ECLP Autumn Newsletter 2014

hello Autumn 2014

‘We are very pleased to welcome Wendy

Marinos as the new Cluster Manager for

ECLP. Wendy, who introduces herself below,

will be responsible for leading and supporting

the team and providing strategic direction for

the ECLP Programme.

I am delighted to have joined the ECLPCommunities First Team on 18th August 2014. I am the new Cluster Manager, which means I am responsible for delivering the WelshGovernment’s Communities First programme in St Mellons, Trowbridge, Llanrumney, Rumney,Llanedeyrn and Pentwyn.

Before I joined the ECLP Team, I worked for WarmWales as a project manager, developing energyefficiency improvement programmes for Welshhouseholds - a job I thoroughly enjoyed.Previously I had worked for EAGA, delivering theHome Energy Efficiency Scheme in Wales and forEnergywatch, the gas and electricity consumerwatchdog. I also spent some time at the StrokeAssociation, delivering community based servicesto stroke survivors and their families. Havingpreviously worked in the private sector, I felt it wastime to use my skills to support the communityand make a real difference to people’s lives.

The Cluster Manager job has given me theopportunity to add real value and deliver thecommunity based services the residents of ECLPwant and which help them improve all aspects oftheir lives.

On a personal note, I love to travel, often trying toreplicate the dishes I sampled abroad back at home. But as I have never really been an avid

cook, my dishes end up more as disasters than meals! In addition to my love for travel, Ienjoy spending time with the family and watchingmovies as well as pottering in the garden.

I believe that ECLP Communities First can make areal and lasting impact in the communities weserve. Using the skills of our staff, the support ofour partners and by building on the involvement ofkey community members we can ensure everyonewho needs our support gets it. In the meantimewe will continue our work through developing andpromoting educational and activity based learningopportunities, as well as through social events.

But I am keen to hear your views on our projectand I very much look forward to getting out andabout as much as possible and meeting you tohear first-hand how we can work together tomake the communities as prosperous and healthyas they can be.

If you would like to talk to me about the ECLPCommunities First project, I can be contacted byemail [email protected] or by phone on 02920 792004.

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Wales Pedometre Challenge

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Healthy Cooking

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HEALTH

If you’re looking for ways to improve your health, you can contact Helen by email [email protected] or by phone/text 07969185037.

What the Health Team can do for you!The Health team can arrange an assortment of free workshops to take place in communitycenters near you, as long as we have around ten expressions of interest. If you would you be interested in:

• Stress management or mental health awareness• Zumba or kangoo • http://zumbasouthwales.com/kangoo-jumps/ • Alcohol awareness /mocktail making• Healthy cookery/ nutrition skills workshop• Baby first aid• Health checks • One-to-one lifestyle checks through a

digital questionnaire called ‘Add to Your Life’.

On 30th June Helen Green, our Health Services Officer, did a Level One nutrition skills course alongside a

group of Community First Health Team volunteers. This is what she thought about the course: “This course made me rethink what I thought I knew about food! We looked at the major food groups and went right back to basics about what nutrients each had, or lacked, in some cases! Because of all the mixed-messages we get about food, it was refreshing to think of foods in terms of what they consist of and what our bodies need them for. Fad diets come and go but what we want to promote is a healthy lifestyle.

This means thinking about things as a whole by looking at other factors too, like how much

we drink and how active we are.” If you want to make a long term change, you

can get involved with our healthy lifestyles projects. Some quick actions can be joining your local food

co-op for affordable fruit and vegetables, signing up for our pedometer challenge or putting your name down to

attend our nutrition skills courses.

[email protected] to find out more

After launching Wales Pedometre Challenge in the

ECLP area over six weeks ago, with

help from some of our friends in the community, we have been very busy! Everywhere we went we found lots of people who were very willing to sign up to the Challenge. The idea was not to get people competing with each other, but challenging themselves to increase the amount of steps they did each day (10,000 is the recommended daily amount), which can have great health benefits.

After over a month of step counting and hundreds of texts, the ECLP Pedometer Challenge is now over for the summer! We are really pleased with how keen the people of ECLP have been to get involved and take part. As a result of their participation, people have on average increased their daily number of steps by 2000!

