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Volunteers needed 1-1 support to disabled people

People with disabilities may struggle with daily tasks that others consider routine.
They may also feel lonely and isolated.
Someone experiencing these problems may live on your street.

It could take you from just three hours per month to change the life of someone in this situation.

At CHOICE IN HACKNEY we match disabled people with volunteers on a one-to-one basis.
We need volunteers from different backgrounds and walks of life.

Contact us for an information pack.
Calls us on 020 7613 3206
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Great Big Energy Saving Light Bulb Giveaway

26 October 2009 - Friday, 18 December 2009

To highlight 

International day of action on climate change 24th October

We have Free energy saving light bulbs to giveaway. Offered to all residents in Hackney. Each box has two light bulbs. Two boxes available per person. Please telephone prior to visit. Dalstan Methodist Church, Richmond Road, E8 3HY. Disabled access: yes. Contact: Jon or Nazmun. Email: nazmun-khanam@thesharpend.org.uk Telephone: 020 7923 8690. view website

Are you looking for places to advertise a paid or voluntary vacancy?

Download the HCVS guide here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/EN/store/Policies/publicise_vacancies.doc

CEN reps (including HSCF rep to Thriving Healthy Communities Partnership Board)

This is to let you know about the results of the 3 network selection processes for CEN reps to the Team Hackney Thriving Healthy Board and the Children’s Trust.

Welcome back to Mary Cannon  and Nazima Osman   - CEN Reps to Thriving Healthy Partnership Board

A big welcome back to Mary Cannon and Nazima Osman who have both been reselected by the Health and Social Care Forum and BEMWG (Black and Ethnic Minority Working Group) respectively represent the CEN on the Thriving Healthy Communities Partnership Board(THCPB). 

The next partnership board is 4th December please get any comments for the agenda to us now - please note we can only get items on the agenda if there is supporting evidence / research - if you have items but no evidence please let us know anyway & we can work together to identify the best way to raise it.

Welcome to new and returning CEN Reps to the Children’s Trust and Stakeholders Forum

The Children and Young People’s Providers Forum (CYPPF) had 15 applicants for the places to the Children’s Trust and Stakeholders Forum.  They have decided to reserve one place for the new chair of the forum (to be elected) – and have chosen Toebe Potash (Lubavitch Youth), Willis Atherley- James (Off Centre), Jo Carter (Immediate Theatre), Taylan Sahbaz (Day-Mer) and David Blagbrough (Inspire) to be the CEN reps from the CYPPF – so we’d like to offer a big welcome to Toebe, Jo  and Willis – as well as a welcome back to Taylan and David - we look forward to working with you all.

Goodbye and good wishes to Algin

We’re very sorry to say goodbye to Algin Saydar who has long been the chair of the Children and Young People Providers Forum as well as a CEN rep – and has invested many years into championing the needs particularly of the Turkish Kurdish community in Hackney.  Algin is also stepping down as chief executive of Derman and her role at Derman is being taken on by Nursel Tas.  Thanks for all your hard work over the years Algin – and good luck for the future.

Thanks to Jake Ferguson, Melanie Danan and Sheila Ramdular

Also big thanks too, but not goodbye to Jake Ferguson (HCVS), Melanie Danan (Interlink) and Sheila Ramdular (Hackney Family Backup) who have stepped down as reps to the Children’s Trust.  Jake continues as a CEN rep on the Safer Cleaner Board – and we very much hope to keep the CEN connection with Melanie through Interlink (infrastructure organisation for the Charedi community in Hackney) and Sheila through the Disability Forum which is based at Hackney Family Backup.

Upcoming CEN rep selections

The applications for the CEN reps to the Youth Crime sub-board are now closed and we are waiting for the interviews to take place.  We are currently running CEN rep selections for the Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol and Preventing Re-offending sub-boards, so if you are aware of any organisations who might be interested in these positions, please ask them to get in touch.  And the Hackney Environment Network are about to launch the selection process for the CEN reps to the Sustainable Environment Subgroup – so again please look out for the adverts and forward to anyone you think might be interested.

CEN Inductions

We will be arranging inductions for all the new CEN reps in the near future – and would like to offer this to anyone who is acting as a rep (for example to one of the Thriving Healthy sub-boards) and has not taken part in an induction – or who would like a refresher.  At the induction you will hear from Mary Cannon (CEN Chair), Jake Ferguson (HCVS- accountable body for the CEN) and James Palmer (head of Partnership for Team Hackney) as well as CEN officers about the role of CEN reps, how the influencing structures work, as well as getting an overview of the CEN and Team Hackney and having the chance to ask any questions.

If you would like to take part in this – please contact andrea@hcs.org.uk.

Good Deals pitchers bid for £20m - incs Hackney SE pitching for £100,000 (Happy Kitchen)

• by Chrisanthi Giotis

Find out more about Good Deals at www.good-dealsuk.com

Four social enterprises will next week be pitching for investment totalling almost £20m.

The pitches will take place at the second annual UK social investment conference Good Deals, run by Social Enterprise magazine.

The four social enterprises will face a 220-strong crowd in the main conference hall at the British Library in London. They all have real investment opportunities and they will receive immediate feedback from the crowd and a panel of expert investors.

Among the audience will be dozens of investors looking for opportunities, including banks, social lenders, venture capitalists, philanthropists and 'business angels'. David Blood, Al Gore's business partner at sustainable investment company Generation, wil be among the keynote speakers.

The biggest pitch - for £10m - will be made by the community renewable energy company CoRE.

CoRE manager Ross Weddle said he was 'slightly nervous' about the live pitch, especially considering the largest amount of money he had previously pitched for was £330,000.

'But,' said Weddle, 'after the first £100,000 it's neither here nor there - it's still a lot of money.'

Weddle said he didn't expect any one investor to put up the entire £10m needed for their four renewable energy projects. Instead he was hoping for a 'basket of investors' and in particular investors who would be interested in an ongoing relationship.

'The £10m is for four projects that we will be working on over the next two years. But, by the end of two years we may have already paid off one of them and be looking at another lot of projects.

'We would then invite people who have discovered that we can spend their money and afford to pay them back to invest in our next lot of projects.'

Weddle said CoRE's financial prospectus had planned for an average interest on investment of six per cent but he would also be interested in soft loans and venture philanthropy.

'Whatever they're prepared to discuss we're prepared to discuss too,' said Weddle.

The second biggest pitch - for £7m - will come from Jamie Hartzell CEO of the Ethical Property Company.

The Ethical Property Company is planning its fifth share issue in the new year and Hartzell will use the forum to reveal details of it for the first time.

Although it is the Ethical Property Company's fifth share issue it is only its second share issue to the public, as opposed to institutional investors only and, the amount of investment it is seeking has almost doubled since 2002 when it raised £4.2m.

Other pitches next Thursday will include the company looking to set up a Social Stock Exchange - it will be pitching for £2m - and new social enterprise Happy Kitchen, which is based in Hackney, London. Happy Kitchen sells its healthy organic cakes and treats to several high street shops, provides healthy cooking classes for schoolchildren and raises money for farming and climate change mitigating projects. It will be pitching for £100,000.

There will also be five, smaller, 60-second pitches which will compete against each other to impress the expert panel. The most impressive pitch will then go through and do a full pitch in front of the crowd.

MOTIV, a Manchester community interest company that helps students break the habit of truanting, was one of the three pitches at Good Deals last year. Following the pitch they raised £220,000 worth of investment to help the organisation grow.

Find out more about Good Deals at www.good-dealsuk.com

Mental Health Conference on the needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

BEMWG is organising a Mental Health Conference on the needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers to find about the barriers in accessing the services and to raise awareness on the issue. You are cordially invited to attend this event which includes presentation from guest speakers, workshops and discussions from commissioners, service providers and voluntary and community sector representatives. The Conference which is organised in partnership with Hackney Refugee Forum, Shoreditch Spa, CEN, Hackney Mind and Derman will take place on:

Wednesday 4^th November 2008

10:00pm – 5:00pm

At

Queensbridge Sports and Leisure Centre

30 Holly Street, Hackney, London E8 2LY

We would be grateful if you could attend and join us on the day.  Your participation is valued and together we could make a difference. Lunch will be provided.

