Nottingham Community Network

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Early intervention launch event

The Early Intervention Team would like to invite you to the launch of the Early Intervention Programme on Monday 28 April. The event will be a chance to gain an overview of what early intervention means for Nottingham and what it will achieve. Graham Allen, Chair of One Nottingham, will open the event. Book your place for this high profile event here.

Sandwich board

Have a free sandwich and mingle with the One Nottingham Board and your peers at the next Sandwich Board lunch on Friday 25 April. It's at 12.00 noon to 12.30pm at Waterstones bookshop, Bridlesmith Gate. Find out more here and read about the Crime and Drugs Partnership event that follows the lunch.

Work with young people? Get on board!

Voluntary and community sector appointees to the Strategic Partnership for Children, Young People and Families in Nottingham City – application forms and information.

Another great opportunity to get involved, influence and shape the services for children, young people and their families in Nottingham city.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone from the voluntary and community sector to be at the heart of the Integrated Children Services Partnership and contribute directly to its outcomes.

For all the details on the positions available and how to apply, just follow this link.

Action for advocacy

Come to a free event to support managers of organisations who provide advocacy to Black and Minority Ethnic communities. All the details here.

April Activity Day

How do you fancy a chilled out Sunday sitting round a fire making popcorn, slurping homemade soup and helping to mulch some trees? Get it all and more at the St Anns Community Orchid Activity Day this Sunday, 11.00am to 4.00pm. Come along and share this flier with your colleagues.

Disability and the Holocaust

An event to remember the deaf and disabled people who were persecuted or killed in the Holocaust. It's on Sunday 11 May and is all free. More details:

The flier
More information
The programme
Booking form

What's the alternative?

Want your young people to light up to learning? Then it's time to ask... what's the alternative?

Enable and Connexions are working in partnership to run a major showcase of voluntary and community sector provision for young people. The event will take place at the Nottingham Ice Arena on Friday 9 May from 10.00am to 4.00pm - you can drop in at any time throughout the day. Tell me more.

Asian friends of the library

Come along and exchange ideas and express opinions on Asian services delivered to you at Central Library on Angel Row on Wednesday 7 May. All the details.

Free - procurement and negotiation briefings

Acevo in partnership with the DTA have published four briefings in Successful Procurement and Negotiation covering the following topics:

Tendering and Bidding
Impact Reporting
VAT
Negotiation

The briefings can be downloaded for free at www.acevo.org.uk/procurement

Making the connection

Next week is Making the Connection’s week of action – a series of jobs fairs based in local communities and spring into work in the City Centre. Click below on details nearest to you:

Monday 21 April – Bridgeway Centre, The Meadows
Tuesday 22 April – Red Lion Centre, Bulwell
Wednesday 23 April - Hyson Green Job Shop, Hyson Green
Thursday 24 April - The Chase, St Anns
Friday 25 April – Spring into Work , City Mission

At each event, MTC partners are offering information, advice and guidance to local residents, an opportunity to meet their local learning champion - as well as a mix of citywide employers looking to recruit immediately!

Please feel free to circulate, so that all your clients may benefit.