eNews

Come and explore the ingredients which contribute to an organisation’s financial sustainability.
Find out how to identify and attract new sources of income.
Consider the benefits of developing a trading activity to generate some ‘unrestricted’ income.
Gain enthusiasm and confidence to address your organisation’s financial issues in a new light.

The trainers: The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Sustainable Funding Project – the national experts!

Cost: Including lunch and parking permit = £30

Special offer: Only £25 per person if two people attend from the same organisation – bring a trustee!

To book: Please contact Louise McNeil at High Peak CVS on 01663 736431 or via louise@highpeakcvs.org.uk

This workshop is open to community and voluntary organisations throughout Derbyshire. It is uniquely available through the NCVO Sustainable Partners Programme, which is hosted in Derbyshire by High Peak CVS.

If you’d like to know more about the Sustainable Partners Programme and what it offers, please contact Esther Jones at High Peak CVS on 01663 736429 or via esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk

East Midland Regional ICT Conference
Monday 16th June 2008

East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham

Need to make sense of ICT for your organisation?

Want to explore new ways to use technology?

Come and hear from nationally-renowned ICT projects and speakers at this one day conference commissioned by the East Midlands Infrastructure Steering Group. This conference is particularly relevant to:

front line third sector organisations including trustees and management committees
small groups
infrastructure organisations and in particular development workers
established and emerging social enterprises
funders
suppliers of ICT support from the third sector

Further details and a booking form are available at item3.org.uk

Making it Easier for Community Groups to Recycle

High Peak CVS has recently undertaken an environmental impact survey with a number of local groups. Many groups with premises mentioned that they would like to have a green recycling box serviced by the Borough Council so that they could encourage recycling amongst their staff and volunteers.

High Peak Borough Council’s Recycling Team was interested in this news. They have offered to look at including community and voluntary organisations in their schedules for green box collection.

If you would like to have a green box for recycling at your premises, please send an email to esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk by Monday 2nd June, giving the following details:

Organisation name
Name of contact person with a contact daytime phone or email address
Address and location of premises where green box collection is required
Permission to pass these details on to the Borough Council’s Recycling Team

The Recycling Team cannot guarantee that they will be able to meet every request, but they are interested in increasing recycling!

Grab a Handful of Cash to Make High Peak Greener

High Peak Borough Council is inviting groups operating throughout the Borough to apply for grants for environment projects, as part of our Going Local initiative for cleaner, greener and safer communities.

The grants of up to £500 are to help charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and schools reduce energy use, save water, cut down on waste or reduce transport impacts.

The environment grants are limited to 2008 only. They will be allocated on a first come first served basis, as long as the applications meet the aims of the grants scheme.

John Haken, Executive Councillor for the Environment, said: "Climate change is today's most significant challenge and it faces everyone. The Council wants to encourage community groups to take action to reduce the impact of their activities upon the environment. If you belong to an organisation that has some ideas about helping to improve our environment, then please consider making an application for an environment grant."

Application forms, and the criteria by which applications will be awarded, can be viewed and downloaded from Thursday 15 May, from the Environment section of our website at:
www.highpeak.gov.uk/environment/energy/climatechange.asp. Applications can also be made online.Alternatively, you can request application forms from us by calling 0845 129 77 77, or by collecting them personally from one of the Council's receptions.

Asset Development

Five factsheets on asset development have been published by High Peak CVS: Developing and Maximising the Use of a Community Building, The Pros and Cons of Leasing and Ownership, Risk Reduction in Managing a Community Building, Making the Figures Add Up, Selling the Case for an Asset Transfer. Download the pack (pdf, 2MB) from www.highpeakcvs.org.uk/how/KnowledgeBank-AssetsPack.pdf

Executive Director Vacancy at Groundwork Derby & Derbyshire

Langley Mill, Derbyshire
Circa £50,000 with contributory pension

The person: You will be an ambitious and dynamic professional, with a track record in
the management and development of charitable business or social enterprise.

