Category: Newsletter

Coaching & Mentoring; Camden Deaf Group Invite you to Deaf Awareness Day; Speak Out; Recovery College Open Day; Carers Health and Wellbeing Fair for Camden and Islington; Kentish Town Festival; Patient Focus Group – Royal Free Hospital; Camden Intergenerational Network Newsletter; Open Day- Resource for London; Rebetiko Carnival; Switch by the Tricycle Young Company; Somers Town: What Future? Co-Produced Innovation in Mental Health; Camden Council Learning Disabilities Forum; Volunteers Week; + lots of jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

Friday 3rd June 2016 10am -4pm
This one-day interactive workshop is for staff, trustees or volunteers who would like to know more about coaching and mentoring. It will explore the differences between coaching and mentoring, coaching and mentoring models and the skills required for effective coaching and mentoring.
Details and booking at https://vac.org.uk/event/coaching-mentoring-friday-3rd-june-2016-10am-4pm/ Free

Camden Deaf Group Invite you to Deaf Awareness Day
“Have you ever wondered what does Deaf Awareness mean for you?”
Tuesday, 31st May 2016 11.00am – 1.00pm
Wellington Close TRA, Willingham TRA Hall, Willingham Terrace, Leighton Road, NW5 2UY Free Refreshment
If you are interested in attending or further information, please contact Andy, the Chairman. Contact No-7722523798 (only Text)

Speak Out
The SPEAK OUT event is part of Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre’s campaign against Domestic Abuse. Every week in the UK two women are killed by their current or ex-partners.
Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre is asking MEN from different backgrounds to attend the SPEAK OUT event and show their support by signing a PLEDGE and commit to stand against Domestic Abuse.
Monday 6th June 2016. Time: 11am – 2pm (Lunch will be provided)
Venue: Committee Room 1, Old Town Hall, Judd Street, WC1H 9DB
Please RSVP to: info@hopscotchawc.org.uk or call Hopscotch on 020 7388 8198 by 30th May 2016

Recovery College Open Day from 10am on Monday 23 May
Attend course taster sessions (call to book your place now)
Talk with Mental Health Working (specialist employment support for people with mental health conditions in Camden & Islington)
4 St Pancras Way (corner Granary Street) NW1 0PE Tel: 020 3317 6904. Full details online.

Carers Health and Wellbeing Fair for Camden and Islington
Enjoy a day of pampering, relaxation and a chance to unwind
• Makeup artists
• Independent Beauty Consultant
• Hula hoop sessions
• Mini facials, hand and arm massage
• Chair-based therapies such as Indian Head massage
• Mocktails stall serving non-alcoholic drinks
• NHS staff carrying out mini health checks
• Master Gardener stall
• Laughter yoga sessions
• Information stalls
Wednesday, June 8th 10.30am to 3pm at Centre 404
404 Camden Road, N7 0SJ tel 020 7697 1336 www.centre404.org.uk

Kentish Town Festival Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
For details visit the facebook site. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Patient Focus Group – Royal Free Hospital – End of Life care and complex decision making
The Royal Free Hospital is planning to hold a focus group on determining themes that surround end of life care and complex decision making.
This means that staff from the hospital would like to meet with people to explore individuals feelings and experiences when they or their relatives come into hospital and deteriorate quickly.
If you would be interested in becoming a participant of the focus group please forward an RSVP to
Alina Lau – PSP Improvement Lead alina.lau@nhs.net 020 7794 0500 Ext: 53385
Caitriona Stapleton – PSP Manager Caitriona.stapleton@nhs.net 020 7794 05000 Ext: 33860

Camden Intergenerational Network
You can view the latest newsletter here including information about the new Age of No Retirement website.

Open Day- Resource for London – 1st July 2016 10am – 2pm
Thinking of holding an event at Resource for London on Holloway Road? Come and visit before you book! You get a chance to see the Centre’s facilities and also have the chance to sample the delicious menu provided by Cooks and Partners, our on-site caterers. To book your place email bookings@resourceforlondon.org

Rebetiko Carnival
In June 2016 the Rebetiko Carnival, one of the biggest music festivals in Europe is landing on the shores of the UK. The traditional music of Greece and Asia minor will be resounding through the streets of many of the major cities of the UK with the heart of the festival in Camden. Concerts, seminars, workshops, education work, outreach work, instrument exhibitions, Shadow Puppet theatre and new texts narrating the dramatic history of this music with live performance. All this will brought here by many of the greatest musicians from Greece as well as the best UK based bands.
The venues include Camden’s very own The Green Note as well as The Vortex, King’s Place, The Forge, the Hellenic Centre (London) etc. See Rebetiko Carnaval

Switch by the Tricycle Young Company.
After a sell-out success in March during Takeover 2016: Paradise, our celebration of drama and film by young people for young people, the Tricycle Young Company is bringing back Switch for 2 days only, 19 & 26 June. Tricycle Young Company is an opportunity for young people from 11-25 yrs to develop their skills as theatre makers working alongside the professionals and making work that defies cultural boundaries, engages the emotions and investigates the world.
Be part of the Tricycle Young Company
The Tricycle is recruiting for its Young Companies 2016/17. We’ll be creating and performing 6 new exciting plays in different spaces throughout Brent. If you’re 11-25 yrs, live in Brent and are interested in making theatre get in touch and tell us a little about yourself – getinvolved@tricycle.co.uk

Somers Town: What Future? 16 June – 18 June
Organized by: Somers Town Neighbourhood Forum, Diana Foster and T.A.S
Chalton Gallery, 96 Chalton Street, NW1 1HJ
For decades Somers Town has been known for its innovative social housing. But suddenly its land has become subject to the dual pressures of vast infrastructure projects and the fashion for “intensification”. Somers Town: What future? invites you to come and learn more about the story of a community fighting for its identity, vitality and sanity in the 21st century. More information at London Architecture Diary

Co-Produced Innovation in Mental Health
An SCSN & NSUN Co-Produced Conference Indian YMCA. 15 June 9.30 – 4.30
What is co-production? Why is it important? How can we do it? Explore challenges of implementing co-production in mental health.
Find out what Co-Production has achieved across the country Take away innovative best practice ideas that can be implemented.
Lynn Romeo. Chief Social Worker for Adults
Iris Benson OBE. Expert by Experience. Mersey-Care NHS Trust
Ruth Allen. Chief Executive BASW
Sarah Carr. Middlesex University and NSUN
Pete Fleischmann. Head of Co-Production. SCIE
Hari Sewel. “Critical Psychiatry:Co-Producing without colluding”.
Pamela Fisher. University of Leeds. Re-imagining professionalism.
Information about a range of other co-produced projects.
Workshops include: Co-Production and Leadership, Co-Production and Dementia, Co-Production and Open Dialogue, Co-Production and MCA/DOLS, Peer Support, Experienced Based Co-Design.
£45 including Indian Buffet Lunch and booking fee.
Book via Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scsnnsun-conference-co-produced-innovation-in-mental-health-tickets-24921036491

Camden Council Learning Disabilities Forum
Wednesday 15th June 2016 6pm – 8pm
We will be talking about sharing information how to make your voice heard
At Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre, Belmont Street, London, NW1 8HF.
There will be refreshments
if you need help to get to the meeting please phone David on 02 07 97 44 23 9 before 5pm on 10th June 2016

Volunteers Week
It’s Volunteers Week at the beginning of June. Find out what’s happening on the interactive map.

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Fitzrovia Chapel, Greenpeace, Castlehaven Community Association, London Irish Centre, Mind in Camden, Community Links, Latin American House, Camden CCG, UCLH, Action Village India, Personalisation Service In Camden, Richard Reeve’s Foundation, Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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

A quick guide to writing a fundraising strategy
Having a considered plan for raising money is more important than ever – The Guardian have published a quick guide.

BBC Living With Dementia Season
Throughout the month of May, the BBC are broadcasting a series of programmes focusing on dementia. During the season we’ll hear inspirational stories offering help and advice on an illness that affects 800,000 people across the UK.

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

Local organisations are being encouraged to bid for a share of £600,000 to fund HIV prevention initiatives.
Public Health England (PHE) has announced an HIV Prevention Innovation Fund for 2016 to 2017, which is open to voluntary organisations across England.
It said it would particularly welcome proposals that tackle the diagnosis for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, the stigma associated with HIV and the integration of HIV prevention into wider sexual and reproductive health. It would also like to see action on dealing with behaviours that can increase the risk of contracting HIV such as drug and alcohol misuse.
‘The fund represents an opportunity for local areas to further benefit from national support and I hope to see a range of applications, showcasing creative local solutions to a longstanding public health issue.’
In the UK, an estimated 103,700 people have HIV with 18,100 unaware they have the condition.
To register for funding email hiv.prevention@phe.gov.uk

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through illness, disability, deprivation etc.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities.
Deadlines for Small Grant applications: 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: 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).

Vegan Fayre
Saturday 28th May, 12 – 6pm. Calthorpe Project, Chelsea Fringe present a day of delicious vegan food, arts and crafts, cookery demos, live music and much more. At 258-274 Grays Inn Road. 020 7837 8019. facebook.com/ramblingveganfox

Supporting Refugee and Migrant Women Annual Conference 8th June
This conference will bring together refugee and migrant community groups with mainstream women’s organisations. We will have the opportunity to reflect on the past year of the project and the women’s sector, and plan on what we will do next to support vulnerable refugee and migrant women further.
Keynote speakers include:
Nicole Jacobs – CEO, Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse
Patricia Ng’ang’a’s Film on Domestic Violence
Research and reflections from refugee women’s organisations including:
· Asylum Aid + NatCen: Women’s Asylum Appeals Project
· Saria Khalifa, FORWARD UK – Activism among Sudanese women’s communities.
The presentations will be followed by focused practical workshops where participants can share ideas and good practices on issues relevant to Refugees and Asylum Seeker women.
We will also have a Mini Participatory Theatre Workshop on Migrant Mothers’ Citizenship delivered by Dr Umut Erel from the Open University and Erene Kaptani
Come and be part of this conversation! Register FREE online on Eventbrite. WOMEN ONLY.
For further information or bookings, please call / email Sheena: sheena@evelynoldfield.co.uk or 020 7697 4103. Wednesday 8th June 10:00 – 16:30 at Holloway Road

T’ai Chi at Torriano Meeting House
From Tuesday 31 May, weekly, 10-11am. Led by Neil Rogers. More info 020 7609 2758
Information at torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com

An introduction to intergenerational working
An intensive one-day training session ideal for people who would like to organise activities or projects which bring together older and younger people, improve their intergenerational practice or make their organisation or service more age-inclusive.
The day is for anyone who would like to organise intergenerational events or improve their organisation’s intergenerational practice. The session is free of charge and open to anyone living, working, studying or volunteering in the London Borough of Camden.
The training will examine why intergenerational and age-friendly thinking is important, how to choose activities, how to prepare older and younger people to meet each other, how to plan and resource a project and how to build safe, creative and sustainable projects.
Tuesday 12 July 2016 9.45am – 4.45pm at Argenta House, Aspern Grove, Belsize Park, London NW3
For further information or to book a place, contact: vanda.carter@camden.gov.uk / 020 7974 2810

Research for Action & Influence Conference
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is holding a half day conference presenting brand new evidence on the experiences of migrant and refugee communities in London.
Researchers has been conducting research on issues affecting refugees and migrants living in London.
This year’s research topics include unaccompanied minors transitioning into adulthood, Latin American and Filipino grassroots campaigning, language as a barrier to accessing healthcare, health needs of Greek and Greek Cypriot women in north London, the role of churches in refugee integration, impact of domestic violence on children, secondary torture survivors, Somali youth crime, and trafficking and modern slavery among Bangladeshis in east London.
This event will feature the results of these studies as well as guest speakers from the refugee and migrant sector, and academia.
Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA Thursday, 2 June 2016 from 1pm-5 pm
Please book your free tickets on Eventbrite.
For any queries contact Andreja Mesaric at andreja@evelynoldfield.co.uk or 020 7697 4102.

DIY PR workshop – Friday 10th June
The main aim of this workshop is to help charities maximise the impact of press releases.
You will learn:
~ How the media works.
~ How to create powerful press releases that maximise your chances of being noticed by journalists.
~ What makes a good story.
~ Practical ideas for getting free publicity for your cause.
This is an interactive half day group clinic, so we ask that participants bring along a press release that we can develop together as part of the session.
Friday 10th June 2016 in Holborn, London from 10:00am – 13:30pm. Cost: £15 Book at Eventbrite

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training Course, 12/13 July or 3 & 10 November
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
12th & 13th July and 3rd & 10th November click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Carers’ Week in Camden Monday 6th to Friday 10th June
Monday 6th – Launch day with walk and picnic
Tuesday 7th – Tea with the Trustees
Wednesday 8th – Health and Wellbeing Fayre
Thursday 9th – Street party for older and dementia carers
Friday 10th – Creative Showcase Event
If you care for somebody, then this is your week. All events are free. For information and booking for these and the other Carers’ Week events in Camden, please ring Camden Carers
Service on 020 7428 8950 or email info@camdencs.org.uk Details of all events are on our website www.camdencs.org.uk/carers-week

Supersized Volunteering Fairs
Volunteer Centre Camden fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 1st June, 12-4pm at Voluntary Action Islington
There are a few places available. And you can easily book now through Eventbrite.

Recovery College – places still available
Recovery College courses started on Monday 18 April and term runs until 20 July. The Summer term course guide is online at www.candi.nhs.uk/recoverycollege and courses are filling fast.
Please encourage colleagues and service-users to enrol now for courses in May, June and July so they don’t miss out on a place.
Available courses as at 28 April include
Mon 6 June: Women’s Health
Friday 10 June: Men & Masculinity (4 week course)
Friday 10 June: Getting Involved in Delivering Services
Mon 20 June: Co-production (Working Together)
Friday 24 June: The Powers of the Nearest Relative
Mon 27 June: Money Goal Getting
See our course guide at for many more available courses throughout June and July.
Contact us on 020 3317 6904 or via recovery.college@candi.nhs.uk if you would like more copies of the Recovery College course guide for your service users.
Open Monday-Friday 10am to 4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30) so feel free to drop in.

Courses at West Euston Partnership Starting April
Improve your reading and writing in English for everyday life.
English for everyday Reading & Writing E1
Wednesdays 10am-12pm
To enrol Call into WEP reception 29-31 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3JA Tel: 020 7388 7932 English
Visit camden.gov.uk/adultlearning
Email adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Call 020 7974 2148
Delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Fitzrovia Chapel (a new secular venue)
Director, Salary: £35,000 – £38,000 pro rata
Part-time – Flexible hours minimum 2 days/week or full time or job share (if combined with General Manager post)
The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation is a new charitable trust, created to ensure a strong future for the beautifully restored Grade II* listed Fitzrovia Chapel, a unique space with historic links to science and medicine. The Chapel will be a new cultural venue in Central London and will operate as a secular building.
The Trustees are seeking a Director with the energy and vision to develop a cultural programme suited to this unique space and to be in overall control of the venue. This is a brand new post and thus provides a rare opportunity for the successful candidate to mold the role and demonstrate their creative and managerial abilities.
General Manager Salary: £30,000 – 32,000 pro rata
Part-time – Flexible hours minimum 3 days/week or full time or job share (if combined with Director post)
We are seeking an experienced General Manager who is organized and methodical, and capable of setting up the range of systems needed to ensure the smooth and safe use of the building as a venue for both private hire and for a public programme of performances, lectures and exhibitions. This is a new post, and provides an opportunity to be integral to the success of a new venture.
For more information and details on how to apply please visit our website
http://fitzroviachapel.co.uk/jobs/
Closing date: 10.00 am Monday 20th June
Interviews: 18th and 20th July

Greenpeace seeks Social Media & Mobilisation Internship
Salary: £9.40 per hour (London Living Wage) (fixed term 6 mth contract)
Closing Date: 13 June, 2016 – 10:00
Greenpeace is an international non-profit campaigning organisation aiming to defend people and the planet, as well as promoting peace. We investigate and expose environmental problems, confront those in positions of power and present positive solutions to the planet’s problems.
As part of the digital mobilisation team, you’ll use digital tools like Facebook, Twitter and email to communicate about Greenpeace’s work to both current and potential supporters.
For further information about this role and how to apply, please go to the website or alternatively email recruitment.uk@greenpeace.org

Castlehaven Community Association seeks A Gardener / Handy Person
Part Time, 20hrs, 5 days including Saturdays. Competitive Salary.
We are looking for a friendly and reliable Gardener / Handy Person to help us maintain and provide a safe, clean and tidy place for our community to use.
You must have up to 1yrs experience in a Gardener/Handy person role and have some horticultural experience with good technical knowledge of plants, ponds, tools, horticultural processes and strong plant identification skills. Plus skills in minor DIY jobs, porterage, and maintenance of buildings.
The main purpose of the job will be:
To maintain a safe, clean and tidy site, free from litter, dog mess and green debris.
To regularly carry out tasks including grass cutting, weeding, pruning, hedge pruning, watering, digging, clearing, forking, raking, edging, bed preparation and planting.
To assist with matters relating to small scale maintenance (e.g. changing light bulbs etc) and porterage, to ensure an efficient and safe environment for users
of the buildings and grounds. Closing date for applications: Sunday 22nd May 2016
Interviews on: Thursday 26th May 2016, from 1pm-5pm
To download a Job Description & Application form please visit www.castlehaven.org.uk or email info@castlehaven.org.uk or call 020 7485 3386 for an application pack to be sent.
The Haven, 23 Castlehaven Road, London, NW1 8RU. No CV’s or Agencies.

London Irish Ventre seeks Director of Welfare
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic person to help us to support the vulnerable Irish by leading our well being, volunteering and advice projects.
If you feel passionate about helping the Irish community in London and are ready for a new challenge, please click here to find out more about the role.

Age UK Camden seeks a Communications Manager and a Community Partnership and Fundraising Officer
Communications Manager
(Maternity Leave fixed term contract – initial 12 months)
Scale SO1/SO2 scp 32 to 34 Full time £31,223 to £32,857 pa incl. London Weighting.
Pro rata £21,856 to £23,000 for 24.5 hours
Are you a skilled and confident communicator motivated to promote the work of Age UK Camden and Opening Doors London. You will be responsible for producing and advising on all external communications for Age UK Camden via print, social media, talks/presentations, undertaking PR and events organisation. Your strong organisation skills will enable you to lead on marketing and promotion of Age UK Camden’s multiple services. Your client involvement skills will be utilised in supporting the Campaigns Action Group – a quarterly meeting of older people who take up campaigning issues.
Liaising with the Community Partnership and Fundraising role below you will work together on community fundraising opportunities through sponsored events, appeals to businesses, promoting individual giving and use of (social) media.
Community Partnership and Fundraising Officer
(Initial 12 month fixed term contract)
£28,000 pa full time incl. London Weighting
Pro rata £14,000 for 17.5 hours
Are you an enthusiastic and engaging fundraiser with the skills and experience to raise unrestricted income to support our work of Age UK Camden and Opening Doors London through a programme of Community and Corporate Fundraising activities and events. You will have the ability to make Community Fundraising and Corporate relationships a key part of Age UK Camden’s wider offer and potential income streams; thus broadening the donor base and profile of the organisation.
See job descriptions and person specifications for all requirements
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2016 – 9.30 am
Interview date: Community Partnership and Fundraising Officer – Thursday 16th June 16.
Communications Manager – TBC
These posts are based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

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

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Mapping social prescribing in London
As part of our Regional Voices’ strategic partnership work, LVSC is mapping social prescribing activities in London. We will continue to update the map every quarter over the coming year.
The map includes links to social prescribing activities in London. Each link takes you to a uniquely created page with information about and contact details of each social prescriber.
We are also working with Healthy London Partnership (HLP) to take this work forward across London. We will look at best practice and different models of social prescribing activities in London.
The map will be widely shared with the VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) sector in London. We will also share it at a strategic level with commissioners, NHS England (including HLP), London Health Board, Public Health England, local authorities, Social Prescribing Network and academic institutions that are reviewing and evaluating social prescribing activities.
If you are a social prescriber, you are cordially invited to complete our survey which will inform your unique page on the map. It will also provide useful information for our work with HLP.
If you know of other and emerging social prescribing initiatives not listed on the map, please email me: sandra@lvsc.org.uk. Access the new social prescribing map in London online here

Would Your Group Like a Free Cancer Awareness Session?
Community Links. Our health team is currently working in Camden to raise awareness of the three most prevalent cancers and how to detect it early. This is particularly important as the stage of diagnosis is a key factor in influencing survival rates and treatment options.
We are offering a FREE awareness-raising session on either lung, breast or bowel cancer.
The talk usually lasts about 30 – 40 minutes.
We don’t require any resources, as we bring symptom checker cards for all present, and we have visual aids for breast and lung cancer.
If you are interested please email Tee.Yousaf@community-links.org, or alternatively, you call on 07939863130 to get further information or arrange a suitable date and time.

Domestic Violence Support in Camden
Camden Safety Net are the single link you can use when you need to refer anyone or seek advice on vulnerable people in the community suffering domestic violence. They have dedicated Independent Domestic & Sexual Violence Advisors (IDSVA’s) who meet with victims of domestic and/or sexual violence and give advice and support. They can find ways to enhance personal safety and work in a multi-agency way to support victims practically accessing housing, victim support, legal services, support groups and community centres, parenting support. Camden Safety Net work with victims facing all forms of abuse including same sex domestic and sexual violence, honour based violence, forced marriages and those at threat of FGM. They also work with both male and female victims aged 16 and over.
Contact details:
•phone: 020 7974 2526
•SMS: 07814 671 427
•email: camdensafetynet@camden.gov.uk
•secure email: camdensafetynet@camden.gov.uk.cjsm.net

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.

The BIG conversation; It’s Voluntary Arts Week 2016; Carers’ Week in Camden; Launch of Our Voices: The Experiences of People Ageing without Children; Free Cancer Awareness Sessions; Community Conversation – rough sleeping and street population issues in Camden; UCLH Council of Governor Elections; Ageism – How Ageist Are We? Keeping Active Together; A Neighbourhood Plan for Kentish Town; Camden Reablement Service; British Library Family and Community Group Sessions + lots of jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

Talking about dying won’t make it happen
Tuesday 10th ­ Thursday 12th May 10am to 5pm at 6 Malden Road, London NW5 3HR – pop in for a cuppa, a piece of cake and a chat about death.
Tuesday 10th May 10.30am­12pm Marie Curie Hospice Team ­ what does a hospice offer?
Petra Morris, Claire Collins and Jason Davidson will be coming to talk to us about the Hampstead Hospice and all that Marie Curie have to offer those who are living with terminal illness, their carers, families and friends.
Wednesday 11th May
2pm Ann­Marie and Andrew from ‘Co­operative funeralcare’ in Kentish Town. Andrew is from the Co­op legal department and will talk about wills and power of attorney.
5.30­8pm Death Café Co­hosted by Caroline and Philomena from London End of Life Doulas and Camden Carers Service.
Thursday 12th May
2pm Q&A with Barry White and Andrew Leverton from Leverton & Sons ­ a chance for you to ask any questions about funerals.
All Welcome #BigConversation #DyingMatters For further information call CCS on 020 7428 8950

It’s Voluntary Arts Week 2016
Hundreds of events are taking place across the UK and Republic of Ireland between 6 – 15 May with a dizzying array of different activities for you to try out, new skills to learn, fascinating groups to join or just meet interesting creative people in your area. There’ll be workshops, flashmobs, music and craftbombs etc. See what’s happening near you this week on the Voluntary Arts website.

