E-Bulletin - July 2009
July 09 E-Bulletin contents page
News
- Jobs in the local voluntary and community sector!
- Walk 2 IDAHO
- Children and Young people – Have a say, funding and a new manager!
- Is your group providing out of school activities?
- Youcan Youth and Community need your old books!
- Latest transport news
- The Cranberries' Swinging Sixty's event
- What Matters To You? - Comprehensive Area Assessment
- Digital Switchover
- Tameside's Xfactor
Jobs in the local voluntary and community sector!
The T3SC jobs page
of third sector jobs
www.t3sc.org/jobs2.htm
currently has an exciting position as Director of
fit4funding. The Jobs page is constantly updated so keep checking
it. If you want
to advertise a voluntary and community sector job on
our jobs page please email
hannah.powell@t3sc.org
Walk 2 IDAHO
On Saturday 16 May over 50 people from the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Tameside joined the Proud
Tameside Network on their walk from Ashton Town Hall to Stamford Park in
Stalybridge to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and
celebrate the steps that Tameside has taken to support the LGBT Community
locally including the emergence of the Proud Tameside Network.
After the walk guest speakers including members of Proud Tameside, Councillors
Margaret Sidebottom and Clive Patrick. Through case studies and personal
expierience provided people with an insight in to how the LGBT community
locally and nationally are begining to see positive steps towards equality as
well as highlighting the plight many people still face internationally.
The National Advisor for Equalities and Cohesion for the Improvement and
Development Agency (IDeA) Angela Mason congratulated T3SC and Proud Tameside
and said:
'In this country we can celebrate many changes –
legal discrimination against lesbians and gay men has gone, we have civil
partnerships but we all know that prejudice and simple lack of understanding
still exists and that the rise of the far right poses new challenges and
threats. We have to build a society where the
dignity of all individuals is respected and understood.
Things don’t change, people change things.'
Many thanks to all who helped to make this event a success.
Anna Hynes Health and Social Care Network Officer and Proud Tameside
Network Officer
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Children and Young people
Have a say and
get involved!
The UK Youth Parliament is full of useful information
for young people –
www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk
There are two consultations which are really
important. The first looks at the links between sex and alcohol and the second
around climate change. There is a video contest asking for young people aged 9
– 25 years to submit a video to make suggestions on how to make a more
inclusive society with a grand winning announcement in New York.
V Cashpoint
If you are looking to set up a new community project the funding stream called
v cashpoint which is now open to applications from young people aged 16-25 and
you can gain information on this at:
www.vinspired.com/opportunities/vcashpoint
Give a big Tameside Welcome to our new
children and young people’s participation manager!
TMBC have just recruited Justin Wiggin as participation manager for the
children and young people’s partnership. Justin was manager of the V involved
project in Derbyshire and we are very lucky to have such an experienced and
enthusiastic manager to drive forward the participation agenda in Tameside. He
is keen to get to know us all in the voluntary, community and faith sector so
he can learn about your fantastic projects and support you in developing more
participation projects in the future. If you would like to talk more to him
about any aspects of participation or the consultations mentioned above please
contact him:
Tel: 0161 342 2573
email:
justin.wiggin@tameside.gov.uk
Is your group providing out of school activities?
Research to identify and map the current provision of
out-of-school activities for young people across Greater Manchester is
currently underway.
The voluntary sector is responsible for a significant proportion of the
out-of-school activities undertaken by young people. This provision ranges
from weekly, holiday or one-off experiences, and the documentation of it
across the Greater Manchester area will create a useful tool for the future.
In order to ensure that the
research is as accurate and comprehensive as possible, voluntary sector
providers are invited to complete an online questionnaire, providing
information about the kind of out-of-hours activities they offered to young
people this year.
The research has been commissioned by Greater Manchester Challenge and is
being undertaken by Tower Hamlets Summer Education Ltd, an independent charity
with 14 years’ experience delivering innovative taster courses to young
people.
The online survey can be accessed at:
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=k38lDHeWrphrae1muU3aTA_3d_3d
Further details from: Mark Waghorn or Joanne Whalley,
manchester@summeruni.org Tel: 020 7183
3220.
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Youcan Youth and Community need your old books!
Youcan Youth and Community based in Carrbrook,
Stalybridge opened their small Community Library in October of last year.
Since then 140 local people have registered with the Library.
To ensure a interesting and diverse choice in books the group have relied on donations and their own fundraising.
If you organisation or anyone you know has any books that they would like to donate to a good cause please contact Terry Drabble on 01457 832195.
They are particularly in need of more books aimed at teenagers. Also if you have any bookshelves that you no longer need the group would be happy to take them off your hands!
Help Stop The Rain
Tax!
Scout groups, churches, village halls and community
sports clubs could all face massive hikes in their water bills, regardless of
the amount of water used, if new ways of charging groups for draining the rain
that falls on their property come into force. This tax on rain threatens
community activities up and down the country as these real examples of bills
received by community and voluntary groups in the north
west so far show:
-
Bowling club in Carlisle – rise from £95 to £1,233, an increase of 1,300%
-
Scout meeting place in Cheshire – rise from £40 to £563, an increase of 1,407%
-
Village hall in Cheshire – rise from £54 to £2,580 by 2010, an increase of 4,777%
The Scouts are leading a campaign on this issue and need your help to get MPs and the Government to act or charges will rise dramatically across the country from next year. Sign up at www.scouts.org.uk/water
Together, we can stop the rain
tax!
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Latest transport news
Transport is a hot topic that you have raised
at Voice meetings so here is the 
latest news – find out all about the new guidance to ensure
young people can get to activities in the evening, at the weekend.
Read the latest on road safety for pedestrians and cyclists and learn where you can get lots of transport information for children, young people and parents!
Calling All Minibuses!
Does your group/organisation own a minibus? Would you like to save money, make
sure your bus use is legally up to date, and help other groups like yours?
T3SC are researching transport provision for the sector and would like to talk
to you if you answered yes to these questions. Please email
voice@t3sc.org
or call Ben Gilchrist on 0161 339 4985 to
find out more or if you can help with our research.
T3SC are also hosting a Transport Consultation for LGBT people see our Dates for your diary
The Cranberries' Swinging Sixty's event
The Cranberries Clubs met together at Trinity Hall in
Audenshaw for their Open Day and to celebrate the 'Swinging
Sixty’s'.
A lively Armchair Exercise session included everyone doing all the actions
to 'I remember you'.
There was a very enjoyable 60’s Sing-a-long session led by Denise Greasely
accompanied by two young musicians, her young son on saxophone and
'Percy' on keyboard and
they all captured their audience.
Members were invited to dress up in something relevant to the era and we
were reminded of Flower Power, Coronation Street, England’s World Cup win,
Mary Quant and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
What Matters To You?
- Comprehensive Area Assessment
Are these things important to your group’s work?
- inequality
- people whose circumstances make them vulnerable
- sustainability
- value for money
A new assessment process, called Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA), will focus on these areas to improve quality of life locally and ensure that…
- local services address local needs and are working together well
- local knowledge and experiences are part of service design and delivery
There are many ways you can get involved:
- speak up - convey the local third sector’s views and concerns
- demonstrate the third sector’s valuable contributions to local service delivery
- learn about local priorities and plans
- spread the word about CAA, and how to engage, to make more voices heard
Please get in touch with
Ben at T3SC for more information about CAA in Tameside.
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