Events and training Please also see the events mentioned by users of this site on the Noticeboard.
- Free Faiths IT Helpline for the East of England
- Information, Communications and Technology Workshops in 2011 and 2012
- COVER and i-Trust - DIGITAL SWITCHOVER IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX
- FREE ICT Training in the workplace for Community and Voluntary Sector organisations
- Indian Women's Society Valentine Dance and Dinner, 18 February 2012, Colchester
- Baha'i Open Day, 19 February 2012, Wisbech
- Commissioning for Equalities - Training Day, 28 February 2012 London
- Faith Communities and Emergency Planning, 6 March, Peterborough
- Study Day: TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER, 13 March, Barton-le-Cley, Bedfordshire
- Children Matter East event: Current Families Policy, 14 March, Cambridge
- More than GOLD:Your invitation .. ‘on your marks for the 2012 games’
- Community Development Foundation: After the Cuts campaign
- Sikh Education Services
- Retreats, events and courses, October onwards, Turvey Abbey, Bedford
- OTHER SOURCES OF NEWS, EVENTS AND INFORMATION - local and national
Free Faiths IT Helpline for the East of England
To support faith and inter faith groups who want to overcomeIT barriers, the East of England Faiths Council jointly with i-TRUST — a social enterprise specialising insupport for voluntary bodies — provides straightforward, personal advice on IT. If you need assistance, advice or training, call 0800 028 0085 or email ithelp@faitheast.org.uk
Information, Communications and Technology Workshops in 2011 and 2012
The Eastern Region Infrastructure Network (ERIN) through its Big Lottery funded project FERI (Front Line Engagement through Infrastructure) are offering rural voluntary and community groups FREE training workshops on ICT.
Each of the workshops on offer is designed to enable and empower VCS community groups in the eastern region to make better use of ICT and improve efficiency and the ability to engage with service users, funders and stakeholders, volunteers, etc., more effectively.The workshops;
SOCIAL MEDIA Useful Tool or Just a Fad?
Looks at the rise of WEB2.0/Social Media/New Media technologies and applications and how these can be used to assist the VCS in its work particularly in campaigning and raising awareness, but also as additional tools to help it work SMARTER not harder.
WEBSITES The website workshop explores how to ensure your current or new website has web presence, makes the right impression and portrays the correct image to your clients. The workshop is designed to give you the guidance, tips and sign posting on how to set a clear plan for your website.
CLOUD COMPUTING Cloud Control
In the future all the information and applications we use will be accessed through the internet on any device, from anywhere, thanks to Cloud Computing. But what exactly is The Cloud and how can it make us more effective and efficient? This workshops looks at the basics of what it is and some of the applications available and how they can benefit VCO’s.
Duration Each workshop will be a session of approximately 2 to 3 hours and start at 10am.
Please click here for WEBSITE TRAINING DATES 2011 and 2012 (pdf) and contact information for booking forms
Each of the workshops are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
COVER and i-Trust - DIGITAL SWITCHOVER IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX
COVER are looking for organisations to disseminate information and get involved in delivering information and advice about the digital switchover to stakeholders (organisations) and end users (members of the public) that work with or fall in to one or more of the target groups:
The area being targeted now is for the following transmitter.
Crystal Palace – South Hertfordshire and Essex
DSO1 - 4 April 2012
DSO2 – 18 April 2012
To check the transmitter you are picking up you can go to the Digital UK website and use the post code checker on the home page
For more information about switchover training, please contact Rachel Farr
FREE ICT Training in the workplace for Community and Voluntary Sector organisations
Delivered by I –Trust and funded by The Big Lottery Fund and Cambridgeshire United to offer
Voluntary and CommunityOrganisations throughout Cambridgeshire an opportunity for ICT in their own workplace
A qualified ICT trainer will work with staff to find more effective ways to carry out every day tasks,
answer questions about various ICT problems/issues and give general advice and guidance about the programmes
you use. So whether it's brushing up on your spreadsheet skills, creating a powerful presentation, learning how to
mail-merge or learning how to use email more effectively, a surgery will give you a unique opportunity to enhance
existing and gain new skills, without having to leave your desk!
Surgery dates available in 2012
For more information and bookings please email Laura Matthews
Colchester Indian Women's Society Event
Colchester Indian Women's Society (Sakhi Sang) are hosting a Dance and Dinner on Saturday 18th February 2012, at 7.30pm - 11.00pm at
Alderman Blaxill School, Paxman Avenue, Colchester, Essex CO2 9DQ.
This promises to be a fun filled evening and include music and authentic Indian cuisine.
Tickets are £17.50 per person, £12 for children under 10 years old.
Please email for information and contact numbers to book tickets.
Baha'i Open Day
Wisbech Interfaith Forum are hosting an Open Day for the Baha'i Faith on Sunday 19 February, from 3pm - 5pm at The Rosmini Centre, 69, Queeen's Road, Wisbech, PE13 2PH.
All Welcome. For further information, please email
Sean Finlay
Commissioning for Equalities Training Day, 28 February 2012, London
The training will take place at NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL. From 10.00am - 4.00pm and lunch will be provided.
