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Bulletin Contents - 3 June 2010Combs Village Community Energy Project Event Managing Capability with the Fit Note Derbyshire Dales & High Peak Joint Core Strategy Draft Plan Consultation Small Businesses, Big Exchange Effective Dispute Resolution Tactics One-Day Conference: Charity Funding and the New Government Coaching Derbyshire: More Coaches, Better Coaches, Better Sport Resources to Help with Trustee Recruitment Changes in Allocation of National Lottery Funds | ||
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Combs Village Community Energy Project EventSat 19 June
10:30 to 12.30 (buffet lunch provided) Do you want to make cost effective energy efficiency improvements to your home or community building? Find out how the Combs Village Community Energy Project has developed a practical ‘hands on’ approach to: Programme For further details or to register for this free event, please contact: Copies of the new guide to carrying out energy efficiency assessments in your home or community will be available. |
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Managing Capability with the Fit NoteWed 16 June 2010, 2-5pm (1.30pm registration) NCVO Employment Practice Network What kinds of tasks are suitable for people, after they’ve been off work? How do you make a “reasonable” adjustment to working arrangements? How does the fit note work? Free Lin Hinson from HR Solicitor will take you through the nuts and bolts of managing capability using the fit note. You will cover the note’s key features and implications - and how to effectively incorporate it into your absence management process. This session includes:
There will be opportunity to apply the principles and use the tools in practice through case studies and group work. To book your place, please email Emma Allford on emma.allford@ncvo-vol.org.uk , letting us know if you have any access requirements. |
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Derbyshire Dales & High Peak Joint Core Strategy Draft Plan Consultation3 June to 15 July 2010 Derbyshire Dales District Council and High Peak Borough Council are preparing a new plan for the area, known as the Core Strategy, to set out plans for the future growth of the towns and villages across the plan area to 2026. The purpose of the consultation is to allow residents, businesses and key stakeholders the opportunity to comment upon how the Core Strategy is being taken forward in terms of the policies proposed and whether it is the most appropriate approach. To enable you to make a fully informed and timely response a series of public exhibitions and meetings are to be held by High Peak Borough Council in the following locations: * These exhibitions will be staffed by planning officers from High Peak Borough Council and will include a presentation on the Joint Core Strategy Draft Plan from 7 to 9 pm. If you do not have access to a computer, the documents are also available to view at libraries and Council Offices in Derbyshire Dales and High Peak during normal opening hours. Further information can be found at If you would like to submit your comments on either the Joint Core Strategy Draft Plan or Sustainability Appraisal Report you can do so by using one of the following methods:
All comments submitted online, by email or post will be made available to view on the consultation website. In the interests of data protection personal contact details will not be published. Please ensure that we receive all comments by 15 July 2010 so that they can be used to inform the next stage of the process. A further consultation on the Joint Core Strategy is scheduled for October 2010. |
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Small Businesses, Big ExchangeTuesday 22 June 2010, New Business School, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham Hosted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Small Businesses, Big Exchange is an event with expert guest speakers offering practical help and advice to enhance your business, a chance to exchange ideas, an opportunity to network and promote your goods/services and it’s all for free! Open to members and non-members, Small Businesses, Big Exchange is designed to highlight growth opportunities as well as offer solutions to some of the challenges that small businesses face. It’s free to attend and you can select a morning or afternoon session to suit your business needs. The event will be a fantastic opportunity to hear from expert speakers on ways to enhance your business. There will be lots of like-minded people to share and exchange ideas and best practices with. The exhibition will give you the opportunity to talk to a range of organisations. This is a great chance for you to network and promote your business. For more information and to register visit www.fsb.org.uk/notts-and-derby/BigExchange |
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Effective Dispute Resolution TacticsExpert advice from Compact Advocacy: Fighting the Good Fight Despite best intentions, disputes arise and sometimes threaten important partnerships. Follow the top tips below on how to best resolve disputes
Contact : Email: evsadvice@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 3161 |
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Conference: Charity Funding and the New GovernmentCentral Hall Westminster on Thursday 1 July Join the leading statutory, lottery and trust funders and key Government representatives including:
