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Bulletin Contents - 14 September 2007Establishing Network for Funding Advisers Active Recreation Promotion Tools Community Organisations "Better at Engaging the Hard to Reach" Free Employment Discrimination Training Job Vacancy at Glossop Women’s Aid Job Vacancy - New Mills Volunteer Centre Support Worker ‘From Charity to Third Sector Enterprise’ Rural Innovation Creating a Boost in the Peak District |
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Establishing Network for Funding AdvisersThe feasibility of establishing a Funding Advice National Network in England is being examined by a partnership of organisations on behalf of the Finance Hub. |
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Improvements in Care StaffingThe National Care Forum, for voluntary sector health and social care organisations, has published its Personnel Statistics survey for 2006-07, showing improvements in qualifications and staff turnover amongst its members. |
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Greener ComputingThe ICT Hub has an article on ‘Greener computing for charities and community groups’ - it’s not just for the big organisations. |
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Active Recreation Promotion ToolsA set of simple-to-use tools to help with the promotion of sport and active recreation to the public has been collated by Sports England to create a Promoting Sport toolkit. |
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Community Organisations "Better at Engaging Hard to Reach"A report from the Northern Rock Foundation's Money and Jobs grants programme has found community-based organisations to be more effective than public sector agencies at supporting socially excluded people to move towards more fulfilling lives. The research discovered that community organisations involved in the programme are successful in engaging people in the early stages of personal change pathways to employment and better personal financial self-management. Those experiencing long-term unemployment, those with low aspirations and those with few networks of support, benefit most from voluntary sector interventions. Read the full report: |
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Free Employment Discrimination TrainingChesterfield Law Centre is offering free employment discrimination training over the coming months There are six courses, including ‘Challenging Disability Discrimination’ and ‘Parent’s and Carers’ Rights at Work’. The training is ideal for managers, workers and management committee members from the voluntary and community sector. For information and to book a place contact Anne Frazer or Teresa Waldron. Chesterfield Law Centre, |
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Job Vacancy at Glossop Women’s AidGlossop Women’s Aid is a dynamic and evolving voluntary sector agency, providing a full range of domestic abuse services to women and children. They are now seeking to expand our team by recruiting: Volunteer Coordinator 25 hours per week (the post is for one year only) Local government pay scale point 20 The purpose of the job is to recruit and train volunteers to work throughout Glossop Women’s Aid Services and to promote and publicise our organisation in the High Peak. Flexible working hours will be required to meet the needs of the project. The post is open to women only Section 7(ii) of the SDA 1975 applies. For an information pack email gwa@f2s.com or telephone 01457 856675. Closing date for completed applications is 6.00 pm Monday 24th September 2007. Interviews will take place on 10th October 2007. |
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Job Vacancy - New Mills Volunteer Centre Support Worker11 Hours per week - to work on 2 days The successful applicant will : Ring 01663 744196 for more information and an application pack Closing date Monday 24th September 2007 |
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Save Community ChampionsThe Government plans to axe the Community Champions programme, which provides small grants to individual to run community activities. Some community foundations manage this programme, including Derbyshire Community Foundation. Please sign the petition to Save Community Champions (on the Number 10 website) - and encourage as many contacts as possible to do so. |
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‘From Charity to Third Sector Enterprise’Derbyshire Dales CVS invite you to two free seminars which will provide inspiration, information and impetuous to help you to move your organisation from being grant dependant to achieving a sustainable funding mix The speakers at these seminars all have first hand experience of the challenges, constraints and benefits of moving towards sustainable funding. Successful organisations will provide inspiration whilst not overlooking the problems and experienced practitioners will focus on how to start to transform your organisation. Seminar 1: Tuesday October 30th – The Vision At Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, 9.30am to 4pm FREE to members of third sector organisations in the Rural Action Zone (Derbyshire Dales, High Peak and Staffordshire Moorlands). If you are outside the area or from a statutory organisation contact the DDCVS for an application form. There would be a fee of £12 to cover refreshments. To reserve a place and receive a detailed programme, email enquiries@ddcvs.org.uk or phone Janet on 01629 812154 |
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Rural Innovation Creating a Boost in the Peak DistrictBenchmark Event to Breath New Life into Your Business 19th September 6pm – 8pm |
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Community Sports Tax Relief LeafletThe Department for Culture Media and Sport has a newish guide to the Community Amateur Sports Clubs scheme, established in 2002 to offer tax relief to local amateur sports clubs. It includes a couple of examples of how this has worked in practice. Available as a pdf (137kb) from |
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21st Century Village and Community ConferenceBBC2’s “Queen of Green,” Penney Poyzer, will be energizing Peak District communities at a “21st Century Village and Community Conference” in Bakewell on Saturday 29th September 2007. Penney, whose “No Waste Like Home” programme helps householders cut energy costs, is the keynote speaker at the conference which will show how communities can launch renewable energy schemes for themselves. Another TV figure, former BBC and Channel 4 environment correspondent Alistair McDonald, will chair a “Question Time” panel of experts. This is the first event to be organised by the newly-formed Peak District Sustainable Energy Group, which will be held at Lady Manners School. Local role-models will include Youlgrave and Ilam, leading the way with ambitious energy efficiency plans such as a methane digester using farm slurry, hydro-power and low-energy light-bulbs throughout the community. Both villages have received grants from the Peak District Sustainable Development Fund, whose manager Richard Godley said: “This is the first opportunity in the Peak District for local community activists to learn from each other about renewable energy projects for villages and organisations.” “We’ll be advising people on how to get organised, who to approach for grants and information, and how to develop their ideas into practical solutions”. The event will include displays from community groups and energy companies, workshops on funding and practical issues, speakers and individual expert advice. The event is free and runs from 10am to 4pm, with a buffet and crèche provided. Booking for the event is essential at www.derbyshirercc.org.uk. Go to Sustainable Energy, and then click on Conference. Or ring the Derbyshire Rural Community Council on 01629 824797 in office hours and ask for the “21st Century Village and Community Conference” office. |
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