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social inclusion news
Welcome to Capital City Partnership’s Social Inclusion News. We
would encourage you to share your views, contribute information and articles
to forthcoming editions. Details of how to do this are included on the last page.
Re-Union Big Boat: Building Futures
Just over two months ago, the shell of Re-Union’s new purple barge was craned
into the Union Canal. The event was watched by television crews, community groups
and volunteers, and marked the beginning of a special project for those working with
Re-Union.
Since then, the new boat has been swarmed with volunteers, helping to fit it out.
With little more than the kitchen and electrics to be installed, the boat looks likely to
be ready for launch by the end of May. Once complete, the big purple barge will more
than double the organisation’s capacity for trips on the canal, from twelve to thirty,
giving Re-Union the opportunity to compete effectively as a unique event space for
hire in central Edinburgh.
Since Re-Union’s first boat build back in 2004, the organisation has engaged with
over 100 volunteers who have benefited from life on the water, developing skills in
boat building, crewing and driving. The volunteers come from a range of lifestyles
and backgrounds. Re-Union include people with mental health issues, people looking
to build confidence for future employment, NEET (not in education, employment or
training) young people and members of the canal-side communities.
With the new, bigger boat, the organisation hopes to enhance the volunteer
experience for those involved. With the boat being hired by community groups and
events management companies, the crew at Re-Union have the opportunity to
experience a range of publics on a day to day basis.
Through these bookings, such as corporate conferences, team building meetings
and private groups, Re-Union can take the opportunity to work with volunteers to
develop their hospitality and service skills. These skills work in addition to the skills
learned while crewing the boat and help develop social capital, which goes far to
enhancing peoples’ lives. One volunteer said, “I feel much more confident about
meeting new people, and I don’t fear going for a job”.
The boat has been funded by Capital City Partnership, the Big Lottery Fund and
the One City Trust, and has offered Re-Union a fantastic opportunity to enrich the
lives of volunteers over the summer
through an increased range of skills
and greater public interaction with
the crew.
For further information please
phone 0845 345 7448, e-mail
[email protected] or visit
www.re-union.org.uk
© Re-Union
Re-Union’s new barge
being craned into the
Union Canal
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Re-Union Big Boat:
Building Futures
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Jobzone Plus at the
Waterfront Replaces the
Edinburgh Waterfront
Recruitment Centre
page 2
Training for Work
at the Out of the Blue
Drill Hall Café
page 2
Invitation to Tender
page 4
Working Capital - Latest
Issue now Available
page 5
Health, Housing and
Regeneration: Partnerships
and Policies for Healthier
Communities
page 5
Mediation as a Tool
for Tackling Stress
at Work
page 6
Fit for Anything
page 7
Creativity & Liveability: Past
and Present Trends and how
they Influence Places page 8
First Annual SROI
Exchange & Launch of
SROI Network
page 8
Partnership Working
in North Edinburgh
Using ICT in Adult
Literacies Learning
page 9
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National Welfare to Work
Reform Conference: Mapping
the Route Towards Full
Employment
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Publications
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Contact Details
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Jobzone Plus at the Waterfront
Replaces the Edinburgh Waterfront
Recruitment Centre
What is Jobzone Plus at the waterfront?
Jobzone Plus at the waterfront is a collaborative initiative between Edinburgh’s
Telford College, the City of Edinburgh Council, Capital City Partnership and Jobcentre
Plus which provides a recruitment service for the local North Edinburgh community.
The team provides a job matching service to link suitable candidates with job vacancies
available within the Edinburgh waterfront regeneration project while providing
information on training initiatives.
How does the service work?
Anyone interested in finding out about employment opportunities should get in
contact with the team to make an initial appointment to register with the service. At
this appointment a member of the team will gather information and also explain how
the service works, while discussing potential vacancies or training opportunities that
may be suitable.
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Waterfront
The Jobzone Plus at the
waterfront team, Mags Johnston
(left) and Barbara Dawson (right)
The service offers flexibility for those looking for employment and for employers
looking for suitable candidates, as needs are assessed individually and tailored to suit
individual’s requirements.
