ECRC Latest News - Details
July 10 |
ECRC working with LBE Adult Learning | ||
| The Resource Centre is setting up and hosting a virtual learning environment for Ealing's Adult Learning Provision. This will enable tutors and pupils to organise and share learning material. | |||
May 10 |
Volunteer's Week | ||
Volunteers’ week runs from 1-7 June. Most of the organisations based at the Resource Centre rely heavily on the skill and commitment of volunteer staff. More information from the Ealing Volunteer Centre  |
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May 10 |
London Premises Project | ||
| The Premises Fact Finder is a new resource for Community and Voluntary sector organisations in London. It brings all the key questions that may be asked about finding, occupying, managing or maintaining buildings in one place, and gives information and signposting to organisations specialising in help and advice on premises issues and for useful publications and websites. | |||
May 10 |
EBCC Funding for I.T Support | ||
| The Ealing & Brentford Consolidated Charity are funding the part-time I.T and Information Worker at the Resource Centre for Support and Training of Community Users in the Ealing Area. | May 10 |
Win a Car! Click Here and look bottom right | |
| Ealing Community Resource Centre is a part of the FSI Fundraising Raffle | |||
April 10 |
Improvements to accessibility and efficiency | ||
Thanks to a Capacity Builders Capital Grant, the Resourcce Centre has been able to make a number of improvements:
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April 10 |
Candidates' Visit | ||
| On 13th April, Ealing Central and Acton Conservative Candidate Angie Bray and on 23rd April, Labour Candidate Bassam Mahfouz visited the Resource Centre and talked with Voluntary Sector Staff and Volunteers about the work they do in the Community. During the election Campaign, the Centre Welcomes any interest from Parties and Candidates. | |||
March 10 |
Development work with A2Dominion | ||
| The Resource Centre is working with A2Dominion and Ealing CVS to help with development work on Dean Gardens and Sherwood Close. This will help engage with residents' needs and opinions. | |||
March 10 |
Funding from Wates Foundation | ||
| The Wates Foundation has agreed to help fund the Resource Centre for 2 years from 2010 to 2012. This will enable the work of the Centre to continue and expand. | |||
February 10 |
Extra Charitable Objects | ||
An extraordinary general meeting of Ealing Community Resource Centre agreed to add to our official charitable objects, to reflect the work that we do in the community in Ealing. These have been accepted by the Charity Commission.The Charitable objects now include: “to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the area of the London Borough of Ealing in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.” |
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February 10 |
Work on BASIS Premises project | ||
| ECRC is part of the BASIS Premises Consortium. | |||
January 10 |
Capacity builders Capital Grant | ||
| The Resource Centre has just received £20,000 capital grant to improve our facilities from Capacity builders. This will pay for, among other things:
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January 10 |
Signed up to 10:10 | ||
| The Resource Centre has signed up to the 10:10 campaign to save 10% of our energy in 2010. | |||
January 10 |
Mind EH moves into Resource Centre | ||
| Fron the beginning of the year, two staff from the Mind Action Centre have taken up desks at the Resource Centre. | |||
December 09 |
Christmas Holidays | ||
| The Resource Centre will be closed for Christmas from midday on Thursday 23rd December. We reopen in the new year on Monday 4th January. | |||
November 09 |
Annual Report | ||
| Our AGM was held on November 16th 2009. The Annual Report is available online. | |||
November 09 |
Becoming greener | ||
| A new project funded by the Heathrow Environment Awards will enable the Resource Centre to monitor our energy use and reduce our carbon footprint. | |||
October 27th 2009 |
Get Healthcare Online | ||
| Drop into the Resource Centre with your family and friends, and be a part of Get Healthcare Online! Discover how to use practical websites such as www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ | |||
October 23rd 2009 |
Get Online | ||
| The Resource Centre will be running an introduction to the internet, for people who have never used it. Come along with your family and friends and find out how to make the internet work for you. Nominate your granny now! For more information visit 'ukonline' | |||
August 2009 |
On-line room availability | ||
The Resource Centre is now piloting an on-line room-booking system (see mrbs.ecrc.org.uk). Currently, everyone can see the availability of rooms in the Centre, and resident groups are learning to use it to request room reservations. Once this is operational, the facility can be extended to regular external customers. The system was developed from the open source MRBS software by volunteer Surat Kaler. |
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August 2009 |
Artworks installed | ||
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June 2009 |
OECD visit | ||
The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development made a visit to the Resource Centre on 12 June 2009 as part of a conference on the use of digital technology. They were able to see the benefits that a Centre like this brings to small voluntary groups. The DC10+ Digital Challenge project demonstrated live video link-up to Sunderland, where this technology is being used to reach more isolated communities. |
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May 2009 |
ECRC is now a ukonline Centre | ||
The Resource Centre is one of a national network of "ukonline" centres, where people who do not have access to the Internet at home can get a chance to access computers with assistance. |
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