Voluntary Action Camden e-bulletin 9th September 2016

Camden Funders Fair; Farewell Kentish Town; Furniture to Go; Call to local filmmakers; Free HR Courses for Camden Organisations; Deaf Achieve; Focus groups with residents to develop a new employment initiative for people with a mental health problem; Pensions; Pensions; Celebrating Parents and Carers Event; CCG AGM; Black History Month at the British Library; Camden Volunteer Awards – nominations; + funding jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

Thursday 22nd September 9.30am-12.30am
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE
Voluntary Action Camden (VAC) and Business in the Community (BitC) are delighted to invite you to take part in a Funders Fair on the morning of 22nd September at the Wellcome Collection.
We are inviting all of the major independent funders; including the local Camden based trusts and businesses with community funds. They will be invited to have a pitch and to meet with voluntary and community organisation with the aim of matching your aspirations and ideas with the funding priorities and criteria of the independent funders.
Voluntary and community organisations play an invaluable role in connecting and sustaining communities and providing vital services. Strong and vibrant communities are going to be key to the wellbeing of local residents and the strength of neighbourhoods in the coming years. You will be very well aware of the challenges currently being faced by local organisations and this event is an attempt to help you find a way to meet these challenges.
The event is for voluntary and community organisations with a focus on groups with a turnover of under £100,000. You will have the opportunity to personally meet the funders, hear about their funding pots and book a twenty minute spot to discuss your proposed project in greater detail. After the event VAC will be offering you 1-1 bid writing support.
This is a great opportunity to make new contacts and secure new sources of income. If you would like any further information please do contact Simone at VAC on 020 7284 6555. Fax 020 7284 6551. Email. shensby@vac.org.uk
All places must be booked in advance. To book a place email acharles@vac.org.uk and let us know if you have any specific requirements.

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.
As part of the move process we will be disposing of lots of surplus furniture (desks and cabinets etc) and miscellaneous items including a portable loop. Register your interest: acharles@vac.org.uk Full details of what is available and the process will be available soon.

Call to local filmmakers
Want to have your work shown at the Lady Somerset Road Street Party Film Festival?
Then submit it (via link) to ben@slotover.com Films must be 10 minutes or less, though we would consider showing a segment of a longer film.
The Lady Somerset Road Street party film festival is a yearly event that showcases the films made by our creative community and also shows films made about or filmed within the Kentish Town/Tufnell park area.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT ON Saturday 10th September Film show: Sunday, 11th September, 8pm Corner of Lady Somerset Road and Evangelist Road

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.

“Deaf Achieve”
This is a Big Lottery funded project that will continue to deliver free workshops, health groups, job clubs, travel groups, financial capability training and one to one support until 2018. The end of February saw the completion of our first year. We are now well into our second year. These are for the deaf community, aged 18-65, living in any of the London boroughs. If want to know more information about Deaf Achieve please contact: deafachieve2@royaldeaf.org.uk.” also our website links http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/news/sdfsd/

Focus groups with residents to develop a new employment initiative for people with a mental health problem.
The current employment support service ‘Mental Health Working’ is coming to an end in 2017. This helps people to get into work, training and education. We know that by supporting people in this way we can improve their wellbeing and physical health and break down stigma.
We anticipate going to tender later this year for a new service to start in summer 2017. We’d like people to help us review the current programme and to see how we can further strengthen and refine our employment support into the future.
There will be two focus groups and refreshments will be provided).
Thursday 22 September 2016 from 1.00pm to 3.00pm at 5 Pancras Square London N1C 4AG.
or: Wednesday 28 September 2016 from 2.00pm to 4.00pm at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street London WC1H 9JE.
If people would like to book a place, or if they have any queries, they should contact Frank Dove Strategy Officer, L B Camden, on 020 7974 4435, franklin.dove@camden.gov.uk. Please respond by Friday 16 September.

Pensions – What small charities need to know about auto-enrolment and assessing staff
Small and micro charities are coming up to their auto-enrolment staging dates. This CFG guide provides a quick refresh for those currently going through the process.
All charities that have at least one paid worker will have automatic enrolment duties. Charities need to assess their staff, put those who meet certain criteria into a pension scheme (and make contributions to it), tell them what you’ve done, and complete a declaration of compliance. More details here.

