SAFH Sponsored Walk

Social Action for Health is organizing a Sponsored Walk at Millfields Park on 17^th June 2010 to bring together all of SAfH members, our supporters and participants to share in a fun day together and to raise money to support our work with the local communities in Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

We have two targets:

1.  To walk a combined total of 1 million steps from 10^th – 16^th June 2010 (among SAfH staff)

2.  To walk a combined total of 500,000 meters on the day – 17^th June

All participants can be sponsored and raise funds for SAfH. If you choose to take part and do your walking you need to fill the attached registration form and email it at SAfH on info@safh.org.uk . On the day stewards along the route will sign off the distance that you have covered as you walk round, and you can hand your log sheet in to them at the end of the day. If you don’t feel like walking during the day, just come along and join us for a picnic.

If you want just help raising funds for the charity, you can sponsor a “walker” or simply make a donation online at www.justgiving.com/safh/donate . Since every penny counts, all contributions, even the smallest, will be very appreciated!

Attached you will find:

·        A map of Millfields Park indicating the point where to meet on 17^th June

·        The Flyer of the event

·        The Registration Form

·        The Sponsorship Form

Notes:

Sponsorship:

• Either a lump sum
• Amount per number of steps or distance covered
• You can either walk yourself or sponsor someone else that is walking

Donations:

• In cash or cheques made payable to Social Action for Health – hand in with your completed sponsorship forms
• Online - at www.justgiving.com/safh/donate

We would like to involve as many people as possible to share in a fun day together and raise money for Social Action for Health. If you need more information about this event or would like to take part in it  please contact us on info@safh.org.uk

You can find out more information about our projects and activities on www.safh.org

Feedback from Market Development Board

Please click here for feedback from the board of 8th includes discussion on brokerage -

 no clear decision to open up inhouse services and will providers be ready to offer services people want under personalisation

 please let us have your views to feed in -  hcvs@hscf.org.uk

Do not miss out on the conference 24th June - where we are hoping the council will announce key decisions - on tendering  and how individualised budgets will be implemented including: 

• what their plans are for computerised information - hackney hub are - this will be the tool you can market your services through
• what their plans for advocacy and advice are...
• plus have real discussions about the difficulties and how the VCS can input into making these changes work for local people.

Booking is essential and places are filling up fast. To find out more and book online visit http://www.hackney.gov.uk/trasc-provider-news.htm. For further information call 020 8356 4524. 

Rights of women conference - free places for small orgs

Rights of Women

Book Now to attend our 35^th Anniversary Conference

***Free spaces now available to small voluntary sector organisations with an income under £500,000***

Measuring Up?

UK compliance with international commitments on violence against women in England and Wales

A unique opportunity to hear specialist speakers on violence against women and to join in and have your voice heard on one of our expert-led panel discussions.

We have a new Government: let’s put women’s rights at the top of the agenda

Plenary speakers

Emma Scott, Director, Rights of Women

Eleanor Solo, UN Division for the Advancement of Women

Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (Invited)

New panel speakers confirmed!

Baroness Vivien Stern, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Prison Studies  ~ Dr. Aisha Gill, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Roehampton University ~ Dave Gee, Former Detective Chief Superintendent, Advisor to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Home Office on rape ~ Dr. Maddy Coy,  Senior Research Fellow, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit ~ Marai Larasi, Director, Imkaan ~Deborah McIlveen, Policy Manager, Women’s Aid ~ Debora Singer, Policy and Research Manager, Asylum Aid ~ Alison Harvey, General Secretary, Immigration Law Practitioners Association

Drinks reception!

Delegates are invited to help us celebrate 35 years of Rights of Women!

From 5pm.

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD

9.30am – 5.00pm

The conference is open to women and men.

For more information and to book your place visit our website: www.rightsofwomen.org.uk

get your slow & creaking computer going again for £40 and other news from Fossbox

fossbox-sigSummer's here (well, sort of . . . ) so if you need to revive a limp and unmanageable WinXP/Vista PC or Laptop with a Summer-fresh installation of Ubuntu, just drop it off at our workshop - we're offering Ubuntu refurbs for £40 (email info@fossbox.org.uk for info or an appointment).

Or DIY - the official Ubuntu beginners' guide and manual is free to download and tells you how to get Ubuntu, install it, and then find your way around and it really is easy to follow for non-techies.
http://ubuntu-manual.org/

Ubuntu in Business - Free Event
Ubuntu UK is putting on an event aimed at businesses and small organisations. Learn about how Ubuntu is being deployed in UK businesses and how you can introduce Ubuntu safely and effectively within your organisation. All welcome - especially non-techies! 
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM at The Brickhouse, 152c Brick Lane, E1 6RU
http://ubuntuinbusiness.eventbrite.com/

Fossbox will be offering taster sessions in Ubuntu (www.ubuntu.com) as well as simple websites with Wordpress (www.wordpress.org) and multimedia/podcasting. Stay tuned, we'll be ready to announce these soon.

CEN to get representation on the transformation top board

The London Borough of Hackney have now said that the Community Empowerment Network  can have representation on the Transformation Board - the decision making body for the transformation of adult social care, a mere  two years two months  after Ray Boyce LBH stated at a HSCF meeting that this would happen.  We are not yet sure if this offer is extended to service user representatives via the Hackney LINk.

 We, and the LINk,  do have representation on three of the boards under the  main board (and have had since April-May ) For  feedback from the cEN Representatives  - background information to the changes and the straucture chart please go to the 'changes in adult social care' part of the HSCF website or click here

 We do not yet know the details but will let you know as soon as we know the selection process for the CEN representative so please start thinking who you would like to represent you - and / or if you would make a good representative at this level. And keep watching this newsletter for more details.

Brokerage to be tenderd to a consortia- emergency meeting organised this week

We have heard via the Personalisation Board (full feedback to follow) that Brokerage for individual budget holders  will be tendered to a consortium, we are organising an emergency meeting to discuss what support we will need to develop a user led consortium so we can feed this into the conference on the  24th June 2010.

The meeting will be on Friday 2pm -4pm (Apologies to all who cannot make Friday afternoon - it was the time most members who replied to the email could make.) please email for for venue etc- if you cannot make the meeting but want to put in your views please email or call me before friday - I will feedback the results of the meeting to everyone in next weeks newsletter.

Back ground

Brokerage is the service that supports people to identify which services to buy  to meet the outcomes identified in their agreed care plan.   skills for care identify the following characteristics as essential for brokerage cut & paste link  for full document      http://www.nationalbrokeragenetwork.org.uk/documents/downloads/SfC_ISB.pdf

1.3.2

characteristics of the broker’s services: :

■ Are independent. Independence is a

characteristic that makes the independent support broker role distinctive and valuable. It

is also a quality that is very easily compromised. Independence means, firstly, the absence of

accountability or loyalty to the council or support provider agencies. More positively, it

means that the broker is person-centred and community-centred, with a perspective that

values and respects the person, their networks, and their experiences.

