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E-Bulletin 19
Sep 2011 |
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The
Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme The Tesco
Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one off donations of
between £500 and £4,000. The funding goes towards providing practical
benefits for e.g. equipment and resources for projects that directly
benefit children, the
elderly and adults and children with disabilities. External Link:http://www.tescoplc.com/media/142631/community_award_guidelines.pdf The
current round for Elderly People and/or People with Disabilities closes on
30th September 2011 | |
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Apprenticeship
NI courses with DEL Apprenticeship
NI courses are on offer through |
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Parliament
Week 2011: Parliament
Week, a new exciting initiative, launches later this year. Free events and
activities will run across the In
Derry/Londonderry, the UK Parliament’s outreach team will be running
public workshops on the work of select committees and Parliament’s
scrutiny of legislation. They will be joined by members of the Northern
Ireland Affairs Committee, including the chairman, Laurence Robertson MP,
plus the Northern Ireland Assembly’s outreach
team. Thursday
3 November (times to be
confirmed) Waterside
Theatre, Come along and
meet the committee and the outreach teams to find out more about how
Parliament works and how the NIAC examines the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Northern Ireland Office. For details on
the timing of the event, contact Alasdair Mackenzie 020 7219 4214 or email
mackenziea@parliament.uk or
Matt Ringer on 020 7219 4623 or email ringerm@parliament.uk
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Into
the West Rail Lobby Public Meeting Wednesday
21st Sept @ 8pm, City Hotel Theme of
meeting: What can we do to get the rail line upgraded for
2013? Speakers:
Martin Bradley, Chair of Culture Company 2013 & Eamonn McCann, Into
the West All
Welcome |
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Health
& Social Care LGBT Staff Forum Following
consultation with lesbian, gay, bi and trans staff across Health &
Social Care, it has been agreed to establish a staff forum which is being
co-ordinated by the Public Health Agency.
The first
meeting in the This
initiative is supported by regional health organisations, Health &
Social Care Trusts and the trade unions. It would be helpful
for catering purposes to let us know if you are attending.
You can also
join the email list to receive information. All contact will be
confidential. Please email Leanne.Mulholland@hscni.net
or ring Leanne at 028 90321313 ext 2481 |
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Would
you like to be involved in this year’s Halloween Carnival
Parade? We are now
calling on interested Community Groups, Schools, Youth Groups, Students,
individuals and Artists to get involved in this year’s Banks of the Foyle
Halloween Carnival Parade. We are
offering free
Carnival skills workshops to interested Groups. These workshops will take
place in your own community centre or local venue and will be facilitated
by fully skilled Carnival Art Facilitators who will teach you new skills
and prepare you for the wonderful finale parade.
The NW
Carnival Initiative covers all costs e.g. workshops, costumes, travel to
& from the Event. This year
Groups will be making lanterns with a choice of the following Halloween
themes: Zombies,
Skulls, Banshees or Fantasy. Each
participating group will be offered 3 lantern making workshops & 2-3
performance/dance workshops to prepare them for the parade
finale. A Large scale
themed lantern piece will be created for selected groups & a basic
costume will also be provided if the Group is unable to provide their
own. If you would
like your Community to participate or require further information please
contact me by either: Tel: 028 71
365151 Ext: 6938 or e-mail: Helen.harley@derrycity.gov.uk Please note:
By registering for the workshops you are agreeing to participate in the
Halloween Carnival Parade with your own adequate supervision.
Workshops will
be granted on a first come first served
basis. |
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Free
‘Living Life to the Full’ Course – Just a few places
left If you are
currently experiencing low mood, stress or depression Aware Defeat
Depression’s Life Skills Course may be of benefit to you. The course
is called ‘Living Life to the Full’ and teaches important life skills and
techniques for dealing with the common problems we often notice when we
are feeling down or depressed. Aware has been involved in delivering
these courses now for over two years and the feedback from course
participants has been very positive, with most reporting that after
attending a course they felt more confident, happier and better able to
tackle negative and unhelpful thinking These courses
are scheduled to take place at Aware Defeat Depression, Course
1:
Commences Thursday 22nd September from 7.30pm until 9.00pm and continues
for 8 sessions i.e. 29th September, 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th October 3rd and
10th November Course
2: Commences
Friday 14th October from 10.00am until 11.30am and continues for 8
sessions i.e. 21st, 28th October, 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November and 2nd
December There
is no charge for the course, however applicants must be over 16 and
undertake to attend all sessions. There are now
just a few places remaining so if you would like to apply for a place
please contact Aisling at Aware – Tel: 028 71260602 or email aisling@aware-ni.org.
