COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR MANCHESTER
EMAIL BULLETIN – 11th April 2008

The Community Network for Manchester (CN4M) is part of the Manchester
Partnership (MP) that works specifically on behalf of voluntary and
community groups. CN4M is creating a more powerful voice for the voluntary
and community sectors in Manchester. For more information about the
Community Network for Manchester and to view contact details please visit
our website at http://www.cn4m.net

1.0 Network News
2.0 Training
3.0 Events
4.0 Information
5.0 Jobs

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1.0 Network News
1.1 Community Network For Manchester. Update on Network Funding: The
Manchester Partnership have agreed to fully fund the first quarter's payment
up front and we are currently in the process of completing the application
form. We have still not confirmed the remainder of the funding for this
financial year but discussions are still ongoing and you will be updated as
soon as we have more information.
The Executive Group will be scrutinising the Network application forms over
the next two weeks and will agree the funding to Networks on the 24th April.
In the mean time, if any Network has an immediate need for an interim
payment, then please contact the core team as soon as possible.
Please contact John Wareham (email mailto:john@cn4m.net, Tel: 0161 234 2921)
if you have any queries or concerns.


2.0 Training
2.1 Starting Up Your Own Business- Free Advisory Service with
Business Support Solutions. Business Support Solutions offers advice and
information to help you become your own boss. With more than 15 years
experience in supporting local businesses, they are able to offer a
customised Business Start Up support service. If you would like to take
part, your first step would be to attend an Awareness Session, with a group
of like minded people. An accredited business advisor will give a
presentation covering all aspects of business planning. At the end of the
session you should have all the information you need to write a workable
business plan and make sure that your plan complies with the legal
requirements of setting up a business. Additional hour long one to one
sessions are then available with a fully qualified business advisor, to look
at your specific needs.
To find out more about this opportunity, please contact Jackie Aston
(Enterprise Link Worker):
mailto:jackie.aston@business-support-solutions.co.uk, Tel: 0161 - 976 -
4243, Business Support Solutions, Nelson House, Park Road, Timperley, WA14
5XZ

2.2 Social Enterprise Start Up Programme- Free Training. A unique
opportunity to develop your project idea into a viable social enterprise.
Business Support Solutions Start up and Legal Structure Programmes are aimed
at individuals or groups who wish to set up a social enterprise and require
support with developing their vision and planning their project. The
programmes comprise a number of Workshops and One to One business support
sessions, designed to give you the practical skills needed to develop and
start a social enterprise. If you wish to join other social entrepreneurs on
a similar journey, book on their next courses starting in APRIL and JUNE
2008. Cost : Free
Venue: Business Support Solutions - Nelson House, Park Road, Timperley
Dates/ Time: 23rd & 30th April - 7th and 14th May 2008. 5.30pm to 8.30pm -
(for June dates, please contact them) For further information, please see
the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=535&Itemid=50.
To book your place, please contact Isabelle Farquhar on 0161 976 4243 or
email: mailto:isabelle.farquhar@3se.co.uk to discuss your initial idea.

2.3 Turbulence & Transitions: Understanding & Working in Changing
Organisations. Organised by the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust, this one-day
workshop is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to reflect
on their experience of organisational life. The morning programme will draw
on systemic and psychoanalytic perspectives, which inform our understanding
of work in organisations. The afternoon is devoted to the practical
application of these theoretical ideas, in small consultation work groups.
Cost: £95
Date/ Time: 22nd April 2008, from 9.15am to 4.15pm
Venue: Friends Meeting House
Contact Vicky Harrison, Events Organiser on 020 8938 2548 Email:
mailto:events@tavi-port.org for more information or to book a place.

2.4 New Chief Executive Programme- Run by ACEVO. The programme is
designed for newly appointed chief executives of third sector organisations
and will provide starting points for exploring the new challenges and
opportunities of the role as well as opportunities to develop a strong peer
support network. The purpose of the programme is to provide a structured
approach to the crucial challenges of leadership, management and governance,
exploring theory and its application in practice. In a supportive group of
your peers you will have time to consider your strengths, as well as develop
the expertise you want in order to manage the inevitable demands and
pressures of your role. Cost: Members- £715, Non-members - £865.
Dates/Times: 07 May Module 1: The role of the Chief Executive; 03 June
Module 2: Your Leadership Journey; 09 July Module 3: The Chief Executive as
ambassador; 03 September Module 4: Financial Matters and Fundraising; 07
October Module 5: Leading strategic change. 09.30 - 16.30. Venue: The
Lesbian and Gay Foundation, Manchester. For more information please contact
Amy Rooks, Professional Development Executive on 0845 873 8096 or
mailto:amy.rooks@acevo.org.uk

