19 February 2007

COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR MANCHESTER

EMAIL BULLETIN 19th February 2007

The Community Network for Manchester (CN4M) is part of the Manchester
Partnership (MP) that works specifically on behalf of voluntary and
community groups. CN4M is creating a more powerful voice for the voluntary
and community sectors in Manchester. For more information about the
Community Network for Manchester and to view contact details please visit
our website at www.cn4m.net


1.0 Network News
2.0 Training
3.0 Events
4.0 Information
5.0 Jobs

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1.0 Network News

1.1 Managing Knowledge Research

Thank you to all participants that returned questionnaires.

The research will be used to identify any gaps in knowledge sharing, to
identify good practice and to look at ways of improving how knowledge is
managed.

If you have any queries about the research, or you would like further
information please contact Cath Taylor 0161 234 2920 or
mailto:catht@cn4m.net.

2.0 Training

2.1 Effective Supervision Skills - 2 day course
Date:17th & 18th May 2007 at the St Thomas Centre, Manchester
Cost: £170:00 + vat per person for 2 days
For further information about this 2 day course please visit the training
section of the CN4M website
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=9&i
d=24&Itemid=50
To book a place on this training course please contact idt training
mailto:mail@idttraining.com or phone 01803 299049

3.0 Events

3.1 Salford Disability Forum
Salford Disability Forum are running a workshop to understand the issues and
priorities around Irwell City Park for disabled people, particularly issues
around access. Part of the bid for Irwell City Park will include an access
plan as part of the bid.
It will be at the The Masonic Hall in Swinton for an 11am start on Wednesday
28th Feb . The workshop will last for an hour or so, and lunch will be
provided.

Please contact Sarah Darch at Salford City Council on 793 2415 or
mailto:sarah.darch@salford.gov.uk
3.2 Making Consultation Count - The Consultation Institute
There are places left for the 'Engaging the Hard-to-Reach' seminar in
Manchester, on 21st February - a seminar dedicated to inclusive
participation.
Ruth Kelly's White Paper and the bill currently before Parliament, places a
new emphasis on partnership working to engage with all sectors of the
community. This Consultation Institute seminar focuses on Hard-to-Reach
groups and provides practical suggestions to help achieve better working
practices.
On 21st February, at The City of Manchester Stadium, you can join others who
are interested in this subject to listen to experts, compare notes and
exchange best practice. This mixture of presentations and roundtable
sessions with experts who understand important groups such as disabled
people, youth and ethnic minorities, provides the right environment for
participants to gain most from the experience.
Voluntary bodies, as well as Consultation Institute Members enjoy an
attractive discounted price of £145 + vat for the event; others pay £195 +
vat
To book online visit their website http://www.consultationinstitute.org/
You can also telephone 01414 160 790 or 01767 689 600 or
mailto:martin@consultationinstitute.org.

3.3 Going To Waste
Tuesday 27th February, 10am-1pm, followed by lunch at Cross Street Chapel,
Cross St, Manchester

A Sustainable Neighbourhoods Pool event with workshops and discussions
around waste issues.
Workshops on:
Promoting and developing recycling in community groups, schools and
businesses
Setting up a community recycling project (tbc)
How to: community composting (tbc)
Also discussions around charging for waste collections, planning for waste &
incineration. Find out about policy changes around waste and have your say.

Free to community and voluntary groups. To book a place contact Julie
Goreham, 0161 273 1736, mailto:sustainable@bridge-5.org (please put 'Going
To Waste' in the subject line)

3.4 Give Health a Chance - Battle against HIV / Aids

Thursday 12th and Thursday 19th April 12pm - 4:30pm
At the Welcome Centre Trinity Church Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester

In the UK over 63,500 people have HIV / Aids Pastor Muanga and Dr Mafuta
will be raising awareness, offering advice and passing on information about
HIV / Aids.

Everyone welcome, free entry and refreshments will be provided.

For more details contact Cristo at World Plan International, 36 Lockton
Court, Ardwick, Manchester M1 7JP or call 0161 274 3358 / 07886319504
mailto:worldsud2010@yahoo.fr

3.5 Celebrating Women's Contribution to the Voluntary Sector - 7th March
2007 10am -12.30pm

This free event taking place at the St Thomas Centre pays tribute to the two
thirds of the voluntary sector workforce who are women.

