Room at the Top
The Gold Standard
Well Dunn Judith!
Pies for PIE this Christmas!
Drop in for a New You in 2010!
The Gold Standard
Well Dunn Judith!
Pies for PIE this Christmas!
Drop in for a New You in 2010!
Keeping Sunderland’s Children Safe At Home
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AN INNOVATIVE scheme to reduce the number of child accidents in Sunderland looks set to be a success.
The Safe At Home scheme is run by ETEC Development Trust in partnership with Sunderland Sure Start Children’s Centres, Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The scheme has now fitted safety equipment in more than 500 households across Sunderland. The national scheme, which started in Sunderland in November 2009, aims to supply and fit a wide range of safety equipment for eligible families across the Sunderland area in a bid to reduce the number of accidents suffered by children in the home. Janet Laidler, ETEC’s Children’s Essentials Service Project Manager, said: "I think this is a brilliant scheme. The equipment is supplied and fitted absolutely free. Not only does this help families with the expense of making a home safe for young children but it also ensures that the equipment is used and installed correctly." Hospital theatre operative Stacey Krager, of St Gabriels, Sunderland, is just one of the Sunderland residents to have benefited from the scheme. Stacey had already started to make her home safe for her two young children by installing a safety gate and corner cushions but was able to improve things further through Safe At Home. Safe at Home fitted Stacey’s home with a fire guard, window restrictors and a non-slip bath mat after a referral from her health visitor when she had her second child, seven-month-old Aaron. Her eldest child Reece, two and a half, also benefits from the scheme. Stacey said: "We have very low level Velux windows upstairs and if Reece just wandered into our room – as he often does – he could fall through them. It’s really helpful to have the window restrictors on them now – so I’m over the moon that they were fitted. It’s more helpful having the professionals fit the safety equipment as you know they are doing it right and installing it in appropriate places. When you are installing the equipment yourself, you are never quite sure if you are doing it right." RoSPA figures based on hospital attendances showed that Sunderland was the 11th worst place in England for child accidents. Janet Laidler said: "ETEC already had a contract with Sure Start in Sunderland to provide home safety equipment to a number of families in the area. However, there was no fitting service and the equipment pack was less comprehensive. The introduction of Safe At Home created an opportunity for the two schemes to be merged. This allowed funding, set aside by the local authority for child safety, to be used to increase the reach of the new scheme to a wider cross-section of the community." ETEC has been given approximately 2,000 child safety equipment packs to distribute and fit to households throughout Sunderland. The scheme is due to run until March 2011 with the possibility of an extension. Success of the Sunderland scheme will be monitored at the end of its first year against statistics provided by Sunderland Royal Hospital. NOTES TO EDITORS..... For further information, call Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator, on (0191) 565 6414 ETEC development Trust was established in April 1991. The charity provides a wide range of training, development and support services to people across the north east of England. The charity works with a number of funders and partners including Sunderland City Council, the Learning and Skills Council, Back on the Map, Royal Society of the Prevention of Accidents, UFI/Learndirect and the Northern Rock Foundation. |
Room at the Top
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SUNDERLAND-based charity ETEC Development Trust will mark the end of an era when Chief Executive Dick Ellison steps down from August 2010.
Dick will be moving from Sunderland to Hereford to enable him to join his wife Gwen, who now lives and works in the cathedral city. Having raised two children in Sunderland, Dick now plans to work as a freelance consultant, supporting community development. He will maintain close links with ETEC Development Trust in the future. Dick will continue his work on the board of Lifelong Learning UK – the sector skills council for the learning sector across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. He will also continue to chair its Community Learning and Development Panel. London-born Dick has led ETEC since it was founded in 1991 when the organisation separated from the East Community Association, in Hendon, Sunderland. Dick moved to Sunderland in 1979 to work at East Community Association and was employed by Sunderland Borough Council. Previously, Dick had worked in Manchester and Leicester after graduating from Salford and Edinburgh Universities. Dick said: "Leaving the north east – in particular Sunderland, Hendon and the East End – will be an enormous wrench but after 31 years, I think it is time to give some-one else the chance to lead brilliant charity in a fantastic community. Gwen and I have brought up our children here and they are now living their own lives. I came to Sunderland to stay for three years – that was my deal with Gwen. Now it is my turn to follow her. It has been a privilege to work with so many wonderful people over the years, who do so much with often so little. I am sure Sunderland, the East End and Hendon will go on to greater and better things, which is what they deserve!" David Fallon, Chairman of ETEC Development Trust, said: "The board is profoundly grateful to Dick for his dedication, vision, leadership and success through the years of change, opportunity and challenge. As Dick moves on, this successful organisation continues to move forward and is now offering an exciting opportunity for a new CEO to provide clear leadership for the staff and communities, with whom ETEC works." When Dick took over, ETEC employed six staff and had a contract for a year to deliver non-vocational training. In 1997, ETEC became ETEC (Sunderland) Limited in order to take up JobCentre-Plus contracts to deliver New Deal training to Young People across Sunderland. ETEC became a development Trust and attained charitable status in 2009, marking a new chapter in its development. The charity also set up a CIC (Community Interest Company,) which is the main vehicle for ETEC Construction to take on contracts and trade in the wider community. ETEC now employs 55 permanent staff and holds a number of contracts to provide training and development services. These include Learndirect on behalf of UFI, apprenticeships on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council and Future Jobs Fund and Children’s Essentials Services on behalf of Sunderland City Council. Dick has overseen a number of triumphs in ETEC’s history including:
The charity is currently looking into undertaking a social audit, with a view to achieving the PQASSO charter mark. The successful candidate will also oversee any current and future contracts on which the charity relies for its funding. NOTES TO EDITORS..... For further information, call Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator, on (0191) 565 6414 ETEC development Trust was established in April 1991. The charity provides a wide range of training, development and support services to people across the north east of England. The charity works with a number of funders and partners including Sunderland City Council, the Learning and Skills Council, Back on the Map, Royal Society of the Prevention of Accidents, UFI/Learndirect and the Northern Rock Foundation. |
THE GOLD STANDARD
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SUNDERLAND-based charity ETEC Development Trust has achieved a top award, recognising its commitment to staff training and development.
