[WiLT] Fw: Voice4Change England e-newsletter 23rd January

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Dear Partners, Subscribers, and Friends,

I am including below information on events jobs, and activities that
might be of use or possible interest to your work.

A Head of Policy is being sought by Race on the Agenda (ROTA),
London's leading social policy think-tank focusing on issues affecting
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. The post offers
the opportunity to lead on the organisation's policy and research
programme working with the experienced and passionate policy team. The
closing date for applications is Monday 23rd February 2009. Successful
candidates will be notified on 27th February to attend an interview on
Monday 2nd March 2009. They would like the successful candidate to
start as soon as possible and Secondments are accepted. Details from
Saifur at rota.org.uk

The Local Grants Forum has published Defending local grants: resources
you can use to help in convincing councillors, commissioning officers
and procurement professionals that grants should continue to be used
to fund local organisations and groups. Available from
http://www.navca.org.uk/publications/defendinggrants

Clinks 10th AGM NOMS and the Voluntary Sector: A fresh start? Will
take place from 1pm on 29th January at the Institute of Materials,
Minerals and Mining in central London. If you are interested in
attending then please contact jean.coates at clinks.org

NCVYS is hosting two free Talking Diversity taster days on 4th and
17th February 2009 at their London office. The events will consider
how to make your work attractive to young people from different faith
and cultural backgrounds. Further details from Yokeu Kusnama on
yokeu at ncvys.org.uk

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, has joined with Diane Abbott MP to
organise the sixth London Schools and the Black Child Conference:
Educational Opportunity For All - Without Exclusion on Saturday 7th
February. The event is an opportunity for to participate in the debate
on the new strategies to tackle the many challenges faced by young
people in London. For general conference enquiries, please call 020
7219 4330 or email fauxc at parliament.uk

The Ministry of Justice is setting up a new Reducing Re-offending
Third Sector Advisory Group and inviting application. The group will
provide advice to Ministers and senior officials on reducing
re-offending from a third sector perspective; advise and oversee
progress on the implementation of 'Working with the Third Sector to
Reduce Re-offending 2008-2011'; and inform strategic and operational
policy to support delivery. The closing date for applications is noon
on 9th February 2009 and further information is further information is
available from Tina.Jenkins at justice.gsi.gov.uk

BTEG and the Development Trusts Association are working together to
raise awareness and promote the DTA's Communities of Interest
membership to the BME Third Sector that are setting up or supporting
community enterprise activity. Events are taking place in: Manchester
on 11th February, London on 18th February, and Wolverhampton on 26th
February. Further details and online booking from
http://www.bteg.co.uk/ and Angeline Clarke on angeline at bteg.co.uk

The Wai Yin Chinese Women Society are celebrating 20 years of
achievement by hosting a Thinking Globally Acting locally conference
on the role of Chinese women in the UK and in the world. This takes
place on 10th March in Manchester's Town Hall. Further details from
Mark Greenwood on mark_greenwood at waiyin.org.uk or
http://www.waiyin.org.uk/

Nominations are now open for the Muslim Women Power List 2009 to
commend the achievements of Muslim women in business, the arts, media,
voluntary and public sectors. It will raise awareness of their social
and economic contribution to British working life and celebrate their
success at a gala dinner at The Lowry Hotel on 24 March 2009.  Entries
are invited on behalf of, or from, any Muslim women currently living
and working in the UK. Nominations can be submitted until 16th
February 2009 via http://www.thelist2009.com/

The Women's Resource Centre has been asked by a group of independent
charitable funders to conduct an assessment of voluntary and community
organisations and projects in the UK which are: currently working in
the FGM (female genital mutilation) field; or supporting women and
girls who have experienced or are at risk of FGM; or interested in, or
have the potential to work in this area.  The group of charitable
funders is looking at possibly funding FGM work in the future. If you
want to help shape decisions about possible future funding, complete
our very brief survey at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=heD_2b1Ie7rizxAYvGESBMgA_3d_3d
http://www.charityemail.org.uk/1525013/487168378/55571625/796791/41820/0/t2.aspx .
The survey closes on Tuesday 17th February at 3pm. For more
information please contact Tania Pouwhare at tania at wrc.org.uk or 020
7324 3030.

The National Equality Partnership in partnership with English Regions
Equality Network (EREN) is holding its first national conference
Equalities United? Pan-Equality Networks in the Third Sector on
Thursday 26th February 2009 in Birmingham. The event will focus on a
pan-equality working approach that brings together the experiences and
perspectives of different equalities 'strands' or groups of people,
and addressing different forms of discrimination and abuse together.
Further details from Ange Jones on ange at wrc.org.uk

The Home Office's £4.5m Community Fund - helping the community tackle
guns, gangs and knives will provide help and support for young people,
parents and victims by supporting activities in 13 priority areas.
Organisations can apply for grant funding of up to £10,000 per annum
for three years. More information from
http://grantsadmin.co.uk/homeoffice_communityfund/

Please contact me if you have any problems with accessing any of the
links.

All best,
Martin Martin at voice4change-england.co.uk

Martin Ball
Head of Campaigns
Voice4Change England
A national partnership for the Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector
c/o BTEG, 2nd Floor, Lancaster House
31-33 Islington High Street
London N1 9LH
Tel:  020-7843 6131
Fax: 020-7833 1723

For updates and information about our work please go to
www.voice4change-england.co.uk

Voice4Change England (V4CE) is a national policy body dedicated to
strengthening the Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector as a positive
force for change and building a thriving future. It provides
co-ordinated policy advocacy for BME groups at local, regional, and
national levels to all types of policy-makers.

You can learn more about how you can get involved in V4CE by becoming
a Subscriber from www.voice4change-england.co.uk