1. Bradford Gingerbread Update - Dawn Catley, Centre Manager
“I am writing to inform you that the Bradford Gingerbread Centre at 45 Darley Street has now closed down. We were unable to secure enough funding to keep the project going; also, the lease for the building we were using ended last year and we were unable to renew it as the owner decided to sell the property.
We still have two projects that will continue to run:
* Gingerbread Housing Project, at 56 Boldshay Street, Bradford BD3 0AJ, Tel 01274 734285, and
* Community Nanny Project, now based at Office 1, c/o SJK Autos, 4 Guy Street, Bradford BD4 7BB, Tel 01274 720564.
The closure of our centre will no doubt have an impact on our client group and the sector in general. We are hoping the development and work done within the new Children’s Centres across the city will be able to support many of our clients and we would advise you to refer any lone parent clients you may encounter to these centres or their local advice/community centre.
For the organisations we have worked with in the past we would like to thank you for any support you have given our clients and our organisation and we wish you the best of luck with your own projects in the future.
We are planning a celebration party to mark all our achievements over the past 30 years and if you and your colleagues would like to come you are welcome to do so. If so, could I ask you to confirm your attendance by telephoning 01274 734285 where we are taking names for catering purposes.
The party will be held on SATURDAY 17 MAY at the Irish Democratic League Club in Westgate, Bradford and will start around 7pm.”
2. Bridging The GAP – 'franchising' lone parent services
Gingerbread has a long history of bringing lone parents together through local self-help groups. Today, lone parents tell us they want to meet other lone parents and get involved in activities and opportunities, but they don't want the work and bureaucracy involved in running a group.
Through a recognisable brand which is associated with family values and caring for the whole family, ‘Bridging the GAP’ programme will allow local service providers to utilise the knowledge, expertise and resources of a specialist charitable organisation who has over 90 years experience of developing and delivering services for lone parent families.
The programme is proposed to ensure that lone parent families in local communities have opportunities to engage with local activities and services. This will be achieved by capacity-building and licensing local organisations such as children's centres and back to work providers to engage and support lone parents through running Gingerbread Activity Programmes.
Participants in the Bridging the GAP programme will be entitled to three elements:
• A 2 day training programme after which professionals are licensed to use the Gingerbread Activity Programme brand
• A toolkit for engaging and support lone parent families containing activity ideas
• Ongoing support
Suggested Benefits:
• Increased and continuous engagement of lone parent families
• More local opportunities and services for lone parent families to take part in
• A defined progression route from the point of engagement
• More social inclusion and less isolation within lone parents in the community
There is a brief online survey (see link below) that is designed to help in gauging your future interest in the programme. Your feedback is very valuable to us and we would appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes to complete this survey. All responses will be treated in confidence and the information gathered will only be used for the purpose of informing the development of the programme.
The deadline for this survey is Monday, 5 May 2008.
http://dotm1.net/949766/257901916/49554881/536264/58663/0/t2.aspx
“I am writing to inform you that the Bradford Gingerbread Centre at 45 Darley Street has now closed down. We were unable to secure enough funding to keep the project going; also, the lease for the building we were using ended last year and we were unable to renew it as the owner decided to sell the property.
We still have two projects that will continue to run:
* Gingerbread Housing Project, at 56 Boldshay Street, Bradford BD3 0AJ, Tel 01274 734285, and
* Community Nanny Project, now based at Office 1, c/o SJK Autos, 4 Guy Street, Bradford BD4 7BB, Tel 01274 720564.
The closure of our centre will no doubt have an impact on our client group and the sector in general. We are hoping the development and work done within the new Children’s Centres across the city will be able to support many of our clients and we would advise you to refer any lone parent clients you may encounter to these centres or their local advice/community centre.
For the organisations we have worked with in the past we would like to thank you for any support you have given our clients and our organisation and we wish you the best of luck with your own projects in the future.
We are planning a celebration party to mark all our achievements over the past 30 years and if you and your colleagues would like to come you are welcome to do so. If so, could I ask you to confirm your attendance by telephoning 01274 734285 where we are taking names for catering purposes.
The party will be held on SATURDAY 17 MAY at the Irish Democratic League Club in Westgate, Bradford and will start around 7pm.”
2. Bridging The GAP – 'franchising' lone parent services
Gingerbread has a long history of bringing lone parents together through local self-help groups. Today, lone parents tell us they want to meet other lone parents and get involved in activities and opportunities, but they don't want the work and bureaucracy involved in running a group.
Through a recognisable brand which is associated with family values and caring for the whole family, ‘Bridging the GAP’ programme will allow local service providers to utilise the knowledge, expertise and resources of a specialist charitable organisation who has over 90 years experience of developing and delivering services for lone parent families.
The programme is proposed to ensure that lone parent families in local communities have opportunities to engage with local activities and services. This will be achieved by capacity-building and licensing local organisations such as children's centres and back to work providers to engage and support lone parents through running Gingerbread Activity Programmes.
Participants in the Bridging the GAP programme will be entitled to three elements:
• A 2 day training programme after which professionals are licensed to use the Gingerbread Activity Programme brand
• A toolkit for engaging and support lone parent families containing activity ideas
• Ongoing support
Suggested Benefits:
• Increased and continuous engagement of lone parent families
• More local opportunities and services for lone parent families to take part in
• A defined progression route from the point of engagement
• More social inclusion and less isolation within lone parents in the community
There is a brief online survey (see link below) that is designed to help in gauging your future interest in the programme. Your feedback is very valuable to us and we would appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes to complete this survey. All responses will be treated in confidence and the information gathered will only be used for the purpose of informing the development of the programme.
The deadline for this survey is Monday, 5 May 2008.
http://dotm1.net/949766/257901916/49554881/536264/58663/0/t2.aspx
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