t3sc autumn 2011 newsletter

NewsletterTameside Third Sector Coalition

Autumn 2011Making a difference to Tameside’s communities

Inside this issue

How Tai Chi could helpyour athritis

Meet the pride of Tamesideawarded for their volunteering.1.

Why not join St Luke’s Tai Chigroup. Page 3.

Pride of Tameside

Plus... News from thenetworks (pages 6-8), trainingopportunities (page 13) andwe focus on sustainablefunding on page 12.

Tel: 0161 339 4985 www.t3sc.org email: [email protected]

Celebrate Black History Monthwith TARA. Page 14.

Black History Month

T3SC

It's official T3SC is aquality organisation

T3SC was re-awarded theNAVCA Quality Award coveringthe next three years. This is the second time that T3SChas been awarded this qualitymark and John Dawson fromNAVCA (National Association forVoluntary and Community Action)commented, 'The organisation hasscored highly all round, including afour for standard. I'm told scores offour are extremely rare so I hopeyou'll be particularly pleased withthis. I think it certainly emphasisesthe high standard of work thatT3SC is involved with, and thestrong progress made from the first Quality Award Audit'.

This quality award not only proves that T3SC is providing a quality service but will also supportT3SC with any future funding opportunities. We would like to thank those people who met withJohn Dawson to discuss the work that T3SC carry out, including representatives fromcommunity groups and the local council. If you would like to know how your group couldreceive a quality award please contact Naomi, Email: [email protected]: 0161 339 4985 Ext: 2014.

One Voice - let's get together! Tuesday 11 October, 3.30pm-7pm at Dukinfield Town Hall

We look forward to seeing you at this Voice event wherethere will be plenty of time to...• Meet in your network and discuss issues that matter to you. • Connect with others and find out about different groups.• Speak up about:

• Tameside's economic plans.• Tameside's community and neighbourhood plans.

• Catch up with news on developments in your network area

• Take part in discussions on network priorities and how this fits

This is your chance to have a say on these crucial topics somake sure you get involved. Space is limited so please booka place online at: www.t3sc.org/events.aspOr call the Policy and Participation Team, Tel: 0161 339 4985.

and also on voluntary, community and faith groups'partnership working with public services.

with big plans being shaped in Tameside around the localeconomy and communities and neighbourhoods.


2 T3SC NewsQuick Questions

with Terry DrabbleTerry Drabble isfrom YoucanYouth andCommunity, basedin Carrbrook (seemore on page 12).He’s the founderand co-ordinatorand has beeninvolved with thegroup for nearlysix years.

How did you get to where you are?With advice and support from Dawn Acton(T3SC) and a gentleman called Fred Keyserfrom Ridgehill estate who gave me advice andinspired me when I visited his communityproject in Ridgehill.

Who would you invite to a fantasy dinnerparty?William Roach, who plays Ken Barlow inCoronation Street.

What living person do you most admireand why?Fred Keyser, who gave me the encouragementto achieve what's been achieved so far.

What would your super power be?It would be a power to save children fromgoing through what I have been though in mylifetime.

What was your worst job?Being out of work was worse, due to atakeover of a business I worked at. You feelthat no one listens.

What is the most played piece of music inyour collection?Abba and Cliff Richard.

What's your favourite smell?Fish and chips in old newspapers.

What would you say is your greatestachievement?Being invited to T3SC to speak to people fromthe community and other organisations at the'Getting things for free' training.

If your fairy godmother gave you £50,000what would you spend it on?I would spend it on the community and seewhat could be achieved with it.

Who would you like to see an interviewwith?William Roach - Ken Barlow.

Stuart is leavingAfter seven years of working at T3SC I am nowmoving on to take up a post in Stockport with a neworganisation called Anchorpoint. The role ofAnchorpoint in Stockport is similar in many ways tothat of T3SC in Tameside. It has been my privilegeto work alongside many great people at T3SC and Iwill never forget the good times I've had workingwith such knowledgeable and committed people. Norwill I forget the many fantastic people I have metin the various communities around Tameside and the groups they belong to.Good luck to you all. Thank you Tameside, it has been a pleasure to meet andto work with you.

'A big thank you to Stuart for all his work for T3SC. Stuart has amongst otherprojects helped distribute over £1 million of grants to hundreds of communitygroups. We wish Stuart all the best in his new exciting role in Stockport'. Naomi,Support and Development Manager.

T3SC are saying a fond farewell to Craig. FromSeptember he'll be based at GMCVO (GreaterManchester Centre for Voluntary Organisations). TheCredit Union Development post will still continue, soCraig will be back in Tameside supporting CashboxCredit Union but he'll also be working with othercredit unions across Greater Manchester. Craig'sbeen with the team since November 2009 when hestarted working with Tameside's credit unions.Everyone at T3SC wishes him well for the future.

Craig moves to Manchester

Kirsty's placement comes to an endKirsty finishes her six month work placement asCredit Union Development Assistant with T3SC at theend of August. During her placement Kirsty has beeninvolved in developing the website and marketingmaterials for credit unions across Greater Manchesterand her work will have a lasting impact for financialinclusion and the credit union movement within thearea. Thank you Kirsty for all your hard work and wewish you all the best for the future!

Ruth is movingI have been working on the Support and DevelopmentTeam for over five years and have supported groupswith everything they needed in order to provide agood service for their members. It has been enjoyableand I have loved seeing groups thrive and grow overthis time. I have been successful with my applicationto join the LINK team as a LINK Networker and startin September. I am looking forward to joining a teamdedicated to improving health and social care inTameside. I will be contacting groups I have worked with previously to try andencourage people to become active volunteers. I would like to thank all thegroups I have worked with, my colleagues on the Support and DevelopmentTeam and individuals from statutory services that I have worked closely with.

'Ruth has been a highly valued member of the Support and DevelopmentTeam. I would like to thank her for all her hard work helping support localorganisations over the last five years. We wish Ruth all the best in her new rolewithin T3SC.' Naomi, Support and Development Manager.

Local News 3


Goodbye DaveDave finished his Future Jobs Fundplacement as T3SC's Informationand Marketing Assistant at the endof June. Whilst at T3SC Daveproduced films and creative postersfor T3SC and also worked one day aweek with Home-Start Tameside todevelop a newsletter and othermarketing materials for them. Hehas now secured a role working withSt Peter's Partnerships on their publicity materials and we wishhim all the best for the future.

Dave commented, 'It was a pleasure to work at T3SC, I'vegained a lot from my placement and I've met an incredible setof people during my time here both outside and within theorganisation. Currently I am doing graphic design for St Peter'sPartnership. What I learned at T3SC will hold me in goodstead in my new position. I wish all the groups in Tamesideand the staff at T3SC all the best in the future.'

T3SC's new Community ReporterHi everyone. My name is LisaHannibal and I am from Stalybridge. Ihave recently started work as aVolunteer Community Reporter forT3SC. I write for several otherpublications in Tameside too, as wellas Voluntary Action Oldham. I reallyenjoy meeting the community andcharity groups, societies and organisations of Tameside. As an aspiring Journalist my aim is tohelp publicise these groups with my writing. I have also startedwork improving my photography skills. I have a BA (HONS) inEnglish and Sociology from Manchester Metropolitan University.

