V4CE's support for Clore Social Leadership BME Fellow
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LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR BAME FELLOWSHIP IN CLORE SOCIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
An Office of the Third Sector Fellowship for a Fellow from BAME backgrounds is one of five Specialist Fellowships available through the Clore Social Leadership Programme, established by the Clore Duffield Foundation.
The leadership programme identifies and develops emerging talent in the third sector and is seeking applications for its first group of Fellows, including the Fellowship for applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds funded by the Office of the Third Sector.
The deadline for completed applications is 30 June 2009. Interviews will be held between 7 September and 2 October 2009. Full details are available at: www.cloresocialleadership.org.uk.
Up to fifteen Fellowships will be awarded in the first year and they will be announced in October 2009. The first programme will begin in January 2010. Applications are open to any UK resident who has substantial work or volunteering experience within the third sector. The flexibly designed Fellowships will last for one or two years, during which Fellows will attend two intensive residential courses including a variety of site visits to challenging contexts, receive individual tuition and mentoring, fulfil an extended outplacement and have an opportunity to engage in reflection and research. A bursary of up to £20,000 will be available to support Fellows or the organisations which currently employ them. Direct associated costs, including tuition fees, will be met by the Programme.
Dame Mary Marsh, Director of the Programme, said: “The Clore Social Leadership Programme will equip the next generation of third sector leaders with the skills and confidence to handle risk, manage complexity and make the most of opportunities to innovate in the recession and beyond. We need diverse leaders with courage, passion and focus to meet the growing needs of civil society”.
Vandna Gohil, the Director of Voice4Change England, a national policy voice for the Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector, commented:"We are delighted that the Office of the Third Sector is funding the creation of a specialist BME Fellow as part of the excellent Clore Social Leadership Programme. The Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector has suffered from historical under-resourcing and investment in skills and capacity building to deliver services to marginalised communities. This specialist fellowship will enhance the Sector's leadership capacity and help to achieve better outcomes for all in our diverse society. V4CE looks forward to supporting this exciting development and being involved in the selection process for the Fellowship."
The Clore Duffield Foundation will contribute £1.5 million to the new Programme over its first three years. In addition to this support from the Clore Duffield Foundation, the Programme is supported by funders including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the funders of the five specialist Fellowships listed above.
Notes to Editors:
The Clore Duffield Foundation
The Clore Foundation was founded in 1964 by the late Sir Charles Clore, one of Britain’s most successful post-war businessmen and one of the most generous philanthropists of his day. After Sir Charles’ death in 1979, his daughter, Vivien Duffield, assumed the Chairmanship of the Foundation and created her own Foundation in 1987 with the aim of continuing and consolidating her family’s history of philanthropy. The two Foundations were merged in 2000 to become the Clore Duffield Foundation (CDF). The Foundation is chaired by Dame Vivien Duffield DBE and concentrates its support on arts education, museum and gallery education, cultural leadership training and health and social care.
The Clore Social Leadership Programme is modelled on the influential Clore Leadership Programme for the cultural sector, which was founded in 2004, with the aim of helping to train and develop a new generation of leaders in the arts in the UK. Fellows have been selected annually from the cultural sector and beyond, to undertake an individually tailored programme of tuition, research, mentoring and secondment designed to develop their leadership skills, knowledge and experience.
Voice4Change England
Voice4Change England (V4CE) is a national policy body dedicated to strengthening the Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector as a positive force for change and building a thriving future. It provides co-ordinated policy advocacy for BME groups at local, regional, and national levels to all types of policy-makers. You can learn more about V4CE and its current activities from www.voice4change-england.co.uk