Please find the attached leaflet and booking form for the conference.

Many thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing you. 

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The Seniors Healthy Eating Programme Launch -

Wed, 28 October 2009 - 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Seniors Healthy Eating Programme aims to improve and maintain the health and independence of 100 seniors within the Clapton area of Hackney.  We will work to establish a fresh produce delivery scheme alongside the provision of healthy eating workshops and individual cook-eat sessions. To deliver the project we are looking to work with local organisations, residents, carers, housing providers and health professionals. We would value your involvement and knowledge of the community to help us shape the project.  The project is funded by Team Hackney through HVCS.
Venue: Nightingale Luncheon Club, 19 Olympus Square, Nightingale Estate London, E5 8PL

Please contact: Natasha Choudary on Natasha@elfaweb.org.uk or call 0207 254 1829

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Derman open day 30th October - Farewell to Algin CEO for 9 years

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Emel Bostanci

Administrative Assistant

Derman

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66 New North Road

London N1 6TG

Tel: 020 7613 5944

Tel/Fax: 020 7739 7893

Website: www.derman.org.uk

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Bumpy start for Future Jobs Fund but HCT report no problems & will create 120 jobs nationally

• by Chrisanthi Giotis

'This is a major risk as it has the potential to damage our brand and the reputation of the third sector'

Joint CEO of The Grow Organisation Alex Cosgrove

The first month of the government's Future Jobs Fund has seen mixed results for social enterprises with bureaucratic delays for some leading to concerns that their reputations will be damaged.

The Future Jobs Fund launched at the start of October and aims to create 150,000 jobs for long term unemployed young people in the public, private and third sectors.

The Grow Organisation hoped to have 88 people employed in October under the Future Jobs Fund but so far has only been able to employ 14.

Joint CEO of The Grow Organisation Alex Cosgrove blamed the delay on Jobcentre Plus staff 'dragging their heels'.

'Too little is being done too late,' said Cosgrove.

'Jobcentre Plus have all our information but don't appear to have any sense of urgency. The result of this is possible failure to fulfil our contract.

'This is a major risk as it has the potential to damage our brand and the reputation of the third sector.'

Other social enterprises have not started recruiting on time because of delays in receiving their grant confirmation letters from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

But a DWP spokesperson said: 'This process is working properly, but we are keeping it under close review'.

'The Future Jobs Fund has been a resounding success and it has been delivered in record time. From concept to delivery in around 100 working days.'

She added there were no 'systematic delays' in issuing grant confirmation letters to successful Future Jobs Fund bidders and that any delays would not have a negative effect on social enterprises when their contracts were reviewed. She also said the DWP was 'unaware of any delay in referring customers to Future jobs Fund employers'.

Acting CEO of 3SC, a third sector consortium which has won a contract to deliver part of the Future Jobs Fund, Richard Litchfield described the delays as 'teething problems'.

'Nothing that's happened so far has been things that we haven't thought could happen. It doesn't feel like a major problem, more teething problems in the system, which, given the scale of the initiative, is not surprising,' said Litchfield.

But he also pointed out that the referral process from Jobcentre Plus would be the 'key thing' that would help make the Future Jobs Fund programme a success or not. He said it was something 3SC would be monitoring.

Litchfield added that the relationship between social entrepreneurs and the staff at the local Jobcentre Plus offices would be very important.

Social Enterprise London (SEL), which is providing jobs through its members, has also experienced delays in receiving its grant confirmation letter but Michelle Richmond, senior project manager at SEL, said the DWP and Jobcentre Plus staff were very helpful in keeping the communication going.

Richmond emphasised that the social enterprises themselves were ready to get started.

'The response of the social enterprise sector has been overwhelming,' she said. 'Our members are keen to start recruiting and have been quick to respond to all requests for information.'

Other social enterprises, including HCT Group and Stride, told Social Enterprise they hadn't experienced any delays and both put this down to their existing good relationship with their local Jobcentre Plus.

HCT Group communications director Frank Villeneuve-Smith said: 'We've found that our contacts at the DWP and Jobcentre Plus have been really helpful. We have our interview for candidates scheduled for the next two weeks and we are looking forward to starting our project - a new community car scheme.'

Stride CEO David Brazier emphasised that social enterprises had a real opportunity to make a difference through the Future Jobs Fund.

'In the social enterprise world if we do it right we can generate sustainable jobs,' said Brazier.

'As of this minute we've taken on 14 young people and we're looking to take on 20 or so by next month. By March our target is to have 78 people from the Future Jobs Fund employed and, by being able to refurbish more furniture, we're hoping to trade more, and turn 25 per cent of those positions into full-time sustainable jobs.'

Welfare should be in the hands of enterprises, says think tank

• by Gemma Hampson

'The profound benefit of this change would be to shift from welfare as a national bureaucratic service to one focused on the needs of individuals'

Reform's The End Of Entitlement report

Welfare needs to be taken out of the hands of bureaucrats and put into the hands of social enterprises and profit-making companies, according to an independent think tank.

Reform, which researches public service delivery, stated in its The End Of Entitlement report that social enterprises should be responsible for the benefit system to ensure a better, more individual-focused service and that this should be funded by national insurance contributions.

The report, published this month, said social enterprises had been supported by all political parties as a way of bringing innovation, lower costs of delivery, competition and customer focus.

However, it continued to say that such reforms were only half of the solution and that social enterprises needed to have responsibility for welfare 'rules' to have a major impact.

The report states: 'Unless social enterprises and companies delivering welfare have responsibility for the payment and the rules of benefits, they will be operating with one hand tied behind their back.'

The report calls for more radical reform, following on from the work of former welfare minister Frank Field. Field called for benefit offices to be turned into independent, mutually owned organisations responsible for unemployment benefits, tax credits and child support.

'Social enterprises and companies have already succeeded in delivering more innovative active labour market policies,' the report states.

'There is now a vibrant market of specialised companies, charities and housing associations that hold the promise to cutting long-term unemployment. However, current proposals still have yet to bring the full effect of private enterprise and competition led innovation to the delivery of welfare services.

'The profound benefit of this change would be to shift from welfare as a national bureaucratic service to one focused on the needs of individuals. Providers would work much more closely with individuals to find new and innovative ways to reduce the dependence of claimants.'

Read the full Reform report here.

Source Social Enterprise Magazine 

Time to stop talking about one VCS sector. Should we split into large & small grp sectors asks DSC?

 Director of Policy and Research Ben Wittenberg argues that recent events make it more obvious than ever that we’re not ‘one sector’, and that one-size-fits-all policy solutions which make that assumption do more damage than good. Read more [pdf document].

Reminder on filing charity returns online

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The Charity Commission has issued a reminder about the range of services that can be accessed online in the light of expected postal delays. Charities can view or amend their organisation's details, complete Annual Returns or Update forms, and send in the annual accounts too. Commission news item at http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/news/prpostal.asp.Source 

Charities register shrinks by 5% in six months

 By John Plummer, Third Sector Online, 21 October 2009

More than 10,000 charities dropped since March as regulator's purge continues

The number of charities on the  Charity Commission register fell by more than 10,000 between March and September this year, according to figures released this week.
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The statistic was contained in a letter from Andrew Hind, chief executive of the commission, in response to a parliamentary question from Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrat spokeswoman for the third sector.

 

Hind wrote that the total number of charities had fallen from 188,901 at the end of March to 178,720 by the end of September.

But he said the decrease was a result of the commission's work to improve the accuracy of the register of charities.

"A key aspect of our strategy is the prompt removal of charities that are inactive and with which we can no longer establish contact," he said.

