Cardiff and Vale University Health Board AGM
2015-09-24 18:00 - 23:59 (Europe/London) | The Plaza, University Hospital Llandough, Penlan Road, Cardiff CF64 2XX, The Plaza, University Hospital Llandough, Penlan Road, Cardiff CF64 2XX
Public Notice AGM 2014/15
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, September 24 in The Plaza, University Hospital Llandough, Penlan Road, Cardiff CF64 2XX at 6pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available from 5.30pm. We look forward to welcoming you.
Hysbysiad Cyhoeddus Cyfarfod Cyffredinol Blynyddol 2014/15
Bydd Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a’r Fro yn cynnal ei Gyfarfod Cyffredinol Blynyddol ar Ddydd Mercher, Iau 24 Yn Y Plaza, Ysbyty Athrofaol Llandochau, Heol Penlan, Caerdydd, CF64 2XX am 6.00pm. Mae croeso i bawb a bydd lluniaeth ar gael o 5.30pm. Edrychwn ymlaen at eich croesawu.
Refreshments from 5.30pm

Fundraising camp
2015-09-25 09:30 - 16:00 | Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL
This ‘unconference’-style event is ‘informal and relentlessly practical’ and completely shaped by the fundraising questions you want answered!
Find out more and book your place.

Cardiff Health and Social Care Network event
2015-09-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Chapter Arts Centre, Canton
The keynote speaker for the network meeting will be Sue Morgan from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board who is providing an update on GP cluster plans and engagement between GPs and the third sector.
Representatives from Welsh Government will be attending to present on the ‘Our Health, Our Health Service’ Green paper and provide you with an early opportunity to comment on its content.
There will be items on:

The Speakeasy Advice Centre
Winter planning
The process for the review of the Health Board’s strategic framework for working with the third sector.

You will also have opportunities for networking, information sharing and the chance to suggest topics you would like to see on future agendas. The meeting will also give you an opportunity to get to know Sarah Capstick, C3SC’s Health and Social Care Facilitator.
We will offer you a warm welcome and a cup of tea or coffee will be available throughout the meeting. To reserve your place, please email bookings@c3sc.org.uk For directions to the venue, please see the Chapter Arts Centre website.

Personal Assistant (PA) training
2015-09-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Diverse Cymru office, Canton, Diverse Cymru office, Canton
This Diverse Cymru training course is aimed at jobseekers who want to learn new skills to enable them to take on a role as a PA in Cardiff. Diverse Cymru is currently support the employment of over 1,300 PAs in Cardiff and there are always new job roles becoming available as direct payment uptake is increased.
If you, or anyone you know, may be interested, please contact directpayments@diversecymru.org.uk or call the team on 029 2036 8888.

Black History Month Wales launch
2015-09-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
Wales Celebrates Great Black Women
Join 100 guests as The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, featuring Floetic Lara, kicks off this jam packed season of talks, workshops, screenings and performances. Rhythmic poetess, Lara Lee aka FLO, will perform an inspired set accompanied by talented local young women – the culmination of intensive song, poetry and performance workshops in Dylan Thomas Community School led by Lara, who recently made the live shows on BBC’s The Voice under superstar coach Sir Tom Jones.

Book your free place online

Rugby World Cup at Oasis Cardiff
2015-09-26 20:00 - 23:59

VCS Cardiff's Annual General Meeting
2015-09-28 13:00 - 23:59 | Cardiff University, Cardiff University
VCS will be holding its 50th AGM September 28th. This AGM will mark one of the biggest changes in VCS’s history as they hand over the running of the Volunteer Centre for Cardiff to C3SC. VCS will be discussing their future development as a supported volunteering specialist. The AGM meeting will last approximately 45 minutes. After the main meeting there will be a series of talks covering the new Volunteering Policy for Wales and funding available to Volunteer Involving Organisations. This AGM will be a business meeting. VCS plans to hold an EGM later in the year (or early in 2016) during which they will give presentations on their current work and set out their plans for the year ahead.
The AGM will be followed by customary coffee and cakes and you are also very welcome to stay on for the Cardiff & Vale Volunteer Co-ordinators’ Network event, which will run from 2pm – 4pm.

