LGBT Children, Young People and Families Day Conference

If you are interested in attending the whole conference:

Tuesday, 4th February 2014
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AF

For more information: please email [email protected] to register or you can do it directly http://cypf.allsortsyouth.org.uk

(Directions: http://goo.gl/EfRCPl)

• Exploring Intersectionality Conference 1pm to 5pm including lunch
•  T-Party with Bandbazi Activities from 5:30 to 9pm

Workshops on:

• Developing Social and Digital Media for Small Organisations
• Supporting Trans and gender variant Young People and Children
• Intersectionality: BME, Faith, Neighbourhoods and Disabilities
• interlinking with LGBTU young people
• Creating LGBTU friendly safe spaces in your organisation

Safety Net have a few places left on the following courses:

*FREE Community Group Child Protection Training – Wednesday 15th January 2014

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Helping Teenagers to Keep Themselves Safe – Wednesday 29th January 2014

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Safeguarding Children with Disabilities – Thursday 6th February 2014

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Community Group Child Protection Training – Wednesday 12th February 2014

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For more information on these courses please visit: http://safetynetbrighton.eventbrite.co.uk/ or call 01273 420973.

Ellie Talebian
Training and Marketing Administrator
01273 420973
Safety Net, Manor Offices, Drove Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2PA

Please contact 294 287 or email [email protected] for more information and how to book a place on any of these courses

Food safety

Are you volunteering for a community group, or receiving benefits and hoping to work in catering? This two day free course will provide you with a Level 2 Certificate in Food & Hygiene. There is also an assessment at the end of this course.
This is a 2 week course (x2 three and a half hour sessions) There is no crèche facility.

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Brighton

Date & time: Wednesday 22 & 29 January, 10am – 1.30pm
Venue: BrightonTown Hall, Bartholomew Square, BN1 1JA

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Hove

Date & time: Monday 3 & 10 March, 10am – 1.30pm
Venue: HoveTown Hall, Norton Rd, Hove, BN3 4AH
Tutor: James Aldcroft

Food Hygiene Foundation course

This short informal course will cover the basics needed to volunteer or work in a kitchen. The course will offer a great starting point for people who want to move onto the Level 2 food hygiene qualification, but need to know the basics first.  We will look at; hand hygiene, storing food, best before and use by dates and much more to help you feel more confident when working in a kitchen.
This is a 2 week course. There is no crèche facility

Date & time: Tuesday 13 & 20 May, 10am – 12 Midday
Venue: Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square, BN1 1JA
Tutor: James Aldcroft

First Aid for Babies and Children

You will find out about: Managing burns and scalds, how to deal with choking, the recovery position and basic life support for babies and children.
This is a 2 week course. There is no crèche facility

First Aid for Babies and Children – Central Brighton

Date & time: Thursdays 13 & 20 March, 10am – 12 Midday
Venue: Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square, Brighton, BN1 1JA

First Aid for Babies and Children – Central Hove

Date & time: 27 February & 6 March, 1-3pm
Venue: HoveTown Hall, Norton Rd, Hove, BN3 4AH

First Aid for Babies and Children – Old Boat Corner Community Centre

Date & time: Thursday 6 & 13 February, 1- 3pm
Venue: Old Boat Corner Community Centre, Carden Hill, BN1 8GN
Tutor: Agnes Munday

CVSF is hosting a peer support session on information and data management.

Date: Tuesday 26th November 09.30-12.30

Venue: Conference Room, Community Base

Description: In this session, we will discuss how to tease a story out of the data we collect and how to produce reports that best tell this story. We will be looking at some practical examples of data analysis and/or reporting tools in use, and how to go about implementing similar tools in your organisation on a restricted budget.