■ Have good working relationships with social workers and support providers and mainstream

community resources. Although the broker must have independence, this must not lead

to isolation from the rest of the social care system and mainstream community resources

that will be an essential component of people accessing new opportunities for inclusion. The

broker needs to have up-to-date information about available services, and good contacts

with provider agencies and community groups to help facilitate discussions about

the requirements of the person that the broker is assisting.

■ Are professional in a positive sense. The broker should provide help that is taskfocused,

based on the requirements of the person they are assisting, efficiently and

honestly delivered, and accountable to the person. Equally, brokers should avoid the

negative characteristics that are sometimes associated with professionals. They should not

judge people or their plans, or make decisions that individuals are entitled to make themselves.

Wherever possible the broker should share information and skills so that the individual’s

ability to complete brokerage tasks for themselves is increased, not diminished.

■ Work to the requirements of each individual.

Within the overall scope of tasks which fall within the broker’s role (see 1.3.1, above) the

broker should deliver support only with those tasks specified by the individual, and on the

terms specified by the individual.

■ Work on the basis of a customer-contractor relationship. Identifying the relationship of the

broker to the individual as that of a contractor to their customer acknowledges the reality that the broker is delivering a paid service, even if the payment is not made directly by the individual.

Setting the service within the familiar commercial conventions of a customer-contractor

relationship also underlines and underpins other key characteristics of the role (as above).

In particular, brokers should be selected by the person, and deliver their service as specified

and on the terms agreed by the person, with the contractual relationship terminated when

the work has been completed to the customer’s satisfaction.

User led organisations are: organisations made up service users the DOH sees their  role as

·  information and advice

·  advocacy and peer support

·  support in using direct payments and/or individual budgets

·  support to recruit and employ personal assistants

·  assistance with self-assessment

·  disability equality training; and support the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty by public sector organisations in the locality (including consumer audits).

How should we respond to the cuts? Lets us know your thoughts !

If you read the news you will know  cuts are coming and that they will affect all sectors of health & social care - how do you think  our representatives and networks should react?

Should we take a 'no cuts approach' / and lobby against all cuts to budgets for health & social care?

Should we work with the Local Authority and Primary Care Trust to identify areas where cuts could be made  with out damaging frontline delivery?

Should we  ensure that there is a transparent process based on evidence comparing sectors fairly and leave the funders to make the decisions?

 Can we tread a middle path?  - please let us know your views either on the message board - or if you want to post them anonymously email them to me and I will post them on the message board & delete the email.  (statutory sector colleagues views welcomed too)

 Government Cuts

As you will be hearing on the news, there are new cuts being made to local authority spending – including to the Area Based Grant on which much of Team Hackney’s work is based.  Full announcement here: http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsroom/1611369, and local list here http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/xls/1611273.xls.  The Government also removed the ring fence from a number of local government funding streams, which can be found here: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/doc/1611282.doc  

Sport and Mental Health Project Officer - National Mind

Sport and Mental Health Project Officer

Closing date: 4.00pm Monday 28 June 2010
Interview date: 9 July 2010£18,997 per annum
Part-time: 21 hours per week
Fixed term for one year
Based in Stratford, London

You will manage a 12-month programme of work, funded by the Department of Health, which aims to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination through working with the sports sector. Working closely with partner organisations, you will set up a network of organisations working with football and mental health in England, and organise awareness-raising activities. In addition, you will work with partners to organise a cricket event. You will also be responsible for ensuring that these activities link into other projects within the Time to Change portfolio.

Job description (PDF)

Application pack (PDF)

Application form (Word)

Monitoring form (Word)

To apply, please submit:
1x application form
1x monitoring form

to: Job333@mind.org.uk

If you have difficulty downloading please call 020 8215 2289.

Mind is an equal opportunities employer.

Mens health Week activities going on all week

click here for the latest leaflet - plus let us know if you want your leafet at the jobcentre stall

Acupuncture pilot for local pregnant women starting now

Shoreditch Spa are piloting a new project as of next week for 10 weeks. The project will focus on building an Acupuncture Clinic for pregnant women. Studies have suggested that women experience a lot of benefits from Acupuncture treatments during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal. The clinic is open to everyone irrespective of what area they live in or their stage of pregnancy

 For more details contact Shoreditch spa

Shoreditch Spa
170 Pitield Street
London
N1 6JP
Tel: 0844 225 2054
info@shoreditchspa.org.uk

www.shoreditchspa.org.uk

During pregnancy, women are partcularly motvated to fnd drug-free alter-
natves to their problems because of the many changes that are happening
to their bodies. Acupuncture ofers women a safe, drug-free alternatve at
a tme when most medical drugs should be avoided. Treatments can start
at any stage of pregnancy. Most ofen, the frst session will be around week
6 - 7 when extreme tredness and nausea can set in. Apart from increasing  
general wellbeing, Acupuncture can greatly relieve symptoms such as  
morning sickness, lack of energy, pelvic/pubic pain, back pain, anaemia,  
anxiety, high blood pressure, breech positon amongst other symptoms.
                   
As the due date approaches, it is recommended to have a course of pre-birth
Acupuncture treatments. This increases the likelihood of having an efcient
labour with less interventon. Once in labour, Acupuncture / Acupressure can
be used to help the body to deal with pain as well as increase efcient  
contractons. If overdue, Acupuncture can help in inducing the labour.
“ I had never even considered Acupuncture
untl my midwife suggested I try it for my
pelvic pain. The diference was amazing;
it didn’t completely go but I could get
on with my  life without debilitatng
pain. ”
Pregnancy Acupuncture Clinic

Magdalena Lius

Magdalena  holds  a  degree  in  Traditonal  Chinese
Medicine  &  Acupuncture  from  the  University  of
Westminster.  She  is  also  a  fully  insured member  of
the  Britsh  Acupuncture  Council,  which  requires  full
professional training and commitment to maintain  
appropriate  standards  of  hygiene,  safety,  ethics  and
contnued educaton.
Magdalena is further trained in massage and Chinese Patent Herbal medicine.
She is also a member of the London Acupuncture Childbirth team.
Times available: 
Friday: 10:00 - 14:00      

Whats the Future of Hackneys Services- come to Hackney LINk public event 7th July

Hackney LINk is the local statutory watchdog for health and adult social care services. It is set up to ensure that local people are involved and have a say in the way that services are commissioned and run in the borough.

People that are interested in finding out more should attend the Hackney LINk Public Event, 4-8pm  on 7^th July 2010 at  Amnesty International UK Section, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA. 

The public event includes:  a question and answer session discussing the challenges for Hackney’s health and social care services in light of the new government’s policies; hearing about the achievements of the LINk over the past year, stalls from local health and social care organisations and Turkish food.

Ida Scoullos current Chair said:

“The Hackney LINk Public Event will provide an opportunity, for the public to pose questions directly to a panel about the future of Hackney’s health and social care services.  It will also inform people about Hackney LINk as a statutory body that is in a unique position to influence change. Therefore people and community groups interested in the quality of health and adult social care services in Hackney should attend.”

For more information please contact the Hackney LINk office on info@hackneylink.org.uk, telephone 020 85101972 or visit the website www.hackneylink.org.uk

ENDS

Notes to the Editor

1. Hackney LINk Working Groups are currently working on the following priority issues raised by the public which include: care workers that provide homecare services, access to GP services for asylum seekers and mental health services within Hackney hospitals.

2.      For further information about Hackney LINk see www.hackneylink.org.uk or contact Esther Norman, Hackney LINk Support and Development Manager, tel: 020 8510 1975, email: esther@hackneylink.org.uk .

TRansformation conference 24th June - find out the latest & have your say on how to make it work

Do not miss out on the conference 24th June - where we are hoping the council will announce key decisions - on tendering  and how individualised budgets will be implemented including: 

• what their plans are for computerised information - hackney hub are - this will be the tool you can market your services through
• what their plans for advocacy and advice are...
• plus have real discussions about the difficulties and how the VCS can input into making these changes work for local people.

Booking is essential and places are filling up fast. To find out more and book online visit http://www.hackney.gov.uk/trasc-provider-news.htm. For further information call 020 8356 4524. 

Is Worklessness making Hackney Sick or Sickness making Hackney work less ??? This wednesday

A Working Lunch

Is Worklessness making Hackney Sick or is Sickness making Hackney work less???

As a part of the wider efforts to highlight Men Health Week the HSCF in partnership with the EDN are happy to invite all stakeholders delivering in the employment and health sectors to a working lunch (yes I did say lunch) to discuss, share and debate the worklessness and health agendas.

This working lunch aims to look at the questions:

      Is a casual connection between the two areas?

      What the best practice is from stakeholders in engaging with men on the two issues?

      How can stakeholders work together to redress the inequalities that affect Hackney male residents?

Booking essential - email hscf@hcvs.org.uk 

AGENDA

Is Worklessness making Hackney Sick or Sickness making Hackney work less ???

A working lunch to look at issues facing Hackney’s men

16^th June

12pm -2pm

City and Hackney Carers Centre
96-102 Springfield House
5 Tyssen Street
London E8 2LZ

1. Introduction – Mary Cannon – Health & Social Care Forum /

   David Blagbrough Economic Development Network

1. My journey from worklessness  to employment  - Nathan De Souza

1. Worklessness in Hackney -  Shawnee Keck  

1. Men’s Health in Hackney & links to unemployment –David Woodhead

1. National picture – worklessness & incapacity benefit – Jenny Ross

1. Discussions over Lunch –

To come up with 3 recommendations

·        Reaching men – what has worked – what have we tried, what should we try ??

·        Where do you see your service in the journey?

·        Sickness to health – unemployment to work,  Where do they meet?

·        What keeps men engaged – who could be working together?

7. Plenary -  & future actions

Mental health special interest group - thursday

if you have an interest in mental health services in hackney come along to the quarterly meeting of the mental health special interest group - details on the agenda downlodable here

Older peoples SIG - looking at housing, social isolation etc

the meeting will be on the 21st June 2pm - 4pm please email me on hscf@hcvs.org.uk for more details

Health in Your Hands on Saturday this week

loads going on at Health in your Hands event in ST Johns church offthe Narroway Hackney central click here for  the flyer

Mayor Jules Pipe elected as new chair of London Councils

The Mayor of Hackney, Jules Pipe, has been elected as the new chair of London Councils today (Tuesday).

The directly elected mayor of Hackney was voted into the position by a meeting of borough leaders.

Mayor Pipe was elected as Mayor of Hackney for a third term in May 2010, having become the borough's first directly elected Mayor in October 2002.

Over this period Mayor Pipe is widely credited with leading the transformation of Hackney Council into a 3 star, high-performing and more efficient local authority.

He was a national newspaper journalist as well as serving as a ward councillor from 1996 to 2002, and leader of the council from June 2001 before being elected as Mayor in 2002.

London Councils’ deputy chair will be Cllr Claire Kober, Labour leader of Haringey, and the three vice chairs are Cllr Edward Lister (Conservative, Wandsworth), Cllr Sean Brennan (Liberal Democrat, Sutton) and Stuart Fraser (Independent, City of London).

London funders newsletter inc recession recession report- funding available for young people grps

London Funders' Reports

Recession Survey - April 2010

The funders' footprint - March 2010

London Funders Business Plan 2010-12

The Funding Jigsaw
Funding available for work by and for young people in London, Jan 2010

The Personalisation Agenda - December 2009

Read more....

Collaborative case studies

Believing in Your Local Community: Wildlife and Green Spaces - GrantScape and Church Urban Fund

Health and Belief - London Catalyst and Church Urban Fund

Read more....

External reports

Useful sector reports and publications by topic. This is by no means comprehensive but offers a quick route to publications featured in recent e-bulletins and member meetings

Read more....

Impact of CLG public spending cuts advice from NAVCA

Help the Hospices - Emergency Grants Programme

The 2010 Help the Hospices Emergency Grants Programme is focusing on applications from hospices facing urgent financial crisis. There are two to three grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 available to hospices in the UK which are full UK member Hospices.

Hospices who wish to apply must be facing a reduction in frontline services for patients, their families and carers within the next 6 months. Grants will not be given for running costs, core funding, maintenance or for specific short term fundraising activities. All money must be spent on work that strategically moves the hospice towards a more secure and sustainable long-term future.

There is no deadline for applications, but it is advisable that you contact the grants team in advance to briefly discuss your proposal.

For more information, and to find out about how to complete the application form, see the Help the Hospices website here.

Source SYFAB

Up to £10k for promoting heart health & lowering heart disease

Heart Research UK has grants available under its Healthy Hearts Grants programme. The programme supports heart health projects only and not general healthy lifestyle projects. Grants up to £10,000 are available to support innovative projects that promote heart health and lower the risks of heart disease. Community and voluntary organisations are eligible to apply.

Salaries of permanent staff members will not be covered, only the extra costs of staff employed specifically for the project. General running costs will not be funded, only specific project costs. Capital costs of up 50% of the total grant application will be covered, up to a £2,000 limit.

Examples of successful projects include circus skills for teenagers, a visually impaired people’s tandem bicycling project, and a dance project for local residents.

Deadline: Applications are only accepted during January and February for the May round of grants and July and August for grants awarded in November, each year.   Visit the website for further information.

up to £1000 for sports clubs

Cash 4 Clubs

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:30 AM PDT

Cash 4 Clubs, funded by Betfair and supported by SportsAid, offers grants of £250 - £1,000 to supports grassroots sports clubs. No preference is given to types of sport or the age range accessing the activity, however clubs should play an active role in the community, encourage social interaction and fitness, and be registered with its sports’ National Governing body. All types of costs will be considered, including equipment, training and capital costs.

Applications can be made at any time.

For more information, or to apply for a grant, visit the Cash 4 Clubs website here.

Source SYFAB

up to £10k for faith based projects tackling poverty related health inequalities

Health and Belief grants

• Funding - CUF

This grants programme is funded jointly by Church Urban Fund, London Catalyst and The Wakefield and Tetley Trust, supporting faith-based community projects tackling poverty related health inequalities in London.