Cardiff Volunteer Co-ordinators' Network event
2015-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Council Chambers, main building, Cardiff University, Park Place, Council Chambers, main building, Cardiff University, Park Place
The next Cardiff Volunteer Co-ordinators’ Network (CVCN) follows VCS’s AGM.
The CVCN is a joint network run by VCS Cardiff and C3SC. The Agenda is as follows:
2pm Involving Students in Real World Research – What We Can Do for the voluntary sector in Cardiff Graham Getheridge, Workplace Partnerships Officer, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University 2:10pm Cardiff Volunteering – The new Volunteering service at Cardiff University Students’ Union Michelle Lenton-Johnson, Student Development Manager, Cardiff Volunteering 2:20pm C3SC – How we help support the third sector David Poole, Operations Manager, C3SC 2.30pm Business in the Community – How business volunteers can support your organisation Jill Salter and Simon Walters, Business in the Community, 2:45pm Break
3:00pm European Structural Funds for volunteer involving organisations in Wales Christina Jolliffe and Judith Stone, WCVA
3:30pm Networking 4:00pm Close
Please confirm your attendance by emailing info@vcscardiff.org.uk

Staff supervision, support & development
2015-09-29
Three-day WCVA training course – delivered through the medium of Welsh
Aims: This ILM endorsed course provides opportunities for you to develop your supervisory skills and to enhance your confidence and ability to fulfil your line management responsibilities.

Content:
This three-day course will focus on good practice in induction, supervision, appraisal, managing performance, staff support and team and individual development. The course will give opportunities for you to practice your supervision skills. The training methods will include presentation, small group work, discussion and practice, all supported by a course work book. This course will enable you to put your newly enhanced knowledge and skills into practice back in your organisation, project or community.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the course participants will have:

Explored their management role and responsibilities.
Enhanced their supervisory and appraisal skills.
Developed their own induction checklist.
Considered effective ways of managing performance and motivation.
Identified a range of learning and development opportunities suited to their team.
Identified their own strengths, weaknesses, values and motivations.

Who this course is for
This course is for those already in line management roles or for people who have recently moved into line management.

Additional information
You will need to commit to:

The full 3-day course
To achieve the ILM award you will need to successfully complete the 3 short assignments following the course. The trainer will provide support for you during the assessment process.

Fees include the ILM registration and assessment fees.

Book via the WCVA website.

Preventing homelessness: a seminar of best practice supported by the Oak Foundation
2015-09-29 09:30 - 16:00 | The Orbit Centre, Merthyr Tydfil, The Orbit Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
A seminar of best practice Preventing homelessness has rarely been more challenging for all agencies working to keep people in their homes. Yet there are some brilliant services achieving amazing results in these austerity-driven times. Supported by the Oak Foundation, Shelter Cymru’s event, Preventing homelessness: a seminar of good practice is bringing together some of the most innovative approaches to homelessness prevention from across Wales and the UK. Shelter Cymru’s ‘Temporary Accommodation Survival Guide’, a resource to help people cope and increase their chances of making it through to settled accommodation, will be launched at the event. The Guide has been developed by people who have been in temporary accommodation themselves and know first-hand what the pitfalls are. You will also hear about the results of Shelter Cymru’s research on prison leavers and people with autism. Fee £50, free places for service users.
Book online at http://sheltercymru.org.uk/what-we-do/training-and-events/
Registration from 9am

Working Positively with Autistic Children in the Early Years
2015-09-29 09:45 - 16:15 | Cardiff, Cardiff
A one-day Children in Wales course
This course offers participants a broader understanding of how autism can impact on early development, play and social interaction. This deeper understanding can underpin positive and progressive relationships with autistic children. Strategies for promoting engagement, play and language development are explored, along with positive responses to behaviours found in autism that can challenge professionals and families. This course is for all those working with autistic children and their families who wish to deepen their understanding and enlarge their skills base with this cohort of children.
The course will cover:

Current views on the nature and features of Autism
Evidence-based approaches in play, social development, family well-being and behaviour
Strategies to support communication and shared attention

Read more and book your place via the Children in Wales website.

C3SC training: Working with the Media
2015-09-29 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC’s offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB, C3SC's offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB
Understand what interests journalists and how to get them telling your story
Understand how to communicate your key messages through the media
Be able to adapt your style to suit different media
Be able to write a press release

Trainer: Ash Poddar, FreshTies
In the meantime, read 6 Top Tips to Tackle the Media.
Price: £75
Book online

Ty Seren WMC app launch
2015-09-29 10:00 - 23:59 | Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL
Alcohol related violence and the sexual exploitation of young women enjoying a night out is a rising problem. It has no place in our city. The young women of the Ty Seren hostel have had enough.
Working with Alcohol Concern and the ‘It’s the Drink Talking’ campaign, they have created an innovative campaign ‘app’ for all young women seeking a safer way to enjoy a night out.
Come along to celebrate their hard work at the campaign and app launch. The alcohol focused campaign ‘app’ highlights the problem of sexual exploitation and violence in Cardiff.

