ÿþ<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center bgColor=#4279bd> <tbody> <tr> <td align=middle><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1> <br><br></font> <table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center bgColor=#ffffff> <tbody> <tr> <td bgColor=#666666 colSpan=5>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td width=25 bgColor=#666666>&nbsp;</td> <td align=right width=550 bgColor=#666666 colSpan=3>&nbsp; <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#eeeeee size=2><strong>December Newsletter 2008</strong></font> <br><br><img id="" title="Young TimeBank" height=39 alt="Young TimeBank" hspace=0 src="http://dotm1.net/cpnImg/2006/1/13DIAADJBIBGDB29/113304_header.gif" width=179 align=left border=0 name=""></td> <td width=25 bgColor=#666666>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td colSpan=5>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td width=25><font face="Arial, Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></td> <td align=justify width=550 colSpan=3><strong style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2></font></strong><font size=2><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> </font><span lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Welcome again to the Young TimeBank Volunteer Newsletter. The aim of this newsletter is to keep you up to date with the latest happenings within Young TimeBank and inform you of any new opportunities and resources available to you and your group.</font></span><br><br><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font color=#ffbf1d size=4><strong>London News</strong></font><br></font><font size=2><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Amie and Latoyah's group at the International Community School held their fundraising funfair last Friday (see below) and raised over &#163;150 to go to the NSPCC in what was a very successful day. Lindsay Gowlett, Project Officer at YTB, attended and said "It was wonderful to see the young people and facilitator's efforts come to fruition - they all worked really hard to put the event on. the atmosphere was great, and a good sum was raised for the NSPCC, Well done to all."<br><br><img id="" title="" height=233 alt="" hspace=0 src="http://dotm1.net/cpnImg/2008/4/43IGBFHGJEBCCDJ54/126864_ICS2.JPG" width=344 align=right border=0 style="margin:0 0 10px 15px;">Martin's group, at Lilian Baylis, are conducting their final interviews with other students from various year groups on teenage pregnancy. They will be producing a podcast/MP3 file that can be used on the school's website and in other Citizenship lessons and will be uploaded onto the groups <a href="http://dotm1.net/1478461/639165/75843674/779208/86747/0/t2.aspx?t=t">Project Page</a>. Watch this space!<br><br>Brand new projects in London will involve Candice and Luna at The Charter School, Jake and&nbsp;Rafaela at William Morris SEN School and Milica and Nisha with Shpresa, a group for young Albanian refugees.<br><br>Our three collaborative pilot projects with Envision have had their teething problems, but certainlt not down to a lack of enthusiasm, commitment or creativity from our Volunteer Facilitators.<br><br>At Greycoats, Av and Oma's group are organising a gun and knife crime t-shirt competition. The group is inviting entries from other students on the theme of gun and knife crime and teenage violence. They are currently putting the finishing touches to their posters and advertising strategy to publicise the competition - with a deadline for entries proposed for the New Year.<br><br>After false starts at St Augustine's and Westminster Academy we are speaking to teachers to explore ways that the projects can run in the New Year. Thanks again to all volunteers working on these projects for their continued patience and dedication.</font></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><br></font></span> <p><span><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><strong><font color=#ffbf1d size=4>Manchester&nbsp;News<br><br></font></strong><font size=2>Mahla and&nbsp;Vicky's&nbsp;group at All Saints, are working with the Oakie Club, a local group for children with disabilities&nbsp;to organise a disability awareness fashion show, with a mixed group of able-bodied and disabled young people as participants. <br><br>Tim and Joaquim are working with three groups from Cedar Mount on a citizenship project where the young people have to research a local charity and prepare a presentation about their work. They will present their ideas at the end of the project to the Philanthropy Association in the hope of securing funding for their chosen charities.<br><br>Aarti and Hannah are supporting a group of Year 10 students from Levenshulme to run their own Enterprise projects. The groups have decided to raise money for Islamic Relief by making products in five groups.<br><br>At Meade Hill School for Children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties Alayna and Julia are nearly finished with their series of two hour drama workshops exploring some different elements of discrimination: racism, disability and gender. They will also be using art as a medium to explore these issues.<br><br>And finally, Cara and Donald's group from Parklands is putting the finishing touches to their film on bullying - the film will be available to view on the group's Project Page once it has been edited - we'll give you the link in a future newsletter.