Hackney CVS

CEO & Directors Network
2017-12-08 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
Would you like the chance to join, shape and develop a peer support network for Hackney based CEOs and Directors working in the charity, voluntary, social enterprise sector? If yes – come along and tell us what sort of network you would like to see.
There are lots of suggestions on the table including:
– an opportunity to share knowledge and experience
– a sounding board for ideas
– chance to build collaborations and partnerships
– professional development events

Contact Joy Beishon, Director of Operations at ‘operations@handsinc.co.uk’

Modern Slavery Awareness Sessions
2017-12-06 09:30 - 18:30
This 3 hour training session will provide Adult Social Care staff with the knowledge you need to support the Slavery Safeguarding Lead (SSL).
These sessions are open to Hackney ASC staff and to all members of the CHSAB.

Read more here.

Starting Your Own Business
2017-12-04 13:00 - 15:00
This taster workshop is aimed at unemployed BAME women interested in setting up their own businesses.
The 2-hour session will enable you to explore ideas about the types of businesses you are interested in starting up. It will outline the 4 key steps when starting a business: getting advice, developing a business plan, getting finance, and getting started.
Venue: Pembury Community Centre, 1 Atkins Square, Dalston Lane, E8 1FA
Registration and eligibility: contact Zebina Myrie > e: zebina@hcvs.org.uk | t: 020 7923 1962
Read the leaflet here.

Minute Taking in 60 minutes
2017-11-30 11:30 - 12:30 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
This fast-paced, interactive course will cover: • Preparing for a meeting, • The role of minute taking • The writing of minutes.
During this bite-sized session you will learn how to:

Identify areas of concern in minute taking
Prepare for a meeting
Recognize what to record and how to record minutes

(Please note, this is a course designed at taking minutes for generic meetings,
such as team meetings. It is not designed for specialist disciplines such as
note taking at disciplinary meetings, etc.)

Register here.

Control your cash
2017-11-30 09:30 - 11:30
Looking to cut back on spending, but don’t know where to start?
Come along to our relaxed workshop where you will be provided with:
• tips to improve your money skills;
• help with making a budget;
• tools to set financial goals.
Date: Thursday 30th November 2017
Time: 9.30am – 11.30am
Venue: Thomas Fairchild Children’s Centre, Napier Grove, N1 7HX
Buses: 76, 141, 21 or 394
Contact details – e: MBradshaw@thomasfairchild.hackney.sch.uk, t: 0207 253 9469 – Opt 2

Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
2017-11-28 09:45 - 2017-11-29 17:00 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
This is an internationally recognised and certificated Youth Mental First Aid training delivered by certified Mental Health First Aid England instructors.

Do you work with Young people in Hackney?
Do you want to learn how to promote a young person’s mental and emotional wellbeing?
Then attend this course which will provide you with the information, tools, and techniques you need to support a young person who might be experiencing mental and emotional distress.
The course is split into the following four sections:

What is mental health?
Depression and anxiety
Suicide and psychosis
Self-harm and eating disorders

Within each section, there is a clear focus on the issues faced by young people, including bullying/cyber-bullying and substance misuse. The course also teaches the importance of promoting well-being and protective factors.
Learning outcomes
Each section will teach you how to:

Spot the early signs of a mental health issue in young people
Feel confident helping a young person experiencing mental ill health
Provide help on a first aid basis
Help protect a young person who might be at risk of harm
Help prevent a mental health issue from getting worse
Guide a young person towards the right support
Reduce the stigma of mental health issues

The sessions will be a mix of presentations, discussions, and group work activities. You will be provided with the Youth MHFA manual and workbook. At the end of the course, you will also receive a certificate confirming you are a trained Youth Mental Health First Aider.
Contact
Phone: 020 7923 1962
Email: zebina@hcvs.org.uk

Register here

Jewellery Making
2017-11-25 10:30 - 12:30
Join this creative workshop
You will have opportunity to use different techniques to produce your own earrings, bracelets and necklaces to take home, using a selection of cool colours and beads.
No experience needed
When?
Date: 25th November 2017
Time: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Where?
Princess May Primary School,
Princess May Road,
London N16 8DF
To book your place call: 020 7249 5748 or 07863 234832 or email: office@acschool.org.uk
See the leaflet here.
* This workshop is part funded by The Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund for economically inactive and long term unemployed Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women who have the right to work in the UK.
You will have opportunity to use different techniques to
produce your own earrings, bracelets and necklaces to take home, using a selection of cool colours and beads.
No experience needed.

