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24/06/08 - Same Difference visits Sheffield.

The Same Difference UK tour continues. The exhibition is at the Sheffield Winter Garden as part of the Sheffield Children's Festival until the 6th July. It then moves to the Workstation in Sheffield until 18th July

For more information about Same Difference click here

03/04/08 - The Amazon Jungle comes alive in the Concrete Jungle - The Brazilian Amazon meets the Big Apple in three-month, citywide event

New York, NY, 2008 – This spring, lush green trees from the banks of the Amazon River will flourish alongside the Hudson River; shamans may be seen on the subway; and third and sixth grade students will be transported to the heart of the rainforests without leaving their classrooms. Amazônia Brasil, a citywide event of exhibits and workshops that seeks to bring models of sustainable living from the Amazon and present a contemporary vision of the region, will take place from April 17 to July 13, its creators and presenters the Health and Happiness Project, the Amazon Working Group and Fare Arte have announced.

Created by the Projeto Saúde e Alegria (Health and Happiness Project), Amazônia Brasil is the culmination of extensive research and collaborations with more than 600 organizations. More than 500,000 people visited the Amazônia Brasil exhibit in France, Switzerland and Brazil since the project began in 2002. After its New York City tour, the exhibit will go to Tokyo, Monaco and the Netherlands.

Health and Happiness Project (Projeto Saúde e Alegria) and Amazon Working Group (Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico) are International Service partners.

Download press release (pdf 1.16MB)

01/04/08 - Same Difference visits Bromley. The Same Difference exhibition is in Bromley Central Library from the 1st April until the 30th April.

03/03/08 - The Same Difference UK tour continues. The exhibition is in the Southampton City Art Gallery from 3rd March until the 31st March.

01/02/2008 - Same Difference exhibition visits Dewsbury
The Same Difference UK tour continues. The exhibition is currently at Dewsbury Library.  The exhibition will be in Dewsbury until the end of February.

12/12/2007 - Winners of Human Rights Awards Honoured

The winners for 2007 International Service Human Rights Awards are:

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Women
Najia Haneefi
Former director of the Afghan Women’s Educational Centre.

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Disabled People
Rosangela Berman-Bieler from the Inter-American Institute on Disability and Inclusive Development.

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Children
Operation Sirigu, Afrikids

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Association for the Development and Support to Communities (ADAC)

Award for the Global Human Rights Defender
Unreported World

The winners were honoured at an award ceremony in London on 5th December 2007.

01/11/2007 - Same Difference exhibition visits Brighton
The Same Difference UK tour continues. The exhibition is currently at the Jubilee Library in Brighton.  The exhibition will be in Brighton until the end of December.

For more information about Same Difference click here

15/06/2007 - International Service Human Rights Awards 2007 - Call for Entries

We welcome nominations for our annual Human Rights Awards which will take place on 5th December 2007 at the House of Commons.

14/06/2007 - Making Connections from Anna Janota in Bolivia
Read the latest news from Anna Janota, International Service Development worker in Sucre, Bolivia click here

05/06/2007 - Same Difference exhibition visits the KC Stadium in Hull

The Same Difference UK tour continues as the exhibition moves from the DFID headquarters in East Kilbride and is placed in the Learning Zone at the KC Stadium in Hull. http://www.kcstadium.co.uk/
The exhibition will be in Hull until the end of June.

For more information about Same Difference click here

01/05/2007 - Coaching for Hope made FA Charity of the Year

The International Service project Coaching for Hope has been selected as the official FA Charity Partner for 2007 which will raise the profile of our work and help us to help more people at risk of HIV/AIDS. click here

14/12/2006 - Human Rights Awards Winners Honoured During Ceremony at the House of Commons in London

The winners of this year's Human Rights Awards attended a ceremony at the House of Commons in London on 13th December 2006 and were presented with their awards by Jon Snow.

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Women-Joint Winners
 

Nizaam (Cookie) Edwards Provincial Coordinator of the KZN Network on Violence Against Women and Intersect Coalitions. South Africa

Dominga Vasquez (Guatemalen Women’s Rights Activist) and Helen Woodcock (Peace Brigade’s International UK volunteer)

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Children

Mathuso Moreong, Chair of the Phomolong Support Group, of LesothoSupport Group

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Disabled People

Miss N.G.Kamalawathe from AKASA (Association of Women with Disabilities), Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Bongiwe Mokoena, director of the Masonwabisane Women’s Support Centre (based in Butterworth, South Africa) on behalf of Nomakuze Solwande (deceased)

All photographs copyright: Andy Aitchison

01/11/2006 - Winners of Human Rights Awards Announced

The winners of this year's Human Rights Awards are:

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Women-Joint Winners
Nizaam (Cookie) Edwards
Provincial Coordinator of the KZN Network on Violence Against Women and Intersect Coalitions. South Africa

Dominga Vasquez (Guatemalen Women’s Rights Activist) and Helen Woodcock (Peace Brigade’s International UK volunteer)

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Children
Phomolong Support Group

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of Disabled People
AKASA (Association of Women with Disabilities)

Award for the Defence of the Human Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Nomakuze Solwande (deceased) and the Masonwabisane Women’s Support Centre.

