Muslim Youthwork Foundation
E-Shot Newsletter:
Issue 22
"Creating
safe spaces for young people to explore
personal,
social,
spiritual and political choices"
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If this
is your first newsletter, we would like to wish you a very
warm welcome.
The Muslim Youthwork Foundation is pleased to
present its web resources for youth workers. We hope to be
keeping you in touch with youth work development, people,
opportunities and emerging
resources.
Too few
teachers enrolling on citizenship courses, despite the overall
good quality
The report,
Professional development for citizenship teachers and leaders,
finds the impact of citizenship courses on schools is good or
outstanding, with a positive overall effect on schools’ ethos
and pupils’ understanding.
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79 per
cent of Muslims say Christianity should have strong role in
Britain
Nearly 80 per cent of
Muslims say life in Britain should be
guided by Christianity, according to a poll.
People
were asked to agree or disagree with the statement "Our laws
should respect and be influenced by UK religious
values".
The proportion of Muslims who agreed (79 per
cent) was higher than for Christians themselves (70 per
cent).
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Dialoguing about the
Middle
East:
A
Resource Pack for Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and Jewish Young
People
Do you work
with young people from Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and/or Arab
communities who are concerned about what is happening in
Israel and
Palestine?
About
the pack
* It is for youth leaders working with
young people aged 15- 21.
* Contains
activities designed to promote dialogue between young people
from Muslim, Palestinian, Arab and Jewish
backgrounds focussing on the situation in Israel and the
occupied Palestinian
territories.
* Was written
by young people, youth workers and adults from the different
communities
* The
activities have been tried and tested in workshops. The pack
does not take a political line over issues but
encourages discussion and the development of skills of hearing
and communicating diverse views.
Please contact
Judith Emanuel
Windows for Peace
(UK) PO Box 177,
Manchester M21 9YP.
tel:
07792 690 278
www.windowsforpeaceuk.org
Sport
England
Sport
England has
published a new funding strategy, setting out the investment
programmes that will be available to organisations delivering
grassroots sport from April 2009. Funding sport in the
community explains how investment will be focussed on
organisations and projects that can deliver the key outcomes
of Sport England’s overall strategy. Sports clubs, voluntary
and community organisations, local authorities and education
establishments will be able to apply to these four open-access
funding streams worth a maximum of £45 million per year: Up to
£30 million will be invested via regular themed funding rounds
that meet specific needs of community sport; £7 million will
be available in small grants of between £300 and £10,000 to
support sporting projects across England; £3 million will be
distributed through Sportsmatch, enabling community clubs to
make the most of the funding they receive from the private
sector by matching that investment; £5 million will be
invested, through a new Innovation Fund, in projects that
identify and pilot new ways of promoting and supporting
grassroots sport. Sport England will also
invest £10 million per year of capital funding in projects
that promote a sustainable approach to community facilities.
This capital funding will be in addition to the facilities
funding awarded to national governing bodies of sport
(NGBs).
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Comic Relief have
informed UnLtd that they would like to continue funding the
UnLtd Sport Relief Awards for a further 2 years in a £
1.9million programme. They are very excited about implementing
the new programme which will be building on the successes and
lessons learnt from the first programme which ends in
March.Together with the £5m secured from the BLF, and other
external funding schemes in the pipeline, we are now in a net
growth position for the coming year. Considering the wider
financial pressures in the economy, this is a fantastic
achievement, and sits well with our long term corporate
strategy of reducing reliance upon our endowment
income.
'Grand
Ideas' awards - £1,000 for innovative ideas
Shell LiveWIRE
has launched a brand new awards scheme to complement our
prestigious 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award'. The
new 'Grand Ideas' awards will see Shell LiveWIRE giving away
£1,000 per week to start up business who have the most
innovative ideas and projects they want to fund. The Grand
Ideas Awards will give young entrepreneurs a chance to fund
innovative ideas around their business start, and have the
chance to fund something that other organisations might not be
willing to do. They are looking for people who have innovative
ideas and projects that need funding to get them off the
ground. These can be ideas you have as part of your business
start - for example getting prototypes built, wacky marketing
schemes, publicity stunts - the sky is the limit! Eligible
applicants must: be aged between 16-30 (inclusive) on 31
December 2009;live in the United
Kingdom; have or about to have a legal
business operating in the UK; have not
previously won a Shell LiveWIRE award. 5 winners will be
chosen each month to be awarded £1,000 for their business. The
deadline for the awards is the last day of each month. The
awards will be judged by an independent panel of guest judges,
aiming for one lot of awards per month going to the 'elevator
pitch' vote - where the Shell LiveWIRE community can vote on
who they think should get the funding by watching the
applicants video and then voting online.
