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The Charitable Incorporated Organisation structure and Social Enterprise Link update

Thursday, 17 January 2008 All Day

The CIO will be the first legal form of incorporation designed for charities. Originally announced in the Charities Act 2006 in order to save many charities the burden of additionally registering and being regulated by Companies House, the structure is expected to be available in Spring 08.

Detailed regulations are due to be released for consultation in December 07, so this BAN event will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss the plans for this structure with your fellow advisors, and feed in your insights.

As the situation develops further regarding the Social Enterprise Link service another full update will be provided at this BAN. This is a follow-up from earlier updates, and especially from the excellent discussion session at our October event. Specifically we will hear how the Information, Diagnostic and Brokerage service is progressing, and hear how the ‘brokered services’ are shaping-up. A good chance to catch up with this exciting development and give your input.

Location:
Taunton

Contact Information:
01392 435775
[ events [at] rise-sw.co.uk ]

Fee: £45 or free for RISE Additions members

The Fundamentals of Local Government

Expanding your knowledge of a rapidly changing public service

Thursday 6th December 2007
Earls Court Conference Centre, London, SW5

Repeat event due to overwhelming success - New speakers, new updates

Local government affects everyone’s lives every day. This is a huge, complex and fascinating sector that can be intimidating to fully grasp.

How can you increase your understanding of this sector?

Attend Local Government Chronicle’s educational and comprehensive seminar on The Fundamentals of Local Govermment.

Hear detailed insights from high-level speakers. Receive jargon-free information. Meet and establish contacts with a wide range of professionals in your field. Increase your knowledge of local government. Enhance your career prospects.

In-depth sessions will cover topics such as:

  • What is local government for?
  • What is the culture?
  • Who makes the decisions?
  • How are services provided?
  • Confirmed speakers include:
    • Stuart Hoggan, Deputy Director – Local Government, Communities and Local Government
    • Martin Smith, Chief Executive & Denise Jones, Leader London Borough of Waltham Forest
    • Jack Hegarty, Managing Director, Wychavon District Council (LGC Council of the year 2007)
    • Ken Cole, Director, London Councils
    • Amelia Cookson, Head of Service Transformation, Local Government Information Unit

Ensure you are fully aware and up-to-date with the information you need about local government.

Who should attend?

All those who feel they would benefit from an opportunity to demystify local government, including staff from:

  • Local Government
  • Health Services
  • Fire Services
  • Police Services
  • Education
  • Voluntary Sector
  • Private Sector Companies

LGC looks forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to this event on 6th December 2007. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the conference team on 0845 056 8341.

TO REGISTER quoting 253-80A09EM1:
Tel: 0845 056 8341
Email: lgcconferences@emap.com

Our Learning Journey

Lessons learnt and future thinking in adult learning, skills development and mental health

Thursday 29 November 2007
Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1H 7EH
Adult Learning and mental health

For many people with mental health difficulties it is not the cognitive difficulties associated with mental ill-health that prevents them from accessing learning, getting into work or in using other community resources such as libraries or leisure centres, it is the real, or fear of, stigma and discrimination that prevents active involvement and increases social isolation.

Adult learning and skills development can play an important role in tackling stigma and discrimination. It provides opportunities to widen social networks and be with other people, it can lead to improved job prospects and it can be a means to building confidence, hope and optimism.

Over the past two decades the number of people experiencing mental health difficulties accessing learning and skills provision has increased. There is evidence of better collaboration between learning providers and mental health service providers. There are more examples of good practice in supporting learners with mental health difficulties to achieve. Increasingly, learning and training providers are realising the need to involve and listen to service users/learners with mental health difficulties about what matters and what helps them to learn. This is the journey we have made so far.

But we cannot be complacent. There are still many challenges to face if people with mental health difficulties are to have the same access to learning, skills and employment as other people, and the same opportunities to lead fulfilling lives and to get on in life. This is the journey we have yet to make.

Adult learning and skills providers need to address the following questions:
What are the key things we still need to get right in adult learning for people with mental health difficulties?
How do we need to develop our services?
What are the campaign issues for those involved in adult learning and mental health?

This conference is about

Raising awareness of the campaign issues for those involved in adult learning, work-based skills development and mental health.

Sharing the good practice and ideas we all have about how best people with mental health difficulties can access and achieve in adult learning and skills/work-based learning highlighting the key issues and challenges in tackling inequality, stigma, discrimination and lack of social mobility that face many people with mental health difficulties.

At the conference NIACE will launch a new 'One in Four' campaign pack. This pack includes resources and ideas to help you raise awareness of mental health, challenge stigma and discrimination and debate the issues that matter to you.

The conference will be a very interactive event, reflecting the voice of the learner, tutors and other key stakeholders working in, participating in or using adult learning and skills or health and social care provision, and will have opportunities to share ideas and shape future thinking. Participants will have the opportunity to visit 'market stalls' and discuss innovative projects and good practice and opportunities for people to network.

Hosting a market stall

If you think you are running an innovative project or want to share your good practice you can apply to host a 'market stall'.

To apply to host a 'market stall' place you need to provide a one page brief describing your innovative project / good practice along with a completed application form. Please indicate the method of payment for your conference place and send to:

Celestine Harris, NIACE, Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP
or email Celestine.harris@niace.org.uk by Thursday 27th September 2007.

If you are selected to host a stall, the second market stall facilitator from the same organisation can apply to attend for free (this will enable you to take it in turns to visit other stalls).

Arrival and registration is at 9.45am. The conference ends at 3.30pm.

Conference Fee: £198 (The fee includes a copy of the One in Four Campaign pack, and CD - rom, lunch, tea/coffee).

For further details and to reserve a place, look up:
http://www.niace.org.uk/conferences/Conferences.htm

Enquiries to Gurjit Kaur on 0116 204 2833; e-mail: gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk