Regional Development Officers

New Regional Worklessness Fund for LAA and MAA Areas 13/11/2009 A new funding opportunity will shortly be launched by the SW RIEP Local Economy Programme. A combination of funding from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and SW RIEP will be used to assist local authorities and their partners as they work to alleviate worklessness and deliver their worklessness related LAA and MAA targets. The funding will be used in two ways: * each LAA or MAA area will be invited to submit a proposal to draw down funding to support projects addressing the causes and effects of worklessness in their area * Regional Worklessness Network will be established to supplement the individual project proposals from local authorities

If you qualify you can gain kickbacks from online purchases via special links from all the big brands who have eCommerce/online buying facilites - check it out! This came via Shona on FB ;-) WOW

"Not for Profit Contribution to Pathways to Work Highlighted in New Research 30/10/2009 Provider-led Pathways is the final research phase of the Pathways to Work initiative that was first introduced in 2003. It provides information, advice and practical help to people receiving incapacity benefits to help them take up paid employment. Provider-led Pathways is delivered by private companies and not-for-profit third sector organisations rather than Jobcentre Plus. This report presents findings from qualitative research carried out in 2008 to explore experiences of the early implementation of the Provider-led Pathways programme from the perspectives of incapacity benefits recipients, staff of provider organisations, and staff of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Jobcentre Plus."

"A key point of the Big Society agenda is using community organisers to mobilise communities and identify things that they want to change and improve. If you have an active community organiser in your area already then you should be networking with them to see how you can work more collaboratively together and with the groups you are supporting."

Youtube Video "formatting" & guidelines and making your video work harder for your and your non-profits

Wellcome trust does arts projects - usually posted at the www.fundingcentral.org website. You may wish to check out the timeline of wellcome trust funded research to craft an angle for your grant. two keywords you may want to use is biomedical - arts.

Useful free webinars and podcasts

Connected Kingdom - impact of internet in uk & demographics. 7.2% of gdp

How could you inspire your service users to co-create video to inspire other service users into action? - would you tap into their knowledge and curate/edit videos?

THis is a fab tool for story telling ditial story telling

This is the most powerful and lowest learning curve story telling tool I have come across, really, really lovely ;-) you can even use your flickr in here ;-)

measuring innovation in elarning the i-AFIEL methodology

"The benefits and risks to children's wellbeing and learning associated with playing computer games have been highlighted as an area for urgent research by the Byron Review. At the same time, the Children's Plan and Becta's Harnessing Technology strategy have identified the importance of parents and families on children's learning and development. It is therefore important to understand the differing ways in which computer games are played and perceived in family settings, including parents' and children's attitudes towards gaming. It is also necessary to understand the type of games being played by families, and the benefits and concerns. "

How much are we under-using the power of video with emotion to convey a life changing gut wrenching message? - a message that goes straight to the primitive emotional brain? - Watch this powerful example. Why do we still have websites with the same functionality of the late 80s when there is sooo much more? Courtesy of CLP ;-)

EU elearning research case studies