there is a charge per job and you will be invoiced at a later date.
If you have any problems posting a job contact Polly Stewart, mailto:polly at voscur.org or an event, contact Emma Rice, mailto:emma at voscur.org or phone 0117 909 9949
The ebulletin is sent out every Wednesday. The deadline for getting jobs or events into the ebulletin is 5.00 pm Monday.
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::: STOP PRESS! :::
***VOSCUR AND BDA ANNUAL FUNDING FAIR - TAKING BOOKINGS NOW!! ***
19 November (10am - 5pm), Greenway Centre, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5PY. Dependent upon grant funding? Worried about it drying up? Need to get to grips with new forms of funding and how to access them? This interactive and exciting learning event will help you to plan and price your services; make winning applications for long-term funding; participate in commissioning to deliver contracts and start trading goods and services. For further information and bookings visit: www.voscur.org/training/funno08
*** VAT & Charities FREE Seminar ***
23 October 2008 (9.30am - 12.30pm) St Pauls Family Learning Centre, Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 8XJ. VAT and Charities FREE seminar. Come along to Voscur's Finance Forum to Learn more from experts in the field of VAT and to learn about the implications for VCSE organisations moving into trading and commissioning. To find out more and to join the Finance Forum visit: http://lists.voscur.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/finance&treasurers
*** KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - PUBLIC VIEWING ***
Wednesday 29 October(11.30am - 5.00pm) at the Annex, Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street, Bristol, BS5 6AW. An exhibition by young people taking part in a Bristol City Council and Young Roots Project, led by artist Toni Robinson, exploring their own and each other's cultural heritage. The Project has allowed young people from Bristol Muslim Cultural Society and Oasis Academy Hengrove to find out more about their own identities and to understand more about each other's lives. For more information please contact Denis Wise on 0117 903 6443 email: mailto:denis.wise at bristol.gov.uk
::: BOOK NOW! :::
*** UNDERSTANDING COMMISSIONING & BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL'S E-PROCUREMENT TRAINING - FREE ***
Monday 20 October (9.30am- 3.00pm) at the Black Development Agency,5 Russell Town Avenue, Redfield, Bristol, BS5 9LT. Bristol City Council and Voscur are running joint training for VCSE Organisations to assist them to register and use the Bristol e-procurement system. For further details or to book online please visit: http://www.voscur.org/training
::: NEWS :::
*** CALL FOR INITIAL EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY PREVENTATIVE FUND ***
The deadline for Expressions of Interest and return of the Pre-Tender Questionnaire is: 24th October 2008. This process is being undertaken using the Bristol e-Procurement System (BEPS). All interested organisations will need to be registered on the system and download further information and the correct documentation from the site. This system is available at: https://procurement.bristol.gov.uk/supplierselfservice/
To download the documentation Providers will need to be registered for the following category: SF99. More information about the Fund and its priorities can be found at http://www.voscur.org/networks/children#news
*** CABOT, CLIFTON & CLIFTON EAST NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH ***
Neighbourhood Partnerships are going to cover Bristol. They will bring residents together with elected councillors and service providers who make decisions that affect your neighbourhood, so that residents can influence the decisions they make. The Cabot, Clifton & Clifton East Neighbourhood Partnership will be held on Tuesday 25 November 2008 at The Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. For further information contact Ariaf Hussain: 0117 922318 mailto:ariaf.hussain at bristol.gov.uk
::: VOSCUR TRAINING :::
Listed below are the next three training sessions. http://www.voscur.org/training
UNDERSTANDING COMMISSIONING & BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL'S E-PROCUREMENT TRAINING - FREE
Date: Monday 20 October (9.30am - 3.00pm)
Venue: Black Development Agency, 5 Russell Town Avenue, Redfield, Bristol, BS5 9LT.
Trainers: Voscur and Bristol City Council
Cost: FREE!
HATE CRIME AWARENESS - FREE
Date: Thursday 06 November (9.30am - 3.30pm)
Venue: St Werburghs Community Centre, Horley Road, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9TJ
Trainers: Representatives from Voscur and other Equalities Organisations
Cost: FREE!
DRAGONS' DEN - PITCHING YOUR PROPOSAL
Date: Thursday 06 November (9.30am- 3.30pm)
Venue: The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5PY
Trainer: Sabrina Lee - Voscur
Cost: £35-Full Members/£55-Associate Members/£75-Non Members
To book these sessions go to http://www.voscur.org/training and fill in the online form. For further information please contact Rebekah Hacker on 0117 909 9949 or email: mailto:rebekah at voscur.org
Neighbourhood Learning listed below are the first three sessions. For the full programme please visit: http://www.voscur.org/training/community
TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTIONS
Date: Tuesday 4 & 11 November (6.00pm - 9.30pm)
Venue: The Beacon Centre, Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH
Cost: FREE!