"The marked peak of removals of charities that have ceased to exist or operate in September 2009 is a direct consequence of this strategy."

The figures show 6,470 charities were removed from the register during that month.

Willott wanted to know how many charities had declared themselves insolvent since March, but Hind said the commission did not record this information.

Charities should make websites more accessible

By Kaye Wiggins, Third Sector Online, 22 October 2009

Ignore older donors at your peril, delegates at International Fundraising Congress are told

Charities should make their websites more easily accessible to older people, according to online donation firm JustGiving.
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In a workshop at the International Fundraising Congress, being held in the Netherlands this week, JustGiving fundraising researcher Jonathan Waddingham said a quarter of the funds raised on the site were from people aged 45 and over who gave more than £50.

 

He said a further 33 per cent of revenue was from donors aged 55 and over. It would be wrong to assume that younger donors were used to giving online, he said, because for 45 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds, their JustGiving donation was the first time they had used the internet to donate to charity.

"Ignore your older donors online at your peril," Waddingham told fundraisers at the workshop. "People aged between 17 and 24 make up only 7 per cent of our total revenue, and people over 65 count for 11 per cent.

"It's easy to get carried away with the ‘new breed' of online donors, because their contribution is important. But charities shouldn't forget about the ‘old breed' too," he said.

Waddingham said the necessary changes could be as simple as making fonts on websites larger and testing websites with groups of older people. He said charities should also consider advertising on websites that were popular with older people.

Follow Third Sector's fundraising reporter Kaye Wiggins at the conference on Twitter.

Modernising without losing your roots

Third Sector, 20 October 2009

Debra Allcock Tyler says charities need to balance progress with tradition

Ah, the agony of getting older. It was my birthday the other week and my lovely staff surprised me with a special birthday tea. As you would expect, questions were asked about my age. You'll be pleased to know I told the truth. I might never tell the truth again.
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They displayed a worrying lack of emotional intelligence. I had to give them a 20-minute training session explaining that once a woman gets over a certain age, when she tells you how old she is you are supposed to gasp in horror and say "no way do you look that age", not nod sagely as if you had guessed it all along.

 

How things change. In the olden days, my fiercely feminist furious self would round on builders who whistled at me and expostulate loudly about their sexist behaviour. Nowadays, as I saunter (indeed, sway) past and they don't whistle, I am more likely to say "something wrong with your eyesight mate?" or "look again, love!"

I've changed. I still love fashionable clothes and glamorous shoes - but I now recognise that I need to rethink the bare midriff and mini look because it no longer does justice to my somewhat older, fuller figure.

What does this have to do with leadership? Well, it's about realising that everything changes, including our organisations. They will grow older, just as we do. They will change in shape and definition.

There is a natural desire, when we are passionate about the work we do, to try to cling on to how things used to be and how they were done in the past. But to continue the ageing analogy, you don't want to be mutton dressed as lamb. Your organisation needs to reflect today, not yesterday.

There's a fine line, of course. It is critical that you don't lose sight of what your organisation stands for. You must absolutely hang on to your vision. But you must also realise that the way to achieve that vision might have changed; that your beneficiaries have changed and the solution to the problem might have changed. Honour your organisation's age - but don't get trapped by it.

Debra Allcock Tyler is chief executive of the Directory of Social Change and a trustee of MedicAlert

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Londons NHS Stop Smoking Services celebrate 10 years of saving lives

* London quitters and stop smoking advisors case studies available
* Statistics on smoking in London available – Page 2 of press release
* ‘Top 10 Tips for a Successful Quit Attempt’ – Page 4 of press release
* Image of quitters and advisors spelling out ‘thanks’ in Hyde Park

Over the last 10 years more than 275,000 Londoners have quit smoking with the help of London’s NHS Stop Smoking Services - enough to fill 3,500 double decker buses. 

This month, the London NHS Stop Smoking Services are celebrating being 10 years old and have seen many transformations in not only policy, but service support, medication and public attitudes toward smoking. In fact, it is hard to believe that smoking on the tube was once acceptable not so long ago and London buses only became smokefree in 19911.

Dominick Nguyen, Regional Tobacco Policy Manager for London said; “I am extremely proud of what London has achieved. Each and every person involved in the service is very passionate about helping people quit smoking. Since they were set up in 1999, the London NHS Stop Smoking Services have come a long way and have achieved more than we could ever have predicted.

“Last year alone, we helped 46,445 londoners quit smoking. When a smoker stops, it is not only their life they improve, but also the lives of their loved ones.”

During the last decade, the number of people smoking in the London has plummeted, with smoking prevalence among the population dropping from 29 per cent to below 19 per cent. Minister for Public Health, Gillian Merron said: “Every life saved represents a battle against an addiction – a triumph for the individual and their family.”
Across London, there are more than 29 local NHS Stop Smoking Services and 2,000 access points providing free support and advice. This includes pharmacists, GP practices, local community sports and leisure centres, workplaces, dental practices, third sector organisations and children’s centres, making it easy and convenient for Londoners to get support in their own neighbourhood.

Building on the UK’s cutting-edge smokefree policies, the development of the NHS Stop Smoking Services has been pivotal in achieving these successes. The services have grown and developed over the past decade and there are now many new and innovative ways to access support in the community or by telephone, text or on-line.

The establishment of the NHS Stop Smoking Services in 1999 revolutionised England’s approach towards stopping smoking, making it one of the few countries to offer free stop smoking support and advice to the public in every region.

England is at the forefront in tackling the damage that tobacco does and has constantly adapted to the needs of the public. Now, local NHS Stop Smoking Services offer a range of support for individuals and groups – recognising that not everyone responds as well to the same treatment.

For more information on London local stop smoking services and going smokefree, please call 0800 169 0 169.

Notes to the Editors
For interviews with London quitters and stop smoking advisors, written local London Vox Pops/case studies (each with an accompanying photo), please contact;
* Shelly Naylor or
* Lorraine Calvey 

1. Figures taken from City of London (http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/exeres/83D14B7F-2F5D-4CB6-9769-77599B6DFC99.htm)

London Statistics
* 1.28 million smokers in London
* 19% of the London adult population are smokers
* 22% of men in London smoke
* 19% of women in London smoke
* 46,445 londoners quit smoking with a NHS Stop Smoking Service in 2008/2009
* Across London, there are around 2,500 people working within the NHS local stop smoking service

Examples of London Case Studies Available

* Quitter Paul Wharton, Palmers Green, Enfield
Had a 55-year, 40-a-day habit before he quit smoking earlier this year. Paul quit for health reasons and his daughter didn’t like him being around his grandchildren when he smoked.
      
* Quitter, Gordon Stowe, Tower Hamlets
Gordon Stowe has been smoke free for four years now. A retired social worker and part-time musician, he has been able to feel the physical benefits of being an ex-smoker. A smoker from the age of fourteen, he finally managed to stop in his late sixties with the help of his NHS local Stop Smoking Service.

* Advisor, Bushra, Hammersmith and Fulham
* Advisor, Ronnie Troughton, Tower Hamlets
* Head of Smokefree Camden Service, Sasha Cain, Camden
* Advisor, Vivien Wilkinson,  St Ann's Hospital in Tottenham

Quitters in figures
A client is considered to have quit smoking if they have remained smokefree four weeks after their quit date.

Clients who self-report as having quit at the 4-week follow up are required to have their Carbon Monoxide (CO) levels monitored as a validation of their quit attempt. This information is then collected on NHS Stop Smoking returns in line with requirements from the Department of Health.

Local NHS Stop Smoking Services:

October 2009 marks the Ten Year anniversary of the local London NHS Stop Smoking Services. The local NHS Stop Smoking Services (previously called Smoking Cessation Services) were launched in Health Action Zones (HAZ) in 1999 and 2000, and were set up in all Health Authorities in England in 2000/01. The NHS Smoking Helpline was launched in June 2000.

