| South Forum e-Newsletter 26th October 2007
 Hello everyone and welcome to our edition of South Forum e-newsletter.
What's featured in this edition.
- The Regional Alcohol Workers Forum
- Diocese of Newcastle Women, Culture and Religion Conference
- Don't Miss the Bus for your Free Mouth Check
- Adult Learning Extravaganza.
- Sunderland Family Bike Club – Winter Rides 2007-08.
- Disability Independent Advisory Group
- Refreshing the Sunderland Compact Launch event
- Putting Gender back on the Agenda
- SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL'S CHILDCARE CONVENTION
- Neighbourhood Watch 25th Anniversary - Sector Open Evenings
- Training and Education
- Funding Information
- Volunteering Opportunities
- Services - Stroke Association
Regards Jackie Nixon South Forum Development Coordinator If you would like to announce any thing or have a feature please contact me on 0191 5228447 or e-mail me on jackie.nixon@sunderlandcommunitynetwork.org.uk
WHATS ON IN THE COMMUNITY |
 The Regional Alcohol Workers Forum
An informal network of treatment, support and generic workers working with people affected by alcohol misuse. You are warmly invited to attend our next meeting on Monday 3rd December 2007 at Angel House, Borough Road, Sunderland between 10 - noon. Guest speakers will be Jack Ward, Resettlement Manager, Phoenix Futures
Chris Grimwood, STPCT Substance Misuse Trainer will raise your Alcohol Awareness. Please book your seat by ‘phone or email info@neraf.org. NADA-UK AcuDetox training available in November with NERAF (see website for details). www.neraf.org
 Diocese of Newcastle Women, Culture and Religion Conference
November 6th 2007,
Newcastle Civic Centre,
9.00 am – 3.00pm. Chair of the Conference
Mary Coyle. Speakers
Farah Khan
(Freelance Journalist)
Mandeep Kaur
(Sikh Chaplain to the Armed Forces)
Prof Daphne Hampson,
(formerly of the University of St Andrews)
Trisha Kessler
(Centre for the Study of Jewish Muslim Relations, Cambridge)
Ranjana Bell
(North East Representative on the National Women’s Commission). Admission £20.00
Concessions £8.00,
Lunch provided. Admission by ticket only for tickets please contact Katherine Govier
at Church House on 0191 270 4100
Don't Miss the Bus for your Free Mouth Check
A Red Double Decker Bus will be visiting various locations. Head and Neck Cancer Nurses along with Dental Professionals are holding FREE mouth screenings to raise awareness about… ORAL CANCER WEEK
November 11th to 17th 2007. The Bus will be parked at these locations from 9.30am to 4:00pm:
 Monday Nov 12th, Southwick Children’s Centre
Tuesday Nov 13th Pennywell Medical Centre
Wednesday Nov 14th Hetton Centre
Thursday Nov 15th Thorney Close Enterprise Centre
Friday Nov 16th Raich Carter Leisure Centre
To receive your free mouth check, advice and also samples from health care professionals e.g. Smoking Cessation, Alcohol Service, Macmillan nurses come along to your nearest location. Don’t miss the Bus!
 Adult Learning Extravaganza.
City Library and Arts Centre will play host on Friday 11th January 2008, A variety of adult learning and other service providers will attend the event to provide information, showcase their work, enrol learners onto programmes or offer exciting taster sessions. The purpose of the day is to provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for potential learners who may be interested in taking up courses.
All the available space in the library has been booked out to accommodate provider activities. There will be stands in the foyers, meeting rooms and activity areas. There are 18 stands available for providers to book, with spaces allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. If you’re interested in taking part, please complete the attached form and return to kate.mccubbin@sunderland.gov.uk by Wednesday 7th November. The Adult Learning Extravaganza is part of a collaborative project driven by the Participation and Inclusion Group, with funding for promotional material provided by Family, Adult and Community Learning.
 Sunderland Family Bike Club – Winter Rides 2007-08.
