'What would Mrs Pankhurst do?' conference
2013-06-14 09:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | University of South Wales, Newport, City Campus NP20 2BP, University of South Wales, Newport, City Campus NP20 2BP
A conference to identify, discuss and develop actions to challenge the effects of 21st Century welfare changes on women in Wales
The conference will be opened with a Ministerial address, and you’ll hear from expert speakers from:
– The Fawcett Society – The Bevan Foundation – Wales Co-Op Centre – Shelter Cymru – WEN Wales – Bron Afon Community Housing.
Current changes to the welfare system pose a significant threat to women’s independence that could see their financial independence eroded, ability to remain in work undermined and dependence on partners increased.
As a proactive response you are invited to attend What would Mrs Pankhurst do?, a conference organised by Chwarae Teg and in partnership with the Women in Society Journal.

At the conference you will:
– Gain knowledge to help your organisation mitigate the impact – Learn from experts about the true extent of the impact on women – Develop and share ideas to strengthen our response – Network with likeminded delegates – Influence Chwarae Teg’s work in this area

This is your opportunity to ensure that together we develop the best response possible to minimise the regressive impact of welfare reform.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided for delegates.

To book your place go to: http://mrspankhurst.eventbrite.co.uk/Fee: £75 plus VAT per delegate. For further information visit www.chwaraeteg.com or call (029) 2047 8900.

Who’s Afraid of Children’s Rights?
2013-06-14 | Grove Lecture Theatre, Grove Building, Swansea University, Grove Lecture Theatre, Grove Building, Swansea University
Inaugural lecture on behalf of: Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People in partnership with UNICEF UKFor directions and parking: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/open-days/directions/Everyone is welcome and admission is free.

'A Father for My Son' play
2013-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Main Hall, All Saints Church, Penarth, Main Hall, All Saints Church, Penarth
A hundred years ago, Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition ship, the Terra Nova, returned to Cardiff. The expedition had ended tragically, with the death of Scott and four of his men, creating one of the great legends of adventure and heroism of the 20th Century.Waiting in Cardiff to meet the ship on 14th June 1913 was Scott’s widow, Kathleen and their young son, Peter. Artist, friend of Auguste Rodin, George Bernard Shaw and J.M.Barrie, Kathleen Scott was a remarkable woman in her own right.During this play you will see and hear the extraordinary and moving story of the woman behind the Antarctic hero. It forms part of the centenary programme for the return of Terra Nova to Cardiff. The play has been well received wherever it has been performed. It has toured UK and recently New Zealand and the Scilly Isles.
(Supported by the Captain Scott Society)
Tickets: £10.00 (Advance booking advised)

'A Father for My Son' play
2013-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay, Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay
A hundred years ago, Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition ship, the Terra Nova, returned to Cardiff. The expedition had ended tragically, with the death of Scott and four of his men, creating one of the great legends of adventure and heroism of the 20th Century.Waiting in Cardiff to meet the ship on 14th June 1913 was Scott’s widow, Kathleen and their young son, Peter. Artist, friend of Auguste Rodin, George Bernard Shaw and J.M.Barrie, Kathleen Scott was a remarkable woman in her own right.During this play you will see and hear the extraordinary and moving story of the woman behind the Antarctic hero. It forms part of the centenary programme for the return of Terra Nova to Cardiff. The play has been well received wherever it has been performed. It has toured UK and recently New Zealand and the Scilly Isles.(Supported by the Captain Scott Society)
Tickets: £10.00 (Advance booking advised)

Youth Mental Health First Aid
2013-06-17 - 2013-06-18
Training course delivered by Diverse CymruYMHFA (Wales) is for everybody. It is particularly relevant for those who work with adolescents and may come into contact with young people at risk of experiencing mental distress.Only YMHFA Instructors can deliver this course. They have been specially selected, trained and approved. This ensures YMHFA Instructors have a certain level of knowledge, skills and experience and that there is consistency in delivery across Wales. The course was developed in Australia and has been adapted to better suit the needs of young people in Wales. YMHFA aims to help participants: – Preserve life where a young person may be a danger to themselves or others – Provide help to prevent mental distress developing into a more serious state – Promote recovery of good mental health – Provide comfort to a young person experiencing mental distress
YMHFA (Wales) course covers: – Mental health first aid – Common mental health problems – Depression – Anxiety disorders – Psychosis – Substance use disorders – Eating disorders – Non-fatal deliberate self-harming behaviour
Participants will learn: – The signs and symptoms of these mental health problems – Where and how to get help – What sort of help has been shown by research to be effective

Book your place via the Diverse Cymru website.

Cardiff and Vale Carers Support and Information Network Group (CSING)
2013-06-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Cardiff, Cardiff
CSING aims to bring together a range of sectors, agencies and organisations providing services for carers and provide a forum for sharing information, promoting partnership working, sharing good practice and raising issues relating to services for carers and the cared for.

The Sounds of English: How to pronounce new words first time, every time
2013-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff Central Library
This event is part of Refugee Week Wales
This session introduces learners to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Many learners are unfamiliar with the IPA and may overlook phonetic transcriptions provided by their dictionaries when they are learning new words. Through the session, learners are confronted with unfamiliar words and asked to attempt to say them accurately. The IPA is introduced and modelled and students begin to relate the phonetic symbols to their sounds. Subsequently, the class are then given the same words that they attempted to pronounce at the start of the session, but are able to say them with near perfect accuracy. The remainder of the lesson is aconsolidation exercise in the format of a competitive game show.

Salih Hassan: a live performance of Palestinian lute music
2013-06-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff Central Library
This event is part of Refugee Week Wales
To reserve your place, contact:Jake Westlake @ 07515 675656 Jake.Westlake@welshrefugeecouncil.org.ukDavid Taylor @ (029) 2038 2116 centrallibrary@cardiff.gov.uk

Refugee Week Wales 2013 Dance Flash Mob!
2013-06-19 | Queen Street, outside the Capitol, Cardiff City Centre, Queen Street, outside the Capitol, Cardiff City Centre
Shake that Soul
A dance flashmob for all is taking place during Refugee Week

C3SC Training - Planning & Writing Successful Funding Bids
2013-06-19 17:00 - 20:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
Content: 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. Early booking recommended.
Ideal for: All agencies wishing to maximise their bid writing skills.

Fathers must stand up for their daughters
2013-06-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Chapter, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff, Chapter, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff
With Professor Laura McAllister, IWA Trustee and Chair of Sport Wales. Jonathan Ford, CEO of the Football Association of Wales and Charles Williams, writer and broadcaster. To celebrate Father’s Day 2013, IWA Women is holding a coffee shop debate aimed at fathers of daughters who want equality for their children. The event will look at the widespread inequalities faced by girls in society – from education to engineering, science to sport, and politics to parenthood. Evidence shows that a baby girl born in 2013 will have to wait until she is drawing her pension to expect any serious parity in representation for her sex amongst the corridors of power. There have only been 13 women MPs from Wales since the Acts of Union in the 16th Century (and seven of those were chosen through all-women shortlists). More girls drop out of sport than boys during their teenage years, with half of Year 10 female pupils not enjoying PE in school-with all of the health, educational and well-being issues this raises. Academically in school girls outperform boys, but this is not reflected in University admissions. Is it time to get fathers on board to help push equality for their children? They invite some prominent fathers of daughters to join us in highlighting the injustices faced by girls in Welsh society. They ask whether championing gender equality needs a shove from men as well as women. To reserve your free place, please email emmabrennan@iwa.org.uk or call 029 2066 0820.

Introduction to Soft Outcomes and Distance Travelled
2013-06-20 | Cardiff, Cardiff
A one-day Children in Wales course
This course is relevant for managers and practitioners who wish to demonstrate that their intervention has made a difference. Budgets are tight and all organisations need to consider economy and efficiency, but it is important to keep focus on the effectiveness of services. This course will look at measuring the soft outcomes that your intervention has achieved for the people you work with. Participants will explore a range of methods that can be used with all groups – from children and young people to adults.

The course will include:
– Clarification of the terminology used when evaluating the impact of your services – An exploration of why you need to measure qualitative information and how to do it – Considering what soft outcomes are relevant to your setting – Exploring a range of methods for measuring soft outcomes – How to assess the distance travelled by users of your service – Using information on outcomes to improve service delivery

COST: Members £80 Non-members £100
Book for the course via the Children in Wales website.

Engaging with Young People
2013-06-20 | Swansea, Swansea
A Learning Disability Wales course designed to explore practical and creative ways to better engage and communicate with young people.

Course Aims
This course will help you give young people the opportunity to have their voices heard. The course will give you a range of tools, games and resources to use when planning services, consulting with or communicating with young people.

This is an introductory course for those working with young people, planning services for young people and who want develop their skills in communicating with groups of young people. The course focusses on young people with learning disabilities but is relevant to all young people.

Substance Misuse Awareness
2013-06-20 - 2013-06-21 | NewLink Wales, Meridian Court, North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BE, NewLink Wales, Meridian Court, North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BE
This NewLink Wales course is aimed at people with little or no knowledge of substance misuse. It aims to bring a broad understanding about substance misuse and the impact that it has on individuals.
Voluntary Sector £140, Statutory Sector £150

Wales and West Vision Conference 2013
2013-06-20 09:00 - 15:30 | Main Hall, University of Newport, Caerleon Campus, Newport NP18 3NT, Main Hall, University of Newport, Caerleon Campus, Newport NP18 3NT
This one-day conference is aimed at anyone involved with sight loss or supporting people with sight loss and a disability, across the public, voluntary and private sector. The conference will bring professionals together from all sectors who are working with blind and partially sighted people, with a focus this year on those who also have a learning disability. We will also have information about innovative and leading edge research which has been taking place in the UK. This is an opportunity for professionals from different organisations to meet and share ideas and discuss the future and the way forward. SeeAbility has been working nationally to transform the eye care of people with learning disabilities and is delighted to be asked by Sight Cymru to co-host the Wales and West Conference.

C3SC training: Developing Trading Opportunities
2013-06-20 10:00 - 13:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
Maximise your financial position by learning how trading can benefit your organisation. This course covers trading in a variety of forms, including running shops, cafes and training provisions. It covers the essential legal and governance issues that you need to be aware of.
Ideal for: Any organisation looking to develop trading or retail services.

Workshop for organisations working with ex-offenders
2013-06-21 | Cardiff, Cardiff
The purpose of this workshop is to create a multi-agency action plan to address barriers to volunteering for ex-offenders in Cardiff, and to identify new pathway opportunities. The workshop is specifically for organisations working with and supporting ex-offenders and organisations who work with ex-offenders as part of their core activity.
If you are interested in taking part, please let VCS know as soon as possible.
Confirmation of the date, venue and timing for the workshop will be determined depending on the number of people wanting to attend.
To express your interest in booking a place, please email Laura at VCS laura.o@vcscardiff.org.uk

Cardiff and Vale Falls Awareness Event
2013-06-21 09:30 - 13:30 | Jasmine Enterprise Centre, Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff CF5 5BQ, Jasmine Enterprise Centre, Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff CF5 5BQ
Care and Repair Cardiff and the Vale and Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale invite you to a Falls Awareness Event, organised in liaison with Vale Centre for Voluntary Services (VCVS) and Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC).
This event, in Falls Awareness Week, aims to increase awareness about falls prevention, highlight a range of voluntary and statutory services and improve partnership working. It will be of interest to anyone working in health and social care, front line staff, voluntary and statutory sectors, service planners, commissioners etc.
Speakers include staff from Care and Repair Cardiff and the Vale, Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale, British Red Cross and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. There will also be an update on the Community Resource Teams and a demonstration of an Extend Exercise Class.
Light refreshments will be available.
If you would like to book a place, please email ceri@valecvs.org.uk
“You’d be forgiven for thinking that falls are a part of ageing, something that ‘just happens’ as you get older. Most people do.And it’s not surprising when they happen so often – around a third of over-65s and half of those over 80 will fall every year. But there are many simple things that older people can do to prevent falls, and their potentially devastating consequences, if only we can get the message across.” (Age UK website www.ageuk.org.uk )

Plasnewydd Open Day
2013-06-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Near Shelley Gardens, Near Shelley Gardens
South Wales Police is holding an open day in Plasnewydd on Saturday 22 June.
Including:
– Circus skills
– Graffiti artists
– Face painting
– Bouncy castle
– Food and drinks
– Police dogs and horses
– Fire engine
– Stalls

Refugee Week Celebration at St Fagan's Museum
2013-06-22 11:00 - 16:00 | St Fagan’s Folk Museum, St Fagan's Folk Museum
Activities
· Dancing
· Live music playing
· Story telling
· Craft workshop
· Singing
· … and much more

