representation training for potential, new & existing representatives

The CEN are running half day training for people becoming or considering becoming voluntary sector / community sector  representatives on the 3rd December 10.00am - 1pm and a training for people who are already representatives on teh 10th December 10.00am - 1.00pm  We do need more people who can represent the Health & Social Care Forum and special interest groups  at statutory meetings so please do attend the training if you can and let me know that you are able to act as a representative

click the link for more information 

Many Thanks 

Jackie 

Launch of CEN Youth Crime Providers Network!

Join us for the first meeting of this new network designed to bring people from Hackney’s voluntary and community sector (VCS) to share their views, knowledge and expertise on youth crime and feed these into Team Hackney, where decisions are made on local policy and spending.

CEN: Youth Crime Providers Network meeting
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 1.30 – 4.30pm  
at HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street E8 2LY

Interested? To book a place, download a booking form attached or here: http://www.hcvs.org.uk/EN/store/cen/events/09NOV26_YCN.doc or contact HCVS at info@hcvs.org.uk or call 020 7923 1962.

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Support The Pedro Club in the public vote - Peoples Millions

Support The Pedro Club in the public vote through the People's Millions on 23 November!

Info: http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/regions/london

Urgent - interested in joining a consortia bid for three public service contracts? C/D TODAY

3SC is now bidding for three separate public service contracts and is looking for organisations to join as partners in helping hard to reach people into work, mentoring for young people and an internship programme for young people.

Closing date: 23 November

Please contact: Carey-Anne, Programme Coordinator of 3SC on 020 7770 6144 or email carey-anne@3sc.org

Silver Surfers & Sharp End on web video

Silver Surfers & Sharp End are featured on a new website Eastlondonlines which has news & views on East London and Hackney  borough based news

Want your venue to be part of the 2012 Games?

There are opportunities for your premises to be used for venues, meetings and receptions by delegations from overseas during the 2012 Games. This could be an opportunity for the Third Sector to raise revenue and establish international links or links back to countries of origin of may groups. Any London based voluntary and community sector group that wishes to register its premises/venue simply needs to send an e-mail to eventssolutions@visitlondon.com

City & Hackney Healthy Weight Community Chest successful bids

Please click here to download the report

RNIB chair proposes self-regulation for charities

Governance | Tania Mason | 17 Nov 2009

RNIB chair Kevin Carey is eliciting support from charities for a new model of charity self-regulation that focuses on performance instead of process.

Carey (pictured) is planning to set up a Progressive Governance Association to try to fathom a new model of regulation for the sector that encourages effectiveness and improved performance. He has already hosted one meeting in London, attended by a number of charities, and is arranging a second in York in December.

Carey, who became chair of RNIB in July after nine years as vice chair and several years on its audit committee, is convinced the sector suffers from a culture of underperformance and that this is engendered by the Charity Commission’s preoccupation with fundraising fraud and accounting errors.

There are so few fundraising fraud cases in the sector as for the problem to be negligible, and audits uncover very few real issues, he said.  So regulation of the sector might as well shift its focus to uncovering and fixing underperformance.

Carey said it was obvious that lots of charities perform well below their potential.  “Look at the visual impairment sector, for instance,” he said. “It has an annual income of around £300m yet it is still serving fewer than 15 per cent of blind people.”

He said his experience of working at Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority had convinced him that “self-regulation that is concerned with outputs is much more important than external regulation that is concerned with inputs”.

“We need to up our performance so we get more for our money,” he said.

"So far we’ve had health and safety, audit and governance – all fads that people got excited about.  But we’ve not had one about performance, and that’s the most important of all.”

Public benefit test should be more rigorous

Carey also said a better mechanism was needed for deciding who can be a charity than the current public benefit test.  “Public benefit is really just about getting out the annual report – as long as you can prove you have spent all your money pursuing your charitable objects you pass the test. It doesn’t seem to matter how effectively you used that money.”

He said lighter regulation might also spur more mergers, even between charities that support different causes, if these are deemed to be a more effective way of delivering services.

'Self-regulation according to output'

“If a charity is an organisation that does not declare a dividend and its purpose is to generate social gain, whatever form that may take, then surely self-regulation according to output is what’s needed.”

Carey admitted he didn’t know yet what form his new association might take – whether it would be a membership scheme or a campaigning body or how it might be constituted.  “But I’d be surprised if we don’t want to take these ideas to government in some form or other.”

He said that in lean economic times such as those that lie ahead, there is no point simply whingeing about lack of resources – “you need to do more with the resources you have got”.

Remunerating trustees 

Carey also advocates that the sector should be able to pay its trustee boards without needing permission from the regulator.  “I am not telling all charities they have to pay their trustees,” he said.  “I am not telling any charity how to run itself – but there are certain things I want done.

“Charities that wish to pay for non-executive expertise should publish what they pay and let donors make up their own mind about whether they want to support the charity.  Caveat emptor is good enough the retail sector, why is it not good enough for charity?"

He contends that the sector is "delusional" if it believes the current system of governance, where unpaid trustees have authority over paid executives, really works.

Andrew Phillips: 'Greed on stilts' 

But his ideas are not universally popular.  After Civil Society published the full text of Carey's speech to the Acevo conference last week, charity lawyer Andrew Phillips responded by describing it as "bunkum".

Phillips said that if charities were to adopt the model of paying trustees as a matter of course, "within a decade the sector would be decimated".