Speakers include:
Angie Robinson, GM Chamber of Commerce
Priscilla Nkwenti, Black Health Agency
Sylvia Sham, Wai Yin

For more information and bookings call 0161 277 1014 or visit
www.gmcvo.org.uk

3.6 Hate Crime Conference - Thursday 8 March 2007
Manchester Conference Centre, University of Manchester
A free full-day conference focusing on the key subject of hate crime. This
event is for professionals & practitioners from statutory, faith, voluntary
and community sectors.
This conference will raise awareness of hate crime in the region and examine
the different practices being employed to reduce hate crime in the
Northwest.

The event aims to share best practice in partnership working to reduce the
occurrence of hate crime in the region as well as agreeing actions to take
forward as part of the Regional Equality and Diversity Strategy.

The event will begin with registration at 9.00am and conclude at 3.30pm.
Lunch will be provided. The programme includes a mixture of plenary sessions
and workshop groups enabling you to tailor the day to suit your own
knowledge requirements.
For further information visit www.renew.co.uk

3.7 Seminar 'Everyone Wins'

The seminar 'Everyone Wins' is a day for communities and those working in
the public and voluntary sectors on transport and traffic issues to learn
more about each other.

The event is free. Booking is on a first come first served basis and closes
on Monday 12th March. To book, please contact Melanie Jeffs on 0161 277 1014
or mailto:melanie.jeffs@gmcvo.org.uk.

The event aims to:
Support voluntary and community organisations to increase the impact of
their campaigns by focusing on research, training and advice, advocacy,
networking and the sharing of best practice / resources.

Enable decision makers to engage with communities and to understand how
different consultation and community involvement techniques can deliver.

Use real world examples of communities influencing decision making.

The event will be followed up by producing a printed briefing to facilitate
the involvement of community groups in transport decisions.

3.8 Central Manchester Activity & Information Day - Thursday 22nd February
11am-3pm
Do you have a neurological condition or are you a carer of someone with a
neurological condition? If so, this day is for you.

There will be various activities including complementary therapy and
exercise classes. Light refreshments will be provided.

The event will take place at St Peter's House, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road.

For more information please contact Yvonne on 0161 707 2129 or
mailto:yvonnegmna@tiscali.co.uk

4.0 Information

4.1 Abolition 200 - Grants to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition
of the slave trade in the British Empire
25th March 2007 is the 200th anniversary of the Parliamentary Act to abolish
the slave trade in the British Empire.
In recognition of this, Manchester City Council has made available funds to
help people organise events to commemorate or mark the anniversary. Grants
of up to £3000 are available for exceptional large-scale events, activities
or projects that involve whole neighbourhoods or ward-wide participation.
For an application pack or further information, call David Hilton on 0161
234 3016 or mailto:voluntary.sector.grants@Manchester.gov.uk

4.2 Imminent Closure of Services at Mind in Manchester

In recent years Mind in Manchester has developed recovery-focused mentoring
and social inclusion mental health services that have been so successful
that they are currently over subscribed and they have waiting lists over a
year long.

More than 75% of all the people that they work with are sent by statutory
health and social care bodies. Many of their clients have some of the most
complex and longstanding difficulties in a population that is recognised as
having high levels of deprivation and poor mental health (including
suicide).

Without significant support from the statutory authorities Mind in
Manchester's mentoring and social inclusion services will close before the
end of May 2007. They need your help to stop this from happening.

Please see http://www.mind-in-manchester.org.uk/funding/index.php for more
information and how you can help.

4.3 South Manchester SRF Consultation

Over the past eight months, Manchester City Council together with its
partners has been developing a Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) for
South Manchester. The SRF is a long-term regeneration plan (10-15 years)
that outlines a vision for the area and describes how this vision will be
realised through a series of key aims and objectives. In doing this it will
look at physical, social and economic issues that exist within the area.

To have your say about the South Manchester SFR please visit
http://www.mymanchester.net/srfconsult

4.4 Save ESOL Campaign

From the end of this academic year asylum seekers, refugees in employment
and migrant workers, will no longer have access to free ESOL classes.

The Refugee and Migrants Forum, Learning Skills and Employment Network,
Manchester BME Network, and Trade Unions for Refugees, are coordinating a
local Save ESOL campaign to join up with the national campaign launched
recently by UCU.

For more information about the campaign visit the news section of the CN4M
website
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=3&Item
id=35

4.5 Manchester Institute of Sport & Physical Activity (MISPA)
Consultation on a pilot leadership and management programme

We are seeking the views on the consultation from those who:

(1) Work or volunteer for small voluntary and community organisations /
groups (less 10 paid staff)

And / or

(2) Offer support to / work in partnership with small organisations and
groups in the voluntary and community sector.

