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Universal Credit: Important news from Alex Park Jobcentre (in English, Arabic and Farsi)

October  2017

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** IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CUSTOMERS **

During the next few weeks you may notice a few changes within your Jobcentre

These changes may include temporary changes to your work coach, the layout of the jobcentre and you being asked a few more questions when you attend about your digital skills.

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All of these things are to prepare for

Wednesday 25th October 2017

when we will become a UNIVERSAL CREDIT FULL SERVICE Jobcentre.

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The way the Department of Work & Pensions delivers its services to claimants has been gradually changing as part of the Government Welfare to Work programme.

As part of those changes all our customers will need to make sure they can access the new online Digital Service to complete their claims online and notify of us of changes to their circumstances.

You will be notified by letter of when the changes will affect you.

If you are familiar with using digital online services, i.e. you have an up to date email account which you use regularly, shop or bank online then you will have no problem following the changes to claiming or contacting the Jobcentre via the new online service.

IF YOU ARE NOT CONFIDENT WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE THEN YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT YOUR WORK COACH AND ASK FOR HELP ON WHAT TO DO NEXT.

 FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN YOU HAVING DIFFCULTY IN CLAIMING OR ACCESSING YOUR BENEFITS.

You will have an online Universal Credit account to manage your claim. You can use your account to report changes, send messages to your work coach and find support.

Eventually all claims will be on the full service and you will have a Universal Credit online account.

 

The Team

Alex Park Jobcentre

 

                    **                       ** معلومات هامة للعملاء
خلال الأسابيع القليلة المقبلة قد تلاحظ بعض التغييرات داخل مركز العمل الخاص بك.
قد تشمل هذه التغييرات تغييرات مؤقتة على مدرب العمل الخاص بك، وتخطيط مركز.

العمل وكنت يطلب بعض الأسئلة أكثر عند حضور حول المهارات الرقمية الخاصة بك.
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كل هذه الأمور هي للتحضير
الأربعاء 25 أكتوبر  2017
عندما سنصبح مركز كريديت كامل خدمة مركز العمل.
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والطريقة التي تقدم بها إدارة العمل والمعاشات خدماتها للمطالبين تتغير تدريجيا كجزء من برنامج الرعاية الاجتماعية للعمل.
وكجزء من هذه التغييرات، سيتعين على جميع عملائنا التأكد من إمكانية وصولهم إلى الخدمة الرقمية الجديدة عبر الإنترنت لاستكمال مطالباتهم عبر الإنترنت وإخطارنا بالتغييرات التي تطرأ على ظروفهم.

سيتم إعلامك بكتاب عندما التغييرات سوف تؤثر عليك.
إذا كنت معتادا على استخدام الخدمات الرقمية عبر الإنترنت، بمعنى أن لديك حساب بريد إلكتروني محدث تستخدمه بشكل منتظم أو تسوقه أو تتعامل معه عبر الإنترنت، فلن تواجهك أية مشكلة بعد إجراء تغييرات على المطالبة أو الاتصال بمركز العمل عبر الخدمة الجديدة عبر الإنترنت.

 

إذا لم تكن متأكدا من أي مما سبق سوف تحتاج إلى الاتصال بك العمل كوتش وطلب المساعدة على ما يجب القيام به المقبل.
الفشل في القيام بذلك قد يؤدي إلى أن يكون لديك صعوبة في المطالبة أو الوصول إلى المنافع الخاصة بك.
سيكون لديك حساب ائتمان عالمي عبر الإنترنت لإدارة مطالبتك.
يمكنك استخدام حسابك للإبلاغ عن التغييرات، وإرسال رسائل إلى مدرب العمل الخاص بك.

والعثور على الدعم في نهاية المطاف جميع المطالبات ستكون على الخدمة الكاملة وسيكون لديك حساب الائتمان العالمي على الانترنت.

 

الفريق

أليكس بارك مركز العمل

                    **                      **اطلاعات مهم مشتریاند

چند هفته آینده ممکن است چندین تغییر در مرکز شغلی شما مشاهده شود.این تغییرات ممکن است شامل تغییرات موقتی به مربی کار شما، طرح مرکز کار و همچنین سوالاتی باشد که شما در مورد مهارت های دیجیتالی خود به آنها مشغول هستید.