Carers’ Week in Camden Monday 6th to Friday 10th June
Monday 6th – Launch day with walk and picnic
Tuesday 7th – Tea with the Trustees
Wednesday 8th – Health and Wellbeing Fayre
Thursday 9th – Street party for older and dementia carers
Friday 10th – Creative Showcase Event
If you care for somebody, then this is your week. All events are free. For information and booking for these and the other Carers’ Week events in Camden, please ring Camden Carers
Service on 020 7428 8950 or email info@camdencs.org.uk Details of all events are on our website www.camdencs.org.uk/carers-week

Invitation to the Launch of Our Voices: The Experiences of People Ageing without Children
Mon, 16 May at 17:30. Frith Street, W1. Free.
Speakers include: Baroness Sally Greengross OBE, an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2000, Professor Paul Burstow, Professor of Health and Social Care at City University London, Kirsty Woodard founder of AWOC – www.awoc.org – and people featured in the report will also share their experiences.
‘Our Voices’, details the experiences and thoughts of an often invisible group of older people – those ageing without children. While there has been extensive and widespread coverage of many ageing related issues, the issue of being old and without children has received virtually none. 1 in 5 people over 50 have no children yet there is little understanding, discussion or consideration of how this may impact individuals, services for older people and the wider community. Book at Eventbrite.

Would Your Group Like a Free Cancer Awareness Session?
Community Links. Our health team is currently working in Camden to raise awareness of the three most prevalent cancers and how to detect it early. This is particularly important as the stage of diagnosis is a key factor in influencing survival rates and treatment options.
We are offering a FREE awareness-raising session on either lung, breast or bowel cancer.
The talk usually lasts about 30 – 40 minutes.
We don’t require any resources, as we bring symptom checker cards for all present, and we have visual aids for breast and lung cancer.
If you are interested please email Tee.Yousaf@community-links.org, or alternatively, you call on 07939863130 to get further information or arrange a suitable date and time.

Community Conversation – rough sleeping and street population issues in Camden
Monday 9 May, 7.00 pm, Salvation Army Hall, 10 – 16 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London NW3 2BL
Increasing numbers of rough sleepers are arriving on the streets of Camden. You can find out how the Council is tackling the issue, in partnership with other agencies. There will also be an opportunity to share any concerns you have and to contribute to table based discussion about some of the issues this raises for our communities.
The Borough Commander, Detective Superintendent Penny Banham will provide you with a current policing update. There will be an open forum where you can ask questions about the policing of Camden.

UCLH Council of Governor Elections 2016
We need UCLH patients and London residents just like you. Help shape our future services. Could you be our next Governor? See ‘Jobs’ section below for full details.

Ageism – How Ageist Are We?
The London Regional Forum on Ageing which is entitled “Positive Ageing in London” (PAiL) is holding its annual conference on Tuesday, 17 May from 10:15am to 2.30pm on the theme of standing up to ageism and invites you to discuss ageism in society and particularly in London, and help develop individual and joint commitments to combat ageism and age discrimination.
The doors open for registration at 10am and all attendees asked to share examples of everyday ageism on Ageist wall of shame (please come with an example in mind)
10.30am to 2.30pm with a light sandwich lunch at 12noon. Free to attend.
Please register at the eventbrite web link here https://ageism.eventbrite.co.uk
If you have problems registering contact Sharon Tynan stynan@ageuklondon.org.uk tel: 020 78206776

Community Association for West Hampstead – Keeping Active Together
West Hampstead Community Centre, 17 Dornfell Street, London, NW6 1QN
Keeping Active Together (KAT) is a four year lottery funded project aiming to improve the wellbeing of older people in West Hampstead and Fortune Green. The Community Association for West Hampstead delivers the project in partnership with local organisations, local businesses, community members, tutors and volunteers.
We need your help supporting older people to attend events and activities. We can help you by training you to facilitate and develop new activities. We aim to engage people at risk of isolation and partner with local organisations to provide a diverse, accessible range of activities and services. Help us provide information and signpost on issues such as health, welfare benefits and other community services Activities for over 65’s
For more information please contact: Anna Clancey kat@cawh.org.uk / Aviva Myerson outreach@cawh.org Tel: 020 7794 3729 www.cawh.org.uk

A Neighbourhood Plan for Kentish Town
Saturday 7th May 11.30am – 1pm at Kentish Town Library
The Kentish Town Neighbourhood Forum (KTNF) is launching its Plan for Kentish Town at Kentish Town Library on Saturday 7th May. On 9th June Kentish Towners will be able to vote for the Plan.

Camden Reablement Service
The British Red Cross works in partnership with Camden Council to deliver the Reablement service.
This is a free of charge service offered for Camden residents over the age of 18. It’s a six weeks long service and we can provide one visit per week. Please refer anyone to us who you think might benefit from our service. If you have any questions or require further information please contact the British Red Cross team on 020 3317 3379

Charity Registration System Changing
The Charity Commission is moving to a new online registration system. If you are currently working on an online registration for a charity with the Charity Commission, you have until 14th July to complete it as current applications cannot be transferred to the new system.

British Library Family and Community Group Sessions
Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
FREE Suitable for 5+
Punk DIY Workshop Sunday 22 May, 11.30–13.00
Join us for a workshop encouraging playful family fun. Let out your inner punk and transform our Learning Centre into a creative DIY environment using drawing, collage, destruction and construction. Challenge your artistic ideas and values using whatever materials are to hand – however simple and random. The workshop is run by artist Shelagh McCarthy.
Make a Treasure Workshop Sunday 26 June, 11.30–13.00
Make your own treasure to keep forever. Create decorative artworks using paper or fabric and learn how to carefully mount them to exhibit at home. This is a wonderful opportunity to see how our specialists keep the Library treasures safe for future generations. The workshop is run by our paper and textile conservators Iwona Jurkiewicz and Liz Rose.
How to book: if you would like to attend either of these sessions with a family or community group, please email or call Nicola: nicola.pomery@bl.uk /02074127122.

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Mind in Camden, Community Links, Latin American House, Camden CCG, UCLH, Action Village India, Personalisation Service In Camden, Richard Reeve’s Foundation, Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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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

Charities need to be honest about running costs
Some organisations perpetuate the myth of zero overheads and it is damaging the rest of the sector. Full story in the Guardian.

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

Grand Challenges 2016-17 Small Grants: £4000 available
Up to £4,000 available for a wide range of societally relevant cross-disciplinary activities undertaken from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017
Applications must be led by UCL academic staff (postdoctoral level/equivalent or above or those with an honorary appointment), employed/based in different departments or, ideally, different faculties
External partnerships strengthening the objectives of UCL 2034, enhancing the impact and reputation of UCL, will be of particular interest
Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Further details and online application

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through illness, disability, deprivation etc.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities.
Deadlines for Small Grant applications: 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: 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).

Volunteer Coordinators’ Forum
And Find Out How To Keep Your Volunteers Happy and Motivated
You’ve done all of the hard work to recruit, induct and train fantastic volunteers, but how do you keep them coming back?
Find out our top tips, meet other volunteer managers, bring your real life examples and round off the forum with lunch — all on us.
Wednesday 11th May, 11am-1.30pm at West Euston Partnership
There are places still available. And you can easily book your place now through Eventbrite.

Ageing Better in Camden’s event: ‘Being Dementia Friendly’
Monday 23rd May 2016 from 10am-5pm at Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA
The morning session will include information sessions and workshops delivered by Dementia specialists and taster session of Dementia friendly activities
The afternoon session will include aspecial screening of Age UK Camden’s short film celebrating their Dementia friendly services in partnership with Camden Carers Service ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’ by Brain Daniels followed by a Q & A session and an exhibition of art work by Age UK Camden clients
There are limited places for both parts of the day, so please RSVP to ageingbetterincamden@ageukcamden.org.uk by Monday 16th May 2016 if you would like a place at the morning session and access to Age UK Camden’s short film screening and art exhibition.
Due to limited spaces, if you would like the attend the reading of ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’ by Brain Daniels followed by a Q & A session, please book through Eventbrite
If you have any questions please contact the Ageing Better in Camden team.

St Mungo’s is hosting a Festival in Camley Street Natural Park
Friday 20 May 2016 in celebration of mental health awareness week 2016. There will be a barbecue, music, workshops, theatre, complementary therapies, stalls all around mental wellbeing and health.
Please drop by between 11:30 and 4 pm.
http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserves/camley-street-natural-park
Last year’s event was fun. It also provided an opportunity to meet some of Camden’s voluntary and community services, as well as hear about the many ways people in Camden look after their mental health & improve their wellbeing.

Supersized Volunteering Fairs
Volunteer Centre Camden fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden. And they have a 46% recruitment rate.
We are co-hosting three SUPERsized volunteering fairs with Volunteer Centre Islington. The first fair will take place in King’s Cross and kicks off Volunteers’ Week 2016.
Wednesday 1st June, 12-4pm at Voluntary Action Islington
There are a few places available. And you can easily book now through Eventbrite.
#VolunteersWeek

ARVAC Annual Lecture
Wed, 18th May, 2016 at 2:00 PM, London Metropolitan University, Free
ARAVC holds its free Public lecture every year and this year the theme is:
Community Education Today: informal learning and action research.
One of the casualties of the cuts has been community education and the links between informal learning and community based research initiatives. The ARVAC 2016 Public Lecture is one important contribution to reclaiming the potential and power of community education to transform communities and individuals.
Guest speaker Derek Tatton having worked with and taught for the WEA for several decades and currently administrator of the Raymond Williams Foundation and chair of the Raymond Williams Society will share his wealth of experiences and expertise.
Registration from 1.30 pm start time 2.00 pm
London Metropolitan University – 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB
Free but booking essential. Book at Eventbrite.

‘Research for Action & Influence’ Conference
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is holding a half day conference presenting brand new evidence on the experiences of migrant and refugee communities in London.
The conference will conclude a 9 month accredited Research for Action & Influence course run by the Evelyn Oldfield Unit. This capacity building course for members of refugee and migrant community organisations develops their skills and trains them to become community researchers.
This event will feature the results of these studies as well as guest speakers from the refugee and migrant sector. A detailed programme of the conference will be announced nearer the time.
The conference will take place 2nd June at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA from 1pm-5 pm.
Please book your free tickets on Eventbrite.
For any queries contact Andreja Mesaric at andreja@evelynoldfield.co.uk or 020 7697 4102

Chadswell Healthy Living Centre
The Chadswell Healthy Living Centre has a full programme of events especially aimed at supporting BAME communities in Kings Cross. Including General Advice, ESOL, Gym membership, computing, numeracy etc.
New: iPad Classes every Wednesday Morning 10.30am – 12.30pm. BAME women only.
For more information you can speak to a staff member on 0207 713 5545
Chadswell Healthy Living Centre, Harrison Street, WC1H 8JE

Recovery College – places still available
Recovery College courses started on Monday 18 April and term runs until 20 July. The Summer term course guide is online at www.candi.nhs.uk/recoverycollege and courses are filling fast.
Please encourage colleagues and service-users to enrol now for courses in May, June and July so they don’t miss out on a place.
Available courses as at 28 April include
Fri 13 May: Tree of Life – a couple of places still available
Mon 16 May: Coping with Stigma & Discrimination
Fri 20 & 27 May: Understanding Drug & Alcohol Use (2 week course)
Mon 23 May: Introduction to Recovery
Mon 6 June: Women’s Health
Tues 7 June: Confident to Work (a couple of places still available)
Wed 8 June; Ways of Understanding & Relating to the Experience of Psychosis
(4 week course) a couple of places still available
Friday 10 June: Men & Masculinity (4 week course)
Friday 10 June: Getting Involved in Delivering Services
See our course guide at for many more available courses throughout June and July.
Contact us on 020 3317 6904 or via recovery.college@candi.nhs.uk if you would like more copies of the Recovery College course guide for your service users.
Open Monday-Friday 10am to 4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30) so feel free to drop in.

Courses at West Euston Partnership Starting April
Improve your reading and writing in English for everyday life.
English for everyday Reading & Writing E1
Wednesdays 10am-12pm
To enrol Call into WEP reception 29-31 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3JA Tel: 020 7388 7932 English
Visit camden.gov.uk/adultlearning
Email adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Call 020 7974 2148
Delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning

Charity Fair Returns to Holloway Road in May
Inspirational, topical learning from only £35
DSC Charityfair takes place in London on 24-25 May. There are 44 training workshops to pick from, from just £35.
“DSC knows how to get these events just right”…”Good mix of workshops and affordable for a small charity”…
Book now to avoid missing out. Full details at dsc.org.uk

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Sylheti Mental Health Link Worker & Horticultural Group Development Worker
(Part-time – 28 hours per week, 4 week days including Monday and Tuesday)
12 month post with possible extension
Closing date for applications: Monday 16th May at 9.30 am
Interviews: Friday 20th May and Tuesday 24th May
Grade SCP 18: £21,871 full time including ILW (pro rata): £17,497 for 4 days a week (week days including Mondays and Tuesdays)
We are looking for a Sylheti speaker to be part of our innovative Team Around the Practice (TAP) Service working for Mind in Camden as part of a partnership team with The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. We are seeking an individual who can support the service to better meet the needs of the local Bangladeshi population, with a particular emphasis on women, as well as contributing to the wider TAP Service.
The post holder will have experience of one-to-one work and development and partnership work with a broad understanding of mental health issues and community work. As part of a Social Prescribing Team within TAP the role will be split into two parts:
Firstly the post holder will be responsible for establishing a Horticultural Project, with one group specifically for Sylheti speaking women. Secondly they will be engaged in working with individuals within GP surgeries linking people experiencing mental health issues to Community resources.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual to play a crucial role in an expanding service with a strong reputation. The role is varied and provides a rare experience to be part of a dynamic team made up of two organisations to deliver Clinical and Social Prescribing work across Camden.
Application packs and more details are available from: www.mindincamden.org.uk/support-us/jobs email: recruitment@mindincamden.org.uk or call: 020 7911 0822

Community Links recruiting 6 Posts in Camden
Project Officer – Camden
£24,000 pro rata per annum. 21 hours a week. 1 year Fixed Term Contract
We are looking for a supervisor with experience in health outreach to lead our cancer
early diagnosis project.
Outreach Health Workers
£12 per hour. Up to 10 hours per week until March 2017
We are looking for five enthusiastic bi-lingual people (English with: Bengali, Urdu, Hindi,
Somalian or Chinese) with the skills necessary to promote the early detection of cancer in
different community settings.
Please visit our website for Job Descriptions http://www.community-links.org/jobs/
If you are interested in applying for these posts, please send a CV to Zoraida Colorado,
Community Links, 105 Barking Road, London, E16 4HQ or to zoraida.colorado@communitylinks.org
Closing date: 19th May 2016, 5:00pm; Interviews: W/C 23rd May. Training: beginning of June

Latin American House seeks bilingual (Spanish-English) nursery nurse
Latin American House is looking for a bilingual (Spanish-English) nursery nurse to join our small nursery based in Kilburn, Northwest London. 35 hours per week. Starting salary: £16,653 (gross) Level 3 childcare qualifications or equivalent required.
Full details of this position are available from: www.casalatina.org.uk
Closing date for applications is 17:00 on 20 May 2016. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Interviews will be held on 31 May 2016.

Age UK Camden seeks a Communications Manager and a Community Partnership and Fundraising Officer
Communications Manager
(Maternity Leave fixed term contract – initial 12 months)
Scale SO1/SO2 scp 32 to 34 Full time £31,223 to £32,857 pa incl. London Weighting.
Pro rata £21,856 to £23,000 for 24.5 hours
Are you a skilled and confident communicator motivated to promote the work of Age UK Camden and Opening Doors London. You will be responsible for producing and advising on all external communications for Age UK Camden via print, social media, talks/presentations, undertaking PR and events organisation. Your strong organisation skills will enable you to lead on marketing and promotion of Age UK Camden’s multiple services. Your client involvement skills will be utilised in supporting the Campaigns Action Group – a quarterly meeting of older people who take up campaigning issues.
Liaising with the Community Partnership and Fundraising role below you will work together on community fundraising opportunities through sponsored events, appeals to businesses, promoting individual giving and use of (social) media.
Community Partnership and Fundraising Officer
(Initial 12 month fixed term contract)
£28,000 pa full time incl. London Weighting
Pro rata £14,000 for 17.5 hours
Are you an enthusiastic and engaging fundraiser with the skills and experience to raise unrestricted income to support our work of Age UK Camden and Opening Doors London through a programme of Community and Corporate Fundraising activities and events. You will have the ability to make Community Fundraising and Corporate relationships a key part of Age UK Camden’s wider offer and potential income streams; thus broadening the donor base and profile of the organisation.
See job descriptions and person specifications for all requirements
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2016 – 9.30 am
Interview date: Community Partnership and Fundraising Officer – Thursday 16th June 16.
Communications Manager – TBC
These posts are based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.

CCCG seeks Lay Member for Governance and Audit
Do you want to help improve health outcomes for the people of Camden?
Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (‘CCG’) is looking to appoint someone who is passionate about improving health outcomes for local people.
You will be expected to be available for approximately 8 half day sessions per month including some evenings with Wednesdays being a key day. Your remuneration will be £13,136 per annum plus allowance for any essential travel and subsistence costs associated with your work.
A full information pack on this exciting opportunity including an outline of the necessary knowledge, skills and experience is available on the right hand side of the screen.
To apply for this role you will need to do so through the NHS Jobs website by clicking on this link.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 17th May 2016. Interviews will be held end of May/beginning of June 2016.

UCLH Council of Governor Elections 2016
We need UCLH patients and London residents just like you. Help shape our future services. Could you be our next Governor?
We are seeking six enthusiastic people to join our Council of Governors; governors represent the public and our patients. An interest in UCLH and the time to commit to help us deliver our vision is important.
An election will be held in the following seats and anyone* aged 18 and over can
nominate themselves to stand:
1 public: Resident of London
5 patient: Resident of London x 4, living outside London x 1
Interested? – Find out more about the role and nomination process at our prospective governor evening on Tuesday 17 May 2016. For more information and to book a place contact Liz Brookes (see below).
Nominations open 9 May – it’s a simple self-nomination form
*You must be a member of UCLH – join online+ at www.uclh.nhs.uk/members or contact Liz Brookes: email foundation.trust@uclh.nhs.uk or phone 020 3447 9290

Action Village India seeks Treasurer
We are currently looking for a Treasurer to join our management committee.
The Treasurer works in close cooperation with, and provides support and advice to, the Director.
The specific responsibilities of the treasurer are to guide and advise the board of trustees in the approval of budgets, accounts and financial statements, within a relevant financial policy framework, and keep the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities.
You must have a commitment to the organisation, a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort, good, independent judgement, understanding of accounting and particularly charity accounting and the ability to attend at least three of the MC meetings and the AGM each year.
To express interest in the role and for more information please email: anna@actionvillageindia.org.uk

Richard Reeve’s Foundation seeks Trustees
The Richard Reeve’s Foundation is an educational grant-making charity that works in Camden, Islington and the City of London, and is currently seeking a new Trustee. For more information please visit: http://www.richardreevesfoundation.org.uk
Our closing date for applications is 22 May 2016.

Personalisation Service In Camden (PSIC) a subsidiary of Age UK Camden seeks Direct Payments – Payroll Officer (Re-advertisement)
Salary range S01 £28,845 to £30,525pa pro rata
17.5 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to end Feb 17
You will provide the payroll service for disabled clients in receipt of direct payments, alongside a full time Payroll Officer, for personal assistants and PSIC staff where required
If you are interested in the above vacancy please see the application pack including the full job description and person specification at the following link to our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Tuesday 9th May 2016 9.30 am and interviews will be held on Monday 16th May 2016

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

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

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Domestic Violence Support in Camden
Camden Safety Net are the single link you can use when you need to refer anyone or seek advice on vulnerable people in the community suffering domestic violence. They have dedicated Independent Domestic & Sexual Violence Advisors (IDSVA’s) who meet with victims of domestic and/or sexual violence and give advice and support. They can find ways to enhance personal safety and work in a multi-agency way to support victims practically accessing housing, victim support, legal services, support groups and community centres, parenting support. Camden Safety Net work with victims facing all forms of abuse including same sex domestic and sexual violence, honour based violence, forced marriages and those at threat of FGM. They also work with both male and female victims aged 16 and over.
Contact details:
•phone: 020 7974 2526
•SMS: 07814 671 427
•email: camdensafetynet@camden.gov.uk
•secure email: camdensafetynet@camden.gov.uk.cjsm.net

Camden Carers Centre to all Stakeholders: help us to plan our future support for carers in Camden
Camden Carers Centre are currently developing a new five-year business plan. Please see the link below to find our short questionnaire. It consists of only six questions and should only take a few minutes to complete. Your answers will help us to form the plan, make the case for continued investment, and support and explore further funding. Please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CCCstakeholders
If you would prefer to answer these questions over the phone then call us on 020 7428 8950 to arrange for someone to call you back.

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.

Domestic Violence Support in Camden; Camden Carers Centre to all Stakeholders: help us to plan our future support for carers in Camden; MSK Focus Group; ‘Research for Action & Influence’ Conference; Ageing Better in Camden’s event: ‘Being Dementia Friendly’; Supersized Volunteering Fairs; ARVAC Annual Lecture; Junior Wild Bunch Club; A Neighbourhood Plan for Kentish Town; Patient Call – patient management for Gynaecology and Urology; Refugee Resources; St Mungo’s is hosting a Festival in Camley Street Natural Park; Holborn Library CAB service relocated + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

Ann Wolfe, Community Development Worker at VAC writes about her work:
I remember it well – the first time I ever ran a workshop for Voluntary Action Camden. The pounding heart, dry mouth, shaking hands. What if I forget what I want to say? What if my mind goes totally blank? What if..?
Several years on and some 50 or so workshops later, talking to a group of people no longer reduces me to a state of terror. It’s just part of my job, something I find rewarding and, dare I say it, even enjoyable.
But on this chilly February afternoon at a community venue near Kings Cross (Our Camden) I’m here to give moral and practical support to Yvonne, one of our volunteer Mental Health Champions. Click here to read on.

Domestic Violence Support in Camden
Camden Safety Net are the single link you can use when you need to refer anyone or seek advice on vulnerable people in the community suffering domestic violence. They have dedicated Independent Domestic & Sexual Violence Advisors (IDSVA’s) who meet with victims of domestic and/or sexual violence and give advice and support. They can find ways to enhance personal safety and work in a multi-agency way to support victims practically accessing housing, victim support, legal services, support groups and community centres, parenting support. Camden Safety Net work with victims facing all forms of abuse including same sex domestic and sexual violence, honour based violence, forced marriages and those at threat of FGM. They also work with both male and female victims aged 16 and over.
Contact details:
•phone: 020 7974 2526
•SMS: 07814 671 427
•email: camdensafetynet@camden.gov.uk
•secure email: camdensafetynet@camden.gov.uk.cjsm.net

Camden Carers Centre to all Stakeholders: help us to plan our future support for carers in Camden
Camden Carers Centre are currently developing a new five-year business plan. Please see the link below to find our short questionnaire. It consists of only six questions and should only take a few minutes to complete. Your answers will help us to form the plan, make the case for continued investment, and support and explore further funding. Please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CCCstakeholders
If you would prefer to answer these questions over the phone then call us on 020 7428 8950 to arrange for someone to call you back.

