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E-Bulletin 08 February 2011 |
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Diary date – North West Community Network- Project Launch
North West Community Network will be launching its exciting new project -Participation, Engagement and Skills Project (PESP) on Thursday 24 March 2011
The project will be active mainly in the Council areas of Derry/Londonderry, Limavady, Strabane and Omagh. It will provide support for communities, community groups and individuals so that they can become better informed and therefore more closely involved with the wide range of decisions that have a real impact on everyday life.
Working with the community for the community…
More details to follow; please see www.nwcn.org for more information on the project or contact the Project Officers on 028 7136 8811 or email: gabrielle@nwcn.org / martin@nwcn.org |
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Fair Deal for the Arts Campaign
Guildhall Press, along with Yes! Publications and the City of Culture offices have organised a 'Fair Deal For the Arts' campaign event this Wed, 9 Feb, at 1pm at the City of Council offices.
We hope you can make it to the City of Culture offices for 1pm this Wednesday, 9 February, to show your support, sign the petition and be available for a press photograph. There will be light refreshments available also.
Looking forward to seeing you there and hope you can make it. Please feel free to pass on the invite to as many folk as possible. The more the merrier! |
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Public Appointments Workshop - 21st February 2011
This workshop is to help demystify the public appointments process and to encourage an increase of applications from women.
Venue: The Junction, 8 Bishop Street, BT48 6PW Date: Monday 21st February 2011 Time: 9.30am - 12noon Cost: Free
This workshop is free of charge. Places are limited and are on a first come basis. To book a place contact Catherine or Mary by Thursday 17th February 2011, Telephone: (028) 7126 6291 or Email: info@fwin.org.uk.
Public appointments are open to everyone, from all backgrounds and every walk of life. But, people tend to have preconceived ideas about the sort of background you need and are not confident that they would meet the required standard. Members of Boards of public bodies are selected on merit through a fair and open process. We understand that the appointment process can be intimidating, particularly for those who are not used to competitive selection.
Staff from the Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment's Public Appointments Unit want to help demystify the appointments process and to encourage applications. They are offering to potential applicants directly and provide an insight into how the process works. This will involve a short practical exercise after which feedback will be provided, (if desired). Here are some facts to help motivate you into coming along:-
FACT At 31 March 2009, there were some 1,634 public appointments held in Northern Ireland FACT Women make up less than 1/3 of these appointments FACT Men hold 78% of all the Chair appointments FACT Less than 1% of those appointed during the period came from a minority ethnic background FACT Less than 2% of those appointed during the period declared a disability
Ensuring a public appointments process in which merit and diversity are both reflected is challenging. Ministers may only balance Boards in terms of the diversity of skills and experience required. The focus now is on achieving as wide a pool of potential candidates as possible.
Some other facts they may not be aware of are: FACT Departments employ a criteria-based selection procedure to recruit board members - CV's alone are not acceptable FACT You can use examples from your working life or from your personal life, including any voluntary or community work you are or have been involved in FACT Often, no specific academic qualifications are required; the requirements focus on core competences such as ‘communication skills’ or ‘analytical thinking’ FACT Each competition is scrutinised by an Independent Assessor FACT All new board members receive induction training on board membership and corporate governance, where appropriate. |
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Gateway to Protestant Participation
Are you worried about how your group can continue with less money coming in? Has your group got an idea for fundraising? Are you thinking about setting up a Community Business? Would you like to hear how other groups have done it? Would you like to meet support groups and agencies that can help?
Then come along to the latest training opportunity with GPP!
A six week training programme followed my group mentoring - Community Sustainability Programme Introductory Session: Sollus Centre, Bready, Wednesday 9 February 2011 @ 7.30pm
Please register your interest with: JM Consulting By email: info@jmconsultingni.co.uk or Tel: 07857833524 (Joni Millar) or 07845516628 (Noelle Donnell)
Spaces limited to 3 per Council area in Londonderry, Strabane, Omagh and Donegal |
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Strengthening Families Programme
The Strengthening Families Programme (SFP) is a family skills programme, with an international evidence base, which delivers multiple benefits to vulnerable families. It emphasises the critical role of families in prevention and reducing risk to children, and can deliver multiple benefits to families including better health outcomes. SFP is a program found to significantly reduce problem behaviors, delinquency, and alcohol and drug abuse in children and to improve social competencies and school performance. SFP builds on protective factors by improving family relationships, parental bonds, parenting skills and improving young people’s social and life skills. It also reduces the risk factors for behavioural, emotional, academic and social problems. It focuses on developing resilience, which has been proven to mitigate against risk factors for children and families in Hidden Harm and other contexts.
This programme is for all families and can be most helpful for families experiencing a range of difficulties including behavioural, emotional, academic and social problems.
The Strengthening Families Program is a 10-14-session, evidence-based parenting skills, children's life skills, and family life skills training program. Parents and children participate in SFP, both separately and together. Group Leader Manuals contain a complete lesson for every session. Parents' and children's Handbooks/ Handouts are also provided for every session.
Can My Organisation Become Involved? To refer to or to avail of this programme, your organisation or agency needs to: - Commit organisationally to supporting families in the North West - Commit to being part of a referral system for a programme that supports families and young people. - Agree to release staff to attend a two day training session - Commit to working in partnership in the delivery of the programme.
What does a facilitator need to have? - A sincere desire to help families. - Previous facilitation experience with individuals or groups. - An interest in working as a paid volunteer. or - Work in an organisation that comes in contact with individual, families or young people needing support.
Training for facilitators is over 2-days. We are aiming train approx 35 group facilitators on 3rd & 4th March 2011 in a Strabane Venue.
This project is part financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVA Cross - border Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body |
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Calling all festival and events organisers
The Association of Irish Festivals and Events (AOIFE) and Voluntary Arts Ireland (VAI) are running two training workshops for festival and events organisers. These will take place in:
Derry City Council Offices, Strand Road, Derry – Tomorrow, 9 February 2011 City Hall, Belfast – 10 February 2011
The workshops will cover: maximising the benefit from public relations and on a limited budget, using your website to attract and retain festival goers, email marketing and effective use of ezines, social media, marketing with print, fundraising in leaner times, volunteering, and collaboration.
Places are free but pre booking is essential (limited to 2 places per festival / event / organisation). For further information and a registration form visit www.aoifeonline.com or contact Eileen on 00 353 9 0964 3779. |
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New online course on Dyslexia for Parents
Who is this course aimed at? The course is tailored to the needs of parents of children with dyslexia. It provides comprehensive information on dyslexia and practical strategies for meeting the challenges faced, and will be of benefit to all those whose children are having literacy or numeracy difficulties.
For more information log on to: http://www.icepe.ie/dyslexia-parent.html |
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Help Assess Needs of People with Heart Failure in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke is conducting research to identify the needs of people with heart failure and their carers in Northern Ireland. The NI Chest Heart & Stroke research team needs to meet and talk to people who have been diagnosed with heart failure, to ask about their experiences and needs.
The information gained will be used by NI Chest Heart & Stroke to develop proposals for improving services for people who have heart failure and their carers. Interviews can be held in your own home or another location and will be completely confidential and no interviewees will be named in the report.
If you would like to take the opportunity to express your views on this important matter by taking part in an interview then please contact: Tom McElhinney or David Carruthers 028 7131 1114 or email : nwvolunteer@nichs.org.uk
There is a £10 M&S Gift voucher for all participants. |
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Current projects with Big Telly
‘Golden Gangs’
Are you interested in volunteering? Retired ..............with time on your hands? Got a hobby or interest that excites you? Like the opportunity to amaze young people about it...but don’t know how? Like to meet new people...make new friends...Interested? Join your local ‘Golden Gang’ and train to be a workshop leader.
