Kaleidoscope Enterprise Ltd: Annual General Meeting & Social Get-together on Friday 28th Oct 2011. The Chair, Directors and Members of Kaleidoscope Enterprise Limited cordially invite you to our Annual General Meeting at 6.30pm in the Hatfield Fire Station, Wellfield Road , Hatfield, Herts , AL10 0DA. For the social get-together, we encourage everyone to bring along some food of national or cultural significance to them for sharing.

Click here for the WHEM Group 2010 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.

Interested in becoming a Kaleidoscope Enterprise member? Then click here to find out more about it. Then Click here for a Kaleidoscope Enterprise Group Membership Form for 2011/12.

Are you of South Asian descent and have diabetes or know someone who does? Perhaps you think you may have diabetes. If so a new CD from Diabetes UK will be of interest to you. It helps people better manage their diabetes and ultimately improve their quality of life. Click here to find out more about the whole subject, how to get the CD and who to contact for more information.

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."

Would you like to teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector? Then you might need a preparatory course. Click here for details on the City & Guilds PTLLS course. If you wish to apply for one of these courses, click here for an application form.

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

Widening Counselling access to the wider community: Herginder K Bhangoo is a British Asian who can relate to both Eastern & Western cultures and provide counselling in English & Punjabi. Download a flyer about her work from here. She can be contacted by email: jinder@talktalk.net or visit her website: www.HKBCounselling.co.uk.

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

First Contact Service: This is a new information and support service in Herts for older people to access a wide range of community services and activities in their local area. For more information look at the website www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/ageingwell/firstcontact/. Also see their Powerpoint presentation 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.

Hertfordshire Equality Council Trustees required: Hertfordshire Equality Council (HEC) is looking to recruit four dynamic new volunteer trustees to support its mission to create a Hertfordshire where everyone is treated fairly, with dignity and respect and where good community relations are encouraged and celebrated.

HEC, with support from the Hertfordshire County council, Herts Constabulary, Herts NHS and The Herts NHS Foundation are looking for trustees with experience of fundraising, communications (including websites) and financial management. A commitment to promoting equality and diversity is essential, as is communication, leadership and interpersonal skills needed to play an active part in the Board. Previous experience of Board membership is not essential.

Minimum commitment is attendance at five meetings per year. This is an unpaid position. Trustees will be paid all reasonable expenses.

We are keen to receive applications from all sections of the community to ensure that our board represents the diversity of the people we serve.

Application Process

Please submit a CV (maximum 4 pages) along with a one page summary outlining why you are interested in the role of trustee and what skills, experience and knowledge you bring.

Please download the Job Description from here and the Person Specification from here.

Please email your application to hemant.mistry@hertscc.gov.uk  - by 15th February. For more information please call Hemant on 01438 843509

Please note that interviews are currently planned for the 24th February

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.