MSK Focus Group – what patient experiences and outcomes should be monitored via a new MSK contract
MSK patient focus group Wednesday 4th May (from midday to 2:00pm).
If you have been an MSK patient we would appreciate if you could attend the focus group as we want to discuss the outcomes that would matter most to you as a patient and what we should monitor as part of the new contract.
This link takes you to a presentation that was given to a patient group recently which shows where we are with the procurement process
The focus group will be held at Camden Clinical Commissioning (6th floor in room 6LM1) and a light lunch will be provided.
Please can you RSVP to Martin Emery to ensure that sufficient refreshments are available for the focus group.

‘Research for Action & Influence’ Conference
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is holding a half day conference presenting brand new evidence on the experiences of migrant and refugee communities in London.
The conference will conclude a 9 month accredited Research for Action & Influence course run by the Evelyn Oldfield Unit. This capacity building course for members of refugee and migrant community organisations develops their skills and trains them to become community researchers.
This event will feature the results of these studies as well as guest speakers from the refugee and migrant sector. A detailed programme of the conference will be announced nearer the time.
The conference will take place 2nd June at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA from 1pm-5 pm.
Please book your free tickets on Eventbrite.
For any queries contact Andreja Mesaric at andreja@evelynoldfield.co.uk or 020 7697 4102

Ageing Better in Camden’s event: ‘Being Dementia Friendly’
Monday 23rd May 2016 from 10am-5pm at Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA
The morning session will include information sessions and workshops delivered by Dementia specialists and taster session of Dementia friendly activities
The afternoon session will include aspecial screening of Age UK Camden’s short film celebrating their Dementia friendly services in partnership with Camden Carers Service ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’ by Brain Daniels followed by a Q & A session and an exhibition of art work by Age UK Camden clients
There are limited places for both parts of the day, so please RSVP to ageingbetterincamden@ageukcamden.org.uk by Monday 16th May 2016 if you would like a place at the morning session and access to Age UK Camden’s short film screening and art exhibition.
Due to limited spaces, if you would like the attend the reading of ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’ by Brain Daniels followed by a Q & A session, please book through Eventbrite
If you have any questions please contact the Ageing Better in Camden team.

Supersized Volunteering Fairs
Volunteer Centre Camden fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden. And they have a 46% recruitment rate.
We are co-hosting three SUPERsized volunteering fairs with Volunteer Centre Islington. The first fair will take place in King’s Cross and kicks off Volunteers’ Week 2016.
Wednesday 1st June, 12-4pm at Voluntary Action Islington
There are a few places available. And you can easily book now through Eventbrite.
#VolunteersWeek

ARVAC Annual Lecture
Wed, 18th May, 2016 at 2:00 PM, London Metropolitan University, Free
ARAVC holds its free Public lecture every year and this year the theme is:
Community Education Today: informal learning and action research.
One of the casualties of the cuts has been community education and the links between informal learning and community based research initiatives. The ARVAC 2016 Public Lecture is one important contribution to reclaiming the potential and power of community education to transform communities and individuals.
Guest speaker Derek Tatton having worked with and taught for the WEA for several decades and currently administrator of the Raymond Williams Foundation and chair of the Raymond Williams Society will share his wealth of experiences and expertise.
Registration from 1.30 pm start time 2.00 pm
London Metropolitan University – 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB
Free but booking essential. Book at Eventbrite.

Junior Wild Bunch Club
Free event for 10 – 19year olds – Tuesday 10th May 2016
A club run by young people with learning difficulties from 10 – 19 years old and their friends and family.
DJs Dancing, Music. Tuesday 10th May, 6.30pm – 9.00pm. Platform Islington, 260 Hornsey Road, London N7.
Tel: 020 7359 7443. email berni.simons@elfrida.com

A Neighbourhood Plan for Kentish Town
Saturday 7th May 11.30am – 1pm at Kentish Town Library
The Kentish Town Neighbourhood Forum (KTNF) is launching its Plan for Kentish Town at Kentish Town Library on Saturday 7th May. On 9th June Kentish Towners will be able to vote for the Plan.

Patient Call – patient management for Gynaecology and Urology
Have you been a Urology or Gynaecology patient (or do you have a friend or family member that has) who has been treated by staff at a Camden General Practice, University Hospital London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) or the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust (RFH).
If yes, it would be great if you could attend a short meeting on Wednesday 4th May (3:00pm – 5:00pm) to help us with improving the clinical pathways in the future.
Two local General Practitioners (Dr Sarah Morgan, GP and Clinical Lead for Urology and Dr Elizabeth Bradley, Clinical Lead for Gynaecology) will be in attendance to outline the background to the pathway work to give it some context and then the audience can split into the appropriate group (Urology and Gynaecology group).
Please RSVP Martin Emery Martin.Emery@camdenccg.nhs.uk to ensure that sufficient refreshments are available as well as information packs.

Refugee Resources
The largest directory of resources and information on the Calais refugee camp is at www.calaidipedia.co.uk

St Mungo’s is hosting a Festival in Camley Street Natural Park
Friday 20 May 2016 in celebration of mental health awareness week 2016. There will be a barbecue, music, workshops, theatre, complementary therapies and stalls all based around mental wellbeing and health.
Please drop by between 11:30 and 4 pm.
http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserves/camley-street-natural-park
Last year’s event was fun. It also provided an opportunity to meet some of Camden’s voluntary and community services, as well as hear about the many ways people in Camden look after their mental health & improve their wellbeing.

Holborn Library CAB service relocated
From Wednesday 4 May 2016 Citizens Advice Camden will no longer be located at Holborn Library.
We will be offering the same service on Wednesdays at our Albany site on the edge of the Regent’s Park estate – 141a Robert Street, NW1 3QT.
Adviceline 03444 889 626 Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm
Or go to www.camdencabservice.org.uk

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Personalisation Service In Camden, Richard Reeve’s Foundation, Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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

Government ‘pausing on implementation’ of anti-advocacy clause
The government has said it is “pausing on implementation” of the anti-advocacy clause, which will restrict organisations that receive taxpayers’ money from lobbying government. See Civil Society

Who is really in charge at the Charity Commission?
Civil Society have a fascinating expose of the web of think tanks, academics, special advisers and others connected to those in positions of power at the Charity Commission.

UN expert condemns UK government’s anti-charity approach
Anti-charity measures adopted by the government could have serious ramifications around the world, if adopted by “less democratic nations” who view the British charity sector as an exemplary model, a UN representative said yesterday.
Speaking at the Foreign Press Association, the UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, said Britain’s charity sector was a “national treasure” and the many individuals working for it, the “reason for many of the positive attributes enjoyed in this country”. Full story in Civil Society.

Shawcross Embraces Charitable Advocacy – Three Years Late
After three long years of negativism about charities’ political activity, the Chairman of the Charity Commission has suddenly embraced the vital role of charities in democratic debate and decision-making. Why? Another fascinating article from former charity commissioner, Andrew Purkis, available on his blog.

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

Sport Relief: Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund is now open
Please follow this link for additional information, fund guidelines and guidance notes for completing the application form.
Sport Relief is supporting The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund with a grant of £1million. Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to small community and voluntary organisations and social enterprises in London that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives.
Please note: Your proposals do not have to be sport related to be considered.
The fund is open across all London boroughs.
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May at 12 noon.

The Mayor’s Spacehive crowdfunding page is now open
The GLA will pledge up to £20,000 to the best crowdfunding campaigns. Projects should be uploaded by May 1st 2016 to be eligible.
Before May 16th your project must be verified by Spacehive. This can take up to 2 weeks, so please give yourself plenty of time! You also need to fill out a couple of documents for GLA Regeneration with some extra information about you and your project, which can be downloaded HERE.
We will assess your crowdfunding campaigns on 6th June 2016 and pledge directly to successful campaigns on 29th June.
We cannot wait to hear more about your projects and look forward to working with you on taking them forward!
For any queries on how to run a crowdfunding campaign or using the Spacehive platform please contact info@spacehive.com. For all other queries get in contact via crowdfunding@london.gov.uk

Grand Challenges 2016-17 Small Grants: £4000 available
Up to £4,000 available for a wide range of societally relevant cross-disciplinary activities undertaken from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017
Applications must be led by UCL academic staff (postdoctoral level/equivalent or above or those with an honorary appointment), employed/based in different departments or, ideally, different faculties
External partnerships strengthening the objectives of UCL 2034, enhancing the impact and reputation of UCL, will be of particular interest
Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Further details and online application

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through illness, disability, deprivation etc.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities.
Deadlines for Small Grant applications: 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

Paradigm workshop: Illustrating 3D form
To celebrate the installation of Paradigm, an impressive new piece of public art at the front of our building, the Francis Crick Institute has teamed up with the House of Illustration to run a free creative workshop that will introduce the sculpture and the ideas behind it.
Suitable for adults, the workshop will be led by professional illustrator Monique Jivram, with support from Crick scientists. Come along to try your hand at the technique of thread drawing and create a unique illustration that explores the imagery of Paradigm, geometry and structural biology, and plays with the boundaries between 2D and 3D forms.
This workshop is free but booking is essential. Refreshments will be provided.
Thursday, 19 May 2016 from 18:30 to 21:00 at House of Illustration – 2 Granary Square King’s Cross, London, N1C 4BH. Book at Eventbrite.

Recovery College – places still available
Recovery College courses started on Monday 18 April and term runs until 20 July. The Summer term course guide is online at www.candi.nhs.uk/recoverycollege and courses are filling fast.
Please encourage colleagues and service-users to enrol now for courses in May, June and July so they don’t miss out on a place.
Available courses as at 28 April include
Fri 13 May: Tree of Life – a couple of places still available
Mon 16 May: Coping with Stigma & Discrimination
Fri 20 & 27 May: Understanding Drug & Alcohol Use (2 week course)
Mon 23 May: Introduction to Recovery
Mon 6 June: Women’s Health
Tues 7 June: Confident to Work (a couple of places still available)
Wed 8 June; Ways of Understanding & Relating to the Experience of Psychosis
(4 week course) a couple of places still available
Friday 10 June: Men & Masculinity (4 week course)
Friday 10 June: Getting Involved in Delivering Services
See our course guide at for many more available courses throughout June and July.
Contact us on 020 3317 6904 or via recovery.college@candi.nhs.uk if you would like more copies of the Recovery College course guide for your service users.
Open Monday-Friday 10am to 4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30) so feel free to drop in.

Kentish Town City Farm May Day Festival
Sunday May 1st 1-4pm. May Pole Dancing, Pony Rides, BBQ, Games and much more. Full details at bit.ly/1y1e3JL

Camden People First Funky Moves Disco
30th April 6.30 – 10.30pm
£18 plus, £5 entry. Carers free. Refreshments available.
The Hall Behind Our Lady Help of Christians
4 Lady Margaret Road, London NW5 2ST.
Tel: 020 7388 2007 www.camdenpeoplefirst.org.uk

Chadswell Healthy Living Centre
The Chadswell Healthy Living Centre has a full programme of events especially aimed at supporting BAME communities in Kings Cross. Including General Advice, ESOL, Gym membership, computing, numeracy etc.
For more information you can speak to a staff member on 0207 713 5545
Chadswell Healthy Living Centre, Harrison Street, WC1H 8JE

Courses at West Euston Partnership Starting April
Improve your reading and writing in English for everyday life.
English for everyday Reading & Writing E1
Wednesdays 10am-12pm
To enrol Call into WEP reception 29-31 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3JA Tel: 020 7388 7932 English
Visit camden.gov.uk/adultlearning
Email adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Call 020 7974 2148
Delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning

Charity Fair Returns to Holloway Road in May
Inspirational, topical learning from only £35
DSC Charityfair takes place in London on 24-25 May. There are 44 training workshops to pick from, from just £35.
“DSC knows how to get these events just right”…”Good mix of workshops and affordable for a small charity”…
Book now to avoid missing out. Full details at dsc.org.uk

Murdered By My Father parliamentary screening & panel discussion
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join IKWRO, MP’s, the writer and members of the BBC production team and cast of Murdered By My Father for a special parliamentary screening, followed by a panel discussion. The BBC three film drama, which was made in collaboration with IKWRO, tackles “honour” killing and generates important questions and discussion. It is vital that these conversations are raised at the Houses of Parliament and we’d love you to come along and share your thoughts. More details here.

The Recovery College
The Recovery College prospectus for the Summer Term is now ready on the website:
http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
To enrol, please visit the website http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
or enrol in person anytime from Monday the 11th of April onwards.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form. Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Richard Reeve’s Foundation seeks Trustees
The Richard Reeve’s Foundation is an educational grant-making charity that works in Camden, Islington and the City of London, and is currently seeking a new Trustee. For more information please visit: http://www.richardreevesfoundation.org.uk
Our closing date for applications is 22 May 2016.

Personalisation Service In Camden (PSIC) a subsidiary of Age UK Camden seeks Direct Payments – Payroll Officer (Re-advertisement)
Salary range S01 £28,845 to £30,525pa pro rata
17.5 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to end Feb 17
You will provide the payroll service for disabled clients in receipt of direct payments, alongside a full time Payroll Officer, for personal assistants and PSIC staff where required
If you are interested in the above vacancy please see the application pack including the full job description and person specification at the following link to our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Tuesday 9th May 2016 9.30 am and interviews will be held on Monday 16th May 2016

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

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

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Have Your Say on Highgate Newtown Community Centre
As part of the Community Investment Programme, Camden council have a plan for Highgate Newtown Community Centre and Fresh Youth Academy.
Architects RCKa have been appointed to work with the local community to create a sustainable development that reflects local need and delivers improved services.
You can tell Camden your views on the latest proposals at HNCC, Millie’s Café, 25 Bertram Street, N19 5DQ on Saturday 7 May 2016 at 2 to 7pm
Camden will be posting updates on camden.gov.uk/hncc. To get involved with the project, please email hncc@rcka.co.uk.

The Pillar Oncology Support Group: for people affected by cancer
The big things, the small things- let’s talk about it. Join us for a two hour, monthly support group for any adult affected by cancer. Everyone is welcome including cancer patients, family and friends.
• Our April guest speaker will be talking about ‘Fatigue and Physical Activity’
• The second hour is for friendly conversation, sharing experiences or simply just listening.
27 April then Fourth Wednesday of every month 17:30 – 19:30 at The Living room, Macmillan Support and Information Service UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre, Huntley Street, London WC1E 6AG
For more information, please contact the Macmillan Support and Information Service on 020 3447 8663 or email: supportandinformation@uclh.nhs.uk

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.

Infrastructure support for Camden’s Voluntary and Community Sector:1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017; Chadswell Healthy Living Centre; Kentish Town Carnival; Have Your Say on Highgate Newtown Community Centre; 2TR Football AGM; Kentish Town City Farm May Day Festival; Camden People First Funky Moves Disco; The Pillar Oncology Support Group; Refugee Resources; Mary Ward course for trustees + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017
Camden Council recognises that nationally and locally, the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) faces unprecedented change. The Council has therefore chosen to continue its discretionary investment in ‘infrastructure’ support and volunteering support for the local VCS, by running a competitive tendering process and commissioning interim one-year services while the Council carries out a strategic review of longer term infrastructure provision. Most of these services are now live.
You can see full details of the services available here.
The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action publish a useful faq to vcs infrastructure in the UK.

Chadswell Healthy Living Centre
The Chadswell Healthy Living Centre has a full programme of events especially aimed at supporting BAME communities in Kings Cross. Including General Advice, ESOL, Gym membership, computing, numeracy etc.
For more information you can speak to a staff member on 0207 713 5545
Chadswell Healthy Living Centre, Harrison Street, WC1H 8JE

Kentish Town Carnival
‘Local heroes‘ will be a celebration of our community. Inspired by the legacy of the Olympics we will be exploring what it means to be a hero, what values these local heroes hold and represent and how they help us define, develop and live by the values of kindness, friendship, generosity, forgiveness, and respect. Some of these values such as friendship and respect represent core Olympic values.
With students of three local Primary schools the project will explore artistically local heroes and the importance of heroes in our time, the idea of heroes and what they mean for our lives.
The results will be a carnival processions with music, carnival art, banners to be held as part of Kentish Town Festival on the 21st of May. Click here to find out more.

Have Your Say on Highgate Newtown Community Centre
As part of the Community Investment Programme, Camden council have a plan for Highgate Newtown Community Centre and Fresh Youth Academy.
Architects RCKa have been appointed to work with the local community to create a sustainable development that reflects local need and delivers improved services.
You can tell Camden your views on the latest proposals at HNCC, Millie’s Café, 25 Bertram Street, N19 5DQ on Saturday 7 May 2016 at 2 to 7pm
Camden will be posting updates on camden.gov.uk/hncc. To get involved with the project, please email hncc@rcka.co.uk.

2TR Football would like to extend a warm invitation: AGM 2014-2015 & Exhibition Games
Friday 29th April 2016 at 5:30 pm at Highgate Newtown Community Centre, 25 Bertram St London N19 5DQ
Guest speakers include: Princess Sheikha Al-Thani, Larraine Revah Mayor of Camden
And other distinguished guests. Light refreshments available.

Kentish Town City Farm May Day Festival
Sunday May 1st 1-4pm. May Pole Dancing, Pony Rides, BBQ, Games and much more. Full details at bit.ly/1y1e3JL

Refugee Therapy Centre Turkish Speaking Women Support Group
Are you a refugee or asylum seeker woman? Do you feel isolated, depressed or stressed? Are you anxious about your future, or about your children, in a new environment? Are you experiencing difficulties in your life, and would like to make some changes? Would you like to talk with other women who may be in a similar situation?
If the answer is yes, do contact us — we can help!
How to join the group: If you, or a member of your family or community, would like to join a group, it would be helpful if you ask your GP to write to us. If this is not possible, you can call us on 020 7561 1587 to discuss this.
Refugee Therapy Centre, 1A Leeds Place, Tollington Park, London N4 3RQ

Camden People First Funky Moves Disco
30th April 6.30 – 10.30pm
£18 plus, £5 entry. Carers free. Refreshments available.
The Hall Behind Our Lady Help of Christians
4 Lady Margaret Road, London NW5 2ST.
Tel: 020 7388 2007 www.camdenpeoplefirst.org.uk

The Pillar Oncology Support Group: for people affected by cancer
The big things, the small things- let’s talk about it. Join us for a two hour, monthly support group for any adult affected by cancer. Everyone is welcome including cancer patients, family and friends.
• Our April guest speaker will be talking about ‘Fatigue and Physical Activity’
• The second hour is for friendly conversation, sharing experiences or simply just listening.
27 April then Fourth Wednesday of every month 17:30 – 19:30 at The Living room, Macmillan Support and Information Service UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre, Huntley Street, London WC1E 6AG
For more information, please contact the Macmillan Support and Information Service on 020 3447 8663 or email: supportandinformation@uclh.nhs.uk

Refugee Resources
The largest directory of resources and information on the Calais refugee camp is at www.calaidipedia.co.uk

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short evening course for trustees/ management committee members, or those thinking of joining a committee. See VAC Events section below for full details. Generous bursaries available.

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Personalisation Service In Camden, Richard Reeve’s Foundation, Highbury Couselling Centre, One Westminster, Greenpeace, Camden Society, Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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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

UN expert condemns UK government’s anti-charity approach
Anti-charity measures adopted by the government could have serious ramifications around the world, if adopted by “less democratic nations” who view the British charity sector as an exemplary model, a UN representative said yesterday.
Speaking at the Foreign Press Association, the UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, said Britain’s charity sector was a “national treasure” and the many individuals working for it, the “reason for many of the positive attributes enjoyed in this country”. Full story in Civil Society.

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

Sport Relief: Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund is now open
Please follow this link for additional information, fund guidelines and guidance notes for completing the application form.
Sport Relief is supporting The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund with a grant of £1million. Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to small community and voluntary organisations and social enterprises in London that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives.
Please note: Your proposals do not have to be sport related to be considered.
The fund is open across all London boroughs.
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th May at 12 noon.

Islington Summerversity
Islington Council invites suitably experienced organisations to submit proposals to deliver high quality, engaging and innovative summer courses and activities for young people aged 13 + to be delivered as part of the Summerversity 2016.
Successful providers will be required to deliver free social, recreational and educational activities for young people aged 13+ providing opportunities for formal accreditation where appropriate. The aim of the programme is to engage young people in a range of stimulating courses and activities over their summer holiday that will develop their skills and interests, raise their ambitions and aspirations and expose them to the new experiences .
If you wish to apply for this opportunity please return your completed application form to isyp@islington.gov.uk by 12 noon, 2 May 2016

The Mayor’s Spacehive crowdfunding page is now open
The GLA will pledge up to £20,000 to the best crowdfunding campaigns. Projects should be uploaded by May 1st 2016 to be eligible.
Before May 16th your project must be verified by Spacehive. This can take up to 2 weeks, so please give yourself plenty of time! You also need to fill out a couple of documents for GLA Regeneration with some extra information about you and your project, which can be downloaded HERE.
We will assess your crowdfunding campaigns on 6th June 2016 and pledge directly to successful campaigns on 29th June.
We cannot wait to hear more about your projects and look forward to working with you on taking them forward!
For any queries on how to run a crowdfunding campaign or using the Spacehive platform please contact info@spacehive.com. For all other queries get in contact via crowdfunding@london.gov.uk

Grand Challenges 2016-17 Small Grants: £4000 available
Up to £4,000 available for a wide range of societally relevant cross-disciplinary activities undertaken from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017
Applications must be led by UCL academic staff (postdoctoral level/equivalent or above or those with an honorary appointment), employed/based in different departments or, ideally, different faculties
External partnerships strengthening the objectives of UCL 2034, enhancing the impact and reputation of UCL, will be of particular interest
Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Further details and online application

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through illness, disability, deprivation etc.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities.
Deadlines for Small Grant applications: 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Santander £2.5million small grants programme
Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to apply for a share of £2.5m of grant funding that the banking group Santander plans to give this year to local projects working with disadvantaged people.
The bank’s new Discovery Foundation, which launched on 1 March, aims to make grants worth up to £5,000 to “skills, knowledge and innovation” projects in the UK.
Charities, community interest companies and credit unions are eligible to apply for this funding, which is available for one year.
Organisations can nominate themselves by completing a discovery grants nomination form at any branch of Santander and dropping it into the nomination box in the branch. They can also ask Santander customers and staff members to do this on their behalf.
There are no closing dates and grants will be made every month. Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail within a month of submitting a nomination. Story in Money Market UK. Find your nearest branch here.

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

Courses at West Euston Partnership Starting 20 April
Improve your reading and writing in English for everyday life.
English for everyday Reading & Writing E1
Wednesdays 10am-12pm
To enrol Call into WEP reception 29-31 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3JA Tel: 020 7388 7932 English
Visit camden.gov.uk/adultlearning
Email adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Call 020 7974 2148
Delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning

Charity Fair Returns to Holloway Road in May
Inspirational, topical learning from only £35
DSC Charityfair takes place in London on 24-25 May. There are 44 training workshops to pick from, from just £35.
“DSC knows how to get these events just right”…”Good mix of workshops and affordable for a small charity”…
Book now to avoid missing out. Full details at dsc.org.uk

London Mayoral Elections
The Camden Society are holding information workshops at Holmes Road in April
Every Tuesday from 4pm – 6pm we will be
– discussing and exploring the political views of the mayoral candidates;
– Helping people to register to vote
– Helping people to understand the voting process and where to go on polling day
– And organising buddies of support to go to their local polling station on the day
After the election we will be running further sessions informing about the referendum in June. Further details to follow.
Laura Murphy, Community Access Coordinator Tel: 07814 875 544 or 020 7485 8177 or email laura.murphy@TheCamdenSociety.co.uk

Murdered By My Father parliamentary screening & panel discussion
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join IKWRO, MP’s, the writer and members of the BBC production team and cast of Murdered By My Father for a special parliamentary screening, followed by a panel discussion. The BBC three film drama, which was made in collaboration with IKWRO, tackles “honour” killing and generates important questions and discussion. It is vital that these conversations are raised at the Houses of Parliament and we’d love you to come along and share your thoughts. More details here.

The Recovery College
The Recovery College prospectus for the Summer Term is now ready on the website:
http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
To enrol, please visit the website http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
or enrol in person anytime from Monday the 11th of April onwards.

Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes
28th April 2 – 4:30pm at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington SE11
Many people are missing out on pension credit and other benefits due to them.
How will the new ‘flat rate’ pension affect you?
Is your older peoples group aware of the changes taking place?
This free workshop will provide an update on recent changes to Pensions in the UK and what advice is available to your group.
Places are limited so book early. Speakers include:
Sally West, Senior Policy Officer Age UK
Nigel Kern, Team Leader for Pension Wise, Pensions Advisory Service
Alan Davies, Citizens Advice Bureau
Confirm attendance by registering here http://auklpensionchanges.eventbrite.co.uk or email Janinealdridge@ageuklondon.org.uk or telephone 020 7091 2594.

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Richard Reeve’s Foundation seeks Trustees
The Richard Reeve’s Foundation is an educational grant-making charity that works in Camden, Islington and the City of London, and is currently seeking a new Trustee. For more information please visit: http://www.richardreevesfoundation.org.uk
Our closing date for applications is 22 may 2016.

Personalisation Service In Camden (PSIC) a subsidiary of Age UK Camden seeks Direct Payments – Payroll Officer (Re-advertisement)
Salary range S01 £28,845 to £30,525pa pro rata
17.5 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to end Feb 17
You will provide the payroll service for disabled clients in receipt of direct payments, alongside a full time Payroll Officer, for personal assistants and PSIC staff where required
If you are interested in the above vacancy please see the application pack including the full job description and person specification at the following link to our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Tuesday 9th May 2016 9.30 am and interviews will be held on Monday 16th May 2016

Highbury Counselling Centre seeks Clinical Coordinator
Part time : 20 hours Salary: £19,317 (pro-rata £35,253 p.a.) + pension
Highbury Counselling Centre (HCC) are seeking to appoint a Clinical Coordinator. HCC offers confidential, affordable and professional counselling to adult members of the community; we offer counselling for a minimum of a year. We are also able to offer a reduced fee scheme to ensure that counselling is available to people with limited financial means, making counselling available to those who may not normally be able to afford it.
We seek an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Coordinator who will be responsible for the smooth running of the clinical services, recruiting, supporting a managing a team of volunteer counsellors and ensuring that high professional standards are maintained in accordance with organisational policy. This post would suit a candidate with a solid clinical experience and an understanding of the voluntary sector.
For more about WLM’s work, our values and ethos please see here.
To apply for this post, please find attached a job description, person specification and application pack or go to our website at http://www.wlm.org.uk/news/136/65/Clinical-Coordinator/d,news-detail . For an informal conversation about the post, please contact Marie Calvo on 020 7354 4791 or highburycounselling@wlm.org.uk .
Closing date for applications is midnight on 29 April 2016
Interviews will be held from 6th May 2016

Healthwatch Camden seeks Project Officer
28 hours a week, £24,240 pa
To support the range of our work, helping to manage the progress of projects, including analysing research results and supporting volunteer input.
This is a varied role, in a small and lively team. It offers scope for development, with opportunities to lead on specific items of work. Healthwatch Camden is an independent organisation, working to ensure that local people get a say in the health and social care services they use. We are looking for someone who understands the ways that service user voice can be used to shape and improve services; who can relate to the diverse population in Camden; who understands the contribution volunteers can make to projects; who has experience of research, preferably in an area of social policy; who can manage process, with good attention to detail; who wants to take responsibility; who can work flexibly; and above all who wants to make a difference for the people of Camden.
For an application pack please visit our website, www.healthwatchcamden.co.uk or e mail jobs@healthwatchcamden.co.uk or telephone 020 7284 6586. Closing date 27 April 2016.

One Westminster Job Vacancies seeks Organisation Support Officer
21 hours a week – £26,000 pro rata This is a one year fixed term contract
One Westminster is looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and an interest in “social prescription” and the “self-care” health agenda to join our small Organisation Support Team.
Working alongside colleagues, you will be responsible for delivering a range of support, signposting and development services to voluntary and community organisations in Westminster. You will provide a link between National Health Service and other statutory health and well-being providers and the wider voluntary sector and help develop self-care services within the sector.
You should have excellent communication skills, experience of project development and management including monitoring and evaluation and evidence experience and knowledge of fundraising. .
For a Full Job Description, Person Specification and Application form please email: c.igoe@onewestminster.org.uk or telephone 020 7723 1216.
Closing date 5.00pm Monday, April 25th and interviews will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd 2016.

Greenpeace seeks Political Outreach Internship (Fixed term 6 mths / full time)
Salary: £9.40 per hour (London Living Wage)
Closing Date: 25 April, 2016 – 10:00
Interview Date: 9 May, 2016 (All day)
This is an exciting role for somebody looking to explore a career within politics and enhance their CV by working in the Political Team at Greenpeace UK.
You’ll gain a great insight into how campaigning works and how the political world is so important to helping us win our campaigns.
For further information about this role and how to apply, please visit the website to download a Job Pack or alternatively email recruitment.uk@greenpeace.org

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

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

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Long Term Conditions Focus Groups
Get involved in developing a new service to provide support and information to people affected by a long-term conditions (patients and carers), who are having their care provided by the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust.
We are running two focus groups, to gain your opinions and ideas of what sort of service you might find useful, and we would appreciate as many people attending as possible. There will be refreshments provided and transports costs can be reimbursed.
At the focus groups you will be asked to complete a questionnaire (there will be assistance with this if needed) and/or ask for your comments in small groups.
The groups will run at the following dates and times, and, so we can provide the right amount of refreshments, please RSVP to: rfc.engagement@nhs.net or call Richard Scarth on 020 7317 7773 to confirm which group you wish to attend. The groups are running on the following dates;
Tuesday 19th April, 19.15 -21.00 at The Royal Free Hospital Atrium
Or Wednesday 4th May, 13.00-15.00 at The Royal Free Hospital Atrium

Share Your Experience
Do you get help from health professionals for feeling anxious, feeling stressed or feeling low? The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to hear about your experiences of health and social care for a public awareness campaign they’ll be running this summer.
Specifically, CQC are looking for men and women who are happy to be case studies for our campaign.
We will ask our case studies to take part in some or all of the following activity:
• Speak to a member of CQC staff about your experiences of care;
• Take part in a video where they talk about their experiences of care – whether positive of negative;
• Speak to media about their experiences of care.
If you are happy to talk to CQC about your experiences of care, please send an email to yourstories@cqc.org.uk leaving a short description of your experience. Someone from CQC will then be in touch with you to discuss next steps.

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.

Charity Almanac Launched; Charity Fair Returns; Share Your Experience; Action Grants Awarded to 15 Camden Groups; Long Term Conditions Focus Groups; The Evelyn Oldfield Unit Open Day ; Refugee Therapy Centre Turkish Speaking Women Support Group; Courses at West Euston Partnership; Rebetiko Carnival + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

The NCVO Almanac is the biggest annual survey of the voluntary sector and the release of a new one always provokes lots of interest. This year’s Almanac shows that income for the sector has gone up, but this disguises the true picture for most organisations as the increase is accounted for by a few very large charities often taking on government functions. The Guardian says ‘This year’s dominant narrative of the further flourishing of big charity, while small and medium-sized organisations continue to be battered by spending cuts and contract commissioning practices that work against them, should provide much food for thought.’
A further issue is the conversion of public sector organisations into charities, and the Guardian says that “There is no doubt that a significant wedge of the £506m net rise in government funding will have come via “charitisation” of bodies previously in the public sector, such as creation of the Canal & River Trust in 2012 from the former British Waterways Board. This is continuing apace, not only at national level – the setting up of English Heritage as a charity in 2015, for instance – but also locally where schools and other services are being spun off out of council control.”
NAVCA have also joined the debate, criticizing the way in which income is sometime perceived as a proxy for effectiveness to the detriment of smaller vcs organisations.

Charity Fair Returns to Holloway Road in May
Inspirational, topical learning from only £35
DSC Charityfair takes place in London on 24-25 May. There are 44 training workshops to pick from, from just £35.
“DSC knows how to get these events just right”…”Good mix of workshops and affordable for a small charity”…
Book now to avoid missing out. Full details at dsc.org.uk

Share Your Experience
Do you get help from health professionals for feeling anxious, feeling stressed or feeling low? The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to hear about your experiences of health and social care for a public awareness campaign they’ll be running this summer.
Specifically, CQC are looking for men and women who are happy to be case studies for our campaign.
We will ask our case studies to take part in some or all of the following activity:
• Speak to a member of CQC staff about your experiences of care;
• Take part in a video where they talk about their experiences of care – whether positive of negative;
• Speak to media about their experiences of care.
If you are happy to talk to CQC about your experiences of care, please send an email to yourstories@cqc.org.uk leaving a short description of your experience. Someone from CQC will then be in touch with you to discuss next steps.

Action Grants Awarded to 15 Camden Groups
Ageing Better in Camden and Age UK Camden are delighted to announce that 15 older people’s groups in the borough have been awarded Action Grants. The Action Grant scheme aimed to give groups of older people in Camden the opportunity to do activities for themselves or their wider community.
Some of the groups that received the grants are: the Asian Women’s Group at West Hampstead Women’s Centre who are using the funds to run monthly health workshops; the African Physical Training Organisation (APTO) who are going to put the money towards a dance and music event for older Congolese people and the Bengali Men’s project, who will use the cash as a contribution towards purchasing a new traditional Bangladeshi Carom board game.
Congratulations to all the groups who were awarded an Action Grant. If you would like to know more about the Action Grants (applications are now closed) or Ageing Better in Camden, please visit www.ageingbetterincamden.org.uk or call the team on 020 7239 0400.

Long Term Conditions Focus Groups
Get involved in developing a new service to provide support and information to people affected by a long-term conditions (patients and carers), who are having their care provided by the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust.
We are running two focus groups, to gain your opinions and ideas of what sort of service you might find useful, and we would appreciate as many people attending as possible. There will be refreshments provided and transports costs can be reimbursed.
At the focus groups you will be asked to complete a questionnaire (there will be assistance with this if needed) and/or ask for your comments in small groups.
The groups will run at the following dates and times, and, so we can provide the right amount of refreshments, please RSVP to: rfc.engagement@nhs.net or call Richard Scarth on 020 7317 7773 to confirm which group you wish to attend. The groups are running on the following dates;
Tuesday 19th April, 19.15 -21.00
Venue: The Royal Free Hospital Atrium
Or Wednesday 4th May, 13.00-15.00
Venue: The Royal Free Hospital Atrium

The Evelyn Oldfield Unit Open Day
Wednesday, 20th April 2016 from 11:30 to 14:30
Evelyn Oldfield Unit, Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA
Are you interested in gaining skills and building the capacity of your organisation in the areas of fundraising, monitoring and evaluation, campaigning and influencing, supporting women
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is opening its doors for those individuals and organisations interested in learning more about how they can benefit from our project activities, training courses and one to one support. Come and explore what our projects offer.
We will be showcasing work from the:
• Supporting Women Project (SWP)
• Research for Action and Influence Project (RAI)
Those working or volunteering with London-based refugee and migrant community organisations are welcome to attend, however please be aware that the SWP project is only open to those from Refugee and Asylum Seeker (RAS) backgrounds and the RAI course is open to RAS and EU migrants. The RAI consultancy is open to a wider group and we welcome anyone coming to have a look around on behalf of someone from these groups.
Book at Eventbrite. For further information please call on 020 7697 4100 or email volunteer@evelynoldfield.co.uk.

Refugee Therapy Centre Turkish Speaking Women Support Group
Are you a refugee or asylum seeker woman? Do you feel isolated, depressed or stressed? Are you anxious about your future, or about your children, in a new environment? Are you experiencing difficulties in your life, and would like to make some changes? Would you like to talk with other women who may be in a similar situation?
If the answer is yes, do contact us — we can help!
How to join the group: If you, or a member of your family or community, would like to join a group, it would be helpful if you ask your GP to write to us. If this is not possible, you can call us on 020 7561 1587 to discuss this.
Refugee Therapy Centre, 1A Leeds Place, Tollington Park, London N4 3RQ

Courses at West Euston Partnership Starting 20 April
Improve your reading and writing in English for everyday life.
English for everyday Reading & Writing E1
Wednesdays 10am-12pm
To enrol Call into WEP reception 29-31 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3JA Tel: 020 7388 7932 English
Visit camden.gov.uk/adultlearning
Email adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Call 020 7974 2148
Delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short evening course for trustees/ management committee members, or those thinking of joining a committee. See VAC Events section below for full details. Generous bursaries available.

Rebetiko Carnival
In June 2016 the Rebetiko Carnival, one of the biggest music festivals in Europe is landing on the shores of the UK. The traditional music of Greece and Asia minor will be resounding through the streets of many of the major cities of the UKwith the heart of the festival in Camden. Concerts, seminars, workshops, education work, outreach work, instrument exhibitions, Shadow Puppet theatre and new texts narrating the dramatic history of this music with live performance. All this will brought here by many of the greatest musicians from Greece as well as the best UK based bands.
The venues include Camden’s very own The Green Note as well as The Vortex, King’s Place, The Forge, the Hellenic Centre (London) etc. See Rebetiko Carnaval

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Highbury Couselling Centre, One Westminster, Greenpeace, Camden Society, Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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

NCVO writes to minister expressing ‘serious concerns’ about Charity Commission board
In an unprecedented move, Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of NCVO, has written to minister for civil society Rob Wilson, expressing “serious concerns” about the Charity Commission’s governance, and asking him to address the issue “as a matter of urgency”. The actions of three right wing government appointees in particular, William Shawcross, Gwythian Prins and Orlando Fraser have driven the sector’s leaders to finally speak out. Full story in Civil Society.

NHS is failing to tap into full potential of health charities, report claims
The NHS is not using health charities to their full potential, according to a report by think tank NPC on behalf of charities including the British Red Cross and Age UK.
Read the full story here.

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

Islington Summerversity
Islington Council invites suitably experienced organisations to submit proposals to deliver high quality, engaging and innovative summer courses and activities for young people aged 13 + to be delivered as part of the Summerversity 2016.
Successful providers will be required to deliver free social, recreational and educational activities for young people aged 13+ providing opportunities for formal accreditation where appropriate. The aim of the programme is to engage young people in a range of stimulating courses and activities over their summer holiday that will develop their skills and interests, raise their ambitions and aspirations and expose them to the new experiences .
If you wish to apply for this opportunity please return your completed application form to isyp@islington.gov.uk by 12 noon, 2 May 2016

The Mayor’s Spacehive crowdfunding page is now open
The GLA will pledge up to £20,000 to the best crowdfunding campaigns. Projects should be uploaded by May 1st 2016 to be eligible.
Before May 16th your project must be verified by Spacehive. This can take up to 2 weeks, so please give yourself plenty of time! You also need to fill out a couple of documents for GLA Regeneration with some extra information about you and your project, which can be downloaded HERE.
We will assess your crowdfunding campaigns on 6th June 2016 and pledge directly to successful campaigns on 29th June.
We cannot wait to hear more about your projects and look forward to working with you on taking them forward!
For any queries on how to run a crowdfunding campaign or using the Spacehive platform please contact info@spacehive.com. For all other queries get in contact via crowdfunding@london.gov.uk

Children’s Social Care Innovation programme
Charities and councils are being invited to apply for £200m worth of investment in children’s social care, the education secretary has announced.
It is a programme that seeks to develop, test and share effective ways of supporting children who need help from children’s social care services. Full details at gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-innovation-programme

Grand Challenges 2016-17 Small Grants: £4000 available
Up to £4,000 available for a wide range of societally relevant cross-disciplinary activities undertaken from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017
Applications must be led by UCL academic staff (postdoctoral level/equivalent or above or those with an honorary appointment), employed/based in different departments or, ideally, different faculties
External partnerships strengthening the objectives of UCL 2034, enhancing the impact and reputation of UCL, will be of particular interest
Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Further details and online application

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:
~ Illness, distress, abuse or neglect.
~ Any kind of disability.
~ Behavioural or psychological difficulties.
~ Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for much less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities. Match funding is not required.
The deadlines for Small Grant applications are 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December 2016.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Santander £2.5million small grants programme
Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to apply for a share of £2.5m of grant funding that the banking group Santander plans to give this year to local projects working with disadvantaged people.
The bank’s new Discovery Foundation, which launched on 1 March, aims to make grants worth up to £5,000 to “skills, knowledge and innovation” projects in the UK.
Charities, community interest companies and credit unions are eligible to apply for this funding, which is available for one year.
Organisations can nominate themselves by completing a discovery grants nomination form at any branch of Santander and dropping it into the nomination box in the branch. They can also ask Santander customers and staff members to do this on their behalf.
There are no closing dates and grants will be made every month. Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail within a month of submitting a nomination. Story in Money Market UK. Find your nearest branch here.

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

London Mayoral Elections
The Camden Society are holding information workshops at Holmes Road through April
Every Tuesday from 4pm – 6pm we will be
– discussing and exploring the political views of the mayoral candidates;
– Helping people to register to vote
– Helping people to understand the voting process and what to do / where to go on polling day
– And organising buddies of support to go to their local polling station on the day
After the election we will be running further sessions informing about the referendum in June. Further details to follow.
Laura Murphy, Community Access Coordinator Tel: 07814 875 544 or 020 7485 8177 or email laura.murphy@TheCamdenSociety.co.uk

‘Question Time’ with Dr Caz Sayer from Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Thursday 21st April 2016 12pm-2pm at Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H
A light lunch will be provided, along with tea and coffee.
Dr Caz Sayer, Chair of Camden CCG, holds regular question time meetings where she gets to know about what local people think of health services in Camden.
The meeting will start with a short presentation informing you of what the Camden CCG do and what they are responsible for, followed by a question and answer session.

Murdered By My Father parliamentary screening & panel discussion
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join IKWRO, MP’s, the writer and members of the BBC production team and cast of Murdered By My Father for a special parliamentary screening, followed by a panel discussion. The BBC three film drama, which was made in collaboration with IKWRO, tackles “honour” killing and generates important questions and discussion. It is vital that these conversations are raised at the Houses of Parliament and we’d love you to come along and share your thoughts. More details here.

The Recovery College
The Recovery College prospectus for the Summer Term is now ready on the website:
http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
We are in the process of posting out prospectuses but in the interim we are keen to promote 6 courses which are starting in the second week of term. These are:-
Money Matters, (Monday 18th of April, 11am-4pm, Mind in Camden)
Surviving Abuse for Women, (Tuesday 19th of April, 10am-12.30pm, Mind in Camden)
5 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Assertiveness for All (Tuesday 19th of April, 1.30–4pm, Southwood Smith Centre)
6 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Parenting: Trust Your Judgement (Wednesday 20th of April, 10am-1pm, Elfrida Society)
6 week course (2.5 hours each session)
Coping With Anxiety (Thursday 21st of April, 10.30am-1pm, Isledon Road)
4 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Building Healthy Relationships (Friday the 22nd of April, 1.30-4pm, Islington Central Library)
6 week course (2.5 hour sessions)
To enrol, please visit the website http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
or enrol in person anytime from Monday the 11th of April onwards.

Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes
28th April 2 – 4:30pm at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington SE11
Many people are missing out on pension credit and other benefits due to them.
How will the new ‘flat rate’ pension affect you?
Is your older peoples group aware of the changes taking place?
This free workshop will provide an update on recent changes to Pensions in the UK and what advice is available to your group.
Places are limited so book early. Speakers include:
Sally West, Senior Policy Officer Age UK
Nigel Kern, Team Leader for Pension Wise, Pensions Advisory Service
Alan Davies, Citizens Advice Bureau
Confirm attendance by registering here http://auklpensionchanges.eventbrite.co.uk or email Janinealdridge@ageuklondon.org.uk or telephone 020 7091 2594.

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
Full details here.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Volunteering Fair
VCC fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
Book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Tenant Management Organisation Seeks Minute Taker Volunteer
Skilled Minute Taker needed to support local tenant management organisation and possibly others.
Interested? Please email your CV to acharles@vac.org.uk

Highbury Counselling Centre seeks Clinical Coordinator
Part time : 20 hours Salary: £19,317 (pro-rata £35,253 p.a.) + pension
Highbury Counselling Centre (HCC) are seeking to appoint a Clinical Coordinator. HCC offers confidential, affordable and professional counselling to adult members of the community; we offer counselling for a minimum of a year. We are also able to offer a reduced fee scheme to ensure that counselling is available to people with limited financial means, making counselling available to those who may not normally be able to afford it.
We seek an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Coordinator who will be responsible for the smooth running of the clinical services, recruiting, supporting a managing a team of volunteer counsellors and ensuring that high professional standards are maintained in accordance with organisational policy. This post would suit a candidate with a solid clinical experience and an understanding of the voluntary sector.
For more about WLM’s work, our values and ethos please see here.
To apply for this post, please find attached a job description, person specification and application pack or go to our website at http://www.wlm.org.uk/news/136/65/Clinical-Coordinator/d,news-detail . For an informal conversation about the post, please contact Marie Calvo on 020 7354 4791 or highburycounselling@wlm.org.uk .
Closing date for applications is midnight on 29 April 2016
Interviews will be held from 6th May 2016

The Camden Society seeks Café Project Worker (Flapjacks)
£17,500 per annum, pro rata Permanent – Part Time 16 hours per week (2 days – Monday to Friday)
Use your catering skills to make a difference
An experienced catering professional is required to help operate one of our social enterprise cafés in Kentish Town, North London.
contact HR on recruitment@thecamdensociety.co.uk details on the Camden Society website.
Closing date – 18 April
Interview date – 28 April

Healthwatch Camden seeks Project Officer
28 hours a week, £24,240 pa
To support the range of our work, helping to manage the progress of projects, including analysing research results and supporting volunteer input.
This is a varied role, in a small and lively team. It offers scope for development, with opportunities to lead on specific items of work. Healthwatch Camden is an independent organisation, working to ensure that local people get a say in the health and social care services they use. We are looking for someone who understands the ways that service user voice can be used to shape and improve services; who can relate to the diverse population in Camden; who understands the contribution volunteers can make to projects; who has experience of research, preferably in an area of social policy; who can manage process, with good attention to detail; who wants to take responsibility; who can work flexibly; and above all who wants to make a difference for the people of Camden.
For an application pack please visit our website, www.healthwatchcamden.co.uk or e mail jobs@healthwatchcamden.co.uk or telephone 020 7284 6586. Closing date 27 April 2016.

