| Reminder: Network Meetings - Don't Miss Out |
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A reminder that Community Action will be hosting 3rd Sector network meetings in September.
To book your place please email
Jayne Williams or telephone 01332 227749.
Dates as follows:
Culture:
7 September, 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Women's:
8 September, 08:30 to 10:30 am
Neighbourhoods: 8 September, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Safer and Stronger:
10 September
3:00 to 5:00 pm
Growth:
14 September 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Don't miss out on the opportunity for your voluntart or community group to have a say in shaping the future of Derby.
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Your City, Your Voice |
We hope you enjoyed the second issue of Your City, Your Voice, from Community Action, which
was emailed out las
week.
If you have any comments or suggestions or would like to be added to the distribution list we would love to hear from you.
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| Summer Fun - this Saturday! |
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The Enterprise Centre in Sinfin are holding a summer fayre on Saturday 15 August from 12:00 to 3:00 pm.
Activities include face painting; tombola; table top sale; bouncy castle; and arts and crafts.
There are great prizes to be won including family tickets to Conkers and tickets to West Midlands Safari Park.
For more information please call 01332 270651
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Charity Cricket Challenge - this Sunday! |
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Come along to the Questmark Charity Cricket Challenge on Sunday 16 August at Aston Cricket Ground in Shardlow Road starting at 10:30 am.
The challenge has been organised by Aston-on-Trent Cricket Club to benefit Cancer Research UK and Burma School Appeal.
For further information please telephone Shakeel Aslam on 07973 486155. |
| OnetoOne |
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Derby University are offering OnetoOne, a careers based service targeted at professionals who have been made redundant, as well as those at risk of redundancy and unemployed graduates.
OnetoOne offers free, professional workshops focusing on helping people to return to work, as well as tailored OnetoOne appointments.
For further information please visit the website |
| Swine Flu - the Facts |
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Although swine flu has not been dominating the news lately, it is still very important to be aware of the symptoms and what practical steps you, as an individual, and your organisation can take to minimise the impact. Please visit the NAVCA
website , Derby City Council website or the new Pandemic Flu website for the latest guidance and information.
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Hello!
Welcome to the latest issue of Reach Out. This week we have news of the Community Action conference taking place on 23 September (put the date in your diary!). We also have lots of information on media opportunities for your organisation together with news on forthcoming courses and conferences.
Watch this space for more news next week! If you have news that you'd like to share with the voluntary and community sector in Derby, please let us know |
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 Could you be a Community Action Trustee? There are several seats available on our Board. This is partly due to re-election rules and partly because two of our longest-serving trustees have decided to stand down after many years of devoted service. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark Newey, our Treasurer and Sue Preedy, a previous Chair and Board member. If your organisation is a member of Community Action and you would like to know more about becoming a Trustee, please contact Kim Harper on 01332 346266, or email. You may find it useful to look at these websites, which give you more information about what being a Trustee entails: |
 Save the Date! Community Conference
Wednesday 23 September
Stuart Hotel, Derby.
10.00 am to 2.00 pm
Lunch included!
Community Action Derby invites you to For What it's Worth: Valuing Derby's 3rd Sector. Includes various guest speakers, discussions on how your organisation contributes to life in the city, our (short!) AGM, and a chance to feed your views back to the City Partnership.
We NEED YOU to come along, so please save the date. More information and updates on the speakers to follow.
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 Community Engagement ProjectHer Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) have launched a Community Engagement Project aimed at increasing the awareness and confidence of communities in the work of the magistrates court. The project also aims to raise awareness of magistrates and staff of issues relating to crime and anti-social behaviour that are affecting the community. It is also hoped that the project will help promote volunteering within the criminal justice system thereby increasing involvement from under represented communities.
HMCS are planning a programme of activity in Derby for the coming months and are offering a wide range of engagement activities to groups. These can include presentations to groups about their work, becoming a magistrate, interactive mock courts or visits to the court house.  If you would like HMCS to hold an event for your group, take part in an event or meeting, or contribute to the work of your group in any other way please email or telephone 0115 955 8136 for further details. |
 Partnership Conference One East Midlands (OEM) are holding a Partnership Conference to bring together the Third Sector and partners that co-ordinate volunteering in the East Midlands.
This is a time of dramatic change for volunteering and the Third Sector with several factors impacting on the role of both volunteers and those that co-ordinate volunteers. If you are involved in co-ordinating volunteer activity and you want to see better regional coordination taking place then this is the event for you.
