young people

SWBCA (South West Birmingham Community Association) would like to invite staff, volunteers and board members of your organisation to our FREE monthly community lunch.

Guest Speakers: (subject to change)

• Les Hemus, Deputy Chief Executive, BAYC
• Emma Bush, Project Manager, Birmingham Community Foundation
• Maggie Pimley, Future Jobs Fund Manager, BeBirmingham

Please book in advance so that catering is sufficient. If you have any dietary, access or transport needs please inform us in advance.

The Woodward Charitable Trust awards grant funding to organisations in the UK working in the following areas:
• Social and ethnic minority groups.
• Prisoners and ex-offenders.
• Homelessness.
• People experiencing abuse.
• Arts outreach work.
• Disability projects.
• Environmental projects.
• Addiction.

From April 2010 the current 'sick note' will be replaced by the Statement of Fitness to Work or 'fit note'.

GPs will be able to offer advice on what work an employee may be able to perform and will be able to suggest adjustments to working arrangements which could be made in order to facilitate an earlier return to work.

This legislation will affect all employers in Great Britain.

Why the change?

BEAT began a programme called GET SET in October 2009 to run for 6 months. The programme entailed working with young people in exclusion centres as well as with people (aged 13-25) who were not in employment. Some of the project has been based on the ASDAN accreditation modules in The Experience of Work Award and The Expressive Arts Award, whilst other avenues have been explored through dance and drama with the aim of getting into employment and further education.

2 days of workshops, seminars, lectures and networking for all those involved in making neighbourhoods places to live, held at St Georges Community Hub (formerly the Post 16 Centre).

Learn from the Resident Experts how to – Activate Faith in The Neighbourhood, Develop A Community Asset, Get Communities Growing Food, Work Across Generations, Run a Community Watch Scheme, Make Neighbourhood Management Work for Residents