He said that in the wake of the total collapse of the financial sector, to propose a similar governance model for charities showed an "utter lack of any conscience".

"It's greed on stilts," Phillips said.

Source Civil Society 

Patients records to be accessible by where ever treated- rolled out across London

Summary Care Records launched in London

Department of Health   (National)

Summary Care Records containing key medical information which will be accessible wherever patients are treated are being rolled out across London, the Department of Health announced today. The scheme is taking off across England over the next year as part of a national roll-out of the programme.

A Summary Care Record is a secure electronic summary of core information such as medications, allergies, adverse reactions and key health information derived initially from the patient’s GP record and added to as necessary by other healthcare staff treating the patient.

The first records to be created in London are due to be uploaded in Southwark at the Princess Street Group Practice on 19 November. Everyone living in the capital will be written to, outlining the initiative, and offering them the choice to opt out of having a Summary Care Record created.

The records have already been trialled in a number of regions across England, with Strategic Health Authorities across the country now planning to implement them. For example, East of England SHA expects to introduce them by the end of 2010.

The early adopters already show evidence of improving out-of-hours care, ensuring that doctors have reliable, relevant, up-to-date information at their fingertips in situations where time is critical. The Summary Care Record means that clinicians no longer have to rely on patient testimony, which can often be incomplete or inaccurate. Elderly and vulnerable patients and those for whom English is a second language will particularly benefit.

Summary Care Records can be enriched with extra information such as a patient’s wishes about End of Life care. In Bury, one of the Summary Care Record early adopters, around 60 patients have done this.

Health Minister Mike O’Brien said:

“Having the right information at the right time can make all the difference to patients’ experience of urgent care. Summary Care Records can improve the quality and safety of treatment provided as well as increasing people’s comfort and reassurance. We are particularly interested in the experience at Bury which has incorporated End of Life wishes for a substantial number of patients. Moving the NHS from good to great needs improvements such as this.”

Ruth Carnall, Chief Executive of NHS London, said:

“Getting hold of health records for London’s highly mobile population often presents real challenges to doctors and nurses when patients need out-of-hours and emergency care. The Summary Care Record has demonstrated clear benefits elsewhere in the country and NHS London is keen to bring these to the capital.”

Maireade Bird, 60, from Birmingham, has opted to have a Summary Care Record. She suffers from a chronic lung condition, Bronchiectasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). She said:

“I’m on around 11 medications. I’ve been in situations where I’ve been taken ill away from home and neither myself nor my husband could remember all the details. I also struggle to communicate sometimes because my condition means I often get short of breath. Summary Care Records can really help in such situations. Vital information about me will be instantly available to people treating me anywhere in the country.”

Summary Care Records are also shortly due to be created at two GP practices in Chingford, east London. Dr Phil Koczan, is a GP at one of these sites, the Churchill Medical Centre, and is also Clinical Lead for the London Programme for IT.

He said: “As a London GP, I see many people on a lot of different medication and with long-term, complex conditions. Summary Care Records will give myself and my patients real peace of mind knowing that important information is accessible when it’s needed.”

Notes to editors

1.      The service applies to England.

2.      717,105 SCRs have been created from 119 GP practices.

3.      SCRs have been uploaded in 10 areas of the country including six early adopter areas; Bolton, Bury, Bradford, Dorset, South West Essex and South Birmingham.

4.      Over 1.6 million patients in 16 areas of the country have been written to informing them about Summary Care Records. 

5.      The average opt-out rate is 0.8 per cent.

LSC Third Sector Transition Support

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is now in a period of transition following the Machinery of Government (MOG) changes.  By 2010, there will be new structures and arrangements for the planning and allocation of funds for education and training in both 16-18 and post-19 adult age groups.  

As part of the transition arrangements, the LSC has contracted with the Third Sector National Learning Alliance (TSNLA) to assist voluntary and third sector providers and support organisations through these significant changes.  Our sector support programme over the next six months will include the following key actions:

• Preparation & dissemination of a series of key briefing papers - including guides to the Young Peoples Learning Agency (YPLA) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA), as well as thematic briefings on key issues such as commissioning arrangements and quality assurance requirements; Click HERE to visit the LSC Transition Support Resources Page
• A skills development programme including written guidance, e-mail/telephone adviceand one-to-one support delivered by a team of Support Advisers;
• A toolkit for commissioners to underpin understanding of third sector infrastructure, the Compact and existing good practice, and;
• Two communication events to be held during February 2010.

The TSNLA delivery team comprises highly experienced voluntary/third sector managers from a partnership of organisations including NAVCA, Lancashire Learning Consortium CIC, The Learning Curve and Derbyshire Learning and Development Consortium.  We shall also be receiving support from NIACE, ACEVO, Third Sector European Network and Skills Third Sector. 

If you wish to contact the TSNLA team please click here and submit a message.  A team member will get back to you as soon as possible.

Government reallocates charity campaigning cash to Hardship Fund

By John Plummer, Third Sector Online, 13 November 2009

Campaign research programme abandoned without warning

The Office of the Third Sector has suddenly abandoned a scheme to give £750,000 to small campaigning charities.

The decision was announced today without consultation, three weeks after successful applicants to the campaign research programme had been told they would receive funds.
Click here to find out more!

Applicants have now been told that the programme, which was intended to help small charities advocate for change, no longer exists.

 

The funding has instead been diverted to the Hardship Fund, a £16.7m fund announced in this year's Budget to support third sector organisations providing services for disadvantaged people.

