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Development Manager

£30,000-£32,000, depending on experience

Belsize Park, London

Level: Management

Category: Charities Jobs - Fundraising

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Tender Education and Arts is looking for an experienced candidate to fill the position of Development Manager. The position represents a crucial transition for the organisation, merging traditional fundraising with business development. 

The successful candidate will develop Tender's relationships with - and source income from - trusts and foundations, voluntary sector franchisees, local authorities, schools, individuals, corporate partners/sponsors and community based activities (including our online communities). A key aspect of this role will be to actively support the Director in the development of Tender's future income generating strategy.   

The Development Manager will provide excellent relationship management skills to implement Tender's 5-year fundraising strategy (in support of Tender's 5-year business plan 2011-16),  building stakeholder interests in support of Tender's Franchise Model and wider income generation activities.  As a member of Tender's senior executive team, you will generate a six-figure income and support Tender's development of its wider communications strategy. 

For details, please see the job description and application pack. If you have any further questions please email Dorota Small at dorota@tender.org.uk

The closing deadline for applications to reach us is 10am on Friday 17 February 2012. Interviews will take place on 23/24 February.

Tender thanks everyone for applying but regrets that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

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We had a very successful event last Tuesday with the screening of our new film 'Tender' which was made with Latimer Creative Media .  The event was held in Screen on the Green, Islington.  There was a great performance about domestic abuse from Southgate School to kick off the activities.  Awards were presented by Tender staff and the Mayor of Islington to Southgate School, Samuel Rhodes School, Golborne Youth Centre and Beal High teacher Suzi Loades.

The 'making of' film (by Jonathan Brady and Latimer Creative Media) was screened followed by 'Tender'.  Some of the young people involved in making the film then took to the stage for a Q&A session.  

Photos taken by the wonderful and talented Sophie Elliot will be posted up soon!

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Tender were present at Imperial College for their Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance week to deliver workshops and spread information about healthy relationships.  Our volunteer Natasha manned the stall. 

Tender are about to begin recruiting college reps.  If you are a university student and you want to get involved, email doireann@tender.org.uk

University reps will have the chance to get involved in event planning, awareness raising and campaigning, teen mentoring and fundraising and will have training and networking opportunities in the voluntary sector.  Sign up now!

TENDER on BBC Radio 4 

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In Teenage Kicks, Aasmah Mir explores the sexual pressures faced by teens in Britain today. At a time when young people are more exposed than ever to extreme sexual and violent behaviour, we hear about the work being done on the front-line, with kids who are growing up too fast. We hear from teenage boys on why sharing girls together is not just 'gang rape', but a way of life. And we'll find out how gang culture is pervading teens' ideas of how relationships work. Aasmah looks into the factors that mean sexual violence is on the increase in the early teens. And meets youth workers at the sharp end. How do you teach a 14 year old, who's used his mobile phone to film a girl performing a sexual act, about the complex nature of 'consent'? What if his frames of reference come from pornography on mobile phones at school? Teenage Kicks asks those working with youth, and teenagers themselves - what can be done to help young people have healthy relationships?

 Listen to Teenage Kicks here

The Heartbeat Manual

The Heartbeat Manual provides session plans and resources for the prevention of violence in teenage relationships.   The manual is a unique blend of workshop ideas from across Europe.  Each session plan was reviewed and honed during the delivery of the Heartbeat Project to schools and youth centres in London, Hungary, Spain, Germany and Austria.  Tender is delighted to share this resource with practitioners and we very much welcome your feedback.  If you would like a copy of the manual, please email doireann@tender.org.uk.  Please come back and complete our questionnaire to tell us what you think. 

The contributing organisations:

Germany:  TIMA e.V ., Tübingen and PfunzKerle e.V ., Tübingen 

Hungary: NANE , Budapest 

Spain: Cazalla Intercultural Association , Lorca 

Austria: AÖF , Information Centre against violence , Wien 

Heartbeat was initiated and coordinated by PARITÄTISCHEN Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany, with funding from the European Commission Daphne III programme. 

 

Copthall School raise £951.91 for Tender!

Copthall School chose Tender as their charity of the year for 2010 and their hard work resulted in a massive donation of over £950 for Tender.  Thank you so much for your incredible dedication and generosity.  They presented their huge (in every sense of the word!) cheque to Susie and Doireann on January 6th, 2011.

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Tender's Live World Cup Radio Interview

Quinton Fortune talked about the World Cup and his work with Tender on Liverpool's Radio City on Saturday 10th July. Here's what he had to say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td6zb0X4ts8

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Tender and White Ribbon UK work together to tackle domestic violence during 2010 World Cup!

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In conjunction with White Ribbon UK, both charities have sent out a large number of  the ''Don't Kick Off" postcards to schools and youth clubs. If you need any further information, either contact Tender directly or White Ribbon UK from their website.

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World Cup winners 2010 

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Congratulations to Spain on their World Cup win, and well done England!!! Our competition has now closed, and the lucky winner will be notified soon. Thanks to everyone for entering!

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Tender's live World Cup radio interview.....

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Quinton Fortune talked about the World Cup and his work with Tender on Liverpool's Radio City on Saturday 10th July. Watch this space for the audio clip so you can hear what he had to say......coming soon!