The service is primarily for those that are job ready, however advice and direction
will be given to those that may require further training. The service has strong links
with Edinburgh employers and also works in conjunction with other service providers
through the Joined Up For Jobs network. The team will also provide information
on perfecting CVs, enhancing interview skills and give advice on how to complete
application forms.
Anyone interested in finding out more about employment opportunities should visit
Jobzone Plus at the waterfront within Edinburgh’s Telford College from 9.30am to 1pm
weekdays.
What services are on offer for employers?
The service offers employers the opportunity to advertise vacancies. The team
will work with employers and candidates to provide an efficient recruitment service,
including pre-screening candidates for interview, making arrangements for interviews,
including sitting in on them if required, along with providing information on training
and support available through other organisations.
The team are currently working with the Morrison’s Project Group, helping to
recruit and train over 350 employees for the new store on West Granton Road opening
in August 2008.
Further information is available on 0131 559 4951 or [email protected] or view
the website at http://www.jobzoneplus.com
Training for Work at the
Out of the Blue Drill Hall Café
The Drill Hall Arts Café was one year old on the 23rd April. Established by Out of
the Blue (OOTB) as integral to the day to day running of the Drill Hall it has become a
major success.
An early review from the Herald set the scene:
“To be an artist, you must act like an artist. It’s nothing to do with buying the right
paintbrushes and everything to do with where you hang out. Step one: find a seat at
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the Out of the Blue Drill Hall café. Step two: wait for the magic to happen.
The intention is to offer places to local unemployed people on the Training for Work
scheme, a gesture that reflects Out of the Blue’s commitment not only to artists but to
the neighbourhood in general.”
Of course it was never just a ‘gesture’ to train young people but part of the plan
which saw the café constructed and established with the support of funding from
Futurebuilders and Capital City Partnership.
The café operates very much as a social enterprise within a social enterprise: Out
of the Blue have a track record of instigating a variety of initiatives to maximise the
proportion of earned income to meet the running costs of the organisation. Investment
in the café has enabled a trading opportunity to be developed which is wholly integral
to OOTB’s mission, to be a resource for the area and offer a range of participatory
creative opportunities.
© Rob Hoon
The project has so far provided 4 training opportunities to young people from the
most disadvantaged areas of Leith (namely Fort and Harbour). They have received
training which has provided the skills, confidence and experience to enter employment
and/or further education.
The project is offering a route into training for those who have not been motivated
or had the experience to take up standard catering employment. OOTB have ensured
that the training has had the necessary rigour without being mundane and soul
destroying. It has provided an accessible and supportive route into work for young
people who were not ready for the mainstream job market due to their lack of
qualifications and other circumstances, and whom other employers were unlikely to
employ.
Training has been achieved through
a waged programme of ‘in situ’ work
experience and training in:
• Customer/public relations
• Cash handling
• Food preparation, and food
hygiene regulations
• Food ordering and stock control
• First Aid
• Health and safety
• Marketing
• Nutrition
• Sales (product pricing etc)
• Business development
“The imposing size of the Drill
Hall is dissected by moveable
screens to create a flexible dining
space surrounded by the current
art exhibition and the venue’s
regularly scheduled classes and
events, giving a hub like feel to
the café. ‘The Sound of Muesli’ an
evocatively titled monthly brunch
and live music session makes the
most of the dual draw of hot food
and cool entertainment.”
A refreshing cuppa in the
Drill Hall café
© Rob Hoon
The LIST Eating and Drinking
Guide 08/09
The project has been developed in
partnership with the Port of Leith Housing
Association through the Training Opportunities in Leith programme (TOIL). As part
of the TOIL programme trainees are receiving driving lessons, guidance and career
support. Where appropriate, OOTB have also organised literacy and numeracy training
through the CLAN project.
Trainees have often been thrown in at the deep end catering for such events as the
OOTB Arts Markets, where over 700 people come through the Drill Hall doors. They
have also been involved in all café staff team meetings where decisions are made
on all matters to do with running a café such as pricing, menu and promotion. The
trainees also get to work with a top Edinburgh chef, Jonathan Newton, head chef at
Creelers who is giving monthly professional cookery lessons at the Drill Hall.