Umbrella body the NCVO said it was investigating the legality of the decision, which it said appeared to breach the Compact.

The Compact, which outlines how the public and voluntary sectors should behave towards each other, says organisations should give 12 weeks notice of changes to funding agreements.

Chief executive Stuart Etherington said he was appalled by the decision.

"Making this decision at such a late stage has resulted in a complete waste of public funds and time for all involved," he said.

Angela Smith, Minister for the Third Sector, said: "It is clear to me that our priority at this time has to be to support the third sector during the recession. The decision does not alter the fact that the Government is committed to enabling campaigning in the third sector."

So far, 160 organisations have been awarded grants worth £14.5m through the Hardship Fund. The additional £750,000 will enable 15 extra organisations to receive funding.

Those organisations promised funding from the campaign research programme will be offered free campaign training and compensated for their application costs, which involved attending an interview.

Shadow charities minister Nick Hurd said: "Having wasted millions on launching v and Capacitybuilders, the Government now can't find thousands to deliver on its promises to campaign groups.


"As so often with this Government, good intentions have turned to dust."

You can read the NCVO response here, and the NAVCA response here.

Source SYFAB

Age UK paid up to £100,000 for new name

  Governance | Vibeka Mair | 17 Nov 2009

Age UK, the new charity created from the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern, paid a consultancy around £100,000 to develop its new brand and its new name, despite using the name since January, the same month it hired Corporate Edge. 

The official name of the charity was kept tightly under wraps until last week, when Age UK was announced as the moniker of the newly-merged organisation.

Civil Society reported in January, the same month that Corporate Edge was recruited, that Age UK was the likely new name for the charity, but a spokesman vehemently denied this at the time:

“It will absolutely, categorically not be the name,” he said. “It is purely an administrative legal name, for the signing of contracts and that sort of thing.

“I can give you a cast-iron guarantee that it is not to be the new public name for the new organisation.”

Age UK made official next year

The name Age UK will not be officially used until spring 2010, when the rebrand is launched.

Tom Wright (pictured), chief executive of the charity, said the new name reflects what the organisation represents and what it does.

An Age UK spokesman said brand consultancy Corporate Edge's work was now largely over.

According to Corporate Edge's website it provided, "support, advice and counsel to the marketing and communications teams to bring together the new organisation’s in­fluencing and public policy work, collective services and products under one new name and brand".

Source Civil Society

Compact Voice urges independent inquiry into cancelled campaigning fund

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 17 November 2009

Withdrawing cash breached the Compact, Office of Third Sector admits

Compact Voice has called for an independent investigation into the Office of the Third Sector's decision to abandon its £750,000 Campaigning Research Programme after a group of small charities had been offered funding.
Click here to find out more!

The OTS announced on Friday that it was diverting funding it had already promised to 32 small campaigning charities into the Hardship Fund, a £16.7m pot to support third sector organisations providing services for disadvantaged people.

 

The OTS admitted that the decision breached the Compact, which outlines how the public and voluntary sectors should behave towards each other and says organisations should give 12 weeks' notice of changes to funding agreements.

Tom Elkins, manager at Compact Voice, which represents the voluntary sector on matters relating to the Compact, said: "The Office of the Third Sector should always be championing Compact principles, not least in its own operations.

"By withdrawing funding without providing reasonable notice, and without consulting affected organisations, the OTS has clearly breached the Compact.

"It's important that this matter is investigated by an independent group - such as the Commission for the Compact - to establish exactly how this happened and to ensure that such a breach is not repeated in the future."

The news comes as e-campaigning website Louder, which allows people to run their own online campaigns, set up a virtual petition to lobby third sector minister Angela Smith to reinstate the funding.

A Cabinet Office spokeswoman said:" The Government remains committed to the Compact and to championing the Compact across Government. We have been clear that this has been a tough decision in extraordinary times.

"However, the Minister feels that it is right to transfer this money to support vital recession services now.
That this decision is in breach of the Compact has been a major factor in her consideration. There is an independent Commission for the Compact and we are happy to work with them as appropriate."

Reduce your impact measurement tools, says top lawyer

• by Gemma Hampson

The UK needs one standard method of measuring social return on investment if it is going to have any impact on commissioners, says a top lawyer.

Speaking on Social Enterprise Day, Ray Mills, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), said different methods of measuring the impact of a social enterprise would not help them into a level playing field.

Instead, there needed to be just one recognised method that could be used by social enterprises and organisations working in both the public and private sectors.

'Despite the great work some organisations are doing, you don't yet have one standardised measure of SROI. There's a need to simplify and share so the Treasury can get behind you and commissioners can be confident in using it,' he said at today's Future of Public Services conference, hosted by The Guardian.

He added that social enterprises must be prepared for fiercer competition with the private sector if SROI became mainstream.

'We at PWC could show a social return on investment, as could companies like Serco,' he said.

'There's competition out there.'

Eilís Lawlor, head of valuing what matters at the New Economics Foundation (NEF), said that while the term SROI was used to describe a general social return, it should refer to the official methodology developed to calculate and measure SROI.

However, she agreed that SROI needed to be more widely used and recognised.

'It needs to be built in to a business, like the financial accounts,' she said.

Ceri Jones, head of policy at the Social Enterprise Coalition, agreed and added that the added-value savings needed to be more obvious. '

'There's not a mechanism that shows the savings in the wider areas,' she said.

'SROI is fantastic, but it's not the only way to measure your impact.'

Frontline NHS staff start 20 new social enterprises

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DAY:

• by Gemma Hampson

Hope: 'I want staff to use their specialist skills and knowledge to transform local services'

Frontline NHS staff have designed 20 new social enterprises to transform the care of patients, care services minister Phil Hope announced today.

The staff used the Department of Health's (DH) right to request initiative, which allows all NHS staff to request to start their own health service-delivering social enterprise, to put their ideas into motion.

These first projects include services to help homeless people, children and young people, and to provide mental health services.

Hope, a former third sector minister, used Social Enterprise Day to announce that each of these projects would receive £30,000 of DH funding, a mentor and access to professional development opportunities that will help ensure their social enterprise is a success.

'Frontline staff see first-hand how effective local services are, what works and what doesn't. I want staff to use their specialist skills and knowledge to transform local services and improve the health and wellbeing of patients and users,' Hope said.

'I am delighted that 20 organisations have won support and funding to set up a social enterprise through our right to request scheme. I look forward to seeing many more in future.'

Jonathan Bland, CEO of the Social Enterprise Coalition, said: 'The social enterprise sector is diverse with more than 6,000 social enterprises estimated to be delivering health and social care in the UK. This figure continues to rise as growing numbers of health and social care professionals look at social enterprise as a viable option to tackle unmet needs and address health inequalities.'

Funding and support for NHS staff using the right to request to  set up a social enterprise comes from DH's social enterprise unit and the DH's £100m Social Enterprise Investment Fund.

Criteria for regular funding from Arts Council England

Arts Council England will today publish the criteria it uses to make decisions about which organisations to fund regularly.

The criteria will provide greater clarity and transparency about how the Arts Council makes funding decisions.

The Arts Council currently provides around £350 million each year to regularly funded organisations (RFOs) and The criteria for Arts Council England regular funding explains the framework the Arts Council uses to assess whether an organisation should receive regular funding.

The document describes two sets of criteria:

 -the first set looks at the organisation itself, to ensure that it is a good, well-managed organisation

- the second set ensures that the organisation fits into the overall arts infrastructure that the Arts Council is seeking to support.

Some of the qualities that need to be demonstrated by RFOs include excellent and innovative programmes of work, high quality public engagement and effective governance and management. Taken together, regularly funded organisations also need to represent a diverse range of artforms across the country and help the Arts Council achieve its mission of great art for everyone.

Paul Blaker, Director of Programmes, Arts Council England said:

”Publishing these criteria forms part of our commitment to becoming more open and transparent about our decision making processes. The criteria are not used as a formula for counting up ‘scores’. They provide a framework against which the Arts Council can make informed judgements.”

The document also makes clear the requirements and responsibilities an organisation must be willing and able to meet in order to become an RFO.

The criteria for Arts Council England regular funding can be viewed here

Modernisation Fund - grants & loans still available but time running out

New Modernisation Fund workshops available as time is running out

Have you experienced an increasing demand for your services as a result of the recession? Do you need to strengthen and modernise your organisation in response to the current economic climate?

The Modernisation Fund could be for you. This fund helps third sector organisations to be more resilient to the impact of the economic downturn. It is aimed at helping organisations that are providing services that are particularly in demand during the recession. The Fund can help you to plan for difficult times ahead, identify issues and opportunities and take action to ensure that you are best able to prosper in the coming years.

Investment from The Modernisation Fund can be used to cover the costs to develop partnership working, mergers, to help you increase service delivery, organisational development, or training existing and new staff. The fund offers loan finance that may include grants and business support (depending on the needs of the organisation). Loans are offered at 0% interest, payable over 5 years, and repayment holidays can also be considered.

The fund is only available for a limited time – all investments must be agreed by the end of December 2009 and drawn down by the end of March 2010.

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Up to £500 for older peoples winter outings, theatre trips need income less than £50k

Age Concern and Help the Aged are offering Winter Celebration Grants. Grants of up to £500 are available for clubs for older people for costs towards winter celebrations, e.g. outings or one-off events, such as theatre trips‚ day outings‚ parties‚ and dinners.

Grants must be for specific items.

Voluntary or charitable groups for older people, whose annual turnover is less than £50‚000 per annum, are eligible to apply.

The deadline is Friday 11 December 2009.

For more information visit the Age Concern website here.

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Islington- Short Breaks - disabled children & young people

Entry Date: 19/11/2009 Reference: S2G091119115294/01 Type of document: Contract Notice Country:United Kingdom 1. Title: SHORT BREAKS 2. Awarding Authority: Islington, Housing And Adult Social Services, 338-346 Goswell Road, Islington, Greater London EC1V 7LQ. Tel: 020 7527 8133. Web: https://www.londontenders.org/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_opportunity?openForm&contract_id=CONTRACT-DNWB-7XQEXY&search_id=PLAN-SCHDNWB-7XWC3P&org_id=ORG-DNWB-74JHMQ&from= Email:malcolm.shimmin@islington.gov.uk (Mr Malcolm Shimmin) . 3. Contract type: Service contract 4. Description: Aiming High for Disabled Children in Islington Short Breaks and Positive activities Islington Council invites written expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a range of high quality short breaks services and positive activities for children and young people with severel and complex needs. Please see advert attached Estimated contract start date: 03/05/2010 Estimated contract end date: 30/04/2012 Contract Period: 12 (months) Anticipated Extension Period: 12 (months) 5. CPV Code(s): 85000000 85311300, 75200000, 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-7XQEXY 0910-200 AH4DC 9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided. 10. Expression of interest end date: 17.12.2009 (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-20091118-CB-374352 13. Submitted date: 18.11.2009.

