Voluntary Action Camden e-bulletin 15th April 2016

Charity Almanac Launched; Charity Fair Returns; Share Your Experience; Action Grants Awarded to 15 Camden Groups; Long Term Conditions Focus Groups; The Evelyn Oldfield Unit Open Day ; Refugee Therapy Centre Turkish Speaking Women Support Group; Courses at West Euston Partnership; Rebetiko Carnival + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

The NCVO Almanac is the biggest annual survey of the voluntary sector and the release of a new one always provokes lots of interest. This year’s Almanac shows that income for the sector has gone up, but this disguises the true picture for most organisations as the increase is accounted for by a few very large charities often taking on government functions. The Guardian says ‘This year’s dominant narrative of the further flourishing of big charity, while small and medium-sized organisations continue to be battered by spending cuts and contract commissioning practices that work against them, should provide much food for thought.’
A further issue is the conversion of public sector organisations into charities, and the Guardian says that “There is no doubt that a significant wedge of the £506m net rise in government funding will have come via “charitisation” of bodies previously in the public sector, such as creation of the Canal & River Trust in 2012 from the former British Waterways Board. This is continuing apace, not only at national level – the setting up of English Heritage as a charity in 2015, for instance – but also locally where schools and other services are being spun off out of council control.”
NAVCA have also joined the debate, criticizing the way in which income is sometime perceived as a proxy for effectiveness to the detriment of smaller vcs organisations.

Charity Fair Returns to Holloway Road in May
Inspirational, topical learning from only £35
DSC Charityfair takes place in London on 24-25 May. There are 44 training workshops to pick from, from just £35.
“DSC knows how to get these events just right”…”Good mix of workshops and affordable for a small charity”…
Book now to avoid missing out. Full details at dsc.org.uk

Share Your Experience
Do you get help from health professionals for feeling anxious, feeling stressed or feeling low? The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to hear about your experiences of health and social care for a public awareness campaign they’ll be running this summer.
Specifically, CQC are looking for men and women who are happy to be case studies for our campaign.
We will ask our case studies to take part in some or all of the following activity:
• Speak to a member of CQC staff about your experiences of care;
• Take part in a video where they talk about their experiences of care – whether positive of negative;
• Speak to media about their experiences of care.
If you are happy to talk to CQC about your experiences of care, please send an email to yourstories@cqc.org.uk leaving a short description of your experience. Someone from CQC will then be in touch with you to discuss next steps.

Action Grants Awarded to 15 Camden Groups
Ageing Better in Camden and Age UK Camden are delighted to announce that 15 older people’s groups in the borough have been awarded Action Grants. The Action Grant scheme aimed to give groups of older people in Camden the opportunity to do activities for themselves or their wider community.
Some of the groups that received the grants are: the Asian Women’s Group at West Hampstead Women’s Centre who are using the funds to run monthly health workshops; the African Physical Training Organisation (APTO) who are going to put the money towards a dance and music event for older Congolese people and the Bengali Men’s project, who will use the cash as a contribution towards purchasing a new traditional Bangladeshi Carom board game.
Congratulations to all the groups who were awarded an Action Grant. If you would like to know more about the Action Grants (applications are now closed) or Ageing Better in Camden, please visit www.ageingbetterincamden.org.uk or call the team on 020 7239 0400.

Long Term Conditions Focus Groups
Get involved in developing a new service to provide support and information to people affected by a long-term conditions (patients and carers), who are having their care provided by the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust.
We are running two focus groups, to gain your opinions and ideas of what sort of service you might find useful, and we would appreciate as many people attending as possible. There will be refreshments provided and transports costs can be reimbursed.
At the focus groups you will be asked to complete a questionnaire (there will be assistance with this if needed) and/or ask for your comments in small groups.
The groups will run at the following dates and times, and, so we can provide the right amount of refreshments, please RSVP to: rfc.engagement@nhs.net or call Richard Scarth on 020 7317 7773 to confirm which group you wish to attend. The groups are running on the following dates;
Tuesday 19th April, 19.15 -21.00
Venue: The Royal Free Hospital Atrium
Or Wednesday 4th May, 13.00-15.00
Venue: The Royal Free Hospital Atrium

