RAISE e-Bulletin 10th July 2009
HEADLINES
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RAISE
Call For Comments – Provision For Gypsy Travellers and Travelling Show People
Right To Control Consultation
Equality Bill Consultation
Development Workers Workshop – 20th July
EQUALITIES
BME Child Poverty In The South East
Poverty In The Media: Being Seen And Getting Heard
FUNDING
£70 Million Communitybuilders Programme
Comic Relief Grants Through Local Community Foundations
BIG Funding For Recession Hit Communities
VAT Concerns For Charities
2010 IMPACT Awards
New Hardship Fund
Capacitybuilders Awards 500th Bursary
LEARNING AND SKILLS
Compact Voice Conference
Meet The Funder 21st July
POLICY AND CONSULTATION
Employee Volunteering In The Civil Service
Department Of Work And Pensions Keen To Test Community Allowance
Speech, Language and Communication Needs Action
Three Digit Number To Support Access To Non Emergency Health Care
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Olympic Development Authority Questioned
Effectiveness Of Community Investment Study
VOLUNTEERS
Managing Volunteers NCVO Top Tips
Reaching For Gold
Capacitybuilders Campaign Research Programme
SECTOR JOBS
RAISE
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Call For Comments – Provision For Gypsy Travellers and Travelling Show People
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The South East Partnership Board has submitted their review of the provision of new pitches that each local authority should provide for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople in the South East. Responses to the content of the document are requested before 1st September 2009.
RAISE submitted a response to the initial public consultation in November 2008 which culminated in the preparation of the review now being consulted on. RAISE is now calling for comments to incorporate into the current consultation request which shall in turn be considered as part of an Examination in Public early in 2010.
To view the consultation please click here
If you wish to make a comment or discuss this consultation with a RAISE policy officer, please email john@raise-networks.org.uk or telephone John Slater on 01483 885264.
Right To Control Consultation
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The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has launched a consultation to ask disabled people how to make choice and control a reality in their lives.
To view the consultation please click here
If you wish to make a comment or discuss this consultation with a RAISE policy officer, please email john@raise-networks.org.uk or telephone John Slater on 01483 885264.
Equality Bill Consultation
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RAISE is calling for comments for the consultation document ‘Equality Bill Making It Work.’
To view the document please click here
If you wish to make a comment or discuss this consultation with a RAISE policy officer, please email john@raise-networks.org.uk or telephone John Slater on 01483 885264.
Development Workers Workshop – 20th July
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RAISE in partnership with NCVO Third Sector Foresight is holding a workshop for development workers or information officers - those who support other organisations to understand and respond to a changing environment - called 'Understanding the external environment: supporting the frontline'. The workshop will improve development workers preparation in responding to the changing times. The workshop will also explore the latest and future trends impacting on Voluntary/Community Organisations.
This free event will span a full day on Monday 20th July in Guildford.
To book a place on this training please click here
For more information on this event please contact Abby Lee on 01483 885271 or email abigail@raise-networks.org.uk
EQUALITIES
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BME Child Poverty In The South East
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Uni have produced a new briefing paper on BME child poverty in South East England, the paper is titled ‘Down in the Dumps’.
To view the paper and the latest Uni newsletter please click here
Poverty In The Media: Being Seen And Getting Heard
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This study examines how people with direct experience of poverty in the UK can have a more effective voice in the media.
To view the document please click here
FUNDING
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£70 Million Communitybuilders Programme
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The Adventure Capital Fund (ACF), in partnership with Futurebuilders and the Community Alliance has announced the launch of the new £70 Million Communitybuilders programme. The aim of the programme is to help build more cohesive, engaged and active communities through investment in community-led organisations looking to develop long term viability. Organisations that are interested in applying for funding should register their interest by phoning 0191 261 5200.
For more information please click here
Comic Relief Grants Through Local Community Foundations
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Community Foundations across the UK are inviting applications for grants up to £10,000 from a fund of over £5 million that they are distributing on behalf of Comic Relief. The closing date for applications is the 31st March.
