To celebrate the end of the Navrati Festival, Shruti Arts will be holding a Hindu dancing evening which is called “Sharad Poonam Night”. This will be held at the Peepul Centre, Leicester on Tuesday 14th October at 8.30pm. There will be dancing, hand clapping, stick dancing and some prayers, and the live music will be performed [...] [...more]
Jackie Perkins, Editor of DeafZINE recommends the website below called Deafstation. Deafstation is funded by University of Bristol, Centre for Deaf Studies. The main news is updated Monday to Friday. http://www.deafstation.org/deafstationDev/showUserHomePage.do [...more]
New government guidance has taken the first steps towards making three-year funding the norm for all children’s and other charities. The Cabinet Office, the Treasury and the Office of the Third Sector jointly published the guidance, which states third sector organisations must be given three-year funding in all but exceptional cases.All government departments will be expected [...] [...more]
The electronic consultation for the National Occupational Standards for Community Development is now open. The consultation will feed into a third set of standards, which will reflect changes in legislation and working practices within the sector. Consultation runs until Friday 7 November 2008. For more information and to complete the electronic questionnaire visit http://www.lluk.org/community-development-work-nos-consultation.htm CDX website [...more]
Community radio that’s all about Oadby, Wigston & the Neighbouring areas. the sunflower fm website [...more]
Leicester Community Network Policy Bulletin September/October 2008 Welcome to Snippets Welcome to the snippets bulletin from Voluntary Action Leicester. The objective of the bulletin is to provide Voluntary and Community sector members with monthly updates on national, regional and local policy of significance to Neighbourhood Renewal and regeneration generally. Announcements Expressions of Interest Leicester City Council is inviting applications from [...] [...more]
Money for Sports Scheme Thousands of pounds of lottery money will pay for schemes to tackle obesity and encourage more volunteering in Leicester. The City’s Local Sports Alliance has been awarded over £86,000 after a successful bid to Sport England for the cash, which is designed to encourage healthier lifestyles. Steve White, Chairman of the Local [...] [...more]
Every year, May 3rd is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. This day like so many others that come [...] [...more]
The Migraine Action Association, a national charity organisation, has relocated from Corby to new offices on East Street in Leicester city centre as part of its expansion plans. The Migraine Action Association is an independent registered charity focused on providing unbiased information on all aspects of migraine, its causes, diagnosis and treatment to its 10,000 members throughout [...] [...more]
Gordon Brown says immigration is good for the UK and has rejected suggestions that an annual limit is needed. The PM was responding to a report by a House of Lords committee saying record immigration had had “little or no” impact on people’s economic well-being. Click here for full article: BBC News [...more]
