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Patient and Client
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NISCC, RQIA, PCC, and
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International Culture
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Call
for nominations for Women of the Year 2012 Derry City
Council is calling for nominations for this year’s Women of the Year
awards, which are scheduled to take place in the City Hotel on March
9th.
Joanna Boyd,
the Council’s Women Officer explained that last year’s inaugural event was
a huge success. She explained: “The awards are aimed at acknowledging the
pivotal role women play in shaping our society. With eleven categories every
effort has been made to ensure that all possible opportunities for
recognition have been identified.
“I hope that
members of the public take the opportunity to use these awards to
recognise someone they feel has made an invaluable contribution to the
city. The Council feels its
important to recognise women who make such a wonderful contribution to our
local community. Its an
opportunity to say thank you and well done to the many women whose
dedication and hard work continue unrecognised. I would encourage the
public to assist us by getting their nominations into us as soon as
possible so we can begin the difficult task of short listing
candidates.” This year’s
awards ceremony features awards in the following categories: Contribution
to Women’s Community Development Contribution
to Community Relations Contribution
to Health Contribution
to Sport or Dance Contribution
to dealing with Abuse against Women Contribution
to Arts Contribution
to Formal/Informal Education Contribution
to the Older People Contribution
to Youth Contribution
to Childcare Contribution
to Caring Young Women’s
Award (must be aged 18 to 25
years old) Women living
with a disability. Overall Winner
: Women of the Year 2012 An individual
may only enter one category as regards to categories 1 to 13 inclusive but
may also be involved in a nomination for Overall
Winner. Nomination
forms are currently available by contacting the Women’s Officer at Derry
City Council - tel: (028) 71375151 or are downloadable from www.derrycity.gov.uk/woman
The
closing date for entries is noon, Friday 10th February
2012 and all
entries must be sent to the Women’s Officer, Derry City Council,
Development Department, Tickets for
the event are priced at £15, which includes dinner and entertainment, and
are available by contacting Joanna Boyd at Derry City Council (Tel: (028)
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Creative
Industries funding workshops
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Box
Clever People Can
have developed a leading range of unique, innovative and interactive
enterprise learning tools that have been specifically designed to
demystify social enterprise learning and development.
These hands-on
tools provide easy and enjoyable social enterprise learning and support to
groups, students, community enterprises and individuals. They are very
informative and can be used very flexibly and effectively with people from
a wide range of ages, cultures, backgrounds and levels of attainment. All
are ground-breaking tools in non academic but very informative social
enterprise learning and development. If you feel
that our Box Clever Range could be of benefit to you, your colleagues or
those that you support, please contact Please visit
our website for more information: http://www.peoplecan.org.uk/what-we-do/social-enterprise/box-clever-range.aspx
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Governance
and Standards Seminar ‘PESP’ in
Partnership with The ‘CLEAR’ Project Present: A Governance
and Standards Seminar Tara Centre,
Omagh Wednesday
25th January 2012,
9.15am-2pm Please see
attached for further information and booking
details. |
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‘Going
Public’, Training Programme for Women Women into
Public Life (WiPL) is now recruiting for its third and final ‘Going
Public’ training programme. Facilitated by DemocraShe, and accredited by
the Open College Network at Level 2, the programme offers participants the
opportunity to network on a local and cross border basis and the
opportunity to visit both the Dáil and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Dates: Introduction 31 January 2012
& 7 February 2012 - 27 March
2012 Time: 09:30 – 13:30 (4
hours). Our
Aim:
Build the
capacity of grassroots women to take up leadership roles in their
communities and to gain an understanding of policy and politics at all
levels. Do
you have: An interest in
equality and women’s issues? Knowledge and
experience of community development? An issue you
want to do something about? An interest in
policy and politics? Interested? For further
information & application form please contact Maureen
Fox Tel: 02871
266291/ 00353 7491 72901 Mob: 00353 87
6957168 Email: maureen.wipl@gmail.com |
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I
dTreo Poblacht Nua ~ Towards a New Republic
Conference Millennium
Forum You are
invited to attend this important conference which is encouraging an open
dialogue on the future for everyone and is open to
all. Speakers
include: Pearse Doherty
TD, George Quigley, Michael McLoone, Martin McGuinness MP, MLA , Basil
McCrea MLA , Inez McCormack amongst others Fáilte roimh
achan duine RSVP : joannemcdaidderry@hotmail.com
and derrysinnfein@googlemail.com
Contact Phone
Number : 028 (048) 71 377551 |
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Alcohol
and Older People Workshop Date: 21st February
2012 Venue: Gasyard
Centre Arts Factory Time: 10am –
4pm Cost: Free For: People working/volunteering
with older people About
the workshop Alcohol issues
among people over 60 are a growing concern and Drink Think are currently
working to raise awareness of this, and signpost people to appropriate
support. We are offering a free one day workshop for those who regularly
work/volunteer with older people.
