How to Present your Project to Funders
2013-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Institute of Fundraising Cymru Office, Cardiff CF11 9HA, Institute of Fundraising Cymru Office, Cardiff CF11 9HA
This practical Institute of Fundraising session will provide some answers to these questions:
– What are funders looking for in an application? – What are the processes that funders use to assess your application? – How do you increase the chances of making your application successful?
There will be tips on presenting your project in a compelling way and a hands-on exercise. Martin Price has assessed projects for a number of funders including BBC Children in Need and Lottery funders. This is an opportunity to find out what happens to your hard-worked funding applications after you have posted them off, and make it more likely that you will get a positive response.
£25 Individual Members of Institute of Fundraising / £30 Non-Members To book, contact

C3SC Training: Making the most of your Website
2013-11-12 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
Looking at the basics of developing and hosting your own website, this course will look at the range of options to put your media on the internet. It provides guidance on the range of tools and solutions that can be used to develop vibrant, informative and powerful websites.
Ideal for: Information Officers, IT leads and those charged with communication for their organisation. A level of ICT skills will be valuable to get the most out of this course.

Registration: 9:45am

C3SC Training: Business and Strategic Planning
2013-11-12 17:00 - 20:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
This course will help organisations understand the importance and benefits of long-term planning and provide them with practical resources to plan more effectively within their own organisations.
Content: Providing practical resources to help organisations plan more effectively.
Ideal for: those new to business and strategic planning or those wishing to gain further insight into planning.
Registration: 4.45pm

Alzheimer's Society Carers' Group
2013-11-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Oldwell Court, Ty Gwyn Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 5DA, Oldwell Court, Ty Gwyn Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 5DA
Carers’ Group – specifically for all those in a caring role. Support for the cared for can be arranged at the day centre and transport provided.

Making Information Easy to Read and Understand Level 2
2013-11-13 | Newport, Newport
A Learning Disability Wales course to help you develop and improve your skills in making written information clear and easy to read and understand.Find out more in the Learning Disability Wales online flyer (PDF).

Participatory Approaches to Development
2013-11-13 | Temple of Peace, Cardiff, Temple of Peace, Cardiff
This training is run by the Wales International Development Hub.
This course aims to introduce participatory techniques which can be put to practical use in your project work in Africa. Together, groups will look at participatory techniques, power and empowerment as well as influence and interventions.
This course is ideal for anyone who is working with a partner community to plan, implement and evaluate development projects together.
To find out more and register, visit http://www.hubcymru.org/hub/trainingparticipatoryapproaches.html
This course is free to attend (but £25 will be charged if you register and do not attend).

Understanding PIP Personal Independence Payment
2013-11-13 | Cardiff, Cardiff
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is replacing Disability Living Allowance. This Learning Disability Wales course explains who will be affected and how to claim effectively.
Find out more in the online flyer (PDF).

C3SC Training: Networks, Consortia and Alliances
2013-11-13 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
We regret that this course has been postponed. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Content; Consortium working is increasingly vital to be able to compete for funding. This course explores getting the most from the many networks and planning groups in the area, and how best to work in partnerships. Essential study for those looking to explore tendering consortia.

Ideal: Any organisation wishing to explore greater partnership working

‘Something for Something’ exhibition
2013-11-13 11:00 - 12:15 | Wales Millenium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5AL, Wales Millenium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5AL
Barnardo’s Cymru Seraf Service would like to invite you to the exhibition entitled ‘Something for Something’.This exhibition is about young people’s experiences of growing up, their relationships, the dangers of sexual exploitation and how through the therapeutic arts they have been able to process and overcome traumatic events. This event will include live music, with all songs written and sung by young people. Young people will be talking openly about their personal experiences and what has given them the courage to seek help. There will be artwork and poetry, including a collection of short films and a play entitled ‘What’s Happening Frankie?’It will be impossible to remain untouched by this moving and uplifting exhibition of young people’s personal strengths.You are warmly invited to this celebration of young people’s achievements.If you are able to join us on the day please could we ask you to RVSP by email no later than Friday 8th November 2013 so that we can have an indication of numbers?

Launch of Co-Creating Healthy Change
2013-11-14
You’re invited to the launch of Co-Creating Healthy Change, a Big Lottery funded portfolio of ten projects working across Cardiff and the Vale to engage and involve communities in helping to shape health and well-being services, and promote healthy living by empowering service users to feel able to advocate for their own needs, concerns and wishes. We’re delighted to be holding the launch event at the Senedd on Thursday 14 November. Sponsored by Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services, the event is an excellent opportunity to find out more about Co-Creating Healthy Change, to meet the delivery teams and to find out how to become involved.

