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understand what is meant by safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the different ways in which children and young people can be harmed;
be aware of the statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children;
be familiar with ‘What to do if you are worried a child is being abused’ national guidance and local procedures;
appreciate your own role and responsibilities and those of others in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
be able to make judgements about how to act to safeguard and promote the welfare of a child; and
know when to involve others and where to seek advice and support.

The course covers:

issues, dilemmas and questions about safeguarding and child protection work;
myths and facts;
definitions;
signs and symptoms;
what to do if you are worried;
policies and Procedures; and
working in partnership with children and young people, with parents and carers and with other professionals.

The session will be run by the Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board Training Team and will involve full group and small group discussions. Trainer presentations will use sections of the Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board DVD ‘Safeguarding Children – an Interactive Child Protection Training CD-ROM’. Participants will receive copies of ‘What to do if You’re Worried a Child is being Abused’ and various supporting handouts.

Groups Working Well

Wed 7 July 2010, 1pm to 4pm

A workshop to help you to make the best use of your most valuable resource – your group’s members. We will look at how to communicate well, make sure everyone’s included, involved and well-motivated and consider how best to deal with those awkward situations such as one member dominating or another being disruptive. Everyone can play their part in making sure groups work well – this session is not just for Chairs!

Web Development for Charities

Tue 13 July 2010, 10am to 1pm

A three hour introductory session on the issues you need to consider if thinking of developing a website. Topics covered will include:

target audience;
website objectives; and
the message your website needs to put across and the practicalities of web design and functionality.

This will be followed by a group discussion covering the ideas delegates have on what might make a successful site for their specific organisation. The final element of the course is a hands-on session, where participants will have the opportunity to use the Content Management System developed by Digital Umbrella and see for themselves exactly what is involved.

Cost:	Half day	Full day
Voluntary and community groups without paid workers	£10.00	£20.00
Voluntary and community groups with paid workers	£30.00	£60.00
Statutory organisations and other	£75.00	£150.00

For more information on any of these courses, contact Louise McNeil on 01663 736 431 or louise@highpeakcvs.org.uk or visit the website highpeakcvs.org.uk/training

Funding Your Future: Adapt, Survive and Thrive

High Peak CVS Members Meeting
1 July 2010, 9.45 am to 12.30 pm at Buxton Methodist Hall

With public sector funding cuts being forecast, the Voluntary Sector is facing an uncertain future.

How will your group be affected – what can you do to protect yourself?
How could High Peak CVS help?
A keynote speaker will highlight future trends in public sector funding cuts, political changes and the impact on the sector.
This will be followed by facilitated groups to start looking at how local groups may be affected and what can be done to protect the sector from the worst effects.

The session winds up with an opportunity to raise questions with representatives from the statutory sector.

Agenda
9.45 Arrival and refreshments
10.00 Introduction by Kevin Skingsley
10.10 ‘Keep Calm and Carry on’ - Tony Okotie (from Tameside 3rd Sector Coalition) will give an overview of the national picture, the challenges facing voluntary organisations and examples of different ways of working.
10.35 Workshop assessing the risks and developing survival strategies; participants will be split into two groups according to the structure of the group they work with (paid employees / volunteers)
11.30 Refreshments
11.45 Question and answer session to panel of public sector bodies
12.30 End

>> Download Invitation and Booking Form

3D Equalities Toolkit

The 3D Equalities Toolkit is now available as a PDF file. The Toolkit is aimed at groups wanting to start to consider the accessibility of their organisation’s activities and services and to consider what the barrier to some groups might be. It includes a simple checklist, as well as information about local and national sources of further help and support around each of the different equality issues. The toolkit can also be downloaded from the 3D website at www.3dsupport.org.uk/news

Finance Officer Vacancy at North Derbyshire Voluntary Action

3 days weekly - salary pro rata to £22,693 pa

If you have at least two years experience of charity / not for profit or small business financial routines, reporting and controls and would enjoy working in a small, friendly office, then NDVA would like to hear from you.

You will help in evaluating and improving their financial practices and procedures, produce financial reports and contribute to day to day financial activities. So you will need to be a good team player as well as being able to work on your own initiative.

You are likely to possess or be working towards an AAT qualification or be able to demonstrate significant experience. An ability to use QuickBooks or similar software together with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and Word) is important.

The post is currently funded to 31 March 2011.

For an application pack, please contact us on 01246 555908 or email ndva@btconnect.com

Closing date for the return of applications: Wednesday 30 June
Interview date: Thursday 8 July.

www.ndva.org.uk

Calling All East Midlands Family Businesses

East Midlands-based family businesses have until 30 June to enter the emda-supported Midlands Family Business Awards. The awards highlight the contribution family businesses make to the region’s economy and business community. Other sponsors include RSM Tenon, Connect Midlands, Young and Pearce solicitors, Blusource and Mitre Group. There are 10 award categories, including Innovation, Fast Growth, Development of Talent, Best Newly Established, and Family Business of the Year. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 11 November. Entry is free and can be made online at www.familybusinessawards.co.uk

Launch of the Big Lottery Community Wildlife Programme

The Big Lottery Fund has teamed up with the BBC to launch the Community Wildlife Programme, which brings communities together to improve or protect the natural environment by raising awareness of threatened wildlife or places.

