bcds newletter aug 2013
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BCDS organised Fun Day at Central Park Birmingham on 1st
June 2013
Local children, their parents and volunteers from BCDS enjoyed a fantastic sunny day at Central Park Lee Bank
enjoying the smile of young people who were supported by our organisation.
Everyone who attended the Fun Day had a brilliant time and found the event really interesting and repeatable.
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Relationship with Police Crime Commissioner
We at BCDS are absolutely delighted to inform our readers that Mr Bob Jones West Midlands Police Crime
Commissioner and Ms Yvonne Mosquito his Deputy Police Crime Commissioner have visited us in our office on 6th
June 2013.
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BCDS has established working relationship with Social Enterprise West Midlands
Clifton Cameron took part as an exhibitor in the Social Enterprise West Midlands Conference on 13th
June 2013 in
Brindleyplace, which is an award-winning business and leisure destination in the Birmingham City Centre, where he
introduced the BCDS to market leader Social Enterprise Development organisations.
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Ms Melanie Mills from Social Enterprise West Midlands discussed with Clifton Cameron
about supporting young people
The CEO of Social Enterprise West Midlands, namely Ms Melanie Mills, has visited our office in Digbeth on 11th
of
July. Both of them focuses on creating opportunities for young people who present with complex issues enabling
them to cope with their main problems in their new life.
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Clifton Cameron met Carol Hebden Vice President and Director of Support Services of
Freshwinds Charity at BCDS OfficeWe are delighted to inform you about the fantastic meeting that Ms Carol Hebden and Mr Clifton Cameron enjoyed
on 26th
July at our office. They underlined during the discussion about their companies that their common aim is to
generate profit to further our social and environmental goals.
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Youth Offending Team Visited Us in our Head Office
The main objective of the Youth Offending Team is they aim to Maintain the social value culture in the local area.
Clifton Cameron, the managing Director of BCDS discussed with Ms Patricia Okunnu about young people that get
into trouble with the law. They look at the background of a young person and try to help them stay away from crime.
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Birmingham Crime Diversion SchemeSaturn Business Centre, 54 -76 Bissell Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 7HP
Tel: 021 6921066 Mob: 07526 873489
www.birmingham-crime-diversion-scheme.co.uk
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About us:
Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme Ltd (BCDS) was founded in February
2011 by Clifton Cameron. Clifton had a goal in mind to become the first consultancy
service which specialises in organising workshops and programs to help prevent young
people from offending and to assist the rehabilitation of ex-offenders.
Our approach:
BCDS programme consists of the following three stages:
The first stage: BCDS mentors ex-offenders to provide a personalized programme that
involves advising them and giving them guidance.
The second stage: BCDS strongly believe in training our service users by helping them gain
necessary skills to get them onto a placement scheme. At BCDS we work with various
organisations in forming partnerships.
The final stage: BCDS service users obtain a placement scheme that will enable them to
have better standard of living.
Our Mission:
At BCDS our mission is to prepare our main services users (ex-offenders and young
offenders) through the relevant training to obtain a job placement that will provide them
with a better future for themselves. We at BCDS are very passionate in helping those who
have been through a struggle or have committed some sort of crime. We also do not
discriminate our service users.
Our new services:
BCDS is in the process of working with a various schools to provide students with
support in their school work and mentoring.
BCDS is also in the process of offering training service to various organizations, such
as a probation services, Youth Offending Team and the police that will enable them
to gain an understanding of how gang cultures work.
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BCDS organised Fun Day at Central Park Birmingham on 1st
June 2013
The fun day in the park, where children were having loads of fun. The fun day was organised byBirmingham Crime Diversion Scheme and Birmingham Youth Empowerment Project. The day
included loads of families, teenagers and toddlers enjoying the day and the sunshine.
The day involved the young people who attended were informed about the organisation, whatservices are on offer to the public and how the organisation can benefit them. Everyone attended
gained vital information about the company in terms of our mission and objectives.
The fun day was a family day out with all the local community coming together enjoying the day,engaging and participating with the activities going on. The children had a variety of equipmentincluding: climbing wall, see-saw, jungle gym, playground slide, play-scape, inflatable bouncy
castle and swings. The local children enjoyed playing together and having fun. Also everyone whoattended had meals made by the Managing Director himself and ice cream were available too.
Here are some following pictures, to give you an idea of what the Fun Day was like:
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Establishing a long lasting relationship
with the local Police Crime Commissioner
BCDS are currently working with the community of Highgate with local Police from Digbeth PoliceStation.
As part of our main projects, BCDS have been working to develop successful relationships withthe local police therefore we established working relationship with the commissioners. Bob Jonesand Yvonne Mosquito are committed to publicly engage and listen to the real experiences of
people on policing, crime and community safety.
I believe that West Midlands Police is one of the best forces in the world, I want to hear more
people speaking of West Midlands Police as "our" police service, "our police officers" and not just
"the" police. I believe this will create a better connection, improved relations between all sections
of the community and our police service. And when people feel proud of our officers, I believe they
feel more confident that our officers will do a good job. - said Ms Yvonne Mosquito.
We have included a picture of our Managing Director and the police crime commissioners:
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BCDS is a member of the Social Enterprise West Midlands
Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme and Birmingham Youth Empowerment Project were
exhibitors at the Social Enterprise West Midlands Conference on 13th June 2013 in Brindleyplace.
Clifton Cameron the Managing Director introduced both organisations to the market leader of
Social Enterprise Development organisations.Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme is currently liaising West Midlands Police Crime
Commissioners, Social Enterprise West Midlands, Churches, MPs, Councillors and the
communities in an effort to reduce crime and unemployment. We are also working together to
reduce homelessness and helping ex-offenders in Birmingham and West Midlands to find
accomdation.
BCDS delivers a variety of services designed to explore the underlying causes of criminal and
anti-social behaviour:
THE I CAN WORKSHOP
COUNSELLING
CRIME PREVENTION SEMINAR
PARENT YOUNG PEOPLE MEDIATION SERVICES
ONE TO ONE MENTORING
PATHFINDERS PEER MENTORING PROJECT
STUDENT WORK RELATED LEARNING PLACEMENT
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Ms Melanie Mills from Social Enterprise West Midlands visited BCDS to meet
with Clifton Cameron and discuss ways of supporting BCDS
The CEO of Social Enterprise West Midlands Ms Melanie Mills visited our head office in Digbeth on the 11th
of July. Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme and Social Enterprise West Midlands both focus on creating
opportunities for young people who are currently dealing with difficult issues and problem which enable
them to cope with the various problems they face.
Social Enterprise West Midlands (SEWM) event, held at Brindleyplace in Birmingham on the 13th
of June
2013, host over 280 delegates to explore the opportunities the Social Value Act presents to them.
Carol Hebden Vice President and Director of Support Services of Freshwinds
Charity met with Clifton Cameron at BCDS Office
Ms Carol Hebden is Vice President and Director of Support Services for Freshwinds met up with
Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme managing director Clifton Cameron on the 26 th of July at our
office in Digbeth.
BCDS provides accessible opportunities for education, training and learning training, work
experience and support for ex-offenders and young people living in disadvantaged communities.
Mr Clifton Cameron and Ms Carol Hebden currently are exploring ways in forming working
relationship and forming a consortium.
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Birmingham Central Youth Offending Team visited at BCDS Office
Clifton Cameron, the managing Director of Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme discussed withMs Patricia Okunnu about ways in working with young people that get into trouble with the law.Both companies analysed the background of a young person and aim to help them in the most
effective way to stay away from crime.
Youth Offending Team is part of the local council and is different from both the police and the
courts. They also offer an extended service by providing family members or friends support if they
are worried about a young persons behaviour. The Youth Offending Team work with the police,
probation officers, health organisations, housing associations, childrens services, schools,
education authorities, charities and the local community.
Following the discussion with Ms Patricia Okunnu from the Highgate Centre, Clifton Cameron
analysed what a high quality young offender support service may offer. This entailed the vital
elements of pre-start up support, start up, growth, access to new services and workshops.Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme associated with the Youth Offending Team would be highly
beneficial to the organisation, as our members and clientele expect us to provide the very best of
services. Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme will have the same high reputation and standards
as Youth Offending Team in terms of protecting the young people.
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We at BCDS are absolutely delighted to inform our readers
that we have organises a fun day for the community on the
14th
August.
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We at BCDS are absolutely pleased to inform our readers
that we have organised a Holiday Club for youths to take
place in sporting activities and educational classes were
youths can ask us for help on work.