NWCN E-bulletin 03 July 2019

1 PHA Small Grants Scheme 2019-20

Making Life Better and 'Take 5' Steps to Wellbeing Grants Funding
Western, Belfast, Southern & South-Eastern Areas

The Public Health Agency (PHA) have identified funding to address Health and Wellbeing in Northern Ireland. The Grants will support a wide range of strategic themes and priorities including:

• 'Making Life Better' (Public health framework) priorities
• Mental Heath, Emotional Well-being, Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm

The PHA are inviting community and voluntary sector organisations, through the CLEAR Project, to apply for non-recurring small grants to address the outlined themes.

The PHA has commissioned the CLEAR Project to facilitate this process in the Western, Southern, South Eastern and Belfast Local Commissioning Group areas. Small grants have already been allocated in the Northern area via the four community networks

Two types of awards are available under this scheme:

1. Award one grants - Up to £1,000 that non-constituted and constituted non-profit taking Community / Voluntary Sector groups can apply for.
2. Award two grants - Between £1,001 and to a maximum of £5,000 for constituted, non-profit taking Community / Voluntary sector groups.

If you are interested in applying for the small grant go to www.dhcni.com/grants for the following documents:

• Guidance notes
• Application form
• Guidelines for completing application form
• Small Grants Summary

For further details please contact: 

CLEAR Project

Unit 13, Strabane Enterprise Agency, Orchard Road Industrial Estate

Strabane, Co. Tyrone

BT82 9FR

Tel: 028 7138 3386 / Email: clear@dhcni.com

Tuesday 23^rd July 2019 at 3.00 pm

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2 Hope for Youth NI

The trustees award grants on an annual basis. Currently: 

• They will provide grants up to a maximum of £5000, although they reserve the discretion to award a larger sum in exceptional circumstances.
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate a cross community emphasis e.g. a focus on improving community integration in regard to cultural, ethnic or religious diversity and all applications must include a statement of accounts, including details of income and expenditure. 
• Each application is considered on its merits. Therefore, successful applicants can apply for a grant in future years and applicants who have been unsuccessful can apply again immediately.  

The Criteria for a Grant

The Hope for Youth criteria for awarding grants are listed below: 

Hope for Youth supports organisations demonstrating the following:

• Projects that engage with young people in Northern Ireland normally aged 11 to 18.
• Projects that foster community integration.
• Projects that focus on outdoor activities, sport, music, dance, drama and the arts.
• Projects that promote personal or team development.

Hope for Youth will give priority to:

• Projects based in recognised areas of socioeconomic deprivation.
• Projects where the benefits or effects on the communities and individuals can be measured.
• Projects that can demonstrate sustainable benefit.
• Longer-term projects i.e. held over a number of months, where ongoing community development and improved community relationships can be realised.
• Projects that are small/locally based and those that are “start-ups”.
• Projects that can match fund from other sources.

Closing date for Applications for 2020 is 31 July 2019

http://hopeforyouthni.com/grants

http://hopeforyouthni.com/s/Hope-for-Youth-Application-Form-2018.docx

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3  Comic Relief: Global Health Matters

We want people with mental health problems to be able to access the support they need to recover.

We want people with mental health problems to be empowered to speak out and to live free from stigma and discrimination.

As a result of the Comic Relief investment we wish to see a contribution to one or more of following sub-themes:

• Improving the mental health and supportive networks of people experiencing or at risk of poor mental health, especially those from marginalised groups.
• Increasing the accessibility and appropriateness of mental health support services to the people who need them.
• Increasing the evidence of appropriate and effective models of care and treatment in different settings and for different groups of people.
• Growing the social movement of people with lived experience who are empowered to advocate for change.
• Shifting attitudes that create stigma and discrimination around mental health, enabling people suffering from poor mental health to feel less isolated and alone
• Contributing to the development and implementation of effective policies so mental health systems better meet people’s needs.

(Special consideration will be given to applications where those with lived experience are from rural communities)

The maximum grant available will be £5,000

Who Can Apply?