One Westminster Job Vacancies seeks Organisation Support Officer
21 hours a week – £26,000 pro rata This is a one year fixed term contract
One Westminster is looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and an interest in “social prescription” and the “self-care” health agenda to join our small Organisation Support Team.
Working alongside colleagues, you will be responsible for delivering a range of support, signposting and development services to voluntary and community organisations in Westminster. You will provide a link between National Health Service and other statutory health and well-being providers and the wider voluntary sector and help develop self-care services within the sector.
You should have excellent communication skills, experience of project development and management including monitoring and evaluation and evidence experience and knowledge of fundraising. .
For a Full Job Description, Person Specification and Application form please email: c.igoe@onewestminster.org.uk or telephone 020 7723 1216.
Closing date 5.00pm Monday, April 25th and interviews will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd 2016.

Greenpeace seeks Political Outreach Internship (Fixed term 6 mths / full time)
Salary: £9.40 per hour (London Living Wage)
Closing Date: 25 April, 2016 – 10:00
Interview Date: 9 May, 2016 (All day)
This is an exciting role for somebody looking to explore a career within politics and enhance their CV by working in the Political Team at Greenpeace UK.
You’ll gain a great insight into how campaigning works and how the political world is so important to helping us win our campaigns.
For further information about this role and how to apply, please visit the website to download a Job Pack or alternatively email recruitment.uk@greenpeace.org

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
19th April to 11th May 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Wednesdays Kentish Town 9.45am – 2.30pm
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

Age UK Camden seeks Community Partnership & Fundraising Officer
Initial 12 months, subject to 6 months’ probation
£28,000 pa FT (£22,400 pro rata for part time – 28 hours per week)
Are you an excellent communicator, out-going, enjoy meeting people and with great customer service skills? If so, this post provides the opportunity to meet individuals, volunteers, community organisations, local corporates, while maximizing income, managing meaningful relationships and harnessing potential new partnerships.
This post is based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.
Closing date: Monday 18th April 2016 – 9.30 am
Interviews: Thursday 5th May 2016

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

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.

New Models of Care: Working Together for a Healthy London; Recruiting Admin/Support Worker for Big Local in Somers Town – Deadline Soon; VCS London Mayoral Hustings; Long Term Conditions Focus Groups; Carers and Relationships event; Views of BME Young People in the Mayoral Elections; London Mayoral Elections; ‘Question Time’ with Dr Caz Sayer from Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG); Murdered By My Father parliamentary screening & panel discussion; Governance Course for Trustees; Friends of Euston seek views on HS2 + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

In March Peter attended “New Models of Care: Working Together for a Healthy London” an event organised by the London Voluntary Service Council. The title refers to the government’s “Five Year Forward View” of the NHS which argued for a “more engaged relationship with patients, carers and citizens so that we can promote wellbeing and prevent ill-health.” The voluntary and community sector is very much at the core of this and the document specifically referred to Voluntary Action Rotherham’s Social Prescribing Service.
Read the full article here.

Recruiting Admin/Support Worker for Big Local in Somers Town – Deadline Soon
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for an Administrator / Support Worker. Full details in the Jobs section below. Deadline 11th April

VCS London Mayoral Hustings
Register here for the LVSC voluntary sector London Mayoral Hustings to be held at London Metropolitan University on 13th April 2016. Click here for details.

Long Term Conditions Focus Groups
Get involved in developing a new service to provide support and information to people affected by a long-term conditions (patients and carers), who are having their care provided by the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust.
We are running two focus groups, to gain your opinions and ideas of what sort of service you might find useful, and we would appreciate as many people attending as possible. There will be refreshments provided and transports costs can be reimbursed.
At the focus groups you will be asked to complete a questionnaire (there will be assistance with this if needed) and/or ask for your comments in small groups.
The groups will run at the following dates and times, and, so we can provide the right amount of refreshments, please RSVP to: rfc.engagement@nhs.net or call Richard Scarth on 020 7317 7773 to confirm which group you wish to attend. The groups are running on the following dates;
Tuesday 19th April, 19.15 -21.00
Venue: The Royal Free Hospital Atrium
Or Wednesday 4th May, 13.00-15.00
Venue: The Royal Free Hospital Atrium

Carers and Relationships: Looking after yourself and the person you care for
Wednesday 13th April 2016 10:30am – 12:30pm at Centre 404, 404 Camden Road, N7 0SJ
The Family Members’ Reference Group is for all carers of an adult with a learning disability in Camden.
• Do you feel stressed or worried as a result of your caring role or other things in your life?
• Are you concerned about relationships for those with learning disabilities?
Come along to find out what help is available for you and the person you look after in Camden.
Have your say about your experiences of services – we will take your feedback to the Council’s Planning Together meeting.
For more information contact Bob on: bobd@centre404.org.uk 020 7697 1336

Views of BME Young People in the Mayoral Elections
In May 2016, Londoners will elect a new Mayor for their city. The Coalition of Race Equality Organisations (CORE) wants to make sure the views of young people – aged 16-30 – from London’s minority ethnic communities are heard. For that, we have launched a new initiative called All London Voices to involve young Londoners like you in the run up to the 2016 London Mayoral elections on May 5th.
We have created a survey as an opportunity for you to share your views as they are important and deserve to be heard. Any answers you give will be completely anonymous so please be open and honest. To make it worthwhile, you get the chance to win £100 in Amazon vouchers. You have until 10th April to respond. We would particularly like to hear from young BAME people.
To take part in the survey click here
To find out more about CORE’s work click here.

London Mayoral Elections
The Camden Society are holding information workshops at Holmes Road through April
Every Tuesday from 4pm – 6pm we will be
– discussing and exploring the political views of the mayoral candidates;
– Helping people to register to vote
– Helping people to understand the voting process and what to do / where to go on polling day
– And organising buddies of support to go to their local polling station on the day
After the election we will be running further sessions informing about the referendum in June. Further details to follow.
Laura Murphy, Community Access Coordinator Tel: 07814 875 544 or 020 7485 8177 or email laura.murphy@TheCamdenSociety.co.uk

‘Question Time’ with Dr Caz Sayer from Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Thursday 21st April 2016 12pm-2pm at Age UK Camden, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H
A light lunch will be provided, along with tea and coffee.
Dr Caz Sayer, Chair of Camden CCG, holds regular question time meetings where she gets to know about what local people think of health services in Camden.
The meeting will start with a short presentation informing you of what the Camden CCG do and what they are responsible for, followed by a question and answer session.

Murdered By My Father parliamentary screening & panel discussion
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join IKWRO, MP’s, the writer and members of the BBC production team and cast of Murdered By My Father for a special parliamentary screening, followed by a panel discussion. The BBC three film drama, which was made in collaboration with IKWRO, tackles “honour” killing and generates important questions and discussion. It is vital that these conversations are raised at the Houses of Parliament and we’d love you to come along and share your thoughts. More details here.

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short evening course for trustees/ management committee members, or those thinking of joining a committee. See VAC Events section below for full details. Generous bursaries available.

Friends of Euston seek views on HS2
The HS2 Bill gets its second reading in the House of Lords on 14th April.
Friends of Euston have created a survey to get the views of Camden residents on HS2. You can take the survey online at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YQMMV9R

Integrated Urgent Care NHS 111 and GP out of hours service
The contract to provide the Integrated Urgent Care NHS 111 and GP out of hours service to residents across North Central London has been awarded to London Central and West Unscheduled Care Collaborative (LCW). The five year contract will commence from 1 October 2016.
The procurement for the integrated service was undertaken by NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) along with Barnet, Camden, Haringey and Islington CCGs.

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, Somers Town Futures/Big Local, KOVE, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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

Children’s Social Care Innovation programme
Charities and councils are being invited to apply for £200m worth of investment in children’s social care, the education secretary has announced. See funding section below for more details.

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

Children’s Social Care Innovation programme
Charities and councils are being invited to apply for £200m worth of investment in children’s social care, the education secretary has announced.
It is a programme that seeks to develop, test and share effective ways of supporting children who need help from children’s social care services. Full details at gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-social-care-innovation-programme

Grand Challenges 2016-17 Small Grants: £4000 available
Up to £4,000 available for a wide range of societally relevant cross-disciplinary activities undertaken from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017
Applications must be led by UCL academic staff (postdoctoral level/equivalent or above or those with an honorary appointment), employed/based in different departments or, ideally, different faculties
External partnerships strengthening the objectives of UCL 2034, enhancing the impact and reputation of UCL, will be of particular interest
Application deadline: 9am, Wednesday, 1st June 2016
Further details and online application

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:
~ Illness, distress, abuse or neglect.
~ Any kind of disability.
~ Behavioural or psychological difficulties.
~ Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for much less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities. Match funding is not required.
The deadlines for Small Grant applications are 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December 2016.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Santander £2.5million small grants programme
Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to apply for a share of £2.5m of grant funding that the banking group Santander plans to give this year to local projects working with disadvantaged people.
The bank’s new Discovery Foundation, which launched on 1 March, aims to make grants worth up to £5,000 to “skills, knowledge and innovation” projects in the UK.
Charities, community interest companies and credit unions are eligible to apply for this funding, which is available for one year.
Organisations can nominate themselves by completing a discovery grants nomination form at any branch of Santander and dropping it into the nomination box in the branch. They can also ask Santander customers and staff members to do this on their behalf.
There are no closing dates and grants will be made every month. Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail within a month of submitting a nomination. Story in Money Market UK. Find your nearest branch here.

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Postcode Local Trust
Small Projects Funding Guide. In 2016, the Trust will invite applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.
Registered charities can apply from £500 – £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) for projects meeting the above remit, whilst other organisations may apply for up to £2,000. Full details at the Postcode Local Trust website.

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

The Recovery College
The Recovery College prospectus for the Summer Term is now ready on the website:
http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
We are in the process of posting out prospectuses but in the interim we are keen to promote 6 courses which are starting in the second week of term. These are:-
Money Matters, (Monday 18th of April, 11am-4pm, Mind in Camden)
Surviving Abuse for Women, (Tuesday 19th of April, 10am-12.30pm, Mind in Camden)
5 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Assertiveness for All (Tuesday 19th of April, 1.30–4pm, Southwood Smith Centre)
6 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Parenting: Trust Your Judgement (Wednesday 20th of April, 10am-1pm, Elfrida Society)
6 week course (2.5 hours each session)
Coping With Anxiety (Thursday 21st of April, 10.30am-1pm, Isledon Road)
4 Week Course (2.5 hour sessions)
Building Healthy Relationships (Friday the 22nd of April, 1.30-4pm, Islington Central Library)
6 week course (2.5 hour sessions)
To enrol, please visit the website http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college
or enrol in person anytime from Monday the 11th of April onwards.

Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes
28th April 2 – 4:30pm at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington SE11
Many people are missing out on pension credit and other benefits due to them.
How will the new ‘flat rate’ pension affect you?
Is your older peoples group aware of the changes taking place?
This free workshop will provide an update on recent changes to Pensions in the UK and what advice is available to your group.
Places are limited so book early. Speakers include:
Sally West, Senior Policy Officer Age UK
Nigel Kern, Team Leader for Pension Wise, Pensions Advisory Service
Alan Davies, Citizens Advice Bureau
Confirm attendance by registering here http://auklpensionchanges.eventbrite.co.uk or email Janinealdridge@ageuklondon.org.uk or telephone 020 7091 2594.

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
Full details here.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Volunteering Fair
VCC fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
Book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

The Camden Society seeks Café Project Worker (Flapjacks)
£17,500 per annum, pro rata Permanent – Part Time 16 hours per week (2 days – Monday to Friday)
Use your catering skills to make a difference
An experienced catering professional is required to help operate one of our social enterprise cafés in Kentish Town, North London.
contact HR on recruitment@thecamdensociety.co.uk details on the Camden Society website.
Closing date – 18 April
Interview date – 28 April

Hethwatch Camden seeks Project Officer
28 hours a week, £24,240 pa
To support the range of our work, helping to manage the progress of projects, including analysing research results and supporting volunteer input.
This is a varied role, in a small and lively team. It offers scope for development, with opportunities to lead on specific items of work. Healthwatch Camden is an independent organisation, working to ensure that local people get a say in the health and social care services they use. We are looking for someone who understands the ways that service user voice can be used to shape and improve services; who can relate to the diverse population in Camden; who understands the contribution volunteers can make to projects; who has experience of research, preferably in an area of social policy; who can manage process, with good attention to detail; who wants to take responsibility; who can work flexibly; and above all who wants to make a difference for the people of Camden.
For an application pack please visit our website, www.healthwatchcamden.co.uk or e mail jobs@healthwatchcamden.co.uk or telephone 020 7284 6586. Closing date 27 April 2016.

One Westminster Job Vacancies seeks Organisation Support Officer
21 hours a week – £26,000 pro rata This is a one year fixed term contract
One Westminster is looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and an interest in “social prescription” and the “self-care” health agenda to join our small Organisation Support Team.
Working alongside colleagues, you will be responsible for delivering a range of support, signposting and development services to voluntary and community organisations in Westminster. You will provide a link between National Health Service and other statutory health and well-being providers and the wider voluntary sector and help develop self-care services within the sector.
You should have excellent communication skills, experience of project development and management including monitoring and evaluation and evidence experience and knowledge of fundraising. .
For a Full Job Description, Person Specification and Application form please email: c.igoe@onewestminster.org.uk or telephone 020 7723 1216.
Closing date 5.00pm Monday, April 25th and interviews will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd 2016.

Greenpeace seeks Political Outreach Internship (Fixed term 6 mths / full time)
Salary: £9.40 per hour (London Living Wage)
Closing Date: 25 April, 2016 – 10:00
Interview Date: 9 May, 2016 (All day)
This is an exciting role for somebody looking to explore a career within politics and enhance their CV by working in the Political Team at Greenpeace UK.
You’ll gain a great insight into how campaigning works and how the political world is so important to helping us win our campaigns.
For further information about this role and how to apply, please visit the website to download a Job Pack or alternatively email recruitment.uk@greenpeace.org

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
19th April to 11th May 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Wednesdays Kentish Town 9.45am – 2.30pm
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

Personalisation Service In Camden (PSIC) a subsidiary of Age UK Camden seeks Direct Payments – Payroll Officer
Salary range S01 £28,845 to £30,525pa pro rata
17.5 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to end Feb 17
You will provide the payroll service for disabled clients in receipt of direct payments, alongside a full time Payroll Officer, for personal assistants and PSIC staff where required
If you are interested in the above vacancy please see the application pack including the full job description and person specification at the following link to our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Tuesday 12th April 2016 9.30 am and interviews will be held on Monday 18th April 2016

The Camden Society seeks Fundraising and Marketing Manager Kentish Town
Full time, 39 hours a week Permanent Salary c.35K, depending on experience
We are looking for a talented and experienced individual with a range of fundraising and communication skills, ready for the challenge of developing and implementing our fundraising strategy through an exciting period of growth for the Society. Ideally, you will have worked in a similar role in a charity combining fundraising, communications and marketing responsibilities and be looking for the next step in your career.
Closing date – 14 April 2016
Interviews will be held the week commencing 25 April 2016
Full details on the Camden Society website.

Age UK Camden seeks Community Partnership & Fundraising Officer
Initial 12 months, subject to 6 months’ probation
£28,000 pa FT (£22,400 pro rata for part time – 28 hours per week)
Are you an excellent communicator, out-going, enjoy meeting people and with great customer service skills? If so, this post provides the opportunity to meet individuals, volunteers, community organisations, local corporates, while maximizing income, managing meaningful relationships and harnessing potential new partnerships.
This post is based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.
Closing date: Monday 18th April 2016 – 9.30 am
Interviews: Thursday 5th May 2016

Somers Town Futures: Can you help to deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town?
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for an Administrator / Support Worker.
The posts are based in Somers Town but will be employed by Voluntary Action Camden.
Somers Town residents who meet all the job description and person specification criteria will automatically be interviewed for the posts.
Closing Date: 12pm Monday 11th April (Admin post).
Interviews: 2nd May (Admin post).
To download an application pack www.vac.org.uk/jobs or contact acharles@vac.org.uk 02072846553
OR visit the Job Hub at Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street. NW1 1EE.
Voluntary Action Camden is an equal opportunities employer and has a fully accessible building.

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

Socially Responsible Recruiting
A new, award-winning skills matching service that connects employers with skilled and experienced people to do one-off or part-time jobs has launched in Camden, with a strong social benefit ethic.
“There is a very large number of people in Camden who are fantastically skilled and work-ready but are off the radar to employers because they’re not looking for full-time work and aren’t constantly scouring the job ads,” says Jonathan Collie, founder of Trading Times.
These people are highly skilled over 50s, and family carers. Trading Times brings them to you. It’s free to candidates. It costs you only £35, and only when you are connected to the perfect candidates.
Paul Fordham of Abbey Community Centre in Camden said: “”We posted our occasional job opportunity on Trading Times because we at the Abbey Community Centre recognise the value of the flexibility that can come with age. Trading Times offers a tailored means to directly target opportunities at an older group that the vast majority of other job sites simply do not seem to tap.”
Register at https://tradingtimes.org.uk/ and let Trading Times match you with the right local people for your needs.

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Now is a Good Time to Join Ageactivity
Ageactivity is a club for people aged over 60. It provides a vast variety of interesting, educational and healthy activities, events and
experiences for members to enjoy, increase connections with others and feel part of the community.
Membership is only £17.50 per year! Membership and renewals Friday1st April 10.30am-4pm
Why not visit us or get in contact us for more information:
Ageactivity 60+, The Haven, 23 Castlehaven Road (Camden Lock End) Camden Town, London NW1 8RU
Telephone: 0207 692 2238 Mobile No: 07746 214 542
rosa@castlehaven.org.uk hannah@castlehaven.org.uk rebecca@castlehaven.org.uk

We want to hear your views
Camden and Islington Public Health are holding focus groups in March and early April to hear from residents in Camden and Islington about what they would like from services in London which provide contraception as well as tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. This information will be used in deciding how best to deliver these services in the future.
You will not be asked to speak about your own experience of using sexual health services but asked for your thoughts and ideas on the best way to deliver these services. Questions will include:
 What and where are the best places to deliver these services?
 How can we make sure that services are available to the people who want to use them and are easy to use?
We are holding 11 different workshops and you will be able to choose the group that you feel most comfortable with including men and women only groups. We are also particularly interested in hearing from the following groups: young people, gay or homosexual men, people living with HIV and Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups including Bangladeshi women, Latin American women, Black British or
Black Caribbean women and African men and women living with HIV. The focus groups will last up to an hour, and will be held in central venues in Camden and Islington.
Everything that you say will be completely confidential.
You will receive a £20 high street shopping voucher as a thank you for your time.
To take part or for further information, contact Esther Dickie, Public Health Officer on 0207 527 8766 or esther.dickie@islington.gov.uk

Technology & Health Survey
Public Health and the CCG are doing some work to better understand how children, young people and parents use technology to access health information and advice.
Survey for parents: Are you a parent of someone under 18? What would you like from websites, apps or other technology in helping you to access health information and advice?
Please complete a survey to share your views and help us consider how we can best use technology to help children and young people look after their health.
Survey for Parents: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ParentsHealthTech
Survey for young people: Are you aged between 12-19? What would you like from websites, apps or other technology in helping you to access health information and advice?
Please complete a survey to share your views and help us consider how we can best use technology to help children and young people look after their health.
Everyone who completes the survey will have the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win £100 of vouchers!
Survey for Young People: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YPHealthTech

Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.

Camden Integrated Digital Record (CIDR); Recruiting Two Jobs to Deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town; The Recovery College; Governance Course for Trustees; Now is a Good Time to Join Ageactivity; We want to hear your views; BBC Children in Need Grant; Regent’s Place Community Fund; Homestart Camden Family Support Volunteers; + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

Camden CCG, working in partnership with health and social care providers in Camden, has developed a digital record service that links health and social care data together. This creates a joined up and secure digital record for people registered with a Camden GP. This means your health and social care professionals are able to view vital information about you at the right time, and place, to provide you with the best possible care. Find out more here.

Recruiting Two Jobs to Deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town – Deadline Soon
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for 2 talented individuals to manage and oversee our ambitious first year plan. We are recruiting a Community Business Development Manager and an Administrator / Support Worker. Full details in the Jobs section below. Deadline 4th April

The Recovery College
The Summer term course guide is now open for enrolment online at www.candi.nhs.uk/recoverycollege and courses start on 18 April. To find out more, please do come in and see us on our Open Day on 4 April at 4 St Pancras Way (corner Granary Street) NW1 0PE
Tel: 020 3317 6904 website: http://www.candi.nhs.uk/recoverycollege

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short evening course for trustees/ management committee members, or those thinking of joining a committee. See VAC Events section below for full details. Generous bursaries available.

Now is a Good Time to Join Ageactivity
Ageactivity is a club for people aged over 60. It provides a vast variety of interesting, educational and healthy activities, events and
experiences for members to enjoy, increase connections with others and feel part of the community.
Membership is only £17.50 per year! Membership and renewals Friday1st April 10.30am-4pm
Why not visit us or get in contact us for more information:
Ageactivity 60+, The Haven, 23 Castlehaven Road (Camden Lock End) Camden Town, London NW1 8RU
Telephone: 0207 692 2238 Mobile No: 07746 214 542
rosa@castlehaven.org.uk hannah@castlehaven.org.uk rebecca@castlehaven.org.uk

We want to hear your views
Camden and Islington Public Health are holding focus groups in March and early April to hear from residents in Camden and Islington about what they would like from services in London which provide contraception as well as tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. This information will be used in deciding how best to deliver these services in the future.
You will not be asked to speak about your own experience of using sexual health services but asked for your thoughts and ideas on the best way to deliver these services. Questions will include:
 What and where are the best places to deliver these services?
 How can we make sure that services are available to the people who want to use them and are easy to use?
We are holding 11 different workshops and you will be able to choose the group that you feel most comfortable with including men and women only groups. We are also particularly interested in hearing from the following groups: young people, gay or homosexual men, people living with HIV and Black Asian Minority Ethnic groups including Bangladeshi women, Latin American women, Black British or
Black Caribbean women and African men and women living with HIV. The focus groups will last up to an hour, and will be held in central venues in Camden and Islington.
Everything that you say will be completely confidential.
You will receive a £20 high street shopping voucher as a thank you for your time.
To take part or for further information, contact Esther Dickie, Public Health Officer on 0207 527 8766 or esther.dickie@islington.gov.uk

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Age UK Camden, Homestart Camden, Somers Town Futures/Big Local, KOVE, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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

Welcoming Muslims to Britain
The government commissioned a short film encouraging muslims to come and work in Britain portraying Britain as a warm and tolerant place offering a happy, prosperous life to the Muslim community. You can view the film here.

