The fun Playday for children and young people will take place on Wednesday 6th August in Town Hall Square, Leicester. From 10am to 3pm, there are many different activities including: climbing wall urban rebounding reaction wall water slide den making book bus boat building fishing in the fountain plus much more on the day Young people will be engaged as journalists for the day to report [...] [...more]
Wellbeing Mentors Project Salary £21,412 pro-rata plus 6% pension Part-time contract (18hrs pw) initially to July 2009 We are looking for a skilled and experienced community worker to develop an exciting new resident led project. Funded through the New Deal for Communities, this project forms part of the “Feeling Good” programme – a partnership of local agencies working [...] [...more]
For Kerry Harrison, returning to education in her thirties has not just earned her a promotion at work but also a top class degree and a University award. Single mother Kerry, 39, from Belgrave in Leicester, received her degree after balancing six years of part-time study at De Montfort University (DMU) with a full-time job and [...] [...more]
Activities 4 U is an excellent online resource for young people in the city and county. If you are looking for an activity to do over the summer break, take the time to search all the information on Activities 4 U. www.activities4u.org Why not let Citizens Eye know what activity you did and become a Citizens Reporter with [...] [...more]
Date: July 17th 2008, 11 to 1.30 Venue: Age Concern Leicestershire and Rutland, 113 Princess Road East The role of the Chaplains is to support the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of people experiencing mental health problems. They visit inpatient and rehabilitation units and are also active in the community [...] [...more]
Have you experienced depression or ongoing low mood? Are you aged 16 - 25? Sharing your experiences could help others! YouthHealthTalk (YHT) is a national charity that produces the unique, award winning website www.youthhealthtalk.org about young people’s experiences of health and lifestyle. On the site you can watch, listen and read people talking about their real-life experiences. We’re looking [...] [...more]
This year’s Mela, on Sunday 24th August promises to be an even greater feast of colour, music, dance and entertainment. For the first time, the event will take place in Loughborough Town Centre and will be publicised across the whole of Charnwood. Charnwood Mela is a partnership event between Charnwood Borough Council, who is the main [...] [...more]
Volunteer Islamic Education Project Time: 5pm - 6pm Venue: Lower Community Lounge, Moat Community College, Maidstone Road, Highfields, Leicester LE2 0TU Everything you want to know about Islam God in Islam [...] [...more]
What is WALKTALK? A walk between Leeds and London encouraging conversations between people of widely different backgrounds and experience An idea conceived by Gill Hicks, a survivor of the 7 July 2005 London bombings who lost both her legs that day, and her husband Joe Kerr (both of M.A.D for Peace), and developed with Zulfi Hussain of [...] [...more]
Eurosom is a sporting event organised by the local Somali community in Europe. Eurosom 2008 is an ambitious and magnificent venture, involving the hosting in our city and county of young sports people from across Europe, reflecting the Somali Diaspora and other ethnic minority communities. For two full and exciting weeks, these young people will compete [...] [...more]