Programme:

9.30: Arrival coffee/tea

10.00: Welcome and introductions

10.20: Teasing / Telling a story out of the data we collect – introductory remarks:  Why do we do it? who for? what story do we tell? What data do we use? How do we go about it? – Manu Fruteau (SIS)

10.35: Solutions in practice (A): Reports integrated in (bespoke) database application – Simon Hicks (SEAP)

11.00: Solutions in practice (B): Using external tools – Crystal Reports / Excel – Manu Fruteau (SIS)

11.25: Some available (and affordable) tools and resources – Manu Fruteau (SIS)

11.30: Q&A’s

12.15: What next

12.30: Close

The session will be led by Emmanuel Fruteau, IT and Communications Manager at Sussex Interpreting Services with support from Simon Hicks, Resources Manager, SEAP. The session will be a test case for how future sessions could be run and we anticipate that those attending will be pro-active participants in the session, bringing along their own knowledge and experience and willingness to share this with their peers. Due to the technical nature of this session participants will be asked to fill out a short survey on their experience of data management tools/systems and expected outcomes prior to the session to ensure we are covering needs.

As this is a trial, we also anticipate that those attending will provide additional feedback on the experience and share their insights with us to help us in developing our future framework for peer learning/support sessions.

To register for the session please contact, Jan Aram, on [email protected] or 01273 810230 .

Tuesday 22^nd October, 6pm- 8pm,
Room 4, Friends Centre,
Brighton Junction

Based on their extensive experience, speakers will offer hints and tips to help you get the most out of your marketing and PR activities and increase your organisation’s profile both on and offline.

Cost is £10 – £40, a small number of bursaries are available for very small organisations.

For more information or to book a place contact [email protected] or 01273 810230.

This training course is organised by Brighton & Hove City Council’s corporate training section. It is open to community and voluntary sector (CVS) organisations as well as council staff.

Who should attend

Children’s Services, schools, early years and CVS staff working with children and young people.

Overview

This course highlights changing patterns of migration to the UK and specifically to Brighton & Hove, equipping professionals with background knowledge to help with assessing the needs of a child or family from a refugee or migrant background, including those with insecure immigration status. This interactive course will also introduce participants to other organisations and agencies working in this field within the city and will promote good practice in working with vulnerable migrant families.

Benefits and learning outcomes to you and the organisation

By the end of the course you will:

• Identify current trends in international migration to Brighton & Hove and define common terms relating to asylum and immigration
• Describe the legal processes that migrants pass through during their stay in the UK and how this could impact on a family’s resources and ability to cope
• Examine assessing and meeting the needs of a household from a migrant community
• Explain where and how to refer refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants locally for ongoing support

Duration: 1 day

Dates

27 November 2013

Trainer

Lucy Bryson, Community Safety Manager – Refugees and Migrants. Lucy has been working with refugees and migrants for twenty years. She has been based in the City Council’s Partnership Community Safety Team for ten years and has been running training sessions of this nature throughout that time. She is also the Chair of Brighton & Hove Refugee & Migrant Forum.

Charging information

• Children’s Services staff, school staff, foster carers and CVS groups working in Brighton & Hove – FREE
• Private organisations, independent schools, colleges, police, probation and those working outside of Brighton & Hove – £120 per person

NB. £50 Late cancellation fee applies to all bookings

How to apply

Download and return this application form

Free of charge places are available for small community groups and small charities in Brighton & Hove on this half-day training organised by the Trust for Developing Communities

Skills for meetings

Tuesday 24^th September, 10am-1.30pm

At BMECP, Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE

Meetings can feel like a waste of energy especially when you are giving your time for free or asking people to give theirs.

If you want to get more out of the meetings you organise or take part in, this is for you.

During this half day course you will learn some useful techniques for making sure your meetings work well.

By the end of this session we will have:

• looked at why meetings are important to your group
• identified ways to spend time in meetings more wisely and avoid boring meetings
• discussed behaviours in meetings

Booking is essential – To book or find out more:

phone 01273 262220 or email [email protected]

Eligibility

Small groups only – Groups with an annual income of under 25k, or groups with no paid staff