Nottingham Community Network

Linking the voluntary sector and neighbourhood renewal

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We're recruiting (again!)

Nottingham Council for Voluntary Service is recruiting these two vacancies.

Group Development Officer (Policy and Campaigns)
Develop voluntary organisations capacity, knowledge and skills to enable them to achieve their aims, deliver their services effectively, and to be in a stronger position to achieve long-term sustainability. The job pack.

Partnership Development Officer
Identify and develop clusters of organisations to enable the voluntary and community sector to increase their delivery of public services. The job pack.

Working together in neighbourhoods

How is neighbourhood management working for you?

Community Network is giving you an opportunity to learn more about neighbourhood management and shape the city’s approach. We want voluntary and community groups to tell it like it is, and One Nottingham wants to listen.

If you're a voluntary or community group then come along and join the debate.

All the details

Personalised learning plan

You may be aware that secondary schools will be implementing the Personalised Learning Plan from September 2008 in order to address educational underachievement of identified groups of pupils in Nottingham schools. One Nottingham agreed an allocation of £711,411 to deliver the plan.

You are invited to attend a providers event to discuss schools’ commissioning from the VCS in relation to the Personalised Learning Plan. It's on Thursday 4 September, 2.00pm to 5.00pm at the Voluntary Action Centre on Mansfield Road. Read more.

Emotional health project

The Nottinghamshire County Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Partnership would like to invite expressions of interest from Third Sector providers for a short term project with the following focus:

Enhancing the emotional health and resilience of vulnerable children and young people from a diverse minority background.

Read the invitation letter and the project specification.

Healthy minority communities

Healthy Minority Communities (HMC) is a new health programme launched by Co-operative Community Action in April of this year.

They are offering a free multilingual health advice drop-in service and appropriate signposting throughout Nottingham and through their home visit service. They can give advice on a range of issues including diet and nutrition, sexual health and fitness. They also offer a free counselling service. If you think your group would benefit from free health advice, or you can offer a venue for the HMC team to work from then please contact the HMC Project Co-ordinator Rawshana Noor on 0115 978 4294 or email hmc@cca-ltd.co.uk

Notts Royal Society for the Blind

The Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind are proud to announce the launch of their new Social Activity and Events Service. Thanks to the information that many of you fed into the IMPACT Project they have been able to plan a series of fun and exciting events. The activities have been specifically designed to provide you with a range of new experiences as well as the chance to meet up and form friendships with other vision impaired people. The events.

Proud of you

Are you really proud of someone but don't know how to tell them? Well now you can, as Nottingham's Proud Of You Awards return for 2008.

The awards from Nottingham City Council offer the chance to give an individual or a group in Nottingham City the recognition they deserve, whether they're a local hero, a special carer or someone that's done something to help out your local neighbourhood.

Winners can also get a grant for a local charity or community group. Nominations can be made online at www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk or www.trentfm.co.uk, at leisure centres or by calling 0115 9154065. The closing date is 5.00pm on Friday 19 September.

Tender training

Nottingham Council for Voluntary Service is running a Preparing Effective Tenders course on Thursday 4 September. The training is invaluable for groups considering putting in tenders for services. Booking information.