Creative Writing Course for brain injury survivors.
A series of six classes in October and November to help you learn more about the process of creative writing and appreciate your own ability to write creatively in some way. The course is intended to help you discover how to communicate through writing in a way that suits you by exploring what creative writing is, who writes creatively, why people write, where people write and how you can find your own way to write creatively.
If you would like to participate please email daniel.forsythe@headwaynorthlondon.org.
There is a fee of £10 for the six classes.
Meeting Room 2 (first floor – ask at reception for directions)
St. Pancras Community Association, 67 Plender Street, London, NW1 0LB
13:30 – 15:00 on Thursdays 6 October – 17 November

Celebrating Parents and Carers Event
Free family fun day – ‘Healthy Lives and Healthy Minds’
Saturday 22nd October 2016, 2pm – 5pm
Haverstock School, 24 Haverstock Hill, NW3 2BQ
Please read this event brief before filling in the form
Every year we have our Celebrating Parents (in its 11th year) event during Parents week and we invite the Mayor and the Cabinet member for Children Schools and Families. This year’s theme for the event is ‘Healthy Lives and Healthy Minds’.

Camden Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Annual General Meeting 2016
Thursday, 22 September 2016 from 12:30 to 15:30
The AGM will include a look back at Camden CCG’s key achievements in 2015/16 from CCG Chair Caz Sayer, and a presentation looking forward to future developments, in particularly Camden’s Local Care Strategy, our vision for a more integrated and responsive local health and care system. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to put questions to the CCG’s Chair and Governing Body in a panel discussion, and you will be able to continue the discussion afterwards over tea or coffee.
If you have any questions or difficulty booking online please email: camdengp.events@nhs.net

Black History Month at the British Library
On Thursday 6th October the British Library will host an evening of performances, lectures and discussion celebrating Black History Month, hosted by the British Library Labs Project and Eccles Centre for American Studies. The Library is offering a limited number of FREE tickets to Camden Residents. Get in touch with Emma.Morgan@bl.uk or 07595 464 363 for more details or to book a place.

Annual Robert Grace Trust fundraiser
We are returning to the Union Chapel in Islington, on October 5th 2016 with another riotous programme from three alternative choirs.
London Gay Men’s Chorus ; Owl Parliament ; Deep Throat
Wednesday 5th October. Union Chapel, Islington. £15.Doors open 6.30. Performance starts 7.30.
You can book in advance.

2016 Camden Volunteer Awards – nominations invited
Volunteer Centre Camden are hosting the 2016 Camden Volunteer Awards at the Camden Centre in King’s Cross on Thursday 24 November.
The evening will be a celebration of the achievements of Camden’s volunteers. Camden organisations can nominate one or two individual volunteers or one group of volunteers. The closing date for nominations is 5pm on Thursday 27 October. Volunteers can be nominated online. If you need a paper form, please email Sheila Norris at sheila@volunteercentrecamden.org.uk or call 020 7424 9990.

‘A club night run by people with learning difficulties for everyone’
Our Autumn Wild Bunch Club is Wednesday 14th September at Electrowerkz in Angel.
There will be all the usual DJs playing chart hits and classics.
This clubs live acts is YOU! Yes we have 12 spaces available for you to perform on the Theramin – with a special prize for the winner voted for by the audience.
For further info contact siren@elfrida.com or ring the Elfrida Society on 020 7359 7443.

Camden Patent Participation Groups Newsletter
Read the latest Camden Patent Participation Groups Newsletter online 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.

You can join in on Facebook. Like us if you like us.

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

We Can Solve Poverty Together
Joseph Rowntree Foundation have just launched a major new initiative aimed at ending poverty in the UK. You can download the report here.

Are private partnerships the answer to the youth services funding crisis?
Collaborations with the voluntary and private sectors can add diversity, creativity and breadth, helping to protect vital services for young people. Read the full story in the Guardian.

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

Celebrate – A New Grants Programme from the Big Lottery Fund
When was the last time your local community came together? Grants of between £300 and £10,000 for groups to hold one off events or activities which celebrate their local community.
You could celebrate something from your community’s history or a local hero. Or maybe it could a chance to bring people together to get to know their neighbours better. Full details on the Big Lottery Website.

Deutsche Bank Small Grants Fund
If you are a charity, voluntary or community group with an income of less than £250,000 per annum and you need funding for work focusing on increasing social inclusion and improving well being, this fund may be able to help.
The focus of the Small Grants Fund is to help society’s most disadvantaged and communities on the ground.
Projects may fall into any of the following areas:
~ Projects that promote social inclusion, reduce isolation and disadvantage and improve access to services;
~ Projects that advance people’s physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety
~ Projects that maximize people’s ability to strengthen community cohesion and build social capacity
The maximum grant size is £5,000. The application is online here.