For more information please click here
BIG Funding For Recession Hit Communities
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The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced that an additional £43 million is to be invested across the UK to tackle the longer-term effects of the recession on the UK’s communities.
For more information please click here
VAT Concerns For Charities
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Charities buying property could be hit with a sizeable VAT charge from next year, after HM Revenue & Customs said it was changing the way it calculates charitable use.
For the full article please click here
2010 IMPACT Awards
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The 2010 IMPACT Awards provide core funding for small health charities in the UK. Up to 20 awards are made each year - an overall winner receives £35,000 with nine winners receiving £25,000, highly commended and runners' up receive £5,000 and £3,000. IMPACT Awards now also invest in training for the winning and highly commended organisations and this is valued at an additional £3,500 for each organisation.
For more information on the IMPACT Awards please click here
New Hardship Fund
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The Community Development Foundation (CDF) are working with the Office of the Third Sector to deliver the new Hardship Fund. This Fund will provide grant support to Third Sector organisations in England delivering front-line services to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society that have been affected by the recession.
For more information on the fund please click here
To register to hear when this fund goes live please email hardshipfund@cdf.org.uk
Capacitybuilders Awards 500th Bursary
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Capacitybuilders has announced the award of its 500th bursary in less than a month under the Government's Real Help for Communities Modernisation Fund.
The bursaries, worth £1,000 each, are aimed at frontline third sector groups wanting to explore how collaboration or merger can help them respond to the challenges of the recession. The fund opened on 1 June and organisations have until 17 July to apply. In the Autumn, successful bursary holders are able to apply for a further £10,000 grant to further develop merger and partnership plans.
For the full article please click here
LEARNING AND SKILLS
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Compact Voice Conference
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Registration is now open for Compact Voice's 2nd Annual Local Compacts Conference being held on 2nd October 2009 in Birmingham. The theme of the conference will be Practical Action for a thriving Compact, Sector and Community. Speakers will include Nick Hurd MP (Shadow minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering) Simon Blake (Chair of Compact Voice and Chief Executive of Brook Advisory Service) and Sir Bert Massie (Compact Commissioner). This is a free event. For more information on the conference please email susannah.rigg@compactvoice.org.uk
To register online please click here
Meet The Funder 21st July
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The Third Sector Partnership Team will be holding a “Meet the Funder” event in London, for organisations eligible to apply to the fund. This will give organisations the opportunity to meet with Department of Health policy experts who will presentati on the fund application process/strands and provide the opportunity to discuss the cross-cutting themes.
For a booking form and more information please email: thirdsectorinvestment@dh.gsi.gov.uk
POLICY AND CONSULTATION
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Employee Volunteering In The Civil Service
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This report considers the role of employee volunteering in the civil service and how it can be expanded and add greater value.
To view the full report please click here
Department Of Work And Pensions Keen To Test Community Allowance
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected Create Consortium’s proposal to pilot a community allowance scheme, but has asked it to put forward another, scaled-back bid.
For the full article please click here
Speech, Language and Communication Needs Action
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This document provides information on a range of initiatives across Government to improve services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
To view the document please click here
Three Digit Number To Support Access To Non Emergency Health Care
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This consultation seeks views on the introduction of a three-digit number to support access to non-emergency health care.
To view the consultation please click here
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
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Olympic Development Authority Questioned
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The Olympic bid included promises that it would create jobs for local people and regenerate the Stratford area of east London. However, local Third Sector groups have complained that the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) is not meeting those obligations.
For the full article please click here
Effectiveness Of Community Investment Study
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Five community enterprises have been selected to take part in a two-year investigation into the effectiveness of community investment.
For more information please click here
VOLUNTEERS
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Managing Volunteers NCVO Top Tips
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Five key tips on managing volunteers during the recession, and a case study on IT volunteering charity, iