AEF have successfully attracted funding for ‘Boxsmart On the Ropes’ courses across Essex. These pre-prepared courses are delivered by organisations with the skills to do so and supported by AEF in the delivery. We are now looking to widen the number of organisations with the skills to deliver this course for further interventions in the future. In order to fulfil demand, we are looking for organisations such as yours to undertake this training and be certified as able to carry out this funded work.

Organisations are invited to attend a full day course covering key elements of combat sports combined with guided mentoring to support young people. Instruction will follow a fully accredited Boxing England training formula with an experienced and qualified instructor.

In addition, Active Essex Foundation will provide a refresher session around the Streetgames, Loughborough and Youth Endowment Fund 10 Criteria for designing and implementing Sports Based Interventions (Theory of Change October 2020)

This is an exciting opportunity for organisations to upskill staff in the ability to deliver the ASDAN accredited ‘BoxSmart - On the Ropes’ course, which is adaptable for both Sport and Youth Crime and Sport and Youth Mental Health Programmes.

Participants will require comfortable clothing and suitable footwear for taking part in boxing/ physical activity sessions, water bottle and snack if required.

Hot and cold drinks including lunch will be supplied.

Spaces are available for up to 20 participants, however, only one from each organisation will be able to attend due to demand for this qualification.

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Please contact Jim White at [email protected] if you have any questions about the session.

About the Workshop

Active Essex has developed a Fundraising and Bid Writing Workshop in response to requests for fundraising support from our locally trusted organisations (LTOs) and wider network.

Fundraising has never been more challenging for community and voluntary organisations across Essex. There is huge demand on grant givers like National Lottery Community Fund and Sport England. There are less grants available from local authorities and NHS. Your fundraising plan needs to think of different ways to bring in income, know where to look for available and relevant grants, and make sure your bids and grant applications stand out.

This three hour in-person workshop is aimed at organisations who are using physical activity and sport to deliver their organisation’s vision and outcomes and want to improve their fundraising and bid writing knowledge and confidence to strengthen income generation.

What the Workshop offers

The Active Essex Fundraising and Bid Writing Workshop benefits all levels of fundraising experience who are looking to improve their fundraising knowledge and skills, whether you are looking to write your first application and don’t know where to begin, or you want to look at other ways of fundraising for your organisation. Through the three-hour workshop attendees will:

1. Understand the different types of fundraising.
2. Understand the current trends in fundraising.
3. Understand the different sources of grants for community sport/physical activity.
4. Understand the best approach to writing a small grant application.
5. Understand the best approach to writing a large grant application.

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Please email [email protected] if you have any queries about the session.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. This accredited two-day course will allow you to develop practical skills to identify a range of mental health issues and support a young person to get the help they need. Provides an in depth understanding of specific mental health issues and is delivered in four manageable chunks:

• What is mental health?
• Depression and anxiety
• Suicide and psychosis
• Self-harm and eating disorders

It focuses on the issues faced by young people today, such as cyber bullying and substance misuse, and build your knowledge and confidence on how to promote protective factors and offer support.

Completing this course qualifies you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider. In order to complete this course you must attend day 2 on Monday 14 April.

Further information and registration will appear here closer to the event.

Note this workshop is now full.

Please email [email protected] if you would be interested in attending future sessions.

• The Online World Key terms and definitions, the eco system in which extremism exists online and how the dark web operates.
• Understanding Online Radicalisation: How extremists use the online world and the process of online radicalisation.
• Platforms Used: An overview of the main social media and gaming adjacent platforms used by extremists and some of the methods used by radicalisers.
• Harmful Online Communities: An overview of some of the other online communities that have links to extremism.

A good understanding of Prevent, and the ideologies present within the UK is required before attending the Online Radicalisation training, as this will not be covered in the session so it is recommended you attend the Enhanced Awareness Session first, or do the Home Office online course.

There will also be an opportunity to work together on some case studies to think about the type of situations where you may have concerns about a young person you’re working with, and what you can do.

Sessions available on Wednesday 23 April, 10:00-11:30 and Thursday 8 May, 10:00-11:30.

All sessions are held via MS Teams and a calendar invite with the joining link will be sent to you upon registration.

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Please contact Fawn Roberts on [email protected] or 03330 322715 if you have any questions about the session.

Please note these workshops are only open to individuals working with children and young people in Southend, Essex and Thurrock.

Active Essex Foundation Sport and Youth Mental Health Project will be hosting Believe Perform, a specialist culture change consultancy, for their first training session with our LTOs.

The session will take a deep dive into individual resilience building to ensure that deliverers are ready to cope with supporting others. It will introduce and explore models which will help to aid, build, or add to understanding behind emotional wellbeing.

Lunch will be provided

Register your interest by contacting [email protected]

Active Essex Foundation Sport and Youth Mental Health Project will be hosting Believe Perform, a specialist culture change consultancy, for their first training session with our LTOs.

The session will take a deep dive into individual resilience building to ensure that deliverers are ready to cope with supporting others. It will introduce and explore models which will help to aid, build, or add to understanding behind emotional wellbeing.

Lunch will be provided

Register your interest by contacting [email protected]