NHS Stop Smoking Services provide a combination of behavioural support and stop smoking medicines. Quitters are offered a range of support including one-to-one or group sessions run by specialist stop smoking advisers. This evidence-based treatment has been proved to be effective in both cost and clinical terms. No other country in the world is providing cessation services on the same scale, as cost effectively and with the same level of success.

NHS Smokefree factsheet: Quitting
* Three-quarters of smokers (74%) say they would like to quit if they could. Key statistics include:
* 58% of smokers say that they intend to quit in the next 12 months.
* 86% of smokers cite at least one health reason for why they want to quit.
* 60% of current smokers have  made a serious attempt to quit in the past five years
* 53% of smokers have sought some kind of help or advice for quitting smoking.
* 87% of people who have attempted to stop smoking in the last year would like to stop smoking
* Heavy smokers are more likely to have tried to stop smoking (87%)
* 55 %of smokers said that someone had asked them to stop smoking - this tended to be a partner (22%), son or daughter (17%) or a parent (16%)
* Women were more likely than men to say that their children were asking them to quit (22% and 13% respectively)
* Only 7% of smokers who had previously managed to stop smoking, had quit for two years or more, while 72% had only managed to quit for six months or less.

   Telephone numbers for NHS Stop Smoking Support:
* NHS Smoking Helpline (0800 066 5826)
* NHS Pregnancy Smoking Helpline (0800 169 9 169)
* NHS Asian Tobacco Helpline
* Urdu - 0800 169 0 881
* Punjabi - 0800 169 0 882
* Hindi - 0800 169 0 883
* Gujarati - 0800 169 0 884
* Bengali - 0800 169 0 885

NHS Smokefree factsheet: Top 10 tips for a successful quit attempt
Research shows smokers are up to four times more likely to stop smoking successfully if they get support from their local NHS Stop Smoking Service and Nicotine Replacement Therapy, compared with relying on willpower alone.
The NHS Smokefree campaign suggests the following top ten tips to help smokers on their path to become smokefree:

1. Order a free DVD from 0800 169 0 169 to find out about the full range of NHS support available to help you quit.
2. Get support from trained NHS advisers who can help you to understand your addiction and how to beat it.
3. Identify your smoking triggers and plan ahead. Try the Addiction Test at www.nhs.uk/smokefree.
4. Use nicotine replacement products or other stop smoking medicines to cope with the withdrawal symptoms. These are available on prescription from the NHS.
5. Sign up for free text and email alerts from the Together Programme with motivational tips and advice to keep you on track.
6. Avoid situations where you might be tempted to smoke again. Plan ahead to cope with the hard times.
7. Note how much cash you’re saving. Work out how long it will take you to save for your dream purchase by using the calculator on www.nhs.uk/smokefree.
8. Use a carbon monoxide monitor to see for yourself how quickly your body recovers once you stop smoking. Local NHS Stop Smoking Services offer carbon monoxide monitoring as part of their stop smoking programmes.
9. Chuck out your ashtrays, matches and lighters and anything else you needed to smoke. Put potpourri where your ashtrays used to be – your home will smell fresher in no time at all.
10. But most importantly, take it one day at a time and reward yourself every day.

1 Reference City of London

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Southwark council fined following motorised scooter fatal accident on trip

Southwark Council fined following death

Health and Safety Executive   (London)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging service providers to have safe procedures in place for loading and unloading wheelchairs and mobility scooters, following the death of a motorised scooter user.

Southwark Council of Peckham Road, London today pleaded guilty to breaching section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 at the City of London Magistrates Court, following a fatal incident in the car park of Alexandra Palace, Wood Green in London. The council was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,466.

The court heard that on 20 September 2006, a trip to an exhibition had been organised for people attending the Aylesbury Day Centre, which is run by the Council. As the group was preparing to return from the exhibition, they were being
loaded into a welfare bus via a tail lift at the rear.

One of the group, William Delaney, 67, from Southwark, was using a motorised scooter and was being loaded into the bus.  Whilst on the raised tail lift, his scooter came off the back and fell to the ground. He died from head injuries sustained in the fall.

The HSE investigation found that Mr Delaney’s scooter did not fit on the tail lift. As a result, the tailgate plates, a safety feature which would have prevented the mobility scooter from falling off, did not lock into position. Crucially, there was no risk assessment or procedure covering the loading and unloading of people with motorised scooters.

All service providers had been warned of similar risks involving wheelchairs by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in 2005, following a number of fatal accidents across the UK. Simple measures could have been taken such as loading the motorised scooter onto the welfare bus without William Delaney sitting on it. 

HSE's investigating inspector Zameer Bhunnoo said:
"Had basic health and safety measures been carried out, this loss of life could have been prevented. A suitable risk assessment and safe procedure should have been drawn up covering the loading and unloading of people who use motorised scooters, who are loaded on and off welfare buses. 

"Southwark Council failed in its duty by exposing motorised scooter users to such obvious risks. A safety alert in 2005 highlighted similar risks involving wheelchairs and highlighted the need for safe procedures. This should have prompted a complete review of loading operations involving the tail lift and included motorised scooters, but this did not happen. HSE will not hesitate to use the full force of its enforcement powers in such circumstances.”

Notes to editors

1. Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 states: "It shall be the duty of every employer to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety".

2. The term ‘service providers’ relates to all organisations that use transport buses to move people in wheelchairs and mobility scooters via tail lifts.

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Social Wholesale Investment Bank Consultation Results Revealed

Results from the Government’s recent consultation on plans to develop a social investment bank with assets from dormant bank accounts have revealed wide divisions across the third sector.

The proposals involve establishing a social wholesale investment bank to assist third sector organisations, including social enterprises, by utilising unclaimed assets in dormant bank accounts. The consultation is part of the Government’s plan to respond to the economic downturn and to address the concerns facing third sector organisations; namely access to appropriate funding and finance.

The consultation has revealed several possible functions for the bank, including promoting sustainable investment, leveraging outside capital and investing it, developing new financial products for the third sector and developing skills for investment readiness.

The chief executive of Charity Bank, Malcolm Hayday, said he was not sure a social investment wholesale bank was the correct way forward:

“We don’t believe an economic case has been made for a bank. If it goes ahead, we don’t believe it should be a bank. We think many of the functions proposed could be carried out among existing organisations, such as the Community Development Finance Association.”

Other respondents felt uncomfortable with the bank being run by a single organisation.

Toby Eccles, development director of Social Finance, said:

“If this is a market organisation, whoever runs it needs to be trusted by the rest of the market to be a market-builder. It would be difficult for a retail finance provider to run an organisation that supports other retail providers.”

Caroline Mason, co-founder of Investing for Good, is concerned the proposals are over-ambitious:

“The consultation describes everything the bank could do but there’s only a relatively small amount of money. I think it will fail if it tries to do everything.”

IDeA: Childrens services benefit from joining up action on workforce issues (HTML format)

Summary: 

IDeA: Children's services benefit from joining up action on workforce issues (HTML format)

Milestones on Personalisation for Local Authorities on personalisation

The Governent has set five new milestones for Local Authorities delivering Putting People First.

The milestones were included in a letter to directors sent on 9 September by the Department of Health, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Local Government Association leaders. Councils will not be formally assessed against these milestones this year, but the Care Quality Commission is considering doing so in 2010=11 and 2011-12.

The milestones are as follows:- 

1. Developing effective partnerships with service users:- By December 2011, every council area should have at least one user-led organisation directly contributing to the development of personal budgets.

2. Self-directed support and personal budgets:- By October 2010, all new eligible services users and carers and those subject to review should be offered a personal budget, and by April 2011, at least 30% of users and carers should be receiving a personal budget.

3. Prevention and cost-effective services:- By April 2011, there should be evidence that preventive services have delivered efficiency savings and that councils have achieved cash-releasing efficiencies of 3% a year in adult social care.