The Evelyn Oldfield Unit Open Day
Wednesday, 20th April 2016 from 11:30 to 14:30
Evelyn Oldfield Unit, Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA
Are you interested in gaining skills and building the capacity of your organisation in the areas of fundraising, monitoring and evaluation, campaigning and influencing, supporting women
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is opening its doors for those individuals and organisations interested in learning more about how they can benefit from our project activities, training courses and one to one support. Come and explore what our projects offer.
We will be showcasing work from the:
• Supporting Women Project (SWP)
• Research for Action and Influence Project (RAI)
Those working or volunteering with London-based refugee and migrant community organisations are welcome to attend, however please be aware that the SWP project is only open to those from Refugee and Asylum Seeker (RAS) backgrounds and the RAI course is open to RAS and EU migrants. The RAI consultancy is open to a wider group and we welcome anyone coming to have a look around on behalf of someone from these groups.
Book at Eventbrite. For further information please call on 020 7697 4100 or email volunteer@evelynoldfield.co.uk.

Refugee Therapy Centre Turkish Speaking Women Support Group
Are you a refugee or asylum seeker woman? Do you feel isolated, depressed or stressed? Are you anxious about your future, or about your children, in a new environment? Are you experiencing difficulties in your life, and would like to make some changes? Would you like to talk with other women who may be in a similar situation?
If the answer is yes, do contact us — we can help!
How to join the group: If you, or a member of your family or community, would like to join a group, it would be helpful if you ask your GP to write to us. If this is not possible, you can call us on 020 7561 1587 to discuss this.
Refugee Therapy Centre, 1A Leeds Place, Tollington Park, London N4 3RQ

Courses at West Euston Partnership Starting 20 April
Improve your reading and writing in English for everyday life.
English for everyday Reading & Writing E1
Wednesdays 10am-12pm
To enrol Call into WEP reception 29-31 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3JA Tel: 020 7388 7932 English
Visit camden.gov.uk/adultlearning
Email adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Call 020 7974 2148
Delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short evening course for trustees/ management committee members, or those thinking of joining a committee. See VAC Events section below for full details. Generous bursaries available.

Rebetiko Carnival
In June 2016 the Rebetiko Carnival, one of the biggest music festivals in Europe is landing on the shores of the UK. The traditional music of Greece and Asia minor will be resounding through the streets of many of the major cities of the UKwith the heart of the festival in Camden. Concerts, seminars, workshops, education work, outreach work, instrument exhibitions, Shadow Puppet theatre and new texts narrating the dramatic history of this music with live performance. All this will brought here by many of the greatest musicians from Greece as well as the best UK based bands.
The venues include Camden’s very own The Green Note as well as The Vortex, King’s Place, The Forge, the Hellenic Centre (London) etc. See Rebetiko Carnaval

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Highbury Couselling Centre, One Westminster, Greenpeace, Camden Society, Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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Follow all the Camden Voluntary Sector news on OneCamden on Twitter.

You can read more about all of these stories on our news page at www.vac.org.uk/new

NCVO writes to minister expressing ‘serious concerns’ about Charity Commission board
In an unprecedented move, Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of NCVO, has written to minister for civil society Rob Wilson, expressing “serious concerns” about the Charity Commission’s governance, and asking him to address the issue “as a matter of urgency”. The actions of three right wing government appointees in particular, William Shawcross, Gwythian Prins and Orlando Fraser have driven the sector’s leaders to finally speak out. Full story in Civil Society.

NHS is failing to tap into full potential of health charities, report claims
The NHS is not using health charities to their full potential, according to a report by think tank NPC on behalf of charities including the British Red Cross and Age UK.
Read the full story here.

See the Funding pages on VAC’s website for all the latest information.

Islington Summerversity
Islington Council invites suitably experienced organisations to submit proposals to deliver high quality, engaging and innovative summer courses and activities for young people aged 13 + to be delivered as part of the Summerversity 2016.
Successful providers will be required to deliver free social, recreational and educational activities for young people aged 13+ providing opportunities for formal accreditation where appropriate. The aim of the programme is to engage young people in a range of stimulating courses and activities over their summer holiday that will develop their skills and interests, raise their ambitions and aspirations and expose them to the new experiences .
If you wish to apply for this opportunity please return your completed application form to isyp@islington.gov.uk by 12 noon, 2 May 2016

The Mayor’s Spacehive crowdfunding page is now open
The GLA will pledge up to £20,000 to the best crowdfunding campaigns. Projects should be uploaded by May 1st 2016 to be eligible.
Before May 16th your project must be verified by Spacehive. This can take up to 2 weeks, so please give yourself plenty of time! You also need to fill out a couple of documents for GLA Regeneration with some extra information about you and your project, which can be downloaded HERE.
We will assess your crowdfunding campaigns on 6th June 2016 and pledge directly to successful campaigns on 29th June.
We cannot wait to hear more about your projects and look forward to working with you on taking them forward!
For any queries on how to run a crowdfunding campaign or using the Spacehive platform please contact info@spacehive.com. For all other queries get in contact via crowdfunding@london.gov.uk

Children’s Social Care Innovation programme
Charities and councils are being invited to apply for £200m worth of investment in children’s social care, the education secretary has announced.
It is a programme that seeks to develop, test and share effective ways of supporting children who need help from children’s social care services. Full details at gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-innovation-programme

Grand Challenges 2016-17 Small Grants: £4000 available
Up to £4,000 available for a wide range of societally relevant cross-disciplinary activities undertaken from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017
Applications must be led by UCL academic staff (postdoctoral level/equivalent or above or those with an honorary appointment), employed/based in different departments or, ideally, different faculties
External partnerships strengthening the objectives of UCL 2034, enhancing the impact and reputation of UCL, will be of particular interest
Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Further details and online application

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:
~ Illness, distress, abuse or neglect.
~ Any kind of disability.
~ Behavioural or psychological difficulties.
~ Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for much less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities. Match funding is not required.
The deadlines for Small Grant applications are 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December 2016.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Santander £2.5million small grants programme
Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to apply for a share of £2.5m of grant funding that the banking group Santander plans to give this year to local projects working with disadvantaged people.
The bank’s new Discovery Foundation, which launched on 1 March, aims to make grants worth up to £5,000 to “skills, knowledge and innovation” projects in the UK.
Charities, community interest companies and credit unions are eligible to apply for this funding, which is available for one year.
Organisations can nominate themselves by completing a discovery grants nomination form at any branch of Santander and dropping it into the nomination box in the branch. They can also ask Santander customers and staff members to do this on their behalf.
There are no closing dates and grants will be made every month. Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail within a month of submitting a nomination. Story in Money Market UK. Find your nearest branch here.

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

VAC’s Mental Health Training Programme for BMER groups
Are you a BMER group or do you work with BMER communities?
For more information about our any of our courses, please go to https://vac.org.uk/events/category/health-mental-health/. Click on the course you are interested in and follow the instructions to book your place and pay by card (if applicable). The charge for our Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid training courses is heavily subsidised at only £25 per person. All other mental health workshops are free.
Please note that VAC can only accept bookings from organisations working with BMER communities based in Camden, or which serve Camden BMER residents. Places are limited on each course to a maximum of two people per organisation. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

VAC has a full programme of courses coming up: Click here to find out more. All courses are £25 for members (unless otherwise stated).

London Mayoral Elections
The Camden Society are holding information workshops at Holmes Road through April
Every Tuesday from 4pm – 6pm we will be
– discussing and exploring the political views of the mayoral candidates;
– Helping people to register to vote
– Helping people to understand the voting process and what to do / where to go on polling day
– And organising buddies of support to go to their local polling station on the day
After the election we will be running further sessions informing about the referendum in June. Further details to follow.
Laura Murphy, Community Access Coordinator Tel: 07814 875 544 or 020 7485 8177 or email laura.murphy@TheCamdenSociety.co.uk

‘Question Time’ with Dr Caz Sayer from Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Thursday 21st April 2016 12pm-2pm at Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H
A light lunch will be provided, along with tea and coffee.
Dr Caz Sayer, Chair of Camden CCG, holds regular question time meetings where she gets to know about what local people think of health services in Camden.
The meeting will start with a short presentation informing you of what the Camden CCG do and what they are responsible for, followed by a question and answer session.