Shell LiveWIRE
UK, Design
Works, William
Street, Felling, Gateshead NE10 0JP
Tel: Lo-call
0845 757 3252 | Fax: 0191 423 6201
Email: enquiries@shell-livewire.org
Website: http://www.shell-livewire.org
Young
Roots
Providing grants
of between £3,000 and £25,000, the Young Roots Programme aims
to involve 13-25 yearolds in finding out about their heritage,
developing skills, building confidence and promoting community
involvement. Young Roots projects stem directly from young
peoples' interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and
energy and helping them work with others in their local
community. Young Roots is a rolling programme and there are no
deadlines for applications. You will receive a decision on
your application within 10 weeks from HLF [HAVE CHANGED 'US'
TO HLF] receiving your fully filled-in application. To receive
a Young Roots grant, your project must relate to the varied
heritage of the UK and: provide new opportunities for a wider
range of young people aged 13 to 25 to learn about their own
and others' heritage; allow young people to lead and take part
in creative and engaging activities; develop partnerships
between youth organisations and heritage organisations; and
create opportunities to celebrate young people's achievements
in the project and share their learning with the wider
community.
Your project must
also create either: opportunities for young people to
volunteer in heritage; or new opportunities for young people
to gain skills in identifying, recording, interpreting or
caring for heritage.
To apply for this
grant, please follow the steps set out in the HLF's website
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Young
Roots
Please contact our
helpline if you need any further guidance:
Tel: 020 7591
6062 | Fax: 020 7591
6271
The Big Leap - For
young social entrepreneurs?
Young and Dynamic? Fresh,
Innovative High Growth Business Idea?
Take the Big Leap
and ..Get your hands on £500, and training from leading
business experts.The Big Leap Competition is open to young
people aged between 18-30 who are at the pre-start or early
stages of running a business. The competition focusses on
helping young people complete their business plan and develop
their entrepreneurial skills to succeed in business. Only TEN
finalists will be chosen to participate in the prize package.
Should you be one of them? If you are up for the challenge
then find out more about what you could WIN!..... Ten
finalists will receive the following prize package: Business
Coaching and Mentoring - A package of one to one business
coaching and mentoring sessions to keep you on track; Bootcamp
- Training to develop a business plan and key skills - A four
day apprentice-style business bootcamp in London with
activities to stretch your mind and confidence facilitated by
professional experts; £500 prize reward will be given to one
overall winner who achieves the highest score for their
business plan when they are judged in September 2009.
Investment Readiness - The three highest scoring business
plans will be invited to participate in an investment
readiness process and connected to potential investors. Ten
young entrepreneurs will be selected from across the
UK to participate
in the bootcamp.
Applications will be
judged against the following criteria: Originality and
creativity; Readiness and commitment; Skills and flair;
Ambition and drive. A number of local authorites have
sponsored a place on the bootcamp which will ensure that one
young person from their specific geographical area will be
secured a place in the finals. If you are interested in
applying for our 2009 Big Leap Competition, then don't hold
back, APPLY NOW.
The deadline is the
6th March 2009.
Application
forms online at Website:
http://www.stridingout.co.uk/competition.html
UnLtd's
Millennium Awards
UnLtd's
Millennium Awards provide practical and financial support to
social entrepreneurs in the UK; people with
vision, passion, drive and commitment, who want to change the
world for the better. UnLtd know that there are thousands of
people who have the ideas and the vision to make a real
difference.
We also know that many of them need
encouragement and support, contact with others just like them,
and access to training to help them grow and give their
projects the best chance of success.That's why you don't just
get money from UnLtd. If you win an award you will get a
complete package of support designed just for you, in addition
to the financial support. UnLtd currently offers two levels of
award: Level 1: Awards of between £500 and £5,000 (expected
average of £2,000); Level 2: Awards of up to £15,000.Level 1
Awards are designed to help make new ideas become real
projects. UnLtd gives out 1,000 Level 1 Awards each year
across the UK. Level 1 Awards
are aimed at individuals or informal groups of people who have
an idea and want help getting it off the ground. The money is
to help with the running costs of the project.
