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Bulletin Contents - 2 September 2008Launch of High Peak Volunteering Community Outreach Worker Vacancy Community & Voluntary Partners Vacancies Futurebuilders Regional Roadshow Revised Volunteer Management Standards Published Encouraging Muslim Groups to Register As Charities Changes to Financial Thresholds for Charities Group Aims to Protect Volunteer Rights Finding Related Ways to Take Action Popular Participation, Local Democracy and Grassroots Organisation Competencies for Sector Techies What Makes A Successful Local Compact? |
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What Every Chair Should Know?Thursday 18th September, 9.45am-1.00pm Have you just been elected to Chair an organisation and unsure just what a “Chair” is? Are you already in the role of Chair but want to brush up on your skills and know-how? Do you want to chair an organisation but nervous about what it will involve? This short course will cover all the basic roles and responsibilities of a Chair of a Voluntary or Community Group. It will be a mix of presentation and interactive workshops aimed to make you a more effective and better informed chair! FREE to High Peak Voluntary groups without a paid worker; £15 for High Peak Voluntary groups with paid worker; £30 all others. |
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Launch of High Peak Volunteering9.30am-3.30pm Friday 3 October at Losehill Hall, Castleton Free to organisations who involve or are thinking of involving volunteers. You are invited to the launch of a new lottery funded project across the High Peak and Hope Valley to promote volunteering and support organisations and volunteers in your area. High Peak Volunteering is a 5 year project encompassing the whole of the High Peak, headed by Buxton and Glossop Volunteer Centres, and working in partnership with New Mills Volunteer Centre. The project will focus on outreach work in order to fill the gaps in provision from existing volunteer centres. >>Download Booking Form (Word 1.3Mb) or PDF Format (180Kb) We will then send out further information and directions for Losehill Hall. |
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SEEM VacanciesSocial Enterprise East Midlands are recruiting for the following posts. Market Maker SEEM have a rare opportunity for a highly motivated individual. Core responsibilities include an innovative portfolio of work around public sector commissioning and building the market for social enterprises in the region; there is also scope for the right individual to play a key role in the future of SEEM. This is a chance to influence policy and work with the leaders of social enterprises. Competitive salary, terms and conditions and working arrangements all by negotiation. Closing date for receipt of applications: 5pm 22nd September Communications and Marketing Manager (part time) This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant organisation and help develop and promote our communications and marketing activities. We are looking for a communications professional who will be the main point of contact for communications advice and support within SEEM. Responsible for all strategic communication and marketing activities you will be key to raising and maintaining the profile of SEEM and the social enterprise movement in the East Midlands. £27,153 - £ 31,679 (22.2 hours pro rata) Closing date for receipt of applications:5pm 15th September For more information on these vacancies please visit www.seem.uk.net to download an application pack or phone 0115 871 4760 to request a pack by post. |
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Community Outreach Worker VacancyCommunity Concern Erewash Domestic Abuse is often a lonely, silent problem for the victims. Community Concern Erewash are looking for a Community Outreach Worker to pilot an innovative preventative project aimed at raising awareness of the issues amongst women, identifying the support available and working with women to address their issues. In addition to this the successful candidate will work with service providers to raise their awareness of the signs and symptoms of Domestic Abuse and assist them to look at new approaches to deal with these issues. If you want a challenge, have good communication and organisational skills, have worked either as a volunteer or in a paid capacity with victims of Domestic Abuse, can set up a women’s support group delivering activities including the Freedom Programme (training will be provided October 15-17th - successful candidate must be available for this unless they have already done this training.) and have the experience/ability of achieving results in a multi-agency / partnership environment , this is an opportunity for you. For more information and an application form please contact Elaine Scogings or Jane Wilson on 0115 9444146. Closing date for applications is 10th September 4pm and interviews will be held on 18th September. Female worker is required. This post is exempt under SDA (1975) S7.2 (e). |
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Community & Voluntary Partners VacanciesCommunity Development Worker (Ref CRT/CDW/08) 35 hrs per week The successful candidate will work with local people, building their capacity to engage in voluntary, community and social enterprise activity - addressing local needs and playing a leading role in the regeneration of their communities. Experienced Administrator (Ref CVP/Admin/08) 21 hrs per week For further information/application pack:
email cvpadmin@bolsovercen.org.uk (stating the
appropriate reference) or
download from the website www.bolsovercen.org.uk Closing date 19th Sept. |
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Futurebuilders Regional Roadshow19th November 2008
11am - 2pm Futurebuilders England is a unique government-backed fund offering investment and support to develop the capacity of third sector organisations to deliver public services. This free information event is for all CVSs, infrastructure bodies and local authority workers who offer funding advice to third sector organisations. Groups who are planning to apply are also welcome to attend. Come and find out about the new funds that are available and the changes made to the application process. There will be presentations, investee stories, tips on making a successful bid and the chance to discuss proposals with a member of the team. For more information about the event, please contact Marianne or Sharon on 0191 2692873. To reserve your place, send your completed booking form to emma.kassube@futurebuilders-england.org.uk. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. |
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Accounting BasicsThe Community Accountancy National Network website has a new range of basic resources to help smaller third sector organisations with their accounting. Topics covered include financial controls, cash-flow, budgets and bank reconciliations. See under 'Guidance' at www.communityaccounting.org for these pdf format documents. |
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Revised Volunteer Management Standards PublishedThe revised and updated national occupational standards for managing volunteers are available for download, as a whole or as individual units covering the whole spectrum of activities involved in the ‘Management of Volunteers’, from www.ukworkforcehub.org.uk/mvnos08 |