Introduction to Mindfulness Day Workshop
2013-11-14 09:00 - 17:00 | Samye Foundation Wales, 2a – 4a Cardiff Road, Caerphilly CF83 1JN, Samye Foundation Wales, 2a - 4a Cardiff Road, Caerphilly CF83 1JN
This Introduction to Mindfulness Workshop is an excellent way to familiarise yourself with mindfulness practice and give an understanding of the benefits it will bring to you. It is a perfect taster for mindfulness before taking an 8 week mindfulness training course.
Please bring a vegetarian lunch to share.
Cost – Significantly reduced – ONLY £20 per person (usual price £40)

C3SC Training: Contracts of Employment
2013-11-14 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
This course provides an overview of how to employ staff within your organisation. Covering the legal processes of contracting staff, beginning and ending employment, this day is essential to develop an understanding of employment.
Ideal for: any organisation looking to employ new staff or wishing to know more about employment.
Registration 9.45am

Carers Workshop - for carers of people affected by bipolar
2013-11-14 10:30 - 13:30 | Clarence House, Clarence Place, Newport NP19 7AA, Clarence House, Clarence Place, Newport NP19 7AA
Bipolar UK is developing a Carers Service in Wales for carers of people affected by bipolar. They would value your input into the development of this service and invite you to a Bipolar UK Carers Workshop.
Refreshments and a light lunch to follow.
If you would like to share your thoughts and attend the Carers Workshop or would like some further information, please contact:Sara O’Herlihy at Bipolar UKTel: 01633 244244 / Email: soherlihy@bipolaruk.org.uk

Bullying - Sharing the Challenge
2013-11-15 09:30 - 16:00 | Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff
Children in Wales’ Preventing Bullying Behaviour Group presents: Bullying – Sharing the Challenge
There is significant recognition of the importance of early intervention and prevention strategies, which include cultivating respectful relationships which help reduce negative attitudes that lead to bullying and hate crime incidents. This conference will consider how, by sharing a collective understanding of bullying and implementing effective practice, supportive schools and communities can challenge attitudes and improve children and young people’s resilience. Delegates will hear from a range of influential speakers and will have the chance to attend specialist workshops.
Children in Wales’ Preventing Bullying Behaviour Group and Forum is multi-sectoral, and members work together to focus on anti-bullying work with children and young people in Wales. It recognises that effective anti-bullying practice is not the work of one agency alone, and that involving children and young people informs its purpose of making our schools and communities safer places to live, work and play.

Who should attend?
The conference will be of interest to:
– Teachers – Youth Workers – School Counsellors – Pastoral Leads – Healthy Schools Coordinators – Mental Health Professionals – Third Sector/Community Youth Settings – Behaviour & Senior Management Teams – School Governors – Community Cohesion Officers – School/Youth Council Representatives

Confirmed Speakers:
– Funky Dragon – Representatives of Funky Dragon will be sharing their research, views and suggestions on how to reduce bullying in Wales – Dr Emily Lovegrove – works in schools, hospitals and organisations in the UK, USA and Europe delivering staff training, as well as one-to-one help on bullying issues. Emily is part of an ongoing EU group that meets in Brussels to discuss children, safety and justice and also works with organisations such as Welsh Government and Children in Wales http://www.thebullyingdoctor.com/ – Matthew Burns, Head Teacher, Headlands School, Penarth
Confirmed Workshops:
– EYST/THINK Project (Equality Strand) – Disability Project (Equality Strand) – Cwmtawe Community School, Swansea (Monitoring) – Cadle Primary School, Swansea (School Ethos) – All Wales School Liaison Core Programme (Cyberbullying)
Further details regarding each workshop will be available in due course, and delegates will be given the opportunity to book in advance of the conference.