Level 2
Awards support people whose ideas are already developed or pay
for the living expenses of Award Winners to help them devote
more time to their projects. These Awards are given out once
in the spring and once in the autumn. It is people who are
important to UnLtd; which is why they only offer support to
individuals. .
The next deadline for receipt of
Expression of Interest forms for Level Two awards is 6 March
2009.
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Apply now for a
Grassroots Grant and help make sure this year's money is given
out before the end of March The end of the financial year is
fast approaching. Over 3500 Grassroots Grants have already
been awarded to community groups across the country, but there
is still money left. Money is still available in other areas
too, so contact your nearest local funder. Applying for
Grassroots Grants is quick, easy and help is available. Apply
for a Grassroots Grant of £250 -£5000, if you are: a
not-for-profit voluntary or community group in England; led by
volunteers; active in local community 12 months or more;
working for the benefit of your local community; an
organisation with an average income (over three years) is less
than £20,000 per year. You can apply for a grant to fund all
kinds of new or existing work, including training for
volunteers, the purchase of equipment (e.g. a computer, play
equipment), running costs, or the costs of putting on a local
event. To find out how to apply and contact your local
funder.
The DCSF recently launched
the third round of the youth sector development fund. The
third round will focus on smaller youth TSOs with a turnover
of under £1m, and with a proven track record of delivering
positive activities and support to the most disadvantaged
young people, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights.
Therefore this funding round will make a significant
contribution to the Open campaign. From April 2009, plans to
support around 25 third sector organisations, each of which
will receive around £600k and tailored support to help them
sustain their provision, including becoming more effective in
the way they manage fundraising activities or securing private
investment.
A study by the
Local Government Association has claimed that the recession is
creating a 'lost generation' of young people who may never
escape the trap of long-term unemployment. The investigation
found that 38,000 young people aged 18 to 24 were made
redundant between October and December 2008 - about a quarter
of the total who lost their jobs. The report comes after a
study from the Children's Society warned that children are
bearing the brunt of the recession.
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Race
Equality
Communities
Secretary Hazel Blears has announced a consultation on
improving opportunities for Black, Asian and minority ethnic
people as a result of the publication of the third and final
report on the government's race equality strategy, Improving
Opportunity, Strengthening Society. The report shows that
further progress depends on recognising that different ethnic
groups are experiencing disadvantage in different ways. The
consultation will run until 18 May 2009.
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New
Opportunities White
Paper
The New
Opportunities White Paper highlights the role of volunteering
in preventing social exclusion among young people and helping
them fulfill their potential. It highlights v’s new full-time
volunteering programme (see below), and also announced an
‘inspiring communities’ initiative, initially in 15 areas,
where schools, businesses, local agencies, parents and the
wider community will work together to help young people
achieve their
aspirations.
The Community
Development Foundation has published a report which looks at
how community projects have tackled social exclusion and
violent extremism through community development approaches and
methods. It outlines the lessons learnt from projects
funded though the Faiths Communities Capacity Building Fund
and Connecting Communities Plus, Community
Grants.
BOOM! is a unique
volunteering project
for 16-25 year olds.
BOOM!
offers opportunities to young people aged 16 to 25 to connect
with and benefit their communities through learning and
putting into practice film-making and creative media skills
through their local youth club. The initiative is running a
series of training workshops in venues throughout
England during
February and March 2009.
V
Youth volunteering
organisation v is to launch a £10.5m Talent Year initiative in
March 2009. The scheme will offer 1,000 full-time young
volunteers a 44-week training programme in children''s and
young people''s services in 33 local authorities. At least 40
per cent of placements will be reserved for young people who
are not in education, employment or training. Volunteers will
work towards a recognised qualification (Level 2 NVQ), and
those who complete the programme may apply for a personal
development grant to help their transition to further
training, education or
employment.
Children
and Young People’s Minister Beverley Hughes has announced £9
million funding for a new scheme to help young people develop
ideas for positive activities – anything from sport to music
to art – which they would then deliver in their communities on
Friday and Saturday nights. The Department for Children,
Schools and Families (DCSF) is inviting third sector
organisations to apply for funding to run the scheme and
support the young people involved. Application materials will
be available on the Youth Sector Development Fund managing
body website. Organisations that would like to be contacted
when the materials are online should email ysdf@ecotec.com
with ‘Young Social Entrepreneur Scheme’ in the subject line.