This practical training will help you to connect with the new commissioning environment and improve your organisation's chance of winning government contracts to deliver health and social care services. Based on NCB's well-received Successful Commissioning training and in response to a recent FaithAction survey of equalities organisations NCB has developed this training to be topical, practical and of relevance to equalities organisations.
Why attend?
If you have little to no experience of successful commissioning or winning bids then this training is for you.
The training offers:
Who should attend?
This training is aimed at children, young people and families equalities organisations and is available at a subsidised cost of £50.
What is meant by ‘equalities’*?Organisations who work on one or more of the following areas: religion/belief, race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership and age.
Please email for further information. Or contact Felicity Smith - National Co-ordinator or phone 0845 094 6350 or visit the FaithAction website.
Faith Communities and Emergency Planning, 6 March
How they can contribute in their own locality to meeting the needs raised by natural and other disasters and emergencies?
How can the public sector work most effectively with faith groups to build resilience locally and across boundaries?
Including speakers and discussion on:
Who is this for?
When?
9.00am to 1.00pm, Tuesday 6 March 2012, followed by lunch
Where?
Room D4, The Courtyard, Reeves Way, Peterborough, PE1 5LG
Please email Lesley or Jenny for further information or to book a place (by 23 February) or phone 01223 421606. (*Cancellation fees may apply)
The East of England Faiths Council is supported by the Local Authorities of Bedford Borough, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Peterborough, and Thurrock: Officers from these Authority areas will be offered priority booking
Study Day: TACKLING POVERTY TOGETHER
ON: Tuesday 13th March, 9.30am Coffee for 10am start - 3.30pm - lunch will be provided
AT: St Nicholas’ Church Hall, Barton-le-Cley MK45 4LA
This Study Day will be led jointly by Revd Andrew Coleby, our Social Responsibility Officer and members of the Church Urban Fund.
This day follows the St Albans and Hertford Archdeaconries study day and will make materials from that occasion available to
Bedfordshire clergy and lay leaders. It will also provide fresh resources and ideas for tackling poverty and transforming communities.
Topics that will be covered include:
Please sign up and come along to what we are sure will be a valuable day.
To find out further information, register your interest or sign-up, please contact Carol Chisnall Administrator to Church & Society Team, at Diocesan Office, or phone on 01727 818148
For details (pdf) of the workshop programme for the day, please click here
CME event: Current Families Policy
This CME event is open to
ERIN Members and all statutory and voluntary sector partners delivering
services to families across the region,
CURRENT FAMILIES POLICY
ON: 14 March, 9.00 - 12.00
AT:
Orchard Community Centre, Cambridge CB4 2EZ
The discussion will be focusing on family policy for the voluntary and community sector.
This session is the second families’ policy event for the Eastern Regions and will provide an update on the new work of the
'Troubled Families Unit' and also an overview of how Payments by Results is working across families provision.
Further details on the agenda for the day will be circulated shortly but please contact
Sharon Long by email or phone 07780 674311 if you are interested in attending.
Places are limited so please book your place in advance.
Sharon Long
Children England Regional Manager
Children England
Unit 25, 1st Floor
Angel Gate
City Road
London EC1V 2PT
More than GOLD:Your invitation ... ‘on your marks for the 2012 games’
Community, spiritual and faith related events happening around the country in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.Two hours to help you get ready to run in response to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join others from your area for a packed programme that includes:
To find out more and reserve places, go to More Than GOLD website
Community Development Foundation: After the Cuts campaign
After the Cuts campaign – Get Involved! How are YOU surviving #afterthecuts?
CDF is running a campaign, launched in May 2011 to highlight the experience of community groups struggling to survive after the cuts and continue delivering service and to explore how groups can make better use of social enterprise to generate income.
It includes an online debate to help community groups link up and share ideas about how to survive the reality of fewer resources and increased competition for funding.
Get involved & join the debate:
Sikh Education Services - throughout the region
Harkirat Singh is a CRB checked Sikh Education Officer from Northampton, who has been hosting school visits to the local Gurdwara for many yearsand is now offering, if it is not possible for the school to visit the Gurdwara, to run Sikh Education Workshops in schools throughout the region. He will lead assemblies and discuss the Sikh Way of Life.
Recent workshop requests have included
A suggested contribution towards costs is £195 for a full day event, but Harkirat is happy to discuss this with each school, and tailor the visit to meet the schools needs. If two nearby schools, for example, wish to share the resource for a half day each, then this can be agreed.
To book, or for further information, please contact Mr Singh by phone 07968 143546 or by email.
The information given here is taken from Norfolk County Council's Norfolk Schools e-courier page
Retreats, events and courses - October onwards at the Priory of Our Lady of Peace, Turvey Abbey, Bedford
Christian and interfaith retreats, events and courses are offered throughout the year at Turvey Abbey, High Street, Turvey, Bedford MK43 8DE. Please visit theTurvey Abbey website to find out more about what is on offer. Alternatively email
Sr Judith or phone her on 01234 881432.
OTHER SOURCES OF NEWS, EVENTS AND INFORMATION can be found on the following websites: