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Amber Valley CVS require an experienced and highly motivated individual to coordinate and supervise our SoS team, who provide support to families and young people in Amber Valley and Erewash. The successful candidate must have experience of working with families, supervising a diverse team, collating information for reports, report writing, multi agency working and excellent communication skills.

Essential knowledge areas include: the impact of social exclusion, current legislation relating to Safeguarding children and Young People, the Common Assessment Framework Occasional evening work may be required.

Salary— £21,296 per annum pro rata
25 hours per week - pa
6 weeks Annual holidays + Bank Holidays (pro rata) + pension
Closing Date: 9am 31 July 2008
Interviews: 15 August 2008
Contract length: Two years

Previous applicants need not apply. The interview will consist of a formal question and answer session and a 10 minute presentation.

For an application pack for this post please phone Amber Valley CVS on 01773 512076 or e-mail: admin@avcvs.org

Launch of vinvolved Derbyshire

Mon 14th July 08 1-4pm

At Buxton Methodist Church, Chapel Street

Formed by a partnership between BTCV and Volunteer Centres Derbyshire, this team is part of vinvolved, the new national youth volunteering programme, which aims to revolutionise youth action in England. (vinvolved has now replaced the Millennium Volunteers programme in England).

vinvolved teams have three main roles:

1. Creating new volunteering opportunities across all sectors:

2. Brokering young people into opportunities:

3. Championing youth-led action

vinvolved team Derbyshire will be launching Derbyshire’s youth volunteering programme in various locations across the county . The event will include a presentation about v and will introduce you to the members of Derbyshire’s own vinvolved team. After this short presentation the will be a workshop on introducing young volunteers into your organisation as well how to counter perceived barriers to youth volunteering.

f you are an organisation who works with young volunteers or would like to, please call Tony Potter on 01629 825537 or 07801 685978,
Or email vinvolved-derbyshire@btcv.org.uk to receive an invitation.

Filing Cabinet Needed

Goyt Valley Brass Band is in great need of a filing cabinet. Do you have one you no longer use? If so, they will put it to good use and can collect it. Please contact Sandy 01663 736426.

High Peak CVS Newsletter Contributions Welcome

Articles are required for the next CVS Newsletter which gets sent to over 900 voluntary and community groups within the High Peak. If you would like to promote your group or an event please submit articles to gina@highpeakcvs.org.uk by 26th August. Word count on average no more than 450 words (negotiable), you can also submit a photo if you wish.

Alert Over Fake HMRC Emails

HM Revenue and Customs has just issued an alert on scam emails with a fake HMRC heading, asking for banking details so that a repayment can be issued. HMRC Charities will never contact your charity or Community Amateur Sports Club by email for this type of information. www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/scam.htm

Varying Views on Receipts and Payments Accounting

The first systematic look at the effectiveness of Receipts and Payments (R and P) (annual) accounts used by smaller charities, carried out on behalf of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners, found a very wide range of views.

Professional accountants and non-accountants alike had views ranging from believing that the R and P approach is clear and effective to serious concerns and that even the smallest charities should be required to produce SORP accounts.

The report 'The Use of Receipts and Payment Accounts for Financial Reporting by Smaller Charities' argues that the R and P regime is not flawed but needs additional investment and attention to make it work. In the long run the law should be changed to allow for regulations on R and P accounts, with a formal standard created in the meantime. Download the report from www.shu.ac.uk/research/cvsr/outputs.html

Updated SORP Withdrawn

We reported last week that an updated edition of the Charities SORP 2005, the accounting standard for registered charities, had been published by the Charity Commission. Unfortunately due to ‘technical reasons’ (otherwise known as minor errors) this has been withdrawn. They hope to a have a new version available very shortly.