Charity Commission board member has contributed to IEA publication on EU
Gwythian Prins, a Charity Commission board member, has written an essay calling for Britain to leave the European Union, which will be published by the ‘sock puppet’ think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs. The very think tank that is a charity but has campaigned against charities getting involved in any form of political lobbying. The Charity Commission is currently looking into the IEA after former board member Andrew Purkis raised concerns about the think tank’s political and campaigning activity. The IEA published a report into ‘sock puppet’ charities and campaigned for the introduction of an anti-advocacy (‘gagging’) clause in government grant agreements. See Civil Society for more.
This follows outrage just weeks ago as the Chairman of the Charity Commission allegedly urged a trustee to meet head of the free market, anti-charity, thinktank IEA that receives funding from tobacco industry and made a donation to the minister who announced the gagging clause. NB this is not an April Fools Day story.

Volunteers in LIbraries
Two recent articles on the BBC website have sparked debate about the role of volunteers in libraries. The first article claims that 8,000 library jobs and 315 libraries have been lost (the government recently claimed just 110 have been lost). The second article looked in more detail at claims that librarians are a profession in decline. An NCVO blog post reflects on the situation and the risks and benefits to the sector of getting so heavily involved in what many see as a public service. The problem of job substitution was addressed with a joint TUC, Volunteering England charter, which you can read about in a Third Sector article.

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

BBC Children in Need Grants Programme is Open to Applications
Small grants and Large grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are supporting children and young people of 18 years and under who are experiencing disadvantage through:
~ Illness, distress, abuse or neglect.
~ Any kind of disability.
~ Behavioural or psychological difficulties.
~ Living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Organisations must be working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Applications can be made for either of the following:
~ Main Grants of over £10,000 can support projects for up to three years. There is no upper limit but very few grants over £100,000 are made and most grants are for much less.
~ Small Grants of up to £10,000 can support projects for one year.
The grants are to be used for direct project costs that relate clearly and directly to a project. These can include salaries, volunteer expenses, building hire costs and travel costs. In many cases project costs also include less delivery-focused aspects such as line management, administration, insurance and utilities. Match funding is not required.
The deadlines for Small Grant applications are 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December 2016.
The deadlines for Main Grant applications are 15 May and 15 September 2016.
Full details are available on the BBC Children in Need website.

Regent’s Place Community Fund
The Regent’s Place Community Fund is an exciting new initiative led by a number of businesses based at Regent’s Place, a fully managed office, retail and leisure Campus located to the north of the Euston Road in Camden. The founding members of the Fund are occupiers Capital One, Dentsu Aegis Network, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, Lendlease and Santander, along with Regent’s Place Management and landlord British Land.
The Fund aims to make a real difference to the local area and will help smaller community organisations around Regent’s Place. The Fund will focus on causes that support social cohesion in the community, skills and access to employment, and healthy living.
Funding is available to help address local needs under the following themes:
~ Healthy Living (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Social Cohesion (£1,000 – £5,000)
~ Employability (£5,000 – £10,000)
To apply please follow this link to the online application form
Closing Date: 9am on Wednesday 1st June 2016
Please contact Laura Mitchell at The London Community Foundation if you need help with your application or have any queries about the Fund on 020 7582 5117 or laura.mitchell@londoncf.org.uk

Santander £2.5million small grants programme
Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to apply for a share of £2.5m of grant funding that the banking group Santander plans to give this year to local projects working with disadvantaged people.
The bank’s new Discovery Foundation, which launched on 1 March, aims to make grants worth up to £5,000 to “skills, knowledge and innovation” projects in the UK.
Charities, community interest companies and credit unions are eligible to apply for this funding, which is available for one year.
Organisations can nominate themselves by completing a discovery grants nomination form at any branch of Santander and dropping it into the nomination box in the branch. They can also ask Santander customers and staff members to do this on their behalf.
There are no closing dates and grants will be made every month. Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail within a month of submitting a nomination. Story in Money Market UK. Find your nearest branch here.

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Postcode Local Trust
Small Projects Funding Guide. In 2016, the Trust will invite applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.
Registered charities can apply from £500 – £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) for projects meeting the above remit, whilst other organisations may apply for up to £2,000. Full details at the Postcode Local Trust website.

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes
28th April 2 – 4:30pm at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington SE11
Many people are missing out on pension credit and other benefits due to them.
How will the new ‘flat rate’ pension affect you?
Is your older peoples group aware of the changes taking place?
This free workshop will provide an update on recent changes to Pensions in the UK and what advice is available to your group.
Places are limited so book early. Speakers include:
Sally West, Senior Policy Officer Age UK
Nigel Kern, Team Leader for Pension Wise, Pensions Advisory Service
Alan Davies, Citizens Advice Bureau
Confirm attendance by registering here http://auklpensionchanges.eventbrite.co.uk or email Janinealdridge@ageuklondon.org.uk or telephone 020 7091 2594.

VCS London Mayoral Hustings
Register here for the LVSC voluntary sector London Mayoral Hustings to be held at London Metropolitan University on 13th April 2016. Click here for details.

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
Full details here.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Volunteering Fair
VCC fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
Book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

The adult community learning team is running Free Everyday Computer Skills workshops in more venues including:
• Kentish Town Library (NW5 2AA) – Thursdays 10 – 12
• Kilburn Library (NW6 5UH) – Tuesdays 10 – 11.45
• Latin American House (NW6 4TA) – Wednesdays 10 – 12
• Adult Learning Centre, Netley Campus (NW1 3EX) Tuesdays 1-3
The workshops provide support to residents who may have limited or no computer skills to access Council services and information online – including setting up a Camden account, accessing information and advice on care and support via the Camden Care Choices website, registering with Universal Jobmatch, booking doctor’s appointments, completing benefit applications – and much more.
No need to book. They can come along for just one session – or as many as you like.
We can adapt the workshops to include content appropriate to your clients – just get in touch Email: adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Phone: 020 7974 2148

KOVE Bench to Bench Walks
Programme of five gentle healthy-living walks for over 60’s with community seating in Kilburn and West Hampstead . All Tuesday’s at 1.30pm.
Tuesday 5 April Famous Faces. Meet outside Kilburn High Road Station NW6 5UA
Enquiries to Mel Wright, KOVE Tel: 07539390786 Email: melwillwright@gmail.com c/o Kingsgate Resource Centre, 208 Webheath, Palmerston Road, NW6 2JU
All walks are free and we finish with refreshments at a nearby café.

Camden and Islington Recovery College
The Spring 2016 prospectus is now ready and is available online at http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college.

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Homestart Camden seeks Family Support Volunteers
Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience? Can you give 3 – 4 hours weekly, to visit a family with young children who may be going through a difficult time? Enhance your skills with our training, supervision and fulfilling volunteer role
Next Preparation Courses Starting:-
19th April to 11th May 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Wednesdays Kentish Town 9.45am – 2.30pm
31st May to 30th June 2016. Twice weekly Tuesdays & Thursdays
Certificates awarded & expenses paid. For information pack ring 020 7424 1603
email: info@homestartcamden.org or www.homestartcamden.org.uk

Personalisation Service In Camden (PSIC) a subsidiary of Age UK Camden seeks Direct Payments – Payroll Officer
Salary range S01 £28,845 to £30,525pa pro rata
17.5 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to end Feb 17
You will provide the payroll service for disabled clients in receipt of direct payments, alongside a full time Payroll Officer, for personal assistants and PSIC staff where required
If you are interested in the above vacancy please see the application pack including the full job description and person specification at the following link to our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Tuesday 12th April 2016 9.30 am and interviews will be held on Monday 18th April 2016

The Camden Society seeks Fundraising and Marketing Manager Kentish Town
Full time, 39 hours a week Permanent Salary c.35K, depending on experience
We are looking for a talented and experienced individual with a range of fundraising and communication skills, ready for the challenge of developing and implementing our fundraising strategy through an exciting period of growth for the Society. Ideally, you will have worked in a similar role in a charity combining fundraising, communications and marketing responsibilities and be looking for the next step in your career.
Closing date – 14 April 2016
Interviews will be held the week commencing 25 April 2016
Full details on the Camden Society website.

Age UK Camden seeks Community Partnership & Fundraising Officer
Initial 12 months, subject to 6 months’ probation
£28,000 pa FT (£22,400 pro rata for part time – 28 hours per week)
Are you an excellent communicator, out-going, enjoy meeting people and with great customer service skills? If so, this post provides the opportunity to meet individuals, volunteers, community organisations, local corporates, while maximizing income, managing meaningful relationships and harnessing potential new partnerships.
This post is based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.
Closing date: Monday 18th April 2016 – 9.30 am
Interviews: Thursday 5th May 2016

Somers Town Futures: Can you help to deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town?
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for 2 talented individuals to manage and oversee our ambitious first year plan. We are recruiting a Community Business Development Manager and an Administrator / Support Worker.
The posts are based in Somers Town but will be employed by Voluntary Action Camden.
Somers Town residents who meet all the job description and person specification criteria will automatically be interviewed for the posts.
Closing Dates: 12pm Monday 4th April (Manager post) and 12pm Monday 11th April (Admin post).
Interviews: week starting 11th April (Manager post) and week starting 2nd May (Admin post).
There will be a presentation and Q&A about these jobs at the Somers Town Job Hub on Thursday 24th March at 2pm
To download an application pack www.vac.org.uk/jobs or contact acharles@vac.org.uk 02072846553
OR visit the Job Hub at Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street. NW1 1EE.
Voluntary Action Camden is an equal opportunities employer and has a fully accessible building.

Invitation to tender: Administrator for KOVE Community Action 10th May ’16 to 30th June ’17
Contract value: Max £3,324 (fixed price – costed at an average of 15 hours a month).
Purpose of the commission: To provide regular sessional support to the Coordinator of KOVE’s Community Action project; to supervise the collection and management of activity data on a continuous basis; to deliver parts of KOVE’s outreach programmes when necessary and appropriate. KOVE Community Action is funded through Ageing Better in Camden and funded by the National Lottery.
KOVE (Kilburn Older Voices Exchange) is a dynamic community action group run by older people. We aim to give a collective voice for older people over issues and concerns that they raise. As partners of Ageing Better in Camden we are committed to an asset based community development approach in our projects to help reduce isolation and loneliness including an age friendly environment and developing community forums.
• Proposals must be submitted by no later than 5pm on April 5th 2016
• Interviews will be held on Wednesday, April 19th 2016
• The successful applicant will be notified by midday on April 20thth 2016.
• The start date is Monday, May 10rd 2016.
All enquiries and for a copy of the tender application document to Mel Wright, Coordinator, KOVE: melwillwright@gmail.com

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

Socially Responsible Recruiting
A new, award-winning skills matching service that connects employers with skilled and experienced people to do one-off or part-time jobs has launched in Camden, with a strong social benefit ethic.
“There is a very large number of people in Camden who are fantastically skilled and work-ready but are off the radar to employers because they’re not looking for full-time work and aren’t constantly scouring the job ads,” says Jonathan Collie, founder of Trading Times.
These people are highly skilled over 50s, and family carers. Trading Times brings them to you. It’s free to candidates. It costs you only £35, and only when you are connected to the perfect candidates.
Paul Fordham of Abbey Community Centre in Camden said: “”We posted our occasional job opportunity on Trading Times because we at the Abbey Community Centre recognise the value of the flexibility that can come with age. Trading Times offers a tailored means to directly target opportunities at an older group that the vast majority of other job sites simply do not seem to tap.”
Register at https://tradingtimes.org.uk/ and let Trading Times match you with the right local people for your needs.

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

Volunteering as a Gateway to Employment
This is an opportunity to feed your views into a potential new project that will use volunteering as gateway to employment in new key and growth industries in Camden and Islington. The aim of the volunteering is both to provide essential help to Camden voluntary organisations but also provide the volunteer with an opportunity to obtain relevant work experience and develop skills. Please fill in the survey online.

Technology & Health Survey
Public Health and the CCG are doing some work to better understand how children, young people and parents use technology to access health information and advice.
Survey for parents: Are you a parent of someone under 18? What would you like from websites, apps or other technology in helping you to access health information and advice?
Please complete a survey to share your views and help us consider how we can best use technology to help children and young people look after their health.
Survey for Parents: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ParentsHealthTech
Survey for young people: Are you aged between 12-19? What would you like from websites, apps or other technology in helping you to access health information and advice?
Please complete a survey to share your views and help us consider how we can best use technology to help children and young people look after their health.
Everyone who completes the survey will have the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win £100 of vouchers!
Survey for Young People: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YPHealthTech

SHAK has Room and IT Suite for Hire
Room hire for meeting , training and it suite
Price starts from £20 per hour
Conference room for up to 30 people
Board room for up to 16 people
IT suitE for up to 12 people with laptops
Flexible room layout set-up, recently renovated, projector and laptop, flip chart & white board, coffee & tea facilities, full disability access, microwave
In NW8 Boundary Road
Please call SHAK on 0207 372 2949 or 079 8689 7629 for availability and prices

Henna has started a new Befriending Service to reach out to the most vulnerable women and men in London.
Our aim for running this project is to build confidence, reduce isolation and improve health of older Asian women and men. The service includes weekly home visits by volunteers, and regular programmes of healthy living activities within the centre.
Older Asian women and men (over 75), who live alone or are housebound will benefit from the support offered by our Befriending service. We currently support Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, English, Arabic, Farsi and Hindi language speakers. Henna’s “befrienders” worker and volunteers pay regular visits to the most vulnerable older Asian women and men in the community. On site, we run a regular schedule of exercise classes, health promotion, advice and listening services. Our goal is to act as a bridge between isolated ladies and the services offered by Henna and of statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
Contact: Manisha Dewan, Volunteer Coordinator, Henna Asians Women’s Group
Abbey Community Centre, 222C Belsize Road, London, NW6 4DJ
Email: manisha_hennaorg@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 020 7372 9860 Website: www.hennaorg.co.uk

Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.

Get Involved in Camden Carers Centre Future Plans; VCS London Mayoral Hustings; Volunteering as a Gateway to Employment; Now is a Good Time to Join Ageactivity; C&I rated “good” for openness and transparency; Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes; Technology & Health Survey; Santander Grants + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

On Wednesday 6th of April Camden Carers would like to invite key partners and stakeholders along to one of two sessions to enable you to contribute to our thinking on our strategic direction, tell us what support you need from us to work well with carers in Camden and let us know if we are reaching everyone we should be.
We would like you to come for either
• morning slot 11-12.30 or
• afternoon slot 1.30-3.00
With lunch between 12.30- 1.30: Either way –please make sure that can you join us for lunch
Venue 2nd floor 293-299 Kentish Town Road
Please call 020 7428 8950 or email allegra@camdencarers.org.uk to confirm

VCS London Mayoral Hustings
Register here for the LVSC voluntary sector London Mayoral Hustings to be held at London Metropolitan University on 13th April 2016. Click here for details.

Volunteering as a Gateway to Employment
This is an opportunity to feed your views into a potential new project that will use volunteering as gateway to employment in new key and growth industries in Camden and Islington. The aim of the volunteering is both to provide essential help to Camden voluntary organisations but also provide the volunteer with an opportunity to obtain relevant work experience and develop skills. Please fill in the survey online.

Now is a Good Time to Join Ageactivity
Ageactivity is a club for people aged over 60. It provides a vast variety of interesting, educational and healthy activities, events and
experiences for members to enjoy, increase connections with others and feel part of the community.
Membership is only £17.50 per year! Membership and renewals Friday1st April 10.30am-4pm
Why not visit us or get in contact us for more information:
Ageactivity 60+, The Haven, 23 Castlehaven Road (Camden Lock End) Camden Town, London NW1 8RU
Telephone: 0207 692 2238 Mobile No: 07746 214 542
rosa@castlehaven.org.uk hannah@castlehaven.org.uk rebecca@castlehaven.org.uk

C&I rated “good” for openness and transparency
C&I has been rated as “good” in a new NHS assessment to drive up the level of openness and transparency in NHS organisations.
The Trust came 71st out of 230 trusts and foundation trusts, based on data from the 2015 NHS staff survey and from the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the patient safety reporting system.
It was part of a raft of measures announced this week to further develop a culture of safety throughout the NHS.
The “Learning From Mistakes League” was launched this week by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority. Eighteen trusts were judged “outstanding”, 102 “good”, 78 gave cause for “significant concern” and 32 were judged as having a “poor” reporting culture. Please click here to view the press release and league table.

Workshop for Older People’s Organisations on Pension Changes
28th April 2 – 4:30pm at Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington SE11
Many people are missing out on pension credit and other benefits due to them.
How will the new ‘flat rate’ pension affect you?
Is your older peoples group aware of the changes taking place?
This free workshop will provide an update on recent changes to Pensions in the UK and what advice is available to your group.
Places are limited so book early. Speakers include:
Sally West, Senior Policy Officer Age UK
Nigel Kern, Team Leader for Pension Wise, Pensions Advisory Service
Alan Davies, Citizens Advice Bureau
Confirm attendance by registering here http://auklpensionchanges.eventbrite.co.uk or email Janinealdridge@ageuklondon.org.uk or telephone 020 7091 2594.

Technology & Health Survey
Public Health and the CCG are doing some work to better understand how children, young people and parents use technology to access health information and advice.
Survey for parents: Are you a parent of someone under 18? What would you like from websites, apps or other technology in helping you to access health information and advice?
Please complete a survey to share your views and help us consider how we can best use technology to help children and young people look after their health.
Survey for Parents: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ParentsHealthTech
Survey for young people: Are you aged between 12-19? What would you like from websites, apps or other technology in helping you to access health information and advice?
Please complete a survey to share your views and help us consider how we can best use technology to help children and young people look after their health.
Everyone who completes the survey will have the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win £100 of vouchers!
Survey for Young People: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YPHealthTech

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Age UK Camden, Somers Town Futures/Big Local, KOVE, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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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

BBC’s Thinking Allowed on Philanthropy
The first part is a discussion with John Mohan of the TSRC on his new book on Charities in Hard Times. The second is with Linsey McGoey of Essex University on PhilanthroCapitalism and the influence of corporate ideas on charity.
Listen again on the BBC iplayer at http://bbc.in/1VbN4UW

The Fight To Stop Public Loos Going Down The Pan
The closure of public toilets means we may soon be spending more actual pennies to use the loo, as well as metaphorical ones. Sky reports on this contentious issue.

Government Grantmaking Continues to Raise Questions
The Chancellor’s Budget speech played up personal connections while the Treasury still refuses to explain its assessment process for Libor funding. Story in Civil Society.

Political Campaigning Good, Party Political Bad
John Tizard, Trustee of NAVCA, looks at the recent example of Disability organisations to draw out the role of charities campaigning within the law.

How small charities punch above their weight
A familiar story of doing good on a shoe string while contemplating loss of funding and premises. An interesting article by Neil Cleevely, Chief Exec of NAVCA.

Disability on the Television
The BBC started a major new drama based on a family affected by autism called The A Word. They also started a series about Tourettes sufferers looking for work called Employable Me.

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

Santander opens £2.5million small grants programme
Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to apply for a share of £2.5m of grant funding that the banking group Santander plans to give this year to local projects working with disadvantaged people.
The bank’s new Discovery Foundation, which launched on 1 March, aims to make grants worth up to £5,000 to “skills, knowledge and innovation” projects in the UK.
Charities, community interest companies and credit unions are eligible to apply for this funding, which is available for one year.
Organisations can nominate themselves by completing a discovery grants nomination form at any branch of Santander and dropping it into the nomination box in the branch. They can also ask Santander customers and staff members to do this on their behalf.
There are no closing dates and grants will be made every month. Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail within a month of submitting a nomination. Story in Money Market UK. Find your nearest branch here.

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Postcode Local Trust
Small Projects Funding Guide. In 2016, the Trust will invite applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.
Registered charities can apply from £500 – £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) for projects meeting the above remit, whilst other organisations may apply for up to £2,000. Full details at the Postcode Local Trust website.

Lloyds Bank Foundation
Invest provides longer term core or delivery funding for charities which meet the programme aim and are delivering clear outcomes as a result of their work.
We fund ‘core’ organisational costs (including running costs and salaries). By ‘core’ costs we mean those related to the day to day running of your charity. We also fund costs associated with the direct delivery of your work. Full details here.

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
Full details here.

Free workshop on trafficking for labour exploitation
Thursday 7th April 2016
Join Supporting Women’s Project (Evelyn Oldfield Unit) in conjunction with FLEX on the 7th April 2016 to learn about trafficking for labour exploitation, including how to identify victims and what special assistance is available for identified victims.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Volunteering Fair
Our fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
And you can easily book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

The adult community learning team is running Free Everyday Computer Skills workshops in more venues including:
• Kentish Town Library (NW5 2AA) – Thursdays 10 – 12
• Kilburn Library (NW6 5UH) – Tuesdays 10 – 11.45
• Latin American House (NW6 4TA) – Wednesdays 10 – 12
• Adult Learning Centre, Netley Campus (NW1 3EX) Tuesdays 1-3
The workshops provide support to residents who may have limited or no computer skills to access Council services and information online – including setting up a Camden account, accessing information and advice on care and support via the Camden Care Choices website, registering with Universal Jobmatch, booking doctor’s appointments, completing benefit applications – and much more.
No need to book. They can come along for just one session – or as many as you like.
We can adapt the workshops to include content appropriate to your clients – just get in touch Email: adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Phone: 020 7974 2148

KOVE Bench to Bench Walks
Programme of five gentle healthy-living walks for over 60’s with community seating in Kilburn and West Hampstead . All Tuesday’s at 1.30pm.
Tuesday 5 April Famous Faces. Meet outside Kilburn High Road Station NW6 5UA
Enquiries to Mel Wright, KOVE Tel: 07539390786 Email: melwillwright@gmail.com c/o Kingsgate Resource Centre, 208 Webheath, Palmerston Road, NW6 2JU
All walks are free and we finish with refreshments at a nearby café.

Camden and Islington Recovery College
The Spring 2016 prospectus is now ready and is available online at http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college.

