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NWCN
– Annual General Meeting 2011 - “Taking The North-West
Forward” 12.30pm, 1
December 2011 Conference
Room Ráth Mór,
Bligh’s Lane, Creggan, Derry~ Confirmed
Speakers: Eamonn Deane,
Holywell Trust & Walled City Community Partnership / Maureen
Hetherington, The Junction / Themes to be
addressed: ·
The need for
Social Enterprise ·
Statutory
responsibility for continuing peace-building ·
Alternative
models for sustaining community activism ·
Meeting the
educational demands/rights of our young
people ·
Delivering on
Regeneration You are asked
to notify NWCN of your intention to attend as capacity is
limited. All are
welcome while only current NWCN members are entitled to vote on motions
presented at the AGM. Email: info@nwcn.org / Tel: 028 71 279090 |
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The
Time is Right: a New poll leaves no doubt of mandate for Bill of Rights
action 1pm
– 1.45pm 14th November 2011 Brasserie,
Photo
opportunity: 12.45pm Stormont steps On
Monday 14 November the Human Rights Consortium, a coalition of 192
organisations from across the community and sectoral spectrum will launch
their new publication ‘Bill of Rights for Campaigns
Manager Sorcha McKenna said: “While there may be a sense that the Bill of
Rights debate has gone away this is clearly not the case with more and
more people from all communities, backgrounds and age groups engaging in
grassroots human rights work. These are people suffering from the legacy
of the conflict and the increased cuts who see a real need for their
rights to be protected – now more than ever.” This
new publication aims to reawaken the debate at the Assembly and shows just
how out of touch some parties are with the views of their electorate. Not
only is there huge support from Catholics (81%) and Protestants (83%) but
this time we can show just how the voters of each of the Executive parties
feel about a Bill of Rights. This evidence will provide a clear mandate
for our politicians to break the political stalemate and finally deliver
on one of the core commitments of the MLA’s
will join members of the Consortium along with officials from the
Department of Foreign Affairs and the US State Department (NIO haven’t
confirmed attendance yet) at the publication launch at 1pm in the
Brasserie, Cross
party sponsorship has been secured with MLAs Martina Anderson SF, Sammy
Douglas DUP, Alban Maginness SDLP and Basil McCrea UUP all giving their
support to the event. (Please
note that All Party sponsorship is expected but at time of press release
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Community
Foundation for ‘Community
Activism: developing relationships between the community and political
sectors’ Thursday 17th November, 10am
– 1.30pm, followed by lunch The Main Hall, St Columb's
Park House, Derry/Londonderry Recurring themes in the
Observatory’s conversations with community organisations over the past
couple of years have been the need for the community sector to return to
community activism, and bring back a critical edge to community
development. This is written up in the Observatory publication: ‘The
Community Sector in With a newly elected
Assembly and signals that local government reform will soon be back on
track, the seminar provides a timely opportunity for community
organisations to meet together to: ·
learn
about different approaches to mobilising communities;
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share
communities’ experiences of getting their issues on the political sector’s
agenda; ·
reflect
on the community sector’s experiences of developing relationships with the
political sector; and ·
discuss
how groups can develop these relationships to benefit their local
communities and the wider community sector in Speakers: ·
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Niall
Crowley, Claiming Our Future ·
Lynn
Carvill, Women’s Resource and Development
Agency ·
Eamonn
Deane, Holywell Trust To book a place at this
event, contact: Bryony Livesey at blivesey@communityfoundationni.org
or tel: 028 90245927 OTHER OBSERVATORY DATES FOR
YOUR DIARY 26 January Seminar:
‘Community Policing – the challenges from a community Perspective’; Lough
Neagh Centre, 23 February Community
Convention: ‘Mobilising for social and economic justice’; NICVA Belfast;
10am – 3pm |
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The
Community Foundation for In
early 2012, we will launch the Causeway Communities Engagement Programme
(CCEP) and we wish to invite applications for the following
posts:- Community
Engagement Workers (2 full-time posts - 35 hours per week) - (Salary Scale
- NJC Points 29-31 - £24,646 - £26,276) - Reference: CDW/1011 (Secondments
will be considered) Finance
and Administration Officer – part-time – 20 hours per week - (Salary Scale
– NJC Points 19-21 £17,802 - £19,126 pro-rata). Reference:
FAO/1011 All
posts are fixed term until 31 December 2014, subject to funding. The posts are likely to be
based in Garvagh but the post-holders
will work across four council areas: Coleraine, Moyle, Ballymoney,
Limavady. The CCEP is funded
through grant aid from the International Fund for For
Application Forms and further information on the above posts
contact: Claire
Logan Community
Foundation for Tel:
028 90 245927 Fax: 028
90 329839 Email:
clogan@communityfoundationni.org Web:
www.communityfoundationni.org Closing
date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 21st November 2011
and interviews will be held on Tuesday 29th November
2011. |
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Foyle
Women’s Information Network – Annual General
Meeting FWIN
invites you to attend their: Annual
General Meeting & Networking
Forum 11.00am-12.30pm Monday
28th November 2011 Lunch
Provided Key Note
Speaker: Ellis Hayden - Women Working at Peace in Palestine & Israel
Networking Speakers:
Gabrielle Quinn – PESP Project, Alice Mc Glone – Derry City Council
Community Planning & speaker from Women into Public
Life. To
Register: Email: info@fwin.org.uk, Telephone: (028) 7126 6291
or Post
to: To
join Foyle Women’s Information Network, please complete and return the
attached “Membership Form 11-12”. |
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Holywell
Trust – Thursday Lunchtime Events Continue… The
speaker at the next Thursday Lunchtime event will be Paul O Conner who
will talk about the work of the Pat Finucane Centre.
