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Learn what community cohesion is about
Celebrate the contribution made to community cohesion by rural voluntary and community groups
Meet with other rural groups and find out what they are up to
Help shape the Derbyshire Community Cohesion Strategy

Lunch and refreshments provided.

Limited places available - Booking essential.

To book your place or for more information email h.faraday@derbysrcc.org.uk or ring
01629 824797

Derbyshire Rural Community Council becomes Rural Action Derbyshire

The new name, branding and all that goes with it will be rolled out over the coming year. You can read about plans for the future by looking at the RAD 2009-2012 business plan available at www.derbyshirercc.org.uk.

Vacancy for Volunteer Coordinator in Chesterfield

at Little Angels Breastfeeding Support

25 hours per week, £16,000 pro rota

The role of this position is to plan, develop, and implement volunteer, and/or community service programs and recruit volunteers in support of Little Angels work. This is performed under the general supervision of the Volunteer Manager who reviews work plans and materials for conformance to policy.

Intersted applicants can contact Alison Allen at 01254 773181 or email alison.allen@littleangels.org.uk

Enterprise Champions Recruitment

Are you a VCS development worker or funding advisor?
Are you interested in trading and enterprise?
Do you want to help develop a package of support for frontline organisations to help them think about, plan and do first stage development of enterprising activities and business planning?
Do you have up to 6 days available from January to October 2010 to attend training and support sessions?

The DTA are looking for 15 enterprise champions from Third Sector Infrastructure Organisations (general and specialist) in the East Midlands. Champions will help them pilot a package of support tools and information with frontline organisations and take part in review and action learning sessions to develop and improve the support package. There is an honorarium of £500 for each champion, plus 2 days free training.

Background
The SUTE project has been developed in response to a consultation carried out across the region by Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM) during August 2008. This showed that ‘currently support is weak for potential social enterprises at the ‘pre pre start’ stage. In particular there is a lack of understanding and expertise within generalist TSIOs of progression routes and how to meet VCOs’ initial needs’.

It is one of a suite of regional Capacitybuilders-funded projects running concurrently. The others focus on:
- Peer support and networking
- Encouraging black, asian & minority ethnic organisations to engage in social enterprise
- Networking amongst mature social enterprises

Project Co-ordinators
The project is being led by High Peak CVS with Enterprise Solutions Northamptonshire and the Development Trusts Association East Midlands as project partners.

For more info, please email Naomi Diamond at the Development Trusts Association Naomi Diamond putting ‘Enterprise Champions’ in the subject bar.

Preferred Positive Activities Providers

Organisations wishing to be suppliers of Positive Activities for young people in Derbyshire need to take action - the specifications are now available on the Source Derbyshire website - www.sourcederbyshire.co.uk/Default.aspx - once on the website the relevant information is under Current Contracts / Page 2 / Positive Activities Approved Provider List.

Digital Activist Inclusion Network Event

From 10am to 1pm on 27 Oct at Hurst House WEA Centre in Chesterfield

Drop-in event to inform people about DAIN (Digital Activist Inclusion Network), a new WEA project about overcoming the digital divide and promoting digital inclusion by tackling technology with the help of volunteers - DAIN’s digital activists.

The events will have some fun activities like t-shirt printing, card-making, internet adventuring, music and using “that homeware technology you’ve never quite got the hang of”. Come along and find out more about the DAIN project and volunteering opportunities (with training and support) available for unemployed people who are enthusiastic about any aspects of technology.

Lunch will be provided. For more information on the event call Clare on 0115 911 0455 or email info@cefet.org.uk

For more information on the DAIN project, call Angelique on 0115 933 9022 or email dain@wea.org.uk.

Youth Media Project Funding

Do you work with young people on media projects? If so Mediabox has a variety of grants available for organisations to create and distribute youth-led media projects that enable young people to get their voices heard.

Mediabox offers disadvantaged 13 - 19 year olds the opportunity to create their own media projects, from photography and design to print and video games and funds range from £1,000 to £40,000.

If you are working with young people on a media project and would like to get some free practical support from our trained mentors, get in touch and find out more about their Youth Mentoring scheme.

