Openness and honesty are two of the founding principles of best practice in fundraising; the Institute of Fundraising's Code of Fundraising Practice.

Alistair McLean, Chief Executive of the FRSB, says:

"Being open with supporters is critical for building public trust. Even the most well-known charity brands and campaigns can be undermined if there is not complete clarity about who will benefit from any funds raised." 

Charities are advised to make sure that any fundraising communications always clearly state which organisations benefit from any fundraising and that campaign messaging will not mislead the public.

To ensure your fundraising campaigns meet UK standards, take a look at the code - www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/guidance/code-of-fundraising-practice

There's a wide range of events going on so check out the website and follow @SCWeek2015 to see how you can get involved.

Set in and around Glossopdale, the ‘The Return’ is a psychological thriller. It follows a film crew who come to Glossop to make a documentary. On their arrival they discover that there is something strange about this sleepy little town... Are there ghosts? Parallel dimensions? Or is it all a hoax?

The film’s psychological angle draws you in, whilst building the suspense, and feeding you information to keep your mind racing and questioning what is going on.

Watch ‘The Return’ for free via www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dCrJB_Vn8M 

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Solid wall insulation, solar panels, draught proofing, wind turbines and even a toilet which composts waste, instead of flushing it, will all be on display. If you’ve ever wondered how well these things work in real homes (or if the loo smells or not!) and if they’re worth installing, come and have an honest chat with householders about what it’s like to live in their home and their experiences (both good and bad) of installing these measures. Visitors in previous years have left inspired to change their own homes.

Rising energy bills are affecting everyone and there’s a pressing environmental need to reduce our energy use and get energy from renewable sources. This event is an opportunity to see real solutions in real homes, done on a range of budgets, and talk to the people who live there. Last year, more than 300 people visited a home in. Why not come and get inspired this year?

www.everybodys-talking.org/ecohomes 

Community Groups and charities are invited to apply for grants that help improve employment opportunities and address health inequalities.

Grants of up to £2,500 are available through the Equity Foundation’s main grant programme and £5,000 is available through the John Southworth fund for a project that helps young people to gain skills or experience that helps them to get in to work or self-employment. 

Groups can find out if they are eligible to apply by visiting the Equity Foundation website www.equityfoundation.co.uk 

Sarah Finch, Development Officer at the Heritage Lottery Fund will present information on two of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s grant programmes, namely Our Heritage and Sharing Heritage.

The Sharing Heritage programme offers grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 to explore a community’s heritage. Applying through this programme is straightforward, with a short application form and a quick decision. From recording personal memories to conserving wildlife, a Sharing Heritage grant can help you discover and share your local heritage.

Our Heritage grants can help protect and share the heritage you care about. Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 for projects focusing on personal memories and cultural traditions to archaeological sites.

Free to attend, the first 15 places to Members of Derbyshire Dales CVS, tea and coffee provided.

Date of talk: Tuesday 19 May, 11.00 start / 12.00 finish at the Council Chamber, Derbyshire Dales District Council, Matlock, DE4 3NN.

If you would like to come to the Funding Talk from the Heritage Lottery Fund please contact: Sarah Paisley at Derbyshire Dales CVS on 01629 812154 or email sarah@ddcvs.org.uk

This has been organised by Sustainable Hayfield and is hosted by High Peak CVS.

All five candidates wishing to be the High Peak's next MP will be present, and there is a good range of questions to cover with them.

Thanks to those who have taken the trouble to send in questions as requested, which we're currently working through.

Each candidate will also give an opening address to a common theme.

There is seating for 100 at The Royal and we hope to see you there. 

Small and medium-sized charities hit hard by cuts and changes to funding and commissioning can set their sights on more stable futures thanks to the ‘Enable’ development grants offered by the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales. 

‘Enable’ is funding a range of activities related to the development and improvement of charities with an income of under £1m that help tackle multiple disadvantage. Examples include: business and service developments and plans; development of monitoring systems; investigation of mergers, partnerships, shared services, contract diversification; consultancy support; quality standards; development of new income streams and enterprise.

In addition to its Enable programme, the Lloyds Bank Foundation also funds core running costs for small and medium charities through its ‘Invest’ scheme, and provides ‘grants plus’ consultancy support and mentoring through its ‘Enhance’ initiative.

For more information on the charities funded, or the funding programmes available visit www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk

It will equip you to support learners as a tutor, trainer or facilitator, in a wide range of educational settings. You do not need to be working in a teaching role already to attend this course.

There are 3 units which are covered over 6 days of training. In addition you will need to allocate around 30 learning hours of your own time to complete a workbook and assignments, including preparing a 30 minute ‘microteach’ and delivering it to other learners.

The 3 units are:

• Understanding Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships in Education and Training;
• Understanding and Using Inclusive Teaching and Learning Approaches in Education and Training.
• Understanding Assessment in Education and Training.

Course Dates 2015

Friday 22 May l 9.30am - 12:30 (Introduction)
Thursday 4 June 9.30am - 4.30pm
Friday 12 June 9.30am - 4.30pm
Wednesday 17 June 9.30am - 4.30pm
Thursday 18 June 9.30am - 4.30pm
Thursday 2 July 9.30am - 4.30pm
Friday 3 July 9.30am - 4.30pm

COST: £95 for voluntary and community sector staff or volunteers within Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, £375 for Private Sector.

Bookings: please contact info@consortium.org.uk or telephone 01332 265960

The return of the art competition and exhibition celebrating the Buxton’s culture, natural beauty and heritage.

An opportunity for artists of all ages and abilities to work ‘en plein air’ throughout the beautiful Peak District spa town of Buxton.

Inspired by similar competitions in Bath and Bristol, The Buxton Spa Prize has a category for children under 11, an 11–17 year old Buxton Spa Teen Prize, The Buxton Spa Young Persons Prize for those aged 18–25 and an open category with a first prize of £5,000 from the Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust and second and third cash prize. A new sketchbook prize which generated great interest in 2014 and will be repeated this year with a prize of £2000.

Artists can register to enter online from 1 April until 18 May.They are then required to visit Buxton from the 1–18 May to draw their location by ballot and have their board or canvas stamped. The deadline for submissions is the 5 July.

Entries will be showcased in an exhibition at The Green Man Gallery in the town from 17 July until  31 August which will also provide artists with the opportunity to sell their work.

BuxtonSpaPrize.co.uk