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Council tries to take over voluntary sector!
Funding News
Will the 2012 Olympics be “Fools Gold”?
Goodbye & Good Luck
Sector Meetings
And the winner is…IROKO Theatre Company.
Newham Refugees & Migrants Forum
Rosetta Art Centre ……a new era
Tajweed Taster Course with Qari Hasan Bukhari
East Ham Health & Fitness Event
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Council tries to take over voluntary sector!
Newham Council have decided that the way to deal with the voluntary sector is to take it over!
What began as consultation proposals in January of this year, on how the Council should fund organisations which support the Third Sector (i.e. Voluntary, Community and Faith Sectors) have now become a naked attempt to exert Town Hall control over what the sector says and does.
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Funding News
Health & Belief
This new pilot grants programme is funded jointly by Church Urban Fund and London Catalyst, supporting faith-based community projects tackling poverty related health inequalities in London.
If your social action group or small voluntary organisation is based in London and has an annual income of less than £150,000, then you could apply for a grant for up to £10,000. Download the flyer below for more information (please note that you will need to download Adobe Reader to read this document). Download Health and Belief flyer at www.tinyurl.com/68xkf7 (PDF 40 KB).
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Will the 2012 Olympics be “Fools Gold”?
Previous Olympic Games have brought no real benefits to local communities and there is every likelihood that London 2012 will go the same way - that's the worrying premise of a recent report from the New Economics Foundation and Community Links.
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Goodbye & Good Luck
After 6 years as NVSC's "main man", Saifur Valli is leaving us to take up a new challenge as Administrator for a National organisation. We are delighted that Saifur will be continuing to use his skills for the benefit of the Voluntary Sector.
Saifur has been responsible for keeping you all up to date with information, the person who has answered hundreds of queries, has kept the database up to date, helped groups with their IT queries, accommodated your photocopying needs - the list is endless. He is the person who most people will have spoken to on the phone, but probably never met!
The staff and Board of Trustees of NVSC would like to thank Saifur for his huge contribution to the development and success of NVSC and wish him all the best in his new job
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Sector Meetings
Three important sector meetings are taking place next month. These meetigns will have important issues to discuss - including whether the sectors should continue to be represented by independent organisations like NVSC , who are accountable to the sectors, or whether we should allow the Council to take control of who speaks for our sectors and also handpick sector "representatives" who will do what the Council says.
The details of the meetings are:
Voluntary sector: 17th July, 10am - 12noon
Faith sector: 23rd July, 2pm - 4pm
Community sector: 29th July, 4pm - 6pm
All meetings will be held at Bryant Street Methodist Centre, Bryant Street,
Stratford, E15 4RU
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
And the winner is…IROKO Theatre Company.
NVSC would like to thank all those that participated in evaluating our services and to help us plan for future services.
On Wednesday 28th May 2008, Alex Oma-Pius of IROKO Theatre Company was the lucky winner of a state of the art CD/Radio portable Hi-Fi. The prize draw involved all the organisations who completed our evaluation form.
Alex said - "On behalf of the Management Committee of IROKO, I would like to say thank you so much for the presentation of the CD player to IROKO. The dinky handset will be very useful for the company. IROKO will be working a lot in Newham during the next few months, holding workshops and Family Fun Days and I have no doubt that the CD player will come in useful then".
Sarah said “I am delighted that IROKO will be able to make good use of the radio and CD player - they are one of the many community organisations that we have had a long relationship with and have seen the organisation grow and develop.”
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Newham Refugees & Migrants Forum
The Newham Refugees and Migrants Forum will be organising this year's refugee week festival on saturday 21st june at Little Ilford School, Church Road, Manor Park E12 from 10am to 6pm. The theme for this years festival is 'different pasts, shared future'.
This year's festival is organised jointly with the Albanian Summer Day. There will be lot's of fun activities for children and young people, cultural performances, workshops, community stalls etc. This is an opportunity to meet refugees, celebrate their contributions to society and learn more about their issues.
This year's festival is organised on a small scale due to funding constraints. The organisers will value any support to make the event more successful.
This is a free community event.
For more information about the festival, please contact sarjoh aziz kamara on 020 8552 2050 / 07949262682 or email: newremiforum@yahoo.co.uk
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Rosetta Art Centre ……a new era
Formally known as Rosetta Studio Workshops, it was first established by ex University Lecturer, Yvonne Humble, in 1993 and based in a single classroom at Rosetta Primary School, Canning Town. In 1995, the studio moved to its present location at Hamilton Road Centre, Hamilton Road, Stratford, E15.
Yvonne Humble has now moved on to pursue other interests and Rosetta is now Headed by Sanaz Amidi, Trisha McCauley, Systems Administrator and Steve Marriott
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Tajweed Taster Course with Qari Hasan Bukhari
How well do you recite the Qur’an? Did you know that it is obligatory to recite the Qur’an correctly?
This 2 day course is designed to give students a taster in Qira'ah and Tajweed.
The course is designed to develop the taste for reciting the Qur'an correctly and melodiously like Qaris do so well.
If you are interested in improving your recitation and would like to gain the spiritual benefits of reciting the Qur'an beautifully and inspiring others with beautiful recitation, this course is for you. The course will also act as an excellent primer for a sustained study of Tajweed on one of EC’s regular Tajweed courses.
