Events

OMEGA AGM - including talk 'The New Era of Biomedical research into ME' by Norman Booth at the Regal Community Centre. Ridgefield Road. Oxford, OX4 3BY.

www.regalcommunitycentre.org.uk  for map and details

Please note that we shall be asked to provide teas for the open day at LIME CLOSE on Sunday the 18th April

Waterstock Training are hosting a Promotional Charity Network Lunch at the Waterstock Trainin Centre, Waterstock, Oxford

This is a chance to meet colleagues from other charities and NGOs and enjoy a meal together in peaceful and rural surroundings just minutes from the Oxford services junction of the M40.

for more information and bookings email hmw.waterstocktraining@btconnect.com.

Do you look after someone? Unpaid, looking after someone who is frail or has a disability? Do you need support to:

• Access information and contacts?
• Reduce stress, guilt and isolation?
• improve your quality of life?

The Caring with Confidence Programme can help you. The courses are entirely free, are in small groups for those in similar situations and are at various locations in Oxfordshire throughout the Spring and Summer months.

• Would you be interested in leading short walks out in the community?
• Do you enjoy socialising and meeting new people?
• Would you enjoy helping people become more active?

If yes, then you may be interested in attending a free volunteer walk leader training course which is being held on Wednesday 21st April in Abingdon. The training involves a one-day course for people willing and able to lead walks in the community. Anyone who is interested needs to:

Serco Welfare are hosting their Personalised Employment Programme (PEP) Events. They have organised these events as part of the process of building the best solution to support local jobseekers into meaningful employment in the region.

The aim of the event is to:

Many people of all ages in Oxfordshire are looking after a relative, child, friend or neighbour who needs support because of frailty, illness, disability or a difficulty, such as an addiction. Unpaid carers provide most of the care in the community. Many are juggling paid work and caring responsibilities.

If we are “Carer Aware”, through our roles we can help carers access our services and signpost them to support for them in their caring roles

Serco Welfare are hosting their Personalised Employment Programme (PEP) Events. They have organised these events as part of the process of building the best solution to support local jobseekers into meaningful employment in the region.

The aim of the event is to:

The end of a relationship or marriage can be a difficult and painful experience.  It can leave you feeling confused, lonely and lacking in confidence in yourself and the future.  Feelings of betrayal, guilt or rejection are common.  Anger, sadness and confusion are often intense.  Moving forward can be hard when trust, self-confidence and self-esteem have been shaken.

Virgin London Marathon

Jenny Barber, wife of Dave Barber from Woodlands Outdoor Education Centre, who helped found the Dave Thorne Bursary in 2008, is running the London Marathon for the Oxfordshire Outdoor Learning Trust on April 25th.

Please support her on the Justgiving charity page :

www.justgiving.com/JENNY-Barber

Jenny Barber, wife of Dave Barber from Woodlands Outdoor Education Centre, who helped us found the Dave Thorne Bursary in 2008, is running the London Marathon for OOLT on 25 April 2010. Please support her on Just Giving charity website.

www.justgiving.com/JENNY-Barber

Are you involved in a food project which is helping to reduce health inequalities in your community?

Or would you like to learn more about how you could make this happen?

If so, please join Fresh Ideas at a free networking and learning event for community food projects in the Thames Valley area on Wednesday 28 April 10.00am-15.00pm at St Anne's College, Oxford.

There will be presentations and workshops on relevant themes as well as an opportunity to meet other projects from across the region and to share your experiences and ideas.

The Funding Network (TFN) Oxford offers a new way of giving, helping ordinary people to become active donors and engage personally with charities that inspire them. The latest Annual Giving Event gives anyone will to donate £50 or more the rare opportunity to hear four or five smaller social change charities pitch their work live. There is a chance to ask questions and find out more, before you decide how much you want to give and which organisations you want to support.

Please join us on the Opening day at "What is ME?" art exhibition at the Magic Cafe, Magdalen Road, East Oxford, OX4 1RQ.

Charities are increasingly keen to explore joint working, and one of the ways of doing that is to jointly own or occupy property. Organisations going into the property market together can also improve their negotiating position in what are still very uncertain times.

Join the Oxford Rotary Club in for a fun run to raise money for their charity. The event takes place at 11.00am on Saturday 8 May 2010 at Oxford University Parks.

Runners, walkers, corporate teams, schools, colleges, individuals and families are all welcome.

Parking is available nearby or at the Oxford English Centre, 66 Banbury Road, Oxford where refreshments are available after the run on the terrace to the rear of the school after the race (BBQ, cold drinks and a bar).