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     Ù‡Ù…Ù‡ اینها برای آماده شدن آماده

استچهارشنبه 25 اکتبر 2017

هنگامی که ما تبدیل به یک مرکز خدمات کامل خدمات اعتباری UNIVERSAL می شود.

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راهکارهایی که وزارت کار و حقوق بازنشستگی آن را ارائه می دهد، خدمات به متقاضیان است به تدریج به عنوان بخشی از برنامه رفاهی دولت برای کار در حال تغییر است.

به عنوان بخشی از این تغییرات، مشتریان ما باید اطمینان حاصل کنند که می توانند به سرویس جدید دیجیتال آنلاین دسترسی داشته باشند تا ادعاهای خود را به صورت آنلاین تکمیل کنند و از تغییرات در شرایط آنها مطلع شوند.

 

شما از طریق نامه اعلام می کنید که تغییرات.

شما را تحت تاثیر قرار دهداگر با استفاده از سرویس های آنلاین دیجیتال آشنا هستید، به عنوان مثال شما دارای حساب ایمیل روزانه خود هستید که به طور منظم، فروشگاه یا

 

بانک آنلاین را استفاده می کنید و پس از تغییرات به ادعای یا تماس با مرکز شغلی از طریق.

 

اگر شما با هیچ کدام از موارد فوق موافق نباشید، باید با شما تماس بگیرید و درخواست کنید که چه کاری انجام دهید.

ناکامی در انجام چنین کاری ناشی از عدم وجود مزایا و مزایای شما است.

برای اداره ادعای شما یک حساب اعتباری آنلاین جهانی خواهید داشت.شما می توانید از حساب خود برای گزارش تغییرات، ارسال پیام به مربی کار خود و پیدا کردن پشتیبانی استفاده کنید.

در نهایت تمام ادعاها در سرویس کامل خواهند بود و شما یک اعتبار آنلاین اعتباری جهانی خواهید داشت.

 

تیممرکز

 

تجارت الکس پارک

 

Lots of Volunteering Opportunities in Greater Manchester!

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Volunteer Centre Manchester provides information, support and training to Manchester residents who want to volunteer.

We also support Manchester based organisations who want to recruit volunteers, need help and advice to develop new roles, introduce/update policies and procedures or have a training need.

If you are under 18 please click here for more information on volunteering options which are available to you

Volunteering and Benefits – If you are receiving state benefits you are still allowed to volunteer. This guidance gives an overview of what you need to know before you start volunteering.

Click here to contact us

https://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/volunteer-centre-manchester/i-want-volunteer

Get in touchTelephone: 0161 830 4770Freepost NAT4553, Manchester, M60 3BR
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Whalley Range on Wheels shares Cycling UK Best Community Project award!

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Community cycling groups Onna high after sharing award!

The quality of entries for our Best Community Project award was so high that it ended up being shared between two extremely worthy and hard-working groups – Whalley Range on Wheels and Onna Bike. Both are Cycling UK Community Clubs, both have been heavily involved in our Big Bike Revival – and both have been helping people to cycle, with fantastic benefits to their respective communities.

Whalley Range on Wheels

Whalley Range on Wheels comprises a band of committed volunteers who have worked tirelessly over the last 18 months to make Alexandra Park in South Manchester a real hive of cycling activity.

Project co-ordinator Eve Holt has made it possible for hundreds of people to get on their bikes, with regular activities and events for the whole family, including adults learning to ride for the first time, improver sessions for rusty returners, road training, bike maintenance workshops and social rides.

Cycling UK Trustee Welna Bowden, Chair of the Awards Committee, said: “People attend the sessions come rain or shine and the atmosphere is always positive and welcoming.

“A small group of volunteer mechanics has helped bring donated bikes back to life so that some participants now have their own bike.

“The project has grown through word of mouth and with there being a physical presence in the park. It an excellent example of fluid working across organisations with volunteers working alongside Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester Parks services.

“Whalley Range on Wheels is exactly the sort of project that can make a real difference.”

Project co-ordinator Eve said: “The appetite from local people has been wonderful.  People of all ages and backgrounds come to the sessions and both participants and volunteers alike talk about the impact it has on their wellbeing and lives.

