News & Developments

Lloyds Bank Foundation will be opening their Invest grants round once more on 8 April. 

The Lloyds Bank Foundation invests in charities supporting people to break out of disadvantage at critical points in their lives, and promote practical approaches to lasting change. To apply you need to be registered as a Charity or a CIO and have income between £25,000 and £1 million in your previous accounts.

Support can be provided through our two grants programmes Enable and Invest, along with an optional support programme (Enhance) for successful applicants. These programmes demonstrate the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to support charities that have the greatest impact upon the lives of disadvantaged people and their communities.

INVEST 

The Invest programme is a flexible, long term core funding programme for organisations delivering clear, targeted outcomes for disadvantaged people. These are typically around £25k p.a. with the potential to fund for up to six years. This programme is open for applications between 9 April & 18 May 2018 with grants being made in November 2018. 

ENABLE 

A grants programme for organisations that have identified clear development needs in areas such as governance, planning, evidencing need, monitoring, communications, pilot work etc. Grants of up to £15k are available for you to develop your organisation. A rolling programme, apply anytime;

All grantees will be eligible for additional support through our ENHANCE programme –providing an option of tailored in-kind support to strengthen and develop charities. If you are successful in applying for an Enable or Invest grant, we will work with you to identify whether support under the Enhance programme is right for you.

How to apply

There is an online application process and encourage applicants to find further information on the programmes and strategy at:

www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk

It is always wise to have an informal chat first. If you wish to do so then please contact Gary Beharrell at  gbeharrell@lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk or phone 07734 973060

Derbyshire County Council are offering a variety of free courses to people who have mental health issues or who are experiencing emotional or psychological distress.  The courses are designed to support wellbeing and recovery by supporting people to engage in interesting, fun and new activities in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. 

The following courses are running in April:

An Introduction to Dry Stone Walling – Chinley Park, Starts Monday 23rd April 1pm – 4pm (4 weeks)

Spring into Life Allotment Group – Glossop Community Allotments, Starts Tuesday 24th April 10am – 1pm (4 weeks)

3D Felting – Glossop Adult Education Centre, Starts Friday 27th April 12.30pm – 2.30pm (6 weeks)

Time to Relax (Mindfulness, breathing exercises and stress reduction) – Fairfield Adult Education Centre, Buxton, Starts Monday 30th April 12.30pm – 2.30pm (6 weeks)

If you would like more information, please email Rachel.harman@derbyshire.gov.uk or leave a message at the New Mills Adult Education Centre on 01629 535020/535019

If your charity or voluntary organisation is seeking to raise funds or you just want to increase your profile, then book a stall at 2018 Rotary Club of Buxton Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar. 

The 2017 ‘Celebrating Summer’ Fair was a great success, attracting close to a thousand visitors. For 2018, the fair is back in the Octagon, Pavilion Gardens.

Stall bookings charge is as last year: £20 for the first table, £10 for an additional table. Pay by selling the equivalent amount of our 50p raffle tickets or by straight payment. Selling raffle tickets helps publicise the Fair, and if you buy them, you have a chance of winning £100, £50 or other great prizes.

Stalls are allocated on a first come first served basis with Charities/Voluntary Organisations having priority.  The stall best illustrating the ‘Celebrating Summer’ theme as judged by the Mayor, will receive £50.

Booking details www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=678945&ClubID=272

This course is run to support the Thriving Communities Project in Gamesley.

This training is full day and covers alcohol awareness, health risks, addiction, referral pathways and brief introductions and is perfect for anyone working within the field of health, social care, support and employment. There are also a limited number of spaces for volunteers who are active within their community.

To book go to www.daas.uk.com/training or email ross@daas.uk.com

Programme to include music by J.S. Bach, Malcolm Arnold and Karl Jenkins Performed by Hallé Brass. Tickets: £14.

www.springbankarts.org.uk/events/1st-coffee-concert-featuring-members-of-the-halle/

Befriending Champions Microgrants are for projects or activities anywhere in Derbyshire (excluding Derby City) that help people to be less lonely and isolated.  Projects might include, for example, setting up or developing a good neighbour initiative, a social group, befriending or other activities that bring adults of any age together to reduce social isolation.  Successful applicants will be expected to attend (or have attended) a one-day Befriending Champion training session.  Grants of up to £1,000 are available.  