This
will take place on Thursday 17th November from 12.30 -2pm at Holywell
Trust/Walled City Community Partnership offices (12-14 The Diamond).
Lunch
will be provided and you are welcome to attend. |
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Strengthening
Families Programme (SFP) The
Strengthening Families programme (SFP) is a 14-week family skills
programme specifically designed for vulnerable families. The programme has an international
evidence base and is currently being introduced to the WHSCT area through
the CAWT Time IVA Change Project and The
programme has proven to deliver multiple benefits to vulnerable families
including better health outcomes, increased family strengths and
resilience, reduced risk factors for problem behaviours in high risk
children and improved family relationships, parenting skills, and young
people’s social/life skills. The
programme has a three session structure over the 14 weeks. Each session begins with a family
meal, followed by a parents and a teen session which run
simultaneously. The evening
finishes with a family session where the whole family have an opportunity
to put into practice the skills gained that evening with the guidance of
the course facilitators. During
the parent and teen session children under 12 are cared for in our onsite
crèche facility. Transport
can be provided for those who require it and there are small incentives
throughout the programme to encourage and reward positive engagement. Main
Topics ·
Speaking
and Listening ·
How
to Manage Stress ·
Being
Who You Want to Be ·
Encouraging
Good Behaviour ·
Speaking
for Yourself ·
Communication
for Better Relationships ·
Communication
and Family Meetings ·
Empathy:
The Other Person's Shoes ·
Family
Values The
benefits of the Strengthening Families Programme for Organisations
are: •
Access to an evidence based programme to complement/enhance existing
work. •
Facilitates greater working on an interagency
basis. •
Up skilling and professional development of staff regarding family
intervention. •
Ability to enhance existing agency work for vulnerable
families. •
Free training programme. To
engage with the programme either as a referral agent or facilitator it is
necessary to complete the two day training programme. Training for referral agents and
facilitators will take place on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th of November
2011 at Alley Theatre in Strabane. 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 and the Public Health Agency and managed
by Derry Healthy Cities. Contact:
Leona Scott on 07403050507. Room
2-6 Purchasing Corridor, |
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Dealing
With The Past, Shaping the Future – Tender for Final Project
Evaluation The Peace and Reconciliation
Group wish to appoint a consultant/organisation to complete an 'end of
project' report for the PEACE III funded 'Dealing with the Past, Shaping
the Future' project. Dealing
with the Past, Shaping the Future” is a PEACE III funded project which
aims to engage with cross border organisations and individuals in order to
develop programmes that deal with the past, create opportunities for
dialogue to occur and help pave the way for our divided communities to
reconcile their differences.
Delivered
by the Peace and Reconciliation Group in partnership with An Teach Ban,
Imeall Tra, Ex-Prisoner Outreach Project and Donegal Youth Service, the
project commenced in July 2009 and will be completed in December
2011. The Peace
and Reconciliation Group seeks to engage a consultant/organisation to
complete an 'end of project' evaluation report to support the monitoring
of the Dealing With The Past, Shaping the Future (DPSF) Project, in
particular with reference to Aids for Peace under Priority 1.2 –
Acknowledging and Dealing with the Past. A budget
of £1000 has been allocated for this work. Please
see attached document for more details, and/or
contact: Director Peace and
Reconciliation Group Derry/Londonderry BT48
6PW The closing date for
tender submissions is the 22nd November
2011. |
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Donegal
Community Workers’ Co-operative Please find
attached DCWC Employment List No. 43 – up to 11 November
2011. |
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Foyle
Yarnspinners – Next Meeting The next meeting of Foyle
Yarnspinners will take place on Monday 14th November 2011 in
Verbal Arts Centre, For the evening the guest
story teller will be well known actor and raconteur Aussie Bryson. There
will be contributions from the floor also.
