[Ebulletin] ::: Voscur ebulletin - 12 November 2008 :::
Emma Rice
emma at voscur.org
Wed Nov 12 13:57:52 GMT 2008
::: Voscur ebulletin - 12 November 2008 :::
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- Stop Press!
- Book Now!
- News
- Consultations
- Voscur Training & Learning
- Local Community Diary
- Coming Up
- Funding
- Noticeboard
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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 - LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!! ***
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
*** BBAP - CALL FOR PEOPLE TO APPEAR IN 2009 CALENDAR! ***
Bristol Black Archives Partnership (BBAP) has only a small range of people put forward for the 2009 calendar. A good number and range of black people were picked for both the 2007 and 2008 calendars and BBAP would like to repeat this success! The idea of the calendar is to profile black people who have made (and those that still continue to do so) a positive contribution to community, education, health, business, charity,community and many more areas.
If you know of someone who fits this description then please email a profile and photo to: mailto:lilleithx at aol.com or for further information please contact Angus on 07976 585 376.
::: BOOK NOW! :::
*** VOSCUR EQUALITIES NETWORK MEETING ***
The next Equalities Network Meeting will take place on Tuesday 25 November, 10am - 12.30pm in the Terrace Room, at the Lighthouse Building, Barton Hill Settlement, Ducie Road, Bristol BS5 9JH. This meeting will include a presentation by Qaiser Razzak, Manager of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, English Regions, South West office. A hot lunch will be provided so booking is essential. Access requirements will be accommodated but please let us know your needs in advance. To book your place please visit: http://www.voscur.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=88.
If you have any problems booking then please contact: mailto:emma at voscur.org or call (0117) 909 9949.
*** HOW TO WIN TENDERS ***
Thursday 04 December (9.30am - 3.30pm). At Barton Hill Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol BS5 0AX Trainer:Janet Roberts - Tendering for Care. Do you need hints and tips for successful tendering? Then this one-day workshop will help you. It will: Set out legislation and the tendering process, explain how tenders are scored, offer numerous hints and tips for successful tendering.
This course is for anyone who is interested in delivering public service contracts. Public sector partners are welcome to attend this session. Members £75 / Associate Members £95 / Non-members £145. For more details and to book your place contact Rebekah Hacker at Voscur: Telephone: 0117 909 9949, or Email: mailto:rebekah at voscur.org or book online at www.voscur.org/training
*** FULL COST RECOVERY ***
Tuesday 09 December (9.30am - 3.30pm) @Symes, Symes District Centre, Petersons Avenue, Bristol, BS13 0BE. Trainers: Rebecca McDougall & Sabrina Lee - Voscur. Are you trying to cover all your costs but never seem to manage? Full Cost Recovery (FCR) is the principle of ensuring all the overheads of an organisation are covered by funding streams. This one-day course is for people who work with budgets and who would like to use FCR principles. Members £55 / Associate Members £75 / Non-members £125. For more details and to book your place contact Rebekah Hacker at Voscur Telephone: 0117 909 9949,
or Email: mailto:rebekah at voscur.org or book online at www.voscur.org/training
::: NEWS :::
*** VISION FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIPS SET OUT ***
Councillor Terry Cook Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Involvement, set out Bristol City Councils vision for Neighbourhood Partnerships (NP) at the NP Seminar on 10 November. If you missed it you can watch the Voscur Videocast of Terry Cook's speech here: http://www.voscur.org/brispartnership/np#events,
*** CHANGEIT AWARD NOMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE! ***
CHANGEit, run by Common Purpose and sponsored by Deutsche Bank, recognises, supports and rewards young campaigners aged 11-18 who want to create a positive change in their communities. Nominate today - the closing date is fast approaching! Every young person nominated will receive a certificate of recognition. Winners will be announced at an award ceremony in spring 2009. For more information call CHANGEit on 020 7608 8148 or email: mailto:changeit at commonpurpose.org.uk
*** DO YOU KNOW SITES SUITABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN BRISTOL? ***
Bristol City Council wants to involve you in considering how land in Bristol might be developed in the future and would like you to help them to identify land or buildings that you think could be developed or put to a different use. This is an important opportunity to suggest land and/or buildings where change could take place. Find out more about the Site Specific allocations consultation on the Voscur website at: http://www.voscur.org/brispartnership#consultations%20and%20campaigns
::: CONSULTATIONS :::
NHS CONNECTING FOR HEALTH CONSULTATION
NHS Connecting for Health is keen to obtain the views of the general public, patients and other interested parties on how patient information held by the NHS, should be used for additional purposes, such as research. For details on consultation workshops and the consultation itself please visit: http://www.voscur.org/consultations
CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION CONSULTATION PERIOD (Closing date 10 December 2008)
The Office of the Third Sector and the Charity Commission are undertaking a consultation on the Secondary legislation that is needed to complete the legal framework for the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). For questions on the consultation, or to respond to the consultation, please contact: Helen Morgan, 35 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BQ Tel: 0207 276 6031 Email: mailto:cioconsultation at cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
::: VOSCUR TRAINING :::
Listed below are the next three training sessions. http://www.voscur.org/training
BRISTOL E-PROCUREMENT TRAINING - FREE!