BME Forum Young People Small Grants Scheme from Hackney DAAT

BME Forum YP Small Grants Scheme 2009-10 - see attached

Hackney DAAT, in partnership with Children and Youth Services, is opening up another round of BME Forum funding for this year aimed at young people aged 12-18 (or up to 24 if transitionals) from BME communities.  £30,000 is available in total, and we are seeking bids for projects up to £6,000 (or in exceptional cases £10,000) across the following three areas:

- Supporting BME YP into treatment

- Awareness-raising for BME YP around drugs and alcohol

- Tackling YP involvement in dealing and/or gangs

Closing date: Tuesday, 15 December

Please contact: Paul Asquith / Betul Baris Hackney DAAT on 0208 356 2172/ 2159 or email paul.asquith@hackney.gov.uk / betul.baris@hackney.gov.uk

Click here for information about the small grants sccheme

Ways into Work Specialist Employment

Ways into Work - Expressions of interest: Specialist Employment Support

As part of the on-going development of this programme LB Hackney is seeking to identify suitably qualified organisations to provide: Specialist Employment Support - to provide unemployed parents (and other priority groups) with a tailored package of training, pre-employment support, jobs brokerage and in-work support. With an estimated value of 500,000(GBP) per annum, this contract will initially be let for 1 year with scope to extend it for up to a maximum of 3 years. An anticipated start date for this service is 1 April 2010.

Closing date: 7 December 2009

Please contact: http://www.hackney.gov.uk/hps-nr-0046-ways-into-work-specialist-employment.doc

Tender to organise Hackney CEN Network Conference

Click here to download specification

up to £5000 to enable disabled people to volunteer

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The Access to Volunteering Fund (originally mentioned back in newsletter 402) is now open for grant applications to help organisations to enable more disabled people to volunteer. Grants can be between £250 and £5,000, to overcome barriers that stop disabled people volunteering. The pilot scheme is operating in Greater London, West Midlands and the North West, with five grant rounds between autumn 2009 and spring 2011. The first deadline is 1st December. Office of Third Sector news item or go direct to http://www.accesstovolunteering.org. 

Post office tender opportunity

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/post_office_tender_opportunity.doc

Tender - Hackney Familiy Intervention Project -Anti Social Behaviour & Child Poverty

The London Borough of Hackney Children & Young People Services (HCYPS) is pleased to invite bids from organisations or consortia able to evidence the necessary experience, skills and ability to provide a combined Family Intervention Project for Anti Social Behaviour and Child Poverty. It is designed to meet the expectations of the funders. Children's & Young Peoples Services (CYPS) are funded through Supporting People (SP) through the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Supporting People Grant and the Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Child Poverty Prevention Programme and Youth Task Force Funding to deliver improved outcomes for children and families Contracts will be awarded in early 2010 for an initial period of one (1) year with a service commencement date 1st April 2010. There will be an option to extend for up to two (2) further years and this will be dependent on performance and future funding arrangements from the DCSF. The Council will be carrying out An open tender process which means there will be no short listing prior to organisations being invited to tender.

to view tender docs click here 

Sustainable Employment in the Charedi Community

We apologise that this tender was temporarily un-viewable due to a technical error. Please note that the project timeline in the tender has been amended to say the project would begin in January 2010 not November 2009.
This does NOT affect the tender deadline.

Sustainable Employment in the Charedi Community (2.72MB)
Sustainable Employment in the Charedi Community (224 KB)

Submission date for tender:
3rd December 2009 12 noon

Any queries relating to this tender document should be submitted by email to:

sonia.khan@hackney.gov.uk

click here to viewsource -  Team Hackney webpage 

Changes to Awards for All

Awards For All have announced three changes to make it easier for groups to apply for their grants:

• Application form and the guidance notes have been made clearer.
• A new guide to help groups during the application process. The guide explains what they need from groups that have been offered a conditional grant, and should prove useful for deciding whether to apply to Awards for All in the first place.
• Requirements for a referee have been relaxed; the application form will no longer ask for referee details to be included. They haven't removed the requirement all together though; they may ask some groups once they have looked at their application, but it will make applying to Awards for All quicker and easier in the first instance.

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Yapp Charitable Trust - grants up to £3k

Yapp Charitable Trust

Area: England and Wales

The Yapp Charitable Trust is an independent grant making trust that aims to make grants totalling £300,000 to about 50 small charities each year. Grants of up to £3,000 per year for up to three years are available to sustain the work of charities that work with:

• elderly people;
• children and young people aged five to 25;
• people with disabilities or mental health problems; and
• people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical origin such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, and a history of offending.

Within their charitable objects, the Trustees focus on making grants to small charities registered and working in England and Wales.

Applicants must have a total expenditure budget of less than £60,000 a year for the whole charity.

They concentrate on sustaining existing work rather than funding new work because many funders prefer new projects. They make grants when other funding is coming to an end.

If you are looking for money to start a new project, to create a new paid post or to introduce extra services you should look elsewhere. Many other funders prefer to fund new developments.

They are happy to fund the core costs of small charities whose work falls totally within their objects.

