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…
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Love Food, Hate Waste Expert Training Session, 4th March
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership are currently recruiting for their Love Food Hate Waste Expert Training Session. It’s an opportunity to learn more about the food waste issue, how it impacts our communities, and how to inspire positive changes in others. The session will be a great chance to meet and network with people from local community projects, and will include a tasty recipe demonstration. Wednesday 4th March, 6pm – 8pm Ebenezer Communit…
New colour copier at the Resource Centre
Thanks to funding from the Big Lottery’s Awards for All programme, we have updated our colour laser copier. The new machine can do everything the old one did – colour and black & white copies, single and double-sided, stapling, enlarging and reduction. It’s smaller, quieter and uses less electricity. Community groups in Sussex are welcome to use our new copier to produce high quality copies on our wide range of paper types, including A4 and A3 pa…
Community Works workshops: Diversity Awareness (race & religion); Disability Awareness
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…
Serviced offices to let in central Brighton
Two serviced offices have just become available to rent at the Care Co-ops Social Enterprise Centre, just 2 minutes from the clocktower. Offices accommodate 4-5 desks each (for social enterprises we would explore renting by desk to a group of organisations). Facilities include all services and internet access, 24 hour access, additional on-site hire options including meeting rooms and a 250 capacity venue. Cost: £440 per month each (10% discount …
Comic Relief Community Cash grants available via Sussex Community Foundation
… Comic Relief Community Cash grants available for organisations in Sussex with an income under £100,000. Grants of up to £1000 available for groups working in areas of deprivation or with deprived communities. Deadline 23rd February. Contact Sussex Community Foundation for more information. 01273 409440 …
Brighton & Hove City Council – Training for communities: Reporting Hate Incidents & Challenging Islamophobia
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…
Free workshop: What are funders looking for?
This workshop for community groups is being organised by Community Works as part of their members’ conference. You can just attend this workshop, or go to the whole conference. Date: Thursday 12 February 2015 Time: 1.00 – 3.45pm Venue: Brighthelm Centre, North Road Trainer: Paul Bramwell (formerly Working Together Project) The session will look at the steps any community group needs to take before making an application for funding. The session is…
Good Food Grants
Good Food Grants is a funding programme that awards small grants for community projects that aim to improve the health, skills and confidence of local residents though healthy eating, increased cookery skills and food growing. Good Food Grants is now celebrating its 9th year. Over the last 8 years it has supported 240 projects around the city. Funded projects last year included supporting a community allotment for families with disabled children,…
LGBT Awareness Workshop
Community Works, in partnership with others, is holding a series of short workshops designed to introduce and orientate participants around key equalities considerations that relate to the areas of disability, faith, BME and LGBT. The following LGBT Awareness Workshop Session will be delivered in partnership with LGBT Switchboard: Date: Tuesday 27th January 2015 Time: 10.00am – 1.30pm Fee: There is a charge for attending this course (for further …