Fit for Funding Training

FICD Event - Welfare Reform : Impact and Action in Our Communities

FiCD Training and Events 2014-15

WIRED IN – Dundee IT/Employability Drop-in Information Session

Volunteers Wanted

1^st October 2014 at 7pm

The Friary, Tullideph Rd, DD2 2PN

People who are vulnerable and/or are on benefits are required to have access to computers and basic IT Skills in order to job search and perform various other activities. For some this is very difficult, if not impossible to manage on their own, but churches and the community want to help. A partnership is being developed with the local authority to help this happen.

This event has been organised by Bethany Christian Trust, The Friary, Gilfillan Church and Faith in Community Dundee. 

If you’d like to be involved, or would like to find out more, please come along, and if possible, volunteer.

To book your space please contact Chelsea Lamont; 

chelsealamont@bethanychristiantrust.com / 07747018550

Photos from Valuing Volunteers Workshop - January 22, 2014

Participants brainstorming on an exercise                     Interactive group sessions

Anne Leslie from Volunteer Centre Dundee explaining about Volunteer Friendly Award	Sian from Passage to India project, a new initiative in Dundee, talking about her work
A fruitful discussion!	An engaged participation by the audience

Upcoming Events of Faith in Community Dundee

FiCDundee Annual Gathering - 27 June 2013

  Rev. Leslie Barrett – Chairperson, FiCDundee                Audience listening to the speakers
  welcome remarks                                                       

Readings from different faith traditions and thoughts on poverty - Karma Jiga, Buddhist	Readings from different faith traditions and thoughts on poverty - Dr. Awan, Islam
More chit-chat along with some lovely food	Stall by St Andrew's Family Support Project
Stalls and stands by local faith projects	Information and stories shared...

 The representatives from the Attic youth project      Presentations by PTC and PAG                              

Invitation to Faith in Community Dundee's Annual Gathering

A Glimpse of our Welfare Reform Event - 25 April 2013

Gordon, FiCDundee welcoming the participants                  Interactive group sessions

Participants brainstorming on an exercise	A fruitful discussion!
Alison Prophet, our trainer from Hillcrest Housing Association discussing the timetable of changes	An engaged participation by the audience
A total of 46 people from diverse backgrounds participated in the event	Greg Colgan from DCC explaining the Council's services on benefit changes

 An interactive discussion                                                    Derek Miller, DCC providing inputs 

Invitation to Welfare Reform Event - HURRY! Seats are Limited!

 

FiCDundee SEs Aspiring Event

On March 13, Faith in Community Dundee organized a small event on Social Enterprise in collaboration with Dundee Social Enterprise Network (SEN) at The Factory Skatepark. A total of 8 people, representing different churches and projects, participated in the event. Susan Smith from Dundee SEN introduced the concept of social enterprise - its definition, criteria and legal status and explored options to manage a business model for charity oriented entities. After the introduction session, Peter Friend from Helm Training shared his experience of running a social enterprise - its ethos and community engagement. Towards the end of the event, the floor was open for discussion where participants looked at how to get started and what kind of support - resources, knowledge and experience - is available to budding social enterprises, through Dundee SEN and other organizations.

Photos from the event    

Susan, Dundee SEN introducing Social Enterprise	Participants exploring the Social Enterprise ideas
Participants listening to the presentation	Gordon, FiCDundee sharing his thoughts

 

Understand your Community Workshop

A workshop was organized by Faith in Community Dundee in collaboration with Faith in Community Scotland (FiCS) and Dundee City Council at Kirkton Community Centre on January 23, 2013. The trainers of the workshop were Shakeel Ali and Andy Whittet from the Transformation Team, FiCS. The workshop was aimed at helping community-based faith groups and other pertinent organizations understand their neighbourhood and community better. The objectives were to help participants:

 ·         Make use of neighbourhood information

 ·         Carry out community research

 ·         Respond to the priorities in an area

 ·         Build evidence for funding application

A total of 27 people attended the event, with participants from Priority Areas like Lochee, Menzeishill, Douglas, Mid Craigie, Coldside and Hilltown. The participants mostly represented faith-groups, mainly churches, while there was a small representation from non-faith groups and the Muslim community. A Community Research Toolkit was also made available to all participants. The workshop was free to attend and a light lunch was provided.

 

A very useful resource which lists and explores different methods of community research is

Action Research by, in and for Communities (ARC)

A practical guide to community-led action research

Scottish Community Development Centre

Available online - http://www.scdc.org.uk/what/community-led-action-research/ARC/

 

Few photos from the Workshop: 

  

  Gordon, FiCDundee welcoming the participants  A glimpse of the participants

 

Participants brainstorming on an exercise	A fruitful discussion!
Finding a way to understand community better	Consulting one of the trainers, Andy
Trying out Mapping Exercise	Shakeel & Andy going through the slides

 Learning how to use statistics                           Accessing information from right sources

Designing questionniares	Presenting the group work