How to use IT resources to support your monitoring, evaluation and compliance endeavours
2017-11-22 10:30 - 13:30 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
This practical training session aims to provide an understanding of Data Protection Principles, Data Sharing Protocols, and Collection and Managing good quality data using the MS Access service user database. We have developed an MS Access database that will help you improve your data entry procedures, recording, storing and reporting.

Are you still using excel spread sheets and finding it hard to cope with data ?
Are you struggling with monitoring and evaluation of your projects ?
Do you feel that your systems are not-compliant with data protection regulations?
If all this applies to you, then this training session is the right one for you.
This session will cover how it is applied in practice and the importance of having such skills for organisations holding personal information on their service users and volunteers.
Who is this aimed at?
Anyone who has a degree of/overall responsibility for administration, monitoring/evaluation, data protection, and reporting on projects and activities. It is also useful for others who want to broaden their understanding of these areas. Organisations’ volunteers are also welcome to attend the training if they are interested in gaining admin and projects’ assistance skills.
What will I take away?

A service user database that would be covered in the training, service user registration/consent forms.
Knowledge of Data Protection principles and storing information securly
Knowledge and skills to develop Data Protection policies
NICE Data sharing protocols & how to apply it in practice.
Knowledge of Data Protection procedures in storing information securely
Knowledge and skills to develop data management and consistency across projects and activities.
Understanding of the importance of consistency and accuracy in data entry.
Understanding of the importance of data integrity and efficient data management.
Understanding of the monitoring and evaluation basics and reporting mechanisms.

Register here .

Compassionate Neighbours - free training
2017-11-21 09:00 - 17:00 | St Joseph’s Hospice, Mare St, London, E8 4SA, United Kingdom
Compassionate Neighbours is free community-led support at St Joseph’s Hospice for anyone living with or caring for a person with a serious, long-term or terminal illness, or a person who is frail and/or isolated.
This is a 2 day training on 21st and 22nd November.
For more information please contact Joy on 020 8525 3206, j.kahumbu@stjh.org.uk or CN@stjh.org.uk.

Active Citizens
2017-11-20 09:30 - 16:30 | Shoreditch Trust, 8 Orsman Rd, London, N1 5QJ, United Kingdom
Active Citizens are individuals across the world who want to make a difference in their community. They are people and institutions established, trusted and valued in the community – volunteers, staff, apprentices, religious leaders, politicians, youth workers, social entrepreneurs etc. They are influential and working to improve the lives of people living in their community. Through the programme they are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to design and implement social action projects to tackle social issues in their community.
Shoreditch Trust is delivering the Active Citizens programme in partnership with the British Council. We are recruiting participants for the 2017/18 course which will take place from 20th November – 24th November 2017.

#ourwayahead - Better Health For All Londoners?
2017-11-16 17:30 - 20:30
Purpose: to ensure grassroots community issues and solutions are at the heart of London’s health inequality strategy and policy implementation
The event is organized by Community Development Network London and Just Space as part of the #ourwayahead movement, in partnership with the Greater London Authority and London Metropolitan University. There will be a mix of talks, case studies and small group discussion (see agenda overleaf) and an opportunity for networking and debate with a range of community practitioners, students and local people. The event is open to all but is focused directly on groups and individuals with an interest in health inequalities and community work.
More information:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ourwayahead-better-health-for-all-londoners-tickets-39217735302?aff=es2

Citizen-led hubs: building the ecosystem together
2017-11-16 13:00 - 17:30
We invite you to co-design ways we can share knowledge and support each other to achieve a socially just and sustainable London for the future.
We’ll bring together starter ideas from several sources: our exploration into Connecting Londoners, expertise from the Our Way Ahead network of networks, and the results of consultation by the Greater London Council on their civil society strategy.
We’ll build on proposals for a London Hub that resulted from The Way Ahead initiative, supported by London funders. Currently the plan is to fund and carry plans forward through one charitable company.
More information:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizen-led-hubs-building-the-ecosystem-together-tickets-39218885743

Managing Your Money Workshop
2017-11-15 12:30 - 14:30
With real incomes falling and personal debt at a record high, there has never been a better time to improve your personal financial skills.
What will the session cover?

Know what you want to do with money;
Know where your money goes;
Know how to save money for your goals;
Plan your spending in advance;
Know exactly where you need to put control;

When?
Date: 15th November 2017 Time: 12.30 am – 2.30 pm
Where?
Princess May Primary School, Princess May Road, London N16 8DF
To book your place call: 020 7249 5748 or 07863 234832 or email: office@acschool.org.uk
Read the leaflet here.

