Archive for October, 2011

Mayor’s Question Times

Please see below info on Mayor’s Question Time events which you / your members / centre users may be interested in attending.

In November the Mayor will be holding two borough wide Question Time events, where he answers your questions in front of an audience. Residents can ask him about any of the things that affect the borough, from getting people into jobs to keeping our streets safe and clean.

Question Times are really valuable because the Mayor wants to hear directly from you about the issues that matter to you in your local area. In the most recent series of Question Times you told him that it is important for the Council to protect the opportunities and the support we give to residents so that children, families, working people, retired and older residents can get on in life and help themselves.

If you have an idea to improve your local area, or if there is an issue in your neighbourhood you wish to tackle, the Mayor would like to hear from you at Question Time.

Saturday 5 November10.30am to 11.30am (Doors open at 10am)
Council Chamber, Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 Broadway, Stratford E15 4BQ

Monday 7 November6.30pm to 7.30pm (Doors open at 6pm)
Council Chamber, Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 Broadway, Stratford E15 4BQ

Question Time is a public forum. Please note that private 1:1 meetings to discuss casework issues are facilitated via the Mayor’s surgeries. Click here for details.

Place are limited so please come early.

Community Centre in Newham

Community Centre in Newham

For a list of community centres in Newham, please click Venue Hiring Guide

VCS Hub- find extra-curricular activities

Voluntary and community sector organisations

Let schools find you on the new VCS Hub
Do you offer extra-curricular activities to KS1, KS2 or KS3 pupils or SEN pupils up to age 16?
Register your organisation on the VCS Hub – a new extra-curricular database which schools can search to find extra-curricular activities matching their pupils’ needs.
FREE registration on the VCS Hub until September 2012
(Learning Exchange membership included)
Register your organisation today and enjoy these benefits.
Quality checking Registration on the VCS Hub offers an opportunity to be quality-checked by the Learning Exchange.
Market your activities and programmes to schools Use your blog to tell schools what you offer their pupils; join forums too.
Free training and resources Join now and you can attend more free training next year; also lots of free resources in the Learning Exchange Library.

Let the Learning Exchange help promote you We can mention you on our Home page, our Twitter feed, Facebook page and the weekly e-newsletter we send to members.
Build your reputation with schools Schools can comment on your profile and rate your extra-curricular programmes and activities.
We also offer
FREE membership of the Learning Exchange to all VCS organisations offering extra-curricular activities
to children aged 0 to 5 and young people between 14 and 19
Find out more at: www.learning-exchange.org.uk

For flyer click Hub Poster for VCS orgs

Newham’s Electronic Contract & Tendering Resource

Newham’s Electronic Contract & Tendering Resource ( NECTR)
What is NECTR
NECTR, which stands for Newham’s Electronic Contract Tendering Resource, is an integrated eTendering solution that allows the council to manage the whole of the tendering process. During eTendering exercises, the exchange of all relevant documents is carried out electronically
Why NECTR and eTendering
eTendering will make it easier for the business community to gain access to the council to offer goods, works and services. eTendering provides a range of other benefits including:
- reduced cost of the tendering process
- saving staff time on responding to tenders
- reduced overheads on printing, copying, paper, postage, courier services, etc.
- automatic notification of relevant tender opportunities as they become available
- online access to all current tender information on a self-service basis
- a single repository of tenders and contract arrangements with the council

For more information click NECTR Supplie Guide

Get £95 free event equipment with Links Event Solutions

Get £95 free event equipment with Links Event SolutionsI have great pleasure in welcoming you to the new edition of the Links Event Solutions catalogue which
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Our diverse customer base continues to grow and we have extended our catchment area to cover the
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Links Event Solutions is a social enterprise that has grown out of Community Links – a major East
London charity. Community Links provides a year round network of community based services,
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For more information please see the link