Join in the Everyone’s Future celebration
2013-06-23 | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay
Everyone’s Future will celebrating the first year of its Big Lottery Funding at the Wales Millennium Centre on 23rd June 2013.
Everyone’s Future is a partnership project between Age Concern Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan and Vibe Experience, which aims to raise awareness of Age Discrimination and challenge negative stereotypes of older and younger people. Workshops have been delivered to nearly 2,000 older and younger people across Cardiff and The Vale of Glamorgan using films to break down stereotypes.
The Age Equality Workers have gathered opinions and stories about how representation of ages have affected of people’s lives. Negative images in the media of older and younger people and lack of communication between the generations have prevented the age groups from getting to know one another and seeing one another in a positive light.
The Everyone’s Future Event aims to showcase different community groups from across Cardiff and The Vale who involve younger and older people in a positive light. The aim of the event is to champion all the good work that older and younger people do!
The groups will perform on the Glanfa Stage throughout the morning from show choirs, to solo performers, poetry and sketches, it’s set to be an eclectic mix which will be fun for all the family. Information will be provided from the youth and older forums and age friendly activities will be available. There may also be some celebrity guests from hit ITV series Off Their Rockers and guest speaker Anna Buchanan, Director of Protection, Scrutiny and Human Rights has currently confirmed.

If you’d like more information on the event or the Everyone’s Future project, please contact Louise David on 01446 700622 or email louise@vibeexperience.com

Universal Credit
2013-06-24 | Cardiff, Cardiff
Topics covered on this Child Poverty Action Group course 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.

Find out more and book your place via the Child Poverty Action Group website.

The Romani Cultural and Arts Company is pleased to invite you to the National Symposium
2013-06-24 10:00 - 17:00 | City Hall, Cardiff, City Hall, Cardiff
The event is organised by the RCAC, with the support of the Open Society Institute’s Early Childhood Programme, Roma ‘Kopaçi’ projects.
The National Symposium is a development of the annual Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month Workshop, inaugurated by Dr Adrian Marsh in 2010, that encourages members from Local Authority, Central Government and GRT communities to discuss openly the challenges experienced in accessing services and provision. The previous annual workshops, held in Newport, have been aimed at promoting a better understanding and appreciation of the developments needed to establish improved social cohesion and integrate GRT communities for the greater good and have been led by Dr Marsh and Professor Thomas Acton in 2011 and then by the Romani Cultural & Arts Company since 2012.
In 2013, the message has been extended to include the concerns regarding wider Romani communities across Europe and beyond. The situation in many countries in the European Union is a cause for profound concern, as the recent report from the former Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammerberg has noted. Beyond the borders of the EU, the economic and social conditions for Roma and other Gypsy groups grow more grave day by day. Many of these communities are now present in the UK and Wales in particular and they seek better opportunities for improved quality of life and access to services.
In particular, concerns to improve access to quality, early childhood education and care services, seen as the key mechanism to achieving long-term change for Romani peoples, are at the heart of this year’s symposium. The main focus for this year is accommodation and the home and the associated issues relating to access to high quality support and services. There will be a number of important speakers coming from a wide range of organisations that promote and support Romani rights, in addition to well-known academic experts in the field of Romani Studies, policy and development.
Speakers and workshop leaders will include a judge with experience of dealing with the GRT community, Dr Margaret Greenfields, a Slovakian early childhood expert and experienced representatives from the fields of policing and social work. All of these will bring a fresh look at the issues and support delegates in exploring potential solutions.Delegate numbers are limited so please book as soon as possible.

Understanding the Teenage Years
2013-06-25 | Cardiff, Cardiff
A one-day Children in Wales course
The teenage years can present the greatest challenges for parents and family members. Understanding the challenge young people themselves are facing provides both parents and professionals with the tools they need to allow teenagers to develop, whilst at the same time still keeping them safe from the worst excesses of teenage behaviour. The course is for both practitioners working directly with teenagers, and those involved in family support services.

The course will include:
– An exploration of teenage development – Why modern society makes this hard, and what can be done to support teenagers – The role of both mothers and fathers – Ways to improve communication with teenagers – Strategies to manage teenage behaviour

A Transatlantic Perspective on Recovery from Addiction
2013-06-25 | Pier Head, Cardiff Bay, Pier Head, Cardiff Bay
The Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs invites you to its 5th annual lecture.
Lecture to be delivered by Professor Keith Humphreys PhD, Stanford University, USA, Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Career Research Scientist in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The event is chaired by Nia Roberts on the invitatino of Alun Ffred Jones AM.
The Lecture will begin at 6:30pm and will cover, for the US and the UK, the public polices put in place that support recovery, the efforts of grassroots activists to promote recovery ideals, and the evidence for the benefits of recovery oriented interventions.
Please RSVP by 31 May. You will have the option of going to a post-lecture meal at the Juboraj restaurant in Cardiff Bay.

