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 The Bulletin 

Bulletin 121 29/07/11

This electronic newsletter will keep you and others informed of initiatives and training opportunities in Wolverhampton and Bilston.

To view items in more detail just click on the link underneath the headline, If you have any difficulty accessing the attachments please contact me.

Sadly this will be the last bulletin until further notice! We wish you all a great summer!

Training &

Learning

Volunteers & Community

Employment,

Support & Enterprise

Other e.g. Youth,

Events etc

FREE Learning & Training

Opportunities in your area

For 2011/12 community courses please contact us to order your prospectus

Lorna Prosser on 01902 821929 / 07825 054261

Or Tamsin Lord on 01902 821928 or email handyt@wolvcoll.ac.uk

Vacancies in Care

Are you committed to treating people of all ages with dignity and respect?

Have you considered a Career in Care, working in the local community helping people who need care and support to continue to live in their own homes?

If you are a car owner and would like to know more about a Career in Community Care Work, providing care and support that offers confidentiality, respect, choice, dignity and privacy to the individual

come along to our open day at the

City of Wolverhampton College Newhampton Centre

August 16th

Call Susan on 01902 821919 to book your place!

Link 01: Care Recruitment Open Day

Eastfield Children’s Centre Summer Activities

26th July to 17th August 2011

Children, Family and Parents

Workshops, courses, day trips and Holiday Club!

Day Trip to Weston Super Mare

Wednesday 10th August 2011

Link 02: Eastfield CC Summer Activities

Link 03: Day trip to Weston Super Mare

Latest Funding Opportunities - 8th July 2011

Partnership Team, Central Police Station

Link 04: Funding Opportunities

Do you know your city?

Tuesday 19th August 10am – 2pm

Oxford St Day Centre

Promoting independence through neighbourhood contacts

Hand & body Massage

Free Raffle Prizes

Free Light Refreshments

Exercise & Health Advice

Presentation & Information and more……….

Link 05: Do you know your city?

Welcome …to WOW Weekly E-Updates of events and activities in Wolverhampton and surrounding area!

WOW News - National News - Events - Training

Grants & Funding - Vacancies

WOW is an exciting project which aims to establish and develop a network reflecting the views of diverse groups of women within the voluntary and community sectors in Wolverhampton

WOW is not just about discussing issues which are important to women; it also aims to find solutions and ways of working through issues in a structured and sustainable way. It is also about sharing knowledge: we are not rein-venting the wheel, but ensuring that we share experience to improve our services and develop further.

Link 06: WOW Newsletter

Wolverhampton Peer Support Network

PEER MENTORING TRAINING

accredited training for young people aged 11 - 25 years

Are you working with a group of 8 - 12 young people who might like to train or are already acting as peer mentors in your project?

Then this free training could be for them.

Link 07: Peer Mentoring Training

Open Day at Bilston Fire Station

on Saturday the 20th August 2011

between 10am 4 pm

There will be lots of activities including games for children, safety demonstrations & advice all welcome.

Contact Bilston Fire station on 0121 380 7557 for any further information

Wolverhampton Connexions & Platform 51

A Connexions Personal Adviser will be there every Thursday afternoon

1:30-4:00pm

Thinking about volunteering or what to do in your freetime?

Find out about housing, keeping safe & your health and rights.

If you are 16-19 years old you can get advice and help with:

˜ Finding a job ˜ Training ˜ Apprenticeships ˜ College courses ˜ Completing a CV

Link 08: Connexions Drop in Service

Chance of a lifetime!

The Prince’s Trust Team

Personal Development Programme

…to help you develop the skills you need to get on in life

Do you know anyone who is unemployed?

  • Aged 16-25 and in need of direction?
  • Looking for personal development?
  • Looking to gain qualifications?
  • Looking for opportunities?

If so, why not join our action-packed 12 week programme.

You will get assistance with your travel costs and the opportunity to attend a one week residential!

TO REFER SOMEONE ONTO A TEAM, PLEASE CALL ANJE OR FRANCESCA ON (01902 821906)

Link 09: Prince’s Trust Team Programme Poster

Link 10: What’s on offer

Bilston Craft Gallery

Garden Club

Come along and help in the Gallery’s garden!

Every 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month

11:30am – 3pm

All abilities welcome! Suitable for both beginners and

old-hands to gardening

Link 11: Garden Club

Do you have or know of any children aged between 7 and 14 years?