More info at: http://www.voscur.org/training/community
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU RING THE POLICE?
Date: Thursday 13 November (6.00pm - 9.30pm)
Venue: Avon & Somerset Police Authority, Police Headquarters, Valley Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8JJ
Cost: FREE!
More info at: http://www.voscur.org/training/community
MAKING MEETINGS WORK FOR YOU
Date: Wednesday 26 November (9.30am - 3.30pm)
Venue: @ Symes, Symes District Centre, Petersons Avenue, Bristol, BS13 0BE
Trainer: Hannah Parker - Voscur
Cost: FREE!
More info at: http://www.voscur.org/training/community
::: LOCAL COMMUNITY DIARY :::
*** For many more events, training, courses etc, visit our on-line diary at: http://www.voscur.org/event
>>> Information on how to add your own event can be found at http://www.voscur.org/about/usingwebsite If you have any problems posting an event, please contact Emma Rice mailto:emma at voscur.org
--- THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER ---
BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES COMPLAINTS - FREE TRAINING!(9.00am - 1.00pm)
At the Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. Lunch and refreshments provided. Bristol City Council opens its doors to voluntary and community organisations, to explain the full scope of council complaint procedures, from a first enquiry to an Ombudsman investigation. To book this training please contact:email:mailto:faircomment at bristol.gov.uk and quote 'complaints training' and give your name, organisation and any dietary needs you have.
For further information please contact Tim Sheppard on 0117 922 2233.
--- FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER ---
AFRIKA EYE FUNDRAISING EXTRAVAGANZA (Start 6.45pm)
Circomedia Bristol will be hosting a special fundraising event for the forthcoming Afrika Eye Film Festival (31 October - 09 November 2008). The evening will showcase a range of African Arts. Music from the Jesus Kingdom City Choir, Renewal Choir and Garage Gospel, along with instrumental performances. Tickets £5.00/ £4.00 students. Doors open at 6.45pm and show starts at 7.30pm. For further details please contact Ingrid Sinclair - 0117 924 6129 Email: mailto:afrikaeye at googlemail.com
--- FRIDAY 17 / SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER ---
WEST BRISTOL ARTS TRAIL
For more info, or to participate as an artist, contact Anna at Hotwells and Cliftonwood Community Association, email: mailto:admin at hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk, tel: 0117 929 1883
--- SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER ---
DANCING WITH FIRE PERFORMED BY BREATHING FIRE (Start 7.00pm)
Venue: CEED, Wilder Street, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 8QU. A magical evening where your stories will come alive through music and theatre. Performed by Breathing Fire, Bristol Black Women's Playback Theatre Company. Followed by dancing, music mixed by DJ Roots, World, Soul, Funk and Disco. Tickets £10 / £7. Support Breathing Fire by coming to this fundraising event. For further information please contact: mailto:breathingfire at hotmail.co.uk or to reserve tickets please telephone: 0788 1982 032.
SOROPOTIMISTS BARN DANCE FUNDRAISER FOR ONE25 CHARITY (7.30pm - 11.00pm)
The Soroptimists group are holding a barn dance, bar and dinner extravaganza in order to raise funds for local charity One25. It will be held at Westbury-on-Trym Village Hall and tickets must be reserved in advance as they are selling out quick! If you would like to book tickets or find out more, please contact Gish Hobbs on 0117 968 3202. Tickets are £8 for adults and £4 for children under 12, supper included.
--- SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER ---
LOVE FOOD FESTIVAL
Free entry. Held at Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH. Artisan bread, cheese, wine, chocolates, olives, Thali Cafe, fresh fish and much more... For more details please visit: http://www.lovefoodfestival.com.