On a more personal note, I have a great passion for literature inall its forms but I especially like crime and horror novels. I wouldlike to have my own novel published one day. I am a friendly andapproachable person with a desire to help people. I look forwardto meeting and working with the people of Tameside.

St Luke's Church offers ‘Tai Chi forarthritis’ classes. They are held inthe church hall on Thursdays at1.30pm. There is a small charge of£2, but the first session is free sopeople can come along and get anidea of what Tai Chi is all about. Itis very light, gentle exercise whichcan give relief of muscular pain andhelp to free up arthritic joints. Whilethe classes are aimed at olderpeople with arthritis anyone iswelcome to come along, all agesand abilities.

There are no parts of this that will cause pain. Father Schofield runs thesessions, he has arthritic knees and explained that this was one of the reasonshe started the classes. Tai Chi has enabled him to cut down on his daily painrelief. 'It is not a cure for arthritis, it simply eases stiffness and gives relief to jointpain.'

Coffee mornings are also held every Thursday at 11am at St Luke's Church inDukinfield. They are free and everyone is welcome to come along. The coffeemornings are great for meeting people, having a chat and socialising.For more information, contact Father Schofield, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0785 590 6987.

Ease arthritic pains with Tai Chi

The Equality and Diversity Centre is aregistered charity based in Ashton. We havebeen serving the diverse and vibrantcommunities of Tameside for over 40 years.

We provide legal advice and representation tomembers of the public who have been victimsof unlawful discrimination - whether on thegrounds of disability, sex, race, age, sexualorientation or religion and belief. Ourexperienced legal advisers can help with:• Drafting complaints/grievances.• Claims to the employment tribunals and

• Witness statements.

Our services are free, independent, confidentialand impartial. In addition to our legal serviceswe work with our local community partnerorganisations promoting human rights, diversityand community cohesion by delivering training,presentations conferences and consultancy. Contact: Email: [email protected]: 0161 343 3399.

The Equality and Diversity Centre

Do you or a member of your group want to quit smoking?If you have members/volunteers in your group/organisationwho want to quit smoking, we can help you! Providing yourgroup with the support to quit is a free and simple way toshow that you care about the health and wellbeing of allyour members and volunteers. Support can be tailoredaround the needs of your specific group. We can offer groupsessions in your local community, or at your meeting place.

Run by a fully trained Stop Smoking Advisor, these sessions offer help and adviceon dealing with cravings, different treatments (e.g. nicotine replacement therapy),and tips on preventing relapse. For more information, Email: [email protected] Tel: 0161 366 2013.

Support learning disabledadults to develop naturalfriendships and accessmainstream activities inour local community.Free training, enhancedCRB and expenses.

Become a Community SupportVolunteer with People First

For more information, contact Christine,Email: [email protected]: 0161 308 3699.

county courts.

4 Local News


Mossley's production of the play'Bouncers' wins Drama Shield

At the Greater ManchesterDrama Federation (GMDF)dinner, on 2 July, MossleyOperatic Dramatic Society'splay 'Bouncers' was awardedthe Drama Shield for bestoverall production. The societywere thrilled to win this prize asit is regarded as the mostprestigious of all the awardspresented.

Many congratulations must go to the cast, crew and productionteam of John Godber's memorable play.

The MAODS' next production is Jim Cartwight's play about a younggirl with a special talent for imitating famous singers - 'The Rise andFall of Little Voice'. The play will be staged at the George LawtonCentre, Mossley, 20-24 September 2011, nightly at 7.30pm.

For more information and to book tickets please contact SusanFletcher, Tel: 0161 633 3062.

Hyde and Stalybridge Job Centres to assist people from allwalks of life on the path back to employment. This replacesthe Flexible New Deal programme which was aimed solely atpeople on Jobseekers Allowance. The Work Programme willwork with people on all types of benefit and Work SolutionsAdvisers have a maximum of two years to work with eachindividual. The aim for each Work Solutions Adviser is totailor a personal plan that will help overcome any barriersthat someone faces. This could include a range of thingssuch as help with CVs, interviews, finding jobs to apply forand completing application forms or it may be encouragingsomeone to seek help with addiction or mental health.

The important thing is that everyone is dealt with individually.Work Solutions have already helped several people back intowork and we look forward to even more success stories tocome. For more information Tel: 0161 331 5530.

Work Solutions and the Work Programme

Work Solutions last month starteddelivering the new Work Programmeacross Tameside. They are working inpartnership with the Ashton-under-Lyne,

New enterprise helping people turn a house into a home

living in social housing, we were gathered together one day whilst doingsome gardening and happened to comment on the criminal waste of thegoods passing our homes every day on the back of our Landlords vans,headed for the local landfill site. We are particularly unhappy about it assome of us have actually been homeless and in need and we all knowof people in our communities that are struggling to furnish a house andturn it into a home.'

With the assistance of New Charter Housing Trust and T3SC the grouphave developed a business plan and secured over £11,000 to kick startthe new enterprise which will run from Astral House in Stalybridge. For more information, please contact Christine, Ann or Tom, Email:[email protected]

Second Generation Furnishings is a newcommunity enterprise in Tameside promotingfurniture and household goods re-use andproviding volunteering and learning opportunitiesto local people.

Christine, the Chair of the organisation tells ushow they got started, 'We are a group of tenants

Tameside Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Sufferers (also known asM.E.) will run meetings once a month on a Tuesday, 10.30-12:30 atAshton-under-Lyne Fire Station, Slate Lane, M34 5FS. For more information and dates of these sessions please see:www.tamesidefibromyalgia.co.uk Tel: 0844 887 2357.

New fibromyalgia groupA new group has been set up in Tameside to provideinformation, advice and support to fibromyalgia, chronicfatigue sufferers and their families. Fibromyalgia is aneurological disorder which causes symptoms such aschronic pain, extreme fatigue, depression and many more.

Chief Executive of Action on Hearing Loss, JackieBallard, commented, 'Entering our second century asAction on Hearing Loss better describes all our work forpeople with all types of hearing loss, and reflects oururgency in trying to reach the four million people in theUK who should be benefiting from hearing aids buthaven't yet taken action on their hearing loss.'

The new name better represents the full scope of thecharity's work for a world where hearing loss doesn't limitor label people, where tinnitus is silenced and wherepeople value and look after their hearing.

For more information about Action on Hearing Loss,visit the new website www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk

Act nowAction on Hearing Loss is encouraging people to take thecharity's hearing check, Website:www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/hearingcheckTel: 0844 800 3838.

Your local Action on Hearing Loss For local information or if you would like an informationstand at your event or want a talk to your group pleasecontact Sue Davies or Jenny Harkison, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 276 2301Textphone: 0161 276 2302.

RNID becomes Action on Hearing Loss

Royal National Institute ofthe Deaf celebrated itscentenary on 9 June 2011 bylaunching a bold newidentity - Action on HearingLoss.


Local News 5Tameside Blind Association

has changed!

hall opposite creating a street party atmosphere! The Mayorof Tameside, Councillor Susan Quinn, officially opened theevent and Local MPs Andrew Gwynne and David Heyesjoined in the celebrations. Over 100 people gathered to hearspeeches, see the unveiling of the new image, and wanderaround the various information stands. The association willnow be known as 'Tameside Sight' with the tagline 'MakingSense of Sight Loss Today'. Project Manager Philip Singletoncommented, 'We hope that the new name and image willensure that people with all types of sight loss will feel that theassociation is applicable to them.'