Murdered By My Father parliamentary screening & panel discussion
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join IKWRO, MP’s, the writer and members of the BBC production team and cast of Murdered By My Father for a special parliamentary screening, followed by a panel discussion. The BBC three film drama, which was made in collaboration with IKWRO, tackles “honour” killing and generates important questions and discussion. It is vital that these conversations are raised at the Houses of Parliament and we’d love you to come along and share your thoughts. More details here.

The Recovery College
The Recovery College prospectus for the Summer Term is now ready on the website:
http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
We are in the process of posting out prospectuses but in the interim we are keen to promote 6 courses which are starting in the second week of term. These are:-
Money Matters, (Monday 18th of April, 11am-4pm, Mind in Camden)
Surviving Abuse for Women, (Tuesday 19th of April, 10am-12.30pm, Mind in Camden)
5 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Assertiveness for All (Tuesday 19th of April, 1.30–4pm, Southwood Smith Centre)
6 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Parenting: Trust Your Judgement (Wednesday 20th of April, 10am-1pm, Elfrida Society)
6 week course (2.5 hours each session)
Coping With Anxiety (Thursday 21st of April, 10.30am-1pm, Isledon Road)
4 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Building Healthy Relationships (Friday the 22nd of April, 1.30-4pm, Islington Central Library)
6 week course (2.5 hour sessions)
To enrol, please visit the website http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
or enrol in person anytime from Monday the 11th of April onwards.

Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes
28th April 2 – 4:30pm at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington SE11
Many people are missing out on pension credit and other benefits due to them.
How will the new ‘flat rate’ pension affect you?
Is your older peoples group aware of the changes taking place?
This free workshop will provide an update on recent changes to Pensions in the UK and what advice is available to your group.
Places are limited so book early. Speakers include:
Sally West, Senior Policy Officer Age UK
Nigel Kern, Team Leader for Pension Wise, Pensions Advisory Service
Alan Davies, Citizens Advice Bureau
Confirm attendance by registering here http://auklpensionchanges.eventbrite.co.uk or email Janinealdridge@ageuklondon.org.uk or telephone 020 7091 2594.

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
Full details here.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, developed by anti-poverty charity Quaker Social Action. It aims to help groups talk about money and its impact on their lives, as well as learn vital money management skills.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Volunteering Fair
VCC fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
Book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

Don’t forget that Camden TDS run a full programme of course which are subsidised or free for voluntary sector partner organisations. There is a link to a list of partner organisations on the home page.

Find more Training Opportunities at www.vac.org.uk

Tenant Management Organisation Seeks Minute Taker Volunteer
Skilled Minute Taker needed to support local tenant management organisation and possibly others.
Interested? Please email your CV to acharles@vac.org.uk

Highbury Counselling Centre seeks Clinical Coordinator
Part time : 20 hours Salary: £19,317 (pro-rata £35,253 p.a.) + pension
Highbury Counselling Centre (HCC) are seeking to appoint a Clinical Coordinator. HCC offers confidential, affordable and professional counselling to adult members of the community; we offer counselling for a minimum of a year. We are also able to offer a reduced fee scheme to ensure that counselling is available to people with limited financial means, making counselling available to those who may not normally be able to afford it.
We seek an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Coordinator who will be responsible for the smooth running of the clinical services, recruiting, supporting a managing a team of volunteer counsellors and ensuring that high professional standards are maintained in accordance with organisational policy. This post would suit a candidate with a solid clinical experience and an understanding of the voluntary sector.
For more about WLM’s work, our values and ethos please see here.
To apply for this post, please find attached a job description, person specification and application pack or go to our website at http://www.wlm.org.uk/news/136/65/Clinical-Coordinator/d,news-detail . For an informal conversation about the post, please contact Marie Calvo on 020 7354 4791 or highburycounselling@wlm.org.uk .
Closing date for applications is midnight on 29 April 2016
Interviews will be held from 6th May 2016

The Camden Society seeks Café Project Worker (Flapjacks)
£17,500 per annum, pro rata Permanent – Part Time 16 hours per week (2 days – Monday to Friday)
Use your catering skills to make a difference
An experienced catering professional is required to help operate one of our social enterprise cafés in Kentish Town, North London.
contact HR on recruitment@thecamdensociety.co.uk details on the Camden Society website.
Closing date – 18 April
Interview date – 28 April