The information we gather from this exercise will be added to existing
research and local analysis to shape the development of a FREE pilot
leadership and management seminar programme for the voluntary sector in the
North West.

By completing the questions you and your organisation could be eligible to
attend the programme in Autumn 2007 / Spring 2008.

For a copy of the consultation and questions please visit the news section
of the CN4M website
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=3&Item
id=35.
All replies should be sent to mailto:h.connor@mmu.ac.uk by Friday 23rd
February 2007.

If you have any questions about this consultation please contact Helen
Connor, Project Coordinator on: mailto:h.connor@mmu.ac.uk
4.6 Invitation to Tender to Support Workless People into Employment
The LSC (Learning and Skills Council) in Greater Manchester is allocating
£1,603,445 ESF money to improve the employability of priority groups through
the provision of one-one Skills for Life and vocational support along the
pathway to work.
An overview of the activities that they are seeking to invite tenders
against can be found at www.lsc.gov.uk/regions/northwest/tendering.
Proposals should be submitted no later than 12pm Monday 2nd April.

5.0 Jobs

5.1 Community Arts North West Administrative Assistant Vacancy
You will work as part of the core team to ensure the smooth running of our
busy office in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, which supports our
programme of participatory arts projects with excluded communities. You will
work as the first point of contact for visitors to CAN and be pro-actively
engaged in coordinating and implementing monitoring programmes and
administrative systems.
Salary £13,000 - fixed contract until 30th September 2007.
Based in Manchester's city centre.
For a job description and application pack contact Paul Williams on 0161 234
2975, or mailto:admin@can.uk.com
Closing date for completed application form (no CVs) 5pm on Monday 26th
February, Interview date: Tuesday 6th March.
We positively welcome applications from disabled people and all sectors of
the community. CAN is an equal opportunities employer.
5.2 Manchester Public Health Development Service Health Trainer
37.5hrs part-time (a minimum of 22.5 hours over 3 days) £12,177-£15,107 pa
pro rata
Fixed term Contract until March 2009

As a Health Trainer, you will work with local people to improve health and
well-being. You will be someone who is interested in health and who has some
understanding of the difficulties people can face in making healthier
choices.

If you think this might be for you but you want to find out more call Aurora
on 0161 861 2902. Or come along to our open event at Manchester Town Hall
Tuesday 20th February between 10.00am-2.30pm (light refreshments available).

Closing date: Friday 2nd March 2007. For an application form and job details
please either telephone 0161 862 9315 (24 hour answer phone) or
mailto:ApplicaR@manchester.nwest.nhs.uk, giving your full name, address and
job reference number 543/HT/431.

5.3 Services Group the Sports Service - Sports Development Officer

Salary Scale 4/5: £16,852 - £21,016 pa

Are you passionate about sport and its power for changing lives?

This is an exciting role which provides sports programmes for MMU's 33,000
students and 4,000 staff that range from increasing participation to elite
athlete support.

Based at our All Saint's campus in Manchester but with responsibilities for
programmes on all University campuses, primary responsibilities will include
the introduction and development of participation opportunities for students
and staff, including our 37 team inter-mural Football competition. You will
also develop MMU's new community based coaching and volunteering programme
and provide support to talented athletes.

Further information about The Sports Service is available from
www.mmu.ac.uk/sport

For application form returnable by 20 February 2007, please contact MMU
Personnel on 0161 247 6464 or mailto:f.bouskouchi@mmu.ac.uk quoting
reference number JC133. Alternatively you can download these documents from
our website http://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk

MMU values diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the
community

5.4 Delivering Inclusion Network Partnership Development Worker

Salary: £28,221 per annum. Funded until March 31st 2009

DIN is a partnership between 3 mental health charities in Manchester - HARP,
Mind in Manchester and The Roby.

Over the past 3 years these organisations have been working together to
develop a new way of delivering mental health services in Manchester.

HARP the lead partner are looking to employ a Partnership Development
Worker. This is an exciting opportunity to work with existing partners and
other organisations working within the mental health voluntary and community
sector in Manchester. We are aiming to develop capacity within the
partnership in order that we are ready to take advantage of opportunities
that arise from ongoing funding and commissioning strategies.

For further information and/or application forms relating to this post
contact: Elizabeth Simpson or Nina Roach at YASP on 0161 221 3054 or
mailto:info.yasp@harp-project.org

Closing date for applications 23rd February 2007 Interviews will be held
on: 6th March

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