Question Panel Chaired by a Young Person – Panel members include:
– Jeff Cuthbert AM, Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty – Keith Towler, Children’s Commissioner for Wales – Darren Bird, Chief Executive Officer, Funky Dragon – Jeff O’Reilly, Education Consultant – Dr Emily Lovegrove, Consultant
Superintendent Liane Bartlett, South Wales Police
COSTS:
£35 – Members
£55 – Non-members

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
We request that exhibitors only showcase materials about their work programme or project that will supplement the theme of the conference

Exhibition space: £50
Email to: bookings@childreninwales.org.uk
Or Fax to: 029 2034 3134
Or register online here

Essential Skills & Dyslexia Awareness
2013-11-15 10:00 - 15:00 | 3Gs Community Building, Merthyr Tydfil, 3Gs Community Building, Merthyr Tydfil
The Connecting Learners project has organised an “autumn round” of their flagship workshop: Essential Skills & Dyslexia Awareness. Aimed at staff development managers/co-ordinators, HR officers and anyone with line management responsibility – this free one day workshop will look at the Welsh Governments programme to improve adult literacy, numeracy and IT skills.

Participants will:
– Investigate essential skills and dyslexia in the context of the workplace and adult education – Identify funding streams to support staff with essential skills needs – Discuss dyslexia and how this relates to legislation
How to apply:
The workshop is offered free of charge to staff and volunteers in the community-voluntary sector, housing associations and also independent care sector. All costs will be met by the Connecting Learners project. Refreshments and lunch will also be provided.

Attachment and its Role in Children's Lives
2013-11-18 | Cardiff, Cardiff
A Children in Wales one-day course
This course is aimed at all those interested in the emotional development of babies and children, and particularly those working with, or supporting children and families in stressful circumstances. Attachment disorder has come to be understood as a major contributor to behavioural and emotional problems in children, and in the development of personality disorders in adulthood. Understanding the importance of attachment in early development and how to recognize when family bonds are undermined are critical skills for those working with families. Practitioners also need skills in direct and systemic work to support children with attachment difficulties. This course therefore also describes the interventions that are available if you are working directly with children and their caregivers.

The course will explore:
– Why attachment matters – How attachment patterns are formed – What happens when attachment goes wrong – How observation can help us assess attachment – What we can do to strengthen and repair attachment relationships within families
Find out more and book your place via the Children in Wales website.

Certificate in Fundraising
2013-11-18 - 2013-11-21 | Culture and Media Centre Loudoun Square, Cardiff Bay, Culture and Media Centre Loudoun Square, Cardiff Bay
Delivered in partnership with The Institute of Fundraising, the Certificate in Fundraising gives front-line fundraisers a solid grounding in the theoretical concepts and principles behind fundraising, helping you to be the best you can be.
To gain the qualification you need to attend four consecutive days of intensive training, and successfully complete a series of four work based and case study assignments over a period of approximately nine months.
As a result, you will become a more confident fundraiser and understand how to improve your results. You will learn practical, effective fundraising skills to apply in your current role. These skills will enable you to make a positive immediate impact on your own, and your organisation’s fundraising results.
The qualification will comprise of four units, covering:
– The fundraising environment – Understanding individual donor behaviour – The fundamentals of fundraising planning – Fundraising in the community and events management
Find out more on the WCVA website.

Decent Night Out?
2013-11-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Y Senedd, Y Senedd
As part of Alcohol Awareness Week, Theatr Fforwm and partners invite you to a forum theatre performance at the Senedd.
‘Decent Night Out?’ explores the issue of alcohol misuse amongst young people and the associated risks, questioning what it means to have a ‘decent night out’.
The event is sponsored by the Minister for Health and Social Services – Mark Drakeford.
Information stalls will be provided by partnership agencies.

C3SC Training: Reaching Out - making your organisation and communications accessible
2013-11-19 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
We regret that this course has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience.
This course speciﬁcally addresses the need to produce media that is accessible for a range of clients, including visually impaired clients, clients with a learning disability and those with additional support needs. It covers the production of audio, easy-read and electronic formats.
Ideal for: organisations wishing to ensure that their communications is accessible to all audiences in compliance with best practice.
Registration: 9:45am

Alzheimer's Society - Carers' Group
2013-11-19 11:00 - 12:30 | SandMartin Pub, Leckwith, Cardiff CF11 8WD, SandMartin Pub, Leckwith, Cardiff CF11 8WD
Carers’ Group – specifically for those caring for someone under the age of 65.