Admission is free & all
are welcome! |
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New
chance to ‘crowdfund’ community projects A new website
is offering the public a chance to 'crowdfund' community
projects. The
Scottish-based website SoLoCo, which was launched this month, will feature
a number of projects which donors will be able to donate
towards. The website is
run by a social enterprise of the same name and is used to attract large
numbers of small donations from members of the public in a short space of
time. The model has already been used successfully for arts projects in
the The main aim
is to make it easier to raise funds and in time make it easier for
organisations to be become less reliant on the ‘traditional’ funding
bodies. The site also aims to
improve the visibility of communities and all the work happening on the
ground every day. Any community
project in the For more
information visit www.soloco.co.uk |
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Christmas
shopping without the kids, here is the Kids Free Shopping Day for Mums and
Dads. Saturday 3rd
Dec from 12-5pm and we have a second day on Sunday 4th Dec from 12-5pm
cost £10 which includes lunch and snacks. Children will take part in games
session, art and crafts and Christmas movie on the Big
screen. You can only
book by calling into the playtrail office or email dominic@playtrail.com if
these sessions are booked we will plan another day or two, children will
be supervised by our team of professional trained
workers. ONLY FEW
PLACES LEFT FOR SATURDAY 3 DEC! |
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Jon
Clifford Tribute Quiz – 18 November A table quiz
that will pay tribute to Jon “Ugg” Clifford, will be staged in the
Abercorn Bar on Friday18 November from 9pm. Teams of 6 are invited to take
part with a cost of £3 per team member. Special invitations are extended
to past and present patrons of the Quiz Scene, to the local sports
community and to former players of Tristar or other D & D
clubs. We believe
that this is an appropriate event to pay tribute to his dedication and
enjoyment of the local football and quiz scenes. Proceeds of the Table
Quiz will go to Tristar Boys F.C Jon was
forward thinking and took bold steps during difficult times. He was a
friend, a mentor and a father figure to thousands of local footballers for
almost 4 decades. Not only did he develop the skill and confidence levels
of club members, he also created numerous life-long friendships between
young people from all areas of the city. There is a determination
within the club to continue the immeasurable work that Jon produced on
behalf of Tristar Boys F.C and to leave a lasting legacy to his commitment
and unquestionable support of local young people.
Jon was also
an avid quiz fan and although he was “never wrong”, incredibly he didn’t
win too many quizzes. As a no-nonsense quizmaster and a unique ability to
offend an audience, he still emerged from each quiz night with the
greatest respect and we hope that this Table Quiz will enable the local
community to pay their respects in a light-hearted
manner. To enter a
team or for more information contact Barney Mc Guigan (07854833371),
Robbie Mc Farland (07775840820) or E-Mail – tristarboysfc@hotmail.com |
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“Our
Children...Their Education” An evening
discussion chaired by William Crawley on “The challenges, changes &
opportunities for our local schools and
communities.” 6.30 pm – 9.30
pm, Thursday 17 November 2011 Corick House,
Clogher, Co.
Tyrone BT76 0BZ A light tea
will be served from 6.00 pm. This event is
one of a series of local community discussions being organised by RCN and
the IEF with local partners over 2011/2012. The focus of these discussions is
on exploring some of the challenges over the next few years which could
potentially lead to significant changes as to how schools a re planned,
funded, manage d and structured. These challenge s include ensuring that e
ach child receive s the best education possible, forthcoming budget cuts
and working through the many ways we have decided to school our children.
In addition, there are a large number of small schools with empty desks,
with particular challenges in rural areas. This context
presents re al opportunities for local communities, local people, young
and old, and their schools to do things differently; to imagine how
education might be delivered differently in their area in the best
interests of the children, both today and into the future . In some
communities this could involve exploring greater degrees of sharing both
within and between schools. Why
Attend? A chance to
have your say. Meet and talk
to other parents and groups from your area. An opportunity
to hear about some of the challenges and possibilities for schools in your
area. For more
information or to register contact: Charmain Jones, tel: 028 8676 6670 / email: charmain@ruralcommunitynetwork.org |
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Could
You Benefit From Using Digital Media? – Sharing
Stories The Regional Cultural Centre and the Nerve Centre
have asked a local project
(Sharing Stories) to help promote a short film using social media. The idea
is to record what we do and then present this at a seminar on the 25th
November to local community groups, arts groups and film makers to show
them how to use digital media to promote their own projects.
Basically, the wish is for
as many people as possible to view the video on YouTube at http://youtu.be/gC_T6y9Oy9U
1.
View the video on YouTube at http://youtu.be/gC_T6y9Oy9U 2.
Forward this email to anyone else you think would view the
video - the 3.
"Like" the film's Facebook page www.facebook.com/sharingstoriesbrighterdays 4.
Share the link to the site http://www.sharingstoriesbrighterdays.blogspot.com/ with
as many people as possible. |
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