The conference will take place on Wednesday 9 September at the Hallmark Hotel in Derby from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Key note speakers will frame the debate with key issues from a local, regional and national perspective. Delegates will have the opportunity to participate in 3 workshops which will identify regional volunteering priorities and work towards better understanding between Third Sector members and statutory bodies of the specific roles, benefits and issues relating to volunteering. The day will allow delegates the chance to set the focus for the newly revitalised volunteering network in the East Midlands, the EVDC.
For further information and to book a place please email or telephone 0115 934 8471 by 27 August. |
Effective, Affordable  Training
Would you like to communicate more effectively? Would you like to be more confident when giving presentations?
Crosshands Training offer affordable, effective and practical training in all aspects of media and presentation skills. During the past ten years they have worked with over 1,000 organisations and trained more than 10,000 individuals.
One day courses cost only £99 + VAT if booked before 31 August. For a list of courses and dates please click here |
 Media Resources - No Cost! Would your organisation benefit from a dedicated communications and media person - at no cost to your organisation? As part of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Future Jobs Fund, Media Trust are funding eligible young people (18-24) to work within charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises across a variety of media and communications disciplines, including marketing, public relations, digital media, journalism and video production.
The posts are for 25 hours per week and last for 6 months and your organisation will receive a support fee of £1,500 per young person to cover costs. Media Trust will provide ongoing resources including mentoring, training support and signposting for the young person and support with progression from the job. The posts are for additional jobs that do not normally exist in your organisation but you can request more than one young person at a time. Start dates for the positions can be staggered over 18 months until March 2011. Young people will receive £5.80 ph (over 22) or £4.83 (18-21), covered by the fund. Job Centre Plus will identify potential young people for you to recruit. For further information and to express your interest in this exciting opportunity please click here
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 Training in Mental Health Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum (SDVSMHF) are planning on holding two training sessions in September and October.
A Support Workers Guide to the Mental Health Act
This is a four hour training session that will look at the following:
An overview of how the Mental Health Act works; the four steps that cover taking a person through compulsory detention; changes to legislation and what this means for service users, carers and staff; and Code of Practice.
The session will be interactive in approach using, videos, group work and discussion.
The training will be free to the first participant of member organisations and £15.00 for every additional place and non-members. Lunch will be provided.
PQASSO (Pratical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations) - The Role of Board Members
This three hour session is for Boards of Trustees considering/undertaking PQASSO self-evaluation and will focus on how board members, governors and trustees can offer effective support.
The training will be free to the first participant of member organisations and £10.00 for every additional place and for non-members
For further information and to book a place please email or telephone 01773 599995. |
 Matching Skills Media Trust's Media Matching service brings together media and communications professionals with charities and voluntary organisations that want to improve the way they communicate. This free service aims to match skilled advisers as volunteers with charities or voluntary organisations that require help with a specific media or communications need. With hundreds of registered advisers, a huge range of skills are covered including PR, marketing, design, branding, digital media, web services and communications strategies. To find out how your organisation can benefit from this opportunity please click here |
 Safeguarding Adults The Ashbourne Centre at Kingsway Hospital in Derby are hosting half-day Safeguarding Adults courses on a range of dates from September through to December.
The courses are aimed at all professionals from health and social care agencies; home care and residential care staff;
all frontline clinicians involved directly with patients and their care; medical staff; police and fire officers; and voluntary sector staff.
The course is designed to provide attendees with an awareness of Derby and Derbyshire's multi-agency policy and procedures. It will identify the definition of a vulnerable adult and identify the signs of abuse.
Courses will be held on the following days. Session times are EITHER 9:30 am to 12:30 pm OR 1:30 to 4:30 pm.
Wednesday 9 September
Tuesday 22 September
Wednesday 23 September
Wednesday 30 September
Monday 5 October
Tuesday 6 October
Wednesday 21 October
Friday 30 October
Tuesday 10 November
Wednesday 11 November
Friday 13 November
Friday 20 November
Tuesday 24 November
Friday 11 December
To book your place please email Alaina Gough or telephone 01332 641225.
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We hope you enjoyed this bulletin. We are always looking for news and information to benefit our members, so please contact me. Sincerely,
Susannah Salter
Community Action Derby
Formerly Derby CVS |
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