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. Contact mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

YPFI is holding a Disability Awareness Training
Afternoon on the 23rd September 14:00 – 16:30
Come and join the YPFI team whilst they deliver their fantastic training programme and improve your disability awareness and confidence.
Attendees will not only receive 2 and a half hours of training from YPFI but a follow-up email resource pack full of information and links to further their knowledge.
Our training is normally delivered in-house to companies and organisations so this is a fantastic opportunity to get a taste of what we can provide. And all for only £30 per person.
For more information about us check out our Twitter @YPFI or our website http://www.ypfi.org.uk

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.

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 training workshops for Camden voluntary and community groups
Many small to medium sized organisations do not have the resources to directly purchase HR support on an ongoing basis. In our experience, badly handled employment issues in small to medium sized organisations can destabilise the organisation and affect its delivery.
A robust HR function enables organisations to be more sustainable by strengthening the leadership of an organisation, supporting staff, trustees and volunteers effectively and by preventing crises.
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.
The workshops are for managers and trustees of voluntary and community groups based in Camden. To book a place on the workshops that you would like to attend, please click on the Eventbrite links.
HR Essentials Wednesday 28th September 2016
The aim of this workshop is to raise the awareness of potential and new employers about employment legislation and good practice in the workplace.
http://hr-essentials.eventbrite.co.uk
Managing Poor Performance through Capability Wednesday 19th October 2016
This workshop will focus on managing employees who are underperforming due to lack of capability
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-poor-performance-through-capability-tickets-27066873748
Managing Misconduct Wednesday 16th November 2016
This workshop will focus on managing employees who are underperforming due to misconduct
The training will reflect the ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-misconduct-registration-27067000126
Handling Workplace Investigations Wednesday 7th December 2016
There are many occasions when an employer may wish to undertake an internal investigation including as part of the disciplinary and grievance process
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/handling-workplace-investigations-registration-27067050276
Staff Appraisals Thursday 12th January 2017
Appraisal is a two-way process of looking backwards to analyse past job performance, and looking forward into the future with a view to improving future performance.
The overall objective of an effective appraisal scheme should be to help each employee to maximise his or her job performance for the joint benefit of the employee and the organisation.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staff-appraisals-registration-27067569830
Managing Sickness Absence Thursday 9th February 2017
The aim of this workshop is to increase managers’ confidence and ability to manage staff absence.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-sickness-absence-registration-27067617974
Managing Restructure Wednesday 15th March 2017
Many voluntary and community organisations are considering some kind of restructuring in response to the current economic climate. This might include closing a team, amalgamating core functions, general downsizing or some sort of relocation.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-a-restructure-registration-27067674142
Managing Difficult Conversations at Work Wednesday 12th April 2017
Most of us dislike confrontation; we sometimes avoid it which can often lead to even more difficulty, misunderstandings and possible conflict.
In the current climate of continued economic uncertainty, we may find ourselves working with reduced budgets, constant organisational change and ongoing performance issues, as people try to make sense of all this.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-difficult-conversations-at-work-registration-27067711253
The workshops will be run by Shirley Briggs. Shirley is an independent HR consultant. Her background is in social housing where she worked as a HR manager for a number of large housing associations. She managed the PEACe (HR) service at LVSC from 2006-2016 supporting many hundreds of voluntary and community organisations with HR and employment law advice, consultancy and training. She is also a trained workplace mediator.

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.

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

How are small charities making big funds?
16th September at 6 Great James Street, London, WC1N 3DA
£15 per person +booking fee
Whoever said ‘size matters’ knew nothing about crowdfunding! Crowdfunding is the new way for small charities to fund their projects by tapping into and utilising their existing networks.
Sounds hard? It’s not! GloablGiving UK have put together specially tailored workshops to teach you the techniques and tricks needed to successfully run your own crowdfunding campaign.
Last year alone more than 380 charity representatives attended the workshops and 82% subsequently saw an increase in their fundraising performance.
Questions – please contact Jess Bailey at Jbailey@globalgiving.org or read more about the workshop online

Camden Intergenerational Network
Thursday 29th September 2016 at Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square WC1H 9NA from 10am-12pm. Please email items for the agenda to Corinna Gray by Friday 16th September 2016.
Keep in touch via Ageing Better in Camden’s dedicated CIN web page.
Read the full network newsletter here.