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Age UK Camden seeks Community Partnership & Fundraising Officer
Initial 12 months, subject to 6 months’ probation
£28,000 pa FT (£22,400 pro rata for part time – 28 hours per week)
Are you an excellent communicator, out-going, enjoy meeting people and with great customer service skills? If so, this post provides the opportunity to meet individuals, volunteers, community organisations, local corporates, while maximizing income, managing meaningful relationships and harnessing potential new partnerships.
This post is based in Tavis House, Tavistock Square near Euston Station which has excellent transport links. AUC offers a contributory pension, and season ticket or bicycle loan facility.
For further details and an application form visit our website www.ageukcamden.org.uk or email jobs@ageukcamden.org.uk or telephone 020 7239 0400. No CVs, no agencies please.
Closing date: Monday 18th April 2016 – 9.30 am
Interviews: Thursday 5th May 2016

Somers Town Futures: Can you help to deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town?
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for 2 talented individuals to manage and oversee our ambitious first year plan. We are recruiting a Community Business Development Manager and an Administrator / Support Worker.
The posts are based in Somers Town but will be employed by Voluntary Action Camden.
Somers Town residents who meet all the job description and person specification criteria will automatically be interviewed for the posts.
Closing Dates: 12pm Monday 4th April (Manager post) and 12pm Monday 11th April (Admin post).
Interviews: week starting 11th April (Manager post) and week starting 2nd May (Admin post).
There will be a presentation and Q&A about these jobs at the Somers Town Job Hub on Thursday 24th March at 2pm
To download an application pack www.vac.org.uk/jobs or contact acharles@vac.org.uk 02072846553
OR visit the Job Hub at Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street. NW1 1EE.
Voluntary Action Camden is an equal opportunities employer and has a fully accessible building.

Invitation to tender: Administrator for KOVE Community Action 10th May ’16 to 30th June ’17
Contract value: Max £3,324 (fixed price – costed at an average of 15 hours a month).
Purpose of the commission: To provide regular sessional support to the Coordinator of KOVE’s Community Action project; to supervise the collection and management of activity data on a continuous basis; to deliver parts of KOVE’s outreach programmes when necessary and appropriate. KOVE Community Action is funded through Ageing Better in Camden and funded by the National Lottery.
KOVE (Kilburn Older Voices Exchange) is a dynamic community action group run by older people. We aim to give a collective voice for older people over issues and concerns that they raise. As partners of Ageing Better in Camden we are committed to an asset based community development approach in our projects to help reduce isolation and loneliness including an age friendly environment and developing community forums.
• Proposals must be submitted by no later than 5pm on April 5th 2016
• Interviews will be held on Wednesday, April 19th 2016
• The successful applicant will be notified by midday on April 20thth 2016.
• The start date is Monday, May 10rd 2016.
All enquiries and for a copy of the tender application document to Mel Wright, Coordinator, KOVE: melwillwright@gmail.com

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

Socially Responsible Recruiting
A new, award-winning skills matching service that connects employers with skilled and experienced people to do one-off or part-time jobs has launched in Camden, with a strong social benefit ethic.
“There is a very large number of people in Camden who are fantastically skilled and work-ready but are off the radar to employers because they’re not looking for full-time work and aren’t constantly scouring the job ads,” says Jonathan Collie, founder of Trading Times.
These people are highly skilled over 50s, and family carers. Trading Times brings them to you. It’s free to candidates. It costs you only £35, and only when you are connected to the perfect candidates.
Paul Fordham of Abbey Community Centre in Camden said: “”We posted our occasional job opportunity on Trading Times because we at the Abbey Community Centre recognise the value of the flexibility that can come with age. Trading Times offers a tailored means to directly target opportunities at an older group that the vast majority of other job sites simply do not seem to tap.”
Register at https://tradingtimes.org.uk/ and let Trading Times match you with the right local people for your needs.

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

SHAK has Room and IT Suite for Hire
Room hire for meeting , training and it suite
Price starts from £20 per hour
Conference room for up to 30 people
Board room for up to 16 people
IT suitE for up to 12 people with laptops
Flexible room layout set-up, recently renovated, projector and laptop, flip chart & white board, coffee & tea facilities, full disability access, microwave
In NW8 Boundary Road
Please call SHAK on 0207 372 2949 or 079 8689 7629 for availability and prices

Henna has started a new Befriending Service to reach out to the most vulnerable women and men in London.
Our aim for running this project is to build confidence, reduce isolation and improve health of older Asian women and men. The service includes weekly home visits by volunteers, and regular programmes of healthy living activities within the centre.
Older Asian women and men (over 75), who live alone or are housebound will benefit from the support offered by our Befriending service. We currently support Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, English, Arabic, Farsi and Hindi language speakers. Henna’s “befrienders” worker and volunteers pay regular visits to the most vulnerable older Asian women and men in the community. On site, we run a regular schedule of exercise classes, health promotion, advice and listening services. Our goal is to act as a bridge between isolated ladies and the services offered by Henna and of statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
Contact: Manisha Dewan, Volunteer Coordinator, Henna Asians Women’s Group
Abbey Community Centre, 222C Belsize Road, London, NW6 4DJ
Email: manisha_hennaorg@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 020 7372 9860 Website: www.hennaorg.co.uk

Platform 38 Business Growth Specialist
Join the Platform 38 Business membership program to benefit from numerous incentives and
discounts to enhance and expose your business and get the best deals in town.
Business Membership includes
~ Company Profile Page including hyper links to website (3D/4D) and social media (4D)
~ Discounts on Marketing solutions including flyer & logo design, website design etc
~ free entry to Platform 38 networking events and workshops
~ Shop on Company profile page
~ Monthly newsletter
Contact Mr Dell Gibson, PR Executive, Platform 38
M/ 0748 689 240 E/ admin@platform38.com W/ www.platform38.com

Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.

The Budget; British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day; Interested in Attending a Women’s Self Defence Workshop? The Free Space Gallery, Health and Wellbeing via the Arts; Elfrida Rathbone Camden AGM; Platform 38 Business Growth Specialist; Camden’s Got Talent; Creating Dementia Friendly Services; “Positive Affect”; Governance Course for Trustees; Free workshop on trafficking + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

The Independent predicted that disabled people would be targeted for cuts to enable the chancellor to cut tax for high earners. A number of responses to the budget have been made by NCVO, NAVCA, Charity Director’s Group, Civil Society, and the BBC.
Neil Cleeveley, Chief Executive of NAVCA, said, “Charities have consistently been told that there is no money. Maybe we should remind ourselves that this budget announced how the government will raise £716 billion to spend next year. We should be more assertive in calling for investment in the amazing things charities do to enhance our lives. For example more small grants for preventative work in communities that saves later costly interventions.”
“Previously the Chancellor said that local authorities funding will primarily be from will retaining business rates. Local authorities have been a major funder of smaller charities. Permanently doubling the Small Business Rate Relief and extending thresholds will cost £1.5 billion a year. We fear this will result in further cuts to local government funding, which is likely to disproportionately hurt smaller charities.”

British Museum Under the Sea Family Discovery Day, Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm
Under the Sea Family Discovery Day for deaf families & families of deaf children on Saturday 7th May 2016 from 12pm-4pm in the Clore centre at the British Museum in London.
We have even more partners taking part this year and the Science Museum have agreed to host their amazing bubble show at the event.
This is an opportunity for deaf families and families of deaf children to come along and have a fantastic free day out. Families can bring a packed lunch & refreshments as the British Museum has a specific area for this purpose.
For more information visit: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on or email:learning@britishmuseum.org

Interested in Attending a Women’s Self Defence Workshop?
Hopscotch is running a self-defence workshop, in partnership with Debi Steven’s charity “Action Break Silence.” (for more information about this organisation: http://www.actionbreakssilence.org)
The workshop will be run from 9:30 am to 12 pm on Thursday the 24th of March. The workshop aims at increasing personal safety through awareness and self-defence skills. The course is geared towards women who have no prior knowledge or experience in self-defence. It works to increase their confidence in their capabilities so that they will be able to protect themselves in potentially harmful situations.
The beginning of the workshop is based in discussion on the women’s personal experience, which allows the skills to be learned with different scenarios in mind. Then, the participants are taught easy yet effective physical self-defence tools. The course ends with controlled aggression scenarios which is extremely empowering because the women get the chance to apply their new knowledge and skill-set.
This workshop will build confidence, teach positive attitude, bring understanding of risk situations and avoidance, and teach verbal and physical forms of self-defence.
A speaker can come in and speak about the event to your group. Interested women should contact Melissa.Scott@hopscotchawc.org.uk with their information and book their place.

The Free Space Gallery, Health and Wellbeing via the Arts
Established in 2010 the Free Space Gallery works with local and national artists within the unique setting of the Kentish Town Health Centre and the Queens Crescent Practice, two NHS facilities in north London.
The Free Space Gallery delivers a programme of free exhibitions, free creative workshops, art therapy, an artist in residence programme, Drawing for people with Aphasia and Dance for People with Parkinson’s. All of our work aids health and well-being and we are generously supported by the Kentish Town Improvement Fund. For more information about our work please get in touch

Elfrida Rathbone Camden AGM next Wednesday 23rd March
‘Please join us at the Elfrida Rathbone Camden AGM 2016 next Wednesday 23rd March, 1.00 – 5.00pm. There will be delicious lunch cooked and served by our resident chef Jean-Marc and the Leighton students, a theatre spectacular of ‘Olivia Twist’ performed by Leighton Education students, project presentations and the AGM itself.
Come and have your say in how we run the organisation, and find out about what we do. All welcome! Check out our news page for more info: http://www2.elfridacamden.org.uk/news-2/ ’

Platform 38 Business Growth Specialist
Join the Platform 38 Business membership program to benefit from numerous incentives and
discounts to enhance and expose your business and get the best deals in town.
Business Membership includes
~ Company Profile Page including hyper links to website (3D/4D) and social media (4D)
~ Discounts on Marketing solutions including flyer & logo design, website design etc
~ free entry to Platform 38 networking events and workshops
~ Shop on Company profile page
~ Monthly newsletter
Contact Mr Dell Gibson, PR Executive, Platform 38
M/ 0748 689 240 E/ admin@platform38.com W/ www.platform38.com

Camden’s Got Talent
Help us raise money for Castlehaven Community Centre and enjoy an exciting talent show for children together with Theatretrain Camden. The Camden’s Got Talent Event will showcase 20 acts by children and young people from Theatretrain Camden, an art exhibition by local artists, face painting and scrumptious refreshments throughout the event that parents/carers and children may enjoy. Tickets are available for only £4pp or £15 for a family of four.
Sunday 20th March 2016, 12.00pm At Holiday Inn Camden Lock, 30 Jamestown Road, NW1 7BY
Tickets are available from uk.virginmoneygiving.com/camdensgottalent

Creating Dementia Friendly Services
Wednesday 23rd March 2016, 9.30am-4.30pm at Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square WC1H 9NA
This all-day session will be filled on a first-come first-serve basis.
Please let Claire Hackshall know the names of those who wish to attend by today Friday 18th March.
The training will be run by Emma Hewat, Director of Support in Dementia (www.supportindementia.com).
If you have any questions about this training, please do get in touch with the Ageing Better in Camden team: ageingbetterincamden@ageukcamden.org.uk

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

Origin Housing, VAC, Greenpeace, Somers Town Futures/Big Local, KOVE, Ageing Better in Camden, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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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

“Positive Affect” – Afternoon Drama on BBC Radio 4
Positive Affect is a satire about the current attempts to turn unemployment into a purely psychological issue.When unemployed graduate Kelly is sent on the Work Programme she descends into a system that is nightmare of thought-control more interested in her to having a “positive affect” than finding her an actual job.
Although based on real experiences and extensive research, Positive Affect was about the extreme edges of the system when first conceived over a year ago. Since then, it’s become worryingly mainstream as the government makes more explicit moves to treat unemployment as a psychological disorder and blur the line between medical treatment and unemployment.
Directed by Marc Beeby, Positive Affect was the Afternoon Play on Wednesday March 16th 2016, and is available on BBC i-player.

A muddled message to charities over EU
Former Charity Commission board member Andrew Perkis criticizes the Charity Commission’s guidance over EU referendum campaigning as negative and repressive and laced with threats and poorly drafted.

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

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Postcode Local Trust
Small Projects Funding Guide. In 2016, the Trust will invite applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.
Registered charities can apply from £500 – £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) for projects meeting the above remit, whilst other organisations may apply for up to £2,000. Full details at the Postcode Local Trust website.

Lloyds Bank Foundation
Invest provides longer term core or delivery funding for charities which meet the programme aim and are delivering clear outcomes as a result of their work.
We fund ‘core’ organisational costs (including running costs and salaries). By ‘core’ costs we mean those related to the day to day running of your charity. We also fund costs associated with the direct delivery of your work. Full details here.

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
The course features interviews with Martha Lane Fox, the Chancellor of The Open University and a significant figure in the voluntary sector. You will hear Martha talking about her own charity, Go ON UK, as well as her involvement in numerous other voluntary organisations. Full details here.

Free workshop on trafficking for labour exploitation
Thursday 7th April 2016
Join Supporting Women’s Project (Evelyn Oldfield Unit) in conjunction with FLEX on the 7th April 2016 to learn about trafficking for labour exploitation, including how to identify victims and what special assistance is available for identified victims.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Winter Volunteering Fair
Our fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
And you can easily book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

Mind Matters Winter Events 2016
Mind in Camden is hosting a series of winter talks and discussions and an all day workshop for people working or volunteering in mental health services across London. These are FREE events to help stimulate and support you in your work. Please book on as many different events as you like using http://tinyurl.com/mind-matters2016. As places are limited please book.
Nicky Forsyth – Talk for Health: therapy without therapists’
Thursday 24 March: Mind in Camden, Barnes House, 9-15 Camden Road, NW1 9LQ 6.30pm-8.15pm
Rosalie Dores – mindfulness: present to self, present to others.
Saturday 26th March: 10.30am-4pm

The adult community learning team is running Free Everyday Computer Skills workshops in more venues including:
• Kentish Town Library (NW5 2AA) – Thursdays 10 – 12
• Kilburn Library (NW6 5UH) – Tuesdays 10 – 11.45
• Latin American House (NW6 4TA) – Wednesdays 10 – 12
• Adult Learning Centre, Netley Campus (NW1 3EX) Tuesdays 1-3
The workshops provide support to residents who may have limited or no computer skills to access Council services and information online – including setting up a Camden account, accessing information and advice on care and support via the Camden Care Choices website, registering with Universal Jobmatch, booking doctor’s appointments, completing benefit applications – and much more.
No need to book. They can come along for just one session – or as many as you like.
We can adapt the workshops to include content appropriate to your clients – just get in touch Email: adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Phone: 020 7974 2148

KOVE Bench to Bench Walks
Programme of five gentle healthy-living walks for over 60’s with community seating in Kilburn and West Hampstead . All Tuesday’s at 1.30pm.
Tuesday 5 April Famous Faces. Meet outside Kilburn High Road Station NW6 5UA
Enquiries to Mel Wright, KOVE Tel: 07539390786 Email: melwillwright@gmail.com c/o Kingsgate Resource Centre, 208 Webheath, Palmerston Road, NW6 2JU
All walks are free and we finish with refreshments at a nearby café.

Camden and Islington Recovery College
The Spring 2016 prospectus is now ready and is available online at http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college.

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

St Pancras & Somers Town Ageing Better Project Coordinator.
Origin Housing seeks a Project Coordinator for new work supporting older people in the ward of St Pancras & Somers Town to develop their own responses to isolation and loneliness.
The role will be to recruit a core ‘steering group’ of older people in the ward, and support them to engage with their peers to develop a deep understanding of isolation and loneliness and develop projects to tackle the issues they find. As projects and interventions are tested, you’ll support the steering group to identify which work, and scale them for wider impact. It’s a two year contract, which may extend to five..
The post is 4 days a week. £24,887 (actual). Deadline 28/3/16.
The work is funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Fulfilling Lives: Ageing Better programme, and is one part of the Ageing Better in Camden group of projects – led by Age UK Camden.
https://originhousing.irecruittotal.com/cac/SearchVacancy.aspx

Somers Town Futures: Can you help to deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town?
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for 2 talented individuals to manage and oversee our ambitious first year plan. We are recruiting a Community Business Development Manager and an Administrator / Support Worker.
The posts are based in Somers Town but will be employed by Voluntary Action Camden.
Somers Town residents who meet all the job description and person specification criteria will automatically be interviewed for the posts.
Closing Dates: 12pm Monday 4th April (Manager post) and 12pm Monday 11th April (Admin post).
Interviews: week starting 11th April (Manager post) and week starting 2nd May (Admin post).
There will be a presentation and Q&A about these jobs at the Somers Town Job Hub on Thursday 24th March at 2pm
To download an application pack www.vac.org.uk/jobs or contact acharles@vac.org.uk 02072846553
OR visit the Job Hub at Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street. NW1 1EE.
Voluntary Action Camden is an equal opportunities employer and has a fully accessible building.

Volunteer Data Entry Role to Update VAC Database
Role Title: Data Entry Volunteer
Responsible to: ICT Training and Communications Support Worker
Salary Scale: Voluntary position
Hours: 1-2 days per week – max 14 hours/week
Location: VAC, 293 – 299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ
The VAC internal database is a customer Relationship Management database which holds records of voluntary and community organisations (VCO’s) in Camden. VCO’s that are actively operating in Camden are published on VAC’s public-facing directory of VCO’s. The VAC directory is called OneCamden. Members of the public can search OneCamden for local voluntary sector organisations and filter the results by services offered, for example: community centre, health, legal advice etc. VAC requires a volunteer to help keep the database and OneCamden directory up-to-date so that new and existing published records are continually checked for accuracy so that the public has the most up-to-date contact information to search for and contact local Camden groups.
Role Purpose:
To update and maintain information on the organisation database.
To provide other data-entry and administrative assistance to the ICT training and communication support worker and other staff, as and when required. Full details at the VAC website.
To apply please send a recent CV to: alexcharles@vac.org.uk

Greenpeace Internships (up to 6) – starting Spring/Summer2016
Paid opportunity
Fixed Term for 6 months / Full Time (unless specified)
Islington, London, N1
Would you like to kick-start your career at an organisation that’s committed to offering opportunities to the local community and eager to embrace fresh ways of thinking? If so, we have a number of great development opportunities that will help you learn new skills, realise your true potential, and explore a career within environmental campaigning.
Greenpeace UK is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. We’re looking for positive, enthusiastic individuals who are keen to explore a career within this unique sector and are looking for an opportunity to shine.
We’d particularly like to hear from people who live locally, people who want to make a difference, are looking to take that first step into the world of environmental campaigning and who would benefit from learning as they go.
Regardless of your background or specific area of interest, we could have just the challenge for you. We’re currently looking for interns to join us in the areas of events, fundraising, campaigns, politics, logistics and mobilisation.
To apply please visit our website. Closing date: 23rd March 2016

Invitation to tender: Administrator for KOVE Community Action 10th May ’16 to 30th June ’17
Contract value: Max £3,324 (fixed price – costed at an average of 15 hours a month).
Purpose of the commission: To provide regular sessional support to the Coordinator of KOVE’s Community Action project; to supervise the collection and management of activity data on a continuous basis; to deliver parts of KOVE’s outreach programmes when necessary and appropriate. KOVE Community Action is funded through Ageing Better in Camden and funded by the National Lottery.
KOVE (Kilburn Older Voices Exchange) is a dynamic community action group run by older people. We aim to give a collective voice for older people over issues and concerns that they raise. As partners of Ageing Better in Camden we are committed to an asset based community development approach in our projects to help reduce isolation and loneliness including an age friendly environment and developing community forums.
• Proposals must be submitted by no later than 5pm on April 5th 2016
• Interviews will be held on Wednesday, April 19th 2016
• The successful applicant will be notified by midday on April 20thth 2016.
• The start date is Monday, May 10rd 2016.
All enquiries and for a copy of the tender application document to Mel Wright, Coordinator, KOVE: melwillwright@gmail.com

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

Socially Responsible Recruiting
A new, award-winning skills matching service that connects employers with skilled and experienced people to do one-off or part-time jobs has launched in Camden, with a strong social benefit ethic.
“There is a very large number of people in Camden who are fantastically skilled and work-ready but are off the radar to employers because they’re not looking for full-time work and aren’t constantly scouring the job ads,” says Jonathan Collie, founder of Trading Times.
These people are highly skilled over 50s, and family carers. Trading Times brings them to you. It’s free to candidates. It costs you only £35, and only when you are connected to the perfect candidates.
Paul Fordham of Abbey Community Centre in Camden said: “”We posted our occasional job opportunity on Trading Times because we at the Abbey Community Centre recognise the value of the flexibility that can come with age. Trading Times offers a tailored means to directly target opportunities at an older group that the vast majority of other job sites simply do not seem to tap.”
Register at https://tradingtimes.org.uk/ and let Trading Times match you with the right local people for your needs.

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

SHAK has Room and IT Suite for Hire
Room hire for meeting , training and it suite
Price starts from £20 per hour
Conference room for up to 30 people
Board room for up to 16 people
IT suitE for up to 12 people with laptops
Flexible room layout set-up, recently renovated, projector and laptop, flip chart & white board, coffee & tea facilities, full disability access, microwave
In NW8 Boundary Road
Please call SHAK on 0207 372 2949 or 079 8689 7629 for availability and prices

Henna has started a new Befriending Service to reach out to the most vulnerable women and men in London.
Our aim for running this project is to build confidence, reduce isolation and improve health of older Asian women and men. The service includes weekly home visits by volunteers, and regular programmes of healthy living activities within the centre.
Older Asian women and men (over 75), who live alone or are housebound will benefit from the support offered by our Befriending service. We currently support Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, English, Arabic, Farsi and Hindi language speakers. Henna’s “befrienders” worker and volunteers pay regular visits to the most vulnerable older Asian women and men in the community. On site, we run a regular schedule of exercise classes, health promotion, advice and listening services. Our goal is to act as a bridge between isolated ladies and the services offered by Henna and of statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
Contact: Manisha Dewan, Volunteer Coordinator, Henna Asians Women’s Group
Abbey Community Centre, 222C Belsize Road, London, NW6 4DJ
Email: manisha_hennaorg@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 020 7372 9860 Website: www.hennaorg.co.uk

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. 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.

Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.

International Women’s Day; Camden Intergenerational Network newsletter; Introducing the Voluntary Sector; Free workshop on trafficking for labour exploitation; Kentish Town Festival; New Models of Care: Working together for a Healthy London; Mayor’s £700K Crowdfunding Challenge + jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.

Ann Wolfe, VAC’s one of the Mental Health Community Development Workers in the Mental Health Project based in VAC talks about supporting Mental Health Champions to deliver wellbeing workshops such as ‘Sleep Hygiene’ – or getting a good night’s sleep. We know that getting enough quality sleep is crucial for both our physical and mental wellbeing and some small and simple changes might help us get there. Read the full blog post on the VAC website.

International Working Women’s Day Reclaim International Women’s Day
Saturday 12th March at the NUT Headquarters in Hamilton House Central London WC1
What can you do to make this a great celebration of those fantastic women who fought for suffrage and equality and honour working women across the world?
Register a place by emailing s.aitouaziz@hotmail.co.uk more details here.