For this final round of Befriending Champions Microgrant funding we will prioritise funding for projects or activities in Derbyshire Dales, Erewash and Bolsover as those areas have had fewer grants.  

sdcvs.org.uk/community/funding-advice

Is your charity ready for the changes? 

Check whether any of your existing trustees and senior managers will become disqualified under the new rules. If so, they will need to cease having that role or apply to the Charity Commission for a waiver if they want to be allowed to continue;

Make sure you have processes in place to check whether a person is disqualified, before appointing them to a trustee or senior manager role, and periodically to check that individuals in these roles have not become disqualified.

What is changing?

Under existing law, there already are a number of circumstances which automatically disqualify a person from being a trustee of a charity, including bankruptcy and unspent convictions for dishonesty and deception and disqualification from being a company director. For as long as the condition applies, an individual is disqualified unless the Charity Commission gives them a waiver. Acting in the position while disqualified is normally a criminal offence.

From 1 August 2018:- 

• The list of circumstances which mean someone is automatically disqualified from being a charity trustee* will be extended. The new list of reasons for disqualification includes unspent convictions for bribery, terrorism and money laundering, misconduct in public office, perjury or perverting the course of justice and certain other circumstances such as being on the sex offenders register; 
• A person disqualified from being charity trustee will also be automatically disqualified from being a senior manager** in a charity. The definition of senior manager** covers (paid or unpaid) roles which have (i) responsibility for overall management of the charity (so chief executive/director or equivalent role), and; (ii) overall control over finance (chief finance officer/finance director or equivalent).  

Individuals who are not currently disqualified, but who will be affected after 1 August (either because of the new triggering circumstances or because they are a senior manager), can apply to the Charity Commission for a waiver from disqualification. They can do this in advance from 1 February 2018.

The automatic disqualification rules do not disqualify people from all involvement with charities. There are other ways in which a disqualified person can be involved with charities, such employment in appropriate non-senior manager positions, volunteering, or in advisory roles.

More information

Read more in this longer article on NCVO’s knowhownonprofit website: knowhownonprofit.org/governance/improving-your-governance-practice/trustee-recruitment-and-induction/trustee-disqualification

Detailed guidance for charities from the Charity Commission on the new rules - and what charities need to know, consider and do – can be found at: www.gov.uk/guidance/automatic-disqualification-rule-changes-guidance-for-charities

Guidance for individuals can be found at: www.gov.uk/guidance/automatic-disqualification-rules-for-charity-trustees-and-charity-senior-positions

* A full list of the reasons for disqualification can be found here
** Specific guidance on what constitutes a senior manager can be found here

Tameside Council, Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust are committed to working in partnership with the public, stakeholders, partners and organisations in the voluntary, community and faith sectors.

The Partnership Engagement Network enables everyone to play an active role in developing the approaches that we take in the delivery and commissioning of services.

The next Partnership Engagement Network Conference will cover:

• Presentations from key speakers, including the first joint Engagement and Consultation Strategy for Tameside and Glossop
• Workshops on specific local programmes and developments

Wednesday 28 February 2018 9.15am – 1.45pm Jubilee Hall, Dukinfield Town Hall, King St, Dukinfield, SK16 4LA

Lunch will be provided at 12.45pm.

Book in advance - spaces are initially limited to two per organisation. Register by 14 Februar, at which point they will start to allocate any remaining places. You can book a place via the following link:

partnership-engagement-network-conference.eventbrite.co.uk

If you would like to request to book additional places, send details to deborah.roberts@tgh.nhs.uk to be added your details to a waiting list.

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Spiltmilk Dance will be doing their performance called The Little Love Cabaret. This is a great event and one Spring Bank Arts are excited to be hosting. The event is helped organised by Live and Local.

www.springbankarts.org.uk