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SUMMARY:Dementia Awareness Workshop - Tues 27th February: 10am – 11.30am
DESCRIPTION:About\nIt’s normal for your memory to be affected by stress\, tiredness\, certain illnesses and medicines. \nBut if you’re becoming increasingly forgetful and memory loss is affecting your daily life\, our easy-to-understand dementia awareness workshop might provide some answers. \nThis one-hour interactive session will give you an opportunity to learn more out about dementia and how you can support a friend or a loved one living with the condition. \nLight refreshments and the opportunity to network\, ask questions and find out more are provided. \n\n\n\nWhen\nTues 27th February: 10am – 11.30am\, in-person \n\n  \n\nWhere\nMaitland Park Care Home\, \nMaitland Park Road\, \nMaitland Villas\, NW3 2ET \n(5 – 10 minute walk from Chalk Farm station). \n\nBooking and further information\n  \nYou can book your place via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dementia-awareness-workshop-tickets-806484455717 \n  \nPlease contact Dianne dogunyemi@vac.org.uk for more information. \n  \n\nNote for Attendees\n\nPlease be aware that all VAC’s face-to-face training and workshops are externally funded and therefore extremely limited.\nTherefore\, we kindly ask that if you are unable to attend on the day – you please arrange for another member of your organisation to attend in your place.\nAlternatively\, please email Ricky Singh Tokhi at: rsingh@vac.org.uk in advance and your place can be offered to another learner on our wating list.\nFailure to attend a session may result in a £50 non-attendance fee being charged to your organisation or reduced access to future training opportunities.\nFor more information or questions regarding your suitability of this training and upcoming online workshops\, please email me directly.
URL:https://vac.org.uk/event/dementia-awareness-workshop/
LOCATION:Maitland Park – Shaw Healthcare\, Maitland Park Villas\, London\, England\, NW3 2ET\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Safeguarding event
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SUMMARY:Online Safeguarding and Social Media Workshop (In partnership with Camden Prevent and Lightbulb Learners)
DESCRIPTION:About\nWith its volume\, reach and speed\, social media can encourage millions of users to adopt extreme political or social positions. In this workshop\, we will look at the impacts of online groups\, tribes\, and communities; how they polarise for profit\, and at times validate dangerous behaviour. \n  \nWith a focus on grooming\, algorithms and the spread of disinformation that promotes division among communities\, we will explore the role of safeguarding online in our increasingly digitalised world. \n  \nThe session will give a background to social media harm and well as cover subjects on grooming gangs\, the incel and femcel community\, male body dysmorphia and the online harms bill. \n  \nWho should attend\nEssential knowledge for all\, but especially those who work with children and young people in the borough. \n  \nWhen\nFace-to-face: Thursday 8th February 2024: 10am – 12.30pm. \n  \nWhere\nMeeting Room 3.1\nThird Floor Crowndale Centre\n218 Eversholt Street\nNW1 1BD \n  \nTo find out more or to secure your place\n  \nPlease email our Safeguarding Lead Dianne Carlton-Ogunyemi on: dogunyemi@vac.org.uk
URL:https://vac.org.uk/event/online-safeguarding-and-social-media-workshop-in-partnership-with-camden-prevent-and-lightbulb-learners/
LOCATION:Crowndale Centre\, 218 Eversholt Street\, London\, England\, NW1 1BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Safeguarding event
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T143000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Safer Recruitment: for Small Orgs and Community Groups
DESCRIPTION:About \nSafer recruitment procedures are an essential part of safeguarding in any voluntary organisation or community group. \n  \nIt is essential that all those delivering services to under 18’s or vulnerable people in the borough have rigorous safer recruitment procedures at the heart of their organisation. Such practices help to ensure staff and volunteers are suitable to work and all understand the vital part they play in creating a positive environment that keeps everyone safe from harm. \n  \nIf you are responsible for selecting and recruiting volunteers\, employed workers\, teachers or coaches for positions that come into contact with children\, young people or vulnerable adults; then come along to this session and find out how you can ensure you are doing all you can to keep service users safe. \n  \nWho should attend\nEssential knowledge for managers\, senior workers and leadership teams\, permanent workers and volunteers who work with children and young people in the borough. \n  \nWhen and Where\nVirtual – Online: Thursday 1st February 2024: 1pm – 2.30pm. \n  \nTo find out more or to secure your place\nPlease email our Safeguarding Lead Dianne Carlton-Ogunyemi on: dogunyemi@vac.org.uk
URL:https://vac.org.uk/event/introduction-to-safer-recruitment-for-small-orgs-and-community-groups/
CATEGORIES:Safeguarding event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240124T100000
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SUMMARY:Safeguarding in Practice - Developing Knowledge and Understanding
DESCRIPTION:About\nAll children and young people have the right to live their lives free from violence\, abuse\, and exploitation – if you are delivering services to under 18’s in Camden\, this safeguarding refresher is essential. \nDesigned for those who have had some kind of safeguarding training in the past\, this workshop aims to refresh existing knowledge and provide an update of safeguarding practices and changes to legislation since the start of the pandemic. \nUsing group discussions\, lived experiences and real-life case studies; we discuss the safeguarding “red flags” and examine how you can play a vital part in the safeguarding process. \n  \nWho should attend\nEssential knowledge for all\, but especially those currently working with children and young people in the borough. \n  \nWhen\nFace-to-face: Wednesday 24 January 2024: 10.00am – 12.00pm \n  \nWhere\nCommittee Room 2\, Crowndale Centre\,\nThird Floor\, Crowndale Centre\,\n218 Eversholt Street\nNW1 1BD \n  \nTo find out more or to secure your place\nPlease email our Safeguarding Lead Dianne Carlton-Ogunyemi on: dogunyemi@vac.org.uk
URL:https://vac.org.uk/event/safeguarding-in-practice-developing-knowledge-and-understanding/
LOCATION:Crowndale Centre\, 218 Eversholt Street\, London\, England\, NW1 1BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Safeguarding event
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SUMMARY:Camden New Groups Network- VAC exciting new project
DESCRIPTION:Camden New Groups Network- VAC exciting new project\n\nWhether you think of starting a new group\, incorporating an organisation\, are drafting your Articles of Association\, or have recently registered your organisation and are developing a fundraising strategy\, this group is for you! \nConnect\, Learn and Share\nOur Camden New Groups Network is now ready to go\, and we are cordially inviting you to our introductory meeting on Tuesday\, 14th of November from 15:00. The meeting will be held online\, and we are very much looking forward to meeting you. Please follow the link below to Eventbrite to register for the meeting and we will send you the MS Teams link closer to the day. \nThis is a Network for all the new groups that VAC have provided with consultancy support recently and for any community group or individual considering starting a charity or social enterprise. We will be discussing the ToR for the Network and the common challenges and requirements that you face when starting a new charity\, social enterprise\, or community group. You will have the opportunity to share experiences with others and seek the advice and support of your peers. \n\nIf you are thinking about starting up a charity\, community group or social enterprise and would like to be included in our New Groups Network \, please\, get in touch with VAC by emailing Vania at vguetova@vac.org.uk now\, so that you won’t miss our first meeting. \nTo Book\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/camden-new-groups-network-vac-exciting-new-project-tickets-748386091947?aff=oddtdtcreator 
URL:https://vac.org.uk/event/camden-new-groups-network-vac-exciting-new-project-2/
CATEGORIES:Digital event,Network event
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