Voluntary Action Camden e-bulletin 16th September 2016

Camden Funders Fair; New Address for VAC; Cloud Nine Festival; Free HR Courses for Camden Organisations; Opportunity for capital funding for VCS organisations in King’s Cross Ward; Help to Run Somers Town Futures; NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plan;Camden Special Parents Forum; Camden Safer Neighbourhoods Board Volunteers Fair and AGM; October Volunteer Managers’ Forum; Fastlaners; City Lit places for adults with learning disabilities; Camden Funders Fair + 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 the end of September Voluntary Action Camden will be based in the same building as West Euston Partnership at 29- 31 Hampstead Rd, London NW1 3JA. Email addresses and phone numbers 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

Cloud Nine Festival
Saturday 17th September, 11am – 4pm, Cumberland Market, NW1 3RH. A free outdoor family fund day creatively exploring arts and well being. www.westeutonpartnership.co.uk, www.diorama-arts.org.uk, www.fantasyhighstreet.org.uk, #cloud9camden

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.

Opportunity for capital funding for VCS organisations in King’s Cross Ward
The Council is in receipt of money arising from a property development in King’s Cross Ward, as a result of Section 106 (S106) obligations on property developers, under Camden’s Planning Guidance.
This opportunity relates only to money provided to improve community facilities, it does not relate to S106 money received for other purposes, such as infrastructure and parks and open spaces.
The community building or facility must be one of the following:
• Owned by the organisation
• Occupied on a long-term lease
• Owned by the council
If your voluntary & community sector organisation would like to make a proposal for S106 capital money for community facilities, and your premises and service provision fits these criteria, please contact jeff.hopwood@camden.gov.uk and adam.demosthenous@camden.gov.uk (please use both to ensure a swift response).
A proposal form will be supplied, to easily enable response to the following:
• A brief description of the proposal, including how much money you are seeking – an estimate is fine at this stage
• Any relevant deadlines
The form will also ask for information about:
• How an allocation would ensure that the recipient’s facilities are available for the local community
• Whether the organisation or facility has received S106 Community Facilities funding before
• Whether the capital project has any match funding or pledges of match funding
• How the proposal will address Camden Plan priorities and the Council’s investment tests:
www.camden.gov.uk/camdenplan
www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/council-and-democracy/publications-and-finances/twocolumn/camden-financial-challenge-.en?page=3.
Proposal forms will need to be returned by the 14th October 2016, officers intend to consider the proposals during October, and discuss with ward members and relevant Cabinet Members. Decisions are expected to be made by the beginning of November. Queries to Jeff or Adam as above.

Help to Run Somers Town Futures
Come along on Saturday 24th September 10 AM- 2 PM at Training Link, 54 – 56 Phoenix Road , NW1
Somers Town has been awarded a grant of £1m to help make our local community an even better place to live.
The award was made by Local Trust and Big Lottery together and is known as a Big Local grant – one of 150 awards made to communities around England.
This is an exciting opportunity to use £1m to make a massive and lasting difference to Somers Town. It’s about bringing together the local talent, ambitions, skills and ideas from local residents, community groups and local organisations who want to make our neighbourhood a cleaner, brighter, safer and livelier place to live and work.
Who are the key people? You are! This is about putting residents in charge – Residents will plan, manage and deliver our funding programmes and activities. The residents of Somers Town know what’s needed and have the solutions to make a lasting and positive difference. We have 10 years to use our £1 million grant to make a big difference locally. It is vital that we get as many residents and community groups as possible involved. We must make sure that everybody in our area feels part of
Somers Town Big Local so that the changes and improvements we make reflect what people want and need. It’s your shout – get involved!
Some residents have already made a start. This is the Somers Town Futures group who did all the work needed to pull down the £1 m funding.
Now we need more residents to join the group to help guide and shape The Future of Somers Town
If you would like to join the Somers Town Futures Residents Group please email len@somerstownfutures.co.uk or call 07415 040 965 for more information.

Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) – Camden Public Event – Invitation from local NHS and social care leaders
29th September 2016 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the The Camden Centre, Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H
Health and social care services across the country are looking to the future. NHS England has asked commissioners and providers to develop local plans to improve your health and wellbeing; to enhance the quality of services you receive at the same time as reducing costs. Not an easy challenge!
But a challenge nevertheless that Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington are trying to address through the development of a North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Plan. The plan will affect all of us, so local leaders aims to listen to local peoples’ views as part of its development and to involve local people in designing the changes as they take shape.
Senior members of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan Board, from Camden Council, Camden Clinical Commissioning Group and local NHS hospital trusts, would like to invite you to a public information meeting. This is an opportunity to find out more and ask questions about the Plan, its ambition and its impact on you and your community, and how you can be involved further.
You do not have to register to attend. If you have any accessibility requirements, including access arrangements for d/Deaf and disabled people, contact Denise Shaw on denise.shaw6@nhs.net.

Camden Special Parents Forum Wednesday 21st September, 10am – 12pm
at the Lumen Centre, Russell Square.
All Camden parents and carers of a child or young person with SEND are welcome.
please email or text : Rachel.Dixon@kids.org.uk or text 07587 039033.
f: https://www.facebook.com/CamdenSpecialParentsForum
Camden Special Parents Forum, for Parents and Carers of Children & Young People with Special Education Needs

Camden Safer Neighbourhoods Board Volunteers Fair and AGM
Wednesday 26 October, 6.30 pm, in the Council Chamber, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Come and find out what volunteering opportunities there are available in your area to help reduce crime and antisocial behaviour.
If you are a member of a voluntary/community organisation involved with crime prevention or crime reduction and you would like to recruit new volunteers, please email Peter Ward .

October Volunteer Managers’ Forum + Lunch
10.30am-2pm at Kentish Town Community Centre, 17 Busby Place, NW5 2SP
Join us at our next volunteer managers’ forum where we will look at all things volunteer management.
This forum will follow the ‘unconference’ format, which means you are the event organisers / participants on the day. You get out what you put in – so come prepared to muck in.
Integral to the forum will be meeting (and networking with) other volunteer managers in Camden – and lunch is included. Full details and book your free tickets on Eventbrite.

Fastlaners helps 18 – 25 year olds looking for support to get into work
Fastlaners is a 2 week programme designed to equip participants with the knowledge, networks, skills, and confidence to improve their job prospects and find meaningful employment. Participants meet professionals from a range of industries, building their employability skills and personal development: they receive mentoring, participate in mock interviews, network with recruitment professionals, and develop the confidence to secure fulfilling employment.
In addition to two weeks of full-time workshops and opportunities to meet employers, Fastlaners also offers participants ongoing support to find work. Our Fastlaners Programme Coordinator will work on a one-to-one basis to identify well-suited vacancies, support with application and interview prep, and then be on hand with any work-based questions participants may have.
We are looking for 30 young people aged 18-25 who are looking for some support to get into work to join our programme. Participants must be 18 – 25 years old, able to attend sessions in central London; have existing qualifications (A-Levels, or equivalent, as a minimum); be currently unemployed (those on zero-hours contracts may be accepted if they meet other criteria)
uprising.org.uk/fastlaners, or email: fastlaners@uprising.org.uk, twitter; @Fastlaners
The deadline is September 23rd and the programme starts on Monday 3rd October.

The City Lit still have a few places left for adults with learning disabilities
The courses start next week. The vacancies are in these classes:
Act and Perform; Change The World; Connect2Tech; Dance Workshop; Hands On Science; Make Your Movie; Sing Together; Tell Your Story
See the prospectus for more details of each course.
If you are interested in any of these classes for a client or service user, please email me at this address to arrange an enrolment appointment. If you are interested in any of our other classes (which are currently full), we can put people on the waiting list as places can come up later in the term.
Paul Nevitt | Administrator | Learning Disability and Speech Therapy | 020 7492 2586 |City Lit | 1-10 Keeley Street London WC2B 4BA | paul.nevitt@citylit.ac.uk | www.citylit.ac.uk

Ageing Better In Camden
Read the latest Ageing Better in Camden newsletter here.

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

Coram’s Fields, Macmillan, Evelyn Oldfield, Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre; Home Start Camden; 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

Digital transformation, technology and local public services: Camden and beyond
Cllr Blackwell, Cabinet member for Finance, Technology and Growth gives an account of digital transformation in Camden. Read the full piece here.

