december - january 2015 magazine
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Member Events Page 2 Universal Access Page 10 & 11
General News Page 3, 4 & 5 Safeguarding Page 12
Training Hub Page 6 & 7 YAB Contact Details Page 12
Job and Volunteering Page 8 & 9
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e Hopton Youth Club Wins Award for Community Champions
Hopton Youth Club won Community Champions of the Year at St. Andrews Hall on
20th November and were presented with a gift voucher for £175 which they will
use to purchase equipment for the youth club.
What an honour for our Youth Club and all the volunteers! To see a full list of all
the winners and runners up please go to: www.edp24.co.uk/news/
stars_of_norfolk_2014_the_winners_and_runners_up_revealed_1_3856744
Member Events
Member Events
General News Momentum's Monday Mardles Information
Dates for your diary, to come along to one of 2015's Momentum's Monday Mardles. Drop in between
4.30 & 6.30pm to join us for tea, cakes and a chat :
Any help Momentum can provide to you? or what's coming up that you may be interested in joining
in with? or are you looking for programme activity ideas? or we can carry out DBS ID checks; and we
will be joined by 'Special Guests' for you to meet, get information from and discuss any issues with.
Monday January 26th @Horsford Village Hall
We will be joined by Mike Mills from Broadland Youth Advisory Board and Sarah-Jayne Lumley from
SAFER who will have available copies of the new SAFER pack.
Monday February 23rd @Harford Community Centre
We will be joined by Mike Mills from Broadland Youth Advisory Board, Sam Mason from South
Norfolk Youth Advisory Board and Sarah-Jayne Lumley from SAFER who will have available copies
of the new SAFER pack.
Monday March 30th @Long Stratton Methodist Church
We will be joined by Sam Mason from South Norfolk Youth Advisory Board and Sarah-Jayne Lumley
from SAFER who will have available copies of the new SAFER pack.
We will also hopefully have some Young Commissioners from the YABs along as well. Location-
venue directions and reminders over the coming weeks.
Winter Family Fun Day at City Academy Norwich
Winter Family Fun Day at City Academy Norwich on Saturday 13th December between 10.30 am
and 2.00 pm. These events are run every term and regularly attract over 500 people from the local
community, including parents, grandparents and children of all ages. City Academy staff and pupils
will be involved in organising a selection of activities, games, stalls and competitions, City Acade-
my also work with local partners to give the families a taste of other activities, services and events on
offer in their community and the chance to meet the people who run them.
City Academy would love you to be involved, whether it is coming down on the day to chat to the
families, setting up a stand to show what you do, or running a workshop or drop-in activity that
families can enjoy together. It is a great opportunity to raise awareness about what you do, highlight
any events and even do some fundraising. City Academy have been running these events for the
last few years and they continue to grow in popularity. City Academy are confident that we can offer
you the opportunity to make contact with lots of people in our community and hope you will be able
to join us.
General News
Grow Wild Seed Kit Giveaway
UK Youth has teamed up with Grow Wild to share thousands of free seed kits so your groups can trans-
form their local spaces into beautiful, inspiring and colourful wild flower havens. We're now part of one of
the UK's biggest ever seed sowing campaigns and help to create over one million square metres of wild
flowers in spring 2015. Register today to receive wild flower seeds native to your country for you to
share with people in your groups.
There are 120,000 free kits up for grabs. All you need to do to register before 14th February 2015.