The café is a serious business with a growing turnover and a healthy nutritious
menu. The marketing and pricing policy is to provide something to suit all tastes and
budgets. Although there are a number of cafés and bars in the area they tend towards
either the ‘greasy spoon’ or alternatively up-market restaurants. The Drill Hall café’s
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market niche/Unique Selling Point is affordable healthy food, attached to an arts
centre and a variety of interesting activity for customers to associate themselves with.
Whilst there is arts activity in Leith there is no other arts project working strategically
with the community all year round, to initiate and deliver arts projects which are
developmental and sustainable.
There is also no similar initiative in Edinburgh where artists and aspiring artists
can showcase and sell their work to be of economic benefit to themselves and to a
social enterprise which exists to support them. The café helps local people become
aware and involved in these opportunities.
Community cafés are notorious for making a loss and shutting down but OOTB are
confident that, having established a workable business model, the café will become
well established and a model of training and social enterprise. To this end OOTB are
becoming advisors to other organisations looking to set up cafés as social enterprises.
The training that is being provided is in a unique setting and is having a
fundamental impact on young peoples’ lives. OOTB intend to expand the training to
include more young people and require future funding support to do this.
If you are interested in finding out more or investing in the development of the café
training project contact Rob Hoon at [email protected]
Lucy Robertson, the first trainee from the Fort area of Leith says:
“Everything that I’ve learnt here is going to help me so much in all my other
jobs and life. I cannae name them all but simple things are going to help me so
much. When I first came here they all treated me with respect - they treated me
like an adult and not a kid.”
“Before I started working here I was like I’m never ever going to be good at
anything, but now I’ve worked here I’ve had a really good confidence boost and it’s
helped me so much and I can do things that I never ever thought I would do.”
“The trainee work at the Drill Hall café gives me money at the end of the day all my pals are really jealous and I say get yourself a job then.”
“I didn’t used to get up in the morning. I used to lie in bed all day but now I’ve
accomplished something, I’m up and dressed and out the door!”
“I’m going to try my hardest to go somewhere in life.”
Lucy Robertson, trainee at the
Drill Hall café
© Alan Laughlin
Invitation to Tender
Five arts partners across Edinburgh seek a consultant/adviser to undertake
research into options for a collaborative programme of cultural opportunities,
experiences and approaches that makes the most of the spaces, resources and
expertise available through Art SE, the Out of the Blue Drill Hall, North Edinburgh Arts
Centre, WHALE Arts Agency, and ARTSPACE run by Craigmillar Community Arts.
The purpose of the project is to undertake a short-term research project to offer
options for collaborative work which will:
• define an appropriate programme of jointly presented cultural opportunities
• reduce costs in partnership where possible (eg insurance, auditing)
• share costs (eg staff training, marketing, board development, touring circuit,
development worker)
• raise income (eg joint bids, social enterprise & development trust possibilities)
and draw up of a statement of intent highlighting the resources available city wide via
this network of organisations and the potential for offering a one stop shop (where
appropriate) for key stakeholders, such as the Edinburgh Festivals, City of Edinburgh
Council, Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Government.
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The full tender document can be downloaded by clicking here or by e-mailing
[email protected]. The closing date for submission of written
tenders is Friday 20th May 2008.
This research is supported by the Scottish Arts Council and
Capital City Partnership.
Working Capital - Latest Issue now Available
The seventeenth edition of ‘Working Capital’, the Joined Up For Jobs magazine, is
available to view on the Joined Up For Jobs website at http://www.joinedupforjobs.org.
uk/employment/workingcapital.shtml along with all back issues of the magazine.
The latest edition includes articles on:
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a fresh start for ex-offenders
raising employment, reducing crime
challenging the stigma of homelessness
work as a route out of addiction
changes ahead for Workstep
To be on the mailing list for future editions please register at
http://www.joinedupforjobs.org.uk/Join_our_network.shtml
Health, Housing and Regeneration:
Partnerships and Policies for
Healthier Communities
Monday 12th May
Macdonald Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh
One of the first acts of the SNP government on taking office was to streamline
and rearrange civil service departments to match its strategic objectives. From this
process emerged a new cross-cutting Department of Health and Wellbeing with an
expanded remit encompassing not only health and social care, but also major policy
areas such as housing, community regeneration, anti-poverty strategies, equality and
sport. The plan was to ensure that all of them worked in concert to help achieve the
Scottish Government’s stated objective to ‘help people to sustain and improve their
health, especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring better, local and faster
access to health care.’
One year on, how is the new portfolio working out in practice? What does each of
these major policy areas bring to the joint task of improving health and wellbeing,
particularly in Scotland’s worst-off communities? This conference looks at how
national and local government, the NHS, housing organisations, the voluntary sector
and other key stakeholders can work in partnership to make the Government’s
Health and Wellbeing ambitions a reality. It brings together leading figures in the
organisations and sectors which have a key role to play in addressing the complex
interactions between housing conditions, social and economic circumstances and
health, and explores possible future scenarios for the creation and implementation of
a health-creating public policy for Scotland.
Your contribution to this agenda, as delivery-agent, decision-maker or opinionformer, is a vital step on the road to securing Health and Wellbeing for all of Scotland’s
communities.
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Chair:
Pennie Taylor, journalist and broadcaster
Keynote Speakers:
Stewart Maxwell MSP, Minister for Communities and Health, The Scottish Government
Dr Richard Mitchell, Reader in Health Inequalities, University of Glasgow
Dr Kimmo Leppo, retired Director General, Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs
and Health
Fiona Crawford, Public Health Programme Manager, Glasgow Centre for
Population Health
Cllr Stephen Curran, Convener, South West Glasgow CHCP
Brian Gegan, Chair, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
This Holyrood Magazine conference is sponsored and supported by SUST,
The Poverty Alliance, and the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum.
Further information and booking details are available at http://conferences.
holyrood.com/content/view/423/
Mediation as a Tool for Tackling Stress
at Work
Information and Networking Event
Monday 12th May, 9.30-12.30pm
Almond Suite, Hibernian FC Stadium, Albion Place, Edinburgh
Followed by a Buffet Lunch
Workplace Stress is one of the most pressing issues facing employers today.
• Work-related stress accounts for over a third of all new incidences of ill health.
• Each case of work-related stress, depression or anxiety related ill health leads to
an average of 30.2 working days lost.
• A total of 13.8 million working days were lost to work-related stress, depression
and anxiety in 2006/07.
At this event delegates will be able to:
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Hear about support available from the Health and Safety Executive and ACAS
Learn about a successful approach taken by one local employer
Explore common themes and issues
Learn from other LEND members what works (or not!) for them
As well as reducing sickness absence costs to an organisation, tackling stress can
have a positive effect on:
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Employee commitment to work;
Staff performance and productivity;
Staff turnover or intention to leave;
Staff recruitment and retention;
Customer satisfaction;
Organisational image and reputation.
The event
This event, organised by LEND, is designed to introduce employers to the support
and help available from the Health and Safety Executive and ACAS to enable employers
to tackle and prevent workplace stress. The event will also have a case study of a
successful approach by Lothian and Borders Police using mediation as a key feature.
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Speakers include
• June Cairns, HSE
• Andy Muir, ACAS
• Tricia Cochrane, Lothian and Borders Police
The event will be of particular interest to people with responsibility for
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Human Resources
Occupation Health
Staff Welfare
Equalities
Trade Unions
Or anyone else from the private, public or voluntary sectors with an interest
in this topic.
Cost:
£95 for LEND Members
£130 for non Members
To book a place at the event, please contact Intowork on 0131 475 2424 or
[email protected]
Fit for Anything
A challenge programme for vulnerable young adults aged 16 to 30
Fit for Anything is a fast moving initiative that incorporates football and teamwork
training, health, fitness and food education, media and presentation skills, and the
achievement of 3 team challenges:
1. a 5-a-side football competition
2. a ‘Ready, Steady, Cook!’ competition
3. a video documentary and joint presentation
As part of the 8 week programme, participants will have an opportunity to tour the
Hibernian FC stadium & pitch, chat with players, cook in the stadium kitchens and play
football in the Club’s new training ground.
All participants will receive a personal hygiene pack and products, a learning pack,
day saver bus tokens, and fruit, drinks and snacks throughout the programme.
