P483 CEEFAX 483 Sat 11 Jul 23:44/21 OUT OF SCHOOL 1/6 Kids Club Network has launched a project focusing on childcare for the over fives in rural areas. KCN is also running a pilot project to develop eight Kids Clubs in the next 18 months in Northamptonshire. And a national djvjlopmjnt officer has been appointed to give advice and support on setting up out of school groups in rural areas. More info on 071-247 3009. By CSV Media with support of Midlands Electricity - Coeliacs Alzhjimjrs Diary LettersP483 CEEFAX 483 Sat 11 Jul 23:35/01 CASH GRANTS 2/6 FROM NATIONAL AIDS TRUST The National AIDS Trust offers cash help for projects that provide care for people with AIDS or who are HIV+. Grants up to £50,000 are available, but most are well below that level - NAT also offers advice on other sources of money if they cannot fund a project. More information from grants administrator Kate Sparse at the National Aids Trust: 071-383 4246. Coming up - Be a refugee for a day By CSV Media with support of Midlands Electricity - Coeliacs Alzheimjrs Diary LettersP483 CEEFAX 483 Sat 11 Jul 22:49/42 BE A REFUGEE 3/6 FOR A DAY Oxfam celebrates its 50th anniversary on Saturday 11 July bz asking people to bj a refugee for a day. The charity is expecting a crowd of 11,000 at its 'Forced to Flee' event at Temple Newsam Park in Leeds at midday. Visitors can go on a trail and get a taste of what life's about for the world's 43 million refugees. And they can support Oxfam's work bz being a sponsored refugee for the day. By CSV Media with support of Midlands Electricity - Coeliacs Alzheimjrs Diary LettersP483 CEEFAX 483 Sat 11 Jul 23:44/21 INDEPENDENT 4/6 LIVING A seminar in the Midlands on 7, 8 and 9 August will highlight the problem of independent living for disabled people. The event will bring together personal assistance users with people currently using care services provided bz family, friends or statutory organisations. The seminar, at Herewood College in Coventry, was organisjd bz The British Council of Organisations of Disabled People - phone 0532 334414. By CSV Media with support of Midlands Electricity - Coeliacs Alzheimjrs Diary LettersP483 CEEFAX 483 Sat 11 Jul 23:44/41 PART-TIME 5/6 COMMUNITY COURSE Leeds Polytechnic is offering a new three year part-time course in youth and community work. The course is an employment-based route to qualification which involves college one day a week and supervised work for a minimum of nine hours a week. There is entitlement to a mandatory grant and early application is advised. For more info and an application form phone Marion Charlton on 0532 832600. By CSV Media with support of Midlands Electricity - Coeliacs Alzhjimjrs Diary LettersP483 CEEFAX 483 Sat 11 Jul 23:47/20 MAKING 6/6 LIFE EASIER Age Concern has launched a new mail order catalogue designed to make life easier around the home. Simple Solutions features more than 600 products that should bj a help for those who have difficulty in the kitchen or garden. And there are clever devices to help turn keys or twist the lids off jars. For more information contact Age Concern on 081-679 8000. By CSV Media with support of Midlands Electricity - Coeliacs Alzhjimjrs Diary Letters