1. Brighton & Hove LEADER Event – What Can
Cultural Integration Do For Business?
Despite various initiatives
the latest research has found one third of UK employers
received complaints about equality and diversity issues in the
last year – and that’s the ones who owned up to it. A new
seminar from local pressure group LEADER hopes to help
Brighton and Hove employers beat the statistics and reap the
benefits of genuinely multicultural employment practices.
The Profit through Cultural
Integration seminar is taking place on Wednesday
7th October 2009, 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm at University
of Brighton, Grand Parade.
Each attendee will receive a CPD
certificate on completion.
This seminar is free to attendees from
existing LEADER members or there is a small charge of £15 per
attendee for others.
2. Belltree Music Therapy Centre Fundraising
Event
The Belltree Music Therapy
Centre CIC is holding a fundraising event on Saturday
14th November at St. Andrews Church, Waterloo St,
Hove.
In collaboration with Downs
View Special School, the event will raise funds to support
music therapy for children with severe learning disabilities
and autism. A new Community Interest Company (CIC), Belltree
is hoping the event will raise awareness of the benefits of
music therapy, and help to secure its future into 2010.
3. Get fit and run the Brighton
Marathon in aid of Impact Initiatives
Impact Initiatives (Impact)
is a local Brighton charity working in your community. It
has been successful in booking places for the Brighton
marathon and currently has seven takers. These include
staff, trustees and friends. There are still 4 places to fill.
Whilst completing 26 miles
is a huge personal achievement, the aimis to raise much-needed
funds for Impact. Impact will pay the entry fee of £75 for
each runner but is asking runners to raise at least £500. In
return Impact will be able to help with a fundraising campaign
and with a training schedule. If you would like to take on
‘one of life’s great challenges’ please let Rachel know by
Friday 9th October.
For more details click here.
4. Cupp Student Matching Event –
14th October 2009, 2-4pm
Cupp would like to invite
you to this year’s Student Matching Event on Wednesday,
14th October, 2-4pm, the Brighthelm
Centre.
Cupp runs an undergraduate module
at the University in which students undertake 30 or
50 hours of community-based work as part of their
degree. These students aim to make a significant
contribution to the organisation while gaining important real
world experience and putting skills learned on their
degree to practical use. The Student Matching Event
gives you an opportunity to meet students from different
courses who might be interested in working with you and
to discuss your project ideas.
If you feel you or your
organisation might benefit from a student or a group of
students working with you on a particular project,
please click here for more information or email
Hanne Eis at h.eis@brighton.ac.uk to
book a place.
5. Can Do Health Grant Fund Aimed at
Community Groups
Can Do Health is a grant funded
through the local PCT.
They are looking for projects from new
and developing community groups that will have a positive
impact on a community or neighbourhood’s health.
Positive impacts can include things like healthier diets,
exercise, improvements to the environment and providing social
outlets or support for vulnerable (e.g. people with mental
health issues or disabilities) or isolated people.
The fund will offer:
- Small grants of up to £1500
- Development worker support to help
with your application
- A period of ‘post-award support’
focussed on strengthening the group and addressing routes to
sustainability for the future.
Deadline for applications is the
5th November 2009 at 4pm.
To register or for more information
contact the Can Do Health Development Worker:
Tel: 01273 234014
6. One Day Event Designed for
Women
If you are a woman
interested in working for yourself, or have started trading in
the last 12 months, come to What's
Stopping You? This FREE informal one-day event will get
you motivated and offers the information and advice needed to
make working for yourself work for you.
So, whether your dream has
always been to run a successful business or simply to make
enough money in difficult financial times, book
now and don't miss this chance to get help and information
tailored to your needs.
What’s Stopping You?
includes seminars ranging from ‘effective marketing’ and
’money matters’ to ‘creating a knock-out first impression’.
There’s also an exhibition area, a networking zone, talks by
other women who have set up on their own and friendly business
advisers on hand to answer your questions big and small.
What’s more, everything is free - even lunch and refreshments!
This event is for any
woman interested in working for herself, or who is in the
first 12-months of trading. To find out more and book your
place visit www.whatsstoppingyouevents.co.uk
or call the Business Link events hotline 01732
878007.
7. LEDA – Specialist Coaching Support for Public
& Voluntary Sector
LEDA is a specialist
coaching support service which improves the performance of
individuals in public and voluntary sector customer-facing
organisations
Working with managers and
their staff to help to identify performance objectives,
observe staff performance, provide feedback and coaching
support and track progress.
For more information click
here, and for a step by step guide to what
is on offer click here.
8. Wanted! Young Adults Interested in
Making a Documentary
Magnified Learning is a small,
local education consultancy who have been asked to run a
project which aims to give voice to communities of young
adults from areas of high social deprivation. This project
will engage, inspire and promote the self-development of young
adults through telling their stories and celebrating their
experiences using film.
The project will run from
the end of October 2009 to March 2010. It forms part of a
larger national project and those young adults taking part
will be invited to share their film-making experiences with a
much wider audience.
They are looking to work with a
community group/s interested in providing informal learning
opportunities for a group of 20 learners (who predominantly
must be aged 19 or over and some of whom are not in
employment, education or training - NEET).
If your
organisation is interested in providing participants for this
exciting project, please contact Aroop Tanna on 07876 527848
or at aroop@magnifiedlearning.com.
9. Business Support for Creative
Enterprises
Creative Development &
Brighton Hove Business Forum Survey
Creative Development &
BHBF have the opportunity to offer you some personalised
business help delivered to you by creative specialists. They
are only able to assist 40 businesses at this stage with a
view to setting up a more extensive programme next year. If
you would like to be part of this, then they would like to
know your thoughts. Deadline for survey 9th
Oct.
Please click here
for more details.
10. The Bridge Community Centre Seeks New
Treasurer & Trustees
The Bridge is a vibrant community education centre based
in East Brighton that provides unique opportunities for local
residents to engage in learning and educational
activities.
We are seeking new trustees to complement and strengthen
our current Board. We would particularly like to hear from
individuals with experience of fundraising, marketing and
business development.
The Treasurer will have an accounting qualification
and/or financial experience. They will work closely with the
Centre Manager to ensure that effective financial measures,
controls and procedures are in place and will provide guidance
and support to the Board and staff.
For more information please see the attached link or
contact:
Jayne Ross, Centre Manager
01273 294929/ 07870643625
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