July 2007
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Contents
Section one: news
DCSF, Ed Balls announcement
ContinYou, MA in Leading Community Learning
University of Birmingham, new postgraduate studies in ‘Race’ Equality Diversity
Section two: documents and resources
Save the Children, Severe Child Poverty in the UK report
DCSF, Evaluation of the full service extended schools initiative
DCSF, New Extended schools prospectus
FRILLS leaflet service
ContinYou, Involving Men as Fathers seminar and Preparing for Partnership with Parents facilitation training
Section three: conferences and events
IDeA and ContinYou, Integrated working: IDeA's evaluation toolkit
Forthcoming ContinYou conferences
Section four: funding
Comic Relief small and large grants
CAFOD: Funding for Global Justice Education Projects
NESTA: Funding to Support New Ways of Delivering Innovation
UnLtd: Be Cause Awards
Section one: news
DCSF, Ed Balls announcement
Ed Balls has announced a further £1.1billion for extended schools to provide coordinators and enable all schools to deliver the core offer by 2010. The announcement makes it clear that this is an approach to school improvement by tackling the barriers to learning and creating resilience through the delivery of the five outcomes of Every Child Matters.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0140 .
The announcement follows a previous announcement of financial support for children from disadvantaged families to enable them to access personalised learning opportunities through the 'varied menu of activities' aspects of the core offer of extended services. The bulk of the funding (£217m) will be available in 2010-11 with small amounts of pilot funding to enable a scheme to be devised to be made available in 2007-8 (£8m) and 2008-9 (£40m).
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0126 .
This is also in addition to the £396m announced to continue the Children's Fund:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0134
ContinYou, MA in Leading Community Learning
Are you working in a school, children's centre or local authority? Looking for a postgraduate course? ContinYou provides an innovative three-year programme, ideal for all those working in a community-based context, and is accredited by Staffordshire University.
For more information, and to request an application form, call Sharon Rammell on 024 7658 8445, or email sharon.rammell@continyou.org.uk
You can see this year's programme on the ContinYou website: http://www.continyou.org.uk/content.php?CategoryID=534 .
University of Birmingham, new postgraduate studies in ‘Race’ Equality Diversity
From next academic year (2007-08), the School of Education, University of Birmingham will be offering new postgraduate studies in ‘Race’ Equality Diversity (RED). These will introduce students to key concepts and issues generated by the challenges of education in and for ethnic and cultural diversity. Its aim is to foster critical thinking around ‘race’, ethnicity, equality and diversity in educational contexts, including curriculum, pedagogy, policy, achievement and relationships between learners, communities and institutions.
For further information contact Dr Paul Warmington (Module Leader) by email p.c.warmington@bham.ac.uk or on 0121 414 6734; or Ms Helen Joinson by email h.e.joinson@bham.ac.uk or on 0121 414 4847. For details of the School of Education’s postgraduate studies please visit the website:
www.education.bham.ac.uk/programmes/
Section two: documents and resources
Save the Children: Severe Child Poverty in the UK report
This new report finds that one out of every ten children in the UK is living in severe poverty. A total of 1.3 million children have an income well below the government’s poverty line and lack basic necessities that most people in the UK take for granted.
Policy-makers say that the first step to changing something is to measure it. Yet the government does not currently measure severe poverty. Following previous research on Britain’s Poorest Children, this latest study adds a further dimension to Save the Children’s understanding of severe poverty, using a new measure that combines household income with recent data on other indicators of deprivation. The report can be downloaded from the Save the Children website.
DCSF: Evaluation of the full service extended schools initiative
A new DCSF report shows that full services extended schools in England are having a positive impact for children, their families and communities. The Universities of Manchester and Newcastle's study has clearly shown that the provision of extended services enriches learning (particularly in the most challenging schools), widens access to services for pupils and families and improves community cohesion. Although focused on England the report has a wealth of useful information for the development of community focused schools in Wales. To download a copy of the report please visit the DfES website: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR852.pdf .
DCSF: New Extended schools prospectus
The original extended schools prospectus in England, Extended schools: access to opportunities and services for all, published in 2005, set out the vision for extended schools. There is now a new prospectus that updates that vision with some of the huge amount of learning that has been developed by schools, local authorities and other partners since then. Although only relevant to England, there are some useful sections on policy, practice and excellent case studies. To download a copy of the report please visit the ContinYou website: http://www.continyou.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_1301.pdf .
FRILLS leaflet service
Community information leaflets
A new service supplies a ready-made collection of 25 leaflets and booklets selected for extended schools to display to parents – ideal for the foyer of an extended school.
The free booklets are published by major charities and government. They include health, welfare rights, education, childcare, safety and family separation. The FRILLS leaflet service is a national service but part of London Borough of Camden and automatically sends you new editions when they are updated. All are free in multiple copies. For subscription details contact: frills@camden.gov.uk or 020 7974 2182.
ContinYou, Involving Men as Fathers Seminar and Preparing for Partnership with Parents facilitation training
Involving Men as Fathers is a one day seminar which raises the issues around: policy, barriers, organisational barriers, environment, skills for working with men, recruitment etc. The seminar is for 20 participants costing £2,500 + VAT. Please visit the ContinYou website for further information:
http://www.continyou.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_1228.pdf .
