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Currently we have funding for the following projects:
Click the tabs above for more information on each project.
- Outreach IT Project
- B Ahead
- Advice and Guidance
- Youth Activities
- Realise
Outreach IT Project
This project is a two year project funded by Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales to provide very basic computer courses via outreach for individuals who cannot attend our premises.
B Ahead
This project aims to develop skills within the local community and is funded by:
And is a development of the previous BLACK project as it provides one to one support in addition to providing computer training courses.
An external evaluation of the B Ahead project in November 2007 showed that the project is having wide ranging impacts for individuals. The project has supported a number of individuals to gain employment, individuals have gained Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications and many have progressed on to additional courses or training.
The project has also had an enormous impact on individuals self confidence, motivation, self esteem and communication skills. Advice and Guidance
BCJ has some funding from The Bryant Trust to provide basic advice on learning and employment opportunities.
This project involves outreach work at local organisations including Children's Centres and Jobcentre Plus. Youth activities
We currently have no funding for youth activities but our staff voluntarily provide football, kung-fu and badminton sessions every week. We are part of the REALise project, and are in the Employment and Training micro-cluster. The project aims to develop social enterprise, collaborative working and developing the capacity of organisations so they can secure contracts.
For more information please visit www.realiseonline.org
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| Award winning BCJ - Monday, December 08, 2008BCJ won a RegenWM Prize today. BCJ won the Prize for its successful community engagement. The winners were announced at the ICC today as part of the West Midlands Regeneration Convention.
The Prizes celebrate the success of regeneration projects across the West Midlands. BCJ was praised by the judges for strong successful engagement with hard to reach and isolated members of the community.
To read more go to www.regenwm.org
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| Advent Calendar Competition - Monday, December 01, 2008Over £5,000 in prizes to be won this December!
easyfundraising has got together with some top retailers, including Currys, Argos, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer and Play.com, to give away over £5,000 in prizes in their amazing Christmas Advent Calendar competition!
Christmas Day Grand Prize
On Christmas Day, one easyfundraising member will win the grand prize of a fantastic home entertainment package from Currys, including a 32" Samsung LCD TV, a Samsung DVD Home Cinema system and an Xbox 360 console!
Amazing prizes every day!
Plus, starting on 1st December, there'll be a new prize to be won every day including, £250 to spend at House of Fraser, a Nintendo Wii from Tesco, a family Christmas hamper from John Lewis, a digital camera kit from Jessops, a selection of top toys from Early Learning Centre, a year's supply of lingerie from La Senza and much much more.
How to enter
• Click on the advent calendar window each day for FREE entry into the daily draw.
• Every time you enter a daily competition, you’ll also get automatic entry into the Christmas Day Grand Prize Draw.
More ways to win!
• Earn two entries into the Grand Prize Draw EVERY time you shop with any retailer featured in the Advent Calendar.
• Earn one entry into the Grand Prize Draw EVERY time you shop with any other easyfundraising retailer.
• Earn one entry into the Grand Prize Draw when you tell your friends about easyfundraising.
For more information, visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/bloomsburycyberjunction
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| Accountancy business now open - Friday, October 31, 2008The Community Interest Company that has been set up by Ceciel and Heidi is now open. Any trading surpluses will be used to support the charitable work of BCJ, making the organisation more sustainable in the long term.
Harris & Harris Accountancy Services offers accountancy and payroll solutions to third sector organisations and small businesses, including charities, community groups, social enterprises and sole traders.
Services available include:
Year end accounts
Monthly management accounts
Payroll
Tax returns
Independent examinations
Support with financial procedures and policies
Budgeting and financial planning
For more information visit www.harrisaccountancy.co.uk
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| Get Online Day - Wednesday, October 29, 2008BCJ held its Get Online Day on 28th October. Local residents received goody bags and were able to enter a competition to win a laptop and broadband for a year.
To win a laptop and printer just visit BCJ during November, and register with My Guide, which helps you learn about using the Internet and online government and public services.
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| Beat the Credit Crunch with easyfundraising - Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Don’t let the credit crunch spoil your Christmas - visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/bloomsburycyberjunction to find a fantastic selection of budget beating special offers, including 10% at Boden, 10% off toys at Woolworths and a 20% saving on all orders over £60 with Green People – to name just a few!
Win an iPod touch
Log on to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/bloomsburycyberjunction to be in with the chance to win an iPod touch. Each purchase you make until October 31st from any of easyfundraising’s 600+ retailers will earn you one entry into a draw to win an Apple iPod touch worth £199. You can also earn extra entries by referring your friends. Next month's easyfundraising competition prize is £200 of Tesco vouchers.
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| Raise funds for BCJ online - Thursday, August 21, 2008
Raise Funds When You Shop at Argos
You can now help us raise funds by shopping online with Argos who have recently joined easyfundraising. You probably shop at Argos anyway so please support us by making all future purchases through easyfundraising and earn a 0.75% donation each time. There are over 18,000 products including sound & vision, kitchen & laundry, toys & games, baby & nursery, sports & fitness, furniture & furnishings, garden, DIY and leisure and much more, plus regular special offers and over 700 products available exclusively online.
Car Insurance
August and September are great months to get a fantastic deal on your car insurance. We all need to save money these days and easyfundraising’s Car Insurance page includes some great deals, such as FREE shopping or fuel vouchers worth £40 when you take out a new policy with Tesco and a 10% discount on car repairs when you purchase a new policy with Kwik-Fit.
