RAISE e-Bulletin 13th March 2009
HEADLINES
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RAISE
Consultation Response To Ending Child Poverty
Skills-Third Sector Event 27th April Guildford
Campaigning and Advocacy Event 23rd March Slough
EQUALITIES
Eastbourne Seniors Forum Health And Well Being Event
Polegate Hard Of Hearing Group The Ear And How it works
Multi Faith Social Action Conference
Homophobic Bullying
Call For Councillors To Be Trained In Equality Issues
FUNDING
Charities Encouraged To Make Full Use Of Payment Pledge
Call For Proposals Town Twinning
Final Round Of Capital Investment Programme Grant Awards Announced
Green Prints
Match Funding Scheme V
Community Cash Awards
IT
IT4Communities Announce IT Volunteer Awards 2009 Winners
Digital Britain Report
Kirklees Council Using Wii
The Nominet Foundation
Refurbishment IT Equipment From Community Technology
Sustaining Switched On Communities
LEARNING AND SKILLS
Third Sector Roadshow Portsmouth 18th March
Date Confirmed For NCVO Information Technology Conference
POLICY AND CONSULTATION
New Voice For Older People In The South East
Public Services On The Volunteers Side
VOLUNTEERING
Fundraisers Commission Under Scrutiny
More Will Cut Out Food Than Donations
Fundraisers Want To Keep The Gift Aid Tax Break
Change4life
SECTOR JOBS
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RAISE
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Consultation Response To Ending Child Poverty
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RAISE welcomes the Government consultation on Child Poverty, and applauds this ambitious pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020 and we are pleased to see it is supported by a number of policies and initiatives to drive forward this national agenda. However the consultation sets out a strategy which includes establishing an ‘Expert Commission’ bringing together experienced individuals, we believe the Voluntary/Community Sector (VCS) must have major role in the new commission and in delivering the aims resulting from it.
For our full response to the consultation Ending Child Poverty Making It Happen click here: http://digbig.com/4ykjk
Skills – Third Sector Event 27th April Guildford
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RAISE is pleased to be hosting a free regional event on the new 'Skills - Third Sector' body. The event will take place on the 27th April at Mandolay Hotel, Guildford. The establishment of a skills body for the Third Sector reflects a significant development in learning and skills. This new body will identify and address the skills gaps and shortages for charities, voluntary groups, social enterprises and other Third Sector organisations, opening up vital learning opportunities. As well as learning about the full implications of this body you will also gain a full introduction into the work of the Third Sector National Learning Alliance (TSNLA), the voice of Third Sector learning providers.
To book a place for this event click here: http://digbig.com/4ykfp
For more information contact Abigail Lee on 01483 885271 or email abigail@raise-networks.org.uk
Campaigning and Advocacy Event 23rd March
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Places are still available for our free Campaigning and Advocacy event being held in Slough on the 23rd March. This event aims to teach you how to harness the voice of your organisations. The Voluntary/Community Sector constantly campaigns daily; the chances are your doing it right now without even realising. Why not come along to this free event, gain the tools and share experiences with other organisations to enable more effective advocacy within the Voluntary/Community Sector.
Places are still available for this free event for a booking form click here: http://digbig.com/4ykfn
For more information on the event email terry@raise-networks.org.uk or call 01483 885264
EQUALITIES
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Eastbourne Seniors Forum Health And Well Being For Event
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Eastbournes Seniors Forum are holding an event for over 50s on the 17th March at Congress Suite Eastbourne. The centrepiece of the event will be two performances by the Pyramid Theatre Company of their health education play ‘Big little heart.’
http://digbig.com/4ykfq
Polegate Hard Of Hearing Group The Ear And How It Works
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East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre is holding a Hard of Hearing Group considering the ear and how it works in the William Daly Centre, Polegate on the 23rd March.
To attend this event contact David Rowan by email at david@eshrc.org.uk or call 01323 722505
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykfs
Multi Faith Social Action Conference
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The Faith Based Regeneration Network (FbRN) UK will be holding a national conference in London on Tuesday 31st March. The conference titled ‘joining up the dots’ aims to strengthen links between faith based groups, Voluntary/Community Sector organisations providing resources and support for regeneration and social action.
A Brief outline of each workshop will be available shortly on this website: http://digbig.com/4ykea
Homophobic bullying
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The 2009 Teachers Report 2009 on homophobic bullying in schools has been published from a YouGov survey of 2,043 teachers. The survey revealed that homophobic bullying affects more than the150, 000 gay pupils in British schools. The Teachers' Report, the largest ever survey to ask teachers from both primary and secondary schools about anti-gay bullying, finds that it is not just gay pupils who experience bullying. Teachers also reveal that boys who work hard, girls who play sport, young people with gay parents, and young people who are thought to be gay, can all experience homophobic bullying in both primary and secondary school.