Jill Doidge who works at Tameside Sight even decided to takethe plunge and has had a tattoo of the new logo on her back!The sponsored tattoo raised money for Tameside Sight tohelp to support local visually impaired people to liveindependent lives. Tattoo enthusiast Jill said, 'It was a fun ideaand I wanted to do something to promote all the good workthat is done by Tameside Sight for anyone in the Tamesidearea with a visual impairment.'

For more information contact Vicky Kay, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 343 6903.

Tameside Blind Association has beenrunning for 37 years, and 10 years agothey received funding from the NationalLottery to set up the CommunitySupport Project. To celebrate theanniversary they held an event at theirtwo offices on Wellington Parade,Dukinfield, and the Methodist Church

become a wellbeing canal boat offering a break to people who areunder stress and those who suffer with depression and other mentalhealth issues.

The Wooden Canal Boat Society (WCBS) are looking for volunteersto help restore Hazel. They need volunteers with skills includingboat building and wood work. They are also looking for a gasengineer to install the gas system and they need an electrician to dothe installations around the boat yard and wire up the boat. WCBSare also looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of their workincluding the day to day running of the charity shop, driving the vanon collection days and people to help look after the boats atPortland Basin. The charity shop is particularly interested in findinga book worm. They receive lots of donated books to the shop andare looking for someone with a passion for reading that would like tohelp organise them.

For more information or to offer your service as a volunteer,visit the shop on Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne or contactChris Leah, Email: [email protected] Tel: 0793 195 2037.

Lisa Hannibal, Community Reporter

Help Hazel become a wellbeing boatThe wooden canalboat, Hazel is outof the water and upon dry land. She isnow being carefullyrestored by adedicated team ofpeople that hope tosee her back in thewater and put togood use onceagain. She will

Did you know during 2010 that 392 concerns were raised inTameside that resulted in investigation, of which 43% of thesewere founded. The Tameside Adults Safeguarding Partnership(TASP) co-ordinates the way in which partner organisationswork together in Tameside to respond to these concerns andprotect vulnerable adults from harm. TASP believe it iseveryone's responsibility to promote safeguarding adults andwant to work with community groups to raise awarenessacross the community in Tameside.

TASP have publicity material available for communities and aDVD can be purchased to aid training and awareness. For more information, contact the Safeguarding AdultsTeam, Tel: 0161 342 5217 Website: www.tameside.gov.uk/socialcare/adultabuse

Safeguarding adults

Redeeming Our Communities (ROC) is a Greater Manchesterbased charity. It was set up to help bring together communitygroups, churches, emergency services, local authorities andvoluntary agencies to encourage them to work together forpractical change. As a result, statutory agencies have improvedaccess to the support of community/church groups and thousandsof volunteers are enabled to better serve the needs of theircommunity. Plans are underway to start up a number of newcommunity projects across Tameside including the successful'ROC Café' which is a youth drop-in café set up in partnershipwith the police, council, fire service, community groups and localchurch volunteers. For more information please contact Alan,Website: www.roc.uk.com Tel: 0776 764 3444

Redeeming Our Communities

Victim Support give free, confidential help to victims of crime,witnesses, their family, friends and anyone else affected. We alsospeak out as a national voice for victims and witnesses andcampaign for change. We are not a government agency or part ofthe police and you don't have to report a crime to get our help. Youcan call us any time after the crime has happened, Tel: 0845 30 30900. In Tameside we have set up drop-in sessions where you cancome for support, Thursdays and Fridays, 10am-2pm at level A,TMBC building, Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne. For more information, Tel: 0161 343 7813.

Support for victims of crime in Tameside

6 News from the networks


Networks future - your feedback

Network organisationOver 70% of groups agreed with all the proposals for changes to networkorganisation. There was particularly strong agreement with the idea ofoccasional joint network meetings (93%) and meetings for strategicopportunities for joint work (100%). This shows support for how wepropose to adapt networks and Voice organisation.

Network related trainingGroups said that they were particularly likely to attend training onunderstanding the political context (69%), skills for successful partnershipwork (69%) and increasing your network's/group's voice (70%). Therewas no training topic where most groups were unlikely to attend.

Network activitiesAll listed aspects of network activity were shown to be of importance to atleast 50% of groups and groups said that the following were important inparticular:• Providing information to your group and the sector and running

• Supporting groups to have a say in local decision making.• Raising awareness of voluntary, community and faith group's services.• Promoting joint working between groups.

Opinions about local influence64% of groups agreed that they can influence decisions affecting theirlocal area. 77% of groups agreed that Voice and the networks caninfluence decisions affecting them. 83% of groups agreed that they wouldlike to be more involved in local decision making.

The only high levels of disagreement were on whether:• Local decision makers act on group's opinions and/or responses to

• Groups can influence decisions affecting their local area (31%

For more information, please contact Ben Gilchrist, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 339 4985 Ext 2018.

Thanks to the 42 groups whofilled in our survey about thefuture of your networks. Wewanted to take the opportunity toconsider our future work withyour networks so that we can stillmeet your needs with fewerresources. Here are some of thethings that you told us...

Network information sharingOver 85% of groups agreed withour proposals for change tonetwork information sharing(introducing a monthly Voice e-bulletin and sending networkmailings by email). Almost allmeans of information sharing(email, post, phone and face toface) were shown to be ofimportance to some groups withonly the internet of marginallyless importance.

One Voice - Let's get together!Tuesday 11 October, 3.30pm-7pm at DukinfieldTown HallThere will be individual meetings of each of thenetworks as part of the Voice meeting on 11October (more details on the front page).• BME Network.• BME Women's Network.• Community Action for Tameside's Seniors

• Economic Development Network.• Faiths United Network.• Funky Lizard Network.• Health and Social Care Network.

Contact: Ben, Email: [email protected]: 0161 339 4985 Ext: 2018.

November

Funky Lizard showcaseTuesday 1 November, 2pm-6.30pm, at Church ofthe Nazarene on Stamford Street AshtonFor groups working with children, young peopleand families. Book a stall to take part. Contact: Vee, Email: [email protected]: 0161 339 4985 Ext: 2015.

T3SC network meeting dates

At the end of last year the government set out plans togive communities and local government greaterpowers and freedom from Whitehall, these werepublished in the Localism Bill. Alongside this they alsopublished an 'essential guide to decentralisation'explaining what they wanted to achieve, why and how.The Bill has now been debated in the House ofCommons and is currently being debated in the Houseof Lords with the penultimate stage of this scheduledto take place on 5 September.

Secretary of State for Communities and LocalGovernment, Eric Pickles, tabled 237 amendments tothe Bill on 11 May. Urban Forum have produced areally helpful summary of the most relevantamendments in a briefing that can be found at: www.urbanforum.org.uk/policy-pages/localism-bill-amendments-briefing

Localism Bill latest updatenetwork meetings to help information sharing/meetingothers/discussion.

consultation (30% disagreed and a further 18% didn't know).

disagreed and a further 5% didn't know).

(CATS) Network.

Contact the relevant member of T3SC's Policyand Participation Team (see below) for moreinformation on the networks.

October

News from the networks 7


Khyati Patel's dedication to theTameside Black and MinorityEthnic (BME) Women's Networkhas earned her a well deservedrecognition award at The Prideof Tameside Volunteer Awardspresentation on 1 June 2011.