If your social action group or small voluntary organisation is based in London and has an annual income of less than £150,000, then you could apply for a grant for up to £10,000. Download the flyer for more information. Apply by 30 June for grant awards in October.

small & large grants for disability, homeless

The Trustees favour small-scale, locally based initiatives. Funding is primarily for one-off projects, but the Trustees are willing to consider funding for start-up or running costs (including core costs and salaries).   Your organisation must be a registered charity, school or church. We do not fund Community Interest Companies.

Please be clear when applying who the target users are and what your projected outcomes are. If this is a continuation of existing work what are your outcomes to date?  If your project is on-going, how will it be sustainable? What are your plans for future/ongoing funding? If your request is for a one-off project, what will be its legacy? How many people will benefit from the grant? Trustees are interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. Any participation by past or current users of the service should be mentioned and is encouraged.

The current areas of grant-making are set out below:

Funding Priorities

1. Social and ethnic minority groups, including young people at risk of exclusion or isolation, refugees, asylum-seekers, gypsies and travellers. Projects that promote integration and community cohesion will be favoured;
2. Prisoners and ex-offenders. Projects that help the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders are supported as well as requests to help prisoners’ families;
3. Homelessness, especially affecting young people and women, and covering facilities such as women's refuges;
4. People experiencing violence or abuse;
5. Arts outreach work by local groups involving disadvantaged people;
6. Disability projects; which can include rehabilitation, training or advocacy for people who are either physically disabled or learning disabled as well as help to improve employability;
7. Environmental projects, especially with a strong educational element;
8. Addiction, including projects tackling the social exclusion elements and preventative programmes and projects supporting families of addicts.

Types of grants

Trustees review grant applications twice a year, usually in January and July. Please consult the diary page for up-to-date deadlines for receipt of applications.

• Small grants, £100-£5,000 (around 40-50 grants made per year, to projects within areas 1-8 above on a one-off basis)

• Large grants, over £5,000 (around 5-10 grants made per year, usually to projects within areas 1-5 above and spread over a maximum of three years). Applications for large grants will be rejected unless applications are discussed with the administrator prior to submission.

• Children's summer playscheme grants £500-£1,000 (usually about 30-40 grants made each year on a one-off basis). Applications for these are made separately and considered in May each year.

Application forms

Trustees will only consider appeals made on their own application form. The general grant application form and the summer scheme grant application form are available in the application form section of this website. If you would like an application form sent electronically please email Karin Hooper at contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk.

You are asked to keep the grant application form to one page. It is not sufficient to answer “see attached documents”. If supplementary information is sent this should be separate from the information requested by the Trustees on their form.

Annual Report and Accounts

All applications must be supported with a copy of your most recent audited or independently inspected annual accounts and annual report.

Project budget

All applications must include a detailed project budget. If your application is for a specific project, it would also be helpful to know where the balance of funds will come from.

Exclusions

Trustees will not normally fund

• Charities whose annual turnover exceeds £250,000
• Construction projects such as playgrounds, village halls, and disabled accesses
• General school appeals including out of hours provision
• Hospices
• Medical research
• Parish facilities
• Playgroups and pre-school groups
• Requests for vehicles
 

Trustees will definitely not support

• Individuals in any capacity
• Educational fees

Potential applicants are encouraged to telephone the administrator, Karin Hooper, on 020 7410 0330 to discuss their work if they think it might meet the Trustees' criteria. Trustees are keen to spare charities the wasted time involved in applying when there is no prospect of success.

Please return completed applications to:

Mrs Karin Hooper
The Woodward Charitable Trust
Allington House, (First Floor)

small & large grants for disability, homeless, refugees, young people, prisoners etc

The Trustees favour small-scale, locally based initiatives. Funding is primarily for one-off projects, but the Trustees are willing to consider funding for start-up or running costs (including core costs and salaries).   Your organisation must be a registered charity, school or church. We do not fund Community Interest Companies.

Please be clear when applying who the target users are and what your projected outcomes are. If this is a continuation of existing work what are your outcomes to date?  If your project is on-going, how will it be sustainable? What are your plans for future/ongoing funding? If your request is for a one-off project, what will be its legacy? How many people will benefit from the grant? Trustees are interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. Any participation by past or current users of the service should be mentioned and is encouraged.

The current areas of grant-making are set out below:

Funding Priorities

1. Social and ethnic minority groups, including young people at risk of exclusion or isolation, refugees, asylum-seekers, gypsies and travellers. Projects that promote integration and community cohesion will be favoured;
2. Prisoners and ex-offenders. Projects that help the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders are supported as well as requests to help prisoners’ families;
3. Homelessness, especially affecting young people and women, and covering facilities such as women's refuges;
4. People experiencing violence or abuse;
5. Arts outreach work by local groups involving disadvantaged people;
6. Disability projects; which can include rehabilitation, training or advocacy for people who are either physically disabled or learning disabled as well as help to improve employability;
7. Environmental projects, especially with a strong educational element;
8. Addiction, including projects tackling the social exclusion elements and preventative programmes and projects supporting families of addicts.

Types of grants

Trustees review grant applications twice a year, usually in January and July. Please consult the diary page for up-to-date deadlines for receipt of applications.

• Small grants, £100-£5,000 (around 40-50 grants made per year, to projects within areas 1-8 above on a one-off basis)

• Large grants, over £5,000 (around 5-10 grants made per year, usually to projects within areas 1-5 above and spread over a maximum of three years). Applications for large grants will be rejected unless applications are discussed with the administrator prior to submission.

• Children's summer playscheme grants £500-£1,000 (usually about 30-40 grants made each year on a one-off basis). Applications for these are made separately and considered in May each year.

Application forms

Trustees will only consider appeals made on their own application form. The general grant application form and the summer scheme grant application form are available in the application form section of this website. If you would like an application form sent electronically please email Karin Hooper at contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk.

You are asked to keep the grant application form to one page. It is not sufficient to answer “see attached documents”. If supplementary information is sent this should be separate from the information requested by the Trustees on their form.

Annual Report and Accounts

All applications must be supported with a copy of your most recent audited or independently inspected annual accounts and annual report.

Project budget

All applications must include a detailed project budget. If your application is for a specific project, it would also be helpful to know where the balance of funds will come from.

Exclusions

Trustees will not normally fund

• Charities whose annual turnover exceeds £250,000
• Construction projects such as playgrounds, village halls, and disabled accesses
• General school appeals including out of hours provision
• Hospices
• Medical research
• Parish facilities
• Playgroups and pre-school groups
• Requests for vehicles
 

Trustees will definitely not support

• Individuals in any capacity
• Educational fees

Potential applicants are encouraged to telephone the administrator, Karin Hooper, on 020 7410 0330 to discuss their work if they think it might meet the Trustees' criteria. Trustees are keen to spare charities the wasted time involved in applying when there is no prospect of success.