This workshop
will focus on: Practicing
actual skills as well as gaining knowledge to build
confidence. How to assess
and respond more effectively and establish boundaries while recognising
and dealing with 3 typical behaviour
patterns. Identify 3
common coping styles that families and agencies find themselves
doing. Topics covered
also include intervention with alcohol related brain damage (including
Dementia). This training is part of a wider campaign to raise awareness of
the importance of drinking less as we get
older. Places are
limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please
contact Catriona on 02871 363925 for a registration form or email catriona@bbhealthforum.org |
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‘Getting
to know your institutions’ Derry City
Council and the Rural Community Network Rural Enablers Programme would
like to inform you about an upcoming Community Relations course, which
takes place over 6 weeks during February and March 2012. The course aims to make people
more aware of institutions such as the Orange Order, GAA, Churches,
etc. It will involve a
mystery tour of visits to these intuitions in the Derry City Council area
to find out about the history and importance of these institutions to
their patrons. Participants
will get a chance to visit the premises of the institutions to take them
physically into a space that they may not have been in before and it will
give the institutions a chance to give different perceptions of their
organisations and get rid of some myths surrounding them. Participants will not know in
advance which institution that they are visiting each week to make sure
that people are open minded about the course and not self selecting. Participants have to be able to
attend all sessions which will be held on Monday evenings from the 6th
February right through to 12th March. Transport will be provided each
week to get people to the institutions. Please contact
Angela or Kate to receive a booking form, which must be completed in order
to apply to gain a place on the course. Applications will be accepted on a
“first come first served” basis. Should you
wish to find out more information about this course, please contact Angela
Askin on 7136 5151 or Kate Clifford on 8676
6670 |
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Patient
and Client Council ~ Come along & join us at our Health
fair Free Health
Checks: Blood
Pressure, Lung Capacity, Glucose, BMI, Face Scanner, Hearing Checks –
Hearing Aid Support Complimentary
Therapies
Advice &
Information: Health &
Social Care, Equipment Demonstrations
Energy, Home
Safety, Environmental, Access to Benefits Warm Homes,
Healthy Eating Where:
When: Wednesday 25th
January 2012, 10.00am – 2.00pm For More
Information Contact: Sorcha Forbes
on 028 82252555 or sorcha.forbes@hscni.net
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NISCC,
RQIA, PCC, and SCIE invite you to attend our Annual User and Carer
Conference “Joining Up The Jigsaw
Pieces” Thursday
01 March, 2012 9.45 –
3.00pm Venue: Lisburn Civic
Centre This event will bring
together service users, carers and health and social care organisations,
to promote and share examples of good practice from a wide range of
user/carer projects in The conference will also
include a selection of information stands showcasing examples of best
practice in health and social care as well as other settings to improve
engagement with users and carers and to facilitate their voices being
heard. Please contact Tamsin
McCullough on Tamsin.McCullough@nisocialcarecouncil.org.uk
to request a booking form before 25 January
2012. If you have any questions
about the conference, please contact Phillip Gray via email: Phillip.Gray@rqia.org.uk or
telephone: 028 9051 7500 |
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How
to... Facilitate Suicide Support Groups City
Hotel, L/Derry, 16 and 17 February 2012 The American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)'s two-day, hands-on Training
Program: Facilitating
Suicide Bereavement Support Groups, helps survivors of suicide loss,
mental health professionals,
and interested others learn the "how-to's" of creating and facilitating a
support group. It combines
lecture, interactive discussion, and role-playing with individualized
feedback, and it also provides an
opportunity to have questions answered, hear new ideas, and practice
skills. The program is
appropriate for those who want to start a new group, as well as those who
currently facilitate a group and would like to increase their knowledge
and skills. Note: In order to create an environment in which participants
can best develop and practice the skills necessary to facilitate a group
effectively, we ask survivors of suicide loss to wait at least 2 years
after the suicide of their loved one before attending. This training
program is not meant to serve as a healing
conference. Because this
is an AFSP training, attendees are not permitted to promote themselves or
other organizations through brochure distribution, fundraising, the sale
of any items, or time on the agenda. Meet with
other facilitators from around the country Come away
motivated and recharged Increase your
knowledge and skills Learn how to
start a new group To register
for a place please contact Hilary Parke, Health and Wellbeing Improvement