--- MONDAY 20 OCTOBER---
HENGROVE & STOCKWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH (6.30pm - 8.30pm)
The Hengrove & Stockwood Neighbourhood Partnership Launch will be held at South Bristol Sports Centre, West Town Lane, Bristol, BS14 9EA. For further details please contact Ariaf Hussain on 0117 922 2318 or email: mailto:ariaf.hussain at bristol.gov.uk
TRANSFORMING LIVES, RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION (All day)
Held in the foyer of the Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. Using photographs and text, this exhibition tells the stories of 22 clients of the Addiction Recovery Agency, one of Bristol's main charities providing treatment and support for people recovering from addiction. The exhibition is one of a number of events marking the 21st anniversary of the Addiction Recovery Agency. For further information please contact: Paul Bullivant MA ARPS on 0117 9245200 email: mailto:paulbullivant at f2s.com
www.paulbullivant.co.uk
--- TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER ---
NORTH BRISTOL ADVICE CENTRE AGM (12.30pm - 2.30pm)
AGM followed by presentation and lunch "Tackling Health Inequality through the Provision of Benefits Advice". Speaker- Christina Gray, Associate Director of Public Health, PCT and Voluntary Sector Partnership. At The Langley Centre, 2 Gainsborough Square, Lockleaze, Bristol, BS7 9XA
---WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER ---
BRISTOL & SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE PEOPLE FIRST - COME AND CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH (10.00am - 2.00pm)
Workshops for everyone. Free Lunch. Event organised by the Black Members Group. For further information or to book please call 0117 941 5842.
::: COMING UP :::
--- THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER ---
AN INVITATION TO AN ENERGY QUESTION TIME DEBATE IN BRISTOL (7.30pm- 9.00pm)
At the Conference Hall, Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. Join us for a stimulating discussion about climate change and sustainable energy production. Put your questions to politicians and leading thinkers on energy and meet people from the RSPB and Oxfam.
To register for a place and obtain your free ticket please contact Steven Roddy on 01767 680551 or email: mailto:campaigns at rspb.org.uk
--- FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER ---
A TASTE OF THE WORLD FROM ONE COMMUNITY - THE LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNITY COOKBOOK(From 1.00pm)
At Barton Hill Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX. 'A Taste of the World from One Community' will be unveiled for the first time during the Multi-cultural Feast at Barton Hill Settlement to coincide with Black History Month. Residents from Barton Hill, Lawrence Hill, Redfield, the Dings, Whitehall and Easton have submitted recipes which are personal to them or are typical of their country and reflect the real diversity in the area. Community at Heart's Race Equality Project
has produced the Cookbook featuring 31 recipes from different countries with the aim of helping local people learn more about their neighbours. Food is a good way of getting a glimpse of another culture and some of their traditions. Contact Stacy Yelland on 0117 903 9879 for more information.
--- SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER ---
DESTINY AFRICA CHILDREN'S CHOIR (7.30pm)
At Kensington Baptist Church, 208 Stapleton Road, Bristol, BS5 0NX. Tickets £5.00 / £3.00 Under 12. From the toughest of situations, children's lives are being restored and transformed at Kampala Children's Centre, Uganda. Performing a lively mix of contemporary and traditional African songs and dances, come and hear the inspiring sound of lives that have been given new hope and a new start. For further information please visit: www.kampalachildren.com or email: ruth at ndenetwork.com.
For tickets please contact Dionne Rees on 0790 0814 162 or email: mailto:imagoevents at hotmail.co.uk
PRINCESS BLACK - PLAY (8.00pm - 10.00pm)
At Kuumba, Hepburn Street, St Pauls, Bristol,BS2 8UD. Featuring Audrey Reid from Dance Hall Queen and Carl Bradshaw from Third World Cop. Cost £12.00. For further information please contact Hilary Banks on 07958 918 525 or 0117 965 8865 email:mailto at ackeetreeorg@yahoo.co.uk or visit www.ackeetree.org.uk Windrush at 60 is a commemorative showcase programme which marks the 60th anniversay of the arrival of migrants from the Caribbean in June 1948 on the SS Empire Windrush.
::: FUNDING :::
New on the Funding Updates page:
>> GRANTS FOR GREEN HEATING SYSTEMS
Grants are available for community organisations to install low-carbon heating systems free of charge.
>> ARTS COUNCIL
The Arts Council, England is now accepting applications from individuals and organisations for up to five years for arts-related activities that take place mainly in England.
>> WESSEX WATERMARK AWARDS AND GRANTS
Awards are available for projects which benefit the environment, for example, community ponds,sustainable gardens, restoration projects in the Wessex Water area.
Go to http://www.voscur.org/funding/updates to see more information on all the above grants.
The Funding Updates page currently holds up-to-date information on over 50 current grants and trusts in the following categories - General Funding, Children & Young People, Environmental, Arts, Health & Wellbeing, Sport, Information Technology and Older People.
