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E-Bulletin - 18/09/08
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South West Region - Funding & News Bulletin
Click here to read the jam packed funding bulletin from the central bidding unit. This month's bulletin has funding information from a wide variety of sources and is an absolute must read.
CVS Training: Recruiting, Supporting and Keeping Volunteers
There are still a few places left on this upcoming course, book your before they go! Tuesday 14th October - 9.30 - 4.30, Venue: Wellbeing Centre, Chippenham. Cost: £45 Voluntary & Community Sector / £70 others. Details: This six hour course is divided into two sessions. In the morning you will learn ways of improving your recruitment of volunteers, and in the afternoon you’ll look at ways of keeping volunteers motivated, the reasons why they often leave organisations, and what you can do about it. Click here to find out more about this and our other courses at CVS North Wiltshire.
Talks on CAB Service within North Wiltshire
Tracey Wright-Ahilan has recently been appointed to raise awareness of the service that North Wilts Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) provides to the local community. North Wilts CAB is available to all members of the community informing people of their rights and responsibilities through the delivery of advice and information. The bureau is a charity and is reliant on volunteers and if anyone is interested in becoming a volunteer please contact Tracey. One of the aims of the CAB is to reach out to Black and Minority Ethnic groups within the area and develop networks with them. One of the ways in which NWCAB hopes to achieve this is to deliver presentations/talks about the CAB service. If your organisation/group wants more information please contact Tracey on 01249 443054 or email twright-ahilan@northwiltscab.org.uk.
Survey Seeks Third Sector Views on the Support they Receive Locally
The quality of support for the third sector in every local area in England is to be measured by a new survey of the sector. The Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office is to ask third sector organisations to share their experiences. This will help give local government the information it needs to ensure an environment for a thriving third sector, and meet new performance targets. From 22 September, 104,000 charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises will receive the National Survey of Third Sector Organisations (NSTSO) questionnaire from Ipsos MORI. This will be the biggest ever survey of the sector and will ask about local and national funding relationships, advice and support services and the state of relations with local government. The survey will aim to: * build a picture of the effectiveness of partnership working between the third sector and local authorities in England and set the baseline from which progress will be measured in 2010, * enable third sector organisations to have their voice heard on what their local operating environment is like, * help local areas to do better in supporting the third sector by providing the information with which to evaluate their progress and identify key areas for improvement, and * provide national government and researchers an unrivalled picture of the local third sector and what affects its success. Survey questionnaires will be sent to organisations drawn from available registers of third sector organisations provided by BMG Research and GuideStar Data Services. Headline findings from the survey will be released in Jan 2009 with further analysis and full publications scheduled for Spring 2009. The second wave of the survey will then take place in Autumn 2010. Further information about the survey and National Indicator 7 can be found on the NSTSO website. NSTSO website. National Indicator 7 background, Ipsos MORI.
Funding Available from the Rotary Club of Chippenham
The Rotary Club of Chippenham is planning to donate small amounts to charities in the Chippenham area. The funding available will be dependent on the club's events over the coming year so disbursements will not be available until 2009. If you are interesting in applying please write to: Chairman of the Community Service Committee, Rotary Club of Chippenham, 4 Frog Lane, Hullavington, SN14 6DX enclose information about your group and what you are applying for. Unfortunately not all applicants will be successful.
Media Trust, the charity that helps voluntary organisations improve their media skills, is offering charity employees the opportunity to shadow media professionals. Organisations are being invited to apply to the trust's programme, Media Connections, which will help their staff learn from broadcasters at regional and national companies, including the BBC and Newsquest. Those selected will learn what makes a good news story and how to improve their charities' relationships with the press so they can get better publicity for their work. The scheme is open to anyone who has worked as a press officer in the UK voluntary sector for at least two years. Media Trust works in partnership with the media industry. Its corporate members include the BBC, BSkyB, the Daily Mail and the Guardian Media Group. Anyone wishing to apply for Media Connections should visit its website for more information. The closing date for entries is 3 October.
New Good Neighbour Service
Link 6, the new good neighbour service for Bradenstoke, Broad Town, Bushton, Clyffe Pypard, Lyneham and Tockeham, is holding a recruitment and information evening for volunteers in the Village Hall, Lyneham at 7.30 pm on Monday 6 October 2008. All volunteers and anyone who is interested in helping are invited to attend.
Free Training on Buying Property for Charities
In Chippenham on Wednesday 24th September, limited places so book now! Click here for more details.
One Council for Wiltshire - Area Boards
The new Wiltshire Council is committed to ensuring that local people have the opportunity to get involved in making decisions about the areas in which they live. This means that local communities will be able to challenge local service delivery and have a say in how local budgets are spent. To achieve Area Boards will be set up in Wiltshire’s communities. Pilot Area Boards are now being set up to test new ideas and new ways of engaging local people by working with real local issues. How can you get involved? At this stage we want as many people as possible involved in helping to develop this new system. Read more…
Call for Real Life Stories
Share your story and help challenge stigma and discrimination around mental health problems. What’s happening? In January 2009, Rethink will be launching a campaign across England to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental health. This campaign is part of the Time to Change programme. Time to Change is a ground breaking programme that will be running across England for four years. It aims to work towards ending the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental health problems and affects so many people’s lives. The campaign will include advertising, news stories, and drive people to take direct action to change their attitudes and behaviour around mental health problems. Be part of the campaign: Share your story.
Doorway Appeal for Volunteers
Doorway, the North Wiltshire charity for single people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or have complex needs, is holding an recruitment morning on Tuesday 21st October 2008 9am - 1pm at The Salvation Army Hall, Chippenham for anyone interested in volunteering for the project. There will be talks about what we do and the chance to ask questions before making any commitment to the project. The energy and skills that our volunteers bring to the project are crucial to our success, helping people move on in their lives and we need the following to join our friendly team:- Befrienders, Catering Assistants, Cooks and General Helpers. To find out more click here.
Involving LGBT Volunteers
Click to download your one-stop-shop for ideas on how to make sure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered volunteers are welcomed and included in your organisation.
Free Managing Challenging Behaviour training - Devizes
Managing Challenging Behaviour on the 7th October. This is a FREE event organised by the Children’s Workforce Learning Network (CWLN) for practitioners and volunteers in the South West. There will be plenty of time for networking and meeting colleagues. Find out more.
Healthcare Commission Study Visit
The Healthcare Commission is the national watchdog for the NHS. We are running a national study to explore how healthcare organisations are listening to patients and the public and taking account of their views in commissioning, planning and improving health services. The study has included extensive consultation with trusts and user and community groups, including 50 interviews with different NHS trusts and some independent providers. We are now inviting some trusts, user and community groups to take part in a series of study visits to be held during September and October. The purpose of the visits is to better understand how healthcare organisations can use the views of patients and the public to improve their services and how we can check on this in future. We would like to invite your organisation to attend a study visit on 21st October in Bristol to explore how trusts engage patients and the public in safety issues. This visit will bring together a group of different healthcare trusts along with other national and local user and community groups. Your experiences and views on how patients and the public are being consulted and involved in your area would be very useful for us to hear. We will be producing a report from the study that will provide recommendations to the Department of Health and the new health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission. Please can you contact Sarah Hughes by email (shughes@opm.co.uk) to let us know if you or someone from your group is able to take part in the study visit. We can reimburse your travel costs for the visit.
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