The programme celebrates 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, by allowing local groups and communities to get more involved with, enhance and protect their local wildlife. Not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises, local councils and schools or health bodies may apply for support. Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are being provided for one-year projects.

The programme has three funding rounds. The deadlines for receipt of applications for each round are 21 July 2010; 22 September 2010 and 24 November 2010.

More details are available on the website:
www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wildlife?regioncode=-uk

Commission Warns of Bogus Telephone Calls

The Charity Commission has been made aware of a scam involving people being telephoned by individuals claiming to represent the Charity Commission. In the phone calls these individuals claim to be from the "debt collection department" of the Commission and they demand payments for various services and advertisements.

any call from someone claiming to work with or on behalf of the Charity Commission, and claiming any payment in a threatening way, is clearly bogus;
the Charity Commission does not charge for any of its services to charities; it does not get involved in debt collection either directly or through contracting third parties to do so, and nor does it collect debt on behalf of charities; and
you should immediately report these sorts of incidents to the police, and the Charity Commission would also like to be informed where its name is being used for suspected fraudulent purposes.

Our advice to charities is:

when you speak to any member of staff from the Commission they will always be prepared to give their name, telephone number and email address;
Commission email addresses always end with the domain name @charitycommission.gsi.gov.uk and
check the number of any suspect caller against the direct dial telephone codes for our offices; these are London 0207 674…, Liverpool 0151 703…, Taunton 01823 345…, Newport 01633 2255…

The best way to contact is by www.charitycommission.gov.uk/sendmailCRM.aspx or if you need to speak to someone urgently you can call the contact centre on 0845 300 0218. Lines are open from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, Monday to Friday, except national holidays.

Volunteer Solutions

These professional, affordable training resources, written specifically for the voluntary sector, are ideal for any organisation looking to train volunteers or support staff. Each title in the extensive range is an easy to use, timed session with all the preparation done, saving valuable time and money. Details at www.volunteersolutions.org.uk

Tackling Barriers to Volunteering

The Commission for the Compact has published 'The Costs, Barriers and Benefits of Involving Volunteers from Under-Represented Groups', which says that cost is not the principal barrier for organisations wishing to engage such volunteers. The groups covered in the research include disabled people, refugees and asylum seekers, and single parents, with barriers such as the availability of CRB checks, language or access. Twelve case studies give examples of good practice of how to involve volunteers from these groups. Commission news item or download the report direct (pdf, 853KB).

Promoting and Helping Volunteer Management

Volunteering England has a new "signposting tool for people managing volunteers", helping them to find a range of resources, the Volunteer Management Portal at www.volunteering.org.uk/vmportal

Volunteering England has also launched a 'Value Volunteer Management' campaign to increase awareness of the value and importance of investing in volunteer management, www.volunteering.org.uk/valuevolunteermanagement

Awards Round-Up

A new award aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals or groups who work with children and families. The Marsh Award for Outstanding Achievement in Work with Children and Families is from children's charity Barnardo's and the Marsh Christian Trust, and nominations close 31 July, www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/marsh_trust_award.htm

The new Epic Awards run by Voluntary Arts England are for voluntary and amateur art and craft groups (in England), who can nominate themselves under four categories: engagement, partnerships, innovation and creativity. The award provides a package of benefits including training, equipment and publicity. Entries by 10 September, www.epicawards.co.uk (Flash site with basic text alternative)

This year's Guardian Charity Awards are now open, to showcase excellence and achievement among small and medium-sized social welfare charities. Nominations required by 16 July, www.guardian.co.uk/charity-awards

The SMK Campaigner Awards award is for grassroots or emerging campaigners who want to take their campaign to the next level and provides a package of (non-financial) support, www.smk.org.uk/smk-awards-2010/ Application deadline is midday, 28 June.

New Website on Planning in England

Planning Aid England, the charity which provides independent and professional planning advice to communities and individuals, has a new website at www.rtpi.org.uk/planningaid/ It gives information on what help is available, a guide to the planning system and a variety of resources. (Source: Regen daily bulletin)

Online Resources to Develop a Learning Group

A website to help people set up their own learning groups or clubs, and keep them going, is at www.selforganisedlearning.com There's information and materials that can be used as is, or adapted under a Creative Commons licence. (Source: Voluntary Arts England newsletter.

Key to Recruiting and Developing Good Chairs

A 'though piece' reviewing the contribution of the chair of trustees and the need for succession planning for this pivotal role has been written by Ruth Lesirge and Hilary Barnard, Visiting Fellows and Principal Consultants at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School.

First published in Caritas magazine, 'First Among Equals' is in pdf, 2MB, at www.cass.city.ac.uk/cce/resources/thought_pieces/FirstAmongEquals.pdf

The Essentials of Coaching for Not-For-Profit Managers

Coaching skills for managers can "unlock staff potential and provide that much needed and valuable injection of both development and support" and are particularly valuable in these tight times, according to the Management Centre. In this article, they go on to give a clear explanation of what coaching is, as well as examples of when not to use this approach. See Management Centre website for online or pdf version.

Social Return on Investment

The Race Equality Foundation have put together a resources document which provides links to information relating to social return on investment.

www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/news.php?readmore=764

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