He’s raised nearly £9,000 of his £10,000 target for The Stroke Association but his JustGiving page closes in a few weeks. He hopes his upcoming 31 October ‘Dusk ‘til Dawn’ 50 mile Peak District ultra-marathon will encourage more donations.

Asked why he was fundraising, Aleks said, "We lost my grandfather as a result of multiple strokes and I witnessed my mother have a stroke when I was very young. That’s why I'm supporting The Stroke Association in their work to improve the outlook for those who are affected by strokes. It’s also why I’m really pleased by what Buxton Rotarians are doing.”

Websites: Aleks www.justgiving.com/barefootlejog Rotary Club of Buxton www.buxtonrotaryishere.co.uk

All orders for a 908g (2lb) Ultimate Christmas Pudding, serves 8, costs £10 (all profits go to The Stroke Association) should be with Buxton Rotary c/o Buxton Podiatry Practice, 1A The Savoy, Hallbank, Buxton SK17 6EW by 26 October, along with cheque to 'Rotary Club of Buxton' and contact details. (Their bulk order is being placed on 30 October so there is a few days grace.) Last year Buxton Rotary sold 204 Christmas Puddings towards the £14,000 raised for the Stroke Association by the 2014  Christmas Pudding Appeal. Orders are delivered to addresses in Buxton, Dove Holes, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Earl Sterndale by early December. Arrangements are made with those outside these areas to collect their orders in Buxton.

More information: www.buxtonrotaryishere.co.uk T: 01298 26406  E: rotarypuds@gmail.com

HPCVS Annual Report 2015 - Underpinning Community Action 

Annual Accounts 2015 

NCVO has joined forces with the experts at JustGiving to create a brand new digital fundraising hub on their KnowHow website.

It's full of great resources to help you grow your charity online through social media, mobile and other digital tools. 

knowhownonprofit.org/funding/digital-fundraising

Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

Nationally, CQC is working with Regional Voices in the delivery of their public engagement strategy 2015-16, specifically, the testing of new approaches to achieve their ambition of developing regional relationships and information sharing with the voluntary and community.

This survey has been created to learn more about how the voluntary and community sector can help them share information about their work and gather evidence and intelligence from their priority population groups to help CQC inspectors before they carry out local inspections.

Working collectively across the Central Region, RAWM, Wellbeing East Midlands [OEM] and Wellbeing East, are inviting the Voluntary and community sector/Third Sector organisations to complete the survey monkey survey by Tuesday 3 November by clicking on the link below :  

www.surveymonkey.com/r/DKXVZ8L

What will the training cover?

Outside in the playground - Hands-on, basic inspection and maintenance, accessibility with regard to requirements of the standards, DDA and a brief feature on wheeled sports

Indoor presentations and discussions

• Playground management, legislation, standards and guidance
• Risk assessment, risk management and the benefits of risk in play
• Playground inspections and maintenance
• Disability Discrimination Act
• Playground notices
• Coping with accidents

On completion of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance which will be issued on behalf of RoSPA. This will give evidence of the playground provider’s commitment to health and safety on their playgrounds.

If you would like to attend the course which will be held at Underwood Community Centre, Church Lane, Underwood, Nottinghamshire NG16 5SF between 9.30am and 1pm please complete the Booking Form and either email it to Pam Baker pbaker@rcan.org.uk or post to The CASE Team, RCAN, The Newstead Centre, Tilford Road, Newstead Village, Nottingham NG15 0BS

Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear as part of the training will take place outside.

They have been named as the administrators for the new local community scheme funded by carrier bag charges. Communities across England, Wales and Scotland will soon be able to apply for up to £12,000 for local green space projects over the next three years. 

The scheme is open to community groups, charities and some public sector organisations and will fund capital improvement projects such as parks, play areas, community gardens and other green spaces. 

There will be two rounds of funding for each of the next three years.  The first round starts on 19 Oct and ends on 30 Nov.  See www.groundwork.org.uk for further information.

Training dates are:
October 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd
November 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th.
Each day starts at 10:00am and finishes at 2:30pm.

The training is quite intense, varied and fun. When you have completed training you will be prepared to support Home-Start families in their own homes for just a couple of hours, once a week. You will have continual support from a Co-ordinator and be a valued member of our team.

Home-Start High Peak ask you to volunteer for at least a few months if that is possible. Volunteering can give you lots of confidence and experience that can help you access further training and seek a career in working with families and children. Volunteers come from all walks of life and have very different backgrounds. The only qualification you need is to be a parent or have experience of bringing up children.

You will be given:

• 40 hours of free training
• Free childcare expenses with a registered provider while you train 
• Paid travel expenses during training and while you support a family
• Access to free training courses provided by Derbyshire County Council
• Free DBS check

Families welcome our service and recognise that Volunteers are there because they care, not because they are paid to be.

If you think you may be interested please get in touch as soon as possible by the mobile number 07896597389 or email jeny@homestarthighpeak.org.uk

This session is aimed at front-line workers who have already undertaken introductory level safeguarding training.

• What is Safeguarding?
• Why is it important for you?
• Update on current best practice
• Update on current legislation

Monday 19 October 2015  10.00am – 12.00 noon and 1.00pm – 3.00pm
at: 10.00am Volunteer Centre, 1.00pm Bradbury House

Booking: Contact Rebecca at Volunteer Centre Glossop on rebecca@vcglossop.org.uk, tel: 01457 865722

Bar and Raffle on the night.

Tickets on sale from the Volunteer Centre £2.50 per person,