C3SC - Cardiff Third Sector Council

Regional Advocacy Commissioning Project
2013-02-26 13:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Waterton Centre, Bridgend, Waterton Centre, Bridgend
Free ½ Day Event for ProvidersIf you are interested in tendering to provide advocacy services across Bridgend, Cardiff, Neath PT, Swansea and The Vale then this event is for you!

The event will offer providers:
– An overview of the Regional Advocacy Commissioning Project
The project structure, its aims and objectives and the timescales for the project will be outlined, along with the mechanisms being applied to ensure a participative and outcome focussed approach is taken.
– An insight into the key findings from the Strategic Regional Advocacy Needs Assessment
The key findings from the strategic phase of the project (Phase 1) will be explained and an introduction will be provided to the Regional Advocacy Market Position Statement.
– Hints and tips on what we’re looking for from providers
Following on from the morning ‘How to tender’ session, this session will seek to offer providers who are specifically interested in tendering for advocacy contracts some further insight into what we are looking for from winning tenders for advocacy services.

C3SC training: Skills for Negotiation and Influencing Others
2013-02-26 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB, C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB
This course will help you to:• Distinguish issues that are ‘common ground’ from those that are being disputed• Have developed skills for presenting arguments factually and rationally, whilst acknowledging that the parties involved may have strong feelings about the situation• Understand the importance of moving from competitive win/lose outcomes to co-operative solutions

Introduction to the BCBC Outcome Focussed Commissioning Model’ and ‘How to tender’
2013-02-26 09:30 - 12:30 | Waterton Centre, Bridgend, Waterton Centre, Bridgend
Free ½ Day Training Event for ProvidersIf you are involved or interested in becoming involved in tendering for contracts with BCBC Children’s Services, then this event is for you!
Providers will learn about:
– The BCBC Outcome Focussed Commissioning Model for children and young people
BCBC Children’s Directorate have developed and are implementing a new and innovative approach to commissioning services for children and young people. This session will outline the key features of the new approach.
– The Rules and regulations BCBC have to follow when procuring services
Learn about the processes we are duty bound to follow, the thresholds that determine the procedures we have to follow and the timescales associated with these.
– How to develop a winning tender
Delivered by the Supplier Development Service, this session will guide provider in how to develop a winning outcome focussed tender.

Project management basics for EU funded projects
2013-02-26 | Newport YMCA, Newport YMCA
The aim of this WCVA course is to provide an introduction to the project management process and to examine how you can best ensure project success through each of the stages of the project.

By attending this course you will be able to:
– Describe the project cycle – Understand some of the key concepts and common terminology of project management – Understand EU funding rules and regulations and how they apply to your project – Understand the role of monitoring and evaluation of your project – Understand what contributes towards project success – Understand how to identify and manage risks

Find out more and book your place via the WCVA website.

Women Making a Difference 'Engendering Change' taster session
2013-02-25 09:30 - 13:00 | Cadwyn Housing Association, 197 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 1AJ, Cadwyn Housing Association, 197 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 1AJ
This taster session will provide an insight into Women Making a Difference’s free Engendering Change course, which successfully develops women’s confidence and ability to get their voices heard in their community.
The full Engendering Change course will run over 6 Mondays from Monday 4th March to Monday 22nd April 2013 from 9.30-3pm. (No sessions on 25th March or 1st April for Easter Holidays) For more information on the course or to book your place on the taster session, RSVP to Amy, Paula or Sarah on 029 2022 1965 or email admin@wmad.org.uk

Gypsy and Traveller Awareness
2013-02-25 09:30 - 12:30 | Malpas Court, Newport, Malpas Court, Newport
Racism is widely recognised as anti-social, at least in most cases. However, there is plenty of evidence, in the everyday lives of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people and in academic text, that racism against these people is still perceived as socially acceptable.
This Diverse Cymru course costs £55 per person.
Find out more on the Diverse Cymru website.

Mental Health First Aid
2013-02-25 - 2013-02-26 | Newport, Newport
This Diverse Cymru course helps you to recognise the signs and symptoms of someone with mental health problems; to respond to various mental health crises; engage with, support and signpost people to appropriate professional help.
Price: £120 per person
Visit the Diverse Cymru website to find out more.

Huggard Charity Quiz
2013-02-23 | Gareth Edwards’s suit at Cardiff Arms Park, Gareth Edwards’s suit at Cardiff Arms Park
Are you a quiz whizz? Do you love rugby? Want to support your local homeless charity? Then this is an event that you do not want to miss.
In partnership Cardiff Blues Supports Club, the Huggard Centre has organised an action packed afternoon which promises to be the charity event of the year! Not only can you participate in the charity quiz, watch Wales beat the Italians live on a big screen, but if you’re feeling lucky you can enter the raffle to win some fantastic prizes.
The event is in aid of the Huggard Centre, a registered charity which provides support and services 365 days a year to Cardiff’s most vulnerable members of society.
£3 per ticket
How to buy a ticket: at the Huggard Centre or on the CBSC website: http://www.cardiffbluessupportersclub.co.uk/Shop—Siop.html Please note 50p surcharge for tickets bought online.