Date: Thursday 27 November (2.00pm - 3.30pm)
Venue: The Park, Daventry Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 1QD
Cost: FREE!
Trainer: Sabrina Lee - Voscur
AUDITING YOUR BUILDING FOR ENERGY - FREE!
Date: Wednesday 03 December (9.30am - 3.30pm)
Venue: The Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1QG
Cost: FREE!
Trainer: Claire Chambers - Centre for Sustainable Energy
HOW TO WIN TENDERS
Date: Thursday 04 December (9.30am - 3.30pm)
Venue: Barton Hill Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX
Cost: Full Members £75 / Associate Members £95 / Non- Members £145
Trainer: Janet Roberts - Tendering for Care
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 is the next session. For the full programme please visit: 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
--- SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER ---
MENTAL HEALTH AND SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE (9.30am - 4.00pm)
This conference will begin to explore the relationship between mental health and spirituality, a relationship which psychiatrists have only recently begun to accept as significant. It will also begin to address specifically how the church can engage with
the challenge of mental health problems. Cost £25; Key-note speaker Professor Glynn Harrison; Venue St Mary's, Shirehampton. For more information or to book a place, contact Kate Virgo on 0117 9686303 or mailto:katevirgo at hopesplace.org.uk.
--- MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER ---
CHILD SAFE - A CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS SEMINAR (6.30pm - 8.30pm)
Child-Safe is a national child protection initiative now adapted for local delivery in Bristol. The scheme is entirely free of charge and provides organisations with a seminar and resource pack to enable them to put child protection measures in place. This seminar is being held at:
Barton Hill Settlement, 43 Ducie Road, Barton Hill, BS5 0AX. To find out more visit: http://www.child-safe.org.uk and contact the Bristol Child-Safe Administrator to book telephone:0117 353 2275 or email:mailto:child.safe at bristol.gov.uk
--- TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER ---
OPEN EVENING FOR BME STUDENTS & GRADUATES (7.00pm - 9.00pm)
Bristol City Council is keen to attract Black and Minority Ethnic graduates and students to job and training opportunities with the council. Come along to find out about opportunities to build a career in local government and meet some of the key people in the council who can brief you on potential routes
into training, work experience and employment with us. At The Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. For further information: mailto:gillian.douglas at bristol.gov.uk or telephone: 0117 922 5664.
--- WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER ---
WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE DAY (1.15pm - 5.15pm)
Women's Enterprise Day is particularly about inspiring more women to unleash their talent and turn their ideas into reality. Cost: FREE. Venue: The Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TA. The network is open to all. To book your place on an event near you or to find out more about the
benefits of joining visit:www.businesssupportnetwork.com or call us on 0845 643 9495. Alternatively please email: mailto:info at businesssupportnetwork.com
--- THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER ---
BISHOPSTON, COTHAM & REDLAND NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH (Start: 7.00pm)
The new Neighbourhood Partnership for Bishopston, Redland and Cotham is having its inaugural Forum meeting at Charnwood House, 30 Cotham Park, Cotham School. Local councillors, representatives from the police, the council and local community groups will all be there to find out what issues local residents
want their new Neighbourhood Partnership to address. For further information contact Jo Holmes on 9036898 or mailto:johanna.holmes at bristol.gov.uk
--- FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER ---
FILM NIGHT - MALCOLM X (7.30pm - 10.00pm)
At Kuumba, Hepburn Road, St Pauls, Bristol. Cost: £5.00 /£3.00 Concessions. 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. For further information please contact Hilary Banks
on 07958 918 525 or 0117 965 8865 email:ackeetreeorg at yahoo.co.uk or visit www.ackeetree.org.uk
--- SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER ---
NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIPS RESIDENTS FORUM (10.00am - 1.00pm)
The Neighbourhood Partnership Residents' Forum is a meeting for residents involved with their local Neighbourhood Partnerships. If you'd like to find out more about the Neighbourhood Partnership Residents Forum contact Matthew Symonds at Voscur on 0117 909 9949 or email: mailto:matthew at voscur.org
::: COMING UP :::
--- WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER ----
IMPROVING EVERY CHILD MATTERS OUTCOMES FOR BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE (12Noon - 3.00pm)
A consultation event with The Right Track National Initiative. Caribbean lunch provided at the Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Road, Bristol, BS5 7DR. For further information or to RSVP (by 19 November please)
telephone Right Track on 0117 935 1515 or visit: http://www.childrensociety.org.uk
::: FUNDING :::
New on the Funding Updates page:
>> CAFOD Development Education Fund: £3000-10,000 to support groups and projects which aim to raise awareness of global injustice and poverty. Closing date 12th December.
