Keighley Area Health and Well Being Conference - Wednesday 12th November 2008 9.00am – 4.00pm at Tae Kwon-Do School of Excellence Top Floor, The Mill, Greengate Road, Off Worth Way, Keighley BD21 5LH

• Key features of the conference will be to map existing services, explore new ways of working and encourage and strengthen partnerships across organisational boundaries.

• We will have a number of speakers including Simon Morritt – CEO, Bradford & Airedale tPCT; workshops on the marketing of health and well being services, needs assessment to influence commissioning, alcohol: the big hidden problem, the new Keighley Health Centre; and updates on local developments in primary care.

• Local partnerships will be giving examples of their successes and in keeping with the inspiring venue, everyone will have the opportunity to participate in Tae Kwon-Do themed activities.

• This conference is relevant to anyone involved in local health and well being service provision or with an interest in local health provision in the Keighley and surrounding area.

Please complete the booking form and return to Frances Spencer, frances@keighleyvs.org, 01535 665258. Conference details

Please return your booking form by Friday 24th October. STOP PRESS: Deadline for bookings has been extended to lunchtime Mon 3rd November

 

Voluntary Sector Forum - Thu 13th November 2008 - Temple Row Centre, Keighley

Keighley Powerful Whispers Event - Sat 15th November (postponed from the 1st November) from 11.30am at The Sangat Centre, Marlborough St, Keighley

Keighley Powerful Whispers is a local network that involves faith and voluntary organisations and statutory services working together to tackle problems, encourage social cohesion and a better understanding of the different cultures in our area.

In partnership with KAWAC and BCA, Powerful Whispers is holding their next social event, everyone is welcome!  For further information, please contact Mr Rabani at the Sangat Centre on 01535 610263.

 

Children & Young People Area Conference - Wed 19th November 2008  Midland Hotel, Bradford

An important conference at which  the priorities for Services to Children and Young People in the Bradford North Area will be discussed and from which  the Bradford North Children and Young People’s Partnership will be formed.  This will be the first Area-wide event under the new Locality structure and will provide a great opportunity for schools, health and all other providers of services to children and young people to work together.

Similar conferences will be held in all 5 Areas and there will be one central conference for District-wide services.  This is the start of a comprehensive programme of consultation to inform the Children and Young People’s Plan 2009-2012.  They will be looking at the analysis of need within the local area and will focus on how to improve local outcomes for children and young people.  It is proposed to utilise the ‘Outcome Based Accountability’ or ‘Turning the Curve’ approach to determine actions to address priority issues.  More information regarding this method will be made available at the conferences.  Your professional expertise combined with your local knowledge will be invaluable in helping to determine how services for children, young people and their parents and carers are to be developed and improved within each Area and across the District.

The outcome of the events will be:

• An increased understanding of priorities within the Area

• Specific joint integrated actions to address identified priorities (to be included in the Children and Young People’s Plan)

• The development of an Area Partnership

 The events are to be held in November and are set out below.  It is important that you choose the event which covers the area you work in:

Area	Manager	Venue	Date
Shipley	Christine Clavering	Ramada Jarvis Hotel	18/11/08
Keighley	Carolyn Hargreaves	East Riddlesden Hall	14/11/08
Bradford West	Anne MacKay	Dubrovnik Hotel	12/11/08
Bradford South	Mark Anslow	Cedar Court Hotel	17/11/08
Bradford North	Mark Nicholas	Midland Hotel	19/11/08
District Event	Sue Duffy/Anne Manns	Bradford City Stadium (Coral Windows Stadium)	21/11/08

Enquiries Dawn Dixon Tel:(01274) 437944

 

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) - information session - 12-2pm, Wed 26th Nov 2008, Temple Row Centre, Keighley BD21 2AH

An informal session about JRCT's grant-making programme.  Grants of up to £20,000 per year, for up to three years are available for voluntary and community groups in West Yorkshire who address racial injustice.  The grants programme focuses on community participation, monitoring and advocacy.

The session will offer information about the grant programme as well as the chance for groups to discuss their work and ideas.  Lunch is provided. 

If you would like to attend, please confirm by email, to Maureen Grant, Development Officer at the West Yorkshire Racial Justice Programme, JRCT, email maureen.grant@jrct.org.uk   Further information about the programme can be found on the JRCT website at http://www.jrct.org.uk/text.asp?section=0001000200030005