September Volunteer Managers’ Forum + Lunch
Join VCC at our next volunteer managers’ forum where we will share our top tips for best practice in volunteer management. 14th September 2016.
The topics will be varied, and can be anything related to managing volunteers.
You will also meet (and network with) other volunteer managers in Camden – and lunch is included.
The forum will take place at The Pirate Castle, Oval Road, Camden Town, NW1 7EA
Check out the full details and book your free tickets on Eventbrite

‘Made of Money’ is running a 2 day Facilitator Training in London on 5th – 6th October 2016
We also offer ‘in house’ trainings for any organisation or group of organisations to suit you.
‘Made of Money’ is an award winning financial literacy resource, 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. It is ideal to help front line workers offer support to those on low income, particularly in the run up to the introduction of Universal Credit, and welfare benefit changes.
The cost per person for the 2-day training, (incl lunch), depending on the size of your organisation (£100 for small organisations).
You will also need a set of workshop resources, charged at a subsidised rate of £115. This gives you everything you need to run Made of with groups and 1:1 sessions. (These can be shared within the organisation or between groups of organisations)
Contact mompartner@qsa.org.uk

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

Macmillan Volunteers Wanted
Can you spare a few hours a week to provide practical and emotional support at a difficult time to someone affected by cancer so they can start to feel more in control? Make your time matter so that no one in Camden and Islington faces cancer alone. The support you give can either be one off or once a week for up to 12 weeks. Visits last approximately 1-2hours per week.
Support from our Buddies could include:
• A listening ear and someone to talk to
• Having a chat and a cup of tea
• Simple household tasks eg ironing
• Light shopping
• Accompanying the person affected by cancer to a local cafe or public place
• Signposting other services in the community
For further information regarding this volunteer opportunity visit our volunteer village:
https://volunteering.macmillan.org.uk/Opportunity/Details/4191
Call: 07860 950 922 Email: nlondonbuddies@macmillan.org.uk

Age UK Camden seeks Shop Manager (p/t) Charity Shop in Leather Lane
Fixed Term 12 month Contract. Likely to be extended, subject to review. Salary £20,460 pro-rata to 21 hours per week (actual £12,276) Plus the opportunity for sales based bonus scheme.
Age UK Camden has a delightful Charity Shop in bustling vibrant Leather Lane. The shop is well established and supported by local people and businesses. Income from the shop is vital to Age UK Camden, helping us to meet the needs of vulnerable older people in Camden.
As shop manager you will be in the key position to manage and develop the shop, along with a part time shop manager and a team of volunteers.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk. email recruitment@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. Closing date for the above post is 9am on Friday 16th September 2016. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 4th October.

Evelyn Oldfield Unit are recruiting two posts
Research for Action & Influence Development Worker
We are looking for an energetic and organised person who is highly passionate in working with people from different cultural backgrounds to join the small team of the charity. The post is a part-time:
Research for Action & Influence Development Worker
The Research for Action & Influence Development Worker will lead on the accredited research programme comprising 3 modules (research, action and influence and presentation skills). She/he will co-ordinate, deliver, monitor and evaluate the project.
Salary: Scale SO2 pt33 – £19,290 including ILW pro-rata 3 days – 21 hours per week
The post is fixed term until the 31st August 2018.
For an application pack, follow the link below or please send a 65p A4 SAE to the Director, Evelyn Oldfield Unit (EOU), 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA
To apply, please complete the application pack and send to Mulat via email at mulat@evelynoldfield.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 23rd September 2016 at 5pm
Interviews on Thursday 29th September 2016
E3 Outreach Engagement and Activities Co-ordinator
We are looking for an energetic, dedicated and organised person who is highly passionate in working with people from different cultural backgrounds to join the small team of the charity.
Salary: Scale 6 (SP26), £26,342 including ILW 35 hours per week (7 months contract) (Fixed Term Contract until March 2017 with possible extension)
For an application pack, follow the link below or please send a 65p A4 SAE to the Director, Evelyn Oldfield Unit (EOU), 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA
To apply, please complete the application pack and send to Mulat via email at mulat@evelynoldfield.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 9th September 2016 at 5pm.
Interviews on Thursday 15th September 2016. Download application packs here.

Volunteers wanted to trial ‘Please offer me a seat’ badge and card
The badge and card are for customers who find it difficult to stand when using public transport, and are particularly targeted at those with hidden disabilities, conditions and illnesses.
We want to recruit 1,000 people for the trial, to help us understand if the badge or card can help people access a seat, as well as assess the reactions of other customers. We would like your assistance in helping us find participants and to spread the message about the trial.
We carried out research which confirmed people with hidden disabilities and conditions or those undergoing treatments can find it difficult to get a seat when they need one – particularly if their need isn’t obvious.
Any customer interested in taking part can get in touch with the research agency 2CV, who are working with us on the trial, at tfltrial@2cv.com.