4. Information and advice:- By April 2011, the public should be informed about where to go to get the best information and advice about their care needs.

5. Local commissioning:- By April 2011, all local stakeholders should be clear about the impact of direct purchasing of care by individuals on the commissioning of care by councils, in such a way to guarantee the supply of sufficient services to meet local needs

Download the document, Progress Measures for the Delivery of Transforming Adult Care Services below.

Charity consortium 3SC wins Future Jobs Fund contract

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 19 October 2009

Social Investment Business and 250 third sector organisations to create 3,000 jobs

A bidding consortium involving 250 third sector organisations has tied up a £21m contract with the Department for Work and Pensions to create 3,000 jobs in the sector by April.
Click here to find out more!

3SC won the work under the Government's £1bn Future Jobs Fund, set up to create 150,000 six-month work placements in England, Scotland and Wales before March 2011, primarily for long-term unemployed 18 to 24-year-olds.

 

3SC was set up under the working name of the Third Sector Consortia Management and is the brainchild of Ian Charlesworth, commercial director of Social Investment Business, formerly Futurebuilders.

Social Investment Business and Eastside Consulting, which worked together to set up 3SC, are working with six other organisations to subcontract the jobs to the 250 organisations that are part of the consortium.

The consortium has committed to setting up 3,000 six-month placements by April under the first phase of the programme and hopes to secure funding to create a further 2,000 under the second phase of the Future Jobs Fund.

The DWP offers up to £6,500 per job. 

Funding for choirs BBC Performing Arts Fund

The BBC Performing Arts Fund has funding for choirs for commission and non-commission projects.

The closing date for applications is 30 October 2009.

Projects can start from January 1st 2010 and must be completed by end of September 2010.

See the website for more information.

Source SYFAB

Provision of Housing related flotaing support to offenders or those at risk of exoffenders

  The Provision of Housing Related Floating Support to Offenders or Those at risk of offending (27KB)

Sustainable employment in the Charedi community Invitation to tender

Sustainable employment in the Charedi community Invitation to tender

Healthy Hackney Standard Invitation to Tender - closing date 30th October

Healthy Hackney Standard Invitation to Tender (2.83 MB)

reminder re: Community & disability funding up to £10k deadline 1st November

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust awards grants to charitable organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas. The trustees welcome applications for projects within the following areas for the next three years. These categories are then repeated in a three-year rotation:

 • 2009 – Community and disability (deadline for applications: 1 November 2009);
• 2010 – Children, youth, the elderly and medical (deadline for applications: 1 June and 1 November 2010);
• 2011 – Music and the arts and overseas (deadline for applications: 1 June and 1 November 2011).

If your charity’s work falls within one of these categories and would like to be considered for a grant, please submit an application by 1 June or 1 November only in the appropriate year. Grants are usually between £1,000 and £10,000, with the majority being £5,000 or less. Exceptionally, grants of up to £20,000 are made, but these are usually for medical research projects.
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Mental Health Welfare Rights Advice - Tender Islington

Mental Health Welfare Rights Advice Service

Entry Date: 23/10/2009
Reference: S2G091023113824/01
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country:United Kingdom
1. Title: MENTAL HEALTH WELFARE RIGHTS ADVICE SERVICE
2. Awarding Authority: Islington Council, Housing And Adult Social Services, 338-346 Goswell Road, Islington, Greater London EC1V 7LQ. Tel: 75278139. Web: https://www.londontenders.org/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_opportunity?openForm&contract_id=CONTRACT-DNWB-7VCEWD&search_id=PLAN-SCHDNWB-7X3GJS&org_id=ORG-DNWB-74JHMQ&from= Email:nicole.mccaffrey@islington.gov.uk (Ms Nicole McCaffrey).
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: 0910-124 Mental Health Welfare Rights Advice Service
Estimated contract start date: 01/07/2010
Estimated contract end date: 30/06/2015
Contract Period: 60 (months)
Anticipated Extension Period: 24 (months)
5. CPV Code(s): 85000000 , 85300000
6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI12,
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: ISL-DNWB-7VCEWD
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Expression of interest end date: 28.10.2009 (12:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: Log in or register on the awarding authority website to participate.
12. Other information: TKR-20091022-CB-361049
13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Merged Programme Based on Progress2work and Progress2workLinkUP and 2010 Problem Drug Users Employme

Merged Programme Based on Progress2work and Progress2workLinkUP and 2010 Problem Drug Users Employment Support Pilots

Entry Date: 23/10/2009
Reference: S2G091023113791/01
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country:United Kingdom
1. Title: MERGED PROGRAMME BASED ON PROGRESS2WORK AND PROGRESS2WORKLINKUP AND 2010 PROBLEM DRUG USERS EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PILOTS
2. Awarding Authority: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Email:Leedswhitehallii.p2wq-a@dwp.gsi.gov.uk. Web: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplying-dwp/what-we-buy/welfare-to-work-services/opportunities-to-tender/mergedprogramme.shtml.
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The awarding authority is offering organisations the opportunity to compete, through an open and competitive two stage tendering process, for contracts to deliver a Merged Programme based on progress2work and progress2workLinkUP and also, in selected English Jobcentre Plus Districts, the 2010 Problem Drug User Support Pilot. The contract period for the merged programme will be from October 2010 to October 2015, with the opportunity to extend for a further 24 months. The contract period for the Problem Drug User Support Pilot will be from October 2010 to October 2012. Contracts for package areas within England will include European Social Fund Phase 2 programme funding. Contracts for package areas in Scotland and Wales will not.
NB: Proposed contract packages for this competition are described in the `Provision Specification and Supporting Information¿ document; however this information may change as consultation is still taking place to finalise package areas in North West and West Midlands Jobcentre Plus Regions. The competition will be a two-stage process. In the first stage suppliers will be required to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ); successful bidders at this stage will then be invited to submit a full tender.

5. CPV Code(s): 85300000, 85320000, 85322000, 85000000,
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI1, UKI11,, UKC,, UKD,, UKE,, UKF,, UKG,, UKH,, UKJ,, UKK,, UKM,, UKL,UKG3,
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: London, Inner London, .
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Deadline for receipt of your tender: 3.12.2009 (12:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2.
12. Other information: Please visit the awarding authority's website stated above for further details. The instructions and documents relate to stage one of the competition only and can be viewed/downloaded by clicking on the relevant document. You should submit one PQQ only even if you wish to be considered for multiple package areas. If you experience any problems accessing these documents or have any questions regarding this competition, please email your question to the awarding authority. Question and Answer Logs will be posted on the DWP website at regular intervals from 02 November 2009. Please ensure that your tender is submitted in time to arrive by the deadline as a late tender may be deemed non-compliant.
TKR-20091022-CB-361048
13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Labour Market Opportunities

5. Labour Market Opportunities

Entry Date: 23/10/2009 Reference: S2G091023113889/01 Type of document: Contract Notice Country:United Kingdom 1. Title: LABOUR MARKET OPPORTUNITIES 2. Awarding Authority: GLE, New City Court, 20 St. Thomas Street, London SE1 9RS. Email:sarah.w@gle.co.uk or Email:stephen.b@gle.co.uk Web: http://www.bdcvs.org.uk/index.php?nuc=news&item=632&func=view&id=5. 3. Contract type: Service contract 4. Description: The programme aims to improve labour market opportunities and enhance the employability of some of the most disadvantaged and excluded groups in London. Projects will run for up to 24 months with programme delivery taking place between April 2010 and March 2012. The new programme will support the following target groups: Disabled parents People with mental health needs People recovering from drug and alcohol addiction Homeless individuals Homeless families Parents in work less households Parents of disabled children Refugees People from ethnic groups with low rates of labour market participation Older people aged 50 and over Application forms and the prospectus are available to download from: www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/grants/esf/LondonCouncilsandESFEmploymentSupport.htm 5. CPV Code(s): 85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85320000, 98000000,85000000, 85100000, 6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI12, 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided. 9. Estimated value of requirement: There will be £7.3m available for funded activities. 10. As no deadline date has been specified, please contact the awarding authority for further details. 11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2. 12. Other information: For further information on how to apply, please contact by Email or by post at the awarding authority. In the interest of fairness to all applicants, London Councils cannot discuss individual project ideas. If you would like advice and guidance on your project idea, please see: www.lvstc.org.uk or the Islington Training Network website: www.itn.org.uk/contact_us.html TKR-20091021-CB-360425 13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Homecare Laundry Service - Newham

