Welcome to Fife Centre for Equalities e-bulletinAugust 2016

September is upon us, and it's fair to say that it is perhaps the most exciting

month in FCE's annual calendar as it is the month of Diversity Week Fife! The

preparations are now truly in the final stages, and Diversity Week Fife 2016 is

literally about to start. If you haven't seen the exciting programme yet, please

click here. For a plain text (and reader compatible) version, click here. We are

also still taking last minute registrations for the Nurturing Modern Families

Conference on 5 September in Fife Renewables Innovation Centre in Methil. If

you'd like to attend this unique, one of a kind conference, register here. 

Read on to find out more about Diversity Week Fife 2016 here.

Please note that any last minute updates and changes to the programme will be

done online so for the most up-to-date programme, keep an eye on our

Facebook page or on our Eventbrite events calanendar here.

We hope that you can make it to some of the events next week - see you

around!

Month at a

Glance

Our Activities &

News

You Said, We Did

What's On

Events

Funding & Other

Consultations

Vacancies &

Opportunities

Other

Partners'

Activities & News

Word of the

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Oddfellows Friendship MonthIn September, Oddfellows

volunteers are hosting hundreds of

fun events across the country as part

of Oddfellows Friendship Month -

their annual campaign to bring

communities closer together and

highlight the importance of friendship

to the nation. Click here for more.

Childhood Cancer Awareness MonthThis year, during Childhood Cancer

Awareness Month, CLIC Sargent is

focusing on the financial impact of

cancer. It’s vital that affected families

can access the financial support this

charity offers. Find out more here.

European Day of Languages 26 SeptemberA range of events take place across

Europe to celebrate European Day

of Languages, such as activities for

and with children, television and

radio programmes, language

classes, and conferences. To find

out more, click here.

World Car Free Day22 September World Car Free Day encourages

motorists to give up their cars for a

day to promote other forms or

transport. Did you know that studies

show that for short trips in cities, one

can reach their destination faster

more by bike than in a car?

World Suicide Prevention Day10 SeptemberWorld Suicide Prevention Day gives

organisations, government agencies

and individuals a chance to promote

awareness about suicide, mental

illnesses associated with suicide, as

well as suicide prevention. To find

out more, click here.

Our Activities & News

It was a great opportunity for employability

organisations to link up and work out ways

to address issues that are shared across

their services.

Presentations were heard by Cllr

Anthony Martin, Chair of

Opportunities Fife Partnership, Robin

Presswood, Fife Council and Mike

McElhinney, Scottish Government,

Adam Dunkerley, Opportunities Fife

Partnership Manager, Martin

Nowakowski, Department of Work

and Pensions.

Know Your Network 2016At the end of August, FCE went

along to the Know Your Network

event in the Bay Hotel in Kinghorn.

The event was well attended with

over 140 participants. FCE facilitated

a group discussion and hosted an

information stall in the morning

session.

International Day of Older Persons1 OctoberThe theme of the International Day

of Older Persons for 2016 is "Take A Stand Against Ageism". To read

more about this year's aims, click

here. To see what is going on as part

of UK Older People's Day, click here.

Diversity Week Fife 2016

MonkeyGaming is coming to Diversity Gala this year! 

MonkeyGaming is an accessible gaming project run by the charity Fife Society

for the Blind. The project is designed to bring visually impaired gamers together

to discuss their gaming experiences. The project also aims to encourage more

visually impaired people to take part in accessible gaming, and to entice games

developers to make their games more playable for disabled people. In this

workshop, the MonkeyGaming project leader, Stuart Beveridge, discusses how

accessible games can be played using smart technology such as iPhones and

iPads. The discussion will focus mainly on Kid Friendly Software, who develop

audiogames, which can be played by both visually impaired and sighted people

alike.

Auction time! We are thrilled to announce our first ever Diversity Week Fife auction! The silent

auction started on Monday 29 August and will run all the way until the midnight of Saturday 10 September. The lucky winner will then be

announced at the Diversity Gala on Sunday 11 September. Our starting bid is £100, and you can submit your bids via email, simply just stating how much you

wish to bid. And what are we bidding for? An exclusive four ball at Fairmont St

Andrews! Thank you to Fairmont St Andrews for donating such a wonderful

prize for our auction!

You Said, We Did

Inclusive CommunicationFollowing the Inclusive Communication Conference that we organised for last

year's Diversity Week, we had a lot of positive feedback from people across

Fife who found the conference helpful, informative, and inspiring. We have,

therefore, decided to develop what we started at the conference into a more in-

depth Inclusive Communication Workshop. This training is still something we

are working on, but we hope to be able to introduce it in the near future. Nina,

our Manager, is actually doing a pilot session of the training in Singapore later

this month!