You must be a locally led and based organisation. This means you are based within the area you are carrying out activities and have local people involved in the running of the organisation

What you will need to apply:

We will ask for the following supporting documents to uploaded with your application:

• A copy of your governing document (e.g. constitution, memorandum & articles or set of rules).
• A copy of your most recent annual accounts or management accounts if these are unavailable.
• Copies of your safeguarding and equal opportunities policies, if you need support with safeguarding we suggest seeking guidance from the NSPCC. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and- resources/2017/safe-network-standards/
• You need a minimum of three unrelated management committee members to be eligible for the grant.
• You have complied with the conditions of previous grants including submission of monitoring returns.

Closing Date: Wednesday 10th July 2019 at 1:00pm.

It is recommended that you read our Grant FAQs before starting your grant application.  Should you have any further questions please contact the Grants Team on 028 9024 5927 or  email mhughes@communityfoundationni.org

https://www.communityfoundationni.org/comic-relief-global-health-matters

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4 Tesco Centenary Fund - Vote for AWARE

AWARE are delighted to announce that we have been selected by Tesco to go forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores throughout Northern Ireland during July and August to receive a grant of either £20,000, £30,000 or £50,000.

If we win the £50,000 grant, this money would enable AWARE to create a generation of young people with the tools and skills they need to have good mental health, resilience and the ability to deal with problems in their lives by training 1 teacher and 1 pupil from every post-primary school across Northern Ireland in a Mental Health First Aid course. 

The Mental Health First Aid course gives participants the knowledge and skills to provide help to a person developing a mental health problem or who is in a mental health crisis. This first aid is given until appropriate professional treatment is received or until the crisis resolves

You can cast your vote in any Tesco store in Northern Ireland using a blue token which will be given to you when you make a purchase in a Tesco store. There is no minimum spend to receive a blue token and there is no limit in how many times one person can vote.

Please tell your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues to vote and as they say ‘Every Little Helps!’

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5 Get on the map of Community Development activity in NI!

Take part in an online survey that is part of the recently launched Elevate Programme. Prospect Awards CIC is mapping the scope and range of current community development support and training activity across Northern Ireland.  This is one strand of the Elevate Programme, a Community Development Capacity Building Programme managed by the Community Development and Health Network and funded by the Public Health Agency. 

The Survey will take about 3 minutes to complete (a little longer if you complete some of the free text boxes).  

It would be a great help if you, or those responsible for the delivery of training and support in your organisation, could complete the survey by 20th July.  

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6 What makes great city or town?

Sustrans is currently looking at what makes for a great town or city and we would love to hear your views and experiences in our short survey.

Your responses will help us shape our future work in urban areas and set ambitious aims to make our cities and towns better places to live for everyone.

https://sustrans.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/cities-and-towns

Survey closes at 5pm on 8 July 2019.

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 7  Hold the Date: Joint Public Health Annual Conference 2019

Titanic Belfast, Wednesday 27 November 2019

‘Innovation in Public Health’
The joint Public Health Annual Conference is hosted by The Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, The Public Health Agency, The Health Service Executive Ireland, The Institute of Public Health in Ireland, and The Department of Health NI.
 
This year’s conference will focus on innovation in public interventions, design and evaluation.  This joint event aims to raise the profile of the public health research, interventions and innovation, and engage local professionals, practitioners and researchers working in the broad field of public health.  The day will provide an excellent opportunity to network across sectors and disciplines.  In addition to the keynote plenary sessions, delegates will have the opportunity to participate in a number of parallel workshops showcasing the innovative approaches that are currently underway across the island of Ireland.

• Dr Wendy Hardeman, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, University of East Anglia https://people.uea.ac.uk/w_hardeman

• Professor Laurence Moore, Director MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/staff/laurencemoore/

• Dr marguerite Nyhan, Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, National University of Ireland, University College Cork https://margueritenyhan.com/

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8 Mandatory Autism Training For All Teaching Staff In NI - Sign Our PETITION

As 1 in 30 children are being diagnosed with autism in Northern Ireland, it is critical that our children are given the support they are entitled to at school. We want them to have the best possible start in life and the best educational outcomes. No child with autism should miss out on a full and supportive education.

Many of our teachers in Northern Ireland feel overwhelmed with the lack of training and resources they are given to teach autistic children. We are therefore calling for the Department of Education to introduce mandatory autism training for all teaching staff within mainstream schools.

Autism NI has been consistently lobbying for this over the past year and change is URGENTLY NEEDED.

Autism NI is asking YOU to 'sign' and 'share' this petition to show our decision-makers what needs to be done! 

https://www.change.org/p/department-of-education-mandatory-autism-training-for-all-teaching-staff-in-northern-ireland

SAVE THE DATE

We have organised a Campaign Rally for our parents and supporters on Wednesday 11th September 2019 at Parliament Buildings, Stormont at 10am to officially hand over this petition.  

#NIMandatoryAutismTraining #AutismNI 

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9  Rewire Festival - The Biggest Summer Festival for young people in Derry & Strabane

From 26 June to 7 July, Derry and Strabane is set to be taken over in a huge celebration of youth culture as the first ever Rewire Festival sees a culmination of art forms come together to deliver the city and district’s biggest ever youth arts festival. As the flagship event for Youth 19, young people aged between 12 and 24 can join in on the hundreds of events over 12 days, from skateboarding to dancing, to music gigs, film screenings, discussions, fashion masterclasses and street art. 

The central point to the festival will be in Guildhall Square where there will be a Big Top tent erected to cater for the larger events and will have a jam packed programme over five nights from 2^nd-6^th July.

Full Events Listings are available by Downloading the Whatson Derry Strabane App
from The Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

You can also access the full schedule HERE

Get your tickets for the headline events for Rewire that will take place in The Big Top tent at Guildhall Square from Tuesday 2nd until Saturday 6th July

https://tockify.com/youth19/detail/211/1562022000000?mc_cid=80cb0e541b&mc_eid=f056f31131

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10 Latest Offer from Salto Youth

Conference: Youth work in the digital era

14 - 17 January 2020 | Alvisse Parc Hotel, Luxembourg

Youngsters grow up in a digitally connected world. What do these developments mean for youth work? Discover the concept of digital youth work, best practices, learn how to adapt youth work practices and how to proactively meet young people's needs?

Organizer: Anefore asbl (National Agency)

This activity is for participants from: Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries

Application deadline (24h CET): 1 November 2019

See details

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11 “Social Media: are we becoming addicted”

By Conor McCafferty

City Hotel, Queens Quay Derry
Alexander Suite

11th July 2019, 7:30pm - 9pm

FREE of charge!

Contact Zest on:
02871 266999 or email zest@zestni.co.uk

www.zestni.co.uk
To register follow https://bit.ly/2MJ0iNn

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12 Meditation Workshop

Relaxation and Mindfulness techniques
9th July 2019
10am
Holywell Building, Bishop St. Derry/Londonderry
Book via joe.thompson@extern.org

Have you always wanted to try meditation but didn't know quite where to begin?

join us for a 2-hour workshop and benefit from this unique opportunity to learn and meditate with a Thai Buddhist Monk

• Learn techniques on how to calm your mind and reduce anxiety and stress
• Become more mindful
• Increase your body mind awareness
• Simplify your life to amplify happiness

Take the chance to finally learn and try meditation practice; absolute beginners are very welcome.
Participants are welcome from across the community

Lunch is not provided, however participants are welcome to dine in the Tea Room, Honesty Cafe in the Holywell Building at the end of the workshop.

Workshop is facilitated by WPI, a non-profit organisation based in Thailand that works on achieving sustainable change by supporting individuals towards their self-development.

Workshops have been designed to promote the empowerment and wellbeing of individuals worldwide, regardless of age, race, religion, cultural background

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13 Free English For 4 Weeks In August 

Monday 5^th August – Friday 30^th August 2019

4 weeks FREE English in Ireland/UK

Register today: sibel@foyle.eu or call 079 1208 5171

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14  Employment Opportunity at Foyle Women's Information Network

Organisation: Foyle Women’s Information Network
Job Title: Project Officer
Grade: NJC scales SO1 Point 29 £24,646 pro rata
Responsible to: FWIN Co-ordinator (directly) Management Committee (indirectly)
No of hours: 20 hours per week
Length of contract: 31st March 2020

Application deadline: 12.30PM on 10th July 2019
Interviews scheduled for week beginning 22nd July 2019
Estimated start date 1st August 2019

For more information please view: 

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