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Friday, 13 February 2015

"Serious about Transformation": eNews February 2015

 


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"Serious about Transformation"

February 2015

Welcome!


Hello and welcome to this, our 11th edition of the "Serious about Transformation" eNews.

Following our "New Year" wishes in the January edition, February sees the celebration of Valentine's Day...more specifically St. Valentine of Rome (as there are about a dozen other St. Valentines and even a Pope Valentine!) who, as well as being called on to watch over the lives of lovers, is also looked to for interventions regarding beekeeping, the plague, fainting and travelling - and, of course, he's also the patron saint of engaged couples and happy marriages.

Jesus, too, spoke of the centrality of love, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself." Matthew 22: 37-39.

So, how might that manifest itself at a practical level? Well, here's a response from the subject of one of our featured articles this month... Redcar Area foodbank (a project of Redcar Churches Together), who provided us with some feedback about their work - "One lady told us how she had been without benefits for weeks and her food had completely run out. Whilst other organisations were helping trying to sort out her income, giving her advice etc. we were the only organisation who had given practical help - she told us that that meant so much to her." You can read more about their work in the article below.

This month's edition also sees a bumper crop of job opportunities, but some do have short closing dates, so please be sure to check them out ASAP.

To find out more about us, what we do & how we do it, just click HERE & visit us online.

With many blessings,
The IMPACT UK Team
(e-mail us at: team.impactuk@tearfund.org)

 

'Catalyst Programme':

Closing deadline fast approaching...

Thriving individuals and flourishing communities are at the heart of Tearfund's UK work. The IMPACT UK Team has a vision to see Christians, across the UK, fully engaged and equipped to bring wholeness and flourishing in place of poverty, disadvantage, inequality and brokenness.

The "Catalyst Programme" is a process that helps the local church to realise its mission and vision for the local community; developing, producing and implementing relevant and sustainable social action programmes at the end.

The GOOD NEWS is that the programme is still "open" for sign-ups (but the clock is ticking, so you need to act quickly!)


Not sure if it's for you? Listen to the Rev. Margaret Ferguson (Woodvale Methodist Church, Belfast) talk about her experience of the programme:
 


To find out more and make an application to the programme:
Kingdom Bank Ltd...Homes for those in need.


Do you: Have a heart for your community?  Want to find homes for the poor and marginalised of our society?  Have a passion for the vulnerable needing support?

Kingdom Bank, the 60-year-old vision of a Pentecostal pastor, has recently launched a mortgage service to support your ministry. Across the country there are many Churches and Charities working to bring about significant change to the poor and marginalised of our society. Often these projects start on a small scale, perhaps with a single house made available to the project. So often the scheme can be multiplied by access to further properties but sourcing the funding to make this happen can be a real challenge. Some mortgage companies have restrictive criteria for tenants, which makes sourcing a mortgage to acquire property impossible.
The mortgage service from Kingdom Bank is focussed on properties that will be used to bring about a positive change to people's lives. The borrower can be a Church, a Charity, an individual or even a Company. The Bank will lend up to 80% of the property value with repayments over periods up to 30 years. The rental income needs to cover the repayment with at least a 10% margin and the borrower needs to meet the Bank's normal credit status requirements. 

Chris Sheldon, CEO, explains: "Our Mission Statement includes the phrase 'changing lives for good' and this mortgage scheme really does this. We have £5m to lend on this type of project in 2015 and are very keen to find borrowers."
 
For further information:
call or email Kirsty on 0115 921 7250, mortgages@kingdombank.co.uk or see www.kingdombank.co.uk

Redcar Area foodbank...reaching out to the community.

In 2013, under the first programme of micro-grant funding that we delivered with the Cinnamon Network, Redcar Area foodbank was one of the successful applicants.

Having recently received a copy of their Annual Report, we felt it would be helpful to share some of their figures in order to highlight just some of the work that they (and other foodbank projects across the country, both Trussell Trust-related and independent) deliver on a daily basis.

Redcar Area foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust and is a project of Redcar Churches Together.

