Black & Ethnic Minority Community Care Forum
BEMCCF News
Get On Board
Register Your Board Vacancies Now
The Governance Hub, Charity Commission and Volunteering England have joined together to call on the sector to register their trustee vacancies and prepare to recruit new board members.
The call to action is in anticipation of a trustee recruitment campaign, Get On Board. The campaign, led by the Governance Hub with the Charity Commission and Volunteering England as partners, will be launched to the public in January 2007.
WORK EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Newham Trident is currently running a new programme as part of the Borough’s 14-19 Engagement Programme. This involves students from the local schools in Years 10 and 11 taking part in work experience for one day per week for their school year. This is to help give the student a more "hands on" experience of the world of work, and hopefully help to train the employees of the future. We are now looking for businesses to join our database who are willing to volunteer to accommodate these students and give them valuable work experience.
HEALTH ADVICE AS WINTER APPROACHES
Keep Warm Keep Well campaign launches to help people prepare for the cold
As the winter months approach, we all need to plan ahead and take steps to help protect ourselves from the elements. Around 20,000 people die each year in England and Wales as a result of the cold weather and in especially cold winters, deaths could rise as high as 40,000.
UPSIDE OF DOWNS
www.upsideofdowns.org.uk
A Support Group for Parents/Carers of children with Downs Syndrome in Newham.
Ever feel like your child is restricted because of their condition? If so, look no further...
At UpsideOf Downs we believe that there is an upside to Downs Syndrome and that each
child with DS possess great talents and have the ability to blossom into successful people, and with the aid of organisations such as ours this can be made possible as we provide help and support for such families.
Women of colour, let your voices be heard
Raise Up is pleased to invite BME voluntary groups to take part is this exciting heritage project called 'Her Story' which is being funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project is about recording the story of black and ethnic minority women on their journey to the UK and their experiences of living, working and raising families here.
Local Network Fund
The Black and Ethnic Minority Community Care Forum is providing continued support to groups in Newham applying to the Local Network Fund. We can help you with your project idea, completing your application and developing a child protection policy. Groups receiving or planning to apply to the Local Network Fund will also be able
to receive free child protection training.
Breast Cancer Care Outreach Services
Providing people with the information they need about breast awareness and breast health
Breast Cancer Care knows that many cases of breast
cancer are identified earlier because of people being
breast aware. Early detection of breast cancer can lead
to simpler and more effective treatment.
The breast awareness 5-point code:
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