The Trustees give priority to charities:

• tackling work that is unattractive to the general public or unpopular with other funders
• helping to improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged or isolated people
• able to demonstrate effective use of volunteers.

In practice only charities whose work meets at least one of the above priorities are likely to receive a grant.

Applications are processed continuously and decisions are reached within two to six months.

For more information visit www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk

Match Funding Scheme for Volunteering (England)

V, the national charity that inspires volunteering amongst young people has announced the next application deadlines for its match funding programme. Through this programme v provides grants to charities that match up to 100% of any new private sector investment for youth volunteering projects in England.

The aim of the fund is to inspire greater levels of investment in youth volunteering from private companies, charitable trusts and foundations and individuals. To date, v has pledges of £35m from the private sector – making a total of &72m that has and will be invested into diverse and high impact projects across England. The programme themes are:

• health and well being
• the environment
• supporting children and young people
• community cohesion
• poverty
• human rights

The next closing dates for applications are the 11 December 2009 and 10th February 2009. For more information, visit www.wearev.com

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Employability Advisor Officer - HVA

HVA is the Volunteer Centre for Hackney, member of Volunteering England and Greater London Volunteering.

We are looking for a motivator, innovator, communicator and a team player with an in-depth experience and knowledge of customer needs and support to join our senior management team.

 Employability Advisor Officer

Please quote reference: EAO

£30,000 - £32,000 p.a. Plus 5% Pension contribution

Depending on Experience

This new and exciting role requires excellent information, advice and guidance skills, experience and an initiative approach towards achieving goals. The successful applicant must have an IAG qualification and experience, be resourceful with the ability to network, as well as establish and maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders.

This post would suit someone with confidence in giving advice, training, motivating and supporting people to aspire and to achieve. A background in employability project management, training, fundraising and event management would also be useful.

Closing date: Wednesday 4^th December 2009

Download Application pack from: www.hackneyvoluntaryactionaction.org or email: info@hackneyvoluntaryaction.org.uk

Kind regards

Bisi Ojuri

Sessional Playworkers

At Hackney Family Backup£9.50 per hour

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Dementia Support Manager/Group Facilitator – Hackney and City

Location:                  Hackney and City

Closing Date:          2^nd December 2009 at 5pm

Salary:                       £22,842 per annum pro-rated for a 4 month contract

Actual Salary:          £7,614

Hours per week:     35

Length of Contract: 4 months fixed term

We are looking for a motivated and creative person with experience of leading a team to facilitate our dementia support service- helping people with dementia and their carers to maintain their independence and improve their sense of well-being. You will support people with dementia and their carers to identify their needs and to access services as well as manage a team of Leisure and Well-being Workers.

Appointment is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau.

Please download an application pack from www.alzheimers.org.uk/jobs and return the completed form to tegera.ukemenam@alzheimers.org.uk

Interviews will be held on: Tuesday 8^th December 2009 at the Hackney & City branch of the Alzheimer’s Society

CV's will not be accepted:  No agencies please

Communications Officer

Gross £27,007 (pro-rata) including ILW + 6% Pension 17.5 hours per week (2.5 days). Days of work can be flexible. Download an advert here (221 KB)

Closing date: Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Please contact: Paul Conway on recruitment@hcvs.org.uk 

• Introduction letter which contains guidance  (229 KB)
• Application Form (133 KB)
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (221 KB) 
• Job Description  (49 KB)
• Person Specification (69 KB)
• HCVS Annual Report (556 KB)
• A leaflet on HCVS (311 KB)
• Copy of SPARK magazine (690 KB)
• Copy of a recent press release (433 KB)

If you would like more information on this role, please contact Gillian Trevethan on 020 7923 8186 or email gillian@hcvs.org.uk

Sustainability and Organisational Development Officer HCVS

£30,140K (pro rata) including Inner London Weighting, 21 Hours Per week flexible working hours
Closing date: 23 November 2009
Please contact: Paul Conway on recruitment@hcvs.org.uk

• Download an advert for this post here (58 KB)
• Download a job description and person specification (91 KB)
• Download an application form here (133 KB)
• Download a monitoring form here (58 KB)

National Volunteer Co-Ordinator Refugee Action

National Volunteer Co-Ordinator

job description
Working with staff across our 11 offices, you’ll make sure we’re
meeting the highest standards in terms of volunteer practice and
procedure. This will mean researching and implementing measures
that enhance our support of volunteers, such as recognised quality
standards and accredited training programmes. You’ll develop robust
systems for monitoring our work with volunteers, and will establish
a range of internal communication systems for volunteers to use.
With an in-depth understanding of volunteering in the UK, you’ll
have a track record of researching and developing policy and practice,
organising and chairing meetings and supporting staff. You will also have a genuine empathy for refugees

Refugees and asylum seekers are strongly encouraged to apply.

location

This role can be based at any of the following: Bolton, Bristol,
Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham or Portsmouth.

salary

Starting at £28,635 ( + ILW of £3,300 if based in London)

closing date

30 November 2009 - 5 p.m

interview date

15 December 2009

how to apply

contact us

Download an application pack here or alternatively you can request a pack by calling 020 7832 1682, quoting reference: RA630.