>> Freemasons Grand Charity - Non-Masonic grants: 4 grant streams offering up to £50,000 to registered charities working with young or vulnerable people or engaging in medical research. 3 application rounds each year, with the next deadline being 28th November.
>> BBC Children in Need have a new online application process and 4 deadlines instead of 2 each year.
>> SITA Green Prints Programme: grants of up to £10,000 to enable young people aged 16-25 to make a difference to their communities. Application deadline 15th December.
>> Comic Relief Small Grants Programme - Mental Health stream: deadline has been extended to 12th December.
*** Stop Press - deadlines coming up ***
Heritage Lottery Fund Townscape Heritage Initiative: 30th November
BIG Lottery Fund Family Learning: deadline for full application 30th November
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.
--- 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 28 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.
+++ FREE MOTIVATIONAL COURSES FOR SERVICE USERS AND STAFF +++
Does your organisation work with people who sometimes lack motivation or clarity about what to do next? The GOALS programme is a FREE 2-day motivational course which aims to build independence, self-esteem, self-motivation - helping people to get the life they want. The course has been designed specifically to tackle the psychology of social exclusion. For more information and suitability
contact Roger de Wolf - rogerdewolf at goalsuk.org, 07971844054. Or visit: http://www.voscur.org/node/4004
+++ SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS SEEK PLACEMENTS +++
Suitable agencies are being sought to take students from the University of the West of England. Students are due to go out on placement from the 11 February 2009. The placements are for 35 days, 3 days a week, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. There is a payment from the University of £28 a day. If you would like to discuss this futher please contact Lizzie on 01173532526 or mailto:lizzie.clark at bristol.gov.uk
::: MEMBERS DESK :::
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 magazine, 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 --
Project Coordinator - Staff Volunteering NEW
Witness Service Manager, Bristol Magistrates Court NEW
Community, Learning and Volunteering Assistant NEW
Housing Support Worker NEW
Project Co-ordinator NEW
Assistant Visitor Services and Enterprises Manager NEW
Programme Officer NEW
Communications and Advocacy Officer NEW
Service Delivery Manager NEW
Detached Worker NEW
Youth Worker NEW
Harm Reduction Worker NEW
Neighbours' Events Development & Training Coordinator NEW
Mental Health and Complaints Advocacy Manager NEW
Voluntary Sector Co-ordinator NEW
A variety of full time and temporary posts available NEW
Payroll officer NEW
Operations Manager
Administrator (Participation)
Children & Young People's Organisations Development Worker
Trust Manager
Childcare Development & Support Worker (temp. post)
Female Development Tutor (Scale 3)
-- Voluntary --
Volunteer Counselling NEW
Drivers, Sorters, Pickers and Shift Co-Ordinators NEW
Trustee
Trustee and Treasurer for Baggator- A Youth and Community centre.
Volunteer at Christmas Homeless Shelter
Lunch Club
Caretaker
St Werburghs City Farm Seeks Trustees
Trustee
Volunteer
Member of NHS Sexual Health Service Development Group
Volunteer Receptionist (ad hoc cover)
Leaflet Distribution Volunteer
Admin Volunteer (Practical Services)
Volunteer Computer Programmer
The Play and Early Years Training Unit - An appeal for new members of our Management Committee
St Pauls Advice Centre Trustee
volunteering Opportunties
Vice Chair of the Labour Behind the Label Management Committee
--- Consultants ---
Consultant to Develop, Deliver and Produce an Abolition 200 ' Facts and Myths Booklet' Project - £10,000 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
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