“Thanks to the Big Bike Revival, we have been able to revive 40 second-hand bikes over the summer, some from out of skips, and give them to Manchester asylum seekers who have been attending our regular Monday sessions so they can #ridefree.

“We are all looking forward to a celebratory ride along the Fallowfield loop on 17 October followed by a Spooky kidicalmass ride for families on 30 October. Happy bikes make for happy people and a happy planet.”

Onna Bike

Onna Bike offers free weekly sessions for the local community in Bradford, with the aim of teaching people to ride and improve skills. The club has developed strong links with Belle Vue Girls School and facilitated a project which has resulted in 180 girls undertaking cycle training and reaching Bikeability Levels 1 and 2.

The project enabled 90 girls – at two events – to participate in cycling activities which included Bikeability training, bike maintenance, making smoothies (using a bike to power the motor) and also having a go on cycling rollers provided by the Cycling UK-affiliated Otley Cycle Club.

The project was made possible through funding from Cycling UK, the support of WYCA City Connect and collaboration with a number of organisations, including Zara Sports Centre and Bradford Council Bikeability Scheme co-ordinated by Aubrey Cooper.

Welna said: “The pilot was hugely successful, creating a buzz of excitement and resulting in the project being rolled out across all the remaining 800-plus students at the school.

“Onna Bike also established links with OnTrak, receiving 20 refurbished bikes, and was able to donate the bikes at no cost to the girls attending the cycling project.

“That was particularly important given that a vast number of students are unable to buy or access a bike, as they live in a socially deprived area where finances are strained.

“Although the club is in its infancy, it has made a promising start to what should be an amazing journey of discovery and adventure.”

Onna Bike, founded by Mumtaz Khan, runs weekly cycling sessions with fellow cycling coach Andrew Gray, at Zara Sports Centre, next to Belle Vue Girls School, on Saturdays from 6.00-7.15pm, followed by a ride for more confident cyclists.

Mumtaz said: “Cycling is becoming very popular in Bradford and for people just starting out, or for those who enjoy cycling at a more leisurely pace, mainstream cycling clubs can seem quite daunting. Onna Bike offers an alternative which appeals to novice and intermediate riders.”

The Belle Vue girls also attended an informative and humorous presentation by round-the-world cyclist Reece Gledhill. They were then given the task of developing their own expedition, focusing on the countries that they would like to visit – with Dubai, Jamaica, Japan and Australia coming out as hot favourites.

Samantha Crabtree, a member of the Belle Vue Girls School staff, commented: “All of our Year 10 girls have now completed the Level 1 Bikeability Award and the majority the Level 2 Award. The girls have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and with the help of the professional instructors have developed better and safer cycling habits.

“Some of the girls had never ridden a bike before and many do not have the opportunity to cycle, but the course has made them more comfortable and confident in the saddle.

“The opportunity for some of them to then take away a bike at the end of the course has been a great incentive and will hopefully encourage more girls to cycle to school or in their free time.

“Cycling is a great way for the girls to get around, get some exercise and reduce the amount of time spent stuck in a car or on the bus and socialise with their friends.”

Belle Vue Headteacher Mary Copeland said: “It has been a great opportunity for one year to take part in this project – not only learning a skill for now and the future, but also exploring sustainability and environmental issues important to today society.”

Whalley Range on Wheels and Onna Bike received their awards at the Cycling UK Members Get Together in Manchester on Saturday (8 October). Making the presentation was transport campaigner Caroline Russell, London Assembly Member and national transport spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales.

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Manchester Community Cycle Group in Alexandra Park

Whalley Range on Wheels comprises a band of committed volunteers who are working tirelessly to make Alexandra Park in South Manchester a real hive of cycling activity.

Over the last two years the group has engaged with over three thousand local residents helping more people to experience the joy, independence and wellbeing a bike can bring.

For adults

Regular activities take place every Monday in the park with learn to ride sessions, road training, improver sessions for rusty returners and social rides taking place 9.30-11.30 and 12-2.00pm,  supported by instructors from Transport for Greater Manchester.  Volunteer mechanics are also on hand to help keep the fleet in good working order and help people to get their bikes fixed and to learn basics of good bike maintenance. Monthly Women in the Workshop bike maintenance training, for both beginners and improvers, run throughout the year on Saturday afternoons.

