Products available through our online catalogue include: toilet paper, cleaning supplies, toys, toiletries, office supplies, bed linen, clothing, tools, appliances, sports goods and much more. These new goods can be used either to run your charity, or can be given free of charge to beneficiaries. All that is paid is a handling charge for the service, which generally equates to 10%-20% of what you would pay in the shops and includes delivery to charities’ doors.

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A free 2 day practical course to enable mediation and development agencies to run community conversations. The course will cover:
• The two models – Getting to Know you and Dialogue on Difference or Difficult topics
• Transferring mediation skills into community building initiatives
• Facilitation skills
• Outreach/recruiting/finding a niche
• Skills for dealing with problems or conflicts
• Tools for making the work sustainable
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Adapting the models for your settings

Suggested maximum one person from each organisation but contact us if you have good reasons for wanting two! This project is funded by Equality and Human Rights Commission.

For further information please see the event flyer or contact: ros@conflictandchange.co.uk or 0208 552 2050

A free surgery to help you fill in your Grassroots Grants Application form. The A2D team will be there to help you with your application form, so please bring a draft of your project with you.

REMEMBER – the next deadline for Grassroots Grants applications will be on the 22nd October 2010

Places are limited: book your place now to avoid disappointment

For more information please contact Alda at NVSC on 02085199500

Grassroots Grants Surgery

TO view the Volunteer Management Portal please visit http://www.volunteering.org.uk/vmportal

The Community Development & Resource Centre Manager will take responsibility for the management of Ripple Centre, a newly refurbished building in the centre of Barking; while also managing the CVS Development Team that will be delivering support to local groups.

For more information or an informal discussion, please call: Carl Blackburn on (020) 8227 5479 or email: carl.blackburn@bdcvs.org.uk

For an application pack please visit www.bdcvs.org.uk

Closing Date: Wednesday 8th September 2010 at 12pm
Interview date: Wednesday 15th September 2010

Forest Recycling Project is a dynamic and creative community business promoting environmental and community sustainability to local organisations, businesses and individuals through waste recycling and reuse activities. We are based in Walthamstow but we carry out our work in several boroughs in North and East London.

We have a part time vacancy for a FRP Reuse Centre Worker who will be responsible for:
• daily running of the FRP Reuse Centre as an outlet for the sale of reusable goods
• raising awareness about environmental and social benefits of reuse and recycling to centre’s visitors, customers and volunteers;
• providing leadership and support to volunteers involved in the centre’s activities

FRP Reuse Centre aims to provide local residents with opportunities to get rid of unwanted reusable household items. The items are prevented from ending up in landfill and are made available for reuse by others. The centre also aims to raise awareness about the social and environmental benefits of reuse and recycling, and the activities individuals and communities can engage in to mitigate the effects of global warming.

We are looking for a person:
• with experience of, and enthusiasm for, working with, and effectively engaging, people from all sections of society;
• committed to local environmental activism
• with the motivation to take on a challenge of running and further developing an FRP initiative that involves a large number of people in activities that benefit both their local environment and their communities.

For more information about FRP please visit www.forestrecyclingproject.org.uk or call 0208 539 3856 to speak to Brian or Bojana.

The offer of employment is subject to satisfying the conditions of an enhanced CRB disclosure.

For an application pack email bojana@frponline.org.uk, download from our website at www.forestrecyclingproject.org.uk or write to:
Bojana Vojinovic
Volunteer Coordinator
Forest Recycling Project
2c Bakers Avenue, Walthamstow E17 9AW
0208 539 3856

FRP is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Lasa is gathering together eminent “surgeons” who can give one-to-one advice and information on a wide range of ICT issues ranging from websites, open source software, fundraising, the CTX software and hardware donation programme to networks, security and social media. If you have general technology queries then you can go through our triage and we’ll hook you up with the most appropriate adviser. We’ll also be giving out copies of the new Lasa ICT Handbook to help you record all the important details of your ICT systems.

For more information and to register please use the Eventbrite booking system or for more information email Miles Maier at Lasa or telephone 020 7426 4473.

Selection Interview: Tuesday, 7th September 2010 10am – 1pm
Course Commences: Tuesday, 14th September 2010 10am – 3pm

Opportunities Offered:
• A rewarding role as a Structured Recovery Support Worker working in a supportive and caring environment based in Ilford, Essex
• First Module: Listening Skills. Second Module: Specialist Training to help people overcome Anxiety Disorders/Phobias/Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Type of Person Sought:
• People with natural empathy and the ability to reflect on their own experiences
• No experience necessary
• Living within reasonable distance and committed to undertaking a Full 12 week Training Course (1 day per week)

For an Application Form:
Phone: (020) 8262 8891
Email: enquiries@anxietycare.org.uk
Website: www.anxietycare.org.uk

Diversity essentials
Date: 22nd September 2010

How to collect data
Date: 28th September 2010

How to analyse data
Date: 29th September 2010

How to present and use data
Date: 30th September 2010

How to demonstrate outcomes – 2 days
Date: 11th & 12th October 2010

How to design effective questionnaires
Date: 13th October 2010

Download a booking form here, for more dates visit the training calendar or for more information on our courses visit the training section of our website.

If you have a question please get in touch training@ces-vol.org.uk