The winners will be honoured at an award ceremony in London on 13th December 2006.

For more information on the International Service Human Rights Awards click here

05/09/06 - Fatboy Slim Visits Coaching for Hope School in Mali

The world famous DJ Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) has recently become patron of Coaching for Hope and has been out to Mali to visit the second Coaching for Hope school there. Norman was able to see the project in action and take part in Coaching for Hope football and art workshops. He also got the chance to visit a local orphanage we partner with and find out more about the realities facing children growing up in Mali. Norman has been extremely moved by his experience and is keen to carry on supporting the project in the future.

For more information about the Coaching for Hope project click here

27/06/2006 - Jane Carter Appointed Director of Coaching for Hope

Jane Carter, Chief Executive of International Service, has been appointed Director of Coaching for Hope, an exciting and innovative project launched by International Service last year. "The growth of Coaching for Hope and the superb opportunity that it presents meant that we needed to find a very capable person to lead it. After 18 years as Chief Executive of IS, I decided to focus my efforts for the next few years on developing Coaching for Hope. The new post is vitally important and I need to get on with it right away but will need to ensure that IS continues in the right direction until a new Chief Executive is found" said Jane.

Malcolm Harper, International Service’s Chairman said “We are delighted that Jane will be taking on this important flagship project full time: her work during her time as Chief Executive makes her perfectly placed to ensure that the Coaching for Hope initiative is a huge success."

For more information about the Coaching for Hope project click here

20/04/2006 - World Cup Celebration

To celebrate the success of Coaching for Hope, and to raise money for the project, we will be hosting a World Cup Celebration at The FA in Soho Square on 23rd May 2006.

For more information about the Coaching for Hope project click here

19/03/2006 - Study Tours in the Independent on Sunday

Andrea Wren has written an article in the Independent on Sunday today highlighting the benefits of our study tours to people from SMEs.

Study tours give senior level business people access to a number of skills which can be put to use in the workplace. Through visiting remote communities and seeing how development work is carried out, participants learn new communication techniques, problem solving skills, and a whole new approach to work.

To read the article click here
To find out more about our Study Tours click here

31/01/2006 - Coaching for Hope on Meridian Tonight

Coaching for Hope, International Service’s new project which uses football to make a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children in West Africa, will be featured on ITV's Meridian Tonight at 6.00pm.

The programme will feature interviews with International Service’s Chief Executive, Jane Carter, along with Jacob Naish and Darren Teague from Brighton and Hove Albion. Their recent visit to Burkina Faso piloted a new coaching scheme, Goals Without Goalposts, specially developed for football coaching in developing countries.

For more information about the Coaching for Hope project click here
 

16/01/2006 - International Service - Positive About Disabled People

International Service is pleased to announce that we have been given permission to use the disability symbol. This is a recognition given by the Employment Service to employers who have agreed to take action to meet five commitments regarding the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees.

International Service has agreed that we will take action on the following five commitments:
· to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider them on their abilities
· to ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss, at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what you and they can do to make sure they can develop and use their abilities
· to make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment
· to take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make your commitments work
· each year, to review the five commitments and what has been achieved, to plan ways to improve on them and let employees and the Employment Service know about progress and future plans.

For more information about our work with disabled people's organisations please click here

To see our available jobs please click here

02/01/06 - Same Difference Project Launched

Ross Georgeson is flying out to West Africa today to begin the overseas leg of International Service's Same Difference project, which uses art and creativity workshops to boost the confidence and self esteem of children living with HIV, conflict, disability and extreme poverty.

Over the next 12 months Ross will visit each of the five countries International Service is working in and provide art therapy workshops for the children and their teachers. All children taking part in Same Difference will create their own unique art postcard which will form an evolving art exhibition as more children take part throughout the year.

The project began in Craigmillar, Edinburgh where 120 children and their teachers participated in Ross's workshops, and after visiting Burkina Faso, Mali, Palestine, Bolivia and Brazil, he will return to Scotland to complete his year long journey.

Same Difference is a unique and exciting project which will improve the lives of 1,500 disadvantaged children and their parents, carers and teachers. Children will also learn about other countries and cultures taking part in Same Difference, and be given a chance to express themselves to the wider community through the exhibition of their work.

For more information contact Charlotte Morris

23/12/05 - Human Rights Award Winner in the Scotsman
 

International Service Human Rights Award winner Ross Georgeson was interviewed in today's Scotsman newspaper. To read a copy of the article, click here.