• Shorten rides where necessary on the day, otherwise split rides between ‘short’ and ‘moderate’. Keep flexible;
• Tie in with other organised rides- especially the summer;
• Try a vehicle-assisted ride (option for trailers that carry 12 (RStather) and 9 bikes (Gburnett);
• Promote the local rides, openly available, no need to book, no membership;
• Keep the starts fairly similar, round the Barnes/Silksworth area.
• The direction of the circular routes will be flexible, dependent upon others joining the ride later on, and also on wind direction/exposure- i.e. cycle into wind within trees, with wind on exposed stretches.
Earlier starts are needed in the winter for the longer rides. Suggest all starts at Silksworth because of the car park availability. Click here for all dates
Disability Independent Advisory Group.
Are you a disabled person?
Are you a Carer?
Are you a member of a disability group?
Then why not come along to the Disability Independent Advisory Group. The role of the group is to:
• Discuss, develop and initiate information about policies • Consider the impact of strategy and service developments within the Sunderland Partnership
• Give views about disability via the Inclusive Communities Partnership
• Work in Partnership with City Hospitals, The Police, Sunderland Council and other organisations within Sunderland. We meet on a Bi monthly basis at St Mary and
St Peters Community Project Springwell Road, Please telephone WearAble on 522 99 13 for further details and dates
 Refreshing the Sunderland Compact Launch event
To be held at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday 27th November. The event will be attended by representatives from both statutory sector organisations and VCS organisations. Given the nature and purpose of the Compact it is really important that we have as much representation from the VCS as possible, so please encourage your members to come to the event to find out more. Click here for invitation and booking form.
 
Putting Gender back on the Agenda
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES IN SUNDERLAND?
Would you like to be part of an independent group which looks at these issues and feeds them into the Sunderland Partnership?
Come along to an information meeting and find out more. Thursday 1st November, 12.30 -2pm
at
Swan Street Centre,
Monkwearmouth. Refreshments available and childcare provided on request For further information contact
Dawn 0191-5531228
SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL'S CHILDCARE CONVENTION
This years Childcare Convention will take place on Saturday 24th November 2007, 9.00am - 1.00pm at the Stadium of Light. The focus of the conference this year is the Enjoying and Achieving outcome within the Every Child Matters Framework. Delegates will have the opportunity to attend 2 workshops which are structured to demonstrate practical measures practitioners can adopt to ensure the Enjoying and Achieving outcome is attainable for all children in their care. More information, including booking forms, will be sent out in early October. Places are limited so please return your forms as soon as possible. For more information please contact Sunderland City Council's Extended Services and Attendance Team on 0191 553 5692.
 Neighbourhood Watch 25th Anniversary - Sector Open Evenings
As part of the Neighbourhood Watch 25th Anniversary Sunderland South residents are invited to pop along to meet their local Neighbourhood Policing Team including Community Support Officers. These events are designed to encourage residents to get to know their local officers and hear more about how NHW schemes work. Sunderland South Event - Monday 10th Dec 07, 6pm.
Location - Farringdon Hall Police Station, Primate Road, Sunderland.
Sunderland Domestic Violence Partnership
has organised the delivery of Multi Agency DV Training. Each course is a full day and runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm on the following dates:
Level 1 Raising Awareness November 7th ( Bunny Hill Centre Hylton Road, Sunderland.)
Level 2 Developing Good Practice November 22nd 2007 ( Gentoo Skyline Centre, Houghton)
Level 3 Children and DV January 16th 2008 ( Gentoo Skyline Centre, Houghton) March 11th (Stanfield Centre, Sunderland)
Level 4 Addressing the needs of Children and Child Protection. January 29th 2008 ( Gentoo Skyline Centre, Houghton) March 26th 2008 ( Gentoo Skyline Centre, Houghton)
The cost for Levels 1, 2 and 3 is £20 per person. Cheque's should be made payable to Sunderland City Council. Level 4 is being provided free of charge through funding from Government Office North East.
Click here for booking form. For further details click here.
