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ICAR Fundraising Appeal | 9 June 2010

Many of you will have used ICAR to gather info for your work with refugees and asylum-seekers. Sadly, "our host institution, City University, is having to make savings due to central government cuts across the Higher Education sector and has formally announced that it can no longer support ICAR. We will be leaving the University on July 7th 2010."

There is more info about this, and also an appeal for funding on the ICAR website.

Posted in: Administrations | United Kingdom | News | Migration - new arrivals, including refugees, asylum-seekers, migrant workers

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Exiled Writers Ink Forum Page | 31 January 2010

EWI have set up their first Forum Page.

They say: "Send us your Poems and Stories about the disaster in Haiti.Then read the poems and stories and feedback on them.

In light of the recent disaster in Haiti, can poetry uplift people when they are in such extreme pain for, example in grief? Do you have any personal first-hand experience of this?"

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"Haiti â€" Then and Now" | 28 January 2010

Patrick Boucard, a Haitian artist living in Bath, will give a talk about Haiti at the Pierian Centre, 26 Portland Square, St. Pauls, Bristol BS2 8SA on Wednesday 3rd February 2010 at 7:30 pm.

Further info about the Jacmel Relief Fund available online.

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CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award | 23 January 2010

Entries are now open for the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award – full details of how to apply, plus downloadable form, are available online.

All entries must be received by Monday 15 February 2010.

Posted in: News | Social inclusion/exclusion

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Martha Lane Fox to present Jodi Awards 2009 | 27 August 2009

Martha Lane Fox, Champion for Digital Inclusion, will present the 2009 Jodi Awards on December 2 at the Sackler Centre, V&A Museum, London. Martha’s aim with Digital Inclusion is to promote technology to help people’s lives and life opportunities.

Further info from: Marcus Weisen, Director, Jodi Awards. E: marcus.weisen@googlemail.com.

Posted in: Disability - general | Disability - visual impairment | News

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Jodi Award 2009 - reminder of call for nominations | 16 July 2009

Nominations are now being sought for the Jodi Awards 2009. The awards are for museums, galleries, libraries, archives, arts organisations and heritage venues that use digital technology to widen access to information, collections learning and creativity for disabled people.

The closing date is Friday 25 September 2009.

Further info on the Culture24 website.

Posted in: News | Disability - visual impairment | Disability - learning disabilities | Disability - general

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Jodi Awards 2009: International Award for the most accessible cultural website | 9 July 2009

From: Marcus Weisen, Development Manager, Jodi Mattes Trust for accessible to digital culture
The Jodi Awards go international! Nominations are now invited for the new International Jodi Award for the most accessible website or web-based service from a cultural organisation. You may have an accessible and easy to use website, it may provide informal learning materials for disabled people or you may use the web to supply print-disabled people with digitalised reading materials. You may use the website in an other way to provide access to cultural experience for disabled people. If so, we look forward to receiving your Nomination.
The Jodi Awards for accessible digital culture have been given since 2003 - which was European Year of Disabled People; to cultural organisations in the United Kingdom. Previous winners include world-famous museums (such as Tate Modern and the British Museum),small organisations (such as the volunteer-run Pewsey Heritage Centre), networks of services (such as the public libraries in South Yorkshire and Humberside), an archive (The National Archives) and a disability organisation (the National Library for the Blind, now RNIB).
The Jodi Awards will be given on 2 December 2009 at the prestigous Victoria and Albert Museum in London, at the occasion of a joint event with the UK Museums Computer Group.

The Jodi Awards are given by the Jodi Mattes Trust. The Trust exists to promote equal access to and enjoyment of the arts and culture by disabled people through digital media.

Deadline for nominations is Friday 25 September 2009. You can find more information and a Nonimation Form on the culture 24 website.
If you consider submitting a Nomination and would like to discuss your ideas, do please contact Marcus Weisen,marcus.weisen@gmail.com.

Posted in: Disability - general | News

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Liverpool Libraries add their WTYL videos to YouTube | 27 May 2009

Liverpool Libraries have added their WTYL videos to YouTube - this is a resource which we can draw on (and maybe others can add to).

Posted in: News | Migration - new arrivals, including refugees, asylum-seekers, migrant workers

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Readability | 11 May 2009

NIACE has been working with Professor Colin Harrison at Nottingham University to develop a new tool (the SMOG calculator), which is now on the NIACE website, that will help you to establish the "readability level" of any text instantly. There is also a downloadable leaflet which will help you to interpret the readability score given, and provide more information about how to present text so that it is easier to read.

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Silver Surfers' Day, 15 May 2009 | 7 April 2009

This year, almost everyone in the UK can play a role in helping older people get online. Here are the ways:

1. If you want to hold an Event, you can! You just need a room, a broadband-connected computer and someone who can act as a guide/tutor to older visitors. You can be a big business, small sheltered lounge, big Bingo Hall, small pub, big library, small museum - we've even had outdoor events on open water and in allotments. You can even invite your Mum or Grandparent to tea and surfing. It all counts! All the planning support is here.

2. Already convinced that you should hold an Event? You most definitely need to register it, however large or small (you get a certificate if you do and we can count you so we know who's done what).

3. You may need to publicise your Event to the locality. The new SSD09 Media Guide includes everything you need: Images, logos, poster, advice document.

4. You may need tutoring guides or self-help Guides. Look for the Learning Mini-Guides (60+ of them, for beginners and bloggers, novices and tutors, mouse-tamers and twitterers).

5. Know someone who's looking for an SSD Event to attend?
From beginning of May, they can ring National Learning Helpline on Freephone 0800 100 900 to look for Events by county. To make sure there will be an event locally, anyone can lobby their local school, library, Age Concern, community centre, lunch club, Ukonline Centre to lay on a taster event. Offer to help, with anything from publicity, to teas, if you can. The best thing you can do is direct them here.

Posted in: News | Older people

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