Please return completed applications to:

Mrs Karin Hooper
The Woodward Charitable Trust
Allington House, (First Floor)

grants up to £5k for asylum seekers, young people, homelessness, penal affairs

From the Hilden Charitable trust  click here for details 

£25k prize for london homeless projects -

2010 Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards

The Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards are open to all projects in London working in the field of homelessness, including those from the voluntary sector, housing and social services departments, NHS trusts, registered social landlords, or a partnership of agencies.

The winner of the 2010 awards will receive a prize of £25,000 with £10,000 going to each of the two runners-up and £2,000 going to three other shortlisted projects. This is at the discretion of the judges. 

The judges will look for evidence of work that:

• improves services to homeless people or people at risk of becoming homeless
• prevents homelessness
• tackles disadvantage caused by homelessness
• takes an innovative or unique approach to tackling the above issues
• can be replicated across London.

The Ludlow Awards aim to recognise and highlight innovative practice in the homelessness sector.

Entries must be in by 5pm on Monday 21 June 2010.

For conditions of entry, click on 'View all pages' below.

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Home Care and Home Services - tender enfield

Open to applications

Open for Applications:

03 June 2010

Application Deadline:

23 June 2010

Description

Contracting opportunity on behalf of Enfield Borough Council for the provision of home care and home sitting services.

Further Information

Enfield Borough Council are seeking a contractor with the capability of providing home care and home sitting services for disabled children and young people.

Before applying, applicants must have:

• Evidence of providing a social care service for a minimum of one year.
• Evidence of appropriate child protection and safeguarding procedures.
• Evidence of appropriate training, and on-going supervision and support.
• Evidence of appropriate data protection and equal opportunities processes.
• Ability to provide monitoring data on a quarterly and ad hoc basis.
• Sound business and financial standing.

Bid Process

Tenderers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Applicants must request Supplier Packs in order to submit a tender or interest to tender.

Tenders or interest to tenders should be received by 12:00 on 23 June 2010.

Successful applicants will be invited to a meeting on 1 July 2010 at Cheviots Children's Centre, Enfield, as part of the final selection process.

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:

Caroline Fanning Enfield Borough Council
PO Box 50
8th Floor
Civic Centre
Silver Street
Enfield
EN1 3XA

Telephone:

020 8379 4286

Email:

Email contact

up to £10k for community wildlife from BLF

Community Wildlife

Status:

Open to applications

Application Deadline:

21 July 2010

Description

Grants are available for community wildlife projects that help people discover, enjoy and protect wildlife in their local area.

Details

Fund Value:

£ 2,000,000

Maximum Value:

£ 10,000

Minimum Value:

£ 300

Value Notes

The total fund value is £2,000,000.

Grant values range from £300 to £10,000.

Extended Description

The Community Wildlife Fund programme aims to improve rural or urban environments so that people can enjoy them.

The programme also aims to involve the local community in more wildlife based events.

The programme funds projects that:

• Protect wildlife habitats.
• Create nature trails, woodland walks or wildlife gardens.
• Improve natural spaces such as rivers, ponds and woodlands.

The programme also aims to encourage people to become more active and healthy, which can be achieved by:

• Exploring parks and the countryside.
• Learning about and searching for endangered species.
• Taking up gardening.
• Creating play opportunities for children to learn about nature.

Latest Information

The programme has three rounds for applications.

This year’s deadlines for applications are:

• 21 July 2010.
• 22 September 2010.
• 24 November 2010.

Key Criteria

Eligible organisations must:

• Be non-profit making.
• Have a UK-based bank account or building society account, in the name of the organisation, that needs a minimum of two people to sign cheques or for withdrawals.

This programme is open to applications from:

• Schools.
• Local councils.
• Health bodies.

The project must meet with the programme outcomes; improving rural or urban environments and people's health and activity levels.

Eligible Expenditure

All costs associated with eligible projects.

Restrictions

Funding is not available for:

• Individuals.
• Funds being distributed to individuals through organisation.
• Debts or loans.
• Legal appeals.
• Academic research.
• Capital projects.
• Fees for professional fundraisers.
• Organisations that are mainly fundraising bodies.

Application Procedure

Applicants can download the application form from the website.

Applicants should submit an application form prior to one of the three deadlines.

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:

General Enquiries BIG Lottery Fund
Head Office
1 Plough Place
London
EC4A 1DE

Telephone:

0845 367 0610

Email:

Email contact

up to £1000 for disability, disadvantage illness

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Small Grants

Description

Grants for UK based registered charities that support sick and disadvantaged people.

Details

Maximum Value:

£ 1,000

Value Notes

Grants of up to £1,000 are available.

Extended Description

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust is provided and administered by the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust and is for UK based charitable organisations.

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust is intended to support registered charities that will use the grant for a specific project of a humanitarian nature or to supplement their core funding.

The scheme aims to support charities that share the organisation's vision of helping sick and disadvantaged people. In particular, the scheme wishes to fund work in the following areas of interest:

• Medical Science and Medicine.
• Serious Illness.
• Disability.
• Disadvantage.
• Overcoming Adversity.

Latest Information

The application process is ongoing and interested applicants may apply at any time.

Key Criteria

Eligible organisations must:

• Have registered charity status.
• Be based in the UK and use the funds for domestic purposes.

Eligible Expenditure

Eligible expenditure includes:

• Core funding.
• Costs associated with a specific project.

The organisation does not provide substantial grants for capital appeals.

Restrictions

Funding is not available for:

• Overseas organisations.
• Medical or medically-related research.
• Individuals.
• Organisations applying for a grant on behalf on an individual.
• Charities which promote a particular faith.
• Church restorations.
• Purchase of raffle tickets.
• Organisations that have received a grant from the Trust within the previous 12 months.

Application Procedure

Emailed applications cannot be accepted.

All applications should include the charity's:

• Most recently published report and accounts.
• Relevant brochures.
• Copy of documentation providing evidence of its place on the Charity Commission Register (or equivalent).

Contact the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust for further information.

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:

The Director Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
24 Manchester Square
London
W1U 3TH

Telephone:

020 7487 5851

Email:

Email contact

Dementia Support Worker/Group Facilitator (Maternity Cover) (Tower Hamlets)

Alzheimers Society Tower Hamlets Job Vacancies (x3) for website/newsletter

Location: Tower Hamlets
Closing Date: 16 Jun 2010
£18,633 per annum (pay awarding pending)
35 Hours per week
Working with the carers of people with dementia in Tower Hamlets this post provides information guidance and support with one to one case work and monthly carers information and support groups.

With an understanding of dementia and experience of facilitating groups you will have excellent organisational, IT and communication skills.

This post is subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau disclosure.
Please download an application form and information pack from www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/recruit_details.php?id=1425/

No CVs or agencies please.

Services Administrator (North East London)

Alzheimers Society Tower Hamlets Job Vacancies (x3) for website/newsletter

Location: North East London
Closing Date: 16 Jun 2010
£16,700 per annum pro rata
£6,680 per annum
14 Hours per week
We are looking for a Services Administrator to provide high quality, efficient and effective administrative support for the successful running of our four- borough wide Active Links befriending service. Active Links matches trained volunteers with people with dementia to enable them to continue participating in activities and pursuing hobbies and interests.  Active Links is based over the inner North East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney & City and Newham.