* This workshop is part funded by The Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund for economically inactive and long term unemployed Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women who have the right to work in the UK.

City and Hackney ‘stay healthy’ event
2017-11-15 10:30 - 14:30
Would you like to know more about how to keep healthy?
Join us for this free community health event which includes the below and more:
• Massage
• Foot health session
• Smoothie bikes – cycle your way to a smoothie
• Information on local mental health support
• Cooking healthy food on a budget
• Diabetes checks

There is no need to register, just come along on the day.
Wed. 15 November 2017 10.30am – 2.30pm
Hackney Central Library
1 Reading Lane, E8 1GQ

Download the leaflet here.

Hackney Small Grants 'How to Apply' session
2017-11-13 09:45 - 13:00 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
Hackney CVS is working in partnership with Hackney Council to deliver a workshop on ‘How to Apply’ to the Hackney Small Grants up to £5,000.

This workshop will:

Provide an overview of the Hackney Small Grants programme
Give details on the application process

By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

Gain a better understanding of the way to identify and evidence need
Apply the Theory of Change model to their application
Prepare an attractive budget
Demonstrate a better understanding of the London Borough Hackney Outcomes and Safeguarding questions.

Register here .

Women-led thinking space
2017-11-09 10:30 - 12:30
This space is especially for women who have experienced any form of abuse.
We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during term time, creating a safe space to talk about what’s on our minds and offer each other support. We welcome you to join us when you can.

Where:
Claudia Jones Organisation, 103 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 8BX

Time:
10.30am -12.30pm

Day:
Thursdays

Dates:

9th & 23rd November |
14th December

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Compassionate Neighbours - free training
2017-11-04 09:00 - 17:00 | St Joseph’s Hospice, Mare St, London, E8 4SA, United Kingdom
Compassionate Neighbours is free community-led support at St Joseph’s Hospice for anyone living with or caring for a person with a serious, long-term or terminal illness, or a person who is frail and/or isolated.
This is a 2 day training on 4th and 11th November.
For more information please contact Joy on 020 8525 3206, j.kahumbu@stjh.org.uk or CN@stjh.org.uk.

Social Enterprise in the City - a one-day conference
2017-11-01 09:00 - 21:00
Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC is pleased to present the ‘Social Enterprise in the City’ conference in a partnership led with Hackney Council (for full list of partners see below).
Using Hackney as a case study, the conference will explore how to develop a vibrant urban social enterprise ecosystem in which social enterprises can address inner city challenges such as disengaged youth, social exclusion and food sustainability.
Through a series of talks, panels and breakout sessions this conference will identify key inner city needs, an inner city vision for social enterprise and the steps local actors can take to grow the sector. The day will also include an opportunity to work with the Mayor of Hackney to draft a social enterprise manifesto for Hackney.
Headline speakers include:

Peter Holbrook, CEO, SEUK; Bharat Mehta, CEO, Trust for London; Gemma Heard, Project Manager, Drivers for Change; Tony Armstrong, CEO, Locality and Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville.

Panel discussions:

Why should cities invest in social enterprise development? (Bobby Kasanga, Hackney Wick FC; Jude Williams, Hackney Pirates; Kemi Dowokpor, Mind Your Language (invited) and Gee Sinha, ReSpace Projects)
Are social enterprises equipped to operate in inner city markets? (Faisel Rahman, Fair Finance; Howard Lane, Green Net; Julie Brown, Growing Communities and Claire Martin, Mill Co.)
Supporting a social enterprise ecosystem – social & community leaders discuss conditions necessary for inner city social enterprise growth (Jake Ferguson, HCVS; Claire Witney, London Borough of Hackney; Jacqui Roberts, Shoreditch Trust; Nas Morley, UnLtd; Lindsey Hall, Real Ideas Organisation)

Workshops:

Open discussion: Growing the sector through collaboration and engagement. (HCD)
Open discussion: Drawing up an inner city manifesto for social enterprise. (HCD)
Three ways to finance your social enterprise (ALLIA);
Q&A: How to engage young people at risk of exclusion (Urban MBA, Hackney Wick FC and UnLtd);
How to measure and report social impact (CAN Mezannine);
Steps for changing your private business into a social enterprise (Co-operatives Assistance Network);
Bringing a product to market on a shoestring (Red Ochre)
Co-operative Working Principles (Calverts)

