Free Community Leadership Course
Starting Tuesday April 25th at St. Pancras and Somers Town Living Centre
This free, 5-week course is for Camden volunteers, VCF staff and residents (without a UK degree) who wish to develop their confidence, skills, and knowledge of community work.
Taught by Birkbeck tutors, the course covers topics such as community engagement and development, wellbeing and resilience, and project evaluation. These sessions are a great opportunity to meet others in the sector and network.
To sign up or learn more about eligibility, please click here or email a.hetherton@bbk.ac.uk with any questions.
Coronation Champions Awards and Coronation Big Lunch
To mark the Coronation of Their Majesties, The Coronation Champions Awards, with the support of Her Majesty The Queen Consort, will celebrate and recognise inspiring volunteers who have made an exceptional difference in their communities.
To learn more and nominate a volunteer, please click here
Little Amal comes to Camden for a festival of hope and art
In a year when Passover, Easter and Ramadan coincide, Little Amal, a ‘global symbol of human rights,’ returns to London to meet multi-faith communities across Camden.
Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee child carries a message of hope for displaced people everywhere, especially children who have been separated from their families.
To find out more information on the different events and how you can get involved – at home, within the community as well as on the day, please click here
SPACE4 Finsbury Park – Free masterclass
27th March: 6pm – 8pm
This free masterclass focuses on career advice and being interview ready.
These sessions are for those looking to get back into work, those looking for a new role and anyone wanting to brush up on interview skills that could be applied to networking or presenting.
It is an opportunity to master the tools to come across more confidently during an interview, explore what interviewers really want and to work on voice and body language skills.
Everyone welcome, please sign up here ( if you can’t pay the £5 deposit please contact natasha@outlandish.com and we will send you a free registration link)
Invitation: meeting on tackling the climate and ecological crises
Greenwood Centre – Tuesday, 28 March 7pm–9pm
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Camden is inviting representatives of all Camden-based groups and organisations with the aim to join forces in tackling local and global climate and ecological issues – together we can have more of an impact.
Points of discussion: The “Big One” – an ambitious, peaceful project to bring 100,000 people onto the streets of Westminster – 21 to 24 April. Plus local relationship and alliance building.
To register, please click here or for more information please email camdenxr@gmail.com
Free Legal Advice Workshop: How to protect your business
28th March, 7 – 8:30pm, St Pancras Community Association, 67 Plender Street, NW1 0LB
Join SPCA for this free workshop to learn how to protect the valuable assets in your business. Covering topics such as copyrights, trademarks and NDAs
Opening of new nature interpretation centre on Hampstead Heath
Heath Hands are opening a new nature interpretation centre at the Kenwood Dairy from 1st April. If you’re out for a walk with the nicer weather, why not pop in on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday to find out more about nature and wildlife on the Kenwood Estate and wider Heath?
To find out more, please click here
Free Arthritis Management Group Workshop
Thursday 20th April: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Central YMCA have partnered with Arthritis Action to offer a free group workshop for people living with Arthritis.
The workshop provides practical advice on how to reduce the pain of arthritis through self-management and lifestyle choices, and will be held at Central YMCA KX, just a 5-minute walk from Kings Cross St Pancras station.
Book your place on this free group workshop here
Half Price Tickets Offer for Gone Too Far! at Stratford East Theatre
Stratford East Theatre have allocated some half priced tickets for Bola Agbaje’s Olivier Award-winning play Gone too far!
A comic and vibrant play that examines identity and heritage.
You can get 50% off Band A (£32.50) and Band B (£22.50) seats for performances on Fri 24th – Mon 27th March and Wed 29th Mar – Sat 1st April.
To book tickets please call the Box Office on 0208 534 0310 or click here and use promo code GTF50
Old Diorama Arts Centre vacancies
Old Diorama Arts Centre (ODAC) is an arts creation and community centre, and is currently recruiting two roles:
Project Producer: Stories of Regent’s Park Estate (deadline 2nd April) – coordinating and delivering the Story Trail community engagement, artistic commissions and installation, and supports the delivery of Regent’s Park Estate Community Festival. For more information please click here
Fundraising Manager (deadline 11th April) – seeking an experienced and strategic fundraiser to join our small but ambitious team, to expand our fundraising capacity and contribute to income diversification plans. For more information please click here
The Children’s Society vacancy: Project Worker
The Children’s Society is looking to recruit a determined, engaging person to join our dynamic, ambitious team in our Stride Service.
A key part of this role will be to reduce harm to boys and young men who have been affected by trafficking, exploitation or those who have been missing, by ensuring they are given better support to improve their mental health and wellbeing, increase their understanding of past/current exploitation, increase young person safety through joint working with police, local authority and voluntary organisations to give them better access to protection
For more information please click here
Heath Hands vacancies:
Do you want a varied role in a friendly team on Hampstead Heath?
Heath Hands are recruiting for a project officer (3 days a week, deadline 26th March), an office assistant (2 days a week, deadline 21st April) and some session leaders (casual contracts, deadline 3rd April).
Check out the vacancies here
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