E-Bulletin - March 2009

March 09 E-Bulletin contents page


News

Jobs in the local voluntary and community sector!

The jobs page www.t3sc.org/jobs2.htm currently has some great opportunities. Age Concern, Tameside are looking for a new Chief Executive and St Peter's Partnership have a new position of a  Community Development Support Worker.

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

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Tameside Radio wants your input

  • Do you want to broadcast your own community messages to listeners?

  • Do you want to have your own volunteer reporter for your community group?

  • Do you want to broadcast messages directly to the public?

  • Record your own interviews?

  • How about being trained in script writing and editing?

  • Do you want to be in at the start of Tameside Radio’s exciting second year?

Want to know more? Contact Maria Bailey (Community Engagement Officer)
Tel: 0161 343 8446, email: maria@tamesideradio.com

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Speaking up for the rights of learning
disabled people in Tameside

People First Tameside are a user led organisation speaking up for the rights of
learning disabled people in Tameside.

Hello! My name is Ali Gelder. I am the User Involvement Worker at People First Tameside.

What can I do for you?
I advocate and support people to speak up for themselves. This can be with groups of people or on your own.

What is Advocacy?
Advocacy deals with an issue or situation. The advocate listens, provides information and speaks up for a person at a time when important decisions have to be made.

If you want an advocate Tel: 0161 308 3699/3683, email: ali.gelder@pftameside.org

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Children and young people have their say in launching new
Health Mentor Programme

Local children and young people have been having their say in the design of a new health mentor programme designed to promote healthy lifestyles for children, young people and their families in the area. The young people’s input was acknowledged and they were awarded with certificates by Melanie Sirotkin, Director of Public Health, Tameside and Glossop NHS, at a special assembly at St Damian’s RC Science College in Ashton-under-Lyne on 13 February.

Kim Wood and Ruhel Ahmed from Action for Children, Tameside Participation Project, worked with the children from the school, training them in numerous skills to prepare them for the presentations. The training covered aspects such as questioning skills, scoring and evaluating services, quality and diversity, and the commissioning process. The young people gained valuable skills from the sessions which will come in useful in other areas of life.

Health Mentors will work in partnership with local children and young people, offering early intervention to establish good healthy habits, and offering them personal one to one support on issues from bullying to peer pressure, sexual health, to smoking and drinking.

The young people said they really enjoyed being involved in the process, they felt very empowered and were happy to be making decisions with a group of adults.

For more information contact Ruhel Ahmed, email: Ruhel.Ahmed@actionforchildren.org.uk

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MP heaps praise on local organisation

‘St Peter’s Partnerships are providing a range of valuable services that are helping to improve the quality of life for residents and businesses in their local area and beyond,’ said MP David Heyes, following a very productive Strategic Planning Day, held by the organisation on 30 January 2009 at Ashton-under-Lyne Masonic Hall. 

The aim of the day was to bring together a range of key personnel involved with St Peter’s Partnerships, from Board members and trustees to staff and volunteers, to share ideas for the future development of the organisation. 

St. Peter’s Partnerships has grown from modest beginnings and now comprises of six separate business areas: Community Development, Greenscape, St Peter’s People, Safeguard It, SPY (St. Peter’s Youth), and Charity Core Services. The managers of each highlighted the main achievements of the past year for their service whilst highlighting the main challenges for the future.

The Day was also used to launch the new website where there is information about all six business areas as well as a regularly updated news page and a photo gallery illustrating the work that is going on locally. www.stpeterspartnership.com

For more information, please contact Karen Butigan, Chief Executive, St.Peter’s Partnerships, Tel: 0161 214 8300

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