Thanks to partners: Hackney Council, Hackney CVS, Social Enterprise UK, Co-operatives UK, Locality, UBS, Loughborough University, UnLtd, Mediorite, Pioneers Post
Drinks reception sponsor: Global Digital Foundation
Delivery Partners: CAN Mezzanine, Red Ochre, Co-operatives Assistance Network, Allia and Calverts
Social Enterprise in the City
Wednesday 1 November
Registration: 09:15
Conference and workshops: 09:45 – 17:30
Lunch: 12:50
Drinks reception: 17:30 onwards
Tickets cost £10 or £8 concessions*. Refreshments are included.
Places are limited so please book promptly.
With any queries, please contact socialenterprise@hcd.coop

Celebrating Black History - craft fair
2017-10-28 12:00 - 16:00 | Stoke Newington Methodist Church, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 7NY, United Kingdom
This a free entry event open to the community. We want to come together to learn and celebrate black history. Businesses, organisations, charities designers and artists will provide community information, refreshments, workshops, illustrative arts, crafts and decorative items.
Please contact us for further information or to book a stall.
Contact: Suzanne Asphall. Email: designsbysuzanne01@hotmail.com, telephone: 07956905730.

Black history quiz evening
2017-10-27 18:30 - 21:30
Join us for our black history month quiz!
Friday 27th of October at 8 Palatine Road, N16 8SX.
Tickets and more information: 0207 241 1646 / info@claudiajones.org

Black History Month 2017 - Black SuperSheroes Exhibition
2017-10-25 06:30 - 20:00 | Shoreditch Library, 80 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6LP, United Kingdom
Sweet Design Studio is proud to collaborate with Shoreditch Library again this year to host another event for Black History Month. ‘Black SuperSheroes’ will be the first of its kind to celebrate black women as superheroes.

With Halle Berry being the last black (and only) actress to play a leading role as a superhero character in a film – Catwoman, 2004 ‘Black SuperSheroes’ explores the lack and missed opportunities of black woman playing leading roles as superheroes through contemporary, colourful and positive illustrations and raises the question why?
Collaborating with graphic Designer Lauren-Marie Haywood, ‘Black SuperSheroes’ will not only illustrate and re-master some of the world’s most loved female superhero characters as modern everyday woman of colour but will also be raising the question of whether the filming industry will ever use another black actress to play a superhero character or if our next female superhero character will ever be a plus size or wear a hijab?

This free exhibition will be a celebration and recognition of black woman regardless of her body type who is too often ignored in media as well as a celebration of female empowerment. This year’s Black History Month theme at the Shoreditch Library will honour the courageous work of Civil Rights Activist Maya Angelou and ‘Black SuperSheroes’ will be echoing her famous ‘Phenomenal Women’ poem throughout.

Two young girls in a creative workshop at the Geffrye Autumn Half-term activities: Home Thoughts
2017-10-24 10:30 - 16:00 | Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Rd, London, E2 8EA, United Kingdom
Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 October 2017, 10.30am – 12.30pm and 2 – 4pm. Free
Creative workshops exploring how we make, keep and spend our time at home. New! Fun digital sessions including animation and designing your own advert for a servant in Victorian times.

HYPU October Half Term Programme 2017
2017-10-23 09:00 - 15:00
Are you aged between 10-13? Want to do something different this half term? Why not start your career here while having fun. Workshops and clubs Include: Breakfast clubs, Family Fun Day, Baking, Arts & Crafts, Music, Film club and much more!
Dates: 23 – 27 October 2017
Time: 9am – 3pm
Enrolment Fee: £10 For the whole programme (if booked b/f 19 October), £15 For the whole programme (if booked after 20 October)
Venue: Bsix, Sixth Form College, Kenninghall Road, Hackney, London, E5 8BP