...at this year's ACEVO Funding Roadshow, a major conference on ‘Charity funding and the new Government’ in London on 1 July. As in previous years, the entire event will be repeated (subject to variation in speakers, with officials representing Government departments) in Leeds on 13 July and Birmingham on 15 July. The conference has been timed to follow the Emergency Budget (22 June) and will examine its implications for our sector. The attendance fee of £136 includes lunch, all presentation materials and a networking reception. You can book online and request an invoice here or complete the form on the conference brochure. |
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Coaching Derbyshire: More Coaches, Better Coaches, Better SportCoaching Derbyshire is your one-stop-shop for support and training, whether you’re a leader, volunteer or coach – paid or voluntary. Visit www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/coachingderbyshire to find out about
and much more… For more information, email coaching@derbyshire.gov.uk |
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Peak District Planning HelpA new free service to help people with questions about planning in and around the Peak District is launched this week. Friends of the Peak District’s Planning Help aims to give clear, impartial information and advice to local people about planning applications that could affect their local countryside. Recent example of developments that Friends of the Peak District has helped to oppose include: quarrying near the Nine Ladies circle on Stanton Moor and the new bottling factory at Cowdale near Buxton. But Friends of the Peak District has also supported planning applications for affordable housing and green energy projects. The service covers all the Peak District National Park, plus High Peak and the six North East Derbyshire parishes of Barlow, Dronfield, Eckington, Holmesfield, Killamarsh and Unstone. Friends of the Peak District’s Planning Help is available on its website at www.friendsofthepeak.org.uk or by ringing 0114 266 5822 on Thursday afternoons between 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm. |
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Resources to Help with Trustee RecruitmentNew resource pages covering 'Trustee Recruitment for Small Organisations' are available on NCVO's website, produced with the help of other support bodies. They are specifically designed for organisations with limited resources: There is also a Trustee Recruitment Join Us Campaign, which provides material to help sector support organisations run their own trustee recruitment campaigns: |
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Changes in Allocation of National Lottery FundsThe new government proposes to change to the share of money allocated from the National Lottery. Each of the arts, heritage and sport good causes would increase to 20 per cent, with the Big Lottery Fund receiving the remaining 40 per cent and focusing its support exclusively on the voluntary and community sectors. News item at www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/7064.aspx or go direct to www.culture.gov.uk/consultations/7070.aspx Deadline for comments 21 August. |
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Full Five Year Agreement for Coalition GovernmentThere is a dedicated website for 'The Coalition: our programme for government' at programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk (pdf download available – 475KB). NAVCA highlights some measures that may affect voluntary and community sector organisation at www.navca.org.uk/news/coalitionprogramme.htm Public sector technology news site Kable points out that the agreement says that the vetting and barring scheme, used to check the backgrounds of people working with children and vulnerable adults, will be reviewed to "scale it back to common sense levels", www.kable.co.uk/coalition-agreement-liberty-issues-ict-programmes-20may10 Also, the first round of cuts have been announced – HM Treasury official list (pdf 115KB) at www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/press_04_10.pdf Some commentary from Civil Society Media at www.civilsociety.co.uk/home/news/content/6677/ and ACEVO's Stephen Bubb, bloggerbubb.blogspot.com/2010/05/defamation.html Stephen Lloyd, a senior partner at solicitors Bates Wells and Braithwaite, has also expressed concern that budget cuts had already affected the Charity Commission's ability to implement the 2006 Charities Act, predicting that the charitable incorporated organisation legal form would become a "fossil in the legislation". Third Sector news item www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1005409/ Head of research at NCVO Karl Wilding looks at the cuts, known and speculative, in more detail "so that we can have an informed debate in the sector about the scale and impact of cuts". This includes reference to a "crowdsourcing exercise" – getting the whole range of the voluntary and community sector to feed in their experience of cuts in planned central and local government spending over the next year – www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/cuts |
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Labour's Shadow Minister on Third Sector IssuesWith previous minister for the third sector Angela Smith having lost her parliamentary seat in the election, Tessa Jowell is to speak for Labour on third sector issues, at least until a new party leader is appointed. Third Sector news item www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1005044/ |
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