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Member Events Page 2 Universal Access Page 10 & 11

General News Page 3, 4 & 5 Safeguarding Page 12

Training Hub Page 6 & 7 YAB Contact Details Page 12

Job and Volunteering Page 8 & 9

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Member Events

General News Momentum's Monday Mardles Information

Dates for your diary, to come along to one of 2015's Momentum's Monday Mardles. Drop in between

4.30 & 6.30pm to join us for tea, cakes and a chat :

Any help Momentum can provide to you? or what's coming up that you may be interested in joining in

with? or are you looking for programme activity ideas? or we can carry out DBS ID checks; and we will

be joined by 'Special Guests' for you to meet, get information from and discuss any issues with.

Monday February 23rd @Harford Community Centre

We will be joined by Mike Mills from Broadland Youth Advisory Board, Sam Mason from South Norfolk

Youth Advisory Board and Sarah-Jayne Lumley from SAFER who will have available copies of the new

SAFER pack.

Monday March 30th @Long Stratton Methodist Church

We will be joined by Sam Mason from South Norfolk Youth Advisory Board and Sarah-Jayne Lumley

from SAFER who will have available copies of the new SAFER pack.

We will also hopefully have some Young Commissioners from the YABs along as well. Location-venue

directions and reminders over the coming weeks.

Grass Root Fund by Norwich YAB / No application deadline

The Norwich YAB's Grass roots fund is designed to support local community groups and smaller

projects in the Norwich area. It is intended to support groups with up to £500 in funding, to provide

fundamental resources, equipment, activities or facilities needed. The funding can also be used for the

development of staff and volunteers in areas such as training, qualifications, DBS checks or other forms

of support. There is no deadline for applications, meaning each application is assessed when it is

received by the YAB. The applications will be assessed by a group of young commissioners from the

YAB, please bear this in mind when writing your application. You will be notified of the outcome of your

application within 20 days of the Norwich YAB receiving the bid. The Norwich YAB has £5,000 budget

for the Grass Root Fund, however once the £5,000 has been spent, any further bids will not be

considered. Therefore it is crucial to get your applications in as soon as possible.

All successful applicants will be expected to report back to the YAB with a small update report when

requested (1 side of A4 maximum) and to answer a feedback questionnaire in March 2015. Please

return application forms to Paul Webb, Senior Youth and Community Worker, MAP, the Risebrow

Centre, Chantry Road, Norwich, NR2 1RF or via email to paulwebb@map.uk.net. If you have any

questions regarding this, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

General News Local provision for young women with learning difficulties and additional needs in

Great Yarmouth

After spending time researching local provision for young women with learning difficulties and additional

needs GFS Platform believes there is a need for supporting women aged 18-25 yrs with social and

independent living skills, so they are setting up a Saturday morning club (10am-12) to provide a safe, fun

environment for young women. The group will be free to those who attend however a referral form must

be completed prior to attendance to ensure we have the capacity to support the young woman being

referred. Also because GFS Platform only works with girls and young women this is a single gender

group so we are unable to accept any male referrals.

Both Lauren Randall and Lisa Mc Robb, will be running the project have extensive experience working

with young people with learning difficulties and additional needs, so they are quite excited to offer this

provision at GFS. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Lauren Randall on: 01493

852253

Microsoft Youth Hub Application! Deadline 9th Feb

UK Youth & Microsoft are offering more youth projects across the country the chance to become

Microsoft Youth Hubs. After two years building a Microsoft Youth Hubs network, 2015 is set to expand

the reach of this network and deepen the impact that the project can achieve. Each Microsoft Youth Hub

will have access to the equipment knowledge and resources which will enable them to run a peer

education programme. The programme aims to ensure young people will gain improved IT knowledge,

have regular access to hardware and software, and will develop technology skills relevant to the modern

digital workplace.

Ten youth organisations will receive:

Funding of up to £4000 for Hub creation and delivery of the Hub project*

Subsidised software packages for organisations registered as a charity

High quality peer education and IT training for 1 youth worker & 3 young people (IT Champions)

delivered by UK Youth and Microsoft

UK Youth & Microsoft employee support for the duration of the project (February - December 2015)

For application advice or support, feel free to contact Gary or Josie on 020 313 73810.

Training Hub

Up to date training and development opportunities

Date Location Course Cost to Members

18th Feb King’s Lynn Disability Awareness & Inclusion

3rd March Thetford Intro to Autistic Spectrum Disorder

14th March Norwich Essential First Aid (all ages) & Basic First Aid £15

Momentum (Norfolk) are in the process of pulling their 2015-2016 Training programme

together if you are looking for a specific course please contact:

training@momentumnorfolk.org.uk

New NSCB Training Calendar for 2015-16 & Online Booking System

NSCB (Norfolk Safeguarding Children Board) are pleased to announce that their 2015-16 training

programme will be ready in March 2015 and will be introducing a new online booking system. This will

be accessed through the 2015-16 training section of the NSCB Website.

Delegates will apply online and an email will then be sent to their line manager for them to confirm their

support of the application. Once their line manager has confirmed the application the delegate's

application will then be accepted. The applicant will receive emails to confirm what stage their

application is at. As previous, places will not be assigned on a first come first served basis.