Plus, with donations of up to £45 available, this is a great way for you to substantially boost our fundraising total, while getting a great deal on your premium. Visit the easyfundraising Car Insurance page for more details.
Latest deals include:
esure £45 donation
Sheila's Wheels £45 donation
Churchill £35 donation
Direct Line £35 donation
ASDA Finance £27.50 donation
More Th>n £25 donation
Norwich Union £25 donation
Tesco Finance £25 donation
Please ask you family, friends and colleagues to support us by insuring through easyfundraising too.
Back To School
There are so many things kids need these days and the costs can quickly mount up. Log on to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/bloomsburycyberjunction to take advantage of some great money-saving back to school deals such as 3 for 2 mix and match on school clothing, accessories, educational books and stationery from M&S and 20% off selected schoolwear from Debenhams. There’s free standard delivery when you stock up on school uniform from John Lewis and the BHS ‘Fit the Nation’ range suits kids of all shapes and sizes and includes adjustable waists, short, regular and longer length trousers and generous fit uniform. Next, Littlewoods and Additions Direct also have great school ranges.
Make sure your kids are top of the class when it comes to studying. Waterstones has 30% off back to school books and free delivery on all orders over £15, while WHSmith offer free delivery on everything so you can shop for all their school stationery essentials from the comfort of home. There’s so much to think of, so visit Staples for all your stationery needs and a handy ‘back to school checklist’ to ensure you’ve got it all covered.
Don’t forget, EVERY purchase you make with any of easyfundraising 600+ retailers raises funds for us so log on to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/bloomsburycyberjunction and start shopping today.
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| Measuring Economic Impact - Tuesday, July 01, 2008Heidi Harris, a volunteer with Bloomsbury Cyber Junction, has been invited to present at the West Midlands Social Accounting Cluster's Measuring Economic Impact training session on 8th July 2008.
Heidi will be explaining how BCJ went about calculating their economic impact and Social Return on Investment figures, and exploring some of the potential problems involved in doing the calculations.
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| View the Chief Exec's Blog - Monday, May 19, 2008View the new Chief Exec's Blog. Find out what Ceciel has been up to, and what is happening at BCJ. read more ...
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| New Organisational Structure - Tuesday, April 01, 2008BCJ has converted to a company limited by guarantee (no 6426000), and has a new registered charity number (1122373). The new charity has wider charitable objects and now includes the following:
1. TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS, THROUGH EDUCATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE WHEREBY THEY CAN GAIN ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPABILITIES AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE;
2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY OFFERING COMPUTER LITERACY, BASIC SKILLS, PERSONAL SKILLS AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS TRAINING COURSES;
3. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON FINDING EMPLOYMENT;
4. TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE INRELATION TO HOUSING AND WELFARE BENEFITS IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT IN ORDER TO RELIEVE HOMELESSNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;
5. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, AND PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
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| Trips - Monday, March 17, 2008Join the trip to Drayton Manor and Rally Driving over Easter. For more information please contact Emran (emran@bcjunction.org or telephone 0121 2505533).
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| Annual Awards Ceremony - Saturday, December 15, 2007BCJ held it's Annual Award Ceremony on 13 December 2007. Over 60 individuals attended the event, including students, management committee members, staff, volunteers, partner organisations and funders. The event was held at a local restaurant, and included a meal and drinks. The students received their OCR certificates for courses they had completed during the year.
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| Double Celebrations at Enterprising Communities Awards - Friday, December 14, 2007BCJ were once again celebrating after two awards were given by Enterprising Communities to Ceciel Harris, our Project Co-ordinator and Mark Ensor, our volunteer learner support worker.
The award to Ceciel recognised his hard work in securing funding for the regeneration of the local area, through helping young people and adults to access training and employment opportunities.
The award to Mark recognised the barriers he has overcome to complete his computing courses, the progress he has made now he is attending a higher education course at a local college and the support he is now providing to other learners by volunteering at our centre.
Congratulations to both of you - you deserve these awards!
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| House of Commons Visit - Wednesday, November 28, 2007Ceciel and Heidi visited the House of Commons, after being invited to attend by Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales. The visit included meeting with local MPs, the Chief Executives of Lloyds TSB and Scottish Widows, as well as the trustees of the Lloyds TSB Foundations.
The visit provided an opportunity to meet other projects in the local area, as well as enabling BCJ to raise its profile amongst local MPs and Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales which has funded our work this year and also for 2008.
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| Football Tournament - Wednesday, November 28, 2007BCJ held another Football Tournament in November 2007. The event was attended by 14 teams despite the freezing weather and snow. The famous BCJ team were once again in action. The BCJ team is the only team to include females, who play by different rules to the males! Sadly, this did not help BCJ as they did not get past the first round. Congratulations to all the teams that participated.
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| Also wanted...old print cartridges - Tuesday, August 07, 2007We are also collecting your old print cartridges. Please bring them to either of our premises so we can raise funds by recycling your used print cartridges.
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| Pheonix Learning Centre - Tuesday, May 29, 2007BCJ has officially taken over the lease on Phoenix Learning Centre from 1 March 2007. There were various articles in the Birmingham Mail regarding this as well as Bournville Village Trust's newsletter.
BCJ is proud to partner Bournville Village Trust as part of the expansion of our organisation.
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| Raise Funds For Free When You Shop Online! - Tuesday, May 29, 2007We’ve found a new and easy way for you to raise funds for Bloomsbury Cyber Junction - simply by shopping online!
Read More Here...
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