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Free
Planning
For Retirement Programme - Transitions Thinking of
Retirement? Or maybe newly
retired and finding it difficult? Thought about
the life changes you may have to make? How will you
fill your time? Worried about
coping with a reduction in income? What about
your health growing older? The Workers’
Educational Association under the Learning Age Project is offering a new
course to the public aged 50+ who may be thinking of retirement or who may
be facing redundancy due to the down turn. It is also suitable for those
already newly retired but maybe finding the transition in retirement more
challenging than expected. The
“Transitions” Retirement Course” encourages participants to consider their
options about retirement and also provides up to date information and
signposting to relevant support agencies. The aim of the
programme is to consider the changes that take place at retirement and how
they can be successfully managed, for example by examining the changes to
lifestyle and the challenge that retirement brings such as how to manage
on a lower income and by posing what health and well being aspects
participants may need to consider as they grow older. There is also a look
at how to use additional free time such as volunteering or attending
education classes etc. Through the programme we hope to turn negative
attitudes of retirement into a positive personal approach. This programme
will encourage participants to develop a personal action plan for a
successful transition to retirement by: - Reflecting
on participant’s skills and experiences - Identifying
the keys to a positive retirement - Researching
local facilities - Setting
exclusive personal goals
6 half day
sessions commencing: Saturday 1st October 2011 from 9.30am to 1pm
daily In the Verbal
Arts Centre, Bishop Street,
Derry~ For further
information contact Sinead Devine at WEA office on 02871369947 or email sinead.devine@wea-ni.com / www.wea-ni.com |
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Job
opportunity with the CLEAR Project - Project
Officer Post: Project
Officer Salary:
£22,221 - £23,708 pro-rata basis (NJC Scale 6, points 26
-28) Hours of Work:
36 Hours per week until Mar 2012 (extension is subject to funding)
Based:
Strabane Start Date:
Immediately (Nov 2011) Responsible
to: Reports to:
CLEAR Project Manager Closing Date:
12 Noon Friday 7th October 2011 Interviews
held: Week beginning 17th October 2011 Please see
attachments (x3) for application/monitoring form and further
information |
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Inside Out
will host an International Youth Assembly in Derry~Londonderry
between Sunday 23rd
(arrival day) and Thursday 27th (departure day) of October and
it will involve young people between the ages of 13 and 17 from Austria,
Slovenia, Germany, Finland and of course Northern Ireland. The
programme is funded by the EU's Youth in Action Programme through the
British Council. |
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Lunchtime
Event at Holywell Trust Continuing the series of
Thursday Lunchtime Events at Holywell Trust Thursday 22nd
September at 12.30-2pm sees Teya Sepinuck give a
presentation on her work with Theatre of Witness.
Teya will provide an update
on this work and plans for the future. This will take place at
Holywell Trust/ Walled City Community Partnership's offices at 12-14 The
Diamond and you are welcome to attend. Lunch will be
provided. |
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The
It's the new
term and if you are looking for a new hobby for the kids or even yourself,
why not give Irish Dancing a go? Far from wigs, tan and diamante dresses,
The Legenderry School of Irish Dance focuses on learning a new talent and
making a fun environment for your kids to socialise, and also get some
healthy exercise. We also have
Beginner Adult Ceili classes for all ages and sizes!! You could burn up to
600 calories in one hour! Classes are as
follows: Thursdays 8pm
– 9.30pm (Adult Ceili Classes @ Magee Dance
Studios) Fridays 4.30 –
6pm (Children’s Class @ Pilots Row Centre) Saturdays 12 –
1pm (Children’s Class @ Templemore Sports
Complex) If you are
interested, please contact Linda on 07834271203/ email legenderryirishdance@gmail.com
or Like us on facebook.com/LegenderrySchoolOfIrishDance where you will
find lots of videos/photos. |
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Echo
Echo Dance Theatre Company - Autumn Participation
programme Starting week
of 10th October 2011 Echo Echo
Dance Studio, info@echoechodance.com or
+44(0)28 7130 8883 Echo Echo
Dance Theatre Company announces the autumn programme of education and
participation events, the first in its new premises on Courses
include Dancing Together (adult introductory), Contact Improvisation,
Dance and Movement for Children, Youth Dance and Parent and Pre-school.