Recognising and Responding to Bullying Behaviours
2013-02-22 | Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil
A one-day Children in Wales course
Evidence and practice show that bullying affects the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people. Research has identified that:
– Over 30% of Childline callers report that they have experienced bullying – 2/3 of young carers are bullied at school – “Bullying was a common theme, with nearly every group citing this as a reason for non-attendance” (National Behaviour and Attendance Review 2009) – 18% of pupils in Year 6, falling to 11% in Year 10, admit to bullying other pupils (All Wales Survey of Bullying in Schools 2009)

Reducing bullying incidents is undoubtedly a shared objective between children, young people, professionals and practitioners alike. However, addressing issues raised by children and young people can often prove challenging and, in some instances, we may feel unable to resolve conflict.

In order to address issues around bullying it is vital that professionals and practitioners, who work with children and young people, have a shared understanding of what determines bullying behavior, and feel confident in applying consistent approaches to prevent and tackle bullying.

This one-day course will provide an overview of bullying, addressing the following areas:
– Understanding bullying and the complexity of behaviours that arise through bullying incidents – Recognising when bullying may be occurring – Responding effectively to reports of bullying – Identifying strategies to prevent bullying behaviours

Price: Members £115 Non-members £135

C3SC training: Effective Minutes and Agendas
2013-02-21 17:30 - 20:30 | C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB, C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB
Evening course
This course will help you to:• Understand why meetings are needed, what makes a good meeting, the need for minutes and accuracy of reporting• Understand the planning of an agenda and the preparation required• Explore practical tips and useful words for producing good minutes• Consider the blocks to participation

Housing Adaptations consultation event
2013-02-21 | Cardiff, Cardiff
The National Assembly for Wales would like to invite disabled people to attend a round table discussion.
If you have experience in relation to housing adaptations – good or bad – then the Assembly would like to hear from you. This is a good opportunity to highlight any good practice and/or ongoing issues that you have experienced with getting adaptations made to your home.
This consultation event is part of The National Assembly for Wales’s Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee inquiry into home adaptations.
There are limited places available. Please note that the Assembly will cover travel expenses and communication/support costs in order for you to contribute.

Children in Wales' Third Sector Conference - Stronger Together
2013-02-21 09:30 - 16:00 | Bodnant Welsh Food, Furnace Farm, Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Bodnant Welsh Food, Furnace Farm, Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy
Bringing organisations together for effective service delivery for Children and Families in Wales
This conference comes at a time when Third Sector children and family organisations are negotiating the challenges of representation, commissioning and economic uncertainty. Organisations are being asked to:

– Keep abreast of the changing face of planning and engagement structures – Acquire new skills that demonstrate how their service meets needs – Seek out organisations to work with whilst in a competitive environment

This round table conference offers delegates the opportunity to look at ways in which child, youth and family-focused organisations can be actively involved in the ‘bigger picture’ locally, regionally and nationally. Further, to learn about the role of the “Third Sector Forums.”
Register online at www.childreninwales.org.uk/20196.html or email bookings@childreninwales.org.uk

Cardiff Safer Communities Network event
2013-02-21 | C3SC offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB., C3SC offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB.
We regret that this event has been postponed. The new date will be posted on our website soon.
Does your third sector organisation work around improving safety within communities in Cardiff? Are you a volunteer or paid worker managing, supporting or providing activities based around community safety? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, then membership of the Cardiff Safer Communities Network is for you.
During the meeting there will be a presentation on substance misuse.

What Future for a Devolved Approach to Opposing Poverty?
2013-02-19 | Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay, Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
What Future for a Devolved Approach to Opposing Poverty? Some Reflections from Research and from Experience
Julia Unwin, Chief Executive, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
What are the implications of ‘austerity measures’ for Britain’s poorest members? Closer to home, what will be the consequences of welfare reform for the poorest households in Wales? At a moment when these issues are at the forefront of the policy agenda in the UK, the Centre for Advanced Studies in Public Policy at the University of Glamorgan in association with the Centre for Regeneration Excellence Wales is hosting a public lecture by one of the leading figures in this field – Julia Unwin, Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Refreshments will be served from 6.00pm and the lecture will be followed by a reception.

Anyone wishing to reserve a place at the lecture should either send their details to

Making Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled Workers
2013-02-19 09:30 - 16:15 | Equality & Human Rights Commission, Cardiff, Equality & Human Rights Commission, Cardiff
A Diverse Cymru training course.
Price: £85 per person
Find out more on the Diverse Cymru website.