During the period 30th January 2013 to 30th July 2014, Redcar Area foodbank has:
  • set up 8 foodbank centres across Redcar and Cleveland;
  • provided emergency food to 5,115 individuals - one third of whom are children;
  • collected 51 tonnes of food;
  • recruited, trained and supported 100+ volunteers...who have given an estimated 23,400 volunteer hours;
  • worked with 80 local agencies, as well as schools, colleges and local businesses.
To find out more about the work of Redcar Area foodbank:

Bits & Pieces...

From time to time we come across lots of interesting bits & pieces that may, or may not, be of interest/use to you in your own local contexts.
Below are links to some of what we've come across this month:



Employment Vacancies:


YMCA Black Country Group: Executive Head of Enterprise
£39,000 - £47,000
(full-time: 37.5 hrs per week)
Closing Date: Monday, 23rd February 2015

YMCA Black Country Group is expanding its service delivery across the region, building on the remodelling and sustained development of the past 3 years. The creation of a new Executive Head of Enterprise will provide strategic leadership and development to a range of social enterprises; including nurseries, shops, and the oversight of the new £9.5M enterprise-focused Western Gateway development.
 
To find out more:
 

 

TLG Manchester Centre Manager

Starting Salary: £28,094 - £33,950
Closing Date: Monday, February 9th, 2015
Location: Manchester

TLG is looking for a qualified teacher with a passion to turn around the lives of disaffected young people aged 12-16. Leading our Manchester independent school (alternative provision) the Centre Manager will be responsible for delivering exceptional educational programmes with imaginative curricula for disaffected young people, with proven skills and strategies to re-engage those on the verge of exclusion.


TLG SE Birmingham Lead Teacher (maternity cover)

Starting Salary: £27,747 - £31,690 
Working hours: 37.50 Hours 

Closing Date: Friday, February 27th, 2015
Location: South-East Birmingham (Yardley Wood)

An opportunity has arisen for a teacher with a vision and a vocation for supporting young people who are not engaged with mainstream learning to work within our centre. South-East Birmingham TLG Education Centre is a DfE-approved alternative education provider for 11-16 year olds who are at risk of exclusion or have been excluded from school. In our most recent OFSTED inspection in July 2014, the centre was judged as Good, with comments such as "The school's work to keep student's safe and secure is outstanding", "The achievement of the students is good" and "The quality of leadership and management is good".


TLG West London Classroom Teacher

Starting Salary: £22,000 - £25,000
Closing Date: Monday, March 2nd, 2015
Location: West London (Hammersmith)

Working as part of the TLG centre team in West London, the Classroom Teacher post provides a unique opportunity to support young people experiencing educational crisis.


To find out more about any of the above TLG vacancies:




Thrive Team Leader and Thrive Youth Worker, Barton, Oxford.

Contract: Both roles are full time (job share applications could be explored)
Closing date: Applications for both roles close on Wednesday 11 February 2015 (midnight)
Interviews: Week beginning 23 February 2015
Start Date: May-August 2015

 

- Do you have a heart for hard to reach young people in urban communities with multiple deprivations?
- Can you help young people from unchurched and lower literacy backgrounds explore and grow in Christian faith and church life?
- Can you commit to 'moving into the neighbourhood' and walking with vulnerable young people for 3 years+?

To find out more:



KINGSLEY HALL CHURCH & COMMUNITY CENTRE, DAGENHAM

Community Operations Manager (full-time) / Community Missions Manager (full-time) / Community Cafe Manager (part-time)
Closing Date: 12th February 2015

 
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Kingsley Hall is a Livability link church. To find out more:

 
"Other Stuff": 
 

10 Things You Should Drop From Your Life Starting Now...
(by Steven Aitchison)

We are all doing things in our life that we should drop immediately in order to live a happier life and be the person we truly want to be.

We have around 70 years of life (on average). 20 of those years are spent learning about people, love, work, money, and living a life of mistakes in order to make the next 50 years enjoyable. The latter 10 years of our life are spent slowing down. So, we really only have around 40 years to really make a difference and truly create a life that we love.

Dropping these 10 things will help you live a much happier, and more enjoyable life…
 

To continue reading:

 


 

Hope and a Future Launch Event: 6th March 2015

Hope and a Future is a new and innovative charity, which aims to support churches to integrate disabled children, young people and their families.

Please come to our launch event to find out more and network with others interested in the churches role in disability.

Free lunch.

To find out more and register for your free ticket:


 
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