Participants will also find out about other community based programmes, further
education and training opportunities in the fields of sports coaching, food hygiene,
catering and media (among others) and receive ongoing guidance and support to
access opportunities.
A joint video documentary and presentation will be delivered by participants at
a closing award event, when trophies, medals, certificates and gift vouchers will be
presented.
Enrollment
The programme starts on Tuesday 13th May. Individuals or groups can enrol on
the programme through self referral or referral by agencies, and must be willing to
commit to engaging in the full 8 week programme. Agencies considering referring
individuals should ensure that an appropriate risk assessment has been done prior to
submitting an application.
For more details contact: Spectrum on 0131 225 6662 or
[email protected]
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Creativity & Liveability: Past and Present
Trends and how they Influence Places
15th May 2008
The Sage, Gateshead
What are music, architecture, fashion, design and the visual arts saying about the
people we’re becoming? How do we need to tailor regeneration to this?
This national conference, organised by BURA, aims to challenge regenerators to
consider the social trends that outline the places we live and shape. The emphasis will
be on connecting practitioners with outlying influences on regeneration and forward
thinking, with information and relevant ideas that you won’t find in best practice
guides or resource books. Learn from experts who will share their views about music,
architecture, fashion, youth culture, design and visual arts.
The informed panel of regeneration practitioners, made up of public, private and
community sectors, will debate each topic and its impact on past, current and most
importantly future regeneration projects.
Costs to attend:
Non BURA Members - £250 (£293.75 inc VAT)
BURA Members - £150 (£176.25 inc VAT)
The Good Practice Cultural Regeneration Exhibition
BURA are inviting national organisations to come to NewcastleGateshead to
showcase their projects in a Good Practice Cultural Regeneration Exhibition. The idea
is to bring the information to the people, and will provide a great visual opportunity
to see current practice around the UK and the opportunity to network with other
delegates. Delegates will be asked to vote for where they would like to visit and BURA
will look to raise money to arrange a visit to the most popular project. To showcase
your project, please contact Emily Miller on 020 7539 4030 or [email protected]
To find out more information about the Conference or to register online please visit
http://www.bura.org.uk/Events/creativity/
The First Annual SROI Exchange & Launch of
the SROI Network
Hosted by the European and UK SROI Networks
30th May 2008
SROI Exchange, 10.30am to 4pm
Reception for the SROI Network, 5pm to 7pm
The Castlefield Rooms, Castle St, Manchester M3 4LZ
As a result of the recent growth in interest in the use of SROI the European and
UK SROI Networks are holding a SROI Exchange. This is an important time for SROI,
which needs to be credible, consistent and feasible, and this is your opportunity to be
involved in its development.
This event will bring together practitioners and academics using or thinking of
using SROI across the public, private and third sectors. The aim is to share experience,
agree the principles and launch a SROI Network dedicated to the consistent and
effective use of SROI.
Who should attend:
Social enterprises, charities, commissioning bodies, investors, foundations,
practitioners and academics.
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What the event will cover:
What works, what doesn’t work, what needs to change to make it work better.
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Welcome and scene setting – SROI UK Network
Case studies – Impact Arts and Lawnmowers
What’s happening across Europe – Country Reports
Roundtable exchange of experience relating to delegates “Questions for SROI”
Speaker – Arthur Wood, Ashoka
Recent developments in guides and services including SROI online
Delegates’ opportunity to showcase SROI resources
Roundtable exchange of experience across different sectors
The principles of SROI and the results of exchange
SROI is an approach to understanding and managing the impacts of a project,
an organisation or a policy. It is based on stakeholders and puts financial values on
the important impacts identified by stakeholders which do not have market values.
The aim is to include the values of people that are often excluded from markets in
the same terms as used in markets, that is money, in order to give people a voice in
resource allocation decisions.
The SROI has benefited from sponsorship from the New Economics Foundation, the
Scottish Government and the Office of the Third Sector
For delegates coming from the UK, the cost is £50
For delegates coming from elsewhere in Europe, the cost is €50
For more information and a booking form please visit www.sroi-uk.org or
e-mail [email protected]
Partnership Working in North Edinburgh
Muirhouse Library – a Real Community Asset
If your idea of a library is just a place to browse the shelves for books and choose
one for a weekend read then you would be completely wrong. The Muirhouse Library
has developed a range of community services and activities for all age groups.