With good communication, time management and IT skills you will assist in the smooth running of the befriending service, assisting with organising volunteer training and volunteer recruitment paperwork, filing client records and helping to process CRB forms amongst other administrative duties. 

Please download an application form and information pack from www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/recruit_details.php?id=1426/

No CVs or agencies please.

Development Worker (Younger People With Dementia) (North East London)

Alzheimers Society Tower Hamlets Job Vacancies (x3) for website/newsletter

Development Worker (Younger People With Dementia) (North East London)
Location: North East London
Closing Date: 16 Jun 2010
£23,573 per annum pro rata
£14,144 per annum
21 Hours per week
With new funding from Credit Suisse Alzheimer's Society North East London is expanding its younger people with dementia service to cover the inner North East London boroughs of Hackney & City, Tower Hamlets and Newham.

Supporting people aged 65 and under and their families as well as supporting the development of service for younger people across the service area you will have a good understanding of the issues faced by younger people with dementia and their carers as well as good organisational, IT and communication skills. 

Please download an application form and information pack from www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/recruit_details.php?id=1429/

No CVs or agencies please.

Artist in residence at ODA & Olympic Park

Dear Colleagues,

As part our new Arts and Culture opportunities at the Olympic Delivery Authority we are inviting applications from experienced artists to undertake a 16 month residency at the ODA offices and Olympic Park construction site.  The residency will result in an outreach programme produced in partnership with a curator of their choice, focusing on the nature of culture-led regeneration, and communicating the artist's research to a wide and diverse audience.

This programme is based on the premise that artists are inspired by new environments and by exposure to different social and economic contexts. With the Olympic Park site now undergoing the 'build' phase, we wish to harness this as an opportunity for an artist to work both on site and with the ODA office staff to get 'under the skin' of this unique regeneration project over a significant period of time. This is to allow for a meaningful creative response to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the legacy aspirations of one of the largest regeneration developments in Europe, resulting in the biggest mixed-use park of its kind for 150 years.

Artists and curators can apply via our website: http://www.london2012.com/making-it-happen/art-on-the-olympic-park/art-opportunities-around-the-olympic-park.php.  The deadline for the first application stage is 10am, Monday 28th June.

Please do circulate to anyone who you feel may be interested, and apologies for any cross postings.

Many thanks,
Adriana

Adriana Marques
Principal Advisor - Arts and Cultural Strategy
ODA Design & Regeneration
Olympic Delivery Authority
Level 23, Mailpoint 17
One Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LN
Direct line: 44 (0) 203 2012 6934
Switchboard: +44 (0) 203 2012 000
www.london2012.com <http://www.london2012.com/>
Find out what is going on at London 2012 HQ - http://blog.london2012.com

Strategic DDPO Development Officer

Strategic DDPO Development Officer

£31,148 - £33,310 NJC Scale PO1

35 hours per week

The post holder will facilitate and build networks amongst Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPO’s) in order to respond to strategic capacity needs and assist in identifying policy issues that are impacting on DDPOs ability to survive and thrive.

The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills and have a keen interest in and be aware of the issues facing Deaf and disabled peoples organisations in London

Application deadline: Wednesday 24^th June

Interviews will be held on Friday 2^nd July 2010

For more information on the roles or to request an application pack please contact; Libby Oakley 0207 7237 3181, libby.oakley@inclusionlondon.co.uk

Inclusion London is committed to equality and diversity and particularly welcomes applications from disabled people.

Policy Officer

£31,148 - £33,310 NJC Scale PO1

35 hours per week

The post holder will contribute to the organisations policy, campaigning and communications work.

The successful applicant will be aware of the key social concerns and policy issues for disabled people in the current national and London environment, have the skills and dedication necessary to help research, develop and articulate the policies and changes Deaf and disabled people need and be able to help communicate these in various practical ways.

Application dead line:  Friday 9^th July

Interviews will be held on Thursday 22^nd July 2010

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For more information on the roles or to request an application pack please contact; Libby Oakley 0207 7237 3181, libby.oakley@inclusionlondon.co.uk

Inclusion London is committed to equality and diversity and particularly welcomes applications from disabled people.

2X Sub-regional Coordinators for the Community Legacy Programme (CLLP) – [£28,807 p.a.]

2X Sub-regional Coordinators for the Community Legacy Programme (CLLP) – [£28,807 p.a.]

Closing date for receipt of completed: Friday 25^th June 2010, 12 Noon

Interview date: week beginning Monday, 12^th July 2010

Hosted and line-managed by Barking & Dagenham CVS and Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium, each Coordinator will work across 3 boroughs, undertaking outreach and providing tailored information, support and training in line with a sub-regional Action Plan. Each Coordinator will also undertake monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the project.

For further details please click here

CV's with a supporting statement will also be accepted.

 An application pack is available to download from here or by visiting www.bdcvs.org.uk or by contacting Lisa Flannery on (020) 8227 5487 / lisa.flannery@bdcvs.org.uk

Parent Carer Advocacy Worker – [£17,560 - £22,180 p.a. pro rata]

Parent Carer Advocacy Worker – [£17,560 - £22,180 p.a. pro rata]

Hours: 25 hours

Contract: Fixed Term

Closing date:  Friday 25^th June 2010, 5pm

Interview date: Friday 2^nd July 2010

A support service for informal carers & their families is seeking a highly motivated person to provide Information & Advocacy Support to Parent Carers who care for a disabled child or young person living in Barking & Dagenham

For a job description and an application form contact: Janette Chinnick on 0208593 4422

Community Development Worker (Mental Health) X 2 - Camden

Community Development Worker (Mental Health) X 2

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Closing Date: Friday 25^th June 2010, 3pm

Interview date: Tuesday 6^th July 2010

One permanent full-time post working with Bangladeshi community AND one full-time temporary post (mid June to mid September 2010) working with Somali community

VAC, one of London’s leading voluntary and community sector development agencies, in partnership with the London Borough of Camden and Camden Primary Care Trust, is now seeking to recruit a Mental Health Community Development Officer. This post offers exciting opportunities with scope for innovation and development.

Continue reading …….

To download an application pack please click here or email acharles@vac.org.uk, or write to the Building Administrator, VAC 293-299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ, Telephone 020 7284 6550 Fax 020 7284 6551.

Support Worker Band 3

Job Reference:

 363-CH-1479

Job Title:

 Support Worker Band 3

Employer:

 East London NHS Foundation Trust

Department:

 363 MHCOP C&H INTERMEDIATE CARE OLDER PEOPLE

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £15,610 to £18,577 pa

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Additional Clinical Services  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

3  

Working pattern:

37.5 Hours/Week 

Closing Date:

16/06/2010 

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Description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health trust which provides services to the City of London, the London Boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham. The Trust also provides forensic services to the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, and provides some specialist mental health services to North London, Hertfordshire and Essex.