Learn and train with the renowned Qari, Sheikh Syed Hasan Bukhari, (student of Sheikh Hudaifi, Imam of masjid-nabawi Madinah)
Teacher: Qari Syed Hassan Bokhari
Dates: 21st and 22nd June 10am-5pm (Weekend intensive)
Fees: £50
Discounts: £40 for students and unemployed
£10 off if you register and pay by 16th June
To register or to find out more about what’s on this summer at Ebrahim College, call 020 7377 6677, email courses@ebrahimcollege.org.uk or visit our website at www.ebrahimcollege.org.uk
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
East Ham Health & Fitness Event
East Ham Community Forum are holding a healthy living event at The Flanders Community Centre on Saturday 5th July 2008 from 11am to 2pm. There will be fun sports activities, healthy cooking demonstration and an information and advice zone where people can find out about health services, nutrition tips and ways in which to get fit locally.
If you would like more information about the event, or would like to discuss the possibility of having a stall, please email: sabeena.subba@newham.gov.uk
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Office accommodation available to rent for new and small charities.
The following office space is available at Race Equality in Newham:
First Floor – 2 offices.
(1) Accommodates at least 8 workers.
Furniture provided together with internet access, and shared use of the large conference room on the ground floor.
Rent - £7,500k per annum. Negotiable. Payable quarterly in advance.
(2) Accommodates at least 4 workers.
Furniture provided together with internet access, and shared use of the large conference room on the ground floor.
Rent - £5,500k per annum. Negotiable. Payable quarterly in advance.
For further details including viewing please call Valerie Brown or Marie Casey on: 020 7473 5349 email info@rein.uk.com
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
Would you like to gain experience working as a Freelance designer
Eastside Community Heritage is a community history/oral history organisation working across East and South East London recording, documenting and preserving people's history.
Over the past fifteen years Eastside has worked with over 10000 individuals, 600 organisations, produced 80 exhibitions, published 16 books and undertaken a total of 45 community based projects. Much of the organisation's work relies on intergenerational and intercultural practice.
The organisation is looking to recruit a pool of freelance designers to work on a variety of design and multimedia projects. You must have experience and knowledge of some of the following: Photoshop, Deamweaver, Final cut pro, Soundforge, QuarkxPress.
Please send your CV and covering letter to Judith Garfield, Eastside Community Heritage, Unit 8, 44 Gillender Street, London E14 6RP or email: office@ech.org.uk
Posted by webmaster on June 13, 2008
The future’s bright, the future is NVSC!!
In the early nineties, Newham Council withdrew the funding from Newham Voluntary Agency Council (NVAC) which was the CVS for Newham. It was well documented at the time that this was for political reasons - in the good old days there was an appeals process, so NVAC were effectively able to operate for a full 6 months after the original decision.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Small Grants Scheme
Are you a voluntary or community organisation offering or planning to offer quality support services for children and their families in Newham?
Do you need help with costs? - Extended Services has one-off grant funding available through our Small Grant scheme. Small grants of up to £5,000 are available to support and develop good quality provision in flexible ways to meet the needs of young children and their families.
For further information and an application pack please contact Nana Poku on 020 8430 6847 or email nana.poku@newham.gov.uk for an electronic version.
The closing date for applications is noon Friday 14th March 2008.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
O2 Its your community
It’s Your Community programme, which The Conservation Foundation manages in partnership with O2. Up to 60 projects from all over the UK receive awards of up to £1000 every month.
The awards are designed to support individuals and groups seeking to make a positive change in their community.
We would be delighted if you could tell your members about It’s Your Community, we welcome applications from all kinds of community projects.
Full details are available on www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk. The online application process is very straightforward and you will recieve an answer within 28 working days.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Tesco Charity Trust
The Tesco Charity Trust was set up on 1st June 1987 to support both national and local community charities, and to add a 20% top up to staff fundraising. It is run by a board of trustees recommended by the main board of Tesco PLC.
Community Awards
For Community Awards criteria and application form, go to www.tescocharitytrustcommunityawards-applications.co.uk
We recommend you click on Questions before completing our online application. This may help you to prepare any information you need in advance of completing the form online.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
LSP update: Newham Partnership Board
It is difficult to know what can be reported on the LSP. You may be aware that a review took place and since August, there have been no elected representatives from the Voluntary, Community or Faith sectors on the newly
formed Newham Partnership Board (NPB).
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Local Area Agreement
The LAA Third Sector Steering Group is currently working through the Local Action Partnership Boards and the Newham Partnership Board to develop the new shape Local Area Agreement for 2008.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Newham Directory
NVSC’s Newham Directory has now been updated and is available to all members.
The Newham Directory, which was launched in February 2005 has been and still is the main resource of information people use to find out about the groups in Newham.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Play Seminar
On the first Friday in February, NVSC in partnership with Community Links, financially supported by Extended Services, held a Play Seminar.
Although small in number the energy and commitment shown by, in the main, playworkers was tremendous.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Profile: Newham Youth Steel Band
Newham Youth Steel Band was formed in 1990. We are also operating as Newham Steel Band.
We are the only steel band that provides training and community services in Newham and most of East London.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Global Xchange Youth Volunteer Programme in Newham
Global Xchange, an international volunteer exchange programme (which is a joint initiative between VSO and the British Council) will be running an exchange between Newham and the Philippines, beginning at the end of March this year.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
£50 Million loan fund available to social economy organisations
We are so confident in the future growth of the sector that we have launched a £50 million loan fund which will be used exclusively for social economy organisations.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008
Faith Action Network
FaithAction a national network of faith-based and community organisation delivering public services and represents faith-based and community organisations that are engaged or seeking to become engaged in the delivery of public services and supports the increase of public service delivery by such organisations.
Posted by webmaster on March 03, 2008