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E-Bulletin 09
August 2011 |
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Help
get your community online BT Community
Connections is an award scheme which offers community groups the chance to
get online and help people discover the wonders of the internet. If your
group helps the community access the internet and improves people’s ICT
skills, you could be eligible to apply for a year’s free broadband. The
scheme supports a diverse range of community and charitable groups across
the Applying for
an award is easy. Simply go to www.bt.com/communityconnections to access the
online application form and read the full rules and guidance notes. The
closing date for applications is Thursday 15
September at 5.30pm. For further
information or if you have any questions contact 0845 257 6792 or
at info@btcommunityconnections.com. |
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Consultation
launched on Community Development Strategy – your views
matter The Health and
Social Care Board and the Public Health Agency have launched for public
consultation, a new Community Development Strategy. The consultation
period will close on Friday 02 September
2011. The kinds of
health and social care issues which can be improved by community
development approaches include depression; isolation; falls amongst
elderly people; child protection; teenage pregnancy; childhood asthma;
postnatal depression; drug and alcohol abuse; and ultimately also long
term conditions such as obesity, diabetes and
cancer. The Board and
Agency have jointly held pre-consultation workshops and are now keen to
receive feedback from others.
The draft Community Development Strategy as well as information on
how to respond can be found at www.hscboard.hscni.net or www.publichealth.hscni.net
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Valuing
People, Valuing Their Participation Involving You and Listening to
You Purpose of
this report: To help people
who use health services to be more involved: - Involving
people is now part of the law - Involving
people is also part of promoting equality of opportunity and human
rights - The law uses
big words such as Personal and Public Involvement, but want to ensure
everybody understands how they can have a say in health and social
services - Important to
listen to people who use health services - Listening to
what you say helps to make health services
better - The plan
tells you about how to get people involved - The plan
also tells you about other things that health services need to
do. If you would
like a copy of Valuing People, Valuing Their Participation, a strategy for
Personal and Public Involvement, log on to websites: www.publichealth.hscni.net /
www.hscboard.hscni.net If you would
like a paper copy of this report you can contact Siobhan Carlin at the
Public Health Agency on 028 7186 0086 or email Siobhan.carlin@hscni.net For Text Relay
use 18001 028 9053 5577, Text phone 028 9032
4980 There is an
opportunity for you to air your view of the action plan. You can contact or meet Martin
Quinn, Regional Personal and Public Involvement Lead on 028 7183 0086 or
email martin.quinn@hscni.net For Text Relay
use 18001 028 9053 5577, Text phone 028 9032
4980 Views
on the Strategy and Action plan have to be submitted by 15 September
2011. |
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Women
into Public Life (WIPL) Autumn training
programmes Plans are
underway for the next two ‘Going Public’ training programmes which will
take place in Killybegs and Derry/Londonderry and will start week
beginning 12th September 2011. The programme will use a variety of
learning methods. Training will be delivered in a manner that encourages
participants to relate the learning and experience to their own committees
and communities.
A Strategic
Leadership Programme is also being planned which is aimed at women who are
already in leadership positions and will be run over 14 days. It will take
place in Derry/Londonderry and Letterkenny. Further information and
application forms for this programme will be circulated in the coming
weeks. Contact
Maureen Fox for further information at maureen.wipl@gmail.com
Two
WIPL events coming up:
‘No
Half Measures ... strategies to shift the gender balance in
politics’. A seminar on
Friday morning 30th September
2011 in Letterkenny. Keynote
speaker: Dr. Fiona MacKay, Director of the Graduate School of Social and
Political Science, Fiona has
written widely on women and comparative politics, political
representation, feminist politics, constitutional change in the
An
evening with Fiona MacKay, interviewed by BBC Radio Foyle journalist,
Sarah Brett, Thursday, 29th Sept. 6 – 8.30
pm. Informal chat
and discussion and light refreshments served. (Venue to be confirmed) WIPL is
a regional cross border partnership between three women's organisations,
Foyle Women's Information Network (Derry/Londonderry), Second Chance
Education Project for Women (Donegal) and Engender (Scotland) with Donegal
County Council as the lead partner. The overall aim of the project is to
address the continuing under-representation of women in public life. WIPL
is funded by the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Programme and managed
by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) www.seupb.eu and
involves a programme of activities to be delivered over a three year
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FREE
Media and Communications Training - 15th
September Does your
group communicate effectively? Do you get publicity for the work
that you do? Why not take
part in a practical hands-on communications course that will teach you all
you need to know about getting your message across?