Healthwatch Camden seeks Project Officer
28 hours a week, £24,240 pa
To support the range of our work, helping to manage the progress of projects, including analysing research results and supporting volunteer input.
This is a varied role, in a small and lively team. It offers scope for development, with opportunities to lead on specific items of work. Healthwatch Camden is an independent organisation, working to ensure that local people get a say in the health and social care services they use. We are looking for someone who understands the ways that service user voice can be used to shape and improve services; who can relate to the diverse population in Camden; who understands the contribution volunteers can make to projects; who has experience of research, preferably in an area of social policy; who can manage process, with good attention to detail; who wants to take responsibility; who can work flexibly; and above all who wants to make a difference for the people of Camden.
For an application pack please visit our website, www.healthwatchcamden.co.uk or e mail jobs@healthwatchcamden.co.uk or telephone 020 7284 6586. Closing date 27 April 2016.

One Westminster Job Vacancies seeks Organisation Support Officer
21 hours a week – £26,000 pro rata This is a one year fixed term contract
One Westminster is looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and an interest in “social prescription” and the “self-care” health agenda to join our small Organisation Support Team.
Working alongside colleagues, you will be responsible for delivering a range of support, signposting and development services to voluntary and community organisations in Westminster. You will provide a link between National Health Service and other statutory health and well-being providers and the wider voluntary sector and help develop self-care services within the sector.
You should have excellent communication skills, experience of project development and management including monitoring and evaluation and evidence experience and knowledge of fundraising. .
For a Full Job Description, Person Specification and Application form please email: c.igoe@onewestminster.org.uk or telephone 020 7723 1216.
Closing date 5.00pm Monday, April 25th and interviews will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd 2016.

Greenpeace seeks Political Outreach Internship (Fixed term 6 mths / full time)
Salary: £9.40 per hour (London Living Wage)
Closing Date: 25 April, 2016 – 10:00
Interview Date: 9 May, 2016 (All day)
This is an exciting role for somebody looking to explore a career within politics and enhance their CV by working in the Political Team at Greenpeace UK.
You’ll gain a great insight into how campaigning works and how the political world is so important to helping us win our campaigns.
For further information about this role and how to apply, please visit the website to download a Job Pack or alternatively email recruitment.uk@greenpeace.org

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
19th April to 11th May 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Wednesdays Kentish Town 9.45am – 2.30pm
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

Age UK Camden seeks Community Partnership & Fundraising Officer
Initial 12 months, subject to 6 months’ probation
£28,000 pa FT (£22,400 pro rata for part time – 28 hours per week)
Are you an excellent communicator, out-going, enjoy meeting people and with great customer service skills? If so, this post provides the opportunity to meet individuals, volunteers, community organisations, local corporates, while maximizing income, managing meaningful relationships and harnessing potential new partnerships.
This post is based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.
Closing date: Monday 18th April 2016 – 9.30 am
Interviews: Thursday 5th May 2016

Are you looking to employ an assistant to help with your care needs? CamdenPAs can help you.
CamdenPAs.org.uk is a new service that makes it easy to find a personal assistant (PA) and puts you in control of your care and support.
If you have care needs, you can employ a PA to help you to live as independently as possible.
CamdenPAs features an online ‘marketplace’ for you to browse through a list of profiles of PAs in the borough. Profiles give details about the services they provide, their skills, experience and personal interests.
You can look through the list to find suitable matches and choose someone you like to help support you.
When you find a match you can contact the PA to arrange an interview and see how you get on. If you like them you can then work out contract details such as hours, duties and wages, and hire them.
If you do not find anyone suitable, you can set up your own a profile describing your requirements and interests, for PAs to look through and contact you.
You can employ a PA whether you receive a direct payment or fund your own care. If you receive direct payments you can get support with the employment from Personalised Support In Camden or AgeUK Camden.
Become a PA
If you’re a PA looking for work or are just starting out, CamdenPAs can help you. As well as helping you finding a job, the site features advice on looking for work, becoming a PA and where to get training.
Why not set up your profile today? Find out more, visit: camdenpas.org.uk or phone: 020 7278 4437

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Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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FREE VAC Membership for Unfunded Groups: Voluntary Action Camden Small organisations with no paid staff and a turnover of less than £1,500 can now join for FREE. To take advantage of this offer just fill in the membership on the online form here.