6. Homecare Laundry Service

Entry Date: 23/10/2009 Reference: S2G091023113872/01 Type of document: Contract Notice Country:United Kingdom 1. Title: HOMECARE LAUNDRY SERVICE 2. Awarding Authority: London Borough Of Newham, Ground Floor, East Wing, Newham, Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road. Tel: 0203 373 7862. Email:janice.mowen@newham.gov.uk. 3. Contract type: Service contract 4. Description: To provide a homecare collection and delivery laundry service to some vulnerable residents in the London Borough of Newham. Contract Start Date: 01/03/2010 Contract Duration (months): 36 For further information contact http://nectr.newham.gov.uk 5. CPV Code(s): 98311100, 98311200, 6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI11, 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: AS/CM/1657/JM 9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided. 10. Response Required By: 24.11.2009 (12:00). 11. Address to which they must be sent: If you wish to participate in this tender you must first log in to the system via the above website. 12. Other information: TKR-20091022-CB-361053 13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

Health Service Research Programme

Health Service Research Programme

Entry Date: 23/10/2009
Reference: S2G091023113792/01
Type of document: Contract Notice
Country:United Kingdom
1. Title: HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH PROGRAMME
2. Awarding Authority: The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Web: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Procurementandproposals/RDcallsforproposals/index.htm.
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The awarding authority's Health Services Research (HSR) programme invites proposals for its first open call. All types of study proposals expected to enhance knowledge and understanding in the field of health services research will be funded by the programme. The remit of this first call is broad and will include a range of study designs. Some examples could be:
Cultural and organisational issues around patient safety;
Applied methodology research (that falls outside the MRC-NIHR Methodology Research Programme remit) such as development of risk adjustment models for existing databases;
Development and evaluation of patient-reported outcome measures, as long as this is aimed at creating new knowledge and not simply rolling out existing models;
Making better use of existing research knowledge, for instance, through modelling;
Knowledge exchange/transfer within organisations;
Measurement of quality improvement.
5. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 73110000, 85000000, 85100000,
6. NUTS code(s): UKI UKI1 UKI11, UKI UKI2 UKI23,
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Not Provided.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Deadline for submissions: 3.12.2009 (13:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: The application proposal web form is available to download from http://www.netscc.ac.uk/hsr/funding/HSR001_call.asp#
12. Other information: For further details please visit the web link stated above. If you have a query not covered by the FAQs, please contact:
HSR Commissioning Team, Alpha House, Enterprise Road,
University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS. Tel: 023 8059 5586. Fax: 023 8059 5639. Email:hsrinfo@southampton.ac.uk
TKR-20091022-CB-361060
13. Submitted date: 22.10.2009.

UK-London: Co-ordination and Provision of The Hub Exercise Classes- Regents Park

8. UK-London: Co-ordination and Provision of The Hub Exercise Classes

Entry Date: 23/10/2009 Reference: S2G091021113719/01 Type of document: Contract notice Country: United Kingdom Competitive Contract Notice 1. Title: UK-London: Co-ordination and Provision of The Hub Exercise Classes 2. Awarding Authority: The Royal Parks, Postal Address: The Old Police House, Hyde Park, Town: London, Telephone: 020 7298 2124, Email:procurement@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk, Contact Point(s): Procurement Office, For the attention of: Sarah Blyth, Postal Code: W2 2UH, Country: UNITED KINGDOM, Fax: 020 7298 2005, General address of the contracting authority (URL): www.royalparks.org.uk, Address of the Buyer Profile (URL): 3. Contract type: Services 4. Description: The Royal Parks are advertising for a company to provide exercise instructors to teach classes at The Hub, Regents Park. The schedule of these classes will be supplied by The Royal Parks. The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring an instructor is available for all scheduled classes. The current timetable includes yoga, pilates, cardio blast, legs bums and tums plus others. Please e-mail procurement@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk by 12 noon 6th November 2009 to express your interest in this opportunity. 5. CPV code: 98336000: Training, workout or aerobic services. 6. NUTS code: UKI1. 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Inner London. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: FOL06/1602 9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category L: Below 10K Currency: GBP 10. Deadline for expression of interest: 06/11/2009 Time: 12:00 11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2. 12. Other information: Not provided. 13. Submitted date: 21/10/2009

Youth Volunteering Officer (Get Into Volunteering project)

HVA is the Volunteer Centre for Hackney, member of Volunteering England and Greater London Volunteering.
 
We are looking for an innovative, energetic, determined and excellent team player with youth work experience and preferably qualification to join our team and expand this project.

 

Youth Volunteering Officer (Get Into Volunteering project)
Please quote reference: YVO

28 hours per week (some evening/weekend work may be required)

£21,600 (27,000 per annum pro rata) Plus 5% Pension contribution

 
GIV project is the HVA youth programme that aspires to promote, recognise, inspire and encourage the young people in Hackney to get into volunteering and contribute effectively into Hackney’s community.
 
This exciting and essential role requires excellent knowledge of youth work, development and supporting skills. The successful applicant must be a proactive person with the ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders.
 
This post would suit someone with confidence in working with and motivating young people with an eagerness to bring out the best in young people.  

 
 
Closing date: Tuesday 30th October 2009
Six month contract –immediate start
 

Please send cv and covering letter to: Bisi Ojuri, HVA, 92 Dalston Lane, E8 1NG or email: managingdirector@hackneyvoluntaryaction.org.uk
Job Description & Person Specification
 

Stroke and TIA Service Administrator - Homerton

Job Reference:

 293-10464

Job Title:

 Stroke and TIA Service Administrator

Area of Work:

 Stroke & TIA

Employer:

 Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust

Department:

 293 Stroke Unit

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £21,679 - £25,582 pa.inc

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Administrative & Clerical  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

4  

Working pattern:

37.5 Hours/Week 

Closing Date:

26/10/2009 

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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 Stroke and TIA Service at Homerton University Hospital are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic administrator.

As the service administrator you will be responsible for ensuring that all key administrative functions are undertaken for this exciting and busy service.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required as you will be the first point of contact for this service. You will need to be proficient in word-processing and posses the ability to manage patient information including on a database. Other duties will include general reception duties, as well as filing and other tasks as required.

You will be efficient and well-organised, a good team player with a flexible and proactive approach to your work.

If you have administration experience and believe you will provide a valuable asset to this service we would like to hear from you.

For further information please contact:
Mervyn Freeze, Assistant General Manager on 0208 510 5528 or email: mervyn.freeze@homerton.nhs.uk

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 (25 KB)
• Person Specification (27 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

CRB Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a Work Permit)

This job is unlikely to attract a Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship (formerly a work permit). Applications from candidates who require Tier 2 immigration status to work in the UK may not be considered if there are a sufficient number of other suitable candidates. To apply for a Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship, employers need to demonstrate that they are unable to recruit a resident worker before recruiting an individual from overseas. For further information please visit Home Office UK Border Office.