Currently there are activities for younger and older readers with plans for adult
computer taster courses later in the year. There is a successful Computer Games Club,
a Cheeky Readers Club, Housebound Services and a Library Link.
The popular Gamers Club allows the members to design their own computer
games, as well as improving their skills in playing all types of games, which include
race track, monsters sci-fi and map making. It develops eye and hand coordination,
design skills, strategic thinking and most of all gives a safe and sociable place for like
minded young people to enjoy each others company.
Conor Hughes, age13, said, “I like coming to the club and can now design different
levels for a game. If I was not at the library I would be in my bedroom all the time or I
might be out getting into trouble. The club is great and very sociable.”
Library Officer, Stephen Shiels explained, “The Gamers now use the library
constantly and their club is a real success. They have got to know the staff and we
now know them. I think that it has given the group a lot more confidence and we are
delighted that they are making use of the facilities.”
And the other library services are equally appreciated. The Cheeky Readers Club
is a group of 8 -9 year olds who read books and take part in lively discussion. Their
recent wildlife subject was complimented by a talk from a Park Ranger while a fun
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not at the club I might be out getting
in trouble or be in my bedroom
playing or designing games on my
own”
Daniel Borwick, age 13, “I really enjoy
designing new levels for the games
and enjoy the company”
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poetry book read resulted in limerick writing. The Housebound Service is a boon to
people unable to visit the library. This service allows the librarians to choose books
from a profile provided by the reader. They are then hand delivered to their home by
the WRVS. Also popular is the Library Link which helps the less mobile who can walk
only a short distance. They are served by the Pilton Equalities Project who bus them to
the library to choose their books, where they have a tea or coffee and a few hours of
socialising.
Paul James, Senior Training and Development Worker, a regular user of Muirhouse
Library commented, “I use the library a lot and enjoy the buzz and the range of people
that you meet. The library activities are really good for the community and the staff
could not be more helpful. On my last visit I just thought that the library had the feel
of a real community library with young people, disabled people and people from the
Chinese community all happily using the facilities. It is a real community asset.”
If you are interested in joining any of the clubs or have a question about
the library services contact Muirhouse Library on 0131 529 5528 or
[email protected]
L/R Arron Sampson, age 12, “I most
enjoy sci-fi and chasing monsters”
Jay Wilson, age 12, “Designing
games is confusing to begin with
but once you get the hang of it, it’s
real fun”
© Iain Sharp
Using ICT in Adult Literacies Learning
Wednesday 11th June 2008
Stirling Management Centre
This year’s ICT and Literacies Conference will include a range of workshops on
activities taking place around Scotland as a result of the Learning Connections ICT
support programme as well as presentations about the use of Wimba Create and the
development of the Learner Web.
Programme
09.45
Registration and tea/coffee
10.30
Welcome and outline of the day
10.35
An overview of the ICT support programme 07/08 Peter Lanigan & Sheena Hales
11.00
The online curriculum wheel pilot
11.10
Exploring Wimba Create - Jeremy Bradley
11.35
Morning Workshops
1. Online learning in North Ayrshire Sharon McNamara and Allan Bingham
2. Literacies elements in video creation - James Tate, Falkirk
3. “Be safe or you’ll be sorry” presenting information with pictures Sheila Mackay, Push (Perth and Kinross) Ltd
4. Using ICT in prisons - Brian Cunningham/Kirsten Sams
5. Using Applemac in literacies - Lewis Atta
12.45
Lunch
13.45
The Learner Web
14.15
Afternoon Workshops
6. Using ICT in ESOL literacies - Alan Elder and Pamela Couper
7. Video and literacies in the North East Janette Taylor/Donald McNeill
8. ICT Learning Champions – Moray
9. Developing a website – Western Isles
15.15
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Further details on the workshops are available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/
Resource/Doc/1046/0058753.doc and an online booking form is available at http://
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gc_2bCuDWNGz7bLB0yUVltJg_3d_3d
National Welfare to Work Reform Conference:
Mapping the Route Towards Full Employment
Thursday 19th June 2008, 10.00am – 4.30pm
The Commonwealth Club, Westminster, London
In the last few months the Government’s plans and strategies for getting people
into work have picked up pace and purpose. Recent publications including ‘Ready
to Work, Skilled for Work – Unlocking Britain’s Talent’ and ‘Ready For Work: Full
Employment in our Generation’ have reiterated the Government's desire to build
strong employment and skills partnerships and to place a more positive ‘can do’
emphasis on requirements for benefit claimants.