C3SC Training: Grants - Fit for Funding
2013-11-19 17:00 - 20:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
Fully booked
With a greater emphasis on tenders and bids than ever before, this popular course starts with an introduction to bid writing, and develops into a comprehensive guide to maximising your chances in drafting Lottery, grant or competitive funding bids.
Ideal for: any organisation that wishes to maximise their bid writing skills.
– “I thought it was a really good course as I have no previous funding & grants experience” – “Very good and friendly” – “Extremely useful” – “Good, clear information; fantastic tutor” – “I’ve come away with lots of ideas and useful information for grant applications” – “Excellent course, and well prepared and presented”
Registration: 4.45pm

Alzheimer's Society - Film Club
2013-11-19 | Oldwell Court, Ty Gwyn Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 5DA, Oldwell Court, Ty Gwyn Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 5DA
Open to those with dementia and their families. This month showing ‘Pink Panther strikes again’.

Quiz Night - East Cardiff, Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn
2013-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Pentwyn Leisure Centre, Pentwyn Leisure Centre
We regret that this quiz night has been cancelled. Apologies.
East Cardiff, Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn (ECLP) Communities First is hosting a FREE quiz night (with free food too). The event is a relaxed atmosphere with an aim of having lots of fun. Any organisation and local people are welcome to join. Teams must be at most 10 members so some organisations may want to put two or more teams in. The event will be take place between 7-9pm in the Pentwyn Leisure Centre. Anyone who is interested, please email rob.g@c3sc.org.uk or call 07969 184935 with the team name, size of team and any specific eating requirements.

Transgender Awareness
2013-11-20 | Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Do you take your gender for granted? How does it feel to be trapped in the wrong body? This half-day Diverse Cymru course will show you how to help and support people who feel like this and people who may wish to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone surgery to meet their full potential.
Cost: £55 per person
Find out more at www.diversecymrutraining.org.uk/transgender-awareness/

Challenging Homeless Decisions
2013-11-20 | Bridgend, Bridgend
Full-day Shelter Cymru course. Price: £130 per delegate. Concessionary rate: £85.
If you would like to book a place, please visit our website www.sheltercymru.org.uk or call 01792 483020. Alternatively, you can email training@sheltercymru.org.uk

Me and You Learning Disability Wales Annual Conference 2013
2013-11-20 - 2013-11-21 | Newport, South Wales, Newport, South Wales
The Learning Disability Wales Annual Conference this year will be focusing on the theme of relationships for people with a learning disability. They will have a lively mix of interactive and informative workshops, speakers and drama looking at friendships, relationships and the people that matter in our lives. They will be looking at topics such as personal and sexual relationships, dating, friendships, family relationships, how to recognise abuse and social networking and how to stay safe online to name a few. Download a flyer here (PDF).
Download the booking form here.
For further information, please visit http://www.learningdisabilitywales.org.uk/me-and-you.phpFind out about exhibiting opportunities here. The event’s main sponsor Pro-Copy Ltd will be exhibiting on the day. Prizes for signing up for the raffle at their table include full hospitality to a Cardiff Blues match, a Glamorgan Cricket match and a Welsh International Football match as well as Premier League half-way line tickets, including carer tickets, to watch Cardiff City.

Transgender Day of Rememberance
2013-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Coffee morning
All welcome.To remember those who have been killed as a result of transphobia, and to raise awareness of the continued abuse transgender people receive across the world. Meet members of the Cardiff and Vale Trans Voices Group for an informal cup of coffee and a chat.
For more information visit www.facebook.com/tvcardiffandvale or email transvoices@cardiff.gov.uk

Creating a Healthier Community
2013-11-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Pentwyn Leisure Centre, Pentwyn Leisure Centre
East Cardiff, Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn (ECLP) Communities First is setting up health projects in North Cardiff. At this introductory session you’ll get a chance to find out more about what’s going on in your local area as well as giving your ideas on what’s most needed.
A free buffet is provided and there are also creche facilities.

Anti-bullying Inspire Awards 2013
2013-11-20 18:30 - 21:30 | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff
This is a special event to celebrate the tremendous accomplishments of special individuals in the community, and say a special thanks to the 2013 Inspire Award winners. Be inspired as you hear stories of how their actions are making a difference throughout the city of Cardiff. There will be food and refreshments, inspirational words from special guests, music and entertainment.
This event is free, but space is limited. Please RSVP today to reserve your seat! Email cab@cardiff.gov.uk

Dementia Café for the Black and Minority Ethnic Community
2013-11-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Butetown History and Arts Centre, 4 Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff, Butetown History and Arts Centre, 4 Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff
A safe and relaxed place for those affected by or concerned about dementia to meet and gain information and share experiences.
