EVENTS AND TRAINING

CRN UK AGM
Call for motions and nominations to the Board will be circulated by e-mail shortly. If
You are interested in becoming a trustee please contact Emma for details/chat.

30 October
Birmingham

Contact: 0117 9420142
or email:emma@crn.org.uk

Community Composting Workshops
The Open University, Community Composting Network, London CRN and the New Economics
Foundation are conducting an important Defra funded nationwide project about community composting.

These workshops are for sharing experiences and highlighting the issues to feed back to policymakers.

Exeter - Friday 28th September
Sheffield - Monday 8th October
London - Monday 15th October

Attendance is free (lunch & travel included).
Contact: Rachel Slater 01908 858537
r.a.slater@open.ac.uk

CIWM Waste Awareness Courses
The course provides an introduction to waste management and gives delegates the knowledge, understanding and skills to improve the management of wastes. So far Community Waste Network East has trained 180 delegates with some of the courses being provided in-house as well as at public venues.
 
Cost: £40 community and charitable sector, £100 local authorities, £125 for business sector

27 September, Witham, Essex - with an emphasis on WEEE
23 October, Cambridgeshire, with an emphasis on construction waste
4 December, Cambridgeshire
24 January, Cambridgeshire
26 February, Witham, Essex, with an emphasis on WEEE
4 March, Braintree, Essex, with an emphasis on construction waste
27 March, Suffolk

Contact: Heidi Seary - heidi@crn.org.uk or tel: 07966 450426

Eventful Scotland 6th Annual Conference
20/20 - Vision for Sustainable Resource Management,
Glasgow Hilton Hotel 10/11th October 2007
http://www.eventful-scotland.org.uk

CRN UK and other sector events and training information can also be found on the CRN UK website

Cylch 10th Annual Conference

Creating Sustainable Communities though Recycling
24 - 25 October 2007
Mariott Hotel, Cardiff

http://www.cylch.org/cylch-conference-programme.html

WRAP Recycling Managers Training Course
Courses are aimed at recycling and waste officers and managers in local authorities and those from not-for-profit/community organisations or private waste management companies who are directly involved in delivering and managing local authority recycling.

For September - December 2007 dates & locations visit

http://www.wrap.org.uk/local_authorities/training/index.html

Women & Work: Sector Pathways Initiative
Raising Skills and Unlocking Potential. To help in the up-skilling of women in the energy and utilities sector, Energy & Utility Skills is offering sector employers the benefit of a highly subsidised Women & Work: Personal Development Programme, designed to equip women with the tools they need to help with their career development. This opportunity is currently available to employees working in England only.

http://www.wrap.org.uk/local_authorities/training/index.html

Environmental Conservation (Community Recycling) Level 2 NVQ

This NVQ is designed for:

•  Waste operatives

•  Community Recycling - Local Authority or voluntary sector recycling operatives or technicians and kerbside collection staff

•  Shop floor staff/operatives

The NVQ aims to improve an individuals understanding relating to waste management and ensures that they are competent to segregate, store, transport, recycle and dispose of waste in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and applicable legislation. This qualification also supports sites waste management licences.

EMS are approved providers with A4e employment in Yorkshire and Humberside, East Midlands, West Midlands, London and the North East and can offer 100% funding for level 2 NVQ's in Community Recycling. To discuss eligibility criteria: Tel:   01246 418913, info@em-solutions.co.uk   www.em-solutions.co.uk

WRAP Collection crew communications future training

WRAP are producing toolbox talks to help collection crews to communicate better with the public and increase recycling. Downloadable versions are expected to be available through the WRAP website by the end of the summer . These new training packages include materials for interactive sessions that can be delivered in the depot. They are designed to be delivered by supervisors and guidance on how to use the materials will be included. Sessions, which will provide underpinning knowledge for the NVQ level 2 in Recycling Operations, will include 'Understanding the bigger picture', 'Knowing about local issues', 'Good and bad environmental practice', 'Dealing with conflict' and 'Engaging with the public'.

Strategic Carbon Management MBA

Norwich UEA are launching the first the first MBA in this subject. The first intake of students will be in January 2008. It is hoped the MBA will accelerate the emergence of the next generation of managers who will be able to lead confidently and positively towards the low carbon economy.

Every Action Counts
Every Action Counts is a Defra initiative (England only) focused on enabling community and voluntary organisations to look at the wider sustainable development issues within their organisations. The programme covers resource use, energy, ethical shopping, sustainable transport and caring for your local environment.

CRN UK and FRN are both involved in this initiative and as part of this we encourage your community group to become involved as well. Please register your organisation at www.everyactioncounts.org.uk to access the available advice and the list of easy steps to benefit your group.

Interested in free training?
Do you have any volunteers or members of staff who may be interested in becoming a Community Champion? One aim of the Every Action Counts programme is to recruit 'Community Champions' who will work through action plans with organisations to help them develop more sustainable practices.
Champions will be equipped to work voluntarily with a variety of community organisations to look at sustainable development within an organisation and to run through a toolkit to identify changes they can make.

Community Champions will attend a FREE two day accredited training course. Part of this training will focus on presentation and facilitation skills as well as training on wider sustainable development issues.

Course dates will be set as required and BTCV (who are delivering the training and community champions initiative) will adapt dates to suit. For example, if a group register together they can arrange dates and location to suit.

To register and further info: www.btcv.org/communitychampions
When registering your organisation or as a Community Champion, please indicate you have heard of this initiative through the Community Recycling Network.
Contact: Lizzy White via eac@crn.org.uk