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"Skills - Third Sector's online forum now live 10/11/2009 Are you involved in learning and development within your organisation? If so, Skills - Third Sector's online forum needs you! Skills - Third Sector is the new independent, sector-led organisation for the sector, which has been established to enable people in third sector organisation to develop their learning and skills, so they can make an ever growing contribution to their communities. The new website at www.skills-thirdsector.org.uk is about to officially launch and we would welcome any feedback you had. The site offers the ability to search for the right learning, training and development resources for your needs. The site's forum is a place for you to network, ask questions and discuss latest developments - and we need your help to get this started!"

£1 Million Available to Support Youth Projects (UK) Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity "The Prince's Trust" to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain's poorest areas. The Awards, worth £250 to £5,000, are available to disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds who want to transform their area and learn practical skills. Projects could range from improving local youth facilities to tackling teenage pregnancy or drug misuse. Projects must: · be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25 · clearly benefit the local community · benefit the people running the project · be a new or developing project. Previous projects supported include; an amateur boxing project to give young people greater confidence; and a media project to promote community cohesion and greater understanding between the local community and asylum seekers. Applications can be made at any time.

Community Organizing Participatory Research (COPAR) - seems from skimming the four pages - a contextual and action based research! - people learn, reflect by doing, and in so doing, build skills and confidence

Collaboration Benefits recognises the need to support the voluntary and community sector with collaboration skills. By offering training, Collaboration Benefits aims to reach organisations in the community where the awareness and skills in collaboration are most needed.

"Human Centered Design Toolkit Close For years, companies and other organizations have used Human-Centered Design to arrive at innovative business solutions. Funded by IDE as part of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and in collaboration with non-profit groups ICRW and Heifer International, IDEO relied on this approach to improve the lives of communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The resulting HCD Toolkit helps NGO staff and volunteers understand people's needs in new ways, find innovative solutions to meet these needs, and deliver solutions with financial sustainability in mind. The free kit is divided into four sections that bolster listening skills, running workshops, and implementing ideas. The HCD Toolkit contains the elements to Human-Centered Design, a process used for decades to create new solutions for multi-national corporations. This process has created ideas such as the HeartStart defibrillator, Cleanwell natural antibacterial products, and the Blood Donor System for the Red Cross--innovations that have enhanced the lives of millions of people. This process has been specially-adapted for NGOs and social enterprises that work with impoverished communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and compiled into a Toolkit available for download here or for order at cost at www.blurb.com."

The make lounge is a concept that can be copied for the skills you impart. You could create collectives that creates stuff - then learns to teach stuff (to the community for small fee) - collaboratively make it, and then sell it either as part of a charity auction or as part of your "portable charity shop" ;-) For Bunny Ideas: >Develop a puppet kit... all the bits they need, instructions, ideas on paper element and an invitation to: >> send you their puppet creation photos (to go into a book!!!) >>send you their puppet movie to be put on your youtube channel (most viewed would be put onto DVD and sold - Vanity factor!!! >>donate their first puppet to go into a puppet catwalk or puppet "celebrity" - voted by people (in a celebration event?) >Develop animation kit... perhaps animation kit that learners can use on the day then buy to take home and practice. They then could be invited to: >>Share/send their story for the corresponding book >>Share/send their animatin for inclusion in the youtube channel For Xtine & ELiz, what could you think about for your activities? >Story sack kit & instructions? >character cakes? (dalek, etc.?) >what else?

I was thinking about an ICT project, linking us with some sort of education group in another country. Parents learning new skills; expanding understanding of global issues and making a contribution. What do you think?

Eliz - this is another research bit from Tooting Kitchen...

An example of an GlobalGiving's film festival presentin films about projects. You too could develop your documentaries, and films to show what a difference you are making.

webtv - your own station.

This is amazing! I've been watching an owl live in the US, and searching to see if I can see Watford FC play live at away matches!! Were you thinking this is another platform for us, in due course, where we can upload stuff/broadcast? Don't fancy live chat with webcam with complete strangers - doesn't that attract weirdos? Thanks for this, Eliz