- Community Leaders Development Programme
The Community Leaders Development Programme aims to provide individuals from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities who live in London, with a flexible and tailored range of leadership development opportunities. This project has two elements: a programme of outreach, taster sessions and entry level training; and a range of longer support options to provide more intensive structured personal and professional development.
The programme is funded by the LDA Opportunities Fund Round 2 and is run by London Voluntary Service Council in partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Race on the Agenda, MODA and Charitytraining.com. For more information please click here
- Workshop: "When Is a Volunteer Not a Volunteer?"
Tuesday 21st April 2009, 10-1pm;
5th Floor Class room,Berkley Business Centres, Citygate House,
246-250 Romford Road,Forest Gate, E7 9HZ (Buses 25 and 86 stop outside the building)
If you pay your workers you need to be able to understand what their employment status is.People who work a few hours a week, once a month or less regularly often just invoice the organisation and act as free-lance, but does this mean that they are genuinely self-employed? In reality they are more likely to be part-time employees and this means that they have certain rights under employment law.
This useful training session aimed at people volunteering on Management Committees will look at what a volunteer, an employee, and a self-employed worker is and is not. It will explore what organisations can practically do if their "free-lancers" turn out to be part-time employees.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To book a place on this workshop please click here. Since this training room is on the 5th floor please let us know if you have any special needs.
MODA is pleased to be working in partnership with LVSC PEACE Project and the Volunteer Network Centre, Newham to run this training session free of charge. We would like to hear what other training topics would around Good Practice in Volunteering would be of interest to MODA groups.
Events - The Equality Implications of Being a Migrant in Britain:
a review
Friday 24 April 2008, Middlesex University, 12.30-17.00Room C219, Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT
Although migrants are a hot topic in the UK, there are few hard facts. There is no agreement on how we define “migrants” and a lack of data on equalities and migrants, especially in relation to age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Their diversity has implications for the development of immigration and citizenship policies.
This report reviews the available information about inequalities that migrant workers and their families face in Britain today. It sets out the rapidly changing policy context and its implications, analyses recent data, and examines the experiences of migrants themselves.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP Carol Andrewes: c.andrewes@mdx.ac.uk
Events - Westminster Women's Forum Event
Tuesday 31 March, 10 - 3pm
The Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road London W2 5ES.
Women achieving: Defeating the Economic Downturn and Conquering the Credit Crunch
This is a unique opportunity to celebrate the positive contributions of Women, Women’s organisations and Service providers for Women:
• To raise awareness of the Economic Down turn and its Impact on women for a positive response;
• To encourage the active engagement and participation of grassroots women;
• To explore ways of providing support to community women’s organisations to help themdeliver services to their communities;
• To promote Community Cohesion and Integration
How can you get involved? Do you have a project working with women? You can showcase projects that have taken place to a wider audience at this event. Display your Achievement. Your organisation can have a stall at the event and with over 100 women attending it is a great way to reach residents
Book a stall now by calling 020 7286 5290 and giving your details
