Click here for the WHEM Group 2009 Annual Report

Click here for the WHEM Group Constitution as amended and adopted on 6th December 2007

Click here for the WHEM Group magazine - WHEMAG.

Click here for the latest Newsletter from the Hertfordshire Children's Trust Partnership. which is a document listing trusts and grant-aided bodies who may fund a project.

Want to quit smoking? But need help? You're up to four times more likely to quit with NHS support than by going it alone. See how methods like Nicotine Replacement Therapy or drugs like Champix and Zyban can help by clicking here and downloading a leaflet from the NHS. "I know it's time to quit this Ramadan."

Click here for the latest Find The Funder report which is a document listing trusts and grant-aided bodies who may fund a project.

Research Report: "Mapping the Infrastructure of Ethnic Minority Voluntary and Community Sector in Hertfordshire", published in June 2006, is now available - please click here for the report

Hertfordshire Training and Development Consortium (HTDC) - VCS Workforce Development: HTDC has secured funding from Hertfordshire County Council Adult Care Services for the delivery of a Voluntary Sector Workforce Development Programme in Hertfordshire. This will run until 31st March 2011 and will include the provision of:

A skills advice service for voluntary sector organisations delivering adult social care

A programme of training courses for the voluntary sector

Teacher training including places for tutors in private and voluntary adult social care organisations on PTLLS* courses and bursaries for CTLLS*

For further information about the new HTDC Skills Advice service, please click here.

HCC Children Schools and Families will also be funding PTLLS* places for tutors in groups working with children and young people. In addition there will also be further First Aid courses for staff and volunteers working with babies and young children.

Further details of training dates will follow shortly.

Please e-mail tracy.crowley@hertscf.org.uk if you are interested in PTLLS* or CTLLS*. N.B. The number of places will be limited so you are advised to get your name down early. For those new to teaching or who manage tutors, there will be PTLLS information sessions in Hatfield on 29th July. There are a few places left, so please contact Tracy if you wish to attend.

* PTLLS – Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector; CTLLS – Certificate to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Bursaries for Teaching and Advice Qualifications

As part of the ESF Technical Assistance Engage and Enable Project, funds are being made available to assist individuals, working as practitioners in teaching, learner support or advice giving roles in the Voluntary and Community Sector, to undertake a relevant accredited qualification.

Bursary support is only available to individuals working or volunteering within the Third Sector and for accredited courses delivered by a recognised provider. Courses must be related to a teaching, learner support or advice giving role and can be at any level.

COVER will be administering the bursary scheme but are not responsible for sourcing the provision or providing advice on the course being undertaken.  The learner must ensure that they meet the minimum requirements of the course provider before applying for a bursary.

Bursaries will be offered to meet 90% of the full cost of the qualification up to a maximum value of £500.  Any additional cost must be met by the individual or their employing organisation.

Click here for further information.

Our Country 2 presents The "C" Factor: Get creative this summer - learn to wear a sari, dance to Zimbabwean beats, taste Filipino food or hear about life in Barbados. Click here for the summary flyer and here for details of the Can't Dance, Won't Dance interactive workshop on Saturday 14 August.

TransQual (East of England) Migrant Worker Qualification Conversion Project: The TransQual East of England Migrant Worker Qualification Conversion project is an initiative of the Learning Partnership – Bedfordshire Ltd and Luton funded by the Learning and Skills Couincil (LSC) with support through the European Social Fund (ESF). It is a free service to both employed migrant workers and employers. Download flyer here

Herts Sports Partnership's e-zine: If you are interested in sport and physical activity in Hertfordshire then go to the right place - the Herts Sports Partnership website and e-zine. We are a unique sports organisation that brings together expertise, resources and ideas from all sides of the sports industry to provide a central and coordinated sports service for the whole of Hertfordshire. Click here to go to their website. Or you can click here to go direct to their latest e-zine.

Grassroots Funding: Nearly £1.2m is available through the Grassroots Small Grants Programme for local voluntary & community groups. This is delivered by the Hertfordshire Community Foundation. Click here for their website

Herts. Forward 2021: This is the latest monthly bulletin from the Hertfordshire Forward partnership family. It provides an update on the development and work of the family. Click here to download the bulletin.

FERI ICT HELPDESK: If you're frustrated by ICT and need a source of ICT support that you can trust, then try the Regional Helpdesk from Front Line Engagement through Infrastructure (FERI). Download their poster from here.

"Reaching Up" is the community mentoring project: If you are a school, parent, carer, education agency or community group and might want to refer someone for this project, please download, complete and return the Referral Form from here.

2011 Census Community Advisor Recruitment start on May 17th: These part-time roles may also be of interest to council staff members who are involved in community engagement roles within any department.

About the role: The primary aim of Community Advisors will be to actively engage with specific ethnic groups to raise awareness and understanding of the 2011 Census and to encourage their participation. Community Advisors could already be well-connected within the community or ordinary citizens with a knack for talking to a wide variety of people. Either way, they will need basic conversational skills in certain languages, so they can confidently communicate with their target community. While Community Advisors are based in specific local authorities, they will be available to advise Area Managers in other areas, if required. Roles are available working with the following communities:

Community	Language Requirement
Bangladeshi	Bengali
Black African	Somali, Portuguese, French, Arabic or Yoruba
Black Caribbean	n/a
Chinese	Mandarin or Cantonese
Indian	Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil or Hindi
Pakistani	Urdu, Punjabi, Mirpuri or Pahari

Points to note:

1. All applications must be made via www.censusjobs.co.uk rather than local authority application forms.

2. Applications will be accepted beginning 17 May 2010.

3. All information prospective applicants may need is featured on www.censusjobs.co.uk, so please do not include a Capita phone number when widely promoting census recruitment.

4. The local authority coverage and requirements for each role were provided by ONS. Since the roles line up with local authority boundaries they will be very easy to find via the recruitment website search function.

5. Current and former local authority employees will need to apply through the same process as all other applicants.

Please find the Local Authority Information Pack here, and the Community Advisor Job Description here.

Patricia Lancia
Capita Resourcing

Census Research Networking Team, CAPITA RESOURCING, 2011 CENSUS

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