For more information contact Big Telly Theatre Company, The Townhall, Portstewart Tel no: 028 7083 1782 E mail: springchickens@big-telly.com www.big-telly.com/springchickens
Spring Chickens ‘Strengthening Voices’ Project
Big Telly Theatre Company is delighted to announce the launch of ‘Spring Chickens Two’, its innovative creative outreach programme whose key aim is to promote creative expression and engagement within the older community across Northern Ireland.
This new three year programme takes this pioneering project to a new level within two key themes, imagining solutions and building capacity. ‘Spring Chickens Two’ consists of a range of workshops, performances and a coaching and mentoring programme, focusing on an exciting range of creative and theatre based skills.
‘Strengthening Voices’ is a one off taster drama skills workshop delivered by a professional arts facilitator. The workshop is open to those aged 50+ and is free of charge. Workshops normally last 90 mins each, though they can be tailored to the specific requirements of your group. The key aim of the workshop is to have fun, get to know each other and build your confidence.
Our experiences have demonstrated that there are both enormous personal and social benefits to be gained from being involved in ‘Spring Chickens’ “The Spring Chickens Programme has been a very successful one. It has managed to achieve two quite distinct objectives, on the one hand bringing interest and quality to the lives of older people, particularly isolated older people, and on the other, raising awareness about society’s often misguided perceptions about older people, and their role.” Dec ‘09: External Evaluation Report, Spring Chickens Programme ’07 – ’09.
‘Spring Chickens’ always welcomes new participants, so if you or your group would like to get involved do contact Big Telly for more information. Contact no: 028 7083 1782, or by email: springchickens@big-telly.com
Big Telly Theatre Company: Big Telly is a professional touring theatre company based in Portstewart, who design and deliver theatre productions, workshop programmes and community projects. It concentrates on the visual potential of theatre through fusion with other art forms like dance, music, circus and film to create a unique sense of spectacle. www.big-telly.com |
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Job opportunity with Naíscoil an tseanchaí, Magherafelt
Role Title: Naíscoil Assistant (Afternoon Session Supervisor) Location: Killowen Drive, Magherafelt Salary: Starting at £8.00 per hour Hours: Initially the successful applicant may be expected to work from 8.30am to 1.30pm as part of the induction process. Normal shift hours will be from 12.00 to 4.00. Reporting to: Chairperson/Naíscoil Leader
Main purpose of job: To, under the direction of the Chairperson and in association with the Naíscoil leader, ensure the provision of an excellent standard of nursery school care through the medium of Irish.
The deadline for applications is 5.00pm on Friday the 17th of February 2011.
Please see attached for full job description and application form. |
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The North West Coaching Forum
Thursday 24th February 2011; 6.00pm – 9.30pm; Venue: City Hotel, Derry; Cost £5 per person
The first ever North West Coaching Forum is a series of presentations and workshops designed to address a range of issues related to sports coaching. The Forum is planned to support the education of sports coaches and raise the profile of coaching in the North West region. Coaches and volunteers from all sports are invited to attend an evening of educational sessions focusing on a number of key themes within coaching. Experts from a number of sports will offer practical and knowledgeable learning for participants.
Forum Speakers Announced: Main speaker: Packie Bonner, ex-International Goalkeeper & former Technical Director to the FAI Workshop: Coach Development: Changes in Coach Education Presenter: Stephen Moreton (Cricket Ireland, Head Coach Irish Women’s Cricket Team) Presentation: Experiences in Coaching Women's Cricket in Ireland Presenter: Chris Shields (IRFU, Strength and Conditioning Coach) Workshop: Don't turn into a Gym Monkey - Movement before load, Programme Design + Monitoring Volume Presenter: Leslie Dewart (Talent Consultant, Sport Northern Ireland) Workshop: Talent Identification and Talent Development
To register, contact: North West Coaching Forum, The Gatehouse, Lone Moor Road, Derry, BT48 9LA. To find out more information email michaelcooke@sportni.net or aisling.mccallion@derrycity.gov.uk |
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Lunchtime event with Holywell Trust
Holywell Trust are embarking on a new series of lunchtime events this time on a Thursday between 12.30-2pm.