International Women’s Day Event Live. Love. Laugh.
Saturday 12 March, 11am – 1pm at Westminster City Hall, 17 Floor, 64 Victoria Street, SW1E 6QP
Inner Space Celebrates International Women’s Day – A free event for women by women
Are you living the life you want? What’s holding you back? Life takes guts and heart. Live boldly and you’ll have more fun living, even if it’s a bit scary!
Are your relationships happy? Can you love without any strings attached? Love yourself and others unconditionally and you’ll want to thrive and be incredible together.
How happy are you? Do you take the time to laugh? Smile and laugh wholeheartedly. It’ll make you feel good, look good, and do good. It really is you best accessory.
Free Event. Registration Essential: event@innerspace.org.uk www.innerspace.org.uk 020 7836 6688

Camden’s Got Talent
Help us raise money for Castlehaven Community Centre and enjoy an exciting talent show for children together with Theatretrain Camden. The Camden’s Got Talent Event will showcase 20 acts by children and young people from Theatretrain Camden, an art exhibition by local artists, face painting and scrumptious refreshments throughout the event that parents/carers and children may enjoy. Tickets are avaliable for only £4pp or £15 for a family of four.
Sunday 20th March 2016, 12.00pm At Holiday Inn Camden Lock, 30 Jamestown Road, NW1 7BY
Tickets are available from uk.virginmoneygiving.com/camdensgottalent

Camden Intergenerational Network newsletter March 2016
The latest Network newsletter is available now, with details of The next Camden Intergenerational Network meeting; London Intergenerational Network meeting; Camden Intergenerational Network Steering Group; Intergenerational fairness inquiry and much more.

Introducing the Voluntary Sector
Do you feel that you want to learn more about the voluntary sector then this short 8-week course is for you. The course will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as your everyday life. You can progress at your own pace over the 8 weeks; each week will take a minimum of 3 hours of your time.
The course features interviews with Martha Lane Fox, the Chancellor of The Open University and a significant figure in the voluntary sector. You will hear Martha talking about her own charity, Go ON UK, as well as her involvement in numerous other voluntary organisations. Full details here.

Free workshop on trafficking for labour exploitation
Thursday 7th April 2016
Join Supporting Women’s Project (Evelyn Oldfield Unit) in conjunction with FLEX on the 7th April 2016 to learn about trafficking for labour exploitation, including how to identify victims and what special assistance is available for identified victims.

Kentish Town Festival is happening on Saturday 21st May 2016, 1pm-7pm.
The festival is an annual family-friendly music and arts event celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of Kentish Town! Enjoy a variety of musical, spoken performances, crafts, dance and drama around this years theme of ‘Local Heroes’.
Last year over 1000 people came to enjoy the festivities in Cantelowes Park and along Busby Place, NW5. Local charities, businesses and organisations are invited to apply to perform or have a stall along Busby Place, which will be closed to traffic on 21st May.
To get involved visit www.ktcc.org.uk/events/ktfestival16. For all other festival enquiries please email projects@ktcc.org.uk.

New Models of Care: Working together for a Healthy London – 23rd March
There are still some places left
Venue: London Met, Great Hall, The Rocket Complex, London N7 8DB
More information, programme and link to registration here.
The event will focus on elements of the new models of care, including integrated care, systems resilience, social prescribing, commissioning models, research & impact.

Free training, outings and events for unpaid carers in Camden
For a full list of events of carers in Camden please visit the Camden Carers website.

Healthwatch Camden
Latest Information DIgest is on the Healthwatch Camden website.
Catch up with the latest Camden news and what’s happening on Our Blog

The Camden Capacity Building Bulletin is produced monthly, targeting the community and voluntary sector in Camden. It provides up to date/recently live information and news on funding and training. To access the latest information please follow the Link www.camden.gov.uk/cbbulletin

VAC, Greenpeace, Somers Town Futures/Big Local, KOVE, Ageing Better in Camden, Ransackers, and Camden PA are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below.

Camden Shares. The website for exchanges in Camden. www.camdenshares.org.uk

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You can read more about all of these stories on our news page at www.vac.org.uk/new

Outrage over Charity Commission chief’s ‘complicity’ in bid to limit voluntary sector lobbying
Chairman of Charity Commission urged trustee to meet head of a free market, anti-charity, thinktank that receives funding from tobacco industry and made a donation to the minister who announced the gagging clause.
The chairman of the Charity Commission has been accused of actively helping a leading critic of charities who inspired a controversial new law curbing their activities. Again recent right wing appointees to the Charity Commission, Shawcross and Prins (part of the stick-to-the-knitting circle) have been caught actively working against the sector. This time their actions even surpass the notorious Lords ‘ambush’ letter that ‘torpedoed’ a Lords amendment to the Lobbying Bill that all charities wanted.

Charity Tax
The Commission announced at a public meeting in Southampton that there will be a consultation on charging charities up to £23 million for registration and returns, but a date has not been announced. NAVCA believes that charging is wrong and that the consultation will prove phoney. See the response on the NAVCA website.

The Ban on Charities Lobbying Government extends to Academics with Research Grants
TES article on why a ban on researchers speaking to politicians and policymakers fails the taxpayers who fund them. Full story at the TES website.

EU referendum guidance
The Charity Commission has issued regulatory guidance to charities on engagement with the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Any charity planning any activity relating to the referendum should read this guidance.
The guidance has been attacked by many charities who feel that it has been drafted to dissuade charities from campaigning. It has been seen as a continuation of moves to prevent charity campaigning.

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

£700K Crowdfunding Challenge
You could receive a pledge from the Mayor of up to £20,000 to support your crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive.
For businesses, it’s an opportunity to discover how you can use this initiative to back projects that matter to you whilst making the city better for everyone.
You’ll be joining a growing number of organisations – including BT, Barclays, GLL, Hyde and Keatons – embracing civic crowdfunding by co-funding projects, or offering their skills or in-kind contributions. More information at spacehive.com

Action Grants – Deadline Today!
Ageing Better in Camden and Age UK Camden have £2500 to give away to older people’s groups in the borough. The Action Grants scheme gives groups of older people the opportunity to do things for themselves or the wider community.
To qualify for Action Grants, groups must have:
~ An income of less than £30,000 per year,
~ And ¾ of members must be Camden residents.
~ The activity must be run by older people themselves
Grants are for £100, and can be spent on running costs, one-off costs or equipment. If there is excessive demand, priority will be given to activities supporting older people who are socially isolated or at risk of social isolation. The application form is very easy and only two sides.
The deadline for applications is 9am Friday 11th March
For more information please contact: ageingbetterincamden@ageukcamden.org.uk or call 02072390400

The Council’s new Strategic Partners Fund for the local voluntary sector
The web-page www.camden.gov.uk/strategicpartnersfund explains the process which led to the creation of this fund, and includes everything you need to apply to the fund. The technical problems with the application forms have now been resolved and the revised forms are now on the website.
The web page contains details of the fund, application forms and Handy Guides and should answer most questions about the Strategic Partners Fund. You can find a summary of the questions and answers about the fund.

Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund
Greggs Foundation new Environmental Fund which is awarding grants of up to £2,500 and £10,000. The preference is always small, community-based organisations helping people in need.
Improving People’s lives by improving their environment aims to make a difference to people in need at the heart of their local communities.
Full details at http://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/environmental-grants

Postcode Local Trust
Small Projects Funding Guide. In 2016, the Trust will invite applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.
Registered charities can apply from £500 – £20,000 (£10,000 in Wales) for projects meeting the above remit, whilst other organisations may apply for up to £2,000. Full details at the Postcode Local Trust website.

Lloyds Bank Foundation
Invest provides longer term core or delivery funding for charities which meet the programme aim and are delivering clear outcomes as a result of their work.
We fund ‘core’ organisational costs (including running costs and salaries). By ‘core’ costs we mean those related to the day to day running of your charity. We also fund costs associated with the direct delivery of your work. Full details here.

Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Programme
Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme gives social entrepreneurs the best possible chance of success by providing access to support and funding. To date the Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Programme has supported 750 social entrepreneurs.
The programme will be open for applications again from 1st February until 21st March 2016. There are two courses on offer, Start Up and Scale Up.
~ Start Up will help you get a new organisation up and running
~ Scale Up will help you grow a sustainable social enterprise

Don’t forget to sign up to Funding Central for free email funding alerts. Go to www.fundingcentral.org.uk/

Governance Course for Trustees
5th May – 9th June. Thursdays 17.30-20.30
Short course for members of governing bodies (boards of trustees/ management committees) or anybody who is interested in developing the knowledge and skills required to be a member of a governing body in the voluntary and community sector. With the knowledge gained from this course you can become an effective participant in the governance of new and existing organisations. For further details contact Roz.nyugi @marywardcentre.ac.uk 020 7269 6033. Further details and to enrol on line www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

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. If you have any queries, please contact us on our team email address: mentalhealthteam@vac.org.uk

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

Moneytalk Camden North – subsidised Financial Education Facilitator Training, 27/28 April or 18 & 25 May
Moneytalk Camden North is a new project based on the award winning financial literacy resource Made of Money, 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.
Moneytalk Camden North takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household. The resources aim to build confidence, resilience and help people identify their own values, attitudes and emotions around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, behaviour will not change long–term. The resources are all provided, fully reusable, fun and informative- so it hardly feels like you are doing money training. We will train you to use the resources and approach to support your own client groups.
This is a two year project and we are running our first 2-day comprehensive trainings for you on 27/28 April and 18 & 25 May click here to find out more and download a booking form.
Contact: mtcn@qsa.org.uk tel: 020 8983 5047

Take part in Cleaner Air Action Days
Camden Council is getting involved in an exciting new London-wide Cross River Partnership project to drive down air pollution in the borough. We’re currently looking for Change Makers – a team of volunteers to help deliver this.
The Clean Air Action Fortnight will take place at the beginning of March and will focus on #noidling across London – asking drivers in local pollution hotspots to turn their engines off when stationary to reduce dirty air from their exhausts.
A free training session and materials will be provided in each area of Inner London. As a Change Maker, you’ll be helping to tackle a major public health issue as well as making your local environment a cleaner, healthier place to breathe, live and work.
If you’re interested in getting involved, email adam.webber@camden.gov.uk

Young Women’s Information Day at Clean Break on Friday, 18th March 2016
We are a safe women-only theatre, education and new writing company based in Kentish Town, in the north-west of London. However on this occasion we welcome men who are working with women and are likely to make referrals to our service.
We offer FREE education and training in the arts specifically for women who have experience of the criminal justice system and or are at risk of offending due to alcohol/substance misuse or mental heath needs. This is an invitation, for interested women, and you or colleagues working with these women.
There will be taster sessions for service users, alongside an information workshop for service providers. This will be followed by an afternoon of student performances, personal testimonies and not to mention the networking lunch.
General information about Clean Break is available www.cleanbreak.org.uk
10:30am-1pm: taster workshops
1pm – 3pm: lunch followed by performances
Places are limited. To book your place: please email education@cleanbreak.org.uk for a booking form. Clean Break, 2 Patshull Road, London, NW5 2LB

Co-designing the Greenwood CIL Specification
Camden Disability Action and Camden Council invite you to join a series of workshops at Charlie Ratchford Centre, Belmont Street, London, NW1 8HF
Wednesday 16th March, 5-7pm
Thursday 31st March, 5-7pm
Greenwood Place in Kentish Town will be the site of a new community resource centre and home to Camden’s first ever Centre for Independent Living (CIL). We are now working together to design the specification for the service that the CIL will provide. We are designing the CIL’s:
• Service offer
• Outcomes and objectives
• Values and principles
• Ways of working
• …amongst other elements
We have held one workshop already and we hope that you will join us to continue this work.
To book a place, please contact: Phone: 0207 284 6550, Email: info@vac.org.uk
Or online at Eventbrite : https://greenwood-cil-workshops.eventbrite.co.uk
When you book, please let us know if you have any specific communication or access requirements.

Volunteer Coordinators’ Forum and AGM
Wednesday 16th March at West Euston Partnership 1-3.30pm
This is your chance to hear what we’ve been up to this year, and our plans for the future.
VCC will also be formally launching Team Up (a corporate volunteering service), which will swiftly be followed by our Volunteer Coodinators’ Forum ‘How To Deliver A Successful Corporate Volunteering Day’. And we’ll finish the day with networking and refreshments.
Book your place for all of this through Eventbrite.

Winter Volunteering Fair
Our fairs are a perfect way to meet people who want to volunteer in Camden.
Wednesday 20th April, 12-2pm – The Foundling Museum
And you can easily book your places via Eventbrite here.
If you have any questions about this, contact Rupal by email, phone 020 7424 9990

Mind Matters Winter Events 2016
Mind in Camden is hosting a series of winter talks and discussions and an all day workshop for people working or volunteering in mental health services across London. These are FREE events to help stimulate and support you in your work. Please book on as many different events as you like using http://tinyurl.com/mind-matters2016. As places are limited please book.
Nicky Forsyth – Talk for Health: therapy without therapists’
Thursday 24 March: Mind in Camden, Barnes House, 9-15 Camden Road, NW1 9LQ 6.30pm-8.15pm
Rosalie Dores – mindfulness: present to self, present to others.
Saturday 26th March: 10.30am-4pm

The adult community learning team is running Free Everyday Computer Skills workshops in more venues including:
• Kentish Town Library (NW5 2AA) – Thursdays 10 – 12
• Kilburn Library (NW6 5UH) – Tuesdays 10 – 11.45
• Latin American House (NW6 4TA) – Wednesdays 10 – 12
• Adult Learning Centre, Netley Campus (NW1 3EX) Tuesdays 1-3
The workshops provide support to residents who may have limited or no computer skills to access Council services and information online – including setting up a Camden account, accessing information and advice on care and support via the Camden Care Choices website, registering with Universal Jobmatch, booking doctor’s appointments, completing benefit applications – and much more.
No need to book. They can come along for just one session – or as many as you like.
We can adapt the workshops to include content appropriate to your clients – just get in touch Email: adultlearning@camden.gov.uk Phone: 020 7974 2148

KOVE Bench to Bench Walks
Programme of five gentle healthy-living walks for over 60’s with community seating in Kilburn and West Hampstead . All Tuesday’s at 1.30pm.
Tuesday 15th March The Park you never knew was there! Meet at Abbey Community Centre, Belsize Road, NW6
Tuesday 5 April Famous Faces. Meet outside Kilburn High Road Station NW6 5UA
Enquiries to Mel Wright, KOVE Tel: 07539390786 Email: melwillwright@gmail.com c/o Kingsgate Resource Centre, 208 Webheath, Palmerston Road, NW6 2JU
All walks are free and we finish with refreshments at a nearby café.

New Courses @ Maiden Lane Community Centre
156 St Paul’s Crescent, NW1 9XZ To book a place call 020 7267 9586
Tuesdays 10am-12pm – MS Word skills for work and life
Tuesday 1 – 3pm – Improve your internet and email skills
Wednesdays 10am-3pm – Create a website with WordPress
Wednesdays 10am-12pm Starts 24th February Introduction to Photoshop

Camden and Islington Recovery College
The Spring 2016 prospectus is now ready and is available online at http://www.candi.nhs.uk/our-services/education-and-employment/recovery-college.

London for All
London for All / LVSC have a full programme of courses available for the voluntary sector. Go to the London for All website for full details.

Camden Carers’ Service
Has a full range of events and activities for unpaid carers in Camden. Find out more on the Camden Carers’ Service website www.camdencs.org.uk/activities

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

Somers Town Futures: Can you help to deliver the Big Local Plan in Somers Town?
Somers Town Futures is the new name for the Somers Town Big Local. A lottery funded £1m investment over the next 10 years.
The Somers Town Futures Partnership is looking for 2 talented individuals to manage and oversee our ambitious first year plan. We are recruiting a Community Business Development Manager and an Administrator / Support Worker.
The posts are based in Somers Town but will be employed by Voluntary Action Camden.
Somers Town residents who meet all the job description and person specification criteria will automatically be interviewed for the posts.
Closing Dates: 12pm Monday 4th April (Manager post) and 12pm Monday 11th April (Admin post).
Interviews: week starting 11th April (Manager post) and week starting 2nd May (Admin post).
There will be a presentation and Q&A about these jobs at the Somers Town Job Hub on Thursday 24th March at 2pm
To download an application pack www.vac.org.uk/jobs or contact acharles@vac.org.uk 02072846553
OR visit the Job Hub at Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street. NW1 1EE.
Voluntary Action Camden is an equal opportunities employer and has a fully accessible building.

Volunteer Data Entry Role to Update VAC Database
Role Title: Data Entry Volunteer
Responsible to: ICT Training and Communications Support Worker
Salary Scale: Voluntary position
Hours: 1-2 days per week – max 14 hours/week
Location: VAC, 293 – 299 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TJ
The VAC internal database is a customer Relationship Management database which holds records of voluntary and community organisations (VCO’s) in Camden. VCO’s that are actively operating in Camden are published on VAC’s public-facing directory of VCO’s. The VAC directory is called OneCamden. Members of the public can search OneCamden for local voluntary sector organisations and filter the results by services offered, for example: community centre, health, legal advice etc. VAC requires a volunteer to help keep the database and OneCamden directory up-to-date so that new and existing published records are continually checked for accuracy so that the public has the most up-to-date contact information to search for and contact local Camden groups.
Role Purpose:
To update and maintain information on the organisation database.
To provide other data-entry and administrative assistance to the ICT training and communication support worker and other staff, as and when required. Full details at the VAC website.
To apply please send a recent CV to: alexcharles@vac.org.uk

Greenpeace Internships (up to 6) – starting Spring/Summer2016
Paid opportunity
Fixed Term for 6 months / Full Time (unless specified)
Islington, London, N1
Would you like to kick-start your career at an organisation that’s committed to offering opportunities to the local community and eager to embrace fresh ways of thinking? If so, we have a number of great development opportunities that will help you learn new skills, realise your true potential, and explore a career within environmental campaigning.
Greenpeace UK is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. We’re looking for positive, enthusiastic individuals who are keen to explore a career within this unique sector and are looking for an opportunity to shine.
We’d particularly like to hear from people who live locally, people who want to make a difference, are looking to take that first step into the world of environmental campaigning and who would benefit from learning as they go.
Regardless of your background or specific area of interest, we could have just the challenge for you. We’re currently looking for interns to join us in the areas of events, fundraising, campaigns, politics, logistics and mobilisation.
To apply please visit our website. Closing date: 23rd March 2016

Invitation to tender: Administrator for KOVE Community Action 10th May ’16 to 30th June ’17
Contract value: Max £3,324 (fixed price – costed at an average of 15 hours a month).
Purpose of the commission: To provide regular sessional support to the Coordinator of KOVE’s Community Action project; to supervise the collection and management of activity data on a continuous basis; to deliver parts of KOVE’s outreach programmes when necessary and appropriate. KOVE Community Action is funded through Ageing Better in Camden and funded by the National Lottery.
KOVE (Kilburn Older Voices Exchange) is a dynamic community action group run by older people. We aim to give a collective voice for older people over issues and concerns that they raise. As partners of Ageing Better in Camden we are committed to an asset based community development approach in our projects to help reduce isolation and loneliness including an age friendly environment and developing community forums.
• Proposals must be submitted by no later than 5pm on April 5th 2016
• Interviews will be held on Wednesday, April 19th 2016
• The successful applicant will be notified by midday on April 20thth 2016.
• The start date is Monday, May 10rd 2016.
All enquiries and for a copy of the tender application document to Mel Wright, Coordinator, KOVE: melwillwright@gmail.com

Camden Community Connectors
Tackling social isolation among older people
Camden Community Connectors is a new six year project working across Camden to tackle social isolation and loneliness among older people. Our team of five local Area Coordinators is working with volunteers to identify and support people aged 60+ and help them reconnect to local activities and meet new people. We’re also building up an accessible ‘asset map’ of all services that support older people in Camden. We’d love to hear from you if you want to work with us, refer an older person, volunteer or if you just want to know more.
We’re part of the Ageing Better in Camden programme funded by Big Lottery. To find out more, check out our website or call us free on 0800 161 5716 .

Volunteer Treasurer role at Ransackers
We need a treasurer for an exciting 1 year project (and beyond): We are a small not – for –profit run by volunteers : we promote serious education for older people
The role includes: Keeping all accounts and proof of income & spend during and after project end, plus participation in budget creation for funding bids
Contact: hfarnworth@gmail.com or annateresalefort7@gmail.com

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

Socially Responsible Recruiting
A new, award-winning skills matching service that connects employers with skilled and experienced people to do one-off or part-time jobs has launched in Camden, with a strong social benefit ethic.
“There is a very large number of people in Camden who are fantastically skilled and work-ready but are off the radar to employers because they’re not looking for full-time work and aren’t constantly scouring the job ads,” says Jonathan Collie, founder of Trading Times.
These people are highly skilled over 50s, and family carers. Trading Times brings them to you. It’s free to candidates. It costs you only £35, and only when you are connected to the perfect candidates.
Paul Fordham of Abbey Community Centre in Camden said: “”We posted our occasional job opportunity on Trading Times because we at the Abbey Community Centre recognise the value of the flexibility that can come with age. Trading Times offers a tailored means to directly target opportunities at an older group that the vast majority of other job sites simply do not seem to tap.”
Register at https://tradingtimes.org.uk/ and let Trading Times match you with the right local people for your needs.

Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/

How to use the Local Offer website
The Local Offer website is designed to be simple and easy to use. There are also a number of features to ensure the website is as accessible as possible. But, to help make it even easier, there are some short videos with instructions and tips on how to best use and navigate around the Local Offer website.

SHAK has Room and IT Suite for Hire
Room hire for meeting , training and it suite
Price starts from £20 per hour
Conference room for up to 30 people
Board room for up to 16 people
IT suitE for up to 12 people with laptops
Flexible room layout set-up, recently renovated, projector and laptop, flip chart & white board, coffee & tea facilities, full disability access, microwave
In NW8 Boundary Road
Please call SHAK on 0207 372 2949 or 079 8689 7629 for availability and prices

Henna has started a new Befriending Service to reach out to the most vulnerable women and men in London.
Our aim for running this project is to build confidence, reduce isolation and improve health of older Asian women and men. The service includes weekly home visits by volunteers, and regular programmes of healthy living activities within the centre.
Older Asian women and men (over 75), who live alone or are housebound will benefit from the support offered by our Befriending service. We currently support Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, English, Arabic, Farsi and Hindi language speakers. Henna’s “befrienders” worker and volunteers pay regular visits to the most vulnerable older Asian women and men in the community. On site, we run a regular schedule of exercise classes, health promotion, advice and listening services. Our goal is to act as a bridge between isolated ladies and the services offered by Henna and of statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
Contact: Manisha Dewan, Volunteer Coordinator, Henna Asians Women’s Group
Abbey Community Centre, 222C Belsize Road, London, NW6 4DJ
Email: manisha_hennaorg@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 020 7372 9860 Website: www.hennaorg.co.uk

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. 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.

Desk to rent at Camden Federation of Private Tenants (CFPT)
Rent a desk by the hour in our new Kentish Town office. For more details, call Robert Taylor on 020 7383 0151, email rtaylor@cfpt.org.uk or go to our website at: http://cfpt.org.uk/rent-a-desk-by-the-hour/

Office Space for Hire
Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation in Kentish Town, have office space for hire within a community building which is centrally located, The building is a few minutes walk from Kentish Town tube and mainline services as well as various bus stops.
The office, which is spacious is roughly 6 metres square, fits 4 desks freely and has a corridor which is also good for use, would be suitable for meetings or one to one sessions. Both spaces are light and airy and a viewing is highly recommended.
The building has step free access.
For further information or to view, please call Koula Ioannou on Tel: 0207 267 7194 or email koula@ccwo.org.uk

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.