Real Opportunities, Real Results Conference June 2013
2013-06-25 09:30 - 16:30 | Marriott Hotel, Swansea, Marriott Hotel, Swansea
The conference is about transition for 14-19 year olds with a learning disability, severe and complex needs or autistic spectrum disorder. More information can be found in the attachments and at www.realopportunities.org.uk

About Real OpportunitiesThe Real Opportunities Project is a £15,431,057 initiative that aims to support 14-19 year olds with Severe and Complex Needs, a Learning Disability or an Autistic Spectrum Disorder in their transition to adulthood. The project is funded by the European Social Fund and match funded by the Local Authorities it is operating in. These are:
– Bridgend – Caerphilly – Carmarthenshire – Merthyr – Neath Port Talbot
The aim of the project is to raise the aspirations and motivation of young people, and increase their participation in learning, volunteering, employment and social opportunities, so fostering a greater degree of independence and inclusion in the community. Young people have the opportunity to access a variety of training and accredited courses and activities to support the development of personal, social and employment skills. Training and support is also offered to parents/carers, professionals and employers.

Personal Independence Payment
2013-06-25 | Cardiff, Cardiff
This full day Child Poverty Action Group course for advisers examines the replacement of disability living allowance (DLA) for adults by a new ‘personal independence payment’ (PIP) from April 2013.
The course covers:
– who can claim PIP – the structure of the benefit – the assessment criteria and process – claims, awards and appeals – migration of existing DLA claimants on to PIP
NOTE: The course is suitable for anyone wanting to get to grips with the detail of PIP, including experienced advisers who want to update their knowledge.
Find out more and book your place via the Child Poverty Action Group website.

C3SC Training - Organising a Committee
2013-06-25 10:00 - 16:00 | C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff, C3SC Offices, Brunel House, Cardiff
Unfortunately this training course has been postponed. A new date will be announced.
This session explores the requirements of running a successful committee, such as a Board of Trustees. It covers setting up the committee, the roles of chair, treasurer and secretary. This group helps ensure you have safer governance in running your Board.
Ideal for: new or developing smaller organisations that want a sound understanding of how to develop a Board.

Deafblind Awareness Film Screening
2013-06-25 | Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
The film screening of the Miracle Worker for Deafblind Awareness Week is taking place on 25th June. The screening will feature live audio description by the former BBC weatherman, Elfed Dafis and will be subtitled.
Tickets are selling quickly, so it would be advisable to book as soon as possible. They are available here:
http://www.chapter.org/miracle-worker-special-screening-deafblind-awareness-week
If you’re not able to make the screening, then please drop by the sensory loss exhibition, also at Chapter Arts Centre – details are here: http://www.chapter.org/deafblind-cymru-sensory-loss-exhibition

A seminar for trustees – Responsibilities when employing staff
2013-06-25 17:00 - 20:00 | WCVA, Cardiff, WCVA, Cardiff
A WCVA seminar delivered by Hugh James Solicitors
Whether an organisation is incorporated or unincorporated, the trustees are ultimately responsible for general control and management of administration. This includes the employment of any staff that the organisation may take on, so it is important that trustees are aware of their responsibilities when hiring.
Responsibilities when employing staff will examine the role of the employer to its employees, from recruitment to termination of employment. It will give participants the legal knowledge and practical advice needed to ensure that they can properly manage their responsibilities as employers.

The seminar will cover the following topics:
– Avoiding discrimination through recruitment and understanding an employer’s potential liability under the Equality Act 2010 – Contractual obligations, and terms and conditions of employment – what do you have to provide and when? – Is your organisation complying with the eight data protection principles under the Data Protection Act 1998? – Understanding the role of the employer in dealing with disciplinary and grievance procedures – minimising the risk of claims in the Employment Tribunal – Effectively managing sickness absence to minimise the impact upon your organisation – Redundancy round up: reviewing the employer’s obligations when going through a reorganisation

Book your place here and ensure you’re doing everything you need for your staff.
Afternoon tea will be served prior to each seminar.