Summer Holiday Activities

at the Community Sports Centre

Week 1 - 25th July to 29th July Soccer Fun Week, including a visit to WaterWorld, Stoke-on-Trent

Week 2 – 1st August to 5th August Big Sky Basketball Camp (9-19 year olds)

Week 3 - 8th August to 12th August Multi Activity Camp

Week 4 - 15th August to 19th August Basketball Fun Camp, in association with Big Sky Basketball

Week 5 – 22nd August to 26th August Mini Olympics

For more details please contact the Community Sports Centre team.

To book your child’s place for any of the above activity weeks, you can either print off the attached forms and return them to the Community Sports Centre reception at Wellington Road Campus, or pop into the Sports Centre and complete a form in person

Link 12: Summer Holiday Club 2011

Connecting you to a career in IT

Zenos IT Apprenticeships

Earn the Apprenticeship wage and pay no tuition fees.

Link 13: IT Apprenticeships

Beacon Centre for the Blind

Communication Services

Need to communicate with your customers or service users?

Do some of those people have a visual impairment?

How do you make sure you’re complying with The Equalities Act 2010?

SIMPLE, use the services provided by Beacon Centre for the Blind

Link 14: Communication Services

Women’s Group

@ Platform51

Over 18? Make new friends and have fun at our free women’s group. Join us every Wednesday.

Free lunch at 12noon

Sessions 12.30 to 2pm

Link 15: Women’s Group

Connexions Summer Opening Hours

Our summer opening weeks will be from

Monday 11 July to Friday 9 September 2011

Monday /Tuesday /Thursday /Friday: 10.30am-4.00pm

Wednesday: 1.00pm-4.00pm

Call in for advice on finding employment, education, health, housing and benefits

Link 16: Connexions Summer Opening Hours

Saturday 6th August

Bilston Library Celebrates

Jamaican Independence Day

With a Fun Family Event

From 12-4pm

Including

Free Face painting - Limbo Dancing - Prizes to be won by entering Adult & children’s competitions

Performances - From Mahogany T’ree and Local Poet – Hazel Malcolm

And much more …..

Link 17: Jamaican Independence Day Event

Meet to Eat

At Platform 51 Breakfast Networking Meeting

Join us at Platform 51 Bilston for breakfast and then time to promote your business and meet new contacts.

Tuesday 2 August 2011

Breakfast at 8 am, Networking 8.30 am—9.30 am

£3.00 per person

Link 18: Meet to Eat Networking Breakfast

Glee Club

one day summer workshop

Fans of the musical television show Glee will be able to spend the day rehearsing and choreographing Popular show tunes, with a final performance for friends and family

Junior Club (8 – 11 year olds)

Tuesday 2nd August, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Teenage Club (12– 16 year olds)

Weds 3rd & Thurs 4th August, 10.00am – 4.00pm

At Bilston Town Hall

Link 19: Glee Club Juniors

Link 20: Glee Club Teenagers

The next meeting of the

Wolverhampton Pensioners' Convention

will take place on Friday 29 July at 10.30 am in Wolverhampton Civic Centre.

The guest speaker will be Inspector Worker of West Midlands police who will talk about policing in Wolverhampton.
Eileen Ward-Birch
Secretary
Wolverhampton Pensioners' Convention
56 Whittaker Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 2EB
07914541248
http://www.wnpc.org.uk
Forum at http://wnpc.proboards.com/index.cgi

Lighthouse Media Centre

August 2011 Highlights

Link 21: Lighthouse Media Centre Highlights

Wolverhampton Pensioner

Working for the pensioners of today and tomorrow

August 2011

www.wnpc.org.uk

Link 22: Wolverhampton Pensioner

OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN WOLVERHAMPTON
29th July 2011

"Working to maintain and develop a thriving and diverse voluntary and community sector"

Link 23: Opportunities for Voluntary & Community Organisations

Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council

"Working to maintain and develop a thriving and diverse voluntary and community sector"

www.wolverhamptonvsc.org.uk

Netmums

A family of local sites that cover the UK, each site offering information to mothers on everything from where to find playgroups and how to eat healthily to where to meet other mothers

http://www.netmums.com/

Jobs advertised by Wolverhampton City Council

www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/jobs

Bilston On Line

Bilston, People and Places - Past and Present

http://www.bilstononline.co.uk/

If you would like us to remove you from our contact list or amend your contact details please

e-mail at the earliest opportunity!

If you have any comments, feedback or suggestion whether good or bad we would really like to hear from you, please email

Lorna Prosser prosserl@wolvcoll.ac.uk or

Tamsin Lord handyt@wolvcoll.ac.uk

Or telephone 01902 821928 / 821929

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU

Please note items posted in this bulletin are NOT the property of City of Wolverhampton College or The Wolverhampton Learning Partnership and we take no responsibility for the contents, all queries of items should be directed to the contact provided as part of the item.