We provide a range of community, outpatient and inpatient services for children and young people, adults and older people.

The Trust's Headquarters are located in Tower Hamlets. We operate from 47 community sites, four main inpatient sites and have 660 inpatient beds. The Trust has an income of £184.7 million and most of this comes from our local Primary Care Trusts.

The Trust is linked with the University of London, City University and South Bank University.

“Would you like to be part of a dynamic team?”
Intermediate Care, part of Mental Health Care for Older People , are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and skilled support worker.
You will be working alongside qualified nurses offering care and support to older adults suffering from functional mental health problems and presenting in states of crisis. You will also be working closely with the mental health ward to facilitate early discharge.
For an informal discussion, please contact Emma Higgins, Nurse Team Leader on 020 8525 1115.


SALARY INCLUSIVE OF HIGH COST AREA SUPPLEMENT:£19,646-£22,613 per annum

*PLEASE NOTE – IF YOU ARE SHORTLISTED FOR THIS POST YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT VIA E-MAIL, PLEASE ENSURE THEREFORE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. ALL SUCCESSIVE CORRESPONDENCE WILL ALSO BE SENT VIA E-MAIL.

IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM US WITHIN FOUR WEEKS OF THE CLOSING DATE, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SHORTLISTED ON THIS OCCASION.*

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date should we have an overwhelming response to this advert.

As part of our commitment to improving working lives, we have a range of innovative work-life balance policies and applications are welcome from people interested in working flexibly. Single Living accommodation may be available. Committed to equal opportunities we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our service users including those with mental health problems.

For further information about our Trust please click on the link to East London NHS Foundation Trust website.

In line with the jobcentreplus two ticks symbol, all applicants who have declared that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for a post will be shortlisted.

All posts that involve regularly caring for, supervising, training or being in sole charge of children and/or vulnerable adults will be subject to an enhanced CRB check.

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Documents

• Job Description (46 KB)
• Person Specification (35 KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (176 KB)
• Recruitment Information on Foundation Trust (181 KB)
• Routes 2 Employment - Positive Statement (178 KB)

Further Links

• NHS Accommodation
• This is East London NHS Foundation Trust Home Page
• Trust Brochure

Contact details

If you would like to talk to somebody about this vacancy then please contact:

Contact Name

Emma Higgins

Telephone

020 8525 1115

Healthcare Assistant/Nursing Assistant

Job Reference:

 293-10552

Job Title:

 Healthcare Assistant/Nursing Assistant

Area of Work:

 Accident & Emergency

Employer:

 Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust

Department:

 293 A & E

Location:

 London

Salary:

 Band 3 £19,646 - £22,613 pa.inc

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Additional Clinical Services  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

3  

Working pattern:

37.5 Hours/Week 

Closing Date:

24/06/2010 

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Description

The Homerton is an innovative Foundation Trust providing a wide range of services to the local community of Hackney and specialist services on a national level. Located in the multicultural east end of London we are situated close to the heart of the capital.

The Homerton is the closest hospital to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Park and is the designated hospital for the Park. The Hospital has easy access to the M11and Stratford International railway station, with major improvements to transport planned in the lead up to the Games.

Healthcare Assistant/Nursing Assistant
Accident and Emergency

Band 3 £19,646 - £22,613 pa.inc

We have responded to the changing health care needs of our local community by introducing a team of Nursing Assistants. We are now looking to expand our team to help continue streaming the patient’s through the department.

You will be working as part of a team providing fast, effective care to patients.
You will be assisting both medical and nursing staff in undertaking first line health care for patients, performing ECG’s, venasection and blood taking as well as assisting with the admission and discharge of patients. This role is evolving all the time and has been an integral part of our modernisation programme.

You should have previous experience as a Nursing Assistant or equivalent experience and be trained to NVQ level 2. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a busy team are essential. In return, we will offer you support, additional training and the education necessary to enhance your role

If you think you have what it takes, why not give us a call; for more information call Jean Lyon or Anne Sellick Lead Nurses on 0208 510 7128.

We advise candidates to read all of the attached documentation prior to submitting an application.

Your supporting statement is used to determine your suitability for the post and should be used to demonstrate your relevant skills.

Once you have submitted an application it is essential that you check your email on a regular basis for updates and shortlisting information.

The Trust welcomes applications from candidates wishing to job share with or without job share partners.

Committed to Equal Opportunities.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply, who would require immigration sponsorship, can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post on the UKBA website.

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Border Agency requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit: UK Border Agency website.

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Documents

• Job Description (27 KB)
• Person Specification (22 KB)
• Additional Document (107 KB)
• Recruitment_Pack_Why_Homerton (129 KB)
• Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application (119 KB)
• Equal Opps document (132 KB)
• Remploy Leaflet (50 KB)

Further Links

• Homerton Website
• Detailed travel information for finding the Homerton easily

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Bereavement Administrator

Job Reference:

 293-20137

Job Title:

 Bereavement Administrator

Area of Work:

 Chaplaincy Service

Employer:

 Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust

Department:

 293 Chaplaincy

Location:

 London

Salary:

 Band 4 £22,188 - £26,158 pa.inc

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Additional Professional Scientific & Technical  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

4  

Working pattern:

37.5 Hours/Week 

Closing Date:

23/06/2010 

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Description

The Homerton is an innovative Foundation Trust providing a wide range of services to the local community of Hackney and specialist services on a national level. Located in the multicultural east end of London we are situated close to the heart of the capital.

The Homerton is the closest hospital to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Park and is the designated hospital for the Park. The Hospital has easy access to the M11and Stratford International railway station, with major improvements to transport planned in the lead up to the Games.

ALL CANDIDATES MUST READ THE PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR THIS VACANCY AS THIS CONTAINS QUESTIONS WHICH MUST BE ANSWERED AS PART OF THE SUPPORTING INFORMATION. CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS DIRECTED WILL NOT BE PUT FORWARD FOR SHORTLISTING.

BEREAVEMENT ADMINISTRATOR

Band 4 £22,188 - £26,158 pa.inc

Are you kind, considerate, sensitive to others? Can you deal with and support people who are extremely distressed and vulnerable? Can you work with senior colleagues too? Are you organised, thorough and methodical and able to work both without supervision yet also within a team?

We need someone with these attributes to join our team as our Bereavement Administrator. You will be required to arrange and ensure that all legal documentation and actions are taken following the death of one of our patients; you will also be required to meet with the bereaved following the death and explain what they need to do, who they need to see and if they wish arrange for them to view their loved one here at the hospital.

It’s not an easy job; but it is one that is incredibly valued by our bereaved relatives at such an incredibly difficult time in their lives and the feeling that you have helped someone through the practicalities following a death and eased some of their worries is why this is also a special job.

If you would like to arrange an informal visit, please contact Nadia Pfaff 0208 510 7773.

We advise candidates to read all of the attached documentation prior to submitting an application.

Your supporting statement is used to determine your suitability for the post and should be used to demonstrate your relevant skills.