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Missed our World Cup campaign? Just click on the image below to watch our Don't Kick Off video with professional footballer and former Manchester United player Quinton Fortune and hear what he has to say about the dark side of the World Cup....

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............Win this signed Manchester United t-shirt! 

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France 24

Our director Susie McDonald was part of a panel discussion about violence against women on international news channel France 24 on wednesday! You can watch online here: (Susie's featured in part two)

Part One  Part Two

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National Practitioners’ Seminar for Those Addressing Young People’s Use of Violence in Close Relationships

Tender has partnered with Respect to host the next National Practitioners’ Seminar for Those Addressing Young People’s Use of Violence in Close Relationships, at Birkbeck College in central London, on 24^th March.  The seminar will provide a unique opportunity to learn from organisations working across the UK on issues of violence and abuse with young people.  A selection of the workshops includes: 

 Katherine Barnes, Barnardos – An Evidence Based Approach to Identify & Prevent Child Sexual Exploitation

Petra Sartingen & Armin Krohe-Amann, Tubinger Initiative, Germany – Preventative Work with Young People

 Joanna Sharpen, GLDVP – National Home Office Teen Relationship Abuse Campaign

Rhys Scudamore, Home Office – The Sexualisation of Young People

Julia Worms & Kate Iwi, Respect – Perspectives on Child to Parent Violence

Limited spaces are still available.  This is a not for profit event and we have tried to keep costs to a minimum – the price for the day will be £55 including lunch and refreshments. For more information or to book a space, contact Carrie Willson at carrie.willson@respect.uk.net or on 0207 022 1801

 

An Independent Evaluation of the TRUST Education Project:

For the summary of the report click here

For the full report click here

The TRUST project aims to:

EDUCATE young people about the violence and abuse perpetrated in relationships.

EXPOSE attitudes that condone and conceal domestic and sexual violence and challenge those attitudes with facts and an understanding of the consequences.

ENABLE young people to seek support and use the services available if they, or someone they know, is suffering from abuse.

Teachers who have participated in the TRUST project have had to say about it:

“The male students are more reflective about the use of violence.  They think more about it and the female students are far more self-assured” (Teacher, July 2008)

“Girls are more aware of the issues.  Some girls were already in an abusive relationship and were able to extricate themselves from them by the end of the project.” (Head of Drama, January 2008)

“The effect on the students involved was life changing.” (Teacher, January 2009)

Key findings of the evaluation were that:

90% of students felt that they had learnt something from the project

89% of the students reported that they had enjoyed taking part in the project

79% of teachers noted changes in most pupils

91% of teachers felt the changes noted in their students were positive

Heartbeat Project   

We are pleased to announce our involvement in a new international project, Heartbeat, to prevent violence in young people's relationships. The Heartbeat project will run for two years, reaching young people and teachers in the UK, Germany , Austria, Hungary and Spain. The project is supported by Daphne III under the coordination of our

German partner, Paritatischer Wohlfahrtsverband, and includes the following partners: Verein Autonome Osterreichische Frauenhauser (Austria), Women's Rights Association NANE (Hungary), TIMA (Germany), PfunzKerle e.V. (Germany) and Cazalla Intercultural Association (Spain).

If you have any questions about Heartbeat, please contact Nikki at nikki@tender.org.uk

TRUST in BBC3 Documentary

BBC3 will be showing a documentary called 'Dangerous Love' which explores violence in relationships among young people. The documentary will feature the work of our TRUST Project and is supported by Comic Relief. Transmission date is Tuesday 3 March at 9pm on BBC3, Tuesday 17 March on BBC1 @ 10.35pm. 

Unboxed runner-up!

We were a runner-up in the Unboxed Awards!

The judges highly commended our Trust Project for excellence in positive activities for young people that maximise youth participation, empowerment and potential.

We recieved £1000 as part of the Award.

We would just like to thank all our supporters who voted for us.

New Education Project: PUSH

We are piloting a new project in January 2009.

The project, PUSH, will work with disadvantaged and at risk young people to prevent assault in their relationships and unwanted pregnancies. PUSH aims to reduce the amount of teenage pregnancies that are caused by abuse.

The pilot project will be delivered to 5 Pupil Referral Units and youth centres in Barnet, Brent and Camden initially.

If you are interested in further commisioning or funding this work, please get in touch by contacting Susie MacDonald at susie@tender.org.uk

Take back the Tech

Take back the Tech supports social change and women's empowerment through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). We are one of the women's organisations profiled this year during the 16 days of activism against gender violence, from 25th November to 10th December.

Emma Humphries Memorial Awards Nomination

We were nominated for the Emma Humphries Memorial Award which recognises women's organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to raising awareness about violence against women.

National Lottery Awards Semi-finalist

Our Trust Project was a semi-finalist in the Big Lotteries Awards. We were shortlisted amongst 720 other candidates and competed for the Best Education Project.

"We are very pleased with the increasing recognition of the work we do with young people. Having worked in over 40 schools, Pupil Referral Units and youth centres this year, we’ve had enormous growth since delivering the Trust project to just 5 schools in 2004."

Susie McDonald, Education Manager

London Councils Funding

We’ve received a grant from London Councils to roll out the Trust Project in every borough in London over the next 4 years. We’ll be working with teachers and young people in over 150 secondary schools and Pupil Referral Units to promote healthy relationships through drama and the arts.