2.5 Workshops for Adult Learners' Week or Learning at Work Day. The
Open University in the North West has put together a wide ranging programme
of workshops which can be delivered to groups of staff, volunteers or
learners. Most of these are intended for a general adult audience who would
not be expected to have any prior knowledge of the subject, although some
are more suited to those with level 2 (GCSE level) literacy. Sessions last
from 45 minutes to 2 hours and cover a wide range of topics in the areas of
arts, maths, languages, business studies and study skills. A limited number
of these workshops can be offered free to groups in their widening
participation area (the 25% most deprived super output areas).
For more information on the sessions on offer, please see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=50
Interested? Phone Sarah Wilkinson on (0161) 998 7272 or email for more
information and you will be sent a list of workshops and a booking
application (to be returned by Wednesday 16th April so requests can be
prioritised) email: mailto:R08-RCWP@open.ac.uk

2.6 Accelerated Learning. This two-day training course is for
trainers, mentors, coaches and teaching professionals working with adults.
Dates: Monday 19th & Tuesday 20th May 2008
Venue: Manchester Carers' Centre, Beswick House, Beswick Row, Manchester, M4
4PR
Cost (2 days) £160 which includes lunch & refreshments. For a link to the
booking form, please see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=519&Itemid=50,
or contact: Bob Towers Training & Consultancy, Kuumba Imani Millennium
Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool L8 1TH, Tel: 07841 515 070,
www.towersconsulting.co.uk

2.7 Short courses in community and youth work at Manchester
University - May - July 2008. Courses include: Developing Local
Participation- Exploring organisational structures and decision-making
procedures to identify barriers and organisational strategies to enable
participation. Youth Work Theory and Practice - Identifying the role of a
community worker in the development of young people. Class and Power -
Identify and analyse the causes and effects of class oppression as well as
models of good community and youth work practice to address them. Mentoring
as Informal Education - A look at different approaches to the various stages
of mentoring as well as the skills involved. Each course is 10 credits;
Undergraduate Level One, and costs £256.
For further information, please see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=523&Itemid=50,
or call 0161 275 3523.

2.8 Leadership and Management Programmes at The Co-operative
College. The Co-operative College is based in Manchester and has been
serving the educational and learning needs of the co-operative movement
since 1919. They offer a range of open management courses providing learners
from third sector organisations with the opportunity to join colleagues from
other organisations to gain relevant and progressive knowledge and skills.
They will soon be delivering three one-day leadership and management
programmes that are designed for social enterprises and smaller
co-operatives. The cost of each course including all materials and lunch is
only £50 per person for the Effective Manager and Effective Communication
courses, and £75 per person for the Manager as Developer course. To find out
more about the range of bespoke management solutions they can offer, please
contact Jason Starks, Learning and Development Manager at
mailto:Jason@co-op.ac.uk, or ring Jason on 0161 246 2923



3.0 Events
3.1 Transition Town Hulme Event. On Wednesday 16th April, Transition
Town Hulme will host the first "Hulme Looks Forward..." event. The event
will bring together people who live and work in Hulme to celebrate local
environmental action and discuss the future. Transition Town Hulme is part
of the Transition Town network, a loose affiliation of projects spanning the
length and breadth of the country. Transition Towns aim to meet the
challenges of Peak Oil and climate change by planning the transition away
from our current dependency on fossil fuels for energy and raw materials.
"Hulme Looks Forward..." will give local community groups and residents the
chance to meet those involved in environmental work in and around Hulme and
offer them the opportunity to get involved. It will give people the
opportunity to talk about how they think Hulme should move forward and deal
with environmental challenges. Refreshments will be provided, everyone is
welcome and entry is free.
Date/ Time: Wednesday 16th April, 7:00pm
Venue: Zion Arts Centre, Stretford Road, Hulme.
To view the full press release for this event, please see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=63&extmode=view&
extid=244, or contact Tim on 07971688096 or mailto:tjthehunt@yahoo.co.uk.
For more information on Transition Towns see: http://transitiontowns.org/
and http://transitionculture.org/.

