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| Job opportunities with GL11 | |||||||||||||||
| Administrator/IT
Support (16 hours p.w., term time only) To provide administrative and IT support to Project Manager and GL11 staff team. To ensure a friendly welcoming environment for local residents and families to access a variety of training opportunities, services and activities. Job description Receptionist/Office Assistant (20 hours p.w., term time only) To provide reception and general administration duties in a busy working environment with a great deal of contact with local residents and visitors. To be the friendly, welcoming face of GL11. Job description These posts are
term time only with some limited attendance during school summer holidays,
and are initially offered as a 12 month contract. Continuation will be subject
to funding. CLOSING
DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: |
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| 'Try to Remember' project | |||||||||||||||
| Read about our 'Try to Remember' project which is currently featured on the Barnwood House Trust website under 'People we've helped'. GL11 received a £16,100 grant from Barnwood to enable the project to take place. We have also secured a' further £750 in funding to enable us to put on a celebratory event which will do justice to the work created through this project. The provisional date for this will be Thursday 14th October - do come along to see the work created. This will include photographs taken to accompany the poetry and, hopefully the completed anthology publication. | |||||||||||||||
| GL11 Community Project becomes a nationally recognised UK Online Centre | |||||||||||||||
| UK
Online Centres help millions of people get online and learn new skills. The
network gives everyone the chance to enjoy quick and easy access to computers,
the internet, and all the information, opportunities and benefits they provide.
As a UK Online Centre, GL11 can offer people low cost use of computers and the
internet, plus the help and advice they need to use them effectively.There are
thousands of UK Online Centres across England. Each one is there to support
important government agendas – like ensuring that everyone feels part
of the community, has access to the latest technology and online government
services, the opportunity to learn new skills and the ability to improve their
lives and enhance their employment opportunities. For more information, or to
make an appointment and start your supported journey into the world of computers
and the internet – contact us today!
Need a little help getting started with computers and the internet? Try our Online Basics course (download details) |
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| GL11 achieves a successful review of its Investor in People status | |||||||||||||||
| GL11
is delighted to have achieved a successful review of its Investor in People
status. Ann Wheeler, Project Manager, says “This is great news for us.
Through this review, we’ve shown that we continue to meet the requirements
of this national standard. It demonstrates to our funders, partner organisations,
service users and local communities that we are a professional organisation
committed to supporting our staff and volunteers, and truly involving them in
shaping and delivering our local services." Click here to read extract from the 2010 Review Report. |
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| Funding helps young people work all year round | |||||||||||||||
| A
community project which works with young people in the Cam area will be able
to work all year round, thanks to a grant from the Voluntary Sector Youth Capital
(VSYC) fund. GL11 was awarded £8,562 from the fund to buy a new shed for its Bike Shed project for 11-19 year olds. Bike Shed is a project for young people who learn practical skills and repair and refurbish bikes donated for the local community. Read more... |
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| Our 8th Annual General Meeting | |||||||||||||||
| We had a successful AGM on 28 October 2009. Click here to download a copy of our Annual Report 08/09. | |||||||||||||||
| Our new status... | |||||||||||||||
From
1 October 2009 GL11 Community Project will operate as a Registered Charity,
and as a Company Limited by Guarantee. This does not alter our business aims,
objectives or operational activities. From a governance perspective, we now
have a group of Directors supported by a Company Secretary, in addition to
a Board of Trustees. Registered
in England and Wales, our Company Number is 6855624. Our new Charity Number
is: 1130096. |
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| Survey of local residents | |||||||||||||||
| Download
Report: Results of questionnaires/consultation with residents of 512 homes
in Woodfields, Cam (Spring/Summer 2009). GL11 Community Project and Vale Vision
- Part of a Joint Consultation Programme Funded by Gloucestershire County Council (Gloucestershire First). |
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