BECON

Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service
Salary/Scale Point £29,236 - £31,754 - Scale POE – SCP 35-38
Location Service Headquarters, Nissan Way, Sunderland, SR5 3QY
37 hours per week A flexible working scheme is in operation
Closing Date12:00 noon 12^th February 2010

Duties and Experience
To build and maintain positive and professional relationships with diverse communities across the Tyne and Wear area and work towards promoting equality of opportunity in the delivery of the Authority's services in line with legislative requirements and the implementation of best practice.

Key deliverables include engaging with under represented groups to advance Community Safety, promote the Service as an employer of choice, whilst ensuring the Authority consults and communicates effectively with under represented groups throughout the Tyne and Wear area.

Times onLine
10th Feb 2010

Hindus and Sikhs in Britain won a landmark court victory yesterday that will allow mourners to cremate their dead on funeral pyres.

The Court of Appeal ruling follows a lengthy battle waged by a devout 71-year-old Hindu for the right to be cremated by “sacred fire” according to the ancient diktats of his religion. 

Davender Kumar Ghai’s attempt to establish the first approved site in Britain for the 4,000-year-old spiritual ceremony was blocked four years ago by Newcastle City Council, which ruled that human pyres were unlawful.

The local authority’s decision was upheld by the High Court last year, when the Ministry of Justice argued that “a large proportion of the population of the United Kingdom would be upset and offended and would find it abhorrent if human remains were burned on open-air pyres”. 

BECON
24th February 2010
12:30pm-4pm (beginning with lunch)
Live! Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ
Limited places please book in advance to ensure your place.

This is an event to explore areas of the Criminal Justice System and an opportunity to gain a better understanding of how it works collectively.

The Criminal Justice System consists of 3 main parts; Adjudication, Corrections and Law Enforcement. Come and find out about how do they currently engage with the BME communities and how can this engagement be improved?

BECON
Durham Town Hall
16th March
10:00am - 1:00pm

Due to the success and the positive feed back of last year’s event, BECON is happy to invite everybody who is interested to come along to meet representatives from different regional and local funding bodies.