What's On

NHS Fife - Working with Young Women on Self Esteem

Monday 5 September, 09.30 - 16.30

The Bay Hotel, Pettycur Bay, Burntisland Road, Kinghorn KY3 9YE

NHS Fife - Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid: Young People

Monday 12 September, 09.30 - 16.30

Lynebank Hospital, Halbeath, Dunfermline KY11 4UW

Youth 1st - Child Protection Workshop

Tuesday 13 September, 18.00 - 21.00

YMCA North Street, Glenrothes KY7 5PP

Employing Staff in the Voluntary Sector: A free workshop

Wednesday 14 September, 10.00 - 12.30

Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF

Dyslexia Awareness Training

Monday 19 September, 10.00 - 13.00

Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF

FDASAP - Exploring & Understanding Gender-Based Violence

Wednesday 28 September, 09.15 - 16.30

Queen Anne High School, Broomhead Park, Dunfermline, KY12 0PQ

FDASAP - What's gender got to do with it?

Wednesday 5 October, 14.00 - 16.00

Bankhead Central, Glenrothes, KY7 6GH

Events

The Ecology Centre - Summer Festival, Kinghorn

Saturday 3 September, 12.00 - 16.00

The Ecology Centre, Kinghorn Loch, Kinghorn, KY3 9YG

Families First - St Andrews - Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 6 September, 19.00 - 20.30

Seminar Room 1, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of St

Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9TF

Enable-U and One Stop Shop - Autism Monthly Support Group

Wednesday 7 September, 10.00 - 12.00

Enable Fife Services, Alexander House, Alexander Street, Dysart, KY1 2XX

One Digital Meet Up

Tuesday 13 September, 09.30 - 12.30

Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Trust, Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1EH

Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) - Conference 2016: Family

friendly working

Tuesday 13 September, 10.00 - 15.00

Scottish Trades Union Congress, 333 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow, G3 6NG

Citizen Advocacy: Connecting People - Changing Lives

Wednesday 21 September, 09.30 - 16.00

Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, KY7 5NX

Charity Golf Event for PAMIS

Friday 30 September, 10.00 - 18.00

 Fairmont St. Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 8PN

Funding & Other

Nominations for the SURF regeneration funding awards, which offer an

opportunity for regeneration projects of all sizes to demonstrate value to

funders and partners, support team-building, and develop a national profile, are

now open. For more information, click here.

Fife Council's Community Emergency Planning funding scheme offers

financial support to Community Groups / Organisations that have, in partnership

with Fife Council's Emeergency Resilience Team, developed a Community

Emergency Plan to enhance their local community's resilience. To find out

more, click here.

Consultations

Your View Counts - Local Policing

Fife Division of Police Scotland is focused on gathering and understanding

views which accurately reflect the needs of communities. Local policing is at the

heart of what they do, and that’s why they're committed to listening to the

public. Police Scotland are currently in the early stages of a process that will be

developed and enhanced in the forthcoming months, and are looking for views

on local policing. For details and too access the survey, please click here.

Child Poverty Bill for Scotland - ConsultationOpen until Friday 30 September This consultation sets out proposal for a Child Poverty Bill for Scotland that will

enshrine in legislation the Government's ambition to eradicate child poverty,

place a duty on Scottish Ministers to publish a Child Poverty Delivery Plan

every 5 years (and report on this Plan annually), and set statutory income

targets. For details, click here. To take part in the consultation, click here.

Why me? - Hate Crime SurveyThis survey is being conducted by the Scottish Alliance of Regional Equality

Councils (SAREC) along with its constituent groups, Central Scotland Regional

Equality Council (CSREC), Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality

Council (ELREC), Grampian Regional Equality Council (GREC) and West of

Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC). Through this survey, they seek

to gather the experiences of individuals from diverse equality backgrounds who

have experienced hate crime, how they feel they were supported, and also

what additional support they could have benefited from. To access the survey,

click here.

Vacancies & Opportunities

Kingdom Housing Assocation - Co-ordinator vacancy - FalkirkFor details and to apply, click here. Apply by 5 September.

St Andrews Environmental Network - Clean and Green SupervisorFor details and to apply, click here. Apply by 7 September.

Age Scotland - Community Researchers For details about this opportunity, click here.

Other

Employment opportunities for Muslims in the UK - inquiry

The report highlights the economic disadvantages faced by Muslims, who

experience the highest levels of unemployment out of all religious and ethnic

groups - 12.8% compared to 5.4% for the general population. The report

concludes that the Government's commitment to tackling disadvantage for

Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people must be coupled with a coherent cross-

Government strategy focused on specific groups, including Muslims, and

recommends that a plan should be developed by the end of this year. For

details and to read the report, click here.

Partners' Activities & News

Craigencalt Trust Walking Festival3 – 11 September 2016 

Craigencalt Rural Community Trust is pleased to invite you along to their third

local walking festival.  The last two years has seen this event grow in popularity

due to the range of walks that it offers and the friendly atmosphere that is

generated throughout the week. To see the programme and find out more, click

here.

Word of the Month

Diversity (noun)

Meaning: The state of being diverse (ie. showing a great deal of variety; very

different).

Cultural diversity is the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups

within a society.

Verb: to diversify.

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