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Your future, Our focus: Hackney Futures Fair
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28 July 2010
Save the date: HCVS AGM, Tuesday, 7 September - 11am - 4pm
At HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY
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Adiaha Antigha Community Achievement Awards 2010 opens for nominations!
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28 July 2010
Do you know a voluntary or community group which has made a difference to Hackney’s communities?
Nominate your community champion for an HCVS Adiaha Antigha Community Achievement Award and celebrate Hackney’s unsung heroes!
Adiaha Antigha was the founding Director of HCVS who passed away in 2006. Adiaha make a huge contribution to the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Hackney.
In memory of Adiaha, HCVS hold these awards every year to celebrate local VCS groups.
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Deadline extended to 30 July for Grassroots Grants applications
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19 July 2010
The East End & City Grassroots Grants deadline has been extended to 12noon, Friday, 30 July
So you still have time to make a final application to this fund!
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Send us your photographs for our Changing Lives exhibition
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12 July 2010
Our photo-exhibition, Changing Lives is going to City Hall from 19 July to 6 August and we would like to include photos from as many of Hackney’s voluntary and community groups as possible – send us in your photos by this Friday, 16 July and help us show off to the rest of London the value of our sector. Apologies for the late notice but we have only just had confirmation of the dates.
If you have previously sent us in photos for SPARK, we will be in touch to seek your permission for use in Changing Lives.
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Last chance to apply for £5k from East End and City Grassroots Grants! Closes Friday, 16 July
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09 July 2010
Does your organisation have:
· an average annual income of £30,000 or less over the last three years or since the beginning of the group (if less than three years)?
· a governing document that contains, at least, the following information: name, aim/purpose, objects, a dissolution clause, a list of Trustees/Committee members and Trustee/Committee member signatures?
***Yes?***
You could apply for up to £5,000 from East End and City Grassroots Grants at HCVS!
The closing date is Friday, 16 July - this is the last chance you will be able to apply for an East End and City Grassroots Grant!
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Child poverty in Hackney - how is your community group tackling this? Free focus group, Friday, 23 July
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06 July 2010
Does your organisation help tackle child poverty? Hackney’s Children & Young People’s Providers Forum (CYPPF) want to hear from you!
· Send in your case studies using form attached
· Share your story with Hackney’s Children & Young People’s Providers Forum on Friday, 23 July.
We are looking for your case studies. If you’re from a voluntary and community sector group you can feed into Hackney’s refresh of their Child Poverty Review and Well Being Strategy.
To book: Call HCVS on 020 7923 1962 or email info@hcvs.org.uk or
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Proposed reduction to Team Hackney Grants Programme this year as a result of cuts to local authority budgets in 2010/11
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02 July 2010
Read the second blog from HCVS Chief Executive Jake Ferguson
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Applying to Hackney Funding Programme? Free workshops, July to September 2010
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01 July 2010
We have organised three free workshops where you can get expert advice from Kishore Kanani and Kristine Wellington from our Organisation Development team and Cyndi Smart from Community Accountancy Project.
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Volunteer Management - The Essentials! Free workshop, Wed 14 July
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01 July 2010
New to managing volunteers? Find out how to get the best for your volunteers, your staff and users!
Book for our free training session with Volunteer Centre Hackney on
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 9.45am - 4.30pm
Venue: HBV Enterprise, 34 - 36 Dalston Lane London E8 3AZ
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Responses to the Emergency budget and Public Spending Cuts
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25 June 2010
We have set up an area on the HCVS website with these resources
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Free safeguarding children and young people workshop, Thu, 1 July - 9.45am - 1pm
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22 June 2010
Do you work or volunteer with children or young people?
Do you know what you need to do to protect those in your care?
Find out at our free one day workshop on Safeguarding children and young people
on Thursday, 1 July, 9.45am – 1pm
Venue: HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY
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Impact of public spending cuts on the sector in Hackney
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15 June 2010
Read the first of a regular blog by Jake Ferguson, HCVS Chief Executive. Jake has been with the organisation for nine years.
HCVS is concerned, as no doubt you are, about the impact of the new government’s spending cuts. We thought it important to update you as to the current position in Hackney and also share with you some of the ways in which HCVS may be able to help your organisation.
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FREE Safeguarding training - a shared responsibility Group A training
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11 June 2010
Free workshop on Thursday, 1 July, 9.45am – 1pm
Once you have completed this course, you can access the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Board’s Group B courses
Venue: HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY
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CEN: Culture, sports, citizenship - could you represent Hackney's communities as a CEN rep in these areas?
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11 June 2010
Do you have experience from Hackney’s voluntary and community sector in the following areas?
· volunteering
· citizenship
· sport
· parks
· or the 2012 Olympic Games and its legacy?
Would you like to use this knowledge to help shape local policy and services?
Hackney’s Community Empowerment Network (CEN) is recruiting TWO experienced, pragmatic people from Hackney’s voluntary and community sector to sit on Team Hackney's Active and Vibrant Communities sub group as a CEN representative or rep.
Closing date: Monday, 12 July 2010
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CEN: Men's Health Week 14 - 20 June 2010
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09 June 2010
Member organisations of City & Hackney Health & Social Care Forum (HSCF) are holding a number of events for Men’s Health Week next week. Events are organised by member groups of the Forum and include: Age Concern Hackney, City & Hackney Carers Centre, Family Mosaic, Greenwich Leisure, Hoxton Health, TLC Services and Talking Matters.