</font></font></span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="Arial, Helvetica"></font></span></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font color=#ffbf1d size=4><strong>Volunteer voices</strong></font><br></font><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>This month, Joaquim Cirilo, a former teacher in Angola tells us about his experiences as a Volunteer Facilitator at Cedar Mount High School in Manchester.</font><br><br><font size=2> <table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 bgColor=#eeeeee border=0> <tbody> <tr colspan="3"> <td><font face="Arial, Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr> <td width=20><font face="Arial, Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></td> <td><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=2><font color=#666666 size=3><strong>Joaquim<img id="" title=Joaquim style="WIDTH: 187px; HEIGHT: 286px" height=500 alt=Joaquim hspace=0 src="http://dotm1.net/cpnImg/2008/4/43IGBFHGJEBCCDJ54/126849_Joaquim.jpg" width=333 align=right border=0></strong></font></font><br></font><font size=2><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=2>Before volunteering as a YTB Facilitator you were a teacher in Angola, how did you find changing your way of working with young people to being a facilitator instead of a teacher? <br></font><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=2>Joaquim: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Well it was an issue for me, the teaching here is different to Angola; in Angola it is very traditional whereas here it is much more progressive. However it was a new challenge for me and a new experience to sample how it is to work with young people here. Facilitating is much more like coaching them. I can't tell them what to do as it has to come from them. I have to motivate them so that they can achieve their goals.</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </span><br><br>Do you think having previous experience as a teacher made being a facilitator easier or harder?<br><br>Joaquim: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">I think it made it easier for me to be in the role of facilitator. It meant that I was not shy speaking in front of lots of people and I felt comfortable working with the young people - even on my first day. </span><br><br>Were there any techniques/approaches/activities you learnt teaching that you could apply to facilitating with YTB?<br><br>Joaquim: <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Listening is the most important thing to remember. To get them involved without doing it all myself I gave them the lead and the initiative. My normal approach was to try speaking one-to-one with the young people and then do some follow-up questioning with the group as a whole.</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span></font> </font></td> <td width=20><font face="Arial, Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr colspan="3"> <td><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font color=#ffbf1d size=4><strong>Opportunities and resources</strong></font><br></font><font size=2><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica">CHANGEit is an award scheme that recognises, supports and rewards young campaigners aged 11-18 who are determined to make a difference in their communities. For information on how to apply for one of their awards or to nominate a group or individual visit </font><a href="http://dotm1.net/1476941/639165/75843674/779208/86747/0/t2.aspx?t=t"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">www.changeit.org.uk</font></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica">. The site is also full of useful links and resources including a Campaigns Toolbox to help get your campaign off the ground - so make the most of it!<br><br></font></font><font size=2><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Please do get in touch you you have any questions, queries or suggestions and in the meantime good luck with all you are doing over the next month - I hope you all enjoy a well deserved break over Christmas!<br><br><img id="" title="" height=102 alt="" hspace=0 src="http://dotm1.net/cpnImg/2006/1/13DIAADJBIBGDB29/113280_logo.gif" width=75 align=right border=0 name=""><br><br>Young TimeBank team<br><br>E-mail: </font><a href="mailto:helpdesk@timebank.org.uk"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">helpdesk@timebank.org.uk</font></a><br><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Phone: 0845 347 9363</font><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"></span></font><font size=2><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"><br><br></span></font><br><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><font color=#ec008c size=3><strong></strong></font></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><br></font></p></div></div></div></td> <td width=25>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td colSpan=5>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center> <tbody> <tr> <td width=25>&nbsp;</td> <td align=middle width=450><br><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#bbbbbb size=1><br>Young TimeBank is a TimeBank initiative. 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