Sport Wales Funding Workshop
2015-09-30 10:00 - 13:00 | C3SC offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB., C3SC offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB.
Sport Wales is a national organisation responsible for developing and promoting sport and physical activities.
Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) is hosting a (rescheduled) funding workshop and would like to invite you to attend.
Sport Wales Technical Investment Officers, Ceri Richards and Chris Coles, will be facilitating the workshop on the National Lottery Fund’s two schemes for both elite and grassroots sport organisations in Wales. They will explore the Community Chest grant award – up to £1,500 in any 12 months, and the Development Grant award – £1,501 to £25,000 for groups in Wales.
The workshop will cover the purposes of the two grants, who can apply, what can be funded and how to apply.
Light refreshments will be provided.

Understanding and preparing accounts under the new SORP
2015-10-01 | WCVA, Cardiff, WCVA, Cardiff
Delivered by Watts Gregory LLP and Whittingham Riddell Chartered Accounts.
Summer 2014 saw the release of the new charity SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice). With the exception of charities who prepare their accounts on a receipts and payments basis, this was the first change in charity financial reporting for over a decade.
This interactive half-day WCVA seminar will explain how you need to prepare charity accounts, using practical examples and case studies. It will deal with the impact of the new SORP on the accounts, but will also give a refresher on the basic principles that remain unchanged. This is essential material for those in the finance function involved in preparing accounts, and for trustees who are dealing with the expanded requirements for the Trustees Report.
Find out more and book your place via the WCVA website. This seminar will be followed by a Protecting your charity from risk and fraud seminar.
Morning session.

Protecting your charity from risk and fraud
2015-10-01 | WCVA, Cardiff, WCVA, Cardiff
Delivered by Watts Gregory LLP and Whittingham Riddell Chartered Accounts.
The vast majority of people working in the voluntary sector are honest and committed. However, charities are not exempt from fraudulent activity – as is evident from recent press reports. It is therefore vital that organisations know what the dangers are and put in place sensible measures to prevent or detect fraud.
This WCVA seminar will help make you aware of the ‘danger signs’ and of the sort of controls needed to minimise risks. It will also provide a refresher on good general and financial risk management.
Find out more and book your space via the WCVA website. This seminar will be preceded by a ‘Understanding and preparing accounts under the new SORP’ seminar.
Afternoon session.

Youth Entrepreneurship in Wales: Real Conversation Event
2015-10-01 | Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Liberty Stadium, Swansea
The Welsh Government event will bring together young people, business leaders and other stakeholders to discuss specific issues.
The aim is to get a better understanding of each other’s views and opinions on various policy issues. The event is highly interactive and engaging with questions alongside facilitated table discussions.
If you are interested in, or are already supporting young people with enterprise, please get in touch.
The main audience for the event will be young people aged between 14-25 and employers and entrepreneurs who can share their own experience. There is also a limited number of places for otherprofessionals with an interest in this agenda; prioritised for those who can bring along groups of young people, or who can facilitate employer engagement.The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy (YES) is the Welsh Government’s commitment to ensuring young people across Wales are equipped with entrepreneurial skills and attitudes to help fulfil their potential, whatever future career choices they make. Welsh Government can only do that by hearing people’s views first hand; and ‘Real Conversation’ provides a lively and interactive forum for doing just that.
If you can support Welsh Government in engaging young people and employers with the event, or would like to attend in your own right, please get in touch.
Find out more on the Welsh Government website.

City & Guilds 6281-01 Level 3 Award in Energy Awareness three-day training
2015-10-01 | Cardiff, Cardiff
Three-day National Energy Action (NEA) training course – the other two dates are 2 and 5 October
Participants often come from a variety of organisations and the course will enable them to advise clients on a range of issues, including:

the efficiency and appropriate use of heating and hot water systems, and the functions of the controls
interpreting domestic fuel cost data using reference materials
how to record gas and electricity consumption and work out costs
ways of paying for gas and electricity
the potential to improve the energy efficiency in a range of dwellings
Nest, Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation
how to avoid condensation and take remedial action where condensation dampness exists

There are still some spaces available on this course, which will be booked first-come, first-serve. For further details and bookings, please contact Alison Powell.
Find out more.