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Encouraging Muslim Groups to Register As CharitiesThe Charity Commission is using Ramadan to encourage mosques and community organisations which benefit from the generosity of Muslim people to look at registering as a charity. See their news item for further information, at |
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Changes to Financial Thresholds for CharitiesThe Government published its response to the consultation 'Financial Thresholds in the Charities Acts – Proposals for Change' as this newsletter was being compiled. The recommendations will be introduced in secondary legislation by the end of the 2008/09 financial year. Basic details in the news release – we'll cover further in due course. |
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Absence Levels RiseStaff absence levels have risen in the non-profit sector over the past year, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, as reported by Plaza Publishing news alert. Employee absence had risen from 3.6 per cent to 4.2 per cent of working time lost. As we've noted before, CIPD member organisations in the survey are likely to be at the larger end of the scale so this may not be typical across the sector. www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2128&pg=15&cat=58 |
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Group Aims to Protect Volunteer RightsThird Sector magazine has reported that a Volunteer Rights Group, to protect volunteer rights, has been set up by twelve former volunteers who walked out from York CAB in protest over the treatment of a colleague. See www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/839804/ |
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How-To On Youth ParticipationParticipation Works, a collaboration of agencies committed to children and young people's participation, has a range of How To resources including a new one, 'How to work successfully with children and young people from different faiths and cultures'. |
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Disability Information PortalLeonard Cheshire Disability is trialling a one-stop-shop for disability related information and advice on the web, the Disability Information Portal. Interested parties can help shape the final site at www.dip-online.org |
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Finding Related Ways to Take ActionA web 'widget' that automatically recommends ‘related ways to take action’ to readers of your blog or website has been created by Social Actions. Working in similar ways to Google Ads, but taking a bit longer to load, it identifies keywords on a page and lists related social change campaigns drawn from twenty social action platforms such as Kiva, Idealist.org and PledgeBank. These have a strong American slant, but you can see how effective (or not) this is currently on a UK site by looking bottom left on VoluntaryNews, www.voluntarynews.org.uk (Source: Nonprofit Online News) |
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Popular Participation, Local Democracy and Grassroots OrganisationNonprofit Online News has spotted that 'Community Power and Grassroots Democracy: The Transformation of Social Life', published in 1997 but out-of-print, can be read online at www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9378-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html An examination of popular participation, local democracy and grassroots organisation, its case studies look at the role of community organisations as guarantors of meaningful participation, action and development. |
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Competencies for Sector TechiesVersion 1.0 of an ICT standards and skills guide 'Improving Circuit Rider Service to Voluntary and Community Organisations – Tools to Build Circuit Rider Competencies' has been published by Lasa. It should also be of relevance to ‘accidental techies’ and other ICT workers. (Circuit Rider = someone who helps voluntary organisations implement and manage technology). Download the pdf, 498KB, from www.ukriders.info/system/files/improving_circuit_rider_service_to+_vcs.pdf |
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What Makes A Successful Local Compact?Five half-day regional seminars to explore new research, which has identified key factors behind successful Local Compacts and positive local partnership relationships, have been organised by the Commission for the Compact in September and October (Birmingham, Exeter, London, Liverpool, Newcastle). www.thecompact.org.uk/events |
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Trusthouse Charitable FoundationThe Trusthouse Charitable Foundation was formed out of a trust operated by the Council of Forte plc which inherited investments in the Granada Group. The Foundation was registered with the Charity Commissioners in 1997. The average grant awarded by the Foundation is £5,000. With effect from 1st July 2008, the Trustees have agreed new guidelines for grants applications. If you have previously received a grant, please check the guidelines carefully to see if you are still eligible to apply. If you have applied recently to the Foundation, your application may still be valid but they advise you to contact them to discuss this if you have not already received a letter of acknowledgement. There are now two overarching themes to their grants, Rural Issues and Urban Deprivation. See the greater explanation given on website below. If you are unsure if your project fits, please call them for an informal discussion. From July 2009, Trusthouse will start a three year themed grant which will fund projects addressing mental health issues for prisoners and ex-offenders. If you are working in this field, please call them for an initial discussion. They will then send you details of how to apply nearer the time. They have three schemes: Large Grants Scheme for applications between £10,000 and £30,000; Small Grants Scheme for applications between £5,001 and £9,999; Fast Track Scheme for applications of £5,000 and below. Miss Judith Leigh, Grants Manager, The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, 6th Floor, 65 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 2AD |
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The Yapp Charitable TrustThe Yapp Charitable Trust makes grants to small registered charities in England and Wales, whose annual expenditure is less than £60,000. This year they plan to give about £500,000 in about 100 grants. Grants are for work with: elderly people; children and young people aged five to 25; people with disabilities or mental health problems; people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social rather than medical origin, such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, a history of offending. Grants are also made to support charities' work in education and learning, (including lifelong learning). Priority is given to work that is unattractive to the general public or unpopular with other funders, helps improve the lives of marginalised people and makes effective use of volunteers. Applications closing date is 30th September 2008 (for consideration in November). Full information is on the website: www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk |
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