In one of her first civic duties thenew Mayor, Susan Quinn,presented the award to Khyati andother volunteers.

Khyati said 'I felt very touched andhonoured by the award and therecognition of my involvement inthe BME Women's Network. Theskills I have gained speaking onbehalf of the network at Cultureand Community CohesionPartnership meetings were metthrough relevant training delivered

Tameside BME Women'sRepresentative receives

outstanding volunteer award

by T3SC. These skills were very valuable to understanding how torepresent the network and speak on behalf of the women.'

Khyati's dedication to her role as BME Women's Representative andas a member of the network is remarkable. She made a successfulapplication on behalf of the network to host the centenarycelebrations of International Women's Day in Ashton in March thisyear. She also recently participated in the government EqualitiesOffice consultation on Strengthening Women's Voices in government -ensuring that Tameside women's voices were represented throughoutdiscussions in Greater Manchester. She makes time for all thesecommitments as well as balancing a hectic work-life and being acaring mother to her son Raul who reported to be 'very proud' of hismummy's award.

The Tameside EconomicDevelopment Network

This network is building on work which commenced withthe 3rd Sector Works Project, which evidenced the impactof the voluntary and community sector on worklessness(see below). The aim of the network is to create a workingrelationship between those who shape economicdevelopment policy and the many groups contributing toeconomic development in Tameside. This is to ensure thatat a strategic level, economic development priorities andprogrammes are informed by these groups.

Participants identified the voluntary, community and faithsector as making a significant contribution to economicdevelopment and addressing barriers to employment. Themeeting agreed the need to evidence this contribution andshare this with the public and private sector in Tameside. Afollow up workshop with the Centre for Local EconomicStrategies (CLES) was held. They presented their researchon economic resilience, which demonstrated strongly thatsuccessful places have strong networks. It also showedthat economic strategies must look at other aspects ofplace such as levels of community empowerment andparticipation. We will continue to develop this work withCLES, the sector and other partners.

Groups that wish to join the network, and thoseindividuals interested in receiving the informationproduced, please contact Derin Adefajo, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 339 4985.

The first EconomicDevelopment Networkmeeting was held on 30June 2011 and wasattended by voluntary,community and faithsector organisations andpublic sector colleaguesfrom across Tameside.

The 3rd Sector Works Project, managed byT3SC last year, demonstrated the contributionthe sector makes towards tackling worklessness.The collaborative project, delivered through apartnership approach, enabled 110 residents toengage in volunteering, training or paid work,and supported 22 young people to engage in theFuture Jobs Fund project hosted by 11 voluntary,community and faith sector organisations.

The project also helped six unemployed peopleto secure paid employment. An independentevaluation report details the success of theproject and also demonstrates the innovativemodels used by local organisations to helppeople get back into training and work. Formore information download a copy of theevaluation report at:www.t3sc.org/Useful_resources/Resources

The 3rd Sector Works Project evaluation

Their report reflects on the results of the research to date and describeshow economic development, planning and regeneration need to change inorder to support stronger place resilience in the future. Find the report and more at: www.cles.org.uk/publications/productive-local-economies-creating-resilient-places-2/

Productive local economies: creating resilient placesLast year the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)pioneered research on 'place resilience' to understand whatmakes places strong, resilient and able to respondeffectively to economic, social and environmental shocks.

The government's Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)is looking for organisations to provide one to two day placements forstaff as part of their outreach programme. The scheme is open to allsectors and types of organisation and offers a chance to enhance thedepartment's understanding of the voluntary, community and faith sector andput a civil servant to good use. If your group would like to try and co-ordinatea visit with another group please get in touch with T3SC, Tel: 0161 339 4985. For more information or to register, Website: www.bis.gov.uk/outreachEmail: [email protected]

Would you like a civil servant for a day?

8 News from the networks


To make this work, groups and organisations need to book a stall and thinkabout the information you have to promote yourselves. Think about the photos,stories and good evidence you have gathered over the summer and monthsbefore this. Celebrate the work you do and the difference that you make.

T3SC will be working hard for you, too. Veronica and the Policy andParticipation team will do everything we can to promote this to schools andother agencies, including GPs and health agencies, where we knowpartnership work will be very important in the future. We hope that schoolclusters and GP consortia will recognise both the real and added value that thevoluntary, community and faith sector can bring to the lives of families andyoung people to Tameside. The sector runs services which help people whenthey need support, ensures children are ready for school and offers themcontinuous opportunities to grow and develop healthy lives. It also neverforgets the times when people just want to have fun.

If you have any great ideas for this event or want to make sure that yourgroup has a stall, please contact Vee at T3SC, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 339 4985 ext. 2015. Together we can makethe Funky Lizard showcase an event to remember!

Show off what you do for youth and familiesin Tameside at the Funky Lizard Showcase!

It is time for all those who work with young people andfamilies to show off what they do to our partners,parents and young people in Tameside.

On Tuesday, 1 November, the Funky Lizard is inviting youto have a stall at the Church of the Nazarene on StamfordStreet, Ashton-under-Lyne, 2pm-6.30pm.

This event washeld in Julyand broughtleadcommissionersfrom the LocalAuthority andNHS Tamesideand Glossopand voluntary,community and faith organisations delivering servicestogether to look at future commissioningintentions in Tameside. It provided an opportunityfor groups to showcase their work and help themand commissioners to better understand how thesector can fit into the picture. There was a mix ofpresentations from commissioners and groups,as well as a 'What do you want to sell? What doyou want to buy?' session and a series ofworkshops looking at specific service areas. Wewould like to thank all of those that attended,presented and facilitated the event and to thestaff and volunteers at Hyde Central MethodistChurch for their hospitality and great food.

For a copy of the presentations and theaccompanying report please go to:www.t3sc.org/news.asp

Making Connections

groups, and helping groups to get to know one another across different networks so wecan all work closer together in the future. Groups looked at the three key areas thecouncil identified and were asked to look at what their groups could do and what theywould need in order to contribute.• To develop a comprehensive and flourishing network of Information, Wellbeing

and Support Hubs.• To develop our approach to prevention and early intervention.• To develop support and resources that enable groups to contribute to Adult

Services and the Health and Wellbeing Service.After the event the networks met to have their regular meeting

Getting involvedPlease contact the council, if you have an idea for a new project that could contribute towellbeing and prevention, or if you want to become an Information Ambassador. Alsocontinue to get involved in network activities to meet other groups, share informationand best practice, and have a say in local decision making. To promote your group withother groups and potential supporters/funders please fill in the 'getting to know you proforma' at the back of the full event report and return it to Anna Hynes([email protected]). The full event report can be found at www.t3sc.org/news.asp

Joint Network meeting - 'Wellbeing andprevention - What can we do together?'

The Department for Business,Innovation and Skills (BIS) haspublished its Equality ImpactAssessment around the changes inpolicy and funding for provision ofEnglish for Speakers of OtherLanguages (ESOL). Under the newmeasures announced, places will belimited to learners who are activelyseeking work. For those receivingother benefits, such as housingbenefit, income support or tax credits,who were all previously eligible, freeplaces will not be available.