Homelessness and Housing Advice Officer

Homelessness and Housing Advice Officer

Ref No

CCS118

Salary

£28,700 - £34,210 pa inc. depending on experience/performance

Department

Community and Children's Services

Description

An experienced housing professional, you will join our small but busy Housing Options Team which manages the housing waiting lists, homelessness, housing advice and the allocation of accommodation. Key responsibilities will include, offering housing advice, homeless prevention work and assessing and making decisions on homeless applications. We can offer you the opportunity to broaden your skillsin all areas of the rehousing process. Ideally you should have demonstrable experience working in a role that will include interviewing the public with complex problems and giving advice related to homelessness and housing. You will also be able to demonstrate your knowledge of the Housing Act 1996. Excellent customer services skills are necessary for this front line role and you should be able to maintain good customer relationships, be an effective communicator and have a flexible approach to your work. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure. Closing date: 12 noon 28 October 2009. The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Location

Barbican Estate Office, London, EC2Y

Contact details

To apply online, please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs Alternatively, please contact the Corporate Recruitment Unit on 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting reference CCS118. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732

Contact email

cru@cityoflondon.gov.uk - Please include your name and address.

Closing date

2009-10-28

Documents

Job Information CCS118.pdf

How to complete the application form (PDF).pdf

Application form CCS118.doc

PACK - CRB Policy.doc

PACK - CRB Q & A.doc

PACK - Rehabilitation Periods (Information for Applicants).doc

 

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P/T PRACTICE RECEPTIONIST

Job Reference:

 524-HNN

Job Title:

 P/T PRACTICE RECEPTIONIST

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £14,188 – £16,081

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Administrative & Clerical  

Pay Scheme:

Other  

Pay Band:

Other  

Working pattern:

Part Time 

Closing Date:

6/11/2009 

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Description

Are you looking for rewarding work in a major local organisation that really makes a difference? City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust could be the answer.

Join us and you can help improve the health of local people. We are committed to providing high quality services to our 250,000 residents.

THE HERON PRACTICE
LONDON, N4 2NU

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY VIA THIS WEBSITE.
PLEASE CONTACT THE PRACTICE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST AN APPLICATION PACK.

We are a high achieving and dynamic six partner GP practice, located close to Manor House underground station, offering a friendly and supportive working environment.

P/T PRACTICE RECEPTIONIST
Hours 30 hours/week:
12.45 – 6.45pm, Mondays and Fridays and
2.00 – 8.00pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Salary: £14,188 – £16,081 per annum dependent on experience

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated person to join our busy reception team.

You will need excellent communication/interpersonal and IT/administrative skills together with an excellent telephone manner. Previous experience in general practice is desirable although not essential as full training will be provided. The practice uses the EMIS LV system.

We are a well respected teaching practice committed to the development of our staff. If you are interested in joining this innovative practice and would like to receive an application pack please email us at cit-pct.TheHeronPractice@nhs.net or contact Diane Stefanowicz on (020) 7683 4715.

For further information about the practice please visit our website www.heronpractice.co.uk


Closing date: Friday 6th November, 2009

Hackney has enormous strengths, diversity, contrast, energy and great opportunities; we are in the centre of London, one of the world’s most thriving cities!

We will also be hosting Olympic sports in 2012, and as a result, the area is benefiting from significant regeneration and redevelopment in the years leading up to these events.

Come and join us to be part of the positive changes taking place!

Please note that all shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email via NHS Jobs.

Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

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Documents

• Job Description (24 KB)
• Person Specification (16 KB)
• Additional Document (182 KB)
• Accomodation leaflet (359 KB)
• Information for Job Applicants (48 KB)
• Positively Diverse document (Pdf) (190 KB)
• Staff Benefits at City & Hackney (402 KB)

Further Links

• City & Hackney Teaching PCT Homepage

Contact details

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

Contact Name

Diane Stefanowicz

Email Address

diane.stefanowicz@nhs.net

Telephone

(020) 7683 4715

CHYPS Plus Service Manager

Vacancy Details

Job Reference:

 524-LJ570

Job Title:

 CHYPS Plus Service Manager

Area of Work:

 Community Services

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 Children and Families

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £44,076 - £51,676

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Additional Clinical Services  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

8a  

Working pattern:

37.5 

Closing Date:

6/11/2009 

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Description

Are you looking for rewarding work in a major local organisation that really makes a difference? City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust could be the answer.

Join us and you can help improve the health of local people. We are committed to providing high quality services to our 250,000 residents.

City and Hackney is a uniquely rewarding place to work - it is a highly diverse area, offering exciting challenges and opportunities for development. City and Hackney Young People Services Plus (CHYPS Plus) has achieved the DoH ‘You’re Welcome’ status for making services young people friendly.

The service offers holistic services although prioritises meeting the needs of the most vulnerable 11 -19 years, in the borough. The opportunity has arisen for a proactive Service Manager to join our dynamic well established multi disciplinary team in Adolescent health.

•You will play a key role in the development and provision of services for young people.

•Provide strong operational management and leadership to staff.

•Work closely with primary care colleagues and other partners and agencies across Children and Families service provision in delivering services that really make a difference to the lives of young people in City and Hackney.

We are looking for an inspirational and adaptive individual who has excellent communication skills, has experience of change management, collaborative working and is committed to motivating and developing others. An important attribute is your ability to ensure the delivery of excellent care/service for vulnerable young people.
If you think “you fit the bill” then we would like to hear from you

The successful applicant will be innovative, enthusiastic and forward thinking. Genuine demonstrable knowledge and experience in the field of adolescent health and well being and empathy towards adolescents are essential requirements.

We offer full induction programmes, excellent managerial support, professional development opportunities and flexible working conditions

Informal enquiries about the post should be made to Jacqui Glasgow, Children and Families Nurse manager on 07966 001 459

Hackney has enormous strengths, diversity, contrast, energy and great opportunities; we are in the centre of London, one of the world’s most thriving cities!

We will also be hosting Olympic sports in 2012, and as a result, the area is benefiting from significant regeneration and redevelopment in the years leading up to these events.

Come and join us to be part of the positive changes taking place!

Please note that all shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email via NHS Jobs.

Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

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You can view more information about this employer and this vacancy by clicking on any of the Job Pack Documents or Further Links below. Clicking a link will open a pop-up window containing the relevant details. You may view, print or download the details from there.

Documents

• Job Description (79 KB)
• Information for Job Applicants (48 KB)
• Positively Diverse document (Pdf) (190 KB)
• Staff Benefits at City & Hackney (402 KB)

Further Links

• City & Hackney Teaching PCT Homepage

Contact details

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

Contact Name

Jacqui Glasgow

Email Address

jacqui.glasgow@chpct.nhs.uk

Telephone

079 6600 1459

CRB Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Applying from outside the UK.

Medical Notes Summariser

Job Reference:

 524-LLW

Job Title:

 Medical Notes Summariser

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £10 Hour

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Administrative & Clerical  

Pay Scheme:

Other  

Pay Band:

Other  

Working pattern:

Part Time 

Closing Date:

27/10/2009 

Description

Are you looking for rewarding work in a major local organisation that really makes a difference? City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust could be the answer.

Join us and you can help improve the health of local people. We are committed to providing high quality services to our 250,000 residents.

Medical notes summariser
The Lawson Practice is looking for someone to summarise medical records for a minimum of 24 hours/week (subject to conditions). This is a permanent contract subject to references and a period of mutual assessment.
Closing Date:30.10.09

Please email Yvonne.Pope@nhs.net for full details.

Hackney has enormous strengths, diversity, contrast, energy and great opportunities; we are in the centre of London, one of the world’s most thriving cities!

We will also be hosting Olympic sports in 2012, and as a result, the area is benefiting from significant regeneration and redevelopment in the years leading up to these events.

Come and join us to be part of the positive changes taking place!

Please note that all shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email via NHS Jobs.

Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

Jump to Apply Now 

More information

You can view more information about this employer and this vacancy by clicking on any of the Job Pack Documents or Further Links below. Clicking a link will open a pop-up window containing the relevant details. You may view, print or download the details from there.