3.2 ACEVO North Conference 2008. Join the largest gathering of third
sector leaders in the North of England! Acevo's second northern conference
will focus on Strategic Planning. Leaders from all three sectors will share
their thoughts and experience focusing on: Strategic planning and achieving
your vision; Setting and implementing long term goals; Strategic challenges
for the future - responding to threats and opportunities. This unique
networking opportunity provides a chance to meet with peers in your area and
discuss plans for the development of acevo North with the Steering Group.
Cost: Price: £110, Non Member rate: £130.
Date/ Time: 24th April 2008- 09:30 - 16:30
Venue: The Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, M60 7HA
To book a place at the conference and see a full programme for the day.
Please visit:
https://www.acevo.org.uk/index.cfm/display_page/Events_list/control_contentt
ype/event_list/display_open/events_936

3.3 Innovation and Creativity Global Citizenship Project Launch.
Development Education Project - Funded by Oxfam UK. The aim of the project
is to develop the knowledge and skills base in innovation, creativity and
risk for global citizenship. You are invited to discuss these ideas on the
24th- a final programme will be developed after Easter. The meeting will be
participative giving plenty of opportunity to share and develop your own
ideas on the process. The organisers would like short presentations, or
activities, which convey participant's own views on the creative and
innovative process.
Date/ Time: 24th April 10.00 - 15.00 (lunch included)
Venue: Bridge-5 Mill, Manchester
For more information, and to register for this event, please contact:
mailto:anne@dep.org.uk, Tel: 0161 921 8013, DEP, c/o Laurel Cottage, 799
Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RR.

3.4 Manchester City Council- Jobs Fairs 2008. Manchester City
Council are hosting their annual jobs fairs for Disabled people and for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people.
Dates/ Times: Thursday May 22, 11am to 4pm - Jobs fair for Disabled People;
Thursday August 28 11am to 4pm - LGBT jobs fair.
Venue: The Great Hall, Town Hall, Manchester. For a link to the events
flyer, see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=63&extmode=view&
extid=235 If you are interested in taking part in this event, please contact
Kate Fowler on 0161 234 1885 or mailto:k.fowler@manchester.gov.uk


3.5 The NXt Generation 2008 TAKE OVA! Variety Showcase. The nXt
Generation presents the 2008 TAKE OVA!!! Variety Showcase. Including:
Motivational Speaker - Paul O'Bina, Drama Act - Living to Die (sponsored by
D.T.B campaign) (LIVE performance) Underground Unit - Straight out of
LONDON(supporting the cause) (LIVE performance) Manchester's Finest - M's
up!!! Award Ceremony/ Fashion Show/ Hair Show/ Music Showcase & more!!! It
is a ticket only event: £5.00 = Young People (21 & Under), £15.00 = People
(22+). To view the events flyer, please see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=63&extmode=view&
extid=239
Date/Time: May 5th 2008, 5pm - 11pm
Venue: Bridgewater Hall
Contact Address: mailto:txg@hotmail.co.uk, web: www.myspace.com/txg2007,
Contact No: 07946 851705- 07965 667301 - 07807 410389- Reaghellle Peltier
- Nicole McLaren - Leah Simms.

3.6 Public Seminar- Challenges and Opportunities for Service
Delivery in a culturally diverse society: lessons from the Muslim community.
Key aims of the seminar: To bring together public and private service
providers and those who use their services; To examine experiences gained
from their individual perspective to find out how they have dealt with the
challenges of meeting the needs of a more culturally, ethnically and
religiously diverse British society; To explore further opportunities and
challenges for service providers arising from further immigration into
Britain from the EU and elsewhere.
Date/ Time: Saturday 17 May 2008: 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.
Venue: Lecture Theatre 210, Dame Sandra Burslem Building, Manchester
Metropolitan University, All Saints, Manchester M15 6HB.
To access an event flyer and booking form, please see the CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=63&extmode=view&
extid=240, or contact: Liz Marr, Collaborative Partnerships Co-ordinator,
Tel. 0161 247 3034, mailto:l.marr@mmu.ac.uk, Or Burjor Avari, Multicultural
Studies Co-ordinator, Tel. 0161 247 1023, mailto:b.avari@mmu.ac.uk.

