Great news all; We have officially moved office our new contact details are:- Coalfield Forum, Shiney Row CA, Shiney Row, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7LR Tel 0191 3854935, www.coalfield forum.org, tracy@coalfieldforum.org

If you or any group you know would like help with getting started, looking for funding or anything at all, give us a call, if we can’t do it we can find someone who can.

Houghton Racecourse Community Access Point – Job Vacancies

For job descriptions or an application packs log on to: www.hrcap.co.uk

Tyne & Wear LSC have a vacancy for an Equality and Diversity Adviser.

Salary: £21,286 - £25,958

‘Making sure we build all the latest equality and diversity legislation developments into our work is vital and we need an equality champion to ensure that we’re always at the leading edge. Your knowledge of equality and diversity legislation in relation to the post-16 sector will ensure we embed equality and diversity in everything we do.’ For full details please visit http://www.equality-ne.co.uk

A Quiz.

How well are you in knowledge of equality and diversity? Test yourself and discover what you are actually aware of.

1. Asian and Asian British and Black and Black British people aged 50+ have the highest disability rates. True or False.

2. It is unlawful to discriminate against people with dyslexia - True or False

3. 2004-2013 is the formerly approved decade for Disabled People for European Chinese Arab America - True or False

4. What percentage of disabled people use wheelchairs? 22% or 12% or 5%

5. Which of the following does the Disability Discrimination Act cover?
Arthritis Depression Diabetes Chronic heart disease.

6. Women make up 52% of the population, what percentage of Westminster MP’s are women? - 2 or 18 or 24 or 35 or 50

7. What percentage of Company Directors are women? 3.6% or 13.7% or 33.4% or 48.1%

8. What percentage of women with families still do most of the housework, including those that work full time? - 51% or 63% or 79% or 85%

9. Who is being written about?
In 1862 Punch magazine published the following description of *****people.

The missing link: A creature manifestly between the gorilla and the Negro is to be met with in some of the lowest districts of London and Liverpool by adventurous explorers. It comes from *****, whence it has contrived to migrate; it belongs in fact to a tribe of *******savages; the lowest species of *****Yahoo. When conversing with its kind it talks a sort of gibberish. It is moreover, a climbing animal, and sometimes be seen ascending a adder laden with a hod of bricks.

10. Where do the following words originate from. The following words originate from these sources, can you pick out where? The choices are: Greek Indian Celtic Latin French Dutch Scandinavian Italian.

1. Lavatory - 2. Knapsack - 3. Dingy - 4. Devil - 5. Leprechaun - 6. Agenda - 7. Husband

The answers to all the above are are as follows...

1. True
2. True
3. Arab
4. 5%
5. All of them
6. 18% (Scotland37% and Wales 40%)
7. 3.6%
8. 79%
9. In 1862 Punch magazine published the following description of Irish people. This was written just 12 years after the end of the Irish potato famine 1845 – 18520 when over a million Irish people died and between 1-2 million had emigrated to England.
Lavatory - Latin \ Knapsack – Dutch \ Dinghy - Indian \ Devil – Greek \ Leprechaun – Celtic \ Agenda – Latin \ Husband – Scandinavian

Barnado's gave a presentation at the last Coalfield Forum meeting on the work going on at The Hive in Fenchouses. The presentation can be viewed on our interactive ersion below.

Download PowerPoint version here

Houghton Wheeled Skate Park

Sunderland City Council received a petition from 203 young people requesting wheeled sports facilities in the Houghton-le-Spring area. As part of the Sunderland Play and Urban Games Strategy young people must be at the heart of all our developments.

There is a lack of Wheeled Skate Parks within the area. Many youngsters cannot access these facilities because of the distance they have to travel. All young people in the Coalfields area would benefit from a purpose built Wheeled Sports Facility.

Various meeting have been held with children and their parents to determine the type of Skate Park they would require and a suitable location this being at on the disused tennis courts behind Houghton Sports Complex. Sunderland City Council has worked closely with the young people throughout the project consulting with them on location and Skate Park designs. Public consultation has also been carried out with local residents to ensure that they are happy with this new facility.

The total cost of the project is around £80,000. Groundwork North East submitted an application form for £50,000 to Barclays Spaces for Sports on behalf of Sunderland City Council. This application was successful and we have been awarded the sum of £50,000. Therefore we are now looking to source additional funding, to enable our design aspirations to be met.

Wearsidefirst helping Farepak Customers

People living or working in Sunderland who are out of pocket this Christmas through the collapse of the Farepak Hamper Company are urged to contact Wearside First Credit Union.

Wearsidefirst, a not-for-profit organisation offering savings and low cost loan facilities to anyone living or working in Sunderland, may be able to assist with affordable low cost loans to help cover the cost of Christmas.

Kerry Graham the Development Manager from Wearsidefirst said “Farepak Hamper customers must be worrying how they will cover the cost of Christmas and we hope that we can help in this difficult time”.

Wearsidefirst have allowed many people to spread the cost of Christmas through their savings clubs and with our new Argos Acard, members receive an extra 5% when they spend at Argos.

“Many people may have had bad experiences with Christmas savings clubs, therefore I would like to stress that money saved in a Credit Union is protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, therefore your money is safe” said Kerry Graham.

If you would like further information on Wearsidefirst or are a Farepak Hamper Customer and would like to discuss a low cost loan then please contact us on 0191 514 7491 or visit or Head office in Waterloo Place, Sunderland.

For further information and interview opportunities please contact: Kerry Graham on 0191 514 7491 or kgraham@wearsidefirst.com

www.wearsidefirst.com - further information on credit unions at www.abcul.org

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