Equalities Weekly
Week Commencing 20/07/2020
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Coronavirus Update and Support:
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As of Mon 20 July 2020 - there have been 936 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Fife.
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If you have any concerns during the lockdown - it could be anything from housing to mental health, let us know via our short concerns form here.
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FCE Recruitment - 3 Operational Assistant Posts:
Fife Centre for Equalities has received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver the work of our new Covid-19 Fife Minority Ethnic Older People Project.
We are currently looking for three multi-lingual Operational Assistants with these languages - Cantonese, Urdu/Punjabi or Polish/Romanian. The post holder will be responsible for identifying minority ethnic older people in Fife and conducting a basic needs assessment of each minority ethnic older person.
The closing date for applications is Wed 22 Jul 2020, please find an application pack and more information about the role here.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat about the post, please contact info@centreforequalities.org.uk, call us on 01592 645310 or text us on 07800 005834.
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Fife Equalities Forum:
Just a quick reminder that this Wednesday at 14:00 we will be hosting the first meeting of our Fife Equalities Forum, looking at the affect the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have had on different protected characteristics.
Please note this forum is only open to third sector equality organisations or community groups.
Interested in taking part? Please contact Nina@centreforequalities.org.uk, call 01592 645310 or text 07800 005834 to learn more.
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Fife Women's Tent and Diversity Week Fife Live Performances:
On our Diversity Week and Fife Women's Tent Facebook pages we've been hosting a range of different performances and live sessions.
Keep an eye out this Friday, we've got some exciting performances coming up!
- Rebecca Eaves will be playing a live set on our Fife Women's Tent page on Fri 24 Jul 2020 at 15:00
- Magic Mike will also be performing a magic show on our Diversity Week Fife page on Fri 24 Jul 2020, time TBC.
Would you be interested in hosting a live set? Get in touch at info@centreforequalitiesorg.uk, call 01592 645310 or text 07800 005834.
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No-One Left Behind Conversations:
This week we have another No-One Left Behind conversation! This session is examining the barriers into employment faced by people from minority ethnic communities in Fife.
- The session will be taking place on Wed 22 Jul from 13:00 to 15:00. Find out more here.
Can't make the meetings? Take part in the short online survey to have your say here.
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Equality Collective - Online Coffee and Chat sessions:
Thursday at 11:00 this week for our Coffee and Chat session. This time we'll be having a wee blether, seeing how you're all getting on and if there's any concerns that you have.
With the support from volunteers from Different Paths and Equality Collective, we have developed a new online Hate Incident Awareness Training course. To complete this course - click here.
Interested in speaking to the Collective at our Coffee and Chat sessions? Get in touch!
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Join the new Equality Collective group by clicking here.
If you wish to join any of the networks please let us know via info@centreforequalities.org.uk or text us using 07800 005 834 and we will send an invitation through to you.
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