Completed application forms can be e-mailed to recruitment@refugee-action.org.uk

application pack

Cover letter
Job description
History of Refugee Action
Working for Refugee Action
Job application form
Advice on filling in application form
Equal opportunities monitoring form

COPD Rehabilitation Assistant - City & Hackney NHS

Job Reference:

 524-SW647

Job Title:

 COPD Rehabilitation Assistant

Area of Work:

 Adult Community Rehab Team

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 Adult Community Services

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £24,852 - £32,207

Job Type:

Permanent  

Staff Group:

Additional Clinical Services  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

5  

Working pattern:

37.5 

Closing Date:

2/12/2009 

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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.

BAND 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) REHABILITATION ASSISTANT - PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
Full time position (37.5 Hours per week)

The Adult Community Rehabilitation Team is a forward thinking service that provides interdisciplinary rehabilitation to adults; the service is split into two specialist pathways, neurological and physical conditions. The team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists, disability counsellor and clinical psychologists. The team is supported by a Consultant Allied Health Professional, Consultant Neurologist as well as rehabilitation assistants and administrators. Therapy intervention is goal directed, flexible and not time limited. The service is essentially community based; however there is opportunity to provide intervention in our onsite outpatient facilities. The client group is very diverse, clinically, economically and culturally

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, forward thinking rehabilitation assistant to work with the COPD Lead physiotherapist in the physical conditions section of the team. This post will give you the opportunity to work alongside the COPD Lead physiotherapist, carrying out a range of different treatment interventions as well as some administration duties. The successful applicant will also contribute and assist with the running of group-based rehab classes such as Pulmonary Rehabilitation. An understanding of the field of rehabilitation would be advantageous. This post would suite an individual who is interested and motivated in developing their skills in community based rehabilitation.

In return for your experience, motivation and enthusiasm our teams will give you the opportunity to develop your skills through:
• Regular supervision and support from senior specialist clinicians
• Regular In-service programmes and further CPD opportunities
• Undertaking projects, supported by senior team members.


CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 2nd December 2009

INTERVIEW DATE: Week of 14th December 2009


Please answer the following question as part of your supporting statement in 200 words or less, your application will not be considered without answering the question:

“EXPLAIN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF REHABILITATION AND OUTLINE YOUR EXPERIENCES?

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact
Claire Davey, Band 7 COPD Lead Physiotherapist on 020 7683 4382 or claire.davey@chpct.nhs.uk

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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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 (112 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

Claire Davey

Email Address

claire.davey@chpct.nhs.uk

Telephone

020 7683 4382

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.

Key Worker Co-ordinator City & Hackney NHS

Job Reference:

 524-LJ646

Job Title:

 Key Worker Co-ordinator

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 Children and Families

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £29,797- £39,516

Job Type:

Fixed Term Temporary  

Staff Group:

Additional Clinical Services  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

6  

Working pattern:

37.5 

Closing Date:

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.

Short Term contract Jan 2010 to Jan 2011- to cover maternity leave)

Flexible working available

Are you looking to work in a service dedicated to improving the lives of children with disabilities and their families? Do you want to work where ‘Every Child Matters’

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and skilled communicator to join our multi-agency team in Hackney to work as a Key Worker/Lead Professional for children with high care and complex needs.

The post holder will need to have a recognised Professional qualification to degree level or equivalent (in a relevant Health, Social Care or Educational Field) and a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience, at least half of which should be with children.

The appointee will be based in a small Key Worker team within the wider Hackney Ark child development service which is made up of specialist teams from Education, Health and Social Care.

We are seeking someone who can assist families to;
• link services together,
• provide a single point of contact in relation to a child with high care needs for family and professionals alike.
• Ease access for families through the range of services available nationally and locally.
• Support families through at a time when they are coming to terms with their child’s difficulties

The post holder will also assist in the promotion and development of a single point of referral and joined up assessment process. A key element of the role will be training other professionals to take on key working roles.

For further information please contact David Graham Key Worker Co-ordinator on
tel: 0207 014 7088

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 (122 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

David Graham

Email Address

david.graham@chpct.nhs.uk

Telephone

020 7014 7088

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.

CAS Operator City & Hackney NHS

Job Reference:

 524-SW606

Job Title:

 CAS Operator

Area of Work:

 Adult and Older People

Employer:

 City & Hackney Teaching PCT NHS

Department:

 Clinical Assessment Services

Location:

 London

Salary:

 £19,137-£22,104

Job Type:

Fixed Term Temporary  

Staff Group:

Administrative & Clerical  

Pay Scheme:

Agenda for change  

Pay Band:

3  

Working pattern:

37.5 hours per week 

Closing Date:

27/11/2009 

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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 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) based at St. Leonard’s is seeking to recruit an efficient, self motivated, customer focused person to add to our existing team of operators. The service is fully operational and the opening hours are 8.00 a.m. until 8.00 p.m. and all staff appointed will need to be able to work flexibly to cover these hours.

CAS aims to deliver a booked appointment for all patients who need to receive treatment in a health care establishment, giving the patient choice of date, time and venue, if appropriate. This service will help to deliver the objective of providing booking, improving access and giving choice to patients.

The successful applicant will have call centre / customer services or administrative experience, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, accurate inputting and data management abilities and an ability to adapt to a constantly developing service.

The call centre uses a web-enabled database for directly bookable services, Homerton Hospital’s electronic patient record (EPR) and the national Choose and Book software to book patients into secondary care. You will be supported by the CAS Team Leaders, and full training will be given for these posts. The ability to work flexible hours between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm is essential.

For an informal discussion please contact Tendy Kwaramba on 0207 683 4405.