Many groups are concerned that thiswill have a disproportionate impact onwomen that come from BMEbackgrounds. Two-thirds of people onso-called 'inactive benefits' arewomen, often due to childcareresponsibilities. This raises questionsabout the lack of value placed uponthe hidden labour that is undertakenby women, something that is apparentwithin this policy decision.Full report at:www.onenorthwest.org.uk/projects-detail.asp?ID=31

English for Speakersof Other Languages

In June three of the networks, hosted by T3SC, held ajoint event to look at the prevention of ill health and thepromotion of wellbeing, with Tameside Council'sWellbeing and Prevention Unit. Over 60 people attendedfrom the Health and Social Care Network, Community Actionfor Tameside's Seniors (CATS) Network and The FaithsUnited Network. They heard from the council their plans toimprove wellbeing and prevent ill health in Tameside.Discussion focused on where they would need help from

Local Involvement Network (LINk) 9


Pace of change…It's now a year since we published our report and its eightrecommendations for Tameside Hospital. In June this year we held apublic event to feedback and ask whether people felt sufficientimprovements had been made.

We looked at each of the eight recommendations to see what the hospitalhad put in its action plan and at evidence to see what the impact was forpatients etc. These are some of the headlines from the event:

1. Staffing - More nursing staff were recruited. Patients generally said

2. Falls - The Care Quality Commission still has concerns about falls risk assessments and we are going to monitor the issue of falls

3. Patient/Family involvement - We still have concerns about communication between patients, families and some hospital staff and

4. Information -The hospital has reviewed and updated the Patients' handbook and communication systems for people who need

5. Top leadership - The hospital has put a lot of energy into making senior managers more accessible to staff and the public.

6. Ward leadership - The hospital has worked to make sure patients and families know who at a ward level is responsible for their

7. Eating and drinking - The hospital says it has robust systems in place to ensure that everyone gets the support they need with

8. Bathing and toileting - The hospital says it has clear standards for help with bathing and toileting. We have concerns that not

We will be continuing to work with the hospital to see how further improvements can be made.

Development Team. We're delighted thatRuth Madden has now been appointed asthe LINk Community Networker.

Ruth is transferring to this role from theSupport and Development Team. She hasalready started one day per week with theLINk and will have moved fully into the roleby September. Ruth will lead our work onengaging with local people and communities.

We'd like to thank Janet for her contributionsduring her year with us and wish her all thebest for the future. We'd also like to thankStuart and Dawn for their short term helpwhich has enabled us to keep our 'Enter andView' work going.

Goodbye JanetJanet Taylor hasrecently left the LINkCommunityNetworker post. Thisrole has beencovered by StuartVaughan and DawnActon from T3SC'sSupport and

The Department of Health has launched an initiativethat aims to improve patient participation and make GPpractices more responsive to the needs and wishes ofpatients. The Patient Participation Directed EnhancedService (DES) is an optional part of the GP contract. Itaims to promote the engagement of patients throughthe use of effective Patient Reference Groups (PRGs)and to seek views from practice patients through theuse of a local patient survey. The key requirements ofthe patient participation arrangements agreed bynegotiators are that GP practices:• Develop a structure that gains the views of patients

• Agree areas of priority with their PRG.

Your GP surgery wants you!

• Collate patient views through the use of a patient survey. • Provide the PRG with an opportunity to discuss survey findings and reach

• Agree action plan with PRG and seek PRG agreement to implementing changes. • Publicise the actions taken and subsequent achievement.

Around £60m of released investment will be available to practices, provided that theysuccessfully meet these requirements.

The LINk is talking with NHS Tameside and Glossop to see how we can work withGP Practices to do this. For more information, contact a member of the LINk team,Tel: 0161 339 4985 Email: [email protected]

positive things about staff but there was still concern that staff seem'rushed off their feet.' We think that staffing levels may be having animpact on the hospital's ability to follow all our recommendations.

more closely in our future hospital visits.

feel that the Relatives Shared Care and Communications Sheet should be more widely used. The hospital feels that face to facecommunication should be the top priority - we think this is important but should be backed up with good written records.

extra support to communicate. When we visited the hospital in the winter, few patients had Patients' Handbooks or any otherwritten information.

Monitor (the regulator that looks at how well NHS Foundation Trusts are managed) has assessed the hospital as being in breachof two of its terms of authorisation.

care. We found that the standards met by ward staff varied across the hospital with many nurses etc, being praised for excellentpractice but some being criticised. We feel that some of these issues should be covered by Matrons' audits.

eating and drinking. We came across one extremely concerning case where someone wasn't getting the support they need andseveral cases where drinking water was not in easy reach.

everyone gets the help they need with these - 17% of patients we spoke to said they didn't always get help with toileting in time.

and enables the practice to obtain feedback.

agreement with the PRG on changes to services.

10 Funding


As I said in the presentation, The Carpenter's Arms is not a pub. It isan open door project offering arms of friendship and welcome topeople with various needs and problems, including drug and alcoholaddiction, homelessness, long-term unemployment or loneliness.

We meet at Charlestown Church, Alexandra Road on Tuesdays from10am-2pm. Our trained volunteers provide a listening ear, an endlesssupply of tea and coffee, a light breakfast and a cooked meal atlunchtime. We make no charge but rely totally on voluntary donationsand the gifts of tinned food which are sent to us, particularly followingHarvest Festival services in churches and schools. At Christmas afull Christmas dinner is served and Father Christmas pays a visitbringing a gift for each of our guests.

The grant will be put to good use in a much needed refit of the men'stoilets.

Thank you to all concerned.

Barbara Plenderlieth, Secretary of the Carpenters Arms

The Carpenter's ArmsThe You Choose event onJuly 17 was a mostenjoyable occasion. It wasgood to hear all the goodnews stories from so manycommunity groups whichare active in Tameside. Wewere of course pleased tobe successful in ourapplication for a grant andthrilled to have such a greatendorsement from thegeneral public in the voting.Thank you to all involved inorganising the event.

The council's £500,000 You Choose initiative, facilitated byT3SC, is going from strength to strength following theAshton-under-Lyne District Assembly event on Sunday 17July. Over 170 residents voted to give 33 projects over£70,000 in total. 96% of participants said they weresatisfied with the event, half of whom were very satisfied.Details of the remaining events in other district assemblyareas along with application forms and other informationcan be found at: www.tameside.gov.uk/youchoose

This is your chance to have a say in which projects arefunded in your area so make sure you take part in theevent in your district assembly.

You Choose the Ashton winners

Thanks to You Choose funding the Haughton GreenYoung Peoples Centre, Lancaster Road, Denton wereable to provide activities throughout August. We hadfootball sessions, arts and crafts, face painting and themobile Zoo man with his collection of animals. We arealso organising a trip to Chester Zoo on 2 September towave goodbye to the holidays and welcome the newschool term. For more information, Tel: 0161 320 3470.

Thank you You Choose

The Friends of King George the Fifth Playing Fields funding successes

The Friends of King George the Fifth Playing Fields (FoKGVPF) grouphas been given £9,309 from the Big lottery Fund to install a kitchen inthe old changing rooms in King Georges park in Ashton. This kitchen isto be open to the public for tea and cakes and will be run by volunteers fromthe park with the catering managers Molly and Alan Dean who have justtrained and passed the level 2 in catering.

The group has been going for just over a year and our aim is to make KingGeorge's park a better place for the surrounding community. We have hadlitter picks, new bins, new benches, dog training, new play equipment and adog show. The lottery bid for the Georgie Porgie cafe is a great boost to thegroup.

