E-Bulletin - February 2009

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We welcome Ben to T3SC

Ben is the new Policy and Participation Manager at T3SC.

'T3SC’s Policy and Participation Team wants to make sure that voluntary and community groups get their voice heard on local issues. My role is to manage the team supporting the range of different networks in Tameside (www.t3sc.org/networks.htm) and their representatives in decision making processes.

Together we organise Voice – the network of networks – which is a great way to learn more, meet others and get involved so do get in touch to find out more. My background is in international development work and helping young adults to speak up about poverty issues.'

Ben Gilchrist
Policy and Participation Manager T3SC

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Jobs in the local voluntary and community sector!

The jobs page www.t3sc.org/jobs2.htm currently has some great opportunities. There is a Team Leader for Community Involvement at Hattersley Children's Centre, a Service User Development Worker for Rochdale and District Mind based in Tameside and the Development Manager at Hyde Bangladeshi Welfare Association deadline has been extended. This page is constantly updated so keep checking. If you want to advertise a voluntary and community sector job on our jobs page please email hannah.powell@t3sc.org

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T3SC goes multi-lingual

We now have information on our website in Gujarati, Bengali and Urdu. Our front page www.t3sc.org contains a leaflet on T3SC in all of these languages and we also have information on substance misuse as part of our Drugs and Diversity work in Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu and English - www.t3sc.org/diversitydevelopmentwork.htm 

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Getting Community organisations on Tameside Radio

Tameside Radio has now been live on air for 16 months. There has been a steady increase in community content during that period but there is much much more we can all do together.

To this end we are planning to increase the direct activities of individual community groups whereby they can participate more in the spoken content of our broadcasts.

'I am planning to attend as many community groups' management committees as possible in 2009. Following this meeting, we would like every organisation to identify a volunteer reporter who is willing to be trained by us to script, edit and record their organisation’s personal message(s). This can be anything from your recruitment of volunteers to informing the community of the services offered by you, or maybe advertising an event you are planning? I am endeavouring to contact all groups as soon as possible but if any organisation would like to contact me before I get chance to contact you, please do so at
maria@tamesideradio.com or ring 078 7757 5200.'

Maria Bailey
Community Outreach Officer

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Yoobot helps children think about what they eat

There is a new resource for those of you working with young people that looks at the effects of physical activity and diet on long term health. It is called Yoobot and has been designed by the British Heart Foundation. The Association of Public Health Observatories describes it as:

'A free game and learning tool that the British Heart Foundation have developed to help children think more about the food they are eating and take more responsibility for their own health. The main aim of Yoobot is to encourage children to consider the long term consequences of their current food and activity choices – by offering them a chance to experiment with their future. Yoobot is designed to allow a child to experiment on their mini version of themselves with a range of diets and exercise regimes. The nutritional content and physical benefits of exercise are modeled on real data in order to give the experience a degree of realism.'

The website is very informative as well as being a lot of fun.
http://yoobot.co.uk/

Bruce Poole
Health Improvement Manager,
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Do you provide a service/activity for families, children, or young people?

New friendly information sharing guidance has just been published!

The guidance is for front-line staff who have to make decisions about sharing personal information on a case-by-case basis, whether they are providing services to children, young people, adults and/or families; working in the public, private or voluntary sectors, as an employee or a volunteer. The guidance is also for managers/co-ordinators who support staff in their decision-making and for others with responsibility for information governance. Appropriate Information sharing ensures that, services that are coordinated around the needs of the individual, get the right help at the right time.

Hard copies are of the new guidance are available to order.

Order details and further information available at: www.ecm.gov.uk/informationsharing or at www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications; alternatively please contact David Hoyle on 0161 342 2730.

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Free Printer for a good home

Could your group do with a printer? If you want to print short documents or emails or scan images this printer could be for you. It works fine printing single sheets and short docs of 3-5 pp but does have problems with large documents.

It's is a Hewlett Packard HP LaserJet 1100A and also has a copier and scanner facility for single sheets or images. Instructions included.

For more information and to arrange collection contact Stephen at youngenvironment@btinternet.com

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Topaz@Mind extended evening opening hours

This Spring sees the launch of extended evening opening hours at Topaz@Mind. This is for one to one appointments (a private meeting to discuss your issues), counselling and courses. The centre has been open for counselling on a Monday and Thursday evening for some time, but is extending the range of services on offer during those evenings.

We are also opening an extra evening a week. We now open until 7pm for the following days: Mondays for counselling and courses; Tuesdays for counselling and courses and Thursdays for one to one, counselling and courses.
We will be developing these evening services over the next few months.

To meet this demand, we are also recruiting volunteers to assist with the extended evening hours, whether as a reception and admin worker, one to one worker, counsellor or course facilitator. So if you would like to volunteer in an evening to fit around your other commitments, these roles could be for you.

For more information, Tel: 0161 330 9223; email: office@tgmind.co.uk; visit our website at www.topaz-ashton.org or visit us at 216-218 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL6 7AS
 

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Two new Neighbourhood Inspectors in Tameside

Inspector Claire Galt replaces Kevin Rankin as Neighbourhood Inspector for Tameside West covering Droylsden, Denton and Audenshaw. Inspector Rankin takes over as Tameside South’s Neighbourhood Inspector responsible for Hyde, Longendale and Hattersley.

Inspector Galt said: 'I am looking forward to the many challenges that lie ahead and working together with the local community and partners in the West Neighbourhood. '

Inspector Bill Callaghan takes over from Inspector Tony Alogba as Neighbourhood Inspector of Tameside East covering Mossley, Stalybridge and Dukinfield.

Inspector Callaghan said: 'I am looking forward to facing a new challenge and to improving the life of the people who live, work and travel in the East Neighbourhood and making a difference with our officers and partnership agencies.'

For more information contact: Russell Lawson, Tameside Divisional Communications Officer, on 0161 856 9249/2284 or 07825 116728

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