Don’t forget, just because the challenge is finished, it doesn’t mean you can’t continue to wear your pedometer and you can still take part online at: http://www.walespedometerr-challenge.org.uk/. Just by being aware of your step count you’re likely to do that little bit more!

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The Benefits of being a Champion!

Some of the benefits of being a Community Champion include:• Helping your Community thrive• Making new friends and taking part in regular social events• Being the first to know about events and activities in the area• Learning transferable skills to help build your CV• Getting free training, delivered by experts – on subjects you choose!

Do you think you could succeed as a Community Champion? Is open to anyone over 16+, the only requirement is that they have a commitment to the community they live in and would like to have fun.

Joe on 07969 185047 or email [email protected] if you would like to sign up today!

What is a Community Champion?

Don’t forget that this newsletter is just a snapshot of some of the activities that we do each week in your Community. To keep up to date you can follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/ECLPCF), friend us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ECLPCF), check our website www.eclp.org.uk or call us 02920 792004.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The Trowbridge Community Festival that was held on August 8th, organised in partnership with CCHA and the Lift project, was a great success. Over 300

local residents came in to take part in the free, festival related

activities that were put on. While they were there, they also had the chance to speak to CCHA’s money advice team, ECLP staff, local PSCO’s and other support providers. To see pictures of the day you can go to: http://goo.gl/qmEBIY

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Community Champions are people who want to make a difference in their local area through working with us and their neighbours. Champions help spread information about community events and activities and help their friends and neighbours access the support and services that are available to them.

Our First Community Champion, Rhian Gregory has said that she has joined up because: ‘I believe that we should work together as a community and get back that community spirit. I decided to get in touch and give it a go. You can do as little or as much as you want to help!’


Autumn Training

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Not sure how to plan your next move? Don’t know which course to pick or what job to apply for? The Road Mapping Your Future programme, starting Friday November 7th, and runningbetween 10am- 12pm every Friday for 6 weeks, at John Reynolds Centre, Ball Road. Road Mapping Your Future will give you the skills, and the confidence, to make the best choices for your future success.

Leanne on 07969 185156 or [email protected] for more information.

Road Mapping Your Future!

ECLP Communities First is committed to helping our communities to be more involved and active with their local schools. As part of this we have arranged a series of training courses over Autumn to help Parent - Teacher Associations and ‘Friends of’ groups. Please see what’s on offer and do get in touch with our Families and Schools Officer.

contact Ú Caroline Hardy on 07969 184875 or [email protected] to find out more, book a space or to see if your group could benefit from similar training.

The training is delivered by experts from the Cardiff Third Sector Council and will include:

Good GovernanceWednesday 1st October 9.30am - 2.30pm @ Trowbridge Primary School

Accounting BasicsWednesday 8th October 9.30am - 2.30pm @ Eastern High School

Writing Funding BidsWednesday 15th October 9.30am - 2.30pm @ Meadowlane Primary School

Fundraising Through Social MediaWednesday 5th November 9.30am - 2.30pm @ Meadowlane Primary School

H&S / Events PlanningWednesday 12th November 9.30am - 2.30pm @ Meadowlane Primary School

Marketing & NewslettersWednesday 19th November 9.30am - 2.30pm @ Meadowlane Primary School


Circus Fun Day

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ECLP Communities First, in partnership with ACE Cardiff , organised a Circus themed fun day for local children and their parents at the Llanrumney Youth Centre. The centre was transformed in a circus for the day, with wall hangings to create the feeling of a ‘big-top’ circus tent!

The centre was also full of circus themed games and stalls for everyone to take part in, including hook a duck, hula hooping, plate spinning, a coconut shy competition and juggling. More traditional activities were also available for families to get stuck into, including arts and crafts, face-painting and a bouncy castle. Everyone who attended, over 75 children and adults, got involved with most of the activities with many staying for the full 3 hours!