Officer T: 028 7186 0086 E: Hilary.parke@hscni.net |
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End
of the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity A short
service of prayer to mark the end of the Octave of Prayer for Christian
Unity will take place in The service
will be followed by refreshments. Please indicate attendance by contacting
John Harkin on 028 7186 0443 or jharkin576@c2kni.net |
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Did you know
that 1 in 3 people are affected by cancer and that up to 50% of cancers
are preventable through a healthy balanced
lifestyle? Executive
Action is made up 12 graduate trainees from the NIHE who are working
directly with Action Cancer. We are helping to carry out
research and need your help to ensure that Action Cancer can target their
services more effectively. Your support
is greatly appreciated and will help to improve services in
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International
Culture Arts Network is delighted to be opening 2012 with Art Talk
Art Talk is an
OCN accredited Arts in the Community course starting on Friday 20th
January from 1.30 – 4.30 and continuing each Friday until 16th March
2012. This free training course is open to for Community
Workers, Youth Leaders, artists or interested individuals who wish to
learn how to design and deliver a successful, meaningful community visual
arts project to the groups they work with. This programme
will be delivered by Siuan McLaughlin, a visual artist and community
relations specialist with over eight years experience of designing and
delivering community arts projects within the Art Talk is
unique in that it offers participants the opportunity to design and
deliver their own community arts project, this training will culminate in
an exhibition of the designed projects. The participants will be offered
additional mentoring sessions, whereby Siuan will assist them in the
delivery of their project. Additionally the programme includes one
residential trip. To book a
place please contact Elaine Forde at the Playhouse on T 02871 268027 or elaine@derryplayhouse.co.uk.
Please remember that places are limited and will book up fast.
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1. Ballymagroarty Hazelbank Community
Partnership (BHCP) is an umbrella organisation representing a range of
community organisations in the Creevagh and Springtown Wards of the
City. The aim of the
organisation is to provide a strategic partnership approach to responding
to the needs of residents through effective services.
We are
currently seeking applications for the following vacancy:
Administrator. REF:
BHCP/ADMIN/JAN2012 Salary Scale:
£20,795 Per Annum Hours:
37 hours a week Tenure:
Fixed Term Contract Until 31st March 2012– (May be extended to
March 2015 subject to funding). The
Administrator will provide an efficient and effective accounting and
administrative support service to BHCP. Essential
Criteria 5 GCSEs
(Grades A-C) or equivalent including Maths and English
Language. RSA Stage 3
Word Processing or equivalent. NVQ Level 3
Business Administration or equivalent. 3 years
experience of office administration. Experience of
PAYE and e-banking. Experience of
computerised accounts. Experience of
MS Windows and MS Office software programmes. Experience of
using Sage payroll and accounts software. Experience of
managing and monitoring budgets. Excellent
organisational skills with the ability to manage and prioritise
workload. Excellent
written and verbal communication skills. In depth
knowledge of office systems and practices. Access to
transport for work duties. Excellent
interpersonal and team building skills. Ability to
work under pressure, meet deadlines and prioritise work within a busy
office environment. Ability to
work with discretion and confidentiality. Willingness to
work flexible hours. Criteria may
be enhanced to facilitate short-listing. For further
information and an application pack, please apply quoting the reference
number either by e-mail or in writing enclosing a stamped large S.A.E.
First Class to: Personnel
Department, Ballymagroarty Hazelbank Community Partnership, OR Email: martin.bhcp@btconnect.com Closing
Date: Monday 30th January 2012 at 12 Noon BHCP
is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
2. Rural Community Network wishes to
recruit for: Rural Enabler (County): 2 Posts Location: Co.
Monaghan (Carrickmacross) All posts: NJC
33 - 35, 230,743 - 232,274 Duration of
contract: March 2013 Rural
Community Network is The county
specific Rural Enablers will develop and implement targeted peace building
and community relations interventions in rural communities through a
community development approach. For further
details, visit www.ruralcommunitynetwork.org, email sarah@ruralcommunitynetwork.org
or tel 00 44 (28) 8676 6670. CVs will not be
accepted. Closing
date: Tuesday 31 January 2012 at 12 noon. Rural
Community Network is an Equal Opportunities Employer. |
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Office
space required (Antrim and MindWise is
looking for office space in Antrim and If you have
suitable office space available please contact Mirjam Bader, Challenge
Youth Manager, Mindwise by email mirjam.bader@mindwisenv.org
or call 028 9040 2323. |
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