Following the You Choose grants at Ashton Town Hall we also received agrant of £738 to make a larger community room and decorate the building.

Sharon Pattinson, a dog Fly ball trainer, has now also started a dog fly ballgroup in the park which will run 12 noon-3pm every 2nd and 4th Sunday ofthe month. To get involved with the FoKGVPF group come to our meetingson the first Wednesday in the month, 7.30pm in the park. For more information contact Alan Fish, Email: [email protected]: 0161 339 5901.

Friends of Denton Station aim to get passengertraffic moving through Denton Train Stationagain. At the moment only one train passesthrough a week. The group are fundraising andpetitioning to help realise their aim. The group havebeen successfully fundraising at Sainsbury's inDenton where they raised approximately £275selling raffle tickets. The prize is an evening for twoin the Red Rose Diner on the East LancashireRailway. They also recruited 54 new members andreceived 487 signatures on their petition.

They received £200 from Stockport Counciltowards the costs of their printing and £860 fromthe Community Foundation of Manchester. Thisfunding is to pay for things such as advertising,photography, stationary and re-vamping the station.

Friends of Denton Station would like to thank T3SCfor the help they gave the group with getting thesegrants.

Lisa Hannibal. Community Reporter

Friends of Denton Station

Volunteering Opportunities 11


To find out more about volunteering andthe opportunities available on this page- contact the Volunteer Centre Tamesideon 0161 339 2345 or seewww.tamesidevb.org.uk. Out of office hoursappointments are now available every 1stand 3rd Wednesday of the month. We'renow on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/vctameside and Twitterat www.twitter.com/vctameside - Follow usthere for the latest volunteering news andopportunities in Tameside.

the outstanding commitment shown towards the community. Winners:

Christine Clough, the Secretary of Friends of Gorse Hall, ensures theenvironment in Tameside is open and accessible to all. She has been volunteeringsince 1998 and works tirelessly to arrange things such as murder walks andarchaeological digs. She works closely with local schools to make sure children areaware of the history on their door-step. When asked what she got out of volunteering,she replied, 'I enjoy it. I like meeting people. The people that come on site to do work,some of them are absolutely brilliant. They come along and they give their time, andwe can get projects done with these volunteers that we wouldn't do normally. Beingout in the fresh air, it's a nice place to be.' Christine finished by saying she woulddefinitely encourage people to get involved in some volunteer work, 'it's exhilarating,it makes you feel alive, as though you are doing something good.'

Gareth Cottrell, a volunteer at Tameside Radio, has been with the station sincetheir first trial broadcast in 2004. He is involved in the training and mentoring of newvolunteers and has produced and presented shows. 'I train volunteers, I produce thebreakfast show and I present the early breakfast show,' explained Gareth. He alsopresents a weekend show called Weekend Wireless with his brother Frasier. Garethand his brother also challenged themselves to walk the coast of Anglesey to raisemoney for Cancer Research earlier in the year. They set themselves a target ofraising a £1,000 but eventually raised £4,300. Whilst training for the walk the brotherswere beaten up. Following the attack there was a lot of publicity surrounding the pairand this led to more generous people donating money to the cause. 'It's been aneventful year and thankfully something good came from something so horrible,' saidGareth.

Gareth summed up his experience of volunteering by saying, 'It is very worthwhile.Even though the people I train get something out of it, so do I. I've never done radiofor the money or for anything else other than the passion I have for it, and I can helpothers to achieve the things I have been able to achieve.'

Irene Philips has been a volunteer at MENCAP for the last two years. Despiteongoing health problems Irene has dedicated her time to the drop-in service andeven offers to meet members for lunch before the group. She is involved in preparingcraft activities and helps to make hand crafted cards with group members. Whilstchatting to Irene a member of the group came over to congratulate her. She wasgiven a big hug and thanked for all the hard work she does. Irene is clearly afantastic individual and the members of MENCAP obviously think a lot of her. Irene isvery supportive of new volunteers and says should would encourage new ones tocome forward. 'I really enjoy it, if anyone is considering becoming a volunteer I wouldreally recommend it because you can get an awful lot of joy out of it.'

Sue Vickers, Manager of the Volunteer Centre Tameside added, 'I would like to saycongratulations to all the people who received an outstanding achievement award butalso congratulations to everybody who volunteers week in, week out, month in,month out, year in, year out. Quite a lot of people go unrecognised, we see it as partof our job to recognise the work of volunteers, every contribution is important. I wouldlike to give a big thank you to all volunteers for their contributions.'

Lisa Hannibal, Community Reporter

Pride of TamesideThe first week in June is Volunteers'Week, an annual celebration of thecontribution and achievements madeby volunteers all over the country. Thisyear, the Volunteer Centre Tamesideworked in conjunction with TamesideCouncil's 'Pride of Tameside' awardsto highlight the fantastic work ofvolunteers in Tameside. The trophieswere presented by the new Mayor,Councillor Susan Quinn, to recognise

The duties will include supporting theyoung lady with general cateringpreparation tasks, for example bakingcakes. Some experience in one-to-onework on specific catering sections such asbaking, pastry, soup and salads would befantastic.

Supported VolunteerCatering Assistant -

The Park CafeYou will work alongside ayoung lady who haslearning disabilities in abusy kitchen. The chef willgive direction and cateringstaff and activity supportstaff will also be on hand.

The hospital is currently looking for peopleto work on the Mobility Scooter Scheme.This Project uses mobility scooters totransport patients who are unable to walkfar on their own around the hospital site.

Hospital Mobility -Tameside Hospital

Make a difference by taking actions tochange national and local issuesaffecting blind and partially sightedpeople. By writing a letter, sending anemail or meeting a local politician youcan change the world. As a keycampaigner with the Royal NationalInstitute of Blind people you can make abig difference. You would send emailsand letters contacting key national orlocal politicians or service providers todemand better. You’d also get involved inmeetings or events to demonstratesupport for local change to support blindand partially sighted people and let usknow if you find something locally or anationally that needs challenging.

Key Campaigner - RNIB

12 Focus on... sustainable funding


Do you want to:• Find new ways to make money.• Make sure your organisation is still

• Work out where the money will come from

• Look at how you work with others to make

We will work with you and your committeeand provide guidance, knowledge andexpertise so that your group develops and isable to survive and continue into the future. For more information or to sign up to thisprogramme, contact Clare Taylor by 30September 2011, [email protected] Tel: 0161 6336222. Places are limited to call now to avoiddisappointment!

The funding factor - Calling all BME groupsT3SC and Voluntary ActionOldham are looking forblack and minority ethnicgroups (BME) in Tamesideand Oldham to benefit fromthe free support andguidance available throughthe Funding Factorprogramme.

Youcan Youth

The group did their own fundraising, such as bric - a brac sales and sponsoredevents. Terry had access to a small room which was provided by Mosscare HousingAssociation which he transformed into a mini library after the local mobile library nolonger visited the estate. However space was an issue and Terry felt that his ideaswere being held back. In 2010, Terry started investigating a derelict piece of land onthe estate. After many meetings and paperwork Terry was given the go ahead tobegin transforming this piece of land. The Evergreen project is a combination ofwildlife garden, memorial garden, community garden and an area for growing food.He has also moved the library into a larger portacabin. 'I wanted something that canbe used by the young and the old alike. Originally I was thinking of building atraditional community centre. I was quoted £35,000 but so far it's only cost £3,000'.