 Training schedule for November 2007, produced by Rob Charlton from SCVS. For further details contact Rob on 0191 565 1566 or email rob.charlton@sunderlandcvs.co.uk Click here to view.
 Supporting the environment for a healthy Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), in the North East region.
This LSC sponsored project provides the VCS in the region with a unique opportunity to develop training infrastructure and access funding. The overall aim of the project is to identify a number of VCS organisations that are willing and able to develop an accredited, sustainable learning provision capable of delivering the Train to Gain service in order to support the workforce development needs of the voluntary and community sector in the region. The project will work in close partnership with the four sub-regional VCS learning consortia, building upon work undertaken previously by them to develop capacity in the VCS to deliver accredited learning provision.
The project will focus on testing five different approaches to engaging VCS training providers in delivering Train to Gain activity as part of a Type C contract. Type C is flexible funding used by the LSC in response to regional or sector demand. Click here for further details
A Quick A - Z of Funding Sources
The Quick A-Z of Funding Sources gives an updated account of the grants available in the Sunderland area. This information is entered into a brief accessible spreadsheet form, which contains four columns. The first gives the name of the organisation that awards the grant. The second gives the details of the appropriate website. The third column gives details of what the grant funds and the closing date is given in the fourth column. click here for spreadsheet
Housing Corporation Innovation and Good Practice Grant
The Innovation and Good Practice grant (IGP) is a revenue grant programme administered by the Housing Corporation's new Centre for Research and Market Intelligence (CRMI). Its purpose is to encourage the development and testing of new ideas and proposals, and to generate and promote good practice in the delivery of housing services within the housing association sector. There is a particular focus on identifying innovative solutions that are capable of being replicated across the sector. Projects to be taken forward in 2008-10 will cover a range of themes, including tackling worklessness, promoting community cohesion, tackling climate change in existing stock, efficiency in housing management and transforming estates. View scheme
TIME TOGETHER Can you speak English? Do you know your way around Sunderland? Do you know how to use public transport, access the Internet or where to play or watch football? Do you know how to apply for jobs? If the answer to any or all of the questions is yes, you could be a friend or mentor in our exciting new project. The Time Together project links local people with refugees so that they can work together to improve community integration, education and employment prospects of the refugee and the image of refugees in the media and local community. We ask you to commit to only five hours a month and you get full training and support and expenses are covered.
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SUNDERLAND COUNSELLING SERVICES CARE LINE are looking to recruit volunteers for their team. In the event of a Major Disaster their team will be activated as an immediate support, medium term response and long-term response for victims and their families. Applicants need to be dedicated and committed to ongoing training, team building and meetings. They must also be able to keep calm and focused in troubled times, have good people skills and work well as a team member. If you think you could help in a disaster then please get in touch, volunteers can be men and women from all ages and all backgrounds. |
WRVS Sunderland Eye Infirmary Tea Bar provides patients and visitors with refreshments. It has recently undergone a refurbishment and therefore requires additional volunteers to enable the tea bar to open as often as required. Volunteers will make tea, serve snacks and drinks to customers, deal with cash, replenish stock and help keep the tea bar clean and tidy. All volunteers will have expenses reimbursed and all necessary training will be provided.
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If you are interested in any of the above opportunities please contact the Volunteer Centre Sunderland on (0191) 567 8902 or call into 4 Toward Road, City Centre, Sunderland. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am till 4pm. A postal registration service is also available. Alternatively email us at: sunderlandvc@aol.com or visit www.do-it.org.uk to view these and other volunteering opportunities.
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 Stroke Association Web Site
Act F A S T – to check whether someone has had a stroke
F Facial weakness: Can the person smile?
A Arm Weakness: Can the person raise both arms?
S Speech Problems: Can the person speak clearly?
T Test all three. If the person has any difficulty , Dial 999
The symptoms are sudden for further details visit the website http://www.stroke.org.uk/information/when_a_stroke_happens/index.html
Please feel free to distribute to your friends, family and colleague with their permission.
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