Dear [Name}

At last were ready to officially launch our new website.  Have a look at www.fiferights.org . The new site allows us to communicate more effectively across the sector and has all the information and news advice and rights agencies want.  Our directory www.fiferights.org/directory  (with over 270 fife based advice agencies) has been given a makeover and will soon (by Monday) include a video from each of the services that took part in our video recording project (for an example look at www.fiferights.org/apex ).  The facility to view videos will not be available to staff of Fife Council until your IT policy arrives in the 21st century.

Our comment section can be used by anyone with an interest in the development of advice and rights policies and services.  Our first video comment is from Karen McKay discussing homeless services for working people.  The aim of the comment section is to encourage debate on the issues facing advice services, we need your input to make this a success.  www.fiferights.org/comment  .  We will also be running weekly polls from our front page, this week we're asking you to tell us how good or bad our new site is have a look and vote at www.fiferights.org .  If you have any questions you want us to run as a poll let us know. 

One of the questions you might want to ask us is how can a financially straightened organisation like yourself afford such a kick ass site.  The answer is we couldn't, so we used Joomla an open source (Free) content management system.  Joomla allowed us to redevelop our site for next to nothing.  If your thinking about doing your own website and want to talk to us about Joomla, give us a call on the number below.

Reclaiming the Mental Health Act is A free, multi-disciplinary event hosted by Fife Rights Forum, Citizens Advice and Rights Fife, NHS Fife and the Scottish Legal Aid Board on Thursday, 22 November 2007 at The Vine Church, 131 Garvock Hill, Dunfermline.  For more details and online registration go to www.fiferights.org/pvevent 

Fife Domestic and Sexual Abuse Partnership Seminars - There are some spaces still available on the courses below Women, domestic and sexual abuse and the links to substance misuse Domestic and Sexual Abuse Level 2 Introduction to Domestic and Sexual Abuse 
Fore more details go to www.fiferights.org/fsdap1




Joe MacIntyre
Co-ordinator
Fife Rights Forum
08451 555555 ext 440985

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07951972525

joe.macintyre@fife.gov.uk
www.fiferightsforum.org
Fife Rights Forum
Ctte Room 7
Fife House
Glenrothes
KY7 5LT

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