Applications will be accepted up to the shortlisting date and then assigned in order to achieve as equal a

representation across partner agencies as possible. Please note that from the start of the 2015-16

training year shortlisting will take place 6 weeks prior to the date of the course. Applicants will then be

notified if they have been secured a place or not. There will be no further reminders and the normal

cancellation policy applies. Paper forms will no longer be accepted for course applications, and any

received will be returned.

Training Hub

Up to date training and development opportunities

Job and Volunteering Opportunities Your opportunity to advertise roles, more vacancies are

advertised on our website

Job and Volunteering Opportunities Your opportunity to advertise roles, more vacancies are

advertised on our website

Organisation: Ormiston Families

Job Title: Prison Support Worker

Location: HMP Norwich Visitors Centre

Salary: £17,372 pro rata

Hours: Part time, 21 hours per week to include weekends

To support the effective and efficient running of the Visits Experience contract, ensuring that prisoners

and their families have a valuable visiting experience, improving the quality of visits for children and

families and helping to maintain family relationships.

Please visit www.ormiston.org for a full application pack

Contact Details: telephone the Visitors Centre on 01603 702301

Organisation: Future Projects

Job Title: Trainee Fundraising Officer

Location: Norwich, Norfolk

Salary: £ National Living Wage

Hours: 37 hours per week - Permanent - Subject to funding

Future Projects is a highly inspirational community charity working across Norfolk. Our aim is to

deliver quality services to people experiencing disadvantage, helping them to develop the capacity to

overcome their challenges and contribute fully to society. We are currently seeking to employ a Trainee

Fundraising Officer to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to use your creativity and initiative to

secure and grow important community-based services, and to make a very real difference to people and

communities in need. You will have the opportunity to learn sought after skills and prepare to take on a

fundraising role within the Voluntary and Community Sector. No previous experience is required, and we

are seeking a highly committed and enthusiastic individual to make the most of a rare development

opportunity. Applications for this job are available on our website: www.futureprojects.org.uk or by

emailing j.holland@futureprojects.org.uk

Closing date for applications: 27th February 2015

Interviews expected to be held 5th/6th March.

Universal Access Disability & Inclusive Opportunities

Publications for Sale

Momentum (Norfolk) have Accident Books and Registers which you

can buy direct from our office. We do have to add postage on if you

would like your order posted out to you.

Accident Books £4.50 Each

Registers £3.50 Each

Universal Access Disability & Inclusive Opportunities

Consultation on Norfolk's Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Local

Offer

Since its launch on Monday 1st September 2014, when the Children and Families Act 2014 came into

force, Norfolk's SEND Local Offer has continued to be developed. It has had new content, links and

photographs added and a restructure to make the web pages more user friendly to help young people,

parents/carers and professionals easily find the information they are looking for. Norfolk's SEND Local

Offer can be found within the NCC website from the Children's Services home page, it can also be

easily found using Google or you can go direct to www.norfolk.gov.uk/send

Norfolk County Council's aspiration is to make Norfolk's Local Offer a 'one stop shop' for information

on SEND provision and services in Norfolk and beyond and to also develop this further to outline their

overall support to enhance and improve inclusion for all children and young people across Norfolk.

Consultation with key stakeholders

Norfolk County Council want to know from those who use it, how they can best improve it. Additionally

they would like your help in shaping the future of this Speech and Language service and so within this

consultation there are some extra questions for those affected personally or who have a child who has

speech and language needs. Norfolk County Council would be grateful if you would take the time to

complete the Smart Survey following this link http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SEND2015

In addition to this Smart Survey, there will also be a series of focus groups with young people, families

and professionals which will drill down further into various themes during February and March.

Consultation start and end dates

The consultation will open on Friday 16th January 2015 and close on Friday 27th March 2015. A report

will then be prepared during April which will provide analysis of the feedback received and outline the

next steps in the development of Norfolk's SEND Local Offer.

Safeguarding DBS Checks are portable!

In 2013 Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks became portable, which is done through the Update

Service:

The update service lets you keep your DBS certificate up to date online and allows employers to

check a certificate online.

You can join the update service as soon as you have your application form reference number. You

can ask for the number when you apply for your DBS check.

Or you can join the update service with your certificate number when you receive your DBS certifi-

cate. If so, you must do so within 19 calendar days of the date of issue which is printed on the certif-

icate.

You can log in to the update service if you have already joined.

This service is free for volunteers, or £13.00 (for one year) for employees and is completely at the

discretion of the applicant whether they wish to join or not.

To accept a DBS, organisations can go on to the Update Service site, and check that nothing has

been added to the applicant's certificate since their check. This is free to do and covers the appli-

cant as if they had had a DBS check done for the role.

What organisations need to do:

If volunteers / staff have joined the update service you can ask them to bring in their DBS

certificate, use the disclosure number to check on the Update Service if anything has been added to

their disclosure since it was printed.

You will need to check that the DBS covers your client group (this is stated on the DBS, applicants

are checked for either Child Workforce, Adult Workforce, Child & Adult Workforce or Other).

To accept a DBS check you must go on to the Update Service once you have seen the paper copy

of the disclosure, otherwise the volunteer will not be covered. It is the organisations responsibility to

ensure that all staff are adequately checked to work with their client group.

For more information about the Update Service please visit www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service. If you would

like to use Momentum (Norfolk) to carry out your organisations DBS checks please contact Jane at

jane@momentumnorfolk.org.uk or call 01603 819135