Incorporating an Existing Charity as a Company

Following the release of the revised model Memorandum and Articles of Association for charitable companies, the Charity Commission has produced a Question and Answers pack on "Incorporating an existing charity as a company",
www.charitycommission.gov.uk/supportingcharities/incqanda.asp

As the Commission's press release says on the changes in company law from 1 October "Existing charitable companies do not need to change the format of their current governing documents – from the date of the change, the provisions in the existing memorandum of association will become part of the articles."
www.charitycommission.gov.uk/news/princorpqa.asp

All Employers to File Annual Returns Online

New PAYE Regulations mean that employers with fewer than 50 employees will be required to file Employer Annual Returns online from the tax year ending 5 April 2010. The return remains due by 19 May. HMRC will send employers further details later in the year – see www.hmrc.gov.uk/employers-bulletin/bulletin33/annualreturns.htm

VAT Filing Online

All VAT registered businesses with a (VATable?) turnover of £100,000 or more (excluding VAT) and all businesses newly registering for VAT will be required to file their VAT returns online and pay any VAT due electronically from next April. This applies from accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2010. Filing returns on paper will still be an option for the remaining VAT registered businesses, but this will be reviewed in the run up to 2012.

HMRC Bulletin 33, www.hmrc.gov.uk/employers-bulletin/bulletin33/majorchanges.htm

National Minimum Wage Rates from October

The National Minimum Wage rates increased from 1 October. The new amounts are £5.80 an hour to workers aged 22 and above, and £4.83 an hour to workers aged 18 to 21. HMRC item at www.hmrc.gov.uk/employers-bulletin/bulletin33/nmw.htm or see BusinessLink page.

Stepping from Informal Group to Official Organisation

Voluntary Arts Network has a new briefing on 'Taking the next step: from an informal group to a registered organisation', giving you an overview of things to consider. From the Publications section of www.voluntaryarts.org or download direct (pdf, 63KB) www.voluntaryarts.org/uploaded/map11462.pdf

New Law Will Allow Reduced Drainage Charges

The Government has announced legislation to allow water companies to apply concessionary charges for community organisations such as scout groups, amateur sports clubs and faith groups. This follows the uproar over the huge increases such organisations have seen in surface water charges on the move to a new way of calculating bills based on size of premises/surface area. The law will be brought in as part of the Flood and Water Management Bill coming before Parliament in its next session. Official news item at www.defra.gov.uk/news/2009/090928a.htm

Manifesto for Adults with Multiple Needs

Making Every Adult Matter, a coalition of four national charities Clinks, DrugScope, Homeless Link and Mind, aims to influence policy and services for adults with multiple needs and exclusions. It has launched a four-point manifesto for the next parliament at this year's party conferences, www.meam.org.uk

Help to Provide Practical Learning Opportunities for Young People

The Learning Launchpad fund wants to help 'fresh' organisations to promote practical learning to lots of young people to enable them, whatever their background, to achieve their potential. The fund is delivered by the Young Foundation working in partnership with Edge and helps innovative organisations with groundbreaking ideas to grow or get off the ground, through a combination of financial investment and tailored support. Apply by 24 November, www.learninglaunchpad.org

Unlocking the Potential of Young Volunteers in Public Services

'Doers and Shapers' is a web-based resource for practitioners supporting youth volunteering in the public sector. This comes out of a programme to address Russell Commission recommendations, and sees young volunteers as 'shapers' of services, as well as doers, and active citizens in local democracy.
www.nya.org.uk/information/100598/142284/doersandshaperswebsite/
(Source: IDeA bulletin)

Sector Support Needs to be Tailored to the Organisations

Research for Capacitybuilders, the body set up by government to improve the capacity of the third sector, has highlighted the importance of providing support to voluntary organisations which is tailored to their needs, rather than a "one-size fits-all" approach. It identifies a range of critical factors which contribute to the successful development and growth of smaller third sector organisations.

Capacitybuilders news item. 'Testing Different Models of Support' report is meant to be on the Improving Support website, but at the moment the link given via www.improvingsupport.org/resources_by_topic/evaluation_and_learning/ doesn't work.

NCVO/GMCVO Autumn Conference 2009

Setting the Agenda: Looking To the Election And Beyond
13 November, Manchester

Just months before an expected general election, help set the agenda and show Government what they should be doing to support our sector. Hear from Nick Hurd MP who will outline the Conservative Party vision for our sector. Get new ideas and inspiration from in-depth workshops on topics including electoral manifestos, strategies for the future, governance reviews and more.

Visit www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/autumnconf09 or call Matt on 020 7520 3160.

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