Due to a high
demand the last time this course was run, Derry City Council is offering
groups a second opportunity to avail of a FREE
training course that will give you the skills to deal with the media and
all aspects of communication. Delivered by former Radio Foyle
presenter Paul McFadden and former Radio Foyle Head of News Eimear
O’Callaghan, this course will teach you how to use the media to promote
the work your group is doing - how to write a press release, how to
prepare for a radio interview, react under pressure and enjoy the
experience! It will take
place on Thursday 15th
September, 9.30am – 4.30pm in the Conference Room, Derry City
Council Offices, |
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Free
Training Course in Global Citizenship
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John Carberry,
Training Officer with Action on Hearing Loss, is offering community groups
a free 2
hour Deaf Awareness Talk any morning or afternoon (to suit your needs)
from September 11 onwards. The session
will be provided free of charge and will be of interest to a broad range
of community groups. Many people in our families and our communities
experience hearing loss. Information on how to support and
include people with hearing difficulties is useful for everyone. If
interested, contact John directly at: John.Carberry@hearingloss.org.uk
Action on
Hearing Loss is the new name for RNID ~ See- www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk. |
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Friendship
Club Are you new in
town? Would you like to meet new people to chat, take part in different
workshops, have fun and make new friends? We are a group
of people of all nationalities and backgrounds living in Derry~ The Friendship
Club is run by the Foyle Multicultural Forum which is an umbrella
organisation representing 24 organisations working with minority ethnic
communities living in the If you would
like to know more about us please contact Maire on 077399 51453/71370989
or look for The Friendship Club Derry on Facebook or.......... Pop along
to the cottage on Tuesday ...we look forward to meeting
you! |
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Extern’s
Time-out / summer camp teams are keen to organise a drum circle at the
Teepees at Roscor. We are asking the NWCN community if they have any
percussion instruments i.e bongos, tom toms, djembes, snare drums,
bodhrans, tambourines, maracas etc. that they do not use / need at home if
they would like to donate them to this project they would be well used and
well appreciated. Any donations
can be brought your nearest Extern office and we will collect.
Alternatively contact me on the e-mail or numbers below. Thanks for the
help… Danny Bryce,
Project Manager, Time-out Programme, Extern, 12-14 The Diamond, BT48
6HW Tel:
02871262104 / Fax: 02871262300 / E-mail: danny.bryce@extern.org
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First
Japanese taiko drumming group in the north of Ireland,
Ibuki Ibuki Taiko
was founded by There are many
Taiko groups running very successfully in schools and communities
throughout Classes and
workshops are currently held at the Galaxy GTC building in the Springtown
Industrial Estate, |
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Little
Orchids Children’s Centre Coffee Morning |
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TONIGHT
- Tuesday 9th August, Nerve Centre, 6pm
The Film
Documentary "PARADISO" entirely filmed in Derry will be screened as part
of the FEILE in The film was
recently awarded Best Director Award in With the
following Jury Motivation: The Best
Director prize goes to "Paradiso" by Alessandro Negrini, for the treatment
of topics like conflict and reconciliation in a sensitive and humoristic
touch, rendering the movie appealing. Cheerful characters render the
narration's structure lively. The film has
won 14 International Awards so far. "PARADISO" is
directed by Italian director Alessandro Negrini and produced by Irish
producer Margo Harkin, Besom Productions and commissioned by BBC NI.
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Local dance
company, Echo Echo is movin’ its annual summer scheme up to The Playhouse
studio this August, starting on Monday
15th. Echo Echo will
be offering one week of dance and movement classes for two different age
groups- 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 12 year
olds. The summer
schemes are open to boys and girls of all abilities and there is no need
for any previous dance experience. The creative classes are all about
learning to move and making new friends. The 5-7 year
group is from 10am to 11am each morning and costs £20 for the full week.
The 8-12 year group starts at 11.30am and runs until 1pm costing £30.
There are
limited places left so if you would like to book a place or get some more
information, contact Echo Echo on 7130 8883, email info@echoechodance.com or visit
www.echoechodance.com Echo
Echo’s summer schemes are kindly supported by The Arts Council of
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Please see attached for job opportunities with Avert
Training Ltd, Youth Link NI, Easilink Community Transport, Donegal Sexual
Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre and Action on Hearing
Loss. |
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To donate to
the East Africa Crisis Appeal, go to: Destined
Flag Day We need your
help to collect for ½ hour on Thursday 11th
August 2011 in aid of Africa Famine
Appeal. To help us in
this worthy cause please contact the Destined office
on: Phone: 028
7136 2424
Address:
Email: d@destined.ie DESTINED
– Empowering people with learning disabilities |
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Foyle Hockey
Club resumes its training schedule during August on Thursday nights from
8.30 pm at St Columb's Park astro pitch. Boys of 15yrs and over are
welcome to attend this session with parental consent forms available on
request. Contact 07764499495
for more details or visit the website www.foylehockeyclub.co.uk
where a registration form can be downloaded and signed. Hockey is
fast, needs fitness and is great fun. Come along and test our keeper
with your best shots. Note: - Mini
hockey (U11) and youth hockey (U13+U15) is on Wednesday evenings from
6-7pm.
All boys and
girls welcome to play. |
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