There will also be weekend events such as the popular Dance Picnic and
Sunday Sessions. A new addition
to the programme this term will be meditation classes. These will be led
by Bernadette Sheils and inspired by the late co-founder of Echo Echo,
Ursula Laeubli. Echo Echo has
taught thousands of participants in the past and encourages anyone
interested in dance or movement to come along and join in- no matter what
their experience or ability level. Echo Echo’s
courses fill up quickly so anyone interested in joining in is advised to
book a place as soon as possible. Details are available by contacting the
Echo Echo office on 028 7130 8883, email info@echoechodance.com or visit
www.echoechodance.com |
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Derry
Central Library Presents – Your Health is Your
Wealth Friday
30 September 2011, 10am – 4pm Health checks,
BMI, blood pressure, carbon monoxide, de-stress techniques, live gym,
breast and testicular cancer awareness and
more. Reflexology
and massage taster, sessions for men and women – contact the library for
details. Meditation
sessions at 11am and 1pm Sign language
interpreter ISL & BSL provided Admission FREE ~
All welcome Ask for
details on: 028 7127 2310 or email: derrycentral.library@librariesni.org.uk
Participants: A2b, Action
on Hearing Loss, Age NI, Beacon, Boots, Chest Heart and Stroke, Drink
Think, EGSA, Energie Fitness Club, Gordons Chemist, Happy Feet, Healing
Arts, Mens Action Network, Money Advice Centre, NI Tourist Board, Patricia
Gillen, RNIB, Sensory Engagement Project, Signature, DCID, U3A, Warmer
Homes. Western Health Trust,
Health in Mind and |
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Creative
Approaches to Literacy is kindly funded by The Department of Employment
and Learning, The European Social Fund, and The Arts Council. The projects
main goal is to help young people who have a deficit in literacy and who
are not in education. The project therefore aims to ‘reduce inactivity’ by
improving the employability of young people not in
education. Priority
1: The project
seeks to ‘improve’ the skills of workers without essential ‘basic’ skills
and low or no qualifications. Priority
2: We believe
that this is a new and innovative approach to literacy training,
particularly for people who have not successfully engaged with formal
education. The Playhouse
offers an alternative approach, by using the arts as an alternative medium
to develop literacy skills.
The Literacy curriculum encompasses the following Core Elements -
Speaking, Listening, Reading &
Writing. Artskills
offers young people the opportunity to participate in creative training
that will enhance their Literacy ability. This innovative approach is an
opportunity for them to develop skills & interests whilst engaging in
meaningful, social and creative activity. The Playhouse will ensure that
all participants are signposted towards additional training &
opportunities to further develop skills / interests in Performance &
Creative Writing. The project
aims to reach out and engage with 370 young people throughout the
Northwest. Over the next 3 years our aim is to enhance self confidence
& self esteem in our participants, enabling them to improve their
literacy levels in a fun and accessible way. The project will lead to the
attainment of 6 The Playhouse
provides a neutral, creative, non-formal and safe learning environment
that attracts individuals who have underachieved through formal
educational systems. The alternative arts-based training that we deliver
is recognised as being an effective way of developing essential skills.
For further
information please contact Project Coordinators on artskillsplayhouse@gmail.com |
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Autumn
2011 Waste Watch Now Available The North West
Region Waste Management Group (NWRWMG) has produced the fourth edition of
its bi-annual magazine, Waste Watch. The
publication includes information on how the public can help contribute to
the waste management effort in their area by focusing the 3Rs of Reduce,
Reuse and Recycle. There is also a round-up of the work being carried out
by the NWRWMG’s seven constituent councils, as well as an update on the
£500m public procurement exercise to deliver new waste management
facilities for the Please click
on the link below for more information go to: http://www.northwestwaste.org.uk/downloads/waste-watch-newsletter.shtml
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