*** UPCOMING DEADLINES ***
>> Sita Greenprint Programme - Deadline 24 October 2008
>> Concertina Charitable Trust - Music Grants for Older People - Deadline 31 October 2008
>> The Barclays Wealth Fund - Quartet Community Foundation - Deadline 31 October 2008
--- VOSCUR LOCAL FUNDING DIRECTORY ---
Download it at http://www.voscur.org/funding/local
FunderFinder Sessions on Friday mornings
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FunderFinder sessions for members on Friday mornings with Voscur's Funding Advice Worker, Sabrina Lee.
Please book one of the three 50 minute slots on Fridays - 9am, 10am or 11am.
If you're not free on Fridays then you can come in and teach yourself using the FunderFinder Training programme. To book, contact Emma Rice at Voscur.
email: mailto:emma at voscur.org
Tel: 0117 909 9949
web: http://www.voscur.org/funding/funderfinder
NEXT AVAILABLE SESSION IS: Friday 07 November 2008.
::: NOTICEBOARD :::
VOSCUR'S ONLINE NOTICEBOARD
Got some information you want to share? Free to a good home, help needed, help offered, new services, general announcements etc. Then add your notice to Voscur's online Noticeboard. Go to http://www.voscur.org/view/classified-ads and add your notice and also check out what's 'pinned up' at the moment.
At the members' desk you can use a computer to get online, set up email accounts for your group, use Microsoft Office software for your admin, use FunderFinder or Grantfinder to help your funding bids, and use the 'Just the Job Evaluation - the PEACE approach' CD Rom etc. Contact the Voscur office on 0117 909 9949 to book a morning or afternoon session. Email: mailto:info at voscur.org
::: JOIN VOSCUR :::
There is a whole range of fantastic benefits that come with Voscur membership! Training discounts, reduced price job and newsletter ads, bi-monthly newsletter, funding advice, capacity building, representation on strategic partnerships and more! There is a sliding scale of membership rates as well as membership bursaries. Read more and join online at http://www.voscur.org/joining
::: JOB VACANCIES :::
Recruit the right candidate!
Take out an advert in our jobs listings - with over 52,000 unique page views and rising per month, our most popular area is our jobs section, so it makes sense to get your job details here! Your job advert will be displayed on our website and listed in every ebulletin until your application deadline has expired.
For more information, visit:
http://www.voscur.org/jobs/advertise
-- Salaried Posts --
SBCH Public Involvement Facilitator NEW
Clinical Project Manager - SBCH Implementation NEW
Office Manager NEW
Neighbourhood Facilitator NEW
Room 13 Hareclive: Freelance Administrator [+ Development Work] NEW
SFSC Admin Support Worker NEW
Website and ICT Development Worker NEW
Administrator NEW
Group Development Officer NEW
Community Development worker-Filton NEW
Senior Interventions Co-ordinator NEW
Bristol Standard Development Worker for Over 5's NEW
Administration Officer NEW
Part Time Development Worker and Administrator NEW
Chief Officer NEW
Programme Leader: Georgraphy NEW
Telecare Administrator NEW
Children Centre Director
Receptionist
Voscur Funding Advisor
Children Fostering Panel Members Needed!
Director of Service
St Pauls Advice Centre requires a part-time LSC Welfare Rights Caseworker
-- Voluntary --
Trustee NEW
Volunteer NEW
Member of NHS Sexual Health Service Development Group NEW
Volunteer Receptionist (ad hoc cover) NEW
Volunteer to lead campaign to bring back Public Water Fountains NEW
Leaflet Distribution Volunteer NEW
Admin Volunteer (Practical Services) NEW
Volunteer Computer Programmer NEW
The Play and Early Years Training Unit - An appeal for new members of our Management Committee NEW
Childrens Art Club Co-ordinator
St Pauls Advice Centre Trustee
member of the Rehabilitation Service Development Group
volunteering Opportunties
Vice Chair of the Labour Behind the Label Management Committee
Volunteer administrator
--- Consultants ---
Voscur Participation Support NEW
Medical Advisor to Children's Fostering Charity NEW
For all details on jobs http://www.voscur.org/view/jobs
To place job ads on website and ebulletin http://www.voscur.org/view/jobs click on 'post a job' link. Please note there is a charge per job and you will be invoiced at a later date. If you have any problems posting a job, please contact Polly Stewart, mailto:polly at voscur.org or phone 0117 909 9949
Deadline for ebulletin is: Monday 5.00 pm
::: FEEDBACK :::
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Emma Rice
Administrator (Participation)
Working days - Tues (pm), Weds & Thurs (all day)
Voscur
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