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how Local Strategic Partnerships and the Local Area Agreement works in Derbyshire;
how the voluntary and community sector is involved;
national indicators and your organisation; and
how the money works.

A presentation will be followed by a practical ‘hands on’ group activity.

Fri 12 Mar 9.30 am to 12.30 pm - Free

Lone Working

This half day course looks at the issues related to lone working and how to find effective ways of dealing with them so that the safety of the worker and client/customer is assured.

The course covers:

a definition of lone working;
issues relating to lone working and how to deal with them;
understanding risk assessment in relation to lone working;
conducting dynamic risk assessments;
lone working protocols;
reporting incidents and near misses; and
action planning for personal lone working.

Tue 16 Mar 10.00 am to 12.30 pm

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 & Other	£75.00	£150.00

For more information on these training courses please contact Louise McNeil, Development Team Support Worker at High Peak CVS, on 01663 736431 or email louise@highpeakcvs.org.uk

All of High Peak CVS’s courses are advertised on www.highpeakcvs.org.uk/training

Managing Difficult Volunteer Situations

Wednesday 24 March 2010, 9.30am to 1.00pm at Glossop Volunteer Centre

Aimed at Volunteer Coordinators and Managers this free training session will look at what a difficult volunteer situation is, with real life examples. The impact that difficult situations may have on your group/organisation, and potential solutions including exit strategies.

The day includes lunch and an opportunity to network.

Booking forms can be requested from High Peak Volunteering by emailing highpeakvol@gvb.org.uk or phoning 07973 338 717.

Bringing People Together Campaign

The Derbyshire Partnership Forum is running a six week campaign across Derbyshire promoting activities and projects under the Bringing People Together banner. The campaign will run from 11 April 2010 – 23 May 2010, over term time and school holidays, a time when lots of local events take place which could help address some of the factors affecting community cohesion.

Do you know of a project that fits into the community cohesion agenda that may benefit from this additional free advertisement? All activities will be placed on a Bringing People Together calendar.

More information at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/partnershipforum

Rural Action Derbyshire Survey of Users

Rural Action Derbyshire (formerly Derbyshire Rural Community Council) is undertaking a survey of all its users to better understand their needs and further inform our work in and with Derbyshire's rural communities. To do this, we would appreciate you completing a short survey as honestly as you can. This should take no more than 5 - 10 minutes of your time.

The survey is at www.surveymonkey.com/s/RADUserNeedsSurvey2010 or via their website www.derbyshirercc.org.uk

The closing date is midnight on 31st March 2010.

County-wide Mental Health Forum

The Voluntary Sector Strategy Group (VSSG) has agreed a revised structure for engagement between Derbyshire County PCT commissioners and the mental health voluntary sector. This means that as well as the usual bi-monthly Forum meetings, there will also be a twice yearly County-wide Joint Forum Meeting with South Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum and North Derbyshire Voluntary Action members and commissioners.

You are invited to attend the first County-wide Joint Forum Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 30 March from 12.00 to 4.00 pm at the Coney Green Business Centre in Chesterfield. There will be a presentation on Suicide Awareness Training by Sharon Lovell and an opportunity to meet David Gardener, Derbyshire County PCT Lead Commissioner for Mental Health. Lunch will be provided.

For more information or to book a place email Cheryl Mason or call 01773 599995.

Seven Wonders of The Peak

Organised by Friends of the Peak District
Wednesday 17 March, 7.30 pm
Victoria Methodist Hall, Sheffield S1 2JB

In 1681 Charles Cotton wrote his famous poem, Wonders of the Peak. It described wonders including Chatsworth, Mam Tor and the Ebbing and Flowing Well. Find out how his list is standing the test of time, and more about present day Peak Wonders at this fascinating talk by High Peak guide Jennie Ainsworth.

Cost: £5 non members; free to members.

Phone 0114 266 5822 or see www.friendsofthepeak.org.uk for more information and to book a place.

Access to Finance Roadshow: Derbyshire

How Your Business Can Access Finance
Friday 26 March 2010, 9am - 1.30pm
Dunston Innovation Centre, Dunston Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 8NG

East Midlands Development Agency and Derbyshire, Economic Partnership supported by Connect Midlands invite you to explore the funding options for your business plans and innovative ideas. Experts from banks, business angels and publicly funded initiatives that support business at all stages of development will lead surgeries for small groups of delegates from all sectors. All your questions will be answered and the key issues around finance and individual initiatives explored in depth. Plenary sessions will set the scene and introduce the business finance landscape of the East Midlands. Don’t miss this free opportunity to discover how your promising business initiatives could be funded.

Click here for more information and to register. Visit www.eminnovation.org.uk/ifestival for more information about the UK’s largest annual celebration of innovation.