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CRB service closed until 23 July
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09 June 2010
Unfortunately, this service is temporarily unavailable and will resume after 23 July. You can still book an appointment, but it won't be until after this date.
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CEN: Could you be one of our next community representatives?
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28 May 2010
Hackney’s Community Empowerment Network (CEN) is recruiting six experienced, pragmatic people from the voluntary and community sector to be CEN community representatives or reps.
A CEN community representative or rep represents the sector at Team Hackney meetings where key decisions are made about spending and services. By recruiting people with local knowledge, the CEN hopes to ensure that changes happen in a way which benefits local people.
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CEN: Does your organisation help tackle child poverty? Share your story with Hackney’s Children & Young People’s Providers Forum
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26 May 2010
We are looking for case studies from voluntary and community sector groups to feed into Hackney’s refresh of their Child Poverty Review and Well Being Strategy.
Share examples of your work in:
- improving educational attainment
- improving skills and employability
- supporting parents.
- improving health and well being
- support with housing
At our focus groups on Wednesday, 9 June, 9.45am - 1pm or Thursday, 10 June, 1.15 - 4pm
Plus, speak directly with public sector colleagues on Tuesday, 29 June, 10.15am – 12.30pm
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Choosing and paying for childcare - What is available for Hackney Families?
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25 May 2010
Are you working closely with families?
If so, do you know…
· Two out of 10 Hackney three-year-olds miss out 15 hours free nursery education each week?
· One third of Hackney children live in poverty. But good nursery education could give them a head start in behavioural, educational and social development?
· While many parents stay home due to the economic downturn, two out of three mothers would like to work or study if childcare arrangement is sorted?
Do you want information on childcare services and funding benefiting your families and their children?
FREE interactive workshop on Thursday, 10 June, 9.45am - 1pm at HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street, London E8 2LY
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Hackney Youth Club The Crib launch Memorial Fund to celebrate the life of Agnes Sina-Inakoju and support her family
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11 May 2010
Read about how you can donate to a memorial fund set up by The Crib.
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Hackney Council for Voluntary Service is awarded NAVCA Quality Award
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10 May 2010
Hackney Council for Voluntary Service (HCVS) has been awarded a Quality Award from NAVCA. For the borough’s leading voluntary and community sector support agency, this award recognises the impact HCVS has on the local sector.
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Meet the Commissioner: Team Hackney Tender for 2012 Volunteering Brokerage Scheme, 13 May, 2 - 4pm
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10 May 2010
Interested in bidding for the 2012 Hackney Hosts Volunteering Brokerage Scheme?
Find out more about how to bid at our workshop and meet the commissioners!
Get your questions answered by:
- Sonia Khan, Head of Commissioning and Resources – Hackney Council
- Helen Goodsell, Community Engagement and Volunteering Officer - Hackney Council
Plus, HCVS’s Kristine Wellington, Organisation Development Manager will lead a networking session!
Book your place today at HCVS Meet the Commissioner workshop
Thursday, 13 May, 2 – 4pm at HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street E8 2LY
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Have your say on developing a third sector strategy for Hackney!
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30 April 2010
As a local voluntary and community sector organisation based in Hackney we would like to get you involved in the early stages of our work to develop a Third Sector Strategy for Hackney. Please complete our online survey before Friday, 14 May.
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SPARK Spring issue is out!
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30 April 2010
Read about community groups helping people find work, the CEN REACH conference, new CEN reps and how to get involved in our latest project Changing Lives.
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Are you working with young people in Hackney and concerned about safety at your workplace?
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26 April 2010
Calling all frontline youth agencies, staff and managers!
- How do we reduce the risk of harm to staff and users?
- How can frontline staff from voluntary and public sector agencies work together to improve safety?
With speakers:
• Dean Alfred, Crime Reduction Safeguarding Champion
• Sandra Smith, LBH Youth Service
• Leethen Bartholomew, CHSCB
Join the Children and Young People's Providers Forum on Thursday, 29 April from 10.45 - 1pm
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Help with your Team Hackney Application
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16 April 2010
Team Hackney Community Grants Application support workshop
Thursday, 22 April, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Venue: HCVS, 84 Springfield House, 5 Tyssen Street London E8 2LY
Please contact: Call 0207 923 1962 or visit www.hcvs.org.uk
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Team Hackney Community Grants opens today!
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07 April 2010
You can apply for ONE of the three grants below:
• Small grants between £1,000 and £5,000
• Medium grants between £6,000 and £15,000
• Large grants between £16,000 and £30,000.
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Tender Notification - Developing a Migrant Strategy for Hackney
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07 April 2010
HCVS is seeking to recruit a consultant or organisation who will lead the development of a draft Migrant Strategy for consideration by the Local Strategic Partnership – Team Hackney.
Closing date: 30 April 2010
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Changing Lives moves to Free Form for Easter
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31 March 2010
Changing Lives, our photographic exhibition celebrating Hackney’s voluntary and community sector will be on show at Hothouse @ Free Form, 274 Richmond Road E8 3QW from Wednesday, 7 – Friday, 9 April 3 - 6pm and and Wednesday, 14 – Friday, 16 April 3 - 6pm
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Thank you to everyone who came to Hackney Community Empowerment Network’s REACH conference last Tuesday, 23 March
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29 March 2010
Over 150 people attended our lively conference at Morley Hall, chaired by Mary Cannon, CEN Chair designed to celebrate the work of community representatives and networks in influencing local services.
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