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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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 (75 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

Tendy Kwaramba

Email Address

tendy.kwaramba@chcpt.nhs.uk

Telephone

020 7683 4405

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.

Customer Services Officer - LBH

Job Details

Customer Services Officer

Directorate Customer & Corporate Services Service Area Hackney Service Centre Salary £22,920 - £24,819 Shift Pattern Full Time - 36hrs, Monday / Friday Closing date for applications 30 November 2009

Excellent listeners with a genuine passion for helping people and delivering exceptional customer care The Role Hackney Council have a number of exciting permanent and fixed term contract opportunities working as front line customer service officers in their contact centre and front of house services.   These are key front line roles within the Council as they will be expected to maintain excellent levels of customer experience while providing help, support and services to the citizens of Hackney.   We have both permanent and fixed term contract positions, working in the Hackney contact centre. Within the Hackney contact centre, you will primarily deal with queries via telephone and email. In the Hackney service centre, you will be dealing with front of house queries. The Requirements These roles will appeal to confident candidates with excellent communication skills and a genuine interest in people and their needs. Responsibilities You will work as part of a team providing excellent levels of customer care to the people of Hackney. The Individual You will be experienced in life and the events that effect us every day, be a great listener and have a genuine passion for helping people, including those that are often vulnerable or at risk. Additional Website Text Applicants must be willing to rotate duties and shifts and carry out other administrative duties. Applicants must be able to work the hours required to cover the Service Centre hours of 8 AM to 8 PM and Saturday 9 AM to 1 PM. (This is subject to change as the service develops). Assessment centres and interviews will be held on Thursday, 10th December 2009 and Friday, 11th December 2009.

More Info...

Customer Service Officer Job Description.doc

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Community Truancy Officer

Youth homelessness in the UK Joseph Rowntree report

 Youth homelessness in the UK Joseph Rown...
Summary There have been significant policy developments across the UK to address youth homelessness in recent years, most particularly the extension of priority need groups and a new emphasis on the prevention of homelessness. Effective prevention also requires the creation of affordable housing pathways for young people.

Systematic reviews re smoking prevention - & peer educators

Smoking
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Smoking This page contains the findings of systematic reviews undertaken by the EPPI-Centre Health Promotion and Public Health Reviews Reviews Facility Smoking prevention Smoking prevention interventions which use same-age or older peer leaders to teach skills to resist peer and other social pressures, have been demonstrated to be effective.

Third Sector Research Centre: new interactive website

This month the Third Sector Research Centre launched its new interactive website. TSRC is a national centre for wide-ranging research into the third sector. As well as bringing high quality academic research to practitioners and policymakers, the website will also give them a chance to interact directly with their researchers.

Centre for Population Change launched

The Centre for Population Change was launched in October 2009. With funding of £5 million over five years, the Centre will explore the issues surrounding migration, fertility and ageing including the implications for society of migration both within and beyond national borders.

Latest REcession case studies - how councils are dealing with challenges posed by recession

Recession support for councils

Latest IDeA and LGA recession case studies Last updated 16 November 2009

Read a selection of case studies that explain how councils are dealing positively with the challenges posed by the recession.

New governance guide for faith-based charities

By Kate Youde, Third Sector Online, 19 November 2009

Charity Commission publishes advice on good practice, legal information and case studies

The Charity Commission has published a new guide to good practice for the 30,000 faith-based organisations in the third sector.


The regulator hopes its Faith in Good Governance guide, released to coincide with National Inter Faith Week, will help trustees, staff and volunteers of charities established with a religious purpose.

 

The document, launched by the commission's Faith and Social Cohesion Unit, includes legal information, recommended good practice and practical case studies. It is particularly targeted at smaller and new organisations that operate places of worship.

Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the Charity Commission, said: "It is important that trustees have the flexibility and freedom to decide what is the best way to achieve their charities' aims, but at the same time they need good, useful guidance to help them in their work."

Harriet Crabtree, director of the Inter Faith Network for the UK, which promotes good relations between people of different religious beliefs, said the guide would be an excellent resource for faith-based organisations.

Blueprints for Enterprise - helping emerging social enterprise deal with commercial challenges

Who are we:

Training for Life is a charity which supports disadvantaged people into jobs. We do this by running training programmes in our social enterprises, such as the Hoxton Apprentice restaurant.

Helping emerging social enterprises deal with commercial challenges:

With the support of London Councils, we have applied our knowledge and experience of asset acquisition and management to create a free online toolkit - Blueprints for Enterprise. The toolkit is intended to help social enterprises with specific issues they may face when developing, managing and growing their enterprises.

Sections in the toolkit include;

- How to develop assets

- How to manage and analyse commercial expectations and objectives

- How to make a business case

Next steps:

Registration is free. To get started go to. http://www.blueprintsforenterprise.com/

For further information write to:

Alex@trainingforlife. org

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CALLING ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS and MANAGERS!

Click on the following link  http://www.keysurvey.co.uk/survey/278199/19fa/ 

to take part in our England wide survey of paid/unpaid CD practitioners and CD Managers. The findings will inform policy, encourage debate and raise the valuable role of CD workers.

London Plan

THe GLA has released a stragy the London Plan for consultation.Click here to view the strategy  Consultation events are being organised - for deaf & disabled people on the 8th December at City Hall and for  older people on the 14th December at City HallPlease email Jackie.hscf@googlemail.com for more information on these Thanks 

Hackney Housing Strategy 2010 - 2015