Farewell Kentish Town
From September Voluntary Action Camden will be based in the West Euston Partnership offices at 29- 31 Hampstead Rd, London NW1 3JA. Email addresses and phone numbers remain the same.
Camden Carers Centre will be moving to Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre, Belmont Street, NW1 8HF on 12th September. Phone and email remain the same.
New Online Market Place for Social Care Providers
Camden council have developed a new online marketplace for adult social care in Camden. This will sit within the new Camden Care Choices website to be launched in October 2016. This is part of the Care Act 2014 offer to provide people with access to social care products and services.
Initially, the marketplace will allow users to source care and support services themselves and, in due course, the marketplace will be the primary source for Camden Council staff to commission providers’ services. All future contracts with providers will require registering services on the new website.
Camden council will be holding three information and registration events on Tuesday 13th September 2016 at St Pancras Community Association, 67 Pender Street, NW1 0LB (nearest tube stations are Mornington Crescent and Camden Town).
The events will enable people to find local services they want to help them live independently, with the benefit of a potential increase in the number of people using your service.
Staff will be on hand to help you register on the day. With this in mind, please bring with you details about your organisation (contact name, email address, business card/headed paper etc.) and ensure that you have the authority to sign up when you’re with us. Full details and registration can be accessed by clicking the link below:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/camden-social-care-online-directory-provider-launch-tickets-27088145372
Reaching Communities Kotha Bol Conference
The Kotha Bol project has supported South Asian women and their families by promoting economic independence through the provision of welfare benefits and employment advice whilst also tackling the perpetuating factors of domestic violence.
This conference will showcase and reflect on the work we have done in the last three years via live performance and share with you best practice.
We will have the privilege of three guest speakers who will share their expertise and experience on welfare, employment and domestic violence.
Monday 12th September 2016 10am- 2pm (Lunch will be provided)
Imperial London Hotel, 61-66 Russell Square WC1B 5BB
Please RSVP to kushba.bibi@hopscotchawc.org.uk or call us on 020 7388 8198
Free HR Courses for Camden Organisations
The Communities and Third Sector team at Camden Council are pleased to be able to offer Camden voluntary and community groups a series of HR training workshops. The workshops are free and will take place between 9.45 and 1pm at the Town Hall Judd Street. See Other Events section below for full details.
Camden Community Radio – What’s On
Careline Website; Camden People’s Theatre; Biscuits for Breakfast; Found at Foundling Museum; Book Camden Social Care Online Directory. Listen here.
Improving how Camden Council talk to and engage with people who are d/Deaf, disabled or have a long term health condition
Camden Council would like to know how Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations in the borough engage with people, and what you think about our approach to engagement.
Please help us by completing our online survey by Friday 9 September.
We will listen to what you tell us when deciding what to do next.
The Council currently runs four forums, each held every three months, for people who are d/Deaf or have disabilities, and long term health conditions. These are:
• Mental health forum
• Learning disability forum
• Sensory needs forum
• Physical disability forum
The forums allow people tell us what they think of our services and how they can be improved. They were established in 2010. We are now looking at them again to see if any improvements can be made.
If you would like any further help, we would be delighted to hear from you. You can contact us using the details below. You can also visit our project webpage.
Email: disability.engagement@camden.gov.uk Telephone: 020 7974 4835
Camden SAPB safeguarding adults conference
Working together towards lives free from abuse – 30 November 2016
This year’s conference will focus on how we can work together more efficiently and share information to keep Camden residents safe.
The conference will be an excellent opportunity for front-facing practitioners working with Camden communities to get together and share their experiences, as well as learn from each other’s practice.
A detailed conference programme will be circulated closer to the date. The event is free to attend for anyone working or volunteering with Camden adults, but we strongly advise booking your place early to avoid missing out.
The details of the event are as follows:
Wednesday, 30th November 2016
Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London WC1N 1HT
09:00-17:00. Please arrive promptly, registration starts at 9am.
Book your place HERE.
Royal Court Theatre Ticket Offer
There are £10 tickets for community and voluntary groups in Camden for the play TORN at Royal Court Theatre.
To make a booking on this offer they will need to call the Box Office on 0207 565 5000 and use the promo code TORN10.
What are your views of the police use of their Stop and Search powers?
Do you think Stop and Search helps prevent knife crime or maybe you think it contributes to the alienation of sections of our community?
Why not join Camden’s Stop and Search Monitoring Group? We meet several times a year with senior police officers to discuss reports into the use of Stop and Search in the Borough. We are careful to identify groups that have been disproportionately stopped. Prior to the meetings, some members of the monitoring group, including young people, dip sample ‘Stop slips’ and question the grounds for the stops.
The next meeting of the Monitoring group will be taking place on Tuesday 20 September at 6.30 pm. If you are interested in attending please email Peter Ward or for more information check out the Stop and Search page on the Camden Safer Neighbourhood Board website.
Poetry workshops
Led by regular Torriano host and Hearing Eye poet Lisa Kelly. Saturdays 1-5pm. September 24th; October 15th; November 19th. £19 /£15 per day. Book with Lisa by email: lisakellyuk@yahoo.com
‘From Page to Stage Poets’ led by Lisa Kelly. A unique opportunity for up to six poets to develop a set of poems for performance on 11 December at the Torriano Meeting House at 7.30pm. Over five workshop sessions you will develop your poems and performance techniques leading up to your Sunday night reading at the Torriano. Tuesdays 11.30am – 2.30pm. November 8th; November 15th; November 22nd; November 29th; December 6th. £95. Book with Lisa as above.
Swiss Cottage library’s change to opening hours.
As of September Swiss Cottage library will no longer be opening on Sundays.
Third Age Project Respect for the Elderly Day
2—4 pm Monday 19th September 2016
Workshops on Origami, Calligraphy, Japanese Language & greetings,
music, Japan knowledge quiz, go & shogi, mah-jong, Japanese
bon festival dance, How to put on a kimono and lots more…..
Venue: Diorama Arts Studios, 201 Drummond Street, London NW1 3FE
More information phone Third Age Project on 0207 383 4922
News From Centre 404
You can read the latest newsletter from Centre 404 here.
Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre; Home Start Camden; Green Points; Camden Futures; Hep C Trust; Age UK Camden and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.
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You can read more about all of these stories on our news page at www.vac.org.uk/new