Documents

• Job Description (39 KB)
• Accomodation leaflet (359 KB)
• Information for Job Applicants (48 KB)
• Positively Diverse document (Pdf) (190 KB)
• Staff Benefits at City & Hackney (402 KB)

Further Links

• City & Hackney Teaching PCT Homepage

Contact details

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

Contact Name

Yvonne Pope

Email Address

yvonne.pope@nhs.net

Telephone

(020) 7739 9701

CRB Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Apprentice Business Administrator (age 16-24) LBH

Children Missing Education Tracking Officer

Using Evaluations to Influence Change

Date: 20^th November 2009

Venue: 10 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL

If you carry out evaluations of your work, but then struggle to get your findings heard, CES can help.

This course will enable you to plan and focus your evaluations so that the information you collect can be presented to make a compelling case.  You will develop the essential skills required to demonstrate your successes and your key achievements to all of the target audiences you wish to influence - be they internal or external, decision makers, peers or colleagues.

for further information on this course email training@ces-vol.org.uk.

Carers Assessment Training

:  Carers Training : including  identification, legislation, carers rights, accessing carers assessments, safeguarding,  all things carers etc.  I am undertaking the above training, open to all professionals, departments, partners etc.,   who may come into contact with carers or have an interest in carers.   The next course is on 9th November.  Please encourage your staff /colleagues/partners to attend.  It is an invaluable course for staff working with carers.  We have received excellent feedback to date.    Places are limited so to book a place staff should complete and return the Workforce Development  booking form attached, as soon as possible.   Any application  coming from outside the council please be kind enough to send in the partner training  application form attached and return to the address on the bottom of the form with thanks  

Carole Sansom

Community Services

Strategic Carers Advisor

205 Morning Lane,

Hackney,

E9 6JX

0208 356 2721

People providing high levels of care are twice as likely to be mentally ill,                                        permanently sick or disabledCarers UK: 20/07/2009

For further information about Hackney Council policies please contact Hackney Service Centre on: 020 8356 3000

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Winning Business Through London 2012

3 December 2009 – London

Only £75 - Book Now

Short courses from LVSC

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Short Courses programme 

Book early to avoid disappointment!

	To view course details and book your place online, click on the course title:
	23 October 2009	Managing your admin responsibilities
	26-27 October 2009	Project management
	28 October 2009	Evaluating the effectiveness of the Project (New)
	29-30 October 2009	Effective report writing
	2-3 November 2009	Supervising staff - essentials
	4-5 November 2009	Training the non-trainer
	6 November 2009	Effective time management
	9 November 2009	Health and safety reps in the voluntary sector
	10 November 2009	Policy works-a tool for influencing
	11 November 2009	New to fundraising
	12-13 November 2009	Facilitating groups effectively
	16-17 November 2009	Managing for the first time
	18-19 November 2009	Project management
	20 November 2009	Evaluating the effectiveness of the project
	23 November 2009	Introduction to involving volunteers
	24 November 2009	Managing volunteers
	25 November 2009	Effective minute taking
	26-27 November 2009	Promoting equality in voluntary sector organisations
	30 November 2009	Dealing with violent and aggressive behaviour

Now available!

A new way of purchasing your courses from LVSC

We have introduced a voucher scheme for purchasing our courses at a saving. The new scheme offers organisations the opportunity to purchase course days in advance by using money-saving vouchers. This is especially cost-effective for purchasing packages of courses in areas like project management, business planning and fundraising. Vouchers will be valid for 12 months from the date of purchase. The voucher scheme also enables LVSC members to get one free day for every 3 days purchased; non-members get one free day for every six days purchased.

Please get in touch for more information on this scheme, contact learning@lvsc.org.uk or call the Learning team on 0203 349 8940.

For detailed information check our website: www.lvsc.org.uk/courses 
We operate a sliding scale of course fees to encourage participation from a wide range of VCS organisations. Please see the price grid for courses September 2009-February 2010.

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Effective Partnership working 1 day course FREE 18th November

18th November 2009
Effective Partnership working 1 day course

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 Free 1 day course

Funders are increasingly asking voluntary sector organisations to work in partnership; particularly large grant givers and public sector bodies who have commissioning and procurement opportunities. This one-day course will raise awareness of the merits of working in partnership as well as the practical processes involved in identifying, engaging and implementing effective partnerships in line with your organisations aims and objectives.

Working in partnership with other organisations is an excellent way to access mainstream UK funding, participate in large scale projects and work with a variety of organisations from the public and private sectors.

By attending this course delegates will learn what components are necessary to make a successful partnership. They will also have the opportunity to network with organisations who currently work or want to work in partnership. If participants want to set up a partnership, we can provide them with a Partnership Agreement Template, advice and facilitated workshops.

Contact Details:

Useful round-up of October safeguarding changes

Local sector support umbrella NAVCA has a useful page on the key changes on Criminal Records, Vetting and Barring for staff and volunteers from 12th October, at http://www.navca.org.uk/localvs/crb/changes12oct.htm. 

How the third sector can help with pandemic flu

In amongst various targeted guidance on Pandemic Influenza issued by Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer is one specifically for voluntary organisations. 'Pandemic influenza: Supplementary information for third sector organisations'. (Source: NICVA eNews 

Better information and advice for older people

A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is 'Creating a stronger information, advice and advocacy system for older people'. The Solutions paper highlights recent work in Newcastle which has developed ways of working with existing systems to make them more "older person friendly", efficient, and effective for all concerned. Summary from http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/information-advice-advocacy-for-older-people

Local e-petitions on their way

E-Government Bulletin highlights the progress through Parliament of the 'Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill', which will oblige local councils to provide an e-petition facility as well as a way of accepting traditional petitions, to provide a response, and consider holding a debate if requested. This could be on the statute books for spring 2010. Parliamentary details. To assist with this, a petitions network for expert practitioners is being established by a consortium of Bristol City Council, North Lincolnshire Council and the Hansard Society, to be hosted by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) portal at http://www.idea.gov.uk.

Blogging tips for nonprofits

The goal of the 'blogging for nonprofit' web site Blog Tips is to aid nonprofit organisations into the social media world, increasing their web presence and overall visibility. Worth the occasional read, at http://www.blogtips.org.

National quality standard for mentoring and befriending re-launched

The national body for mentoring and befriending is re-launching its quality standard – the Approved Provider Standard (APS) – to reinforce its status as the national benchmark for safe and effective practice. This new standard is officially launched this week, and will be confirmed as the standard for mentoring and befriending projects at a series of free regional awareness workshops throughout England between October and December 2009.

Since 2001, the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation (MBF) has accredited over 800 projects with APS, the only quality standard that is externally verified and specifically designed for the sector. Many voluntary and community organisations’ projects have been recognised for their commitment to effective programme management and sustainability.

APS has been updated to reflect current good practice, making it more user-friendly, more inclusive and more supportive to organisations and is endorsed by the Office for the Third Sector and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Richard Walton, a programme manager from the Northern Rock Foundation, said: “Quality standards are important. Acquiring APS demonstrates that an organisation is thinking about the right things in the right way and that it has a desire to improve what it does. This will always stand it in good stead when applying for funding.”
Steve Matthews, chief executive of the MBF, said: “We have received positive feedback from the sector to our new quality standard. Funders and commissioners are increasingly looking for quality provision which shows clear aims and outcomes. APS can provide a framework to help them make informed decisions regarding which programmes to invest in”.

For more information please contact Joe Mulvihill, Communications Officer, Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, 0161 787 3837 or 07812 594 228, joe.mulvihill@mandbf.org.uk or go to http://www.mandbf.org.uk/

Age Discrimination in mental health - making equality a reality

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PS2_2009_for%20websitex.pdf

Green Power on Hackney Marshes?

	Green Power on Hackney Marshes?	19/10/2009 to 14/12/2009	Current
The next few years will see a range of improvements to Hackney Marshes including new facilities for football and for other sports and leisure activities.    There is also a proposal to put a wind turbine on East Marsh which could provide green energy for use by the Council.  The Council wants to hear your views on this proposal in  a public consultation running from 19 October to 14 December 2009.