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Innovative Participatory Workshops for Refugee Women

Scheherazade Initiatives runs free weekly participatory theatre workshops for migrant and refugee women that offer a fun and engaging complement to traditional language learning and integration programmes.  Through creative games and exercises, role play, character creation and scene development, we explore issues that refugee women face when arriving in the UK and enable the women to ‘try out’ alternative scenarios to achieving their integration goals. Past workshops have focused on issues such as navigating the health and education systems, building relationships across cultures, dealing with intergenerational tensions and marital challenges, and, critically, building the self-confidence, personal leadership and communication skills to empower women to make a home for themselves here.  The programmes are funded by the UK National Lottery Community Fund which makes participation free for all.  Click here for further information and we would be grateful if you could please spread awareness of this project.

If you want to be kept updated about our work using theatre to empower migrant and refugee populations, please sign up to our newsletter here

 

 

 

 

 

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Media Trust Announce Their Fourth Annual Women’s Voices Event

Media Trust is thrilled to announce the launch of our fourth annual Women’s Voices event in celebration of International Women’s Day.

Date: Thursday 5 March 2020
Time: 12:45-17:30, followed by networking and drinks
Location: Academy London, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria SW1W 9SH

We’re offering 30 charities that support, campaign and advocate for women and girls the opportunity to work with their own team of media and creative industry volunteers. Each team will have the combined skills to help their charity build an effective, impactful and compelling communications campaign. The afternoon will also include light lunch ​when you arrive.

Get involved, get support
To apply, simply head over to the Media Trust website and complete the application form.
With limited places available, we are looking for strong applications that clearly outline a specific communication challenge including: reaching new audiences, developing a new campaign, or raising awareness about your cause.

The deadline for applications is Friday 24 January at 17:00. Successful charities will be notified by Friday 31 January.

Apply today!

All applicants must:

  • Be a UK registered charity that supports, campaigns and/or advocates for women and girls
  • Only submit one application per charity
  • Ensure two relevant members of staff, one of which is a senior leader/decision-maker are available to attend the event on 5 March 2020 from 12:45-17:30
  • Take part in one case study post event

To read more about what to expect on the day check out the highlights from Women’s Voices 2019. If you have any questions, please email Carly Bell on carlyb@mediatrust.org.

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New Year, New Opportunities!

We would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year – and a new decade to boot!  Many of you will have seen the ‘10 year challenge’ which is doing the rounds on social media, with people posting photographs of themselves – one current and one from a decade ago.  This provided a number of opportunities for people to share sometimes strange, often funny photographs – with many looking better at the beginning of 2020 than they did in 2010!  However, it got me thinking that an interesting moment might be given to comparing what we, as an organisation, look like today compared to 10 years ago! What would your organisation’s 10 Year challenge look like?

Click here to continue…

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Mental Health First Aid Training

Stewart White, an Instructor Member of MHFA England has recently set up a new business, based in Hammersmith, to provide Mental Health First Aid training for businesses and individuals. He is running the Adult MHFA Two Day course at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith on 27th/28th Jan 2020. The course is open to anyone over the age of 16 at a special introductory price of £200pp. Everyone who completes the course will receive:

  • A certificate of attendance to say they are a Mental Health First Aider
  • A manual to refer to whenever they need it
  • A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
  • A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support their own mental health

Website: www.blueshadow.co.uk
Contact stewart@blueshadow.co.ukl

 

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Freston Road Hub Activities, RBKC News & Useful Resources

Freston Road Hub is an enterprise hub, managed by Sobus (a Fulham based charity), and supported by our Landlords, Peabody Housing Trust and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Our aim is to support local enterprise – through the provision of affordable office and meeting room space, as well as through access to training and support. To see a list of forthcoming activities, RBKC news and useful resources, click here.

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MARAC (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference) Team Manager

Standing Together Against Domestic Violence (STADV) coordinates the ground-breaking coordinated community response to domestic violence and abuse in London. As a pioneer of the first multi-agency group to implement safety measures for victims of domestic abuse, STADV seeks to appoint a dynamic MARAC Team Manager to operationally manage the work of its MARAC Coordination Team in West London.

The role will require you to coordinate one MARAC and to line manage four full time MARAC Coordinators. You will provide a high-quality management service delivery, performance and support to the ongoing development of the MARACs.

The post will be based in the STADV office with a degree of travelling within West London.

Salary:  £34,00 to £36,000 including London weighting depending on experience

Closing dates for completed applications: 24th January 2020

Interview date:  Week commencing 27th January 2020

To apply download the application pack from our website here. For more information, contact  admin@standingtogether.org.uk

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Six Affordable Training Courses for Charities, Schools & Public Sector Organisations

See details on NPL couses for January-March 2020, including bid writing here

 

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Top Tips for 2020 Resolutions

Whether it’s meeting fundraising targets, building the ultimate team or reaching more people with the message dedicated to your cause, we all have a resolution in mind. Scroll down for DSC’s top resources to get your 2020 off to a flying start. Here’s to making this year the best one yet!

Check out the latest DSC blog post – read it online here.

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Forty-Five FREE Online Courses for 2020!

With 2020 kicking off, there’s no time like the present to ponder what you’d like to be proud of this time next year.

To help you out, we’ve put together a list of the pick of our library of 45 free courses and a few ways they could benefit you in the coming year.

Be excellent in 2020…

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Life Coaching Training

New Year! New Goals! Healthwatch Central West London is hosting a one-day training to help you to learn how to achieve your goals and be your own life coach! This one-day training will give the learners all the tools they need to achieve their goals. At the end of the day, they will be equipped with the tools to coach themselves and others.

When:

Saturday 11th January 2020, 10am-5pm

Where:

Bay 20 Community Centre,

71 St Marks Road,

W10 6JG

Please click here to register.

 

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