South Wales Fuel Poverty Forum
2015-10-01 09:00 - 12:30 | Newport YMCA Conference Centre, Mendalgief Road, Newport NP20 2HF, Newport YMCA Conference Centre, Mendalgief Road, Newport NP20 2HF
NEA Cymru invites you to attend their South Wales autumn 2015 Fuel Poverty Forum, which will focus on fuel poverty and health. The forums are free to attend and have grown from strength to strength. They are the recognised Welsh network in which to raise awareness of fuel poverty and to discuss solutions to the problem.

Why attend?
Cold homes can have a negative impact upon a person’s health and well-being. There is a growing awareness of the health inequalities householders can suffer as a direct result of fuel poverty.
By attending the forum, you will have the opportunity to:

learn more about projects that are specifically targeting households with health problems for energy efficiency measures or other fuel poverty related interventions;
be updated on NEA’s Redressing the Balance programme;
debate and influence the fuel poverty policy agenda in Wales;
network with other organisations;
highlight best practice and plant seeds for future collaboration.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Book online

Introduction to Legal Structures and Charitable Status
2015-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar, Webinar
Free WCVA webinar

Are you looking to set up a new organisation but aren’t sure which structure to choose? Or are you running an existing organisation and exploring the possibility of changing its legal structure or registering as a charity?
If so, sign up to this interactive webinar.
As well as taking part in the webinar session, you will also be provided with supporting materials which you’ll be able to access through WCVA’s online Learning Zone.
Find out more and book your place via the WCVA website.

Are you looking to set up a new organisation but aren’t sure which structure to choose?

Or are you running an existing organisation and exploring the possibility of changing its legal structure or registering as a charity?
If so, sign up to this FREE interactive webinar
1 October 2015 12 noon – 1pm
Delivered through the medium of English

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Food Safety Level 2
2015-10-02 09:00 - 14:00 | FareShare Cymru, Unit S5, Capital Business Park, Cardiff CF3 2PU, FareShare Cymru, Unit S5, Capital Business Park, Cardiff CF3 2PU
The FareShare Cymru training will be held by PASS Health and Safety Consultancy. There’s still time to book your place.
Price: £40pp.

The new procurement landscape - free webinar
2015-10-05 10:00 - 11:00
WCVA, Wales Co-operative Centre and Social Firms Wales are jointly presenting an important webinar to provide the third sector with an overview of procurement developments in Wales.
Find out more and register via the WCVA website.

Graphic facilitation and visual note taking
2015-10-06 - 2015-10-07 | Wales Council for Voluntary Action – Cardiff, Wales Council for Voluntary Action - Cardiff
This NEW Participation Cymru course aims to give participants the skills, knowledge and understanding of graphic recording and graphic facilitation.

The trainer will provide opportunities for participants to:

Practice individually and in small groups, in a safe environment
Receive individual and constructive feedback
Gain top tips & techniques for producing images at speed
Fine tune listening skills in order to filter relevant information

Both days will afford lots of opportunity to experiment, practise and learn from each other in a fun but safe environment – No artistic talent required!
Find out more and book your place via the Participation Cymru website.

Understanding How to Safeguard the Welfare of Children and Young People - Accredited Level 3 Training through Agored Cymru
2015-10-06 - 2015-10-07 | Cardiff, Cardiff
A two-day Children in Wales course
This course is aimed at people who want to gain accreditation, whilst learning about the current challenges in child protection and how practitioners can work with others to increase the protective factors for children that they work with. The course is appropriate for people working in a range of organisations including youth settings, schools, children’s daycare and residential settings, also services providing support to children and families in the voluntary and private sector. This two-day training will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss issues from practice, exploring the complex and sensitive nature of keeping children safe in a variety of settings.
Participants will explore the roles of relevant partners, the importance of accurate record keeping and appropriate information sharing, taking on board when consent is required. Attendees will have the opportunity to consider what helps to make an effective referral when an organisation has concerns about the welfare of a child and what might be expected of them during the statutory child protection process, including core group meetings and case conferences. The course will focus on a child-centred approach to safeguarding, and will offer participants the opportunity to analyse essential work place practices and policies in relation to keeping everyone safe. The issues of e-safety and bullying will also be addressed as these have a direct link to the safety and well-being of children and young people.
Learning Outcomes:

Understand the main legislation, guidelines policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people

Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people

Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting

Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed

Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied

Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and well being

Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people

Find out more and book via the Children in Wales website.