3.7 Neuro Support 4 Salford. Linking Listening Informing Speaking
out. Something new for U if you have a neurological condition or injury or
care for someone who has. Next Meeting:
Date/Time: Friday 18th April, 2008. Starts 11am
Venue: The Neurocare Centre, 554 Eccles New Road, Salford M5 5AP(in the
small meeting room)
With guest speaker Ann Brehaut to talk about the benefits of Aromatherapy.
Light lunch provided
For more information please contact Yvonne at GMNA, 6th Floor, St James's
House, Pendleton Way, Salford M6 5FW. Tel: 0161 742 7485/7486 Fax: 0161 745
9595 Email: mailto:gmneuro@tiscali.co.uk



4.0 Information
4.1 Valuing Older People Awards. The Valuing Older People Board are
running an awards' nomination for inspirational older people... Voices of
Experience in Manchester. Do you know an inspirational older person? The
Valuing Older People Positive Images of Ageing team would like to hear about
what makes them inspirational. For an opportunity for them to appear on the
VOP Calendar 2009 and for you both to attend a Full of Life Festival award
ceremony on 7th October, please nominate your local hero!
For more information, please call the VOP team on 234 3547 or email:
mailto:vop@manchester.gov.uk or to access a nomination form, please see the
CN4M website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=528&Itemid=35

4.2 Manchester climate change pledge. All across Greater Manchester
almost 20,000 people are taking small steps to tackle Climate Change
supported through the 'Manchester is my Planet' programme. Greater
Manchester has an overall target of getting 50,000 people Switched-on to
Climate Change by World Environment Day on June 5th. For Manchester this
means getting just 6,000 more people to take the Climate Change pledge.
Richard Leese (Chair of the Manchester Local Strategic Partnership) said:
"I'd therefore like to encourage all colleagues within our partner
organisations, together with their family and friends, to help us reach this
goal and demonstrate that they (and Manchester) are Switched-on to Climate
Change. It only takes a couple of minutes to sign up and and pledges will
automatically register on the Manchester total as part of an online Greater
Manchester 'pledge-o-metre'." Switched-on people taking the 'Manchester is
my Planet' pledge will also get access to exclusive offers, competitions,
updates and information helping them to take steps towards a lower-carbon
lifestyle. You can take the pledge by visiting
http://www.manchesterismyplanet.com/takethepledge.asp

4.3 Manchester Heroes - Do you know anyone who has gone that extra
mile? On the 7th April 2008 the Manchester Evening News and Barclays Bank
launched an Awards project that seeks to recognise outstanding achievement
within the community. They are looking for modern day heroes from the fields
of education, health, care work, community groups, the emergency services
and more - who have gone the extra mile for Manchester and its inhabitants.
25 winners will each receive £1,000 and the chance to meet Coronation Street
star Kym Ryder at a presentation where winners will receive a commemorative
trophy. The Manchester Evening News will be covering the progress of the
search for the Manchester Heroes throughout the Awards project, providing
fantastic publicity for the people you nominate as well as your
establishment.
If you would like to nominate somebody, please email their name and contact
details, along with a brief synopsis of why they are a deserving candidate
to Jenny Stokes: mailto:jenny@comms.aspectgroup.co.uk, call 020 8673 2020.


4.4 Informal Learning Consultation. Do you value informal adult
learning? Does your organisation deliver informal adult learning
opportunities, or have you delivered them in the past before the funding
dried up? Do you want to save informal adult learning and influence its
future development? The Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills
(DIUS) is undertaking a major consultation on the future of informal
learning. The consultation document is called 'Informal Adult Learning -
Shaping the Way Ahead': closing date15 May 2008. The Third Sector National
Learning Alliance (TSNLA) is compiling a collective response from Third
Sector providers to ensure they have a strong 'voice' in the wider
consultation (it will be managed by the Workers' Educational Association).
Tell them what you think about the DIUS consultation and informal learning
by completing a short on-line survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=1kskz1wXSqA_2bAY4QRQsC4w_3d_3d
Closing date- noon 21st April to allow time to analyse the results and draft
the response. Additionally, the WEA has arranged three seminars across the
UK for Third Sector providers to express their views - these will also
contribute to the response. For further information and to register, please
contact Nicky Booth (email: mailto:nbooth@wea.org.uk); or phone: 0117 916
6504) by 15th April.