Once you have submitted an application it is essential that you check your email on a regular basis for updates and shortlisting information.

The Trust welcomes applications from candidates wishing to job share with or without job share partners.

Committed to Equal Opportunities.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply, who would require immigration sponsorship, can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post on the UKBA website.

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Border Agency requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit: UK Border Agency website.

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Documents

• Job Description (34 KB)
• Person Specification (26 KB)
• Additional Document (80 KB)
• Recruitment_Pack_Why_Homerton (129 KB)
• Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application (119 KB)
• Equal Opps document (132 KB)
• Remploy Leaflet (50 KB)

Further Links

• Homerton Website
• Detailed travel information for finding the Homerton easily

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Development Officer - Voice 4 Change

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Development Officer with an understanding of the challenges faced by the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Third Sector to join our expanding small team. They will support the development and delivery of our capacity building work streams for strengthening BME Infrastructure organisations and the BME Regional Networks funded by Capcitybuilders Regional Networks Fund. this role is being re-advertised.

To find out more about this post and to apply, visit the Voice4Change England website

Hours: 35 hours per week (full time)

Salary: £27,007 (including Inner London Weighting)

Location: London

Closing date: 24 June 2010 (noon)

Interview dates:1 July 2010

Salary:£27,007 (including Inner London Weighting)
Location:London
Closing Date:24 June 2010

Residential Volunteer- free accomodation, bills & small weekly allowance

Hilt is a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities in East London to live independently in the community.

We have several vacancies for volunteers to start as soon as possible. You do not need any previous experience.

We are looking for volunteers who:
- can live with & support adults with learning disabilities for 30-35 hours per week, possibly including early mornings, evenings and weekends
- are available for 6-12 months
- speak a good level of conversational English
- enjoy working with people and have good communication skills
- are responsible and reliable

We offer:
- free (shared) accommodation and utility bills paid
- a small weekly living allowance to cover food and travel costs
- induction, training and ongoing support and supervision
- a chance to gain experience and meet new people

We also need part-time volunteers. This is suitable for people who live locally and can spare a few hours each week. You should have good people skills and be dependable.

For further information, check http://www.hilt.org.uk/

Please contact Emma on 02070147452 or emma@hilt.org.uk for an application pack. The application process takes about 8-10 weeks so please apply in advance of when you would like to start. This is because we need to do an interview, get references and a criminal record check before any volunteer can start with us.

Hilt Support Ltd is a Charity incorporated as an Industrial & Provident Society under Reference No. 25852R

Salary:£Voluntary
Location:East London
Closing Date:31 October 2010

Acting Executive Director (maternity cover)

Acting Executive Director

October - April

Fixed term: October 2010 – March 2011 

Spitalfields Music produces two of the UK’s leading classical music festivals and a ground-breaking year-round Learning & Participation Programme. We seek an experienced leader for a period of maternity cover. 

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in finance, fundraising, project management and team leadership with excellent communication skills and a commitment to innovation and excellence in the arts. 

Submissions by: 1 July. Interviews: 5 July

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Working with the Orthodox Jewish Community - Mental Health Issues & Orthodox Jews

Talking Matters – Wellbeing Centre
Presents a Cultural Awareness Training Seminar on

Working with the Orthodox Jewish Community

Focus of the day

Mental Health issues  & Orthodox Jews

Guest Speaker: Rev. Nota Kreiman
(Psychotherapist in Orthodox Jewish Community)

Date:    Thursday 15th July
Time:     9.30 – 4.30pm
Venue: The Learning Space
             Stamford Hill Library
         Portland Avenue N16 6SB
(Entrance from Portland Avenue, by the car park)


 To book a place please call
    Talking Matters – Wellbeing Centre

020 8802 9222
or e mail; office@talkingmatters.info

Click here for synopsis

and here to download the booking form

Winning Contracts: half-day workshops for Social Enterprises

Winning Contracts: half-day workshops

Three practical workshops designed to help you win more contracts

Date: Tuesday 29 June 2010
Time: morning session: 09:00 – 12:00, afternoon session 14:00 – 17:00  
Venue: 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG

In tough economic times, winning new contracts can seem like a tall order. These FREE, expert led half-day workshops are designed to make you stand out from the competition in the bidding process. They will help you develop skills in three of the key elements of contract bidding. 

Book your place quickly, as they’re in high demand.

Workshop 1  
9am-12pm
Partnerships and collaborative working – how to make them succeed
Presenter: Angela Heap
Click here to register.

Workshop 2
2-5pm
The devil is in the detail – understanding the requirements of the contract
Presenter: Rowan Conway
Click here to register.

Workshop 3
2-5pm
Writing to win – how to write successful funding applications
Presenter: David Warrington
Click here to register.

In order to qualify for this FREE training you need to work for or run a third sector organisation and meet the following criteria:

• You must be either incorporated, or operating as a sole trader for a minimum of six months.
• You must not have received more than approx £450k in ‘state aid’ or grant funding in the last 3 years
• If you are a charity you must be engaged in economic activity with a trading arm

Unsure if you qualify? please contact SEL on 0207 022 1920 or e-mail events@sel.org.uk

Which impact measurement tool should I use?

Which impact measurement tool should I use?

• Date: 08/07/2010
• Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm
• Venue details: Abbey Community Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3BU
• Contact: events@sel.org.uk
• Cost: Free

The workshop is aimed at established social enterprises who are familiar with the concepts of impact and outcomes and who are at a juncture in terms of deciding what impact measurement tool to use.

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Creating a new social enterprise: lessons, tips and networking

• Date: 15/07/2010
• Time: 16:30 – 18:30
• Venue details: ResponsibleIT CIC, 35 Kingsland Road, London E2 8AA
• Contact: events@sel.org.uk or 020 7022 1920
• Cost: Free

• Join us for a networking event hosted by ResponsibleIT CIC one of the brightest emerging social enterprises in London.

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CRB check consultation please fill it in and help speed up the process

Below is from a volunteer waiting for a CRB check before they can take up a role 

If you work or want to work with children or vulnerable adults from November 2010 you will need to apply to be registered with the ISA. (from http://www.isa-gov.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=316)

The government is currently doing a review and consultation on CRB check stuff - They are setting up an Independent Safeguarding Authority which should replace the need for CRB checks but there is a danger that they might require both! if you can fill this in please do - we really need to let the government know how much CRB checks affect our ability to get volunteers in to work on our projects.

I filled this is a few days ago and am only number 50 in the whole country to do so despite that it has been up since march!"?*&^ - if we can get this spread around and filled in by as many people as possible maybe they will actually have the bureaucratic proof to sort out the dogs dinner that is the CRB check system.

The questions on CRB checks are near the end - don't worry if you can't answer many of the early questions - the last few on CRB's feel pretty important to me.

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1719&external=no&menu=1

BTW it currently takes well over three months to get a CRB - that is how long I have been waiting for my fifth one which i cannot start a certain voluntary job with until i get!!

Seriously please forward this around anyone who has ever worked with kids or not been able to because they don't have the right paperwork