The role: You will lead the trust’s 40+ staff team and develop and expand the trust’s
urban and rural partnerships in the city of Derby and 5 Derbyshire district/borough
council areas. You will front the trust’s business planning and will lead in the
development of new services and programmes. You will work closely with local,
regional and national partners in the voluntary, corporate and public sectors and will
take principal responsibility for the development and delivery of the trust’s diverse
£3m annual programme.

Closing date: 25 May 2008
Interview date: 18 June 2008

For further information and an application pack, visit www.gdd.org.uk
or telephone Kate on 01773 539403.

Vacancy: Trainer and Co-ordinator Delivering Race Equality

Salary: £24,295 - £25,902 per annum (37 hours per week)

The post will support the Delivering Race Equality (DRE) Action Plan for Derbyshire by co-ordinating the work of the team of Community Development Workers employed by Black and Minority Ethnic agencies across Derbyshire. The postholder will work closely with the employing organisations, will liaise with nominated staff in mainstream mental health service provision, including Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust, and will develop and deliver training for the Community Development Workers and staff from partner agencies to improve and develop practice in mental health service delivery.

The successful candidate will be an experienced trainer and will have at least two years operational experience of community development work. Able to communicate effectively and confidently within organisational guidelines, the worker will have excellent awareness of cultural, social and health issues and services relating to the area of work and will be able to influence positive change.

The post will be based in Belper, but it is important that the post-holder can travel to various locations across the county.

For an application pack please call our recruitment line on 0115 932 2685 or e-mail shelley.bentley@p3charity.org

Closing Date Friday 6th June 2008.
Interviews Will Be Held 18th & 19th June 2008

Health Trainer & Community Health Champions Project Co-ordinator at Community Voluntary Partners

30 hours per week. Starting salary £19,463 pro rata.
Initially a 12 month contract, extension subject to funding

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a brand new project supporting
local people to make positive changes to their lifestyle. The successful
candidate will be responsible for:
• Supporting the recruitment and development of Health Trainers and
Community Health Champions
• Co-ordinating the Health Trainer project
• Monitoring the impact of Community Health Champions and the
project’s progress
• Liaison with the community, voluntary and statutory sectors including
Derbyshire County PCT

Previous experience of project development, implementation and evaluation
is essential
For an information pack email cvpadmin@bolsovercen.org.uk download
from www.bolsovercen.org.uk or telephone Jo on 01623 747147
Closing date for applications is 5.00pm Friday June 20.
Interviews planned for week commencing June 30.

Explaining Action Learning

New introductory guidance from personnel professionals' body CIPD on introducing and running action learning sets is a useful factsheet on a popular 'training' concept which is rarely well explained. www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/lrnanddev/general/actionlearning

Join over 5,800 Organisations in NCVO's Community

NCVO has been helping voluntary and community organisations for over 90 years. We provide an unrivalled information service and a range of value-for-money benefits to help you and your organisation become more effective.

"The support we receive from NCVO helps us to bring about lasting change to people's lives", Emmaus UK, NCVO member since 2000.

For more and to sign up to our monthly email update visit www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/volresource

Researching How to Consult the Third Sector

A research project commissioned by the Office of the Third Sector is looking at effective and innovative consultation with the third sector in England. Due to report by the end of October 2008, key questions are:

How can government most effectively consult with third sector organisations?
How can it reach organisations normally under-represented in government consultations?
Are there specific ways in which consultation with the third sector differs from other government consultation?

Website: www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector.aspx

Measure the Impact of Volunteers in Sport

Volunteering England and the Institute of Volunteering Research have created a specific set of web-based tools for sport organisations to assess their own volunteering impacts. This is part of a project which tested the current Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit with 100 volunteers and players across three sports, and a final report about the methods and findings behind those new tools has also been published. The latter, 'A Winning Team? The impacts of volunteers in sport', can be downloaded as a pdf, 307KB The sport tools to measure impact of volunteering are available via www.volunteering.org.uk/sport, or read press release.