ETEC gained the Investors in People Gold Standard following a series of intensive interviews by assessors with staff and managers. The gold standard is the highest award of its kind and less than 500 organisations across the UK have achieved it. The award represents achievement of world class best practice in people management. Julie Dyos, ETEC’s Operations Director, said: "I am overjoyed that ETEC Development Trust has achieved the Gold Standard. Potentially, the charity is the first organisation in Sunderland to have gained this standard. It shows the investment and commitment, which ETEC has made to developing its staff over the years, and how this commitment has become firmly embedded throughout the organisation." Sunderland-based assessors Investors in People North East highlighted the following key strengths in its report:
The latest assessment was the first time, in which ETEC had been assessed using the new Bronze, Silver and Gold system. NOTES TO EDITORS..... For further information, call Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator, on (0191) 565 6414 ETEC development Trust was established in April 1991. The charity provides a wide range of training, development and support services to people across the north east of England. The charity works with a number of funders and partners including Sunderland City Council, the Learning and Skills Council, Back on the Map, Royal Society of the Prevention of Accidents, UFI/Learndirect and the Northern Rock Foundation. |
Well Dunn Judith!
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A MEMBER of staff at a Sunderland charity has just achieved Chartered Marketer status.
Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator at ETEC, has just achieved the highest award possible in the field of marketing. Chartered Marketer status is a prestigious achievement awarded by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. It recognises individuals’ outstanding practical experience and expertise. Since 1998, the Chartered Institute of Marketing has awarded about 5,000 marketing professionals with the highly respected position. Judith, 43, of Sunderland, is one of just 131 people who achieved Chartered Marketer status this year, with just 43 of those candidates based in the North East and Yorkshire. Julie Dyos, ETEC’s Operations Director, said: “Chartered Marketer status is a fantastic achievement for Judith and also for ETEC.” Judith has been at ETEC since 2003. She has also had more than 20 years of diversified, postgraduate experience. She began her career at the Shields Gazette, in South Shields, as a reporter. Since then she has worked for a number of organisations including Blyth Valley Council, Rathbone, and The Journal. To be eligible for Chartered Marketer status, you must either be a Member (MCIM) or Fellow (FCIM) of the CIM. You must also have satisfied the requirements of the continuing professional development (CPD) programme for two consecutive years. NOTES TO EDITORS..... For further information, call Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator, on (0191) 565 6414 or e-mail judith.dunn@etec.org.uk
All referrals for the Sunderland Safe at Home Safety Equipment Scheme are made by health visitors carrying out home checks on families in the Sunderland area during milestones in children’s development. Each of the child safety equipment packs is worth approximately £88 and contains two stair gates, a fire guard, window restrictors, cupboard locks, corner cushions, a non-slip bath mat and blind cord shorteners. |
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Pies for PIE this Christmas!
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A PROJECT aimed at carers, ex-carers and people with a disability hosts a Christmas quiz on Thursday 17 December.
People into Employment (PIE) host the quiz at ETEC’s Hudson House between 10am and noon. Coffee and mince pies will be served. The event gives clients, potential clients, staff and partner agencies a chance to get together to discuss working with PIE. PIE offers tailored support to unemployed carers, ex-carers and people with a disability looking to re-enter the labour market. PIE will start to run a series of informal, monthly drop-in session from Wednesday 27 January 2010. Hudson House is located 1 Moor Terrace, Hendon, Sunderland. SR1 2JH. For more information on all of PIE’s services, call PIE on (0191) 514 6150. NOTES TO EDITORS..... For further information, call Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator, on (0191) 565 6414 |
Drop in for a New You in 2010!
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A PROJECT aimed at helping carers, ex-carers and people with disabilities has
organised a series of drop-in sessions for 2010. People into Employment (PIE) will start the monthly drop-in sessions on Wednesday 27 January 2010. The informal, drop-in sessions will give clients and potential clients the chance to tell support workers at PIE what they would like from the project. Tracey Bramley, PIE Development Worker, said: "There is no need for an appointment – just turn up, have a coffee and a chat – and let us know how you would like to take these sessions forward!" Drop-in sessions take place on:
PIE offers support to carers, ex-carers and people with disability. The project helps clients to take the first steps into training and work. Support is tailored to meet individual needs and can include training, vocational experience, voluntary work and employment. PIE is part of ETEC development trust. ETEC is a charity specialises in providing high quality training and development. NOTES TO EDITORS..... For further information, call Judith Dunn, Business Development Co-ordinator, on (0191) 565 6414 |
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ETEC Development Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales. Charity Number: 1130616. Registered Office: ETEC House, 90 Coronation Street, SUNDERLAND SR1 2HE |
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