Londoners back Mayor’s plan to tackle pollution in the capital
Londoners have backed the Mayor of London in record numbers to press ahead with expanding the Ultra-Low Emission Zone and introduce a major early crackdown on the most polluting vehicles to clean up the capital’s filthy air. Full story here.

Why refugee and migrant women aren’t able to learn English in the UK – and what we can do about it
Speaking English is essential for integration, empowerment and economic opportunity in the UK, but today our research reveals that vulnerable refugee women living here face significant barriers to learning the language. Current provision of English education in the UK is not meeting the complex needs of vulnerable female refugees and migrants, leaving them unable to reach their full potential in UK society. Full story here.

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

The Institute of Fundraising is hosting an event at City Hall on the 9th of November to help small charities to try and overcome their fundraising challenges.
Charities in London are vital for local communities, but many smaller charities are also facing a tough funding climate. This event at London City Hall is a chance for small charities from across the capital to hear fundraising experts talk about how best to fundraise from the public, and offer practical guidance and support to help raise funds for their work.
The event will be a mixture of presentations and workshops, hearing and learning from experts and peers in London’s charity sector on:
• How best to engage with those who may be willing to provide large one off donations to your charity.
• How best to ask members of the public for small, regular donations to support your cause.
• How to improve your community events and one off public fundraising activities.
The event is open to all small charities based within London completely free of charge. Spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Charities can register at the following link: http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/events-and-training/iofevents/conferences/small-charities-in-london-achieving-great-fundraising-in-your/.

Bringing people together
Origin Housing is a charitable housing and care provider, founded in the 1920’s as a slum clearance organisation but with a belief that “housing is not enough”.
Crowdfunder is working with Origin Housing to bring people together and build stronger communities in the north London and Hertfordshire area.
We have £13,500 of extra funding to distribute to projects that make those neighbourhoods a great place to live.
Add your idea to Crowdfunder and gather support to prove its potential impact.
When you hit 25% of your target, you could get up to 50% of your total fundraising target – up to £1,000. And once you hit your target, you can make your idea happen and make a difference.Find out more at http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/plus/origin/origin-housing

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).

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.

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.
To participate please email daniel.forsythe@headwaynorthlondon.org. £10 for the six classes.
St. Pancras Community Asoc, 67 Plender Street, NW1. 1:30 – 3:00 Thursdays 6 Oct – 17 Nov

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

‘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

Coram’s Fields Seeks 2 Workers
Sessional Youth Worker and Sessional Sports Worker
Hours: Evenings (as and when required) Rate: £9.40 per hour
This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated individual who shares our passion for helping all young people to reach their potential to join our Youth and Sport Team. Coram’s Fields is a well-established, independent Children’s Charity located in the London Borough of Camden which delivers a range of high quality services for young people aged 6-19 years old.
If you require further information about the roles or wish to apply please contact Jonathan: jonathan@coramsfields.org.uk or naz@coramsfields.org.uk
Closing date: 12 pm Friday 7th October 2016
Interview date: week beginning Monday 10th October 2016 (TBC) www.coramsfields.org

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.

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

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
Download application pack 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 a number of 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
Employer Engagement Worker
35 hrs per week 3 year contract £32,200 incl. ILW
Closing date: Wednesday 5th October 2016 at 12.00pm
Administrative and Finance Assistant
35 hrs per week 3 year contract £20,645 incl. ILW
Closing date: Wednesday 5th October 2016 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

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.
Why not set up your profile today? Find out more, visit: camdenpas.org.uk or phone: 020 7278 4437

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British Museum exclusive Community Preview of South Africa
Community preview of the art of a nation exhibition at the British Museum on Sunday 23rd October.
To book your free tickets please email hbahra@britishmuseum.org before Wednesday 5th October. Tickets are limited and distributed on a first-come first-served basis. State in the email:
• Name of your group or organisation – 1 request per organisation
• Number of tickets required (Maximum 12)
• Preferred entry time to exhibition between 1pm – 6pm (open till 7pm)
• Postal address for tickets

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
You can find all Camden consultation on the Wearecamden consultation hub.

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.