You can see some photographs of the event on our Facebook page here: http://goo.gl/w3EHjW

The day was organised to advertise the East Active Club that provides activity-based learning for the children of East Cardiff in a more informal environment than the school room and to engage with the parents. Currently the East Active Club runs in the Llanrumney Youth Centre every Tuesday, 4pm-6pm and in the Rumney Youth Club on Thursdays, 4pm -6pm

contact Ú If you or your child would like to join the East Active club, send an email to Sophie Gwyther at sophie@acecardiff .org.uk or give us a call on 02920 471241.


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Communicating Confidently with ECLP’s Help

PROSPERITY

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The Trowbridge Employment and Training club runs every Thursday from 10am-3pm, at the Trowbridge Community Centre. It is a one-stop job shop where people can find support on career pathways, applying for jobs and accessing training, volunteering or up-skilling opportunities. Anyone who lives in East Cardiff, Llanedeyrn or Pentwyn may drop in.

There are also similar employment support groups in Llanrumney and Llanedeyrn. If you want to attend you can go to:

Llanrumney Hub, Countisbury Avenue, Tuesdays 9am - 1pmLlanedeyrn Powerhouse, Roundwood, Thursdays 9am - 1pm & 1pm - 3pm.

As part of the Trowbridge Employment and Training Club, Ginger, with support from CCHA’s Lift team, organised a communication skills sessions in late July. The aim of the two-day series was to spark confidence in jobseekers to wholeheartedly

promote themselves to employers.

5 people came in to learn how to showcase their skills effectively and how to communicate confidently to employers, practical workshops on:

• Identifying your top skills.• Learning how to talk to them in “employer speak.”• Responding effectively to key words in job advertisements.• Top tips on CVs & job applications.

After the workshop sessions, participants chatted with staff who support our Employment and Training club and got 1-1 support to find and apply for jobs that were suitable to them.

Road Mapping Your Future!

Ginger on [email protected] or by texting or calling 07969184952 To find out more about any of the support groups.

The members of the Learning and Prosperity teams partnered with the CCHA Lift team to run a 6 session Health and Social Care work course, run by Novus and Ajuda training. 11 people completed the course, which covered:

All Wales Passport (manual handling), L2 Emergency first Aid , L2 Food Safety , SOVA

(safe guarding vulnerable adults), Role of the carer, Infection control, Administration of medication.

This has given the learners an invaluable boost in their job search, giving them the advantage when they apply for a Health and Social care based job. Good luck in the future guys!

Getting people into Health and Social Care work


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Get ahead - get trained!

Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) is committed to providing quality trainingopportunities to community groups and voluntary organisations in Cardiff.

Some of C3SC’s forthcoming courses are listed below. For further details,please visit www.c3sc.org.uk/training-events/c3sc-training or contact usfor a training brochure. We can also deliver bespoke training at yourpremises, ours or a suitable venue of your choice. To get in touch you cancall 02920 485722 or email [email protected]

Being a TrusteeWednesday 19 November from 5pm to 8pmGain an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of being a trusteeand what it means in practice – including a trustee’s legal responsibilities,and also their role and responsibilities towards their organisation.

Emergency First Aid at WorkWednesday 3 December from 9.30am to 4.00pmDelivered with Ulearn. It covers first response for the most likely accidentsand incidents.

How to Develop Chairing SkillsTuesday 16 December from 5.00pm to 8.00pmThe course will give you the skills, knowledge and confidence to be effectivein chairing meetings.

Introduction to Social MediaWednesday 14 January from 10am to 4pmIncluding Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and new and emerging online services,the course looks at how to define the message you want to project, writingposts, responding to readers and what not to do.

Mae'r cyhoeddiad ar gael yn y Gymraeg drwy gysylltu â[email protected] / 07969185047.

ECLP Contact Details:

Trowbridge Community Centre, Caernarvon Way, Cardiff, CF3 1RXPhone: (029) 20 792 004

Llanedeyrn Boxing Club,Roundwood, Cardiff, CF23 9USPhone: (029) 20 734 60

Email: [email protected]: www.facebook.com/ECLPCF Twitter: www.twitter.com/ECLPCFWebsite: www.eclp.org.uk

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