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Lead by Amy Sample-Ward this session focuses on strategies and case studies for creating successful community-driven media, events and campaigns. Participants will learn about best practices and work in small groups to put learning into practice. This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios.

Amy says:
I am dedicated to supporting and educating organizations and changemakers in the use of evolving technologies that cultivate and engage communities. I am inspired by opportunities to catalyze community building and social action, online and offline, whether it’s through blogging, facilitating, training, or speaking. In 2009, I co-authored Social by Social, a handbook in using social technologies for social impact, and have had the great opportunity to contribute to additional publications about social media. I am the Global Community Development Manager for NetSquared, leading the strategy for our global Community both on and offline. I have worked in private philanthropy, advocacy nonprofit organizations, web design companies, and as a consultant.

See the Social by Social Website at: http://www.socialbysocial.com/

City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Our goal is to create a network of towns and cities throughout the country which are proud to be places of safety, and which include people seeking sanctuary fully in the life of their communities.

A City of Sanctuary is a place of safety and welcome for people whose lives are in danger in their own countries.

It is a place where:

• the skills and cultures of people seeking sanctuary are valued, where they are included in local communities and able to contribute to the life of the city.
• community groups, local government, media, business, schools and colleges have a shared commitment to offering sanctuary, so that it is seen as part of the city’s identity by local people.
• people seeking sanctuary can easily build relationships with local people as neighbours, friends and colleagues. Through these relationships, local people come to understand the injustices refugees face, and become motivated to support and defend them.

Learn more about the City of Sanctuary movement at: http://www.cityofsanctuary.org/

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With the support of the community LASS aim to raise £3000 for their children’s fund, food bank and hardship fund. There will be a range of walks of different lengths and different terrains. The shortest is fine for wheelchairs and pushchairs, the longest is 20km. The walks will start at different times and aim to finish between 5 and 7 for a barbecue. The pub has made their skittle alley available for fund raising so there will also be a raffle, therapies, bric-a-brac and cake stalls as well as a bouncy castle for children. For more information about the walks and to register please contact Dipesh, George, Casey or Mohsin at LASS, or email on reception@lass.org.uk .

If people are not able to join a walk please sponsor someone from LASS – look on www.justgiving.com/lass , come also for the afternoon/evening or help by volunteering as a steward.

100% of the funds raised will go to the charitable funds. Even today the number of people living with HIV in Leicester and Leicestershire is rising. People are still living in extreme hardship because of the fear of HIV discrimination and stigma. Eating well and keeping healthy are two key ways someone with HIV can ensure their HIV diagnosis is not a life sentence, but becomes a long term condition.

The fund raising day is also about awareness raising and support. LASS hopes people will join them to support the organization and encourage people to pass  this invitation on to friends, families and social networks.

The address of the Horse and Groom is: 1783, Melton Road, Rearsby, Leicestershire, LE7 4YR

“Vast amounts of media coverage are given over to the need to ‘integrate’ immigrants into the UK and the immigrants are usually blamed when this doesn’t happen properly.

But real integration isn’t to be found on the pages of the Home Office’s Life In the United Kingdom book (which is now required reading for all would-be non-EU immigrants) any more than reading the Highway Code teaches us to actually drive a car.

Talk to anyone who has actually arrived in the UK from another country (whether as on a temporary basis or as a permanent settler) and the story is one of confronting a wall of British reserve and sketchy information. A common result of this is that immigrants collect in cliques of their fellow countrymen, cliques which can often become quite insular and entrenched and which do not help them fit in (let alone improve their English)” ……………… further reading below:

Follow Ben Rav’s ‘Only In Leicester’ Blog

For a copy of the report please contact: Amanda Soraghan at Refugee Action – 0116 261 6209

The event will be held on Thursday June 17 between 2 – 5 pm

The Centre Project, 1 Alfred Place, Leicester LE1 1EB 

Activities on the day include:

Afro-Innovation Group featuring a Leicester based Congolese gospel singer/songwriter

Dhol – Afghan drumming performance

Poetry from around the world, including a reading from a Leicester based Russian poet

Activities for all the family

Create your own football World Cup dream team

Global fashion and design display

Art exhibition and painting demonstration by artist Agayev

For more information please contact Brendan at Catch22 on: 0116 254 1420

Banner Theatre’s new multimedia show looks at the world of work and migration in the context of the global downturn. Using in-depth interviews, digital media and original new music and song, ‘We Share The Same Sky’ weaves together the stories of three visitors to Britain.

From Afghanistan, Ali has fled the Taliban, who murdered his brother, and come to Britain in search of safety.

From Poland, where unemployment has been spiralling, atalia has come to England in search of work.

From Venezuela, Edenis visits England and compares life in Britain with the popular revolutionary changes taking place in his home country.

We Share The Same Sky weaves these stories into a rich tableau to ask what control we have over our working lives n the criss-cross ridden 21st century global economy. Are we makers of our destinies or the tools of powerful multinational corporations? And does the economic downturn herald a period of struggle, resistance and change?

Tickets are priced at £5 waged/ FREE for the unwaged

For further details contact: 0116 253 1053 or Leicester Civil Rights Movement c/o Highfields Centre, 96 Melbourne Road, Leicester, LE2 0DS

The event will showcase a fusion of talented musicians, dancers  and performers – all drumming up noise for Refugee Week.

Although we all have ‘different pasts’, we also have a ’shared future’ – come along and celebrate the one world we live in with people from across the world and around the corner.

To find out more contact: Cathy Stevenson on 0845 054 7171

Find out more about British Red Cross refugee services at:

http://www.redcross.org.uk/TLC.asp?id=89414

Have you considered taking a Diploma in Public Services Interpreteing preparation course.

Are you fluent in English and another language, with excellent

written skills in both languages, living in the East Midlands

area, and available for interpreting work at least

2 days a week (Monday-Friday)?

 Earn £15 – £20 per hour basic rate

 Cintra Ltd is a leading agency providing high-quality interpreting and translation services to

public sector clients in the East of England, East Midlands and South East. Professional

interpreting is a challenging role and requires people with good interpersonal skills, selfconfidence

and a thirst for knowledge.

We are looking to train and recruit freelance interpreters to work 24/7 in police stations across

the East Midlands. Our 7 day Introduction to the Diploma in Public Service Interpreting in

Law course runs from 22 June to 20 July in Leicester. On successful completion you will be

able to interpret for straightforward, non-complex assignments in police stations. You will then

take part 2 of the DPSI Law course running from Sept 2010 to June 2011, with exams set by

the Institute of Linguists. This is the essential qualification for regular work with the police and

will enable you to further your interpreting career.

Closing date for applications is 18 May 2010. The selection process includes a pre-course

assessment and security checks. You must have lived for at least 3 years continuously in the

UK. You will be required to contribute towards the costs of training and examination fees.

For further information and an application form, please telephone Human Resources on

01223 346 873 or email training@cintra.org.uk If you already have interpreting or translating

qualifications we would be interested to hear from you.

 Cintra is committed to equal opportunities