Preparing for Partnership with Parents is 3 days generic facilitation training aimed at children's workers who would like to acquire the skills and confidence to work with parents. The course is accredited with OCN for 7 credits at level 2 and is mapped against NOS for Working with Parents. Training for up to 20 participants is £4,750 + VAT. Please see the ContinYou website for further information:
http://www.continyou.org.uk/content.php?CategoryID=1025 .
Alternatively, contact Gailyn Groves (gailyn.groves@continyou.org.uk) if interested in either Involving Men as Fathers or Preparing for Partnership with Parents.
Preparing for Partnership with Parents has been funded by the DfES to roll out to Early Years Workers in East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England - therefore your contacts may be aware of the package but not be eligible to access free training.
Section three: conferences
IDeA and ContinYou, Integrated working: IDeA's evaluation toolkit
We would like to give you advance notice that IDeA and ContinYou are holding two events on the theme of multi-agency working and its impact - 10th October 2007 in London and 20th November 2007 in Birmingham. There will be inputs from multi-agency teams who have piloted IDeA's integrated working and evaluation toolkit (please see below for further information) plus how you can evidence the impact of integrated working in a school's SEF. An agenda and details on how to book a place will be circulated to you nearer the time.
Integrated working: IDeA's evaluation toolkit
Target users: team leaders, senior managers, partners
This activity aims to help evaluate the progress and impact of integrated working between teams.
The toolkit has been created to inform self-assessment and future development. It is organised in a series of components that will enable teams to adapt it to individual circumstances.
It is supported by questionnaires, interviews with key client groups involved with integrated services and the views of team leaders, partners and managers.
Information from the above is collated and evaluative feedback and constructive feedback is provided at a one day partner service event to identify next steps and learn from areas of success. This is followed up within six months when teams are helped to monitor and evaluate the impact of their action planning.
Forthcoming ContinYou conferences
Diversity, Success and Partnership
Supplementary schools and stakeholders working together
27 November 2007, Paragon Hotel, Birmingham
This conference will focus on recognising and supporting the diversity and success of supplementary schools and promoting mutually beneficial partnerships between all stakeholders. For further information visit the ContinYou website:
http://www.continyou.org.uk/nrcconference
Annual ContinYou Conference 2008
Championing the voice of children, families and communities
18-19 March 2008, Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
This unique conference will share innovative examples from across the UK of people, projects and organisations who are championing the voice of children, families and communities. It will highlight for managers, planners and practitioners how policies and practice can connect together across boundaries to maximise outcomes for all. For further information visit the ContinYou website:
http://www.continyou.org.uk/championingthevoice
Section four: funding
Comic Relief small and large grants
There are five large (over £5,000) grant making programmes: young people, older people, mental health, refugees and asylum seekers, domestic violence. There are three small (less than £5,000) programmes: older people, mental health, disadvantaged communities. To be eligible for a grant, you must be a voluntary organisation or self-help group with a constitution. Visit www.comicrelief.com/ukgrants for further information, guidelines and an application pack.
CAFOD: Funding for Global Justice Education Projects
Groups and organisations in England and Wales that wish to promote global justice may be eligible to apply for funding through the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development Education Fund’s Small grants programme. Grants of up to £3,000 are available for UK based projects that increase awareness of poverty and injustice in the world and the structures which cause them; discern how our lifestyles contribute to injustice and how this can be changed so that we are free to live more justly; encourage individuals in their social, political and economic choices to make an option for the poor; foster partnership between people in countries of the North and the South, through which we can all recognise how much we have to give and to receive; and celebrate the Christian vision of human solidarity, development and the integrity of creation. Applications to the small grants programme can be made at any time. For further information visit:
http://www.cafod.org.uk/where_we_work/uk/funding
NESTA: Funding to Support New Ways of Delivering Innovation
Nesta, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, which aims to increase the UK's capacity for innovation, has announced that each year it will announce at least two Calls for Ideas, inviting proposals for pilot projects that will test out new ways of delivering education for innovation, within formal and informal learning. The first Call for Ideas, Taking a Leap, focussed on how to inspire enterprising attitudes and behaviours around risk, in young people or the professionals that worked with them. The next call for ideas is likely to be announced in autumn 2007. For further information visit:
http://www.nesta.org.uk/programmes/future_innovators/call_for_ideas/index.aspx
UnLtd: Be Cause Awards
UnLtd, the charity which supports social entrepreneurs has announced that it has launched a new award scheme in partnership with Bebo, a social networking website. The “Be Cause Awards” is a new scheme to inspire people to make a difference in their community. Using the Be Cause toolkit, applicants can put together a robust plan for a social action or social enterprise project and then enter it for a monthly Be Cause Award. If your idea meets Be Cause criteria applicants can be in the running for a £1,000 award to help get a project off the ground. Applicants can nominate their project for an award, or if other in the Bebo community can enter it if they think it's a good idea. Every month a panel of experts from UnLtd and Bebo will select five projects from all those nominated that have the potential to make a positive impact on society. The whole Bebo community will then be asked to vote for the best project over a two-week period. The project which receives the most votes will be awarded the £1,000 award, as well as receiving ongoing support and advice from UnLtd in order to maximise the potential of the project. Every year a Judges Choice Award of £5,000 will be given to the project with the best ongoing potential. In addition, everyone who takes part in the Be Cause Awards will be eligible for further support and funding from UnLtd if the projects show enough promise to be expanded and developed. For further information visit:
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MID=367137231&MemberId=3963962534
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