The Media Trust is running an introductory workshop for charitable and community groups to help them understand how they can create video content that will enable them to amplify their campaigns and calls to action.

When: 13 May 2015, 10.00am-4.00pm,

Where: Brighton 

You need to complete an application form to apply to attend.

For more details and an application form contact Adam Perry on: [email protected]

These courses are run by Brighton & Hove Community Learning. To book a place, call them on 01273 294287 or email [email protected]

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Portslade

This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility on this course.
Course date: Wednesday 6 May
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Portslade Town Hall. Victoria Rd. Portslade BN41 1YF
Tutor: James Aldcroft

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Brighton

This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility on this course.
Course date: Tuesday 9 June
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square. BN1 1JA
Tutor: James Aldcroft

Two training workshops run by Brighton & Hove City Council

1. Islamophobia / Anti-Muslim Hate

Monday 16th March 2015, 6 – 9 pm, Rooms 2 & 3, Second Floor, Brighton Town Hall

2. Reporting Hate Incidents/Crimes and Legislative Frameworks

Wednesday 18th March 2015, 4:30  – 7:30 pm, Rooms 2 & 3, Second Floor, Brighton Town Hall

Both workshops will be run by Fiyaz Mughal, the founder director of Faith Matters, a national organisation that also runs Tell MAMA – Measuring Anti-Muslim Attack.

Representatives from the  Community Safety Casework Team and Police will also be present.

The workshops are free and open to anyone. However, places are limited and priority will be given to the Muslim and BME communities.

If you would like to book a place on the training please contact

[email protected] 

If you would like to book a place, please email BOTH:

Charlotte Farrell [email protected]
Nahida Shaikh [email protected]

The trainings will be delivered by Fiyaz Mughal, the founder director of Faith Matters, a national organisation that also runs Tell MAMA – Measuring Anti-Muslim Attack.  http://faith-matters.org/ . They will also have colleagues from the Community Safety Casework Team and Police, as necessary.

 1. Islamophobia / Anti-Muslim Hate

Day and Date: Monday 16th March 2015
Time: 6 – 9 pm
Rooms 2 & 3, Second Floor, Brighton Town Hall Topic

2. Reporting in Hate Incidents/Crimes and Legislative Frameworks

Day and Date: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Time: 4.30  – 7.30 pm
Rooms 2 & 3, Second Floor, Brighton Town Hall

If your group works with refugees and recent migrants to the UK, you may be able to arrange a free first aid training course with the Red Cross.

Their Adult Education Service manager, Matthew Moors, sent the following message:

I am writing to you to let you know that currently the British Red Cross in Sussex is offering free taster Everyday First Aid courses to targeted groups in the community to help boost their confidence and resilience. We are particularly keen to engage with organisations that work with refugees and migrants who may have communication issues and lack the networks in the community to get help in times of crisis. Everyday First Aid is easy to learn, easy to remember and easy to do, and feedback from participants, particularly those with English as a second language, has been very positive.   Please can you give me the contact details of who I could discuss this offer with and outline further the benefits for your service users? Thank you for your assistance and let’s make first aid, second nature!

If you want to find out more, contact:

Matthew Moors
The British Red Cross
Unit 7, St Joseph’s Business Park
St Joseph’s Close
Hove, East Sussex
BN3 7HG

email: [email protected]

01273 227821

07525 902910

Community Works are running two further workshops on Diversity Awareness and Disability Awareness with local specialist providers BMECP, The Fed and Brighton & Hove Speak Out

The aim is to provide a space that encourages ongoing awareness of our duties in relation to the Equalities Act of 2010 as well as invigorating thinking as to how individuals and groups can engage around equalities and relate it to their work and services in a meaningful way.

 1. Diversity Awareness Workshop: with a focus on race and religion

Date: Monday 23rd March 2015
Time: 10.00am – 1.30pm
Venue: Community Base Conference Room, 113 Queens Rd, Brighton, BN1 3XG
Fees: See below

This session will explore the concept of ‘difference’ as compared with ‘normality’ within the framework of the 2012 Equalities Act of 2010, with a particular focus on the protected characteristics of race and religion. It will investigate key terminology to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of injustice. A short film will be viewed to explore the effect of religious stereotyping and ways in which we can challenge prejudice and discrimination will be considered.

By the end of the workshop session members will be able to:

• Explain key definitions and concepts
• Understand their role in relation to the Public Sector Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010.
• Understand the experience of difference for people with a legally protected characteristic – race and religion
• Recognise how personal values and perceptions can inform unconscious bias and the potential impact in communities
• Gain awareness of approaches they may use to challenge racial discrimination

Yaa Asare will lead this training on behalf of BMECP

 2. Disability Awareness Workshop

Date: Tuesday 7th April
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Community Base Conference Room, 113 Queens Rd, Brighton, BN1 3XG
Fees: See below

This session will provide an overview of the social model of disability and look at the obligations for groups and organisations under the Equality Act. It will also present findings of recent local research highlighting the barriers faced by disabled people in Brighton & Hove. With both increasingly challenging operational conditions and widespread national reforms, it is more important than ever that groups and individuals have the tools and the confidence to identify both needs and solutions for disabled people in the city and can use this to develop accessible services.

By the end of the workshop session members will be able to:

• Understand the definition and types of Disability in the Equality Act 2010;
• Identify the barriers disabled people may experience and their impact;
• Identify ways in which barriers can be removed or minimised to ensure disabled people may access services and employment opportunities and access channels of influence so that their views may be represented

The Fed Centre for Independent Living and Brighton & Hove Speakout will deliver this training

 Course fees:

1. If your organisation’s annual income is under £250,000 AND if your organisation is a Community Works Member: £25
2. If your organisation’s annual income is under £250,000 AND if your organisation is NOT a Community Works Member*: £30
3. If your organisation’s annual income is over £250,000 AND if your organisation is a Community Works Member: £40
4. If your organisation’s annual income is under over £250,000 AND if your organisation is NOT a Community Works Member*:£45

* Organisations who are not a member of Community Works, but are a charity or community group operating in Brighton and Hove

Some bursary places are available to groups in Brighton and Hove with an income of less than £35,000 pa.

To book:

For more information on either session or to book your place, please contact: [email protected] or call 01273 234023.

1. Reporting Hate Incidents

A half-day training for communities to raise awareness of reporting of hate incidents and crimes, prejudice and discrimination whether it takes place online (e.g. social media, Facebook, web forums etc.) or as people go about their lives (at home, neighbourhood, transport etc.). You will also be able to understand the legal powers/duties of authorities (e.g. police) to deal with these hate incidents and crimes.

Day and Date: Monday 16th February 2015
Time: 6 – 9 pm

(another date is also being organised – please ask Charlotte, see contact details below)

2. Challenging Islamophobia

A half-day training to address/challenge Islamophobia (whether on the internet, media, or in the community).

Day and Date: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Time: 6 – 9 pm

OR

Day and Date: Thursday 26th February 2015
Time: 6 – 9 pm

The trainings will be delivered by Fiyaz Mughal, the founder director of Faith Matters, a national organisation that also runs Tell MAMA – Measuring Anti-Muslim Attack. The Community Safety Casework Team and Police will be in attendance, as necessary.

These opportunities will help strengthen existing partnership between local communities, voluntary and statutory organisations to continue to tackle racism, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, all types of hate incidents, intolerance, prejudice and extremisms.

Who to contact

Please let [email protected] know if you are interested in attending either Reporting Hate Incidents or Challenging Islamophobia training or both of these trainings, and which dates you are available.