Recognising Individual Action

Nominations for the 2008 Beacon Prize are now open. This has five categories plus regional awards recognising people who have made a significant charitable contribution in giving time, money or skills to a specific cause. Deadline is 1st July. www.beaconfellowship.org.uk/press_releases.asp?rel=1135

Building Third Sector Support, Round 2

The second round of the Big Lottery Fund's BASIS (Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Support) programme for England is taking a more targeted approach, to ensure funding is used to meet identified needs within third sector infrastructure support. Closing date is 27th August – more details at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_basis.htm

Building Places for Young People

The Big Lottery Fund is also managing the 'myplace' programme on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Charities and local authorities working with young people in England can apply for grants of between one and five million pounds funds to develop youth centres and the like. Successful third sector organisations will also get £50,000 revenue to develop long term viability.

Fast track deadline is 29th July, otherwise 30th September,
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_myplace.htm.

Changing Social Attitudes, Evaluating Campaigns, Sharing Contract Delivery

Three new publications from various parts of NCVO are available online or for open download in whole or part:

'Future Focus 5: How are social attitudes changing?' pocket guide helps you understand how changing social attitudes may affect your organisation in the future, and think about opportunities and challenges these changes present.
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/publications/publication.asp?id=8748
With public bodies reducing the number of contracts they hold, 'Consortia delivery of public services' explores three consortia models for voluntary and community organisations: a new legal body, one organisation takes lead responsibility or an external non-delivering organisation takes the lead.
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/collaborativeworkingunit/index.asp?id=7054
'Is your campaign making a difference?' shows how simple and effective monitoring and evaluation can be a powerful tool. Structured in three parts, section A: 'getting the basics in place' can be downloaded as a pdf, and has some useful starting points.
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/publications/publication.asp?id=8612

Taking Part in the Arts

Taking Part in the Arts is a new website from Arts Council England giving guidance for arts organisations on how to be more community and customer focused. It also has information on participation statistics. www.takingpartinthearts.com (Source: Voluntary Arts England newsletter)

Donate a PC – Computer Hardware for the Voluntary and Community Sector

There is a free 'matchmaking' service for individuals and organisations to donate un-needed hardware (computers, printers and so on) to UK charities, not-for-profit organisations and educational establishments (hardware only – not software).

It is primarily for those with only one or two items to donate and/or who can not use a suitable recycling organisation.

However they also have a comprehensive list of organisations that have larger quantities of computer equipment to donate to charities.

Website: www.donateapc.org.uk

Mind – Ecominds BIG Changing Spaces Funding

The Big Lottery Fund has awarded Mind £8.8million from its Changing Spaces programme to start up an exciting new grants scheme. 'Ecominds' will fund projects across England that will help transform local environments and build the confidence and self-esteem of people with mental health problems.

Ecominds aims to reduce the stigma and social exclusion faced by people with mental health problems by funding environmental projects that bring people together right across the community. Over the next five years Ecominds will award grants up to the value of £250,000 to 125 environmental projects. Examples of eco-projects eligible for funding could include returning habitats to their natural state, starting up recycling initiatives or community agricultural projects.

Schools, community groups and voluntary organisations will be encouraged to apply for funding. They must develop plans that show how they intend to rejuvenate their local environment but most importantly, show how they will involve local people with mental health problems on their eco-project.

Mind, 15-19 Broadway, London E15 4BQ
Telephone helpline: 0845 766 0163
Fax: 020 8522 1725
Email: contact@mind.org.uk
Website: www.mind.org.uk/News+policy+and+campaigns/Press/Eco090408.htm

eNews Bulletin from High Peak CVS

Visit highpeakcvs.org.uk/enews for past bulletins

Contact High Peak CVS to subscribe / unsubscribe
or to send in news items for the eNews Bulletin

Bulletin Contents - 20 May 2008

Introduction to Sustainable Funding

East Midland Regional ICT Conference Monday 16th June 2008