09/12/05 - Human Rights Award Winner in the Independent
 

International Service Human Rights Award winner Dora Akunyili is featured in the Independent today. To read the article click here. Dora was also interviewed on Radio Five Live and Radio Four's Woman's Hour. To listen to the interview, click here. To find out more about the awards click here or contact Charlotte Morris

05/12/2005 - Study Tours in the Guardian

International Service's Study Tour to Bolivia is featured in today's Guardian. To read the article click here

To find out more about the Study Tours click here or contact Charlotte Morris

30/11/2005 - Partner Organisation Wins Award

Saúde e Alegria, one of International Service's partner organisations in Brazil, has just been awarded the ECLAC / Kellogg's Prize in the Experiences in Social Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean category. For more information about Saúde e Alegria click here

03/11/2005 - The Yards Concert for International Service

Following the huge success of their sell out concert for International Service at York Minster last year, York group The Yards have kindly offered to play a fundraising concert for us again this year on 16th December at the Early Music Centre.

For more information click here

03/10/2005 - Winners of Human Rights Awards Announced

The winners of this year's Human Rights Awards are:

Volunteer Human Rights Defender – Ross Georgeson
Partner Organisation Achievement – REN-LAC
Grassroots Human Rights Campaigner – Dora Akunyili
Global Human Rights Defender – Benjamin Zephaniah

For more information on the awards and the winners click here

26/09/2005 - Private Sector Encouraged to Participate in the Year of the Volunteer

2005 is the official Year of the Volunteer but many businesses have yet to get involved. This need not be the case as evidence suggests that there is a strong volunteering spirit in the private sector. However, whilst the Home Office is spending millions of pounds advertising the benefits of volunteering to Britain’s youth the private sector seems to be largely bypassed by such government initiatives. To address this problem, International Service is organising a conference in October where businesses will be able to find out more about the diverse range of volunteering opportunities available to them from some of the top experts in the field.

The conference, entitled “Making the Most of Employee Volunteering”, is being held on October 4th 2005 at the Cranfield School of Business Management in Milton Keynes. It will include speakers from companies who have made volunteering work for them, including Viacom, KPMG, Lovells, Cadbury Trebor Bassett, IBM, Barclays and Standard Chartered Bank, as well as an interactive panel debate, hosted by BBC World Affairs Correspondent Mike Wooldridge, and a wide variety of interactive seminars and lectures.

Click here for more information. If you would like to book a place please contact Tom Pitchon on 01904 647799 or by email 

21/09/2005 - Coaching for Hope in the Telegraph and the Mirror

International Service's Coaching for Hope project is featured in both the Telegraph and the Mirror today.

To read the Telegraph article click here

To find out more about the project click here

18/09/2005 - Study Tours in the Independent on Sunday

The Independent on Sunday today highlighted how International Service's Study Tours can benefit business leaders.

To find out about our study tour to Bolivia in November click here.

08/07/2005 - Nominations Closed for Human Rights Awards

The nominations for the International Service Human Rights Awards will close at 12 noon today.  Winners will be announced in September.

To find out more about the awards click here.

14/06/2005 - President Receives OBE

18/05/2005 - Clare Balding Endorses Coaching for Hope

BBC Sports Presenter Clare Balding has endorsed Coaching for Hope, International Service's new project in West Africa. The project uses football to make a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children in West Africa.

12/05/2005 - Hat Auction Raises Over £1,500

Royal Ascot is coming to York next month, so International Service organised a hat auction at the Impressions Gallery last night. Clare Balding kindly hosted the event and Jeremy Wood did a brilliant job of auctioning the hats.

The event was a huge success, it was covered in the local press, radio and BBC news, the auction was packed, and we raised over £1,500.

Thank you to everyone who helped by donating their time, hats, raffle prizes or coming along on the night.

03/05/2005 - Deadline For Great Manchester Run

The deadline for applying for a place to run for International Service in the BUPA Great Manchester Run is tomorrow.  We still have places left, so if you are considering running call us on 01904 647799 or email us

01/03/2005 - Nominations Open For Awards

Nominations are now open for the International Service Human Rights Awards 2005.  For more information please click here.

06/01/2005 - International Service Wins £1,470,000 Grant

International Service has been given a 26% increase from the Department for International Development (DfID) in a Partnership Programme Agreement, this means a grant of £1,470,000 towards the charity’s work each year for the next six years. The money from DfID will be used to help women, children and disabled people - the charity’s three main areas of work.
Gareth Thomas, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for International Development, said: ‘Aid agencies and civil society groups in the UK and internationally have a vital role in eliminating poverty and promoting development. The significant increases in our support for individual agencies shows our confidence in their ability to make a difference to the lives of the poorest people.’