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E-Bulletin - 16/11/06
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Get Your Organisation in the News
Following on from our very successful media event last month please keep an eye out for our forthcoming newsletter "Network" which highlights some of the best tips given for getting your organisation in the news.
Job Opportunities Online
There are several new vacancies on website. Click here to view the current job opportunities in the local voluntary sector. Please let us have your opportunities to advertise on the site! Email Beth: beth@cvsnw.org.uk
Children and Young Peoples Services - Every Service Counts Survey
This year is critical for the future of services for Children and Young People (C&YP) as a radical shift in priorities and funding is taking place. NAVCA, the National Council for Voluntary Child Care Organisations and the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services want to find out what is happening to C&YP services delivered by the voluntary and community sector (VCS). Please help us gather evidence of what is happening to these VCS services by filling in this short questionnaire or by passing it on to the relevant people or organisations in your area. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=291892651557. Thanking you in anticipation, Kate Housden, Improving Local Partnerships Manager, NAVCA.
Folding Snooker Table for Donation
Is there any voluntary group who would like a folding 4' x 2' snooker table. It has all the accessories and can be set up for snooker or pool. CVS has been offered this by a member of the public so please call Beth on 01249 654089 or email beth@cvsnw.org.uk to register your interest.
Charities Act 2006
The Charities Bill 2006 received Royal Assent on 8th November 2006 and became law. Except for some technical provisions the Act has not yet come into force. We expect that further information about the timetable for when each part of the Act comes into force will be announced soon by the Office of the Third Sector. We will provide information about this when it is available. In the meantime please take a look at this guide to the main provisions which affect charities from the Charity Commission.
Bridge Project in the News
Our funding crisis … (Article published in the Wiltshire Times Friday 10th November 2006). A charity that helps people with mental health issues become more independent is to have its county council funding slashed. The Bridge Project, based in Stallard Street, Trowbridge, runs Saturday clubs giving people and their carers some respite as well as provide them with the skills and confidence they need to go back out into the world. Now cash-stricken Wiltshire County Council has said it will no longer provide the £56,000 funding for the clubs, which will have to close in March, with the loss of five part-time staff. Read more...
Carers Rights Day, Friday 8th December 2006
Carers Support North Wilts will be providing drop-in sessions at the following G.P surgeries: Northlands Surgery, North Street, Calne. Spa Medical Centre, Melksham. Gable House Surgery, 45 High Street, Malmesbury. The drop-ins will be from 10am – 1pm. A member of staff from Carers Support North Wilts and a benefits advisor will be available to talk to carers. This will be an opportunity for carers to access information on their rights, services, benefit checks and generally gain advice on their caring situation. For more details, please contact Helen Gough, Carers Project Worker on 01249 444110, 9am – 12.30pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday.
Is Your Charity Missing Out?
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Marlborough Saturday Club Timetable November - January 2006/07
The Bridge Project Saturday Club. The Jubilee Rooms, The High Street, Marlborough. 10.00 am – 1.00 pm, For adults (of all ages) with mental health needs and their carers (unpaid). Download the programme here.
CSIP South West Bulletin November 2006
The Care Services Improvement Partnership for the South West's November newsletter has information on both national and local news. Please click to download the newsletter.
Wiltshire & Swindon Community Transport News & Accessible M.P.V. Available For Self-Drive Hire
Please download your copy of the Autumn 2006 edition of Wiltshire & Swindon Community Transport News – the quarterly newsletter for anybody with an interest in Community Transport in Wiltshire & Swindon. Compiled by the Community First Community Transport Team Autumn’s newsletter includes: News about Salisbury District Community Transport’s exciting new Wylye Valley Boomerang service, Information about other new community minibus services developed with support from Community First, Advice about insurance for Community Transport, Details about new minibuses for 3 community minibus groups. You can also download details about Community First’s new wheelchair accessible M.P.V. which is available for self-drive hire by families, groups or individuals with a wheelchair but without transport. (The vehicle can be driven under an ordinary car licence and wheelchairs can be wheeled straight into the vehicle).
New Programme Distributes Donated Technology Products to Charities
Charity Technology Trust has launched its CTX Programme, distributing donated MICROSOFT software and other donated technology products to UK charities. All the most popular Microsoft products are available to charities for a nominal administration fee. Read More...
Licensing and Village Halls
Wiltshire Village Halls Association has been very active in the development and interpretation of the new Licensing Act and in lobbying Parliament as much as possible. The prime mover and our acknowledged expert in this is Dave Sheppard who is a member of the WVHA Executive Committee and a major player on the Ashton Keynes Village Hall. He is willing to advise any Village Halls on licensing matters, and can be contacted at dave@akvh.org.uk. Information from John Dowsett of Community First.
First New Director Appointment for Wiltshire Primary Care Trust
Wiltshire Primary Care Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Sally Sandcraft as the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals. Sally says; “I am delighted to take up this position and feel passionately about the contribution that therapists, midwives and nurses can make to the NHS reform agenda. I see this as an important opportunity to lead and support the essential role of clinicians in commissioning and taking forward service modernisation and design.” Sally’s remit will be to provide strategic leadership for nursing, midwifery and Allied Health Professionals to the commissioning role of Wiltshire Primary Care Trust and to lead the development of these professions in practice based commissioning, to assure the Board that services commissioned provide high quality, responsive and efficient services for patients and communities and to ensure that effective clinical governance systems are in place to support the PCT’s commissioning and provider functions.
Payroll Giving UK - Grants for Small Charities
Until December 2006, a new Home Office-funded initiative, the Payroll Giving Grants programme is rewarding small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs and charities that set up Payroll Giving with a grant of up to £500. Any employer, business or charity alike, is eligible for a grant so long as the organisation has fewer than 500 employees. What’s more, the first £10 of each employee’s monthly donations will be matched, £ for £, for a period of six months (up until March 2007). http://www.payrollgivinggrants.org.uk/
Co-operatives SW Autumn Newsletter
Click here for the latest newsletter from Co-operatives SW, the federal body for all co-operatives and mutual organisations in the South West. You are encouraged to join as a participating member - there is no charge, and if you are a co-operative or mutual organisation you can have then a say in how we are run at our AGM on November 27th. If there are other people in your organisation who would like to receive this quarterly newsletter directly, please send us up to five email addresses. If you are unable to download the newsletter, you can read the articles at www.cooperatives-sw.coop.
Safe From Harm? Health and Social Care for Vulnerable Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Thank you to all of those who attended the London conference, it was a really exciting and productive day! This is just a selection of the positive feedback we have received from delegates: "enriching" "good quality, as always" "addressed unanswered questions" "thought / idea provoking" informative and inspirational". The morning plenaries included ideas and suggestions for good practice, which the delegates were invited to discuss during the afternoon's vibrant workshop sessions, sharing their knowledge and expertise from across the statutory and voluntary sectors. Perhaps the most positive aspect for us was the number of delegates who told us they felt informed and empowered to apply what they had learned at the conference in their day-to-day work. If you were unable to make the London event, or maybe you did and feel that your colleagues might benefit from the same experience, then it is not too late to come to the York event. Please download a booking form and bring it along on the day: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/conferences. Delegates will examine topics including, healthcare entitlements, partnership working, destitution and access to social care and receive a keynote speech on the Future of social care from Elaine McHale, Corporate Director of Family Services at Wakefield Council.
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