This Westminster Briefing all day Conference will give delegates the opportunity to
be informed on latest Government thinking and discuss the issues brought into focus
by recent policy announcements, as we move towards a robust 21st Century welfare
state.
Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform, will
deliver the keynote address.
This Westminster Briefing will give delegates the opportunity to discuss and be
informed on new policy proposals, and engage with the panel in investigating key
issues such as:
• How to deliver on the key principle of moving benefit claimants from being passive
recipients to active participants in the job seeking market?
• How to ensure that the local needs of employers are met by local skills provision
and infrastructure?
• How to move forwards with strategies addressing the employment needs and
opportunities of hard to reach groups such as NEETs, lone parents, older people
and those with disabilities?
• How to build on the work of the City Strategy and ensure that sustainable
employment is at the heart of local authorities thinking in neighbourhood
renewal policy?
Delegates will be drawn from local authorities, welfare groups, private sector
employment service providers, local, regional and national employment initiatives,
Jobcentre Plus, LSPs, central government departments & bodies, regional
development agencies, equality and diversity officers, social inclusion officers, youth
offending teams, children’s trusts, disability groups, corporate policy officers, trade
unions, businesses and employers, academia and voluntary sectors.
Further information and online booking are available at
http://www.westminster-briefing.co.uk/welfare-reform.html
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PUBLICATIONS
Regeneration in European Cities: Making Connections
European cities can provide valuable insights into how to tackle deep-seated urban
problems, such as the regeneration of run-down industrial areas. This research is
based primarily on case studies of major urban regeneration schemes in Gothenburg
(Sweden), Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Roubaix (in Metropolitan Lille in France)
and draws conclusions for UK policy and practice. The findings are available on the
Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s website at http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/
housing/2217.asp
Social Trends 2008
An established reference source, Social Trends draws together social and economic
data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations; it paints
a broad picture of UK society today, and how it has been changing. There are 13
chapters each focusing on a different social policy area, described in tables, figures
and text: population, households and families, education and training, labour market,
income and wealth, expenditure, health, social protection, crime and justice, housing,
environment, transport, lifestyles and social participation. The report is available at
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/socialtrends38/
Diversity and Different Experiences in the UK
Britons are better off, on average, than they were 20 years ago in terms of overall
trends in economic well-being, health, education and employment. But inequality has
persisted, according to the National Statistician’s first annual report on UK society.
The report is available at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/nojournal/NSA_
article.pdf
What are Today’s Social Evils?
People feel a deep sense of unease about some of the changes shaping British
society, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s consultation on modern-day
social evils. Individualism, greed, a decline of community and a decline of values
were among the social evils that worried participants most. In addition, people also
identified:
• drugs and alcohol;
• poverty and inequality;
• decline of the family;
• immigration and responses to immigration;
• crime and violence;
• young people as victims or perpetrators.
More information, and the opportunity to share views, is available at http://www.
socialevils.org.uk
The Impact of Benefit and Tax Uprating on Incomes and Poverty
Each year, the Government decides how much to raise benefits and tax allowances.