Healthier City and Hackney Fund 2018/19 Launch Event
2017-10-19 09:30 - 12:00 | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL, United Kingdom
Hackney Council’s Public Health team and the City and Hackney Clinicial Commissioning Group (CCG) have joined forces to offer an exciting grants fund for projects to run from May 2018.
This combines the existing Healthier Hackney Fund and the Innovation Fund, to create a larger programme that will support groups to deliver meaningful change for residents in Hackney and the City of London.
The scheme allows the Public Health team and the CCG to work with organisations from across the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sectors to create innovative solutions to long standing, large scale health issues, and to test ideas for new ways to deal with old problems.
This launch event will introduce the grants programme to interested groups, explain the application process and the priority health issues covered by the grants, allowing time for ideas sharing between organisations. This event is also an opportunity for those interested in applying to meet the funders and discuss any initial ideas for projects. The event will run on a drop in basis, and interested parties can talk informally to representatives from the Public Health team, the CCG, service leads for the priority health issues, the Community Partnerships team (who manage the grantfunding process), and groups who have been funded in previous rounds. There will also be a presentation with key information on the fund delivered at several intervals throughout the morning.
Refreshments and healthy snacks will be provided at the event.
Please be aware that there is no parking at the venue, but is easily reached by bus and is a short walk from both Dalston Junction and Dalston Kingsland overground stations.
More information about the Healthier City and Hackney Fund, sign up to our newsletter at http://eepurl.com/4J939, or get in touch at publichealth@hackney.gov.uk.

Mental Health First Aid
2017-10-18 09:45 - 13:00 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
This is an internationally recognized and certificated Adult Mental First Aid training delivered by certified Mental Health First Aid England instructors.

This is an introductory three-hour mental health awareness course
After attending this course you will be able to:

Define mental health and some common mental health issues
Identify stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues
Relate to people’s experiences and support people in distress
Look after your own mental health

This session will be a mix of presentations, discussions, and group work activities. You will receive an Adult MHFA Lite manual as well as an attendance certificate from MHFA England.

Contact
Phone: 020 7923 1962
Email: zebina@hcvs.org.uk

Register here

Data Management, Recording & Reporting on MS Access Database
2017-10-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
This practical training session aims to provide an understanding of data management procedures using the MS Access service user database. This includes how it is applied in practice and its importance for organisations holding personal information on their service users and volunteers.

Who is this aimed at?
Anyone who has a degree of/overall responsibility for administration, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on projects and activities. It is also useful for others who want to broaden their understanding of these areas. Organisations’ volunteers are also welcome to attend the training if they are interested in gaining admin and projects’ assistance skills.
What will I take away?

Understanding of the importance of handling data efficiently and importance of accuracy in data entry.
Understanding of the importance of data integrity and how it could save you time and effort when using a centrally data managed application.
Understanding of the monitoring and evaluation basics, and applying it in practice in service user data management application.
Knowledge and skills to develop data management, reporting and consistency across projects and activities.
Knowledge of Data Protection procedures in storing information securely.

Register here: https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=36

Data Protection & Handling (Practical Workshop)
2017-10-17 10:30 - 12:30 | Hackney CVS, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
This practical workshop aims to provide an understanding of Data Protection Principles and Data Sharing Protocols. This includes how it is applied in practice and its importance for organisations holding personal information to ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act.

Who is this aimed at?
Anyone who has a degree of/overall responsibility for data protection within the organisation. It is also useful for others who want to broaden their understanding of this area.

What will I take away?

Knowledge of Data Protection principles and storing information securly
Knowledge and skills to develop Data Protection policies
NICE Data sharing protocols & how to apply it in practice.

Register here: https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=33

Hackney Media Reach - careers event for 15-19 year olds
2017-10-14 11:00 - 16:00 | Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare St, London, E8 1HE, United Kingdom
This is an event for young people from Hackney aged between 15-19 years, who are interested in getting into the media industry. We will have an exciting variety of industry professionals from film, radio, social media and many more to come in and give workshops and valuable experience of the industry.
Age group: 15-19.
Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare St, London E8 1HE.
Contact: Mouth That Roars, e-mail: MTRmediaevents@yahoo.com, telephone: 02077292323.

Family cook and eat course
2017-10-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Banister House Community Centre, London, E9 6BP, United Kingdom
Our courses are fun and friendly and you will learn how to prepare fresh, seasonal ingredients and make nutritious, satisfying and delicious meals with your family and neighbours.
Every Thursday 4pm-6pm, 12 October – 23 November (Excluding 26th October).
Booking essential. Call 02070338529 or email food@shoreditchtrust.org.uk.

Explore your career options - taster workshop
2017-10-12 11:00 - 13:30 | Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre, 31-33 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3DF, United Kingdom
Come along to this fun session and meet like-minded BAME women who are thinking of returning to work
11.00am – 12.30pm:
Explore Your Career Options and Professional Development
12.30 – 1.30 pm:
Individual support and Create Your Future registration
For more information and to book your place,
e-mail Zebina.Myrie@hcvs.org.uk or call 020 7923 1962