Training Hub
Up to date training and development opportunities
Date Location Course Cost to Members
10th Jan 2015 King’s Lynn Introduction to ASD
17th Jan 2015 Gt Yarmouth Essential First Aid (all ages) and Basic First Aid £15
21st Jan 2015 Dereham Awareness of Self-Harm
27th Jan 2015 Norwich Intro to understanding eating disorders
7th Feb 2015 Gt Yarmouth Sports Inclusion
28th Feb 2015 Dereham Essential First Aid (all ages) and Basic First Aid £15
7th March 2015 Thetford Introduction to ASD
10th March 2015 Norwich Intro to understanding eating disorders
21st March 2015 Norwich Essential First Aid (all ages) and Basic First Aid £15
Bookings for these course are taken by Momentum
Date Location Course Cost to Members
9th December Gt Yarmouth Awareness of Challenges when £30
working with parents
15th Jan 2015 Dereham Child Sexual Exploitation £30
4th Feb 2015 Norwich Domestic Abuse £30
5th Feb 2015 Norwich Awareness of Challenges when £30
working with parents
Bookings for these courses are taken by NSCB (Norfolk Childrens Safeguarding
Board)
Training Hub
Up to date training and development opportunities
Date Location Course Cost to Members
15th December Norwich Life Story Work £54
7th January Norwich Positive Life Planning for ASD £54
8th January Norwich Moving into Management £200
9th January Norwich Understanding Transference and £54
Counter-transference
16th January Norwich Moving into Management £200
26th January Norwich Moving into Management £200
20th January Norwich Data Protection and Confidentially £54
23rd January Norwich Labels are for Jars Not People £54
29th January Norwich Hashtag Exploring Social Media and Social £54
Networking
5th February Norwich Professional Boundaries £54
6th February Kings Lynn "Fcuk off" - Developing Staff Resilience £54
10th February Norwich Igniting a Spark finding different ways to learn £54
5th March Norwich Hashtag Exploring Social Media and Social £54
Networking
6th March Norwich Brain Development in Adolescents £54
17th March Norwich Making simple Play and Sensory Materials £54
Bookings for these courses are taken by Break Charity
Job and Volunteering Opportunities Your opportunity to advertise roles, more vacancies are
advertised on our website
Organisation: Break
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Sheringham, Norfolk (Ref: HO1508)
Salary: £63,448 to £77,548
Hours: 35 per week
Could you lead a prominent, dynamic East Anglian charity to new heights? Are you committed to har-
nessing organisational innovation to change young lives? Due to the pending retirement of our Chief
Executive Officer an exciting opportunity is available for a new leader of our vibrant organisation from
the middle of 2015. We have a wide range of services for vulnerable children, young people and their
families and are looking to develop and diversify our outstanding services to increase our support and
geographical spread. We are a learning organisation striving for constant improvement and require a
passionate, dedicated and enterprising individual able to work in an ever evolving sector. Break is
changing young lives across East Anglia by supporting children, young people and families in four key
areas and we continue to grow and diversify to meet changing needs.
*Young people in Care and Moving on
* Children and Young People with Disabilities
* Families in Need of Support
* Children at Risk
Break has 50 charity shops, with a wide geographical spread, which are a vital source of non-statutory
funding, along with its outstanding fundraising operations. Break employs around 450 staff and 900 vol-
unteers, the majority of the latter in its shops. The staff are located primarily in Norfolk, with offices in
Sheringham, Kings Lynn and Norwich. Break is IIP accredited and has featured in the Times Best
Companies list. Break has an exceptional training provision for internal and external customers that has
a reputation for being interactive, innovative and high quality and is leading the social pedagogy
agenda within the region.
For an informal chat with our Chairman of Trustees, Simon George please call 07711 146939.
Interviews will be held on Sunday 25th and Monday 26th January 2015
For more information about Break please visit: www.break-charity.org
Closing date for applications: Friday, 12th December 2014
Job and Volunteering Opportunities Your opportunity to advertise roles, more vacancies are
advertised on our website
Organisation: Norfolk Carers Support
Job Title: Transitions Project Worker
Location: King's Lynn
Salary: £20,000 pro rata
Hours: 25 hours/week, To cover maternity leave for up to one year
Make a positive difference to young adults aged 16-24 who provide regular and substantial care for a
family member. You will have a proven experience of working with this age group and provide tailored
1:1 assessments and support plans via referrals from schools, colleges and local agencies.
For details go to www.norfolkcarerssupport.org
Tel: 01603 219924 or email [email protected]
Closing date for applications: Thursday 4th December 2014
Organisation: Norfolk Carers Support
Job Title: Locality Lead - Support Worker
Location: Norwich
Salary: £17,300 pro rata
Hours: 25 hours/week
As part of the Carers Agency Partnership service, our team provides adult carers with advice and sup-
port. The ideal person will be a confident communicator, able to build working relationships with other
organisations, and have relevant experience of client focused service delivery in health and social care.
For details go to www.norfolkcarerssupport.org
Tel: 01603 219924 or email [email protected]
Closing date for this application: Thursday 4th December 2014
Universal Access Disability & Inclusive Opportunities
Go-Do Norfolk Accessible Activity Database
Go-Do Norfolk is a online database of Clubs / Organisations activities which can be searched by other
groups, young people, parents and professionals. It's a great opportunity to show young people the
exciting range of activities on offer.
http://www.momentumnorfolk.org.uk/go-do-norfolk/
Thursday 11th December 2014 - HOLD THIS DATE!
Consultation on the draft statutory guidance to implement the strategy for adults with
autism in England to be held at Colchester FC stadium.
The Department of Health (DoH) is funding consultation events across the Country to
make sure that the final statutory guidance works well for people with autism.
Autism Anglia is pleased to have been chosen to hold an event in the Eastern region to
gather and submit your views on the draft statutory guidance.
Why the consultation?
The Autism Act 2009 requires the Government to do two important things:
produce (and review) an adult autism strategy for England; and
produce (and review) statutory guidance for local authorities and NHS Trusts.
The strategy was refreshed in April 2014 – Think Autism.
Now, the statutory guidance is being updated, to reflect Think Autism to tell local
authorities and NHS bodies what they should be doing.
Remember this includes: Planning in relation to the provision of services to people
with autism as they move from being children to adults.
Please contact Autism Anglia for more details
Website: www.autism-anglia.org.uk
Publications for Sale
Momentum (Norfolk) have Accident Books and Registers which you
can buy direct from our office. We do have to add postage on if you
would like your order posted out to you.
Accident Books £4.50 Each
Registers £3.50 Each
Universal Access Disability & Inclusive Opportunities
The charity provides specialised equipment such as electric wheelchairs, walking aids, trikes, educational
toys, adapted car seats, lifting aids to enable movement and posturepedic sleep equipment, to children
and young people with disabilities, helping them to become as independent as possible and to reach their
potential. For more information please visit www.childrentoday.org.uk/ or telephone 01244 335622.
The most widely-used autism education picture cards! The cards are perfect for teaching key language
concepts to preschool age children, or children and adults with autism, developmental delay or speech/
language delay. All Products in the Language Builder® Series were designed to specifically meet the
needs of the individual with Autism. The Language Builder Series has become a staple in home and
school programs around the world. The 350-Card original Language Builder set includes stunning,
child-pleasing images from 9 basic categories:
Animals Foods Vehicles
Clothing Toys Everyday Objects
Furniture Shapes Colours
Designed to teach:
Receptive Language ("show me the apple" "give me the book"), Expressive Language ("what is it?" "it's
an apple!"), Matching Identical Cards, Matching Similar Cards, sorting into Categories, Adjectives,
functions, storytelling, and more! For more information and to download your own:
www.info.stageslearning.com/free-language-builder-cards
Free Language Builder Flash Cards
Youth Advisory Boards Contacts
Momentum (Norfolk)
Oak Lodge Business Centre, School Lane
Little Melton, Norfolk, NR9 3LB
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.momentumnorfolk.org.uk
Follow us: @momentumnorfolk & @trainingnorfolk
Norwich City Breckland
Paul Webb Anita Beckett
[email protected] [email protected]
South Norfolk King’s Lynn & West Norfolk
Sam Mason Bob Casey
[email protected] [email protected]
Great Yarmouth North Norfolk
Karla George Richard Gowler
[email protected] [email protected]
Broadland
Michael Mills
Safeguarding Safeguarding Courses
Level 1 & 2 training is provided by SAFER which is part of the NSCB and is
£15.00 for SAFER Members. Please see NSCB website for more details www.nscb.norfolk.gov.uk
Introduction to Child Protection
New dates to be confirmed
Saturday courses run from 9.30 am - 1.00 pm and Wednesday courses from 6.00 – 9.30 pm, all
applicants must be over 18 years of age.