Through his perseverance, Terry obtained donations from over 30 sponsors and allsorts of help to get the job done including a portacabin donated by Jackson Lloyd, adonation from Mosscare, and advice from Tameside Forestry service. Local peopledonated seeds and over 4,000 books. Local artist Mark Howarth painted theportacabin to blend into the surroundings. Youcan Youth and Community have hadvery little funding to create a wonderful space for all members of their localcommunity. 'I just pluck up courage and ask! There is no harm in asking and I nevergive up' Terry laughs.

Youcan Youth and Communitygroup was set up in 2006, by localpeople in Carrbrook, Stalybridge.With Terry Drabble at the helm, theorganisation started small. They puton activities for young people in thearea as rewards for doing clean updays and donating their time to givingolder people in the community foodpackages.

Beyond grants - An introduction tosustainable funding, 21 September, 5.30pm-8pm atthe Honeywell Centre, Hadfield Street, Hathershaw,Oldham OL8 3BP Is your organisation too reliant on grants to fund youractivities? This course will give you an overview ofdifferent ways to make money and give you some key toptips on what it means to be a 'sustainable' organisation.Come along for some new ideas and be inspired!

Make it happen, 18 October, 9.30am-4.30pm at T3SC This course is being delivered by NCVO (National Councilfor Voluntary Organisations). During the day you will learnhow to build a strong and practical sustainable incomestrategy, understand why this requires more than justfundraising, and learn how you can involve and win overother members of your organisation. You will leave theday with an action plan for:• Developing a sustainable income approach aligned with

• Understanding the external environment and future-

• Identifying organisational strengths and addressing

• Finding and making best use of resources, people and

• Setting achievable targets for your plan and overcoming

The Funding Factor - learning and skills programme

Unique Tameside based collaboration

We are working together, sharing and making the best use of all ourexperience and skills to offer the best possible service to a range ofclient groups.

This is not only in direct housing support provision but also by givingguaranteed access to specialist education, training and employmentservices. CSF is hoping it will transform lives in a way that partner'scould not achieve individually. Successes so far include winning atender for a Greater Manchester Offenders service. Threshold, as partof CSF, runs the service in partnership with New Charter to meet thehousing needs of offenders. CSF members are currently working withcustomers to develop radically different delivery models for howresidential services should look and be run in future.

For more information contact Nick, Email: [email protected] Tel:0781 424 0185. For more on collaboration see T3SC's new webpage:www.t3sc.org/collaboration

running long into the future.

so you can run all the activities yourcommunity needs.

an even greater impact.

Community SupportFoundation (CSF) isa unique formalpartnership of fourhousingorganisations(Threshold, NewCharter HousingTrust, NACRO andTameside Women'sProject) and StPeter's Partnership.

your mission and vision.

proofing your ideas.

weaknesses.

skills.

barriers to making them a reality.

Training 13


T3SC training Small groups -essential development seriesGetting your group started/back on track, 8 September,5.30pm-8.30pm at T3SCThis session will cover all the basics of how to start and run acommunity group well. We will provide you with useful tools andguidance to help your group set off in the right direction (or bring youback on track if you've lost your way). By the end of the sessionparticipants will be able to:• Identify the key ingredients of a successful organisation.• Understand constitutions and how to put one together.• Plan ahead for your groups activities.• Know how to keep track of your group's projects and activities.• Know where to get help and take away a starter pack.

Management committee skills, 29 September, 5.30pm-8.30pm at T3SCManagement committee members have a crucial role to play. Theyneed to lead their organisation and make decisions to make sure theorganisation has a strong future. This course aims to assist you andencourage you to feel more confident about your roles. The sessioncovers the main responsibilities of committee members, including theChair, Secretary and Treasurer and how to run successful meeting.By the end of course, participants will be able to:• Identify the main responsibilities of being on a management

• Understand what's involved in being on a committee.• Describe the roles of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.• Organise meetings to encourage all members to be involved and

• Recognise where they can get help on matters that affect

• Feel more confident about being a management committee

Sources of funding, 13 October, 5.30pm-8.30pm at T3SCDid you know that there are lots of different sources of funding forcommunity, voluntary and faith organisations? This course willprovide you with an overview and opportunity to explore whichsources are most suited to your organisation including: communityfundraising, grants, charitable trusts and foundations, contracts,businesses and even how to get things for free!

Basic Bookkeeping, 3 November, 5.30pm-8pm at T3SCAn introduction to the basics of bookkeeping to enable the timelyproduction of financial reports; whether for your managementcommittee or year-end accounts. The course will cover recordingday-to-day transactions and reconciling these with the bank account.Delivered by Oldham Community Accountancy Service (OCAS).

For more information and booking details please seewww.t3sc.org or contact Dawn, Email: [email protected] Tel:0161 339 4985.

• 25 September, 6pm to 9pm, Oakbank Life Long Learning

• 29 November, 6pm to 9pm, Shaw Life Long Learning Centre.

These course are available to Tameside groups.For more information please contact Vee at T3SC, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 339 4985.

Child Protection training Level 1

Skills for Partnership, 15 September, 11am-2.30pm atT3SC This training equips voluntary, community and faith groupswith an understanding of the different types of engagementand expected outcomes in a partnership environment. Bythe end of the session you will be able to:• Understand motivations for engagement and identify the

• Explore and identify expectations of engagement within

• Define participative and representative engagement.• Plan for improved participation in local partnership

This interactive session will be both fun and thoughtprovoking giving you a chance to test your skills throughpractical exercises.

Training the trainer, 15-16 November, 10am-3pm atT3SCBy the end of these two interactive days you will have:• Gained an overview of the theories of person centred

• Developed a 15 minute training plan.• Gained presentation skills to help you deliver the 15

• Practiced these skills in a safe environment.• Developed skills to reflect and learn from training style

Equality and diversity training, 6 December, 11am-2.30pm at T3SCThe overall aim of this training is to enable all participants tounderstand the concept of equality and diversity and toutilise the skills and experiences of the individuals andcommunities they work for and with effectively. By the end ofthis session you will:• Understand the principles of equality and diversity and the

• Develop the knowledge and skills they need to

• Identifying barriers to inclusive participation. • Have begun to consider a personal action plan to utilise

For more information and booking details please seewww.t3sc.org or contact Vee, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 339 4985

Network training

Sacred Space workshopsCome along and join in our activities of relaxation with music(meditation) and chakra therapy workshops, which enablesyou to release stress, anger, low self esteem and self doubt. We also offer Reiki healing attunements with certificates,CDs and literature to enable you (if you wish) to give healingand attunements to others in the community. We havedoubled our numbers of participants in 12 months and weare a happy group of all ages. We just ask for a donation tohelp with running costs. The new workshops begin Friday 2September, 1.15pm-3-15pm. For more information pleasecontact Doreen, Tel: 0776 622 3760.

committee.

get the work done.

management committees.

member.

Centre, Oldham.

different types and levels of engagement.

partnerships.

structures.

adult learning.

minute session.

and experiences

Equalities Act 2010.

understand diversity and tackle inequality in thegroups they work in.

equality and diversity in their day to day tasks.