The future of parks and their positive impact on wellbeing
2015-10-06 09:00 - 13:00 | Wales Audit Office, 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9LJ, Wales Audit Office, 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9LJ
Wales Audit Office is holding a free seminar with Nesta and Good Practice Wales on the future of parks and their positive impact on wellbeing.
Read more

C3SC Training: Child Protection
2015-10-06 09:45 - 16:00 | C3SC offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB., C3SC offices, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF24 0EB.
FULLY BOOKED
This child protection course will give you the ability to act on any concerns about the safety and welfare of children and young people.
Delivered in partnership with ULearn, this accredited course is designed to inform those in the childcare, or social care sectors, of the signs of child abuse, what is regarded as abuse and more importantly what can be done to prevent it from happening.
Course outcomes:
You will learn and fully understand all of the below:

What is child abuse?
Introduction to risk assessment
Categories of child abuse
Indicators of child abuse
Policies and procedures
Discuss previous cases of abuse
Questions and Comments

Price: £60 – includes certificate
Book online

Universal Credit
2015-10-06 10:00 - 16:30 | Cardiff, Cardiff
The introduction of universal credit from October 2013 will fundamentally change the current system of benefits and tax credits. This one-day Child Poverty Action Group course examines how the new benefit will work and the likely effect on claimants.
Topics covered include:

the aims of universal credit;
when and how it will be introduced;
which benefits it will replace and which will remain;
who will be able to claim it;
how it will be calculated;
claims, payments and appeals;
conditionality and sanctions.

Book online

A Sustainable Development Charter conference for the arts in Wales
2015-10-06 10:30 - 15:30 | Chapter Arts Centre, Canton Cardiff CF5 1QE, Chapter Arts Centre, Canton Cardiff CF5 1QE
This event is for arts organisations who have signed the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Development Charter and will help clarify what the Charter is hoping to achieve and how they can play a part in it. It is also an opportunity to learn how a commitment to Sustainable Development principles can reduce running costs, increase staff moral and enhance reputation with the community and funders. This event is also for arts organisations that are interested in signing The Charter and want to find out more.
Read more and book your free place.

Funding workshop: Neighbourhood Partnership Fund - Cardiff North and West areas
2015-10-06 17:00 - 23:59 | Maes-y-Coed Community Centre, 1 Jubilee Gardens, Heath, Cardiff CF14 4PP, Maes-y-Coed Community Centre, 1 Jubilee Gardens, Heath, Cardiff CF14 4PP
C3SC is hosting two funding workshops in cooperation with the Cardiff Council Neighbourhood Partnerships, for organisations and community groups interested in applying for the Neighbourhood Partnership Fund.
During the workshops, the C3SC team will offer you advice and guidelines on applying to the Neighbourhood Partnership Fund and Neighbourhood Partnership Officers will be on hand to discuss the action plans identified for their area.
You will also have the opportunity to book a 1:1 funding advice session with a third sector officer for more in-depth guidance on both the Neighbourhood Partnership Fund and any other funding opportunity.
If your group is unable to attend the workshop for their specific area, you are welcome to attend the other session.
The workshop for South West, South East and East areas is taking place tomorrow.
NB: Please note that the allocation for City and South has already been successfully allocated to organisations and community groups within that area.

Understanding the new homelessness legislation
2015-10-07 | Cardiff, Cardiff
At the end of April this year, Wales introduced its own distinct way of dealing with homelessness. The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 created new duties for local authorities to help prevent homelessness for anyone who asks for help.
At the same time the Housing Act created other major changes in the rights of people facing homelessness, by removing automatic priority need for prison leavers, and allowing local authorities to discharge homelessness duties with an offer of private rented accommodation without the consent of the applicant. Agencies are being encouraged to work together for the benefit of applicants and to resolve conflicting approaches at an early stage. Independent advisers are being brought closer into some local authority teams, while social landlords have new legal duties to cooperate in the prevention of homelessness.
This Shelter Cymru one-day course will provide delegates with a clear basic overview of the new law and its implementation to date.
Who is it for?
Essential core training for advisors at the front line of implementing the new legislation and as an updater.
It is advised that delegates book for the Code of Guidance briefing for a full understanding of the recent changes.
Book online