4.5 Consultation- Participatory Budgeting: a draft national
strategy. Giving more people a say in local spending Consultation.
Department for Communities and Local Government. The purpose of this
consultation is to seek views on the draft Participatory Budgeting Strategy.
Specifically, the document seeks views on the strategy as a plan to achieve
the Government's ambition for participatory budgeting to be used in all
local authority areas by 2012. For further information, please see the CN4M
website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=526&Itemid=84.
Closing date for responses: Tuesday 10th June.


5.0 Jobs
5.1 CN4M Network Development Officer (Maternity cover). Job Title:
Network Development Officer, Salary: NJC Scale Pt. 27. Currently £22,122,
Organisation: Community Network 4 Manchester.
CN4M is looking for an experienced Network Development Officer to cover
maternity leave from June 2008 to November 2008 (subject to funding).
We would expect the applicant to be able to: Work with our sub-networks on
all aspects of their development; Assist the finance and monitoring team in
producing reports and gathering and collating evidence; And support the
'core' function of CN4M by assisting or leading on delivering relevant
actions to the post in our Delivery Plan.
The post will be full time (35 hours per week).
We would prefer the applicant to have knowledge of and be active within the
Community Network for Manchester.
Closing date for applications: noon, 25th April 2008
Further information and application details are available on the CN4M
website:
http://www.cn4m.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=537&Itemid=50
Please forward completed applications to: The Office Manager, Green Fish
Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LE. Please mark your
envelope confidential. Or, e-mail to: mailto:chiara@cn4m.net. Contact John
Wareham (CN4M Chief Executive) for informal enquiries: mailto:john@cn4m.net,
0161 234 2921.

5.2 Half Time Project Support Worker. Job Title: Half Time Project
Support Worker, Salary: NJC scale Point 11 £14,197 per annum (£7,098 pro
rata), Fixed Term 3 years 18.75 hours per week (5 half days), Organisation:
Greater Manchester Neurological Alliance. Required from May 2008 to assist
on their expanding development project. Experience of Microsoft Office
programs and excellent written and verbal communication skills are
essential. This post will be based in their office in Pendleton Way,
Salford.
For further information and an application pack, please contact Marie Oxtoby
01204 594004; mailto:marieoxtoby@btinternet.com or Yvonne 0161 742 7485;
mailto:gmneuro@tiscali.co.uk. Closing date 21 April 2008. GMNA is committed
to equal opportunities. Registered charity No: 1098127

5.3 Care Project Co-ordinator. Job Title: Care Project Co-ordinator,
27 hours per week, Organisation: Ladybarn Community Association, Royle
Street, Fallowfield. Ladybarn Community Association are looking for an
enthusiastic person to co-ordinate their Older People's Project. Good
communication & organisational skills are essential. For an application
pack, please contact: Mags Smith on 0161 225 2093. Closing date for
applications-1st May 2008. Interviews on 9th May 2008. Reg.Charity Number
700038

5.4 Centre Manager. Job Title: Centre Manager, Salary Scale: SO2,
£26,067 (pro rata) for 25 hours initially funded for 1 year, Organisation:
Salford Women's Centre. An enthusiastic and committed woman is needed for
the position of Centre Manager, responsible for the daily administration of
the Centre. Must have at least 2 years' experience managing staff and
volunteers, experience of community work, budget control and policy and
project development. Must be competent in Microsoft packages including Word
and Excel. If you have a commitment to women's groups, issues and services,
they would like to hear from you.
For an application pack, please contact: Salford Women's Centre, Halton
Bank, Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 7AB. Telephone: 0161 736 3844. Closing
date: 16 April 2008, Interviews take place on: 23 April 2008. This post is
exempt under 7(2)(e) of the Sex Discrimination Act.

5.5 Money Advice Worker. Job Title: Money Advice Worker, Salary:
£12,623 pa, Hours: 25 hours per week, Contract: two years fixed term,
Organisation: Tameside African Refugee Association (TARA), Funded initially
for two years by the United Utilities Trust Fund. TARA is a small dynamic
charity working with refugees and asylum seekers in Tameside. They are
looking for an experienced general adviser (a minimum of two years paid or
voluntary full time experience or part time equivalent) who has a good
knowledge of debt advice especially in dealing with priority and utility
debt casework. The post will involve the delivery of an advice drop-in
service to their client group, the training and support of volunteers
working in their advice centre.
Deadline for receiving applications: Monday 21st April 2008 (4 pm),
Interview date: Friday 25th April 2008, Start date: Thursday 1st May 2008.
For details and an application pack please telephone TARA on 0161 339 7270.



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