We are looking to appoint a qualified/experienced Accountant, who will be responsible for providing an efficient service for Roundabout’s accounting and finance functions. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing monthly Management Accounts & Reports, Year-end Accounts Submissions, Payroll, Preparing Budgets & Forecasts including cash flow control, dealing with HMRC, Companies House and Auditors (year-end).

Roundabout is committed to ensuring the Safeguarding of all young people who access its services.

 For an application pack or for further information please go to www.roundabouthomeless.org;  contact Sue Wheeler/Azra Tafique/Pat Devlin on 0114 2536789;  email: atafique@roundaboutltd.org ,  swheeler@roundaboutltd.org or request by writing to Roundabout Ltd, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW, stating clearly which post you are applying for.

 The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 10 February 2012, 5 pm.

 Roundabout Ltd is committed to actively valuing diversity and encouraging equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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This is an exciting opportunity to help raise the profile of an excellent local charity and raise funds that will change the lives of young homeless people for many years to come.

We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to help us meet the target of raising funds to complete the refurbishment of our emergency Hostel for homeless young people.  The successful applicant will have a solid experience in charity fundraising on a large scale.  The focus of the post will be on raising donations from the public and business through fundraising events organised and supported by Roundabout and to promote regular giving.

Roundabout is committed to ensuring the Safeguarding of all young people who access its services.

Please see application pack below or for further information please contact Sue Wheeler/Azra Tafique/Pat Devlin on 0114 2536789; email:atafique@roundaboutltd.org ,  swheeler@roundaboutltd.org or request by writing to Roundabout Ltd, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW, stating clearly which post you are applying for.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 10 February 2012, 5 pm.

Roundabout Ltd is committed to actively valuing diversity and encouraging equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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We invited Paul to become our Patron because of the interest and passion he had shown for the work we do,  in his time as Leader of Sheffield City Council.

Paul’s first contact with Roundabout was at a community consultation event where a group of young people from our hostel were enthusiastically having their say. Following this first encounter, Paul took the time to come and visit Roundabout on several occasions.

Paul says  “As Leader of the Council I was introduced to many charities but Roundabout was the one that grabbed my attention and I have a personal attachment to the charity, as the issues facing these young people could happen to anyone.”

“Youth homelessness is very real in Sheffield and meeting the staff and young people at Roundabout instantly confirmed for me that this was the charity I wanted to get involved with. The run is just the start.”

Paul has raised nearly £300 from the run, but there is still time to donate more at our JustGiving page http://www.justgiving.com/roundaboutltd/Donate

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Music and video created by the young people at Roundabout’s homeless hostel and the older people’s supported accommodation across the road at St Barnabas House.

We wanted to bring the two groups together in an inter-generational project which got the two groups talking to each other and where they could then create something together.

We ran a ‘speed-dating’ style session with the young and old, using prompt cards such as ‘what does love feel like’ and ‘do you believe in life after death’, then recorded these conversations. One of the young people from the hostel then took samples of some of these conversations and turned them into a song in just five hours in the studio.

We then brought the old and young groups back together at Silent Cities office, split them into pairs – one older person and one younger person, and gave them each a flip camera and 10 seconds of the song each to create content for a music video.

We also had an artist in residence who encouraged them to draw what they felt whilst listening to the song. We also used images from these pictures in the music video. The music video was also edited with the help of one of the young people who had a particular talent in this area.

And here is the result.

The project was funded by Awards for All, and was a joint collaboration with Silent Cities and Roundabout Homeless, both based in Sheffield.

You can also see some pictures of the processes here:

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After I looked through it a few times I realised it wasn’t so hard after all and I enjoyed every minute of it and I cant wait to do it again.

The presentation was accompanied by a video that can be seen here http://vimeo.com/channels/35522#27523607

This afternoon I followed it up by attending an interview skills session with Shauna and found that I’m more confident than what I was before the presentation. For instance I’m way more aware of my body language now. If I got a job interview tomorrow I feel I could just walk in and get the job using my skills.

Thanks!!

~Chris M

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