Music Copyright Exemptions for Charities

The UK Intellectual Property Office has started a consultation on certain copyright exemptions which ‘principally allow not-for-profit and charitable organisations, in certain specific circumstances, to play copyright sound recordings in public without being required to pay a licence fee for use of those sound recordings or the performances they contain’. The Office of the Third Sector is encouraging charities to respond, with one option being to exempt only small charities from having to purchase licences, or even repeal of the exemptions OTS news item or go direct to www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-musiclicensing.htm Runs to 31st October.

Funds for Community Sport

Sport England is looking at possible changes to the way it distributes National Lottery money for community sport. Views are welcomed on ways to improve application and award processes as well as any particularly valued features of the current Community Investment Fund.

Go to www.sportengland.org/index/get_funding/homepage-lottery_consultation.htm and respond by 12th September. Sector support umbrella body NAVCA has welcomed the consultation – www.navca.org.uk/news/sportfunding.htm

One Sector Panel Starts, Another Closes

After four years, the Government's State of the Sector Panel, which they used as a sounding board on various issues, is to close. There will be a series of four reports published this year outlining some of the key findings from the four years, covering: Activities, resources and engagement with beneficiaries; Collaborative working and infrastructure organisations; Engagement with Government bodies and use of the Compact; and Human, capital and organisational resources. The Government will continue to ‘build the evidence base on and for the third sector’, with a new survey of sector organisations to run this autumn and in 2010. Office of the Third Sector news at www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories/080630_sosp.aspx

Meanwhile, the panel of the new Third Sector Advisory Body, set up to provide Government Ministers with clear and authoritative advice on policy regarding the third sector, has been appointed. OTS details, or see Governance news item www.charitygovernance.co.uk/home/preview.php?id=319

Thriving Third Sector Seen as High Priority Across England

A thriving third sector has been recognised as a high priority for nearly two thirds of top tier local authorities in England. In drawing up a shortlist of 35 'National Indicators' on which they will be measured (out of the set of 198), 62 per cent chose to include one or both of the two third sector indicators: NI6 – participation in regular volunteering; or NI7 – creating an environment for a thriving third sector. Society Guardian has a short item at www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/02/voluntarysector.localgovernment or see the Office of Third Sector news item. The latter quotes the Chief Executive of Acevo (the chief execs body) saying "The take up of these indicators is far better than I expected."

You can find out what local priorities in your area have been negotiated with Government at the Local Priorities site, www.localpriorities.communities.gov.uk/ See Podnosh blog for a few comments on how helpful this is, or could be.

Youth Organisations to Discuss Merger

This September two of Britain's largest youth work organisations, Clubs for Young People and UK Youth, are to discuss merging. A resulting merger could take place as early as next April. From Children and Young People Now, www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/828312/

Researching Sector Independence

A research study for the Commission for the Compact is looking at how eight Central Government departments are observing their commitments to respect the right of third sector organisations to campaign and exercise their independence. Interim findings were presented at the Sector Independence Day event in London on Friday 4th July. Compact news item.

See the Compact Voice site for information on the ‘Its Our Shout’ campaign around voluntary organisations taking responsibility for upholding their independence, www.compactvoice.org.uk

Help with Tendering for Public Contracts

Futurebuilders England has a new Tender Fund, offering three year loans of between £3,000 and £50,000 to third sector organisations who need relatively small sums of money to help them tender successfully for specific public service delivery contracts.
See www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk/content/Funding/TenderFund.aspx

Community Technology Innovation Awards

This year's TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards are open for entries. This enables charity and community groups throughout the UK to harness the power of the internet, with 30 winners receiving grants of £2,000 each to fund technology related projects, and five overall winners will also get technology equipment of their choice. Last year's winners ranged from chat rooms on health issues to web-based support networks. See www.talktalk.co.uk/innovation and apply by 30th September.

Researching Voluntary and Amateur Arts in England

A new report 'Our Creative Talent' from the Culture Department looks at the size, make-up and impact of formally organised voluntary and amateur arts groups. There are nearly 50,000 groups across the country with a total of 5.9 million members. At time of newsletter production the actual document wasn't online, but it should be at www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/5234.aspx with news item at www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/5235.aspx

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