OnlyConnect Bursary Closes on Friday 12 March

OnlyConnect is a visit scheme sponsored by Triodos Bank which enables you to visit another voluntary and community organisation (VCO) to learn about their experiences.

It pays successful applicants £150 for their time and travel to visit another organisation to learn how they have diversified their income through trading, public service delivery or by using loan finance. It also will pay the host organisation £200 as a consultation fee for their time spent with you.

So, if you would like to:

Pursue a new trading idea
Learn about the delivery of public services under contract
Use a loan to increase the capacity of your organisation to do either of the above

then apply to Only Connect and learn from colleagues in the sector.

To learn more about the scheme and to download an application form please visit the website www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/onlyconnect, email onlyconnect@ncvo-vol.org.uk or contact 0207 520 2519.

Regional Sustainable Development Indicators

Regional sustainable development indicators have just been published to help provide an overview of economic, social and environmental issues in each region. Available on the UK Government sustainable development website, these statistics to enable comparisons to be made between regions and with progress nationally.
Findings for the East Midlands include:

It has the joint highest household waste recycling rate of the regions in 2008-9 – a useful statistic for anti-incineration campaigns.
It has experienced largest increase in the proportion of children walking and cycling to school.
However, it still has higher than the national average CO2 emissions relative to the population of the region.
Development remains an issue, with the lowest proportion of new dwellings being built on brownfield land.

Join Big Lottery Fund’s BIG Chat on 16 March

Big Lottery Fund Chief Executive Peter Wanless is keen to get you all involved in the BIG chat with Sir Clive Booth on 16 March. "You have questions about us as a funder and we're really keen to answer those... that's why we're having a BIG chat".

Between now and 16 March you can send questions for Sir Clive to answer online, during his web chat from 1.00 to 3.00 pm, 16 March.

If you want to make your voice heard, you can: send your questions, and register to receive email alerts and to take part in a live web chat with Sir Clive Booth. Alternatively, you can: Tweet your questions to #bigchat hashtag and follow www.twitter.com/biglotteryfund for updates, become a fan of biglotteryfund on facebook and post your questions on the wall.

Conservative Third Sector Summit with Shadow Ministers

NAVCA, ACEVO, Community Alliance, Social Enterprise Coalition, and the NCVO are holding a joint, high level Conservative Summit with Shadow Ministers to discuss the contribution of how third sector organisations can make the delivery of public services. This follows a letter from 250 ACEVO members to the Chancellor setting out ways in which real reforms to public services could lead to better outcomes and savings for Government. The Conservatives have now agreed to a Summit on the 18 March, London. Nick Hurd and his colleagues Francis Maude, Andrew Lansley, Oliver Letwin, Philip Hammond, Nick Gibb, Andrew Selous, Maria Miller and Alan Duncan have all agreed to take part. George Osborne will be making a special announcement at the conclusion of the Summit. For more information and to book your place for £90 visit www.acevo.org.uk/conservatives complete the booking form or email events@acevo.org.uk

Free Employment Law / Health & Safety Updates and Webinars

Ellis Whittam & Partners LLP offers free Employment Law / HR and Health & Safety training in the form of Employment Law Webinars and Health & Safety Webinars. They also issue free monthly Employment Law and Health & Safety updates – click here to subscribe. They work with a lot of charities across the UK and are also the commercial members of the association ACEVO.

Annual Charity IT Survey

The Charity Finance/Civil Society IT Survey for this year is now open for responses, to 22 March. It aims to assess how the IT capabilities and budgets of charities are changing over time. Results will be published online on www.civilsociety.co.uk and will be accessible to all respondents who provide an email address. on SurveyMonkey, www.surveymonkey.com/s/NFS7KPT

Guidestar UK Merges into Directory of Social Change

The Directory of Social Change has taken the online charity database GuideStar UK under its wings, along with subsidiary trading company GuideStar Data Services. The UK was the only country where GuideStar International owned the local body, and it will now be able to focus further on developing new GuideStar database services around the world. This does appear to be a good fit, given the slightly unstable history of GuideStar UK. Civil Society Media news item at www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6165/ or go to DSC announcement.

Promote Events on TooDoo

The Easter hols are nearly here and lots of youngsters will be looking for things to do. So if you are holding an event or activity for 11 to 19 year-olds you can add your activity on the TooDoo website by filling in the online form. It’s easy to do and will be live on the website in a day or so where young people can read all about it.

A selection of TooDoo promotional items are available - frisbees, pens, door hangers, flexible rulers, business cards and A3/A4 posters. If you would like some to hand out at an event for young people or help promote the website, please contact james.bright@derbyshire.gov.uk or call 01629 538490.

New funding available
Over £700,000 has been allocated to the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds for the new financial year from April 1 2010. The funding aims to help make more positive activities available to young people in Derbyshire. To apply complete the proposal form at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/yof. For support from youth workers or help on applying email youth.service@derbyshire.gov.uk

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