The basis for these upratings is rarely debated, yet has major long-term consequences
for the relative living standards of different groups and for public finances. This
research considers the implications of present uprating policies, and aims to stimulate
debate on this hidden area of policy-making. The findings are available on the Joseph
Rowntree Foundation’s website at http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/
socialpolicy/2218.asp
The Public Value of Social Housing: a Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship
between Housing and Life Chances
This research study by the Smith Institute looks at the life chances of people living
in social housing from the Second World War up to the current day. It, therefore,
provides a unique overview of the extent to which, since the inception of the welfare
state, housing policy has delivered on its objectives and contributed to those of wider
social policy. The study is available at http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/upload/pdf/
life_chances.pdf
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Edinburgh’s Homelessness Strategy 2008-2012
The strategy has been developed by the City’s Homelessness Planning Group
in consultation with a wide range of service providers and people experiencing
homelessness. The new strategy sets out the vision, aims and outcomes the City of
Edinburgh Council and its partners want to achieve by 2012. It has an aspirational
vision to end homelessness in the City by providing a new emphasis on:
• preventing homelessness
• providing access to wider housing options and
• sustaining tenancies
The strategy is available at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/housing/
housing_policies_and_strategies/CEC_draft_homelessness_strategy_2007-2012_
consultation_analysis
Services for Communities Neighbourhood Research
The 2007/08 Neighbourhood Quantitative Research provides robust and statistically
accurate perception-based information at a local level not previously available within
the City of Edinburgh Council. It builds on the former Exit Surveys and incorporates
best practice in local government research. The project has identified customer
perceptions at a neighbourhood level and distinguished the gaps between expectations
and service delivery. The publication is available on the City of Edinburgh Council’s
website at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Attachments/Internet/Council/
Campaigns_and_projects/SfC%20Neighbourhood%20Research.pdf
Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland: The Future of Mental Health Improvement
in Scotland 2008-2011 - Consultation Responses
‘Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland’ discussion document was put forward
as a consultation to determine the future direction of mental health improvement for
2008-11, focusing on what Local Authorities, NHS Boards and other key stakeholders
can do to support the agenda. The consultation responses are available on the
Scottish Government’s website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2008/04/
03092148/0
Estimating the Cost of Child Poverty in Scotland - Approaches and Evidence
This Scottish Government Social Research report attempts to estimate the cost to
the public purse of child poverty in Scotland; discusses evidence and methods, and
gives qualified estimates. The report is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/publi
cations/2008/01/28111819/0
The Aftershock of Deindustrialisation - Trends in Mortality in Scotland and other
parts of Post-Industrial Europe
This report, published by Glasgow Centre for Population Health and NHS Health
Scotland, reveals the ‘aftershock of deindustrialisation’ in Scotland by comparing
Scotland’s health with that of other comparable regions in Europe. The report is
available at http://www.gcph.co.uk/content/view/144/68/
For Love or Money: Pay, Progression and Professionalisation in the
‘Early Years’ Workforce
The first report from the Institute for Public Policy Research’s ‘Working out of
Poverty’ series highlighted the significant and growing problem of poverty among
working people and their families. The aim of this report is to investigate how these
issues play out in one particular low wage sector – the early years – highlighting
both challenges that are common across low wage sectors and those that are
distinctive to the early years. The report is available at http://www.ippr.org/
publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=598
Clarity for a Change! Key Terms and Ideas in Community Development
Scottish Community Development Network have produced a Community
Development Jargon Buster. It contains six sections, covering topics such as
‘communities’, and ‘groups and other organisations in communities’. Each section
combines definitions of key terms with a narrative giving more information about each
term, what it means, and issues for good practice in community development. The
publication is available at http://www.scdn.org.uk/id54.html
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Capital City Partnership
is a partnership of key statutory, voluntary and community agencies in the city
working together to promote social inclusion and achieve social justice for the people
of Edinburgh. We exist to find creative and sustainable solutions to overcome social
exclusion and to promote joined up governance in the city. For further details about
Capital City Partnership please go to the website at http://www.capitalcitypartnership.
org or contact us at the address below.
Alternative Formats
The Capital City Partnership Social Inclusion e-zine is distributed monthly by
e-mail in PDF and text-only Word formats. Large text, braille, audio copies and
community language translations are available on request by contacting Gillian Baxter,
Information Worker, on 0131 270 6040. The e-zine is also available either in PDF
format or as a text-only Word file, on the Capital City Partnership website at http://
www.capitalcitypartnership.org
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Monday of each month. The next issue will, therefore, be available on Monday 2nd
June and any information for inclusion, along with contact details, should be submitted
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