C.H.A.N.C.E. has got Talent

25th Febraury 2011, 6pm at Hope Church

Do you have a talent or an act you like to preform, or have not had the opportunity to perform and want to give it a go.  CHANCE is organising this event for the local community and organisations working in the East End of Sunderland. 

We are looking for singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, actors/actresses, jugglers and a whole lot more, if you are interested and would like to take part in this event, please contact:

Victoria, Donna or Sue on 0191 5670978 or email info@chancesunderland.co.uk.

If you dont want to participate but would like to come and help out back stage, with catering, refreshment or stalls then we would also love to hear from you.

Tickets to watch the performances are available from CHANCE reception (telephone number and email address as above) £3 per adult or £1.50 for children and concessions, please book early as numbers are limited.

To book your place today please feel free to download our booking form and return it to the above email address by clicking here

To print out and display our poster in your centre for your groups to participate click here

Meet your neighbour

Meet Your Neighbour is an exhibition curated by the Polish community based in Sunderland in partnership with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The exhibition shows Polish culture and the life experiences of Polish people living here in the North East.

The Polish community are part of the International Community Organisation of Sunderland. They offer guidance and language courses to ethnic minorities and migrant communities in Sunderland and the North East. They also organise social and art events to promote new talent from the ethnic minority community. If you wish to join us, we welcome new members from any background.

For more information, call Terri Oliver on 0191 567 4620

Enterprising Charities Events

Enterprising Charities events aim to help third sector organisations in Tyne and Wear consider social enterprise and trading as a sustainable way to generate unrestricted income. Interested organisations will be referred to work with our partners, SES (Sustainable Enterprise Strategies), who will help them develop their enterprise ideas.

Delivered in partnership with SES and Ward Hadaway Law Firm, this event will be a chance to look at the following topics:

    * Social Enterprise: something that you ARE, or something that you DO?
    * Enterprise alongside other sources of funding (grants, contracts,
      donations)
    * Legal technicalities – trading arms, CICs and charity law
    * Support available for enterprising organisations

*If you like what you hear at the event... *

...and you want to further explore social enterprise as an addition to your existing work, SES will work with you to share their in-depth knowledge of social enterprise, offering one to one support and mentoring to organisations keen to develop their enterprising activity.

Upcoming events are as follows:

Business Plus Events

Business Plus events are designed to share information, initiate partnerships and raise the business skills of the sector, with a view to encouraging the collaborative delivery of public service contracts.

As well as the networking and partnership opportunities on offer, each event will feature either a chance to *meet commissioners* to discuss how the sector can work in partnership to deliver public services *or* a presentation from an expert on a *topical business-related subject* to help the sector gear up for the challenges of contracting and public service delivery.