For kids

Kid cycling sessions after school on a Monday between 3.30pm and 5pm have proved very popular so the club is looking for ways to run more in partnership with  the PushPedalScoot project run by BikeRight! Futures CIC.

For the whole family

Throughout the year the group organises cycling themed events for the whole family often in collaboration with other local groups.  Through a series of Big Bike Revival events, supported by Cycling UK, held across Moss Side, Hulme and Whalley Range, more than 200 bikes were revived.  Many had been gathering dust in people sheds and back gardens.   In conjunction with Manchester City of Sanctuary they also helped 50 asylum seekers to get riding and to then #ridefree by fixing up  2nd hand bikes donated from the police, general public and retrieved from skips.

For Halloween,  the group supported a spooky kidical mass ride from the park along the Fallowfield loop.  50 people of all ages participated.  Further events are planned for the winter period including a light your bike up like a xmas tree ride on 17 December.

Project co-ordinator, Eve Holt, a resident in Whalley Range, cycling instructor and campaigner, is clear that everyone is welcome.  “People attend the sessions come rain or shine and the atmosphere is always positive and welcoming.  The appetite from local people has been wonderful.  People of all ages and backgrounds come to the sessions and both participants and volunteers alike talk about the impact it has on their wellbeing and lives.  Happy bikes make for happy people and a happy planet. ”

Whalley Range on Wheels recently received an award from Cycling UK in recognition of their work.

More info:

Regular sessions in Alexandra Park are free and are run as an open drop in.  No booking needed.  All equipment provided.  We meet in the car park off Russell Street, M16 7JL (behind tennis courts) at 9.30am and 12 midday.  Kids sessions then start at 3.30pm and 4.15pm (all children must be supervised).  For details of other events, workshops and activities coming up see Facebook page or Whalley Range on Wheels.  Donations of bikes, equipment, money, skills and time always appreciated. Project co-ordinator can be contacted at eve@happencic.org or 07812 157761

Tai Chi (Taiji) and Qigong for Beginners: all adults welcome.

 

Thursdays at 1:30-2:30pm @ JNR8 Youth & Community Centre

82 Cromwell Avenue, M16 0BG

(Back of Manley Park Church)

Taiji has been developed by the Chinese as a complete system for promoting mental health and physical health.

It consists of a series of choreographed slow relaxed movements called the form.

It is suitable for people of all ages and physical abilities and requires no special equipment; and can be performed in a small area.

Tai chi is often described as “meditation in motion,” but it might well be called “medication in motion.” There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice has value in treating or preventing many health problems.

This gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, flexibility, and balance, and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.   Harvard Medical School.

 

Call Chris on 0161 881 3744 for more details.

www.whalleyrange.org

Join the Whalley Range Scouts!

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Hi!

We thought we’d let you know that we’ll have spaces for new Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to join 123rd Manchester Scout Group this September. We’re open to girls and boys aged from 6-14years and offer a varied program of activities to offer something for everyone.

We’re based on Alexandra Road South in Whalley Range and meet on Monday Evenings at 5:45pm in term time.

Interested parents can contact Jonny on 07825 836 415 or email manchester123scouts@gmail.com

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Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People Living Our Lives

Living Our Lives are workshops and information sharing events for disabled people of all ages living in Manchester. They are an opportunity to find out more about different issues important to disabled people.

Living Our Lives workshops will be spread out through 2016 and early 2017, so let Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) know what you want to find out about these can schedule it in later this year.

The first few sessions are:
Friday 17 June – Find out about us…
Come along and find out about GMCDP, what they offer, how disabled people are organising together and supporting each other work – and if there time, ideas for places to find useful information.

Wednesday 22 June – Making the Most of your Money
Find out about the different concessions available to disabled people.

Wednesday 6 July – Support with Employment
Find out about what support there is to find work, and also support to stay in work and make the workplace more accessible to you. Richard Neil McRobert from Breakthrough UK will be talking about the support Breakthrough offers to disabled people living in Manchester who are seeking employment.
The workshops are being held 2pm-4.30pm, in Unit 4 at the Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Moss Side, M13 7WD.

For further information and to confirm your attendance, contact Linda, on 0161 636 7535, or email: lmarsh@gmcdp.com