Confidence at Public Events
2013-02-19 | YMCA, Barry, YMCA, Barry
The aim of this Participation Cymru training course is for participants to engage more effectively and confidently with communities through public meetings/events.

Representing your organisation at a public event is a responsibility which is daunting for the most experienced people. This course focuses on presentation skills and dealing with difficult situations and behaviours. Participants will learn how to prepare for a public event, how to give an effective presentation, conveying the information the audience wants to know using appropriate communication styles, and explores techniques for dealing with challenging issues and situations.
By attending this course you will be able to:
Be better prepared for holding public events
– Use your own style of presenting with confidence – Design and deliver powerful presentations – Be more confident in dealing with people at a public event – Deal more effectively with challenging situations – Demonstrate techniques for dealing with challenging behaviour

Who is this course for? This course is aimed at individuals or organisations that need to represent their organisation at public meetings with citizens and communities.

Early Support Key Worker Training
2013-02-19 | Serennu Children’s Centre, Newport NP10 9LY, Serennu Children's Centre, Newport NP10 9LY
This is a 2.5-day training course with the other days being 28th February and 8th March. Please note that there is NO CHARGE for this training. Participants must attend all 3 days.

Aims of the course:
– Support participants to understand the national context for key working and for the delivery of services for disabled children and children with additional needs and their families – Help participants to explore the Early Support principles and approaches and apply them to their practice – Enable participants to embrace the family’s experience, understanding how to use the family’s strengths to solve problems and work in partnership with the family – Explore the effective use of the Early Support materials – Promote an integrated approach to working with other services and agencies, keeping the family at the centre – Explore the key worker’s role, responsibilities and best practice in key working – Help participants to develop their practical key working skills – Encourage and enable participants to reflect on their practice and make use of those reflections

Times: Day 1 & 2: 9:30am-4:00pm Day 3: 9:30am-1:00pm

Bingo Night
2013-02-15 | Ex-servicemen’s Social Club, 44 Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GE, Ex-servicemen's Social Club, 44 Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GE
Join Rainbow Hope for a fun Bingo night.
Price: £10 to include buffet meal and all Bingo games.

Valentine's Day Fundraiser / Awareness Event
2013-02-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Glenwood Church, Circle Way West, Cardiff CF23 6UW, Glenwood Church, Circle Way West, Cardiff CF23 6UW
A spectacular night of music and dance
Zumba-based, inspired by Christian music. Dance performances and entertainment. Anyone and everyone is welcome!
This organisation is organised by MESIG (M.E. Support In Glamorgan) who are raising money for a member of the charity who is currently bedbound and needs to go to Burrswood – a Christian hospital.
They are also raising awareness and funds for Human Trafficking.
Tickets: £10

Let's sock it to Eating Disorders!
2013-02-14 01:30 - 16:00 | Aneurin Bevan Room, Cardiff University, Students’ Union, Park Place, Cardiff, Aneurin Bevan Room, Cardiff University, Students' Union, Park Place, Cardiff
In support of b-eat – beating eating disorders
Want to learn how to make your own sock monkey? Join this sock monkey workshop event to raise awareness and support people with Eating Disorders. Bring those unwanted socks from Christmas and turn them into something fun!
This event is taking place during Eating Disorders Awareness Week – 11 to 17 February 2013. Visit www.b-eat.co.uk to find out more about their work.

Free Training for Employers - Refugees Working in the UK: Skills, Entitlements, Barriers and Solutions
2013-02-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Oxfam Cymru, 5-7 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1 AT, Oxfam Cymru, 5-7 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1 AT
Refugees who have come to Wales in the process of seeking safety from persecution are a diverse group of people with a wide variety of skills and previous experience who have the unrestricted right to work in the UK. Displaced People in Action provides awareness training to recruitment and supervisory personnel to:
a) increase employer knowledge of the diverse skill pool of refugees living in Wales;
b) discuss challenges that refugees may face when entering Wales’ labour force and ways in which individuals and employers can work toward positive employment and business outcomes; and
c) discuss strategies to ensure recruitment practices reach refugees in Wales.

Refugees contribute to this training by facilitating discussions and sharing personal experiences in the UK labour market. Please email gingerdpiawales@yahoo.co.uk with your name and organisation to confirm attendance. Email or call 07929 032818 for more information.

