The Bromley Trust

We're delighted to share that our film "Stone Flowers: Songs of Hope & Defiance" has been selected for the @womex-worldwide-music-expo 2024 Film Programme! Our award-winning film shares the journeys of refugee torture survivors Stone Flowers, and how the power of creating music has been integral to rebuilding lives ❤️ 🎶 It is part of the WOMEX film library and can be watched by WOMEX delegates between 11am - 5pm from tomorrow 24 - 26 Oct 2024, and for 30 days after WOMEX will be part of WOMEX Films on Demand - an online video library on virtualWOMEX. 🎥 🎞️

We're looking for a Community Coach to join our brilliant team! This role would be ideal for someone with an understanding of the challenges faced by those caught up in the criminal justice system, gained through personal experience, paid work or volunteering. If you have questions, or want to know more, we're happy to speak with you! Drop us a line at recruitment@standout.org.uk. Apply by 11 November, 9am 👉 standout.org.uk/careers

🌟 Update: we've extended the application deadline till 31 January 2025: do please spread the word - link is here https://lnkd.in/eUKtynzz 🌟 Our brilliantly high-achieving and inspirational CEO Kerryn Wotton is leaving The Hardman Trust - so now the search is on for our new CEO! 😊 We're looking for a leader of our wonderful charity which has an enthusiastic and energetic new team, financial strength, powerful strategy and huge opportunity for increasing impact on those serving long sentences.

Do you have personal lived experience of the UK asylum and immigration system and/or immigration detention in the UK and would like to work as a casework trainee? As a trainee at Medical Justice, you’ll have the chance to learn extensively about Medical Justice and our operational framework as a charity. You will be working as part of our casework team which works directly with people in detention to support them in accessing adequate healthcare and obtaining high-quality independent medical evidence to progress their legal case. You’ll also gain exposure to all areas of our organisation, with the opportunity to interact with research, policy, and advocacy colleagues. This practical experience will give you first-hand experience in the different areas that Medical Justice works in and how we collaborate across those areas to advocate for systemic improvements as well as deliver impactful support for clients. Find out more information and how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/e9KcHubE

The Bromley Trust is really pleased to feature as a #StrongerFoundations case study, sharing the learning from our recent strategy work with other Trusts and Foundations.

Great evening at the Stone Flowers film screening - do watch this moving doc if you get the chance

🆕 Under the bonnet of unrestricted funding with The Bromley Trust. Director of the Trust, Laura Roling, shares why they decided to embrace flexible funding in this way, seeing it as a 'vital way to help charities to navigate challenging times and develop new ways of meeting people's needs.' We also hear from grantees and charity leaders, Naomi Delap and Penny Parker. They explain what unrestricted funding allows their organisations to do and give words of advice to other funders, including thinking of longer-term change and ‘the bigger picture.’ Do any of their experiences and perspectives ring true to you? 🤔 🔗 Read the case study: buff.ly/3Pmu2O4

🆕 Under the bonnet of unrestricted funding with The Bromley Trust. Director of the Trust, Laura Roling, shares why they decided to embrace flexible funding in this way, seeing it as a 'vital way to help charities to navigate challenging times and develop new ways of meeting people's needs.' We also hear from grantees and charity leaders, Naomi Delap and Penny Parker. They explain what unrestricted funding allows their organisations to do and give words of advice to other funders, including thinking of longer-term change and ‘the bigger picture.’ Do any of their experiences and perspectives ring true to you? 🤔 🔗 Read the case study: buff.ly/3Pmu2O4

Prisons have had a “tumultuous” year but there are encouraging signs that the political costs of our addiction to imprisonment may have finally hit home with ministers. Read our new Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile, out today! https://lnkd.in/ebvrYF8i