The first in the new series is on Thursday 17th February in The Junction when Fionnuala Deane and Jackie Mc Colgan will give a presentation on the work of new children's book publishing company, 'Dog Ears'.
Please feel free to come along. Lunch will be provided |
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Playhouse offers chance to completely change your life
The Playhouse Theatre, Derry is teaming up with 2 Creative specialists to offer a unique course Impossible Dreams that could completely change your life.
Impossible Dreams will offer you the opportunity to be part of a creative collective where you can take account of your life, challenge your old ways of thinking and through a creative process set you out on a new path for life.
Inspired by the international best-seller The Artists Way by Julia Cameron, sessions will take place at the Playhouse once a month for 12 months and will be facilitated by Jo Egan (Belfast) and Ursula McHugh (Derry).
Using the Artist’s Way Toolkit as a guide the course will also encompass some drama, writing, singing and sound workshops as well as skills and knowledge shared within the group.
This course is not just for people working in the arts but for anyone who wishes to tap in to their creativity and use it in their professional or personal life.
Playhouse Director, Pauline Ross said, “The Artists Way is popular the world over and we are delighted to have such experienced facilitators as Jo and Ursula here at the Playhouse to lead this course. I know it will be of great interest to people here in Derry and I expect demand to be high.”
Course co-facilitator Jo Egan added, “I have conducted this Course many times in Dublin and Belfast and it has never failed to bring great change to many, many individual lives. It has that capacity to really, really challenge people and get to the heart of their creativity. ”
Where: Playhouse Theatre Derry When: 7pm, Tuesday 15 February (thereafter once monthly meetings for 12 mths) Fee: £120.00, A deposit of £45 will secure a place. Contact: Ursula McHugh, Ph 078 13124126; ursula.mchugh@btinternet.com Jo Egan, Ph 077 89424587; jo.egan29@gmail.com |
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City of Derry Drama Festival
Friday 4 March 2011 – Saturday 12 March 2011, Waterside Theatre.
Fri 4 @ 8pm: Glorious by Peter Quilter, Rosemary Drama, Belfast Sat 5 @ 8pm: Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr, K.A.T.S Galway – CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE Sun 6 @ 8.00pm: Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, Ballyshannon Drama Society. Mon 7 @ 8pm: The Stolen Child by Bairbre Ni Chaoimh & Yvonne Quinn, Butt Drama Circle, Co Donegal - CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE Tues 8 @ 8pm: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Lifford Players Wed 9 @ 8.pm: The Loves of Cass McGuire by Brian Friel Thur 10 @ 8pm: Immaculate by Oliver Lansley, Backburners Drama Group - CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE Fri 11 @ 8pm: A View from the Bridge, by Arthur Miller, Bangor Drama Club Sat 12 @ 7.30 pm: The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy, Droichead Nua, Co Kildare - CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
Tickets £8.00, £6.00 conc. Season tickets £40.00, £30 conc. – Nine nights for the price of five!
Box office: 028 07131 4000 Online booking: www.watersidetheatre.com |
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The next meeting of Foyle Yarnspinners will be held on – Monday 14th February 2011 in Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane, L’Derry. Guest – Liz Weir Meeting commences at 8.00pm
Admission Free, All welcome |
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Brand New Saturday Beginners Irish Dancing Class For Kids!
The Legenderry School of Irish Dance are now offering a Saturday class @ Magee Dance Studios from 12pm – 1pm beginning 12th February.
Why not drop the kids off and pop into town for some shopping?? We also have a children’s class Fridays 4.30pm – 6pm @ Pilots Row Centre.
Adult Ceili Class for all beginners will be held Thursdays 7.30pm – 9pm @ Sean Dolans GAA, Creggan.
Classes are for FUN & healthy exercise & there is no need for children to compete!
All classes are £3.50 per class, no registration fees! If you are interested, contact Linda on 07834271203/ email legenderryirishdance@gmail.com or Find us on Facebook! |
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