C3SC training: Effective Communication Skills – How to Participate
2013-02-13 10:00 - 17:00 | C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB, C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB
Unfortunately this course has been postponed.
This course will help you to:• Understand the importance of effective communication• Consider the variety of ways in which we communicate• Know how to actively listen to others• Develop effective questioning skills• Learn how to give others the opportunity to contribute ideas and opinions to the discussion• Explore how best to prepare for meetings in order to communicate any messages/ideas and views clearly and concisely

Mental Health First Aid
2013-02-13 - 2013-02-14 | Blackwood, Blackwood

CHASE 2013 - the Charities and Associations Exhibition
2013-02-12 - 2013-02-13 | Business Design Centre, London N1 0QH, Business Design Centre, London N1 0QH
Free entry. Free seminars. Executive networking.
Discover new fundraising potential with eBay for Charity.
This seminar features:
Case studies from charities successfully using eBay What’s new on eBay and how your charity can take advantage Top tips to help you get the best from online selling, fundraising and auctions Register FREE and book your seminar place now.

Find out more about CHASE 2013 here.

Exploring Counselling Skills
2013-02-11 - 2013-02-12 | Cardiff, Cardiff
This NewLink Wales two-day course would be suitable for anyone with none or very little knowledge about counselling skills. This course has been written to meet the needs of practitioners who work with vulnerable people, people who are distressed or need to bring about change in their life.
Voluntary Sector £125.00 and Statutory Sector £135.00

Step Out youth event
2013-02-09 | Grangetown Baptist Church, Clive Street, Cardiff CF11 7HP, Grangetown Baptist Church, Clive Street, Cardiff CF11 7HP
Restoration Movement UK presents: ‘Step Out’ – Artists and speakers include: Minister JMan (Visionary of Restoration Movement UK) – Triple O (MOBO award winner, London) – Elfed Gooding (National Director of The Evangelical Alliance Wales)
… and lots more
FREE admission

Essential Skills and Dyslexia Awareness Workshop
2013-02-08 10:00 - 15:00 | InterLink, Rhondda Cynon Taff, InterLink, Rhondda Cynon Taff
FREE training course
Facts:
– 23% of adults in Wales experience problems with literacy – Dyslexia affects 1 in 10 people – 53% of adults in Wales experience problems in numeracy
This FREE workshop will investigate how we can introduce simple processes in the workplace and also source funding to support this.

Re-design and re-appraisal of Welsh Government's Children and Families Organisation Grant Programme (CFOG), the Out of School Childcare Grant Programme and Section 64 Grant Programmes
2013-02-08 10:00 - 13:00 | South Wales, South Wales
Martin Davies, Third Sector Grant Policy Manager at the Welsh Government, is working on a redesign and reappraisal of Welsh Government’s Children and Families Organisation Grant Programme (CFOG), the Out of School Childcare Grant Programme and grant programmes for voluntary organisations operating in the health and social care sector on an all-Wales basis with older people, carers, adults with disabilities and people who experience mental ill health (more usually referred to as Section 64 Grant Programmes).
By the end of March 2013, he needs to present Welsh Ministers with options for the future of these grant programmes to ensure that they produce the best possible outcomes, deliver against Ministerial priorities and still represent the most appropriate use of public money and resources. He wants to make sure that the options he presents are well considered and properly informed and, to do this, he needs to know the views of all stakeholders including the Third Sector. This event will give you an opportunity to participate.
If you’d like to attend the event, please write to Martin Davies, Third Sector Grant Policy Manager, Family Support, Department for Health, Social Services and Children, Welsh Government.

Welfare Reform - affecting us all: how to make it work for you
2013-02-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Senedd, Cardiff Bay, Senedd, Cardiff Bay
Diverse Cymru and Wales TUC invite you to a launch event to raise awareness of the coming welfare reform.
Hosted and introduced by Vaughan Gething AM.
Highlighting the support and advice services available across Wales.
With presentations on:
In-work Benefits Wales TUC
Universal Credit Graeme Butterworth – Diverse Cymru
Housing Community Housing Cymru
Impact on Disabled People Paul Warren – Diverse Cymru

There will also be information and advice stands. (If you are an organisation providing advice and support services, and you would like a FREE table at the launch to highlight your service, please contact Diverse Cymru (see below). Space is limited.
Throughout March, Diverse Cymru and its partners will be touring the country to outline the detail, record the personal stories and highlight the impact of welfare reform on individuals and service providers throughout Wales who will be affected from April 2013.

Workers’ Educational Association South Wales New Project Launch
2013-02-07 10:00 - 12:30 | The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay
The Workers’ Educational Association South Wales is delighted to announce that they are the first organisation in Wales to be granted Home Office approval to run the European funded ESIL Project: ‘English Skills for Integration & Learning’.
The aim of the project is to enable newly arrived (in the last 10 years) non EU third country nationals to integrate into UK society by providing learning and socialisation opportunities leading to eventual citizenship.
To find out more about how we can work together to embed this exciting new project across South Wales, you are cordially invited to attend the Project Launch at the Millennium Centre on Thursday 7th February. The morning will comprise presentations and discussions in the Victor Salvi Room followed by a networking lunch in the Awen Foyer.