The closing date for completed proposals is 13 March
2009.
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ContinYou is holding a
two-day conference - Changing lives through learning - How can
we work together to tackle the inequality gap? On the 23 and
24 March 2009 at the Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon. It will focus
on sharing best practice and thinking about how to tackle the
inequality gap and improve outcomes for children and young
people in local areas. For further information and to
download the conference flyer visit: http://www.continyou.org.uk/conference2009
or contact Chantelle Horan on 02476 588476.
Islamic
Circles, Islamic Foundation for Ecology and
Environmental
Sciences [IFEES] in
Association with ULU and SOAS ISOC
present:
AN INTRODUCTION TO
ISLAM AND THE ENVIRONMENT
With Shaykh
Muhammed Afifi Al-Akiti (Oxford), Mawlana Sulaiman
Ghani
(London), Imam
Abdassmad Clarke (Norwich), Ustadh Fazlun
Khalid (IFEES)
and Sidi Ayman Ahwal
(IFEES)
Date: Sunday 8th March
2009
Time: 10am -
5pm
Venue: SOAS, Thornhaugh
St, Russell Square,
London WC1H 0XG
Our
home, Planet Earth is undergoing rapid and sustained
destruction of
its eco-systems. Climate Change is
possibly the biggest threat to life
on the planet,
especially when most of the effects will be felt in
Muslim
countries. For example; Future water crisis in the
Middle East, flooding
in
Bangladesh, desertification of
sub-Saharan Africa and much
more...All of
this will lead to more wars and environmental
refugees.
The Prophet saw said : "When doomsday comes,
if someone has a palm
shoot in his hand he should plant
it.” (Reported in Al-Bayhaqi)
Do Muslims have any
answers to these issues? Come to an
informative course and
learn more about Islamic environmental themes,
the threat
of climate change and whether or not Muslims can
address
the global environmental challenge that faces us
all.
The course will cover an Islamic understanding of:
Creator/Creation,
Man's Place in Creation, Man's
Responsibilities, Fiqh of Environment,
Islamic
environmentalism: methodology and strategies and
more.
To BOOK please visit www.islamiccourses.org
GAZA 100 – World Record
Run
Let your
feet do the talking...
IF, in association with London
Tigers and Visit London, is organising a truly challenging
World Record Attempt.
Our aim and projected target is
to raise 300 hundred thousand pounds for the children of
Gaza and we need your help
and assistance to achieve this truly amazing
‘feet’!
We’re looking for 3,000 motivated, fit and
fun-loving participants to race into the Guinness Book of
Records by running 100 metres in 20 seconds or less carrying a
baton in a 24-hour relay.
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The MYWF are
currently hosting a wide range of challenging
projects.
If you, or anyone
you know has a particular skill in writing, design, art,
poetry or video and multimedia work, and are interested in
getting involved or having work profiled on our website,
please contact the Muslim Youthwork
Foundation.
Hear MY Voice is
looking to set up an advisory forum of young Muslims aged
16-30 who will support and shape the role of the organisation.
They will act as a consultative group around projects as well
as the expansion and development of the organisation. We are
looking for young people from all over England who will
meet every 3 months. You must be creative with your ideas,
full of energy and have a firm belief in youth led projects.
No prior experience is necessary however you must be willing
to learn new skills. So if you think you have something to
contribute and would like to play a role in shaping youth work
with Muslim Young People then please contact Tasneem Mahmood
on 07971 930655 or email tasneem@hmyv.org.uk
For
more information on Hear My Voice please visit www.hmyv.org.uk
The
Muslim Youthwork Foundation
We hope that you
will find the website informative, inspiring and most of all
useful. If there is a piece of youth work that you have done
that you think needs to be celebrated and shared, please let
us know...
The Purpose of the MYWF:
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Support and promote Muslim Youth Work to initiate and develop
sustainable opportunities for young Muslim people to reach
their full potential.
* Provide a platform that
connects he voices of youth workers and young people to policy
and government.
* Generate and connect critical
thinking to policy and practice.
* Provide
support and expertise to organisations and bodies seeking to
develop youth work with Muslim young people or wishing to
develop Muslim approaches to this
work.
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Muslim Youthwork
Foundation
The National
Youth Agency, Eastgate House, 19-23 Humberstone Road,
Leicester. LE5 3GJ.
United
Kingdom
t: 0116 242 7438/ 7424
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