Volunteer with Camden’s engine idling project
The Mayors Air Quality Fund is supporting engine idling reduction projects across London during 2016/2017.
Camden is therefore looking for volunteers to take part in an innovative education and behaviour change campaign to help reduce localised air pollution and improve air quality in their residential and workplace community.
As part of a team of Clean Air Champions you will help for 2 hours in a series of action days in Camden. To gain the required skills you will attend a training session where you will learn to engage with the public regarding this important environmental issue, whilst also improving air quality in your community.
To find out more, please register your interest using this short online form and you will be sent further details soon.

Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre recruiting Four Posts
Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre is currently recruiting for an exciting new Big Lottery/ESF funded employment project. I would be grateful if you could forward the vacancies on to your contacts.
Please see below for details:
Project Manager
35 hrs per week , 3 year contract , £35,340 incl. ILW
Closing date: Thursday 22nd September 2016 at 12.00pm
Employment Advisors ×2
35 hrs per week , 3 year contract, £28,183 incl. ILW
Closing date: Thursday 22nd September 2016 at 12.00pm
Outreach Worker
35 hrs per week, 3 year contract, £25, 741 incl. ILW
Closing date: Thursday 22nd September at 12.00pm
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Isabelle Terrisson, Senior Operations Manager. For all other details and an application pack, please contact Ruksana Begum:
Tel: 020 7388 8198 E-mail: info@hopscotchawc.org.uk Web: www.hopscotchawc.org.uk

Home-Start Camden seeks Manager
After nearly five years, our current Manager is leaving us for pasture new.
Experienced Manager – Home-Start Camden – An opportunity to make a difference! Four days a week
Home-Start Camden (HSC) is looking for an experienced Manager to take this vibrant, established, local charity forward. The successful candidate should relish a challenge and be able to work strategically and creatively.
Application deadline: Thursday 22nd September 6pm
Interview date: Thursday 29th September at HSC office.
Further information here:

Trustees Wanted
Volunteer Centre Camden are seeking trustees and a treasurer. Contact dominic@volunteercentrecamden.org.uk if you are interested.

Opening Doors London seeks Community Outreach Officer [LGBT* Connect]
7 hours per week Hourly rate: £15.49
Area to be covered: London Borough of Camden
Opening Doors London (ODL) is the largest service working with and for older LGBT* people in the UK, and is in a unique position to assess the need for, and impact of, focused work with this largely under recognised and often marginalised group. This is an exciting opportunity to join the ODL team as we have just become a charity with our own Board of Trustees and are looking to develop our services across the whole of London.
We are recruiting a worker to support work with older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* (LGBT*) people in and around the London borough of Camden as part of the LGBT* Connect project.
LGBT* Connect is a partnership of older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* (LGBT*) people and a number of Camden organisations, working together to reconnect older LGBT* people to local networks, both to improve their wellbeing and to strengthen local communities.
With the help of your line manager and volunteers you will work with members of the older LGBT* community to help them to set up and manage social groups. You will have a focus on finding isolated individuals within and around Camden who may not have heard of the service. You will also be responsible for leading on the collection and inputting of monitoring and evaluation data for the project.
If you are interested in this role please see the application pack including the full job description and person specification at www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk.
Closing date: Monday 26th September 2016 – 9.15 am

Camden Futures Community Connectors
Are you a parent or carer living in Camden? Have you ever thought of helping other parents by sharing tips, interesting activities happening in your community and places to go with your family and friends?
Camden Futures is recruiting parents volunteers to become Community Connectors. We are holding information sessions on 16/09/16 from 9.30 to 11.30 am at Elfrida Rathbone Camden, 7 Dowdney Close, London NW5 2BP. For info contact Francesca on 02074241622

Are you looking to employ an assistant to help with your care needs? CamdenPAs can help
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.
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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

Drafting an Equality and Inclusion Action Plan for Camden CCG
The CCG are in the process of developing an Equality and Inclusion Action plan.
The reason we wanted to use diversity and inclusion instead of equality and diversity is to show that we are not just committed to equalities for compliance reasons and we really want to improve our commissioning and workforce management by using the diversity in our community and also in the workforce. If we can make this diversity work only then we can achieve inclusion. So the focus of the action plan is to use diversity as a strength and make it work to achieve better results/outcomes for all (inclusion).
We would appreciate if you could complete the online survey which will close on Friday 29th July. You can access the survey by clicking on the following link: https://feedback.camdenccg.nhs.uk/community-ownership/diversity-and-inclusion-survey .

Camden Consultations
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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.