For the full article and findings click here: http://digbig.com/4ykdy
Call For Councillors To Be Trained In Equality Issues
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Equality South West is calling for all councillors to be trained in equality issues. Paul Dunn, Chief Executive of Equality South West, said: “Members of the public should expect their democratically- elected councillor to represent them in a fair and unbiased way. Equality South West is to write to the leader and chief executive of Bristol City Council, urging them to implement equality training for councillors.
FUNDING
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Charities Encouraged To Make Full Use Of Payment Pledge
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Charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to take full advantage of the 10-day payment commitment in the Government's recession action plan, according to charity legal and policy experts. The action plan, launched last month, includes a pledge to urge public bodies to pay third sector organisations within 10 days of an invoice being received.
For the full article click here: http://digbig.com/4ykeb
Final round Of Capital Investment Programme Grant Awards Announced
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Capacitybuilders has announced details of the final round of successful organisations set to receive a share of funding under Phase One of its Capital Investment Programme. To date, Capacitybuilders has made a total investment of £1,491,866 under this first phase of the programme - supporting a total of 61 resource centres across England.
For the full article click here: http://digbig.com/4ykec
Green Prints
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A partnership of five of the country’s leading not-for-profit organisations have come together to provide support and funding to help young people improve green spaces in our communities. SITA Trust, v the youth volunteering charity, BTCV, The Wildlife Trusts and the BBC’s Breathing Places campaign, have joined forces to develop a two-year programme called GreenPrints which will offer funding of up to £10,000. The next application deadline is the 9th April 2009.
To find out more click here: http://digbig.com/4yked
Match Funding Scheme V
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V, the national charity that inspires volunteering amongst young people has announced the next application deadlines for its match funding programme. Through this programme V provides grants to charities that match up to 100% of any new private sector investment for youth volunteering projects in England. The aim of the fund is to inspire greater levels of investment in youth volunteering from private companies, charitable trusts and foundations and individuals. The next closing dates for applications are the 8th May and 17th July 2009.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykee
Community Cash Awards
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Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs/crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity “The Prince’s Trust” to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain’s poorest areas. Applications can be made at any time.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykef
IT
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IT4Communities announce IT Volunteer Awards 2009 winners
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IT4Communities has announced the winners of the 2009 IT Volunteering Awards at a ceremony at The British Computer Society in London. Prizes were awarded for accessibility, innovation, impact and the best overall volunteer.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykeg
Digital Britain Report
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The Government Digital Britain report sets out to secure Britain’s place at the forefront of the global digital economy, including specific proposals on next generation networks, universal access to broadband, a digital future for radio and enhancing the digital delivery of public services.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykeh
Kirklees Council Using Wii
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Looking Local, the national digital TV project run by Kirklees Council, has made its service available through Nintendo Wii games consoles as part of its work on Assisted Living. The council has trialled putting Wii consoles into old people’s homes, giving residents access to information. Accessing services through the Wii – rather than through digital TV - has been a success because of the ease of use of the Wii remote and navigation of the screen.
To read more visit their blog by clicking here: http://digbig.com/4ykej
The Nominet Foundation
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The Nominet Foundation is a charitable organisation that will fund education, research and development initiatives in the Internet industry. Nominet, the internet registry for .uk domain names, has made an initial donation of £5m for the first year of operations. The foundation has said that it will be taking applications in early 2009.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykek
Refurbished IT equipment from Community Technology
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Community Technology is a charity, providing low-cost, high-quality refurbished equipment and technical support services to the third sector. “We believe that many organisations with limited budgets are spending too much on new equipment, when warranted, refurbished equipment would be a better use of their resources.”
For further information click here: http://digbig.com/4yken
Sustaining Switched On Communities
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AbilityNet are looking for voluntary and community organisations to join them as part of the Switched on Communities project. Participating organisations will receive an accessibility kit, initial and ongoing training and support, access to AbilityNet’s loan bank of equipment, the full range of individual assessment options and advice about adaptive technology for Voluntary/Community Organisations.
If you would like to be part of this project please email switchedon@abilitynet.org.uk or call 0800 269545.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykgj
LEARNING AND SKILLS
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Third Sector Roadshow Portsmouth 18th March
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The Regional Offender Manager for the South East is hosting a conference to raise awareness of what the Voluntary/Community Sector (VCS) contributes to offenders. The conference will take place in Portsmouth on the 18th March.
For further information on this event please contact Munia Rahman on 02072 173546 or email munia.rahman@justice.gov.uk
Date Set For NCVO Annual ICT Conference
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National Council For Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Information Technology conference is taking place on Wednesday 6th May in London. The conference, in partnership with Microsoft, is free for Voluntary/Community organisations to attend.
Register your interest in attending by emailing ictresources@ncvo-vol.org.uk.
POLICY AND CONSULTATION
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New Voice For Older People In The South East
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A new voice of change for older adults in the South East has been launched at a conference in Gatwick Sussex. The South East Regional Forum on Ageing (SERFA) kick-started a debate on how to shape a better future for older people and give them the opportunity to stay actively involved in their communities.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykeq
Working Together Public Services On Your Side
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Working Together - Public Services On Your Side details the steps the Government is taking to give people, communities and frontline staff the information and real power they need to personalise public services. Reflecting their local and individual needs will create a richer, fairer and safer society.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4yker
VOLUNTEERING
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Fundraisers commission under scrutiny
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The Institute of Fundraising code of practice on the payment of commission to fundraisers is to be reviewed. The institute's standards committee is holding a meeting to discuss replacing the code Payment of Fundraisers on a Commission Basis with a new and broader code.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4yket
More Will Cut Out Food Than Donations
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A survey from think tank nfpSynergy suggests that people are less likely to cut back on giving to charity in the coming year than on eating out, clothes or weekly food shopping. Thirty-four per cent of respondents said they would either 'definitely' or 'probably' cut back on giving to charity in the next 12 months, but 64 per cent said they would cut back on eating out.
For more information click here http://digbig.com/4ykew
Fundraisers Want To Keep The Gift Aid Tax Break
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Last month's announcement in the US of proposals to limit tax relief on donations by higher-rate taxpayers has increased concerns about reforming a comparable aspect of Gift Aid in the UK. Academics in the US are concerned that the proposal could reduce giving by high-income households, and some UK experts fear there could be a similar effect here.HM Revenue & Customs is conducting research to determine whether the reclaimable tax is an incentive to give. A spokeswoman said HMRC was still in the process of commissioning and designing the research.
For more information click here http://digbig.com/4ykex
Charities May Lose Royalties Exemption
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Organisations responsible for collecting music royalty charges believe that charities should lose their exemption from paying fees to play music in shops or at events. The Intellectual Property Office ran a consultation last year on how laws surrounding fees for public performance of recorded material should be amended. It was proposed that charities lose their exemption from paying royalties to Phonographic Performance Limited, which represents the interests of music producers and performers.
For the full article click here: http://digbig.com/4ykgf
Change4Life
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Change4Life (the campaign to encourage families to improve their healthy living) has published a range of toolkits, including a Top Tips leaflet for families, supporter poster and children's activity sheet.
For more information click here: http://digbig.com/4ykkg
SECTOR JOBS
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Opportunity At RAISE: Senior Policy Officer
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Want to play a part in really changing the South East?
RAISE exists to champion the Third Sector’s unique contribution to making South East England socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. The Senior Policy Officer post (fixed term until 31 March 2011) is funded by Capacitybuilders to develop a strong and independent ‘voice’ of the Third Sector. This will involve ensuring the Sector is well supported on key regional strategic and policy structures, building partnerships with those working in and with marginalised communities and sectors, ensuring the Sector is embedded in the new regional arrangements, building relationships with and lobbying key sub-regional, regional and national stakeholders, researching and developing a tool to enable RAISE to begin to measure the social and economic impact of the Sector in the South East.
To succeed applicants will need to demonstrate a knowledge of working in policy development in social or economic policy areas, the ability to influence on a wide range of issues, knowledge of relevant policies affecting the Third Sector, proven project management skills and ideally to have worked as a Policy Officer within the Sector.
RAISE welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is committed to being an equal opportunities employer that embraces diversity. The closing date for applications is 10am Monday 23rd March with interviews being held on Tuesday 31st March.
For more information about RAISE see www.raise-networks.org.uk
To request an application pack contact Janet Thompson on 01483 885270 or by
e-mail: janet@raise-networks.org.uk. Please quote reference: SPO09/E
Business Manager For Registered Charity
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This is a new and challenging opportunity for an enthusiastic manager to be responsible for the financial, business and promotional functions of this dynamic and innovative small local charity which offers long term support and activity programmes for people with aphasia. The role is based in Walton on the Hill, Surrey and is on a salary of £15,000 for 18 hours per week.
Reporting to the Director of Professional Services, you will need sound financial management skills and experience in developing fund raising strategies to attract a regular stream of funds.
A motivator and achiever, you will manage and work with a team of committed people, including professionals and volunteers, dedicated to delivering a high quality service to their members, in a friendly and happy environment. For an application pack and to arrange an opportunity to visit the Centre please call Gill Jackson on 01737 819419. Closing date for applications is Thursday 19th March 2009 with interviews and presentations being held on Friday 27th March 2009.
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Becky Ashley
Communications Manager
RAISE
Bridge House
1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 4UA
Phone 01483 885268
Fax 01483 301269
www.raise-networks.org.uk
RAISE is a registered Charity No 1080583 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England No 3932854.
RAISE has compiled a final ‘Big Thinking’ consultation response.
Places are still available for our free Campaigning and Advocacy event being held in Slough on the 23rd March. This event aims to teach you how to harness the voice of your organisations. The Voluntary/Community Sector constantly campaigns daily; the chances are your doing it right now without even realising. Why not come along to this free event, gain the tools and share experiences with other organisations to enable more effective advocacy within the Voluntary/Community Sector.
RAISE exists to champion the Third Sector’s unique contribution to making South East England socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.
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