14 Events


organisations who want to celebrate young black people inTameside. On Saturday 29 October, 1.30pm-4pm, TARAwill be hosting a day of celebration at Ashton Town Halland they are offering free stall spaces to otherorganisations who want to celebrate the young people thatthey work with. To get involved please contact JulesMambu, Tel: 0161 339 7270 or 0789 769 7503.

TARA celebrates Black youth in Tameside

29 October, 1.30pm-4pmOctober is BlackHistory Month andthis year TARA(Tameside AfricanRefugeeAssociation) iscalling out to allgroups and

Operation Farm, 'an activenetwork of allotment projects'is hosting its second AutumnScarecrow Festival at ThePark Cafe, Bayley Hall, HydePark. The festival is to celebratethe very best of summerproduce and the arrival of theautumn season. There will befood demonstrations and foodstalls, gardening, compostingand recycling advice, produce tobuy and produce to swap!

Up to 100 scarecrows willdecorate the park with 'FamousCharacters' as their theme sowe hope to see everything from'The Simpsons' to 'Coronation

Autumn Scarecrow Festival24 September, 11am-4pm

Street'! Be creative! There will be plenty of fun for the kids, including,real-life story telling scarecrows, apple press and a marqueededicated to kids' play, where you can dine sitting on hay bales! Localmusic should get you in the festive mood. There will be a bouncycastle, land train and Hyde Park has a great play area. Entry is free,although we could do with some free apples for our apple press! For more information, Tel: 0161 366 5082 Websites:www.tameside.gov.uk/parkcafe orwww.tameside.gov.uk/scarecrowfestival Greater Manchester successfully received four Queen's

Awards for Voluntary Service. The award is the equivalentof an MBE to voluntary and community groups. Let's makesure next year's award highlights all the hard work done inTameside - come along to an event on 13 October to seehow you can complete your nomination. Anyone cannominate a group as long as they aren't a paid member ofstaff or volunteer of the group.

The Lord Lieutenant will be running an event at DukinfieldTown Hall from 6pm on 13 October to help raiseawareness of the various awards that local people couldbe nominated for. There will also be help on how tocomplete nominations etc. Any group of two or morepeople doing volunteering work provides a locally runsocial, economic or environmental service that meets aneed for people living in the local community can benominated for the award. We will also be using theopportunity to discuss the New Pride of TamesideCommunity Awards. Come along to find out more. To book on this event contact Christine Acton, Email: [email protected] more on the Queens Award for Voluntary Servicesee: www.direct.gov.uk/thequeensawardforvoluntaryservice

Queens Award forVoluntary Service

The Queen's Award forVoluntary Service is the highestaward given to volunteergroups across the UK foroutstanding work done in theirlocal communities. This year

Coming to Hyde Festival Theatre Hyde Festival Theatre is the venue for a wide variety of productionsfrom both professionals and amateurs. Highlights this autumn include:• The 24 Hour Plays, 3 September at 7.30pm. • The Airborne Adventures of Elisabeth and Jeanne, 27

• Sweet Dream Baby, 15-19 November. For more information: Website: www.hydefestivaltheatre.org.uk Tel: 0844 804 2634.

Come along to Muslim Communities UK's Eid party atHoly Trinity Community Centre - lots of fun for thechildren - henna, face painting and other fun activitiesas well as delicious food. Tickets: Adults £8, children 3-12 years £5 and under 3's free. For more informationor to book please contact Tazeem Shah, Email:[email protected] Tel: 0161 713 1892.

Muslim Communities UK Eid PartyFriday 16 September 2011, 6.30pm-9.30pm

Tameside museums and galleries service have lots of fun andgames on offer during the October school holidays. There will bearts and crafts activities for all the family, across our sites. For moreinformation contact. Tracy Webster, Tel: 0161 343 2878. Website:www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/families

October school holidays withTameside museums and galleries

Tameside Cycle DayOn Saturday 17 September the Tameside CyclingDevelopment Group will be promoting a day ofcycling activities at the Tameside Cycling Circuit,Richmond Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. The daywill comprise of British Cycling's Go-Ride and Go-Race beginners activities, Tameside DisabilityForum riders a fun race, race leaguepresentation, race events for all categories -youth, juniors, ladies and seniors. For moreinformation contact Howard, Tel: 0781 387 1025.

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What can T3SC do for you?T3SC was established in 2001 as the Council for Voluntary Servicesin Tameside. It is an independent voluntary organisation and a

Did you know the T3SC Newsletter is sent outto over 1,000 people quarterly and the

monthly E-Bulletin goes to a growing group ofover 650. They provide a great

opportunity to shout about your group orpromote an event or training. If you are

interested in having an article in the T3SCNewsletter the next deadline is

28 October 2011 and the E-Bulletin deadline is 22 September

for the October E-Bulletin.

If you have an idea but need help writing the article please Email:

[email protected]: 0161 339 4985. Articles need to be

around 150 words or less and it would begreat if you could also send me a photo.

Tell your story!

How to find us

Our phone number and email addressesremain unchanged. The office is fiveminutes from both the train and busstations. More information on how to find usis on our website: www.t3sc.org

Who's who at T3SC:

Chief Executive - Tony Okotie, Ext: 2023 Email: [email protected] Director - Liz Windsor-Welsh, Ext: 2022 Email: [email protected]

Central Support TeamOffice and Finance Manager - Helen Tallents, Ext: 2000 Email: [email protected] Support Worker - Sam McNicholls, Ext: 2001 Email: [email protected] Support Worker - Lilian Peace, Ext: 2002 Email: [email protected]

Support and Development TeamSupport and Development Manager - Naomi Sampson, Ext: 2014 Email:[email protected] Worker - Dawn Acton, Ext: 2009 Email: [email protected] Worker - VacantDevelopment Worker - VacantFundraising Offcer - VacantCommunity Development Worker - Denton South - Rachael Atkin, Email:[email protected] Denton South Office Phone Number: 0161 337 8681Information and Marketing Officer - Hannah Powell, Ext: 2010 Email: [email protected]

Policy and Participation TeamPolicy and Participation Manager - Ben Gilchrist, Ext: 2018 Email: [email protected] and Participation Officer - BME Agenda - Derin Adefajo, Ext: 2021 Email: [email protected] and Participation Officer - Interfaith - Mohamed Seedat, Ext: 2020 Email: [email protected] and Participation Officer - Children and Young People's Agenda - VeronicaHyde, Ext: 2015 Email: [email protected] and Participation Officer - Health and Social Care/Older People - AnnaHynes, Ext: 2019 Email: [email protected]

LINk - Local Involvement NetworkLINk Co-ordinator - Peter Denton, Ext: 2007 Email: [email protected] LINk Policy and Research Officer - Tahmena Khan, Ext: 2004 Email: [email protected] Community Networker - Ruth Madden, Ext: 2005 Email:[email protected] Admin Worker - Julie Beech, Ext: 2003 Email: [email protected]

VolunteersCommunity Reporter - Lisa HannibalVoice of the audio newsletter - Rita Osbourne

Thank you to everyone who provided articles for this Newsletter. Please notethat whilst T3SC make every effort toensure information that we provide is

accurate you are advised to check detailswith service providers as appropriate. The

views expressed within are not necessarily those of T3SC,

our staff or Board.

registered charity (Charity Number: 1094744). T3SC helps local communitygroups with amongst other things, setting up, applying for funding and generalsupport and training. We help Tameside's community have a voice to makechanges locally through our networks.

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