Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service

ADHD – A Time for Change!

Monday 20th Spetember 2010, 9:30am to 4:30pm

The Dorford Centre Dorchester Dorset

Even though ADHD has been well reasearched for over 100 years, there are many myths and stereotypes purported by the community, media and professionals alike.

Based on reasearch and best practise, this conference aims to educate professionals responsible for care provision, those working with individuals and their families.

Additional Booking forms can be requested online at: team4adhd@btinternet.com

Try it. Like it. Work it.

Skillscymru is the biggest careers and skills event ever to happen in Wales. The event ifs for young people and adults and features expert seminars, insightfull master classes, impartial advisers and hands-on, have a go areas.  In short it will be the most interactive, exciting careers in Wales for everyone.

We are open Saturday 18 September from 10am – 4pm to make it easier for families and adults to come along of you can visit on Thursday 16 & 17 September between 9.30am – 3pm.

GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards

The IMPACT Awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £10,000 and £1.5 million. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £35,000 to £3,000, plus 15 of the award winners will be offered free training valued at £4,000. The awards are seen as a quality mark for charities working in health care.

The guidelines and online application form for the 2011 IMPACT Awards will be avaliable from 1st July 2010 at: www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards

Nominate Superheros of South Wales

Nominate your friends, family, colleagues and neighbours for any of the following categories:

• Champion friend
• Young Community Champion
• Sports Champion
• Green Champion
• John Lewis Charity Champion

And many more…

Closing Date: Wednesday 15th September

www.walesonline.co.uk/communitychampionawards

Hundreds of walkers are set to explore the rural areas of Bridgend during the Love2walk Festival 2010 which will be taking place from Wednesday 6th October to Sunday 10th October.

The event, which will be launched at Kenfig nature reserve on the 6th October, is set to be the biggest yet and compromises of 27 guided walks with something available for all ages and abilities over the 5 days. All walks will be free of charge and led by expert local guides in some of the most breathtaking rural areas that Wales has to offer.

 Don’t forget to bring your camera along to capture some of the outstanding views, flora and fauna and landmarks that the county has to offer.

More information can be found by folowing This Link.

Community Tourism Day – 11th October 2010 at The Institute, Cwmaman

This event is an exciting opportunity for existing and developing community tourism projects to share information and learn more about making your project attractive to visitors.

Guest Speaker : Jocelyn Davies AM Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration

This day is for you if:

• Your project is based within the South Wales valleys
• Your project is led by the community
• You would like to be part of shaping the future of community tourism in the South Wales valleys
• You would like to learn about how you can benefit from the Valleys Regional Park project
• You would like to promote your project
• You would like to share your experiences and learn from others
• Your project is well established, you only have an idea or you’re somewhere in-between
• Your project attracts visitors or has the potential to attract visitors
• Your project has an environment or heritage theme

To register your interest contact Nic Williams on 01443 845503 or Nicola.Williams@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Please note that a new information sheet has recently been added to the WCVA Information Distribution System:

2.13 Tackling Climate Change

Please refer to the information page for more information.

Following approval from the Wales European Funding Office in April 2009, the Big Lottery Fund have committed £9.5m towards Life Skills projects for care leavers, carers/former carers and economically inactive families. The Life Skills project is the first time that Big Lottery Fund money has been matched with European Social Fund (ESF) at source.

They are now in a position to offer further funding to support Older People to help get them back into education, training, volunteering, or employment.

As with the other rounds within the Life Skills project, it will follow a strict competitive tender process. Further information about the project can be found at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Two briefing events are being held in September to enable people to gain a fuller understanding of these further procurement rounds of funding and how to apply under the Life Skills project. They will be held on the following dates at the following locations:

10.30am -12pm Wednesday 1st September at Bangor University
10.00am -11.30am Friday 3rd September at the YMCA in Newport

If you would like to attend one of the briefing events please complete and return the attached reply slip to LifeSkillsWales@biglotteryfund.org.uk or contact Betty Smith on 01686 611702.  Please book your space as soon as possible as spaces are limited.

Public Artwork Commission

https://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notices/display.html?NoticeId=22363

Closing Date – 07.09.2010

Caerphilly CBC wish to appoint an artist(s) to deliver the following two projects for Bargoed and Newbridge to ensure art forms are fully integrated into the public realm. Therefore, the above contract will be offered in two lots and artists are invited to tender for one or both of these Lots.

Reach the Heights Hub Contract for Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend

https://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notices/display.html?NoticeId=22438

Closing Date - 06.09.2010

Tenders are invited from suitably qualified and experienced organisations wishing to be considered for appointment to the role of an outreach ‘Hub’ to deliver approved educational schools outreach programmes supplied by Techniquest to the Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend area. Details for the submission of tenders can be found in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

The successful tenderer will be awarded the Reach the Heights contract to deliver Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths programmes to young people in the ‘Hub’ area until January 2013. As Reach the Heights is an ESF funded scheme Tenderers should note that the preferred Tenderer will need to accept compliance with terms of the relevant ESF grant funding to ensure that Techniquest can comply with its obligations there under.

Provision of Training Services to the Workways Project in Neath Port Talbot

https://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notices/display.html?NoticeId=22195

Closing Date – 20.09.2010

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council are seeking suitably qualified and experienced training providers to be included on a framework agreement that will deliver a range of courses to the participants in the Workways NPT project. This provision will form part of the ‘Job Focused Training’ support available through Workways.

Workways is a collaborative project between four Local Authorities in South West Wales, funded by the European Social Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government. The project is led by Neath Port Talbot Council in collaboration with Carmarthenshire Council, Pembrokeshire Council and The City & County of Swansea.

There are no restrictions on the types of training that are made available to participants as it is occupation led. For this reason, the courses undertaken will be wide ranging and cannot be predicted. Once the specific training requirements have been established, the Workways team are responsible for organising the appropriate training on behalf of the participant

Developing and piloting an advanced chef development programme (Applied Ability Awards) at Senior Chef level

https://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notices/display.html?NoticeId=22494

Closing Date – 10.09.2010

What we are looking for -

An organisation to develop and pilot a learning programme to train chefs. The target market is chefs with at least five years experience in industry, qualified or working at level 3, and aspiring for promotion to senior positions.

Our aim -

We are seeking to develop a training programme that can be delivered flexibly to industry ‘on’ and ‘off the job’ with appropriate learning resources to support both the learner and the employer. The programme will be assessed at the workplace and end testing and examinations will also be a key component. The main target market is chefs in senior positions. These chefs may or may not hold recognised qualifications at or above level 3. However, they will all have spent at least five years working in an appropriate ‘level 3’ position or above.

Deliver Technium Challenge UK and International contract

https://www.sell2wales.co.uk/notices/display.html?NoticeId=22416

Closing Date – 27.08.2010

Technium is a pan-Wales network of 11 innovation centres providing a supportive environment for young technology businesses with high-growth potential. Technium offers accommodation to these businesses for a period of 3-5 years to help them through the critical early years of development and growth. The Technium environment includes state-of-the-art office accommodation, direct access to business, technical and specialist support, and links to academic institutions for support with Research & Development (R&D).

Technium was set up to assist in the creation of new spin-out businesses from Welsh academia and to accelerate the development of young technology-based businesses in Wales. Technium was also developed as a mechanism to attract high value R&D inward investment projects from other areas of the UK and internationally. The contract will be for a period of 24 months, subject to a 12 month review.

The first edition of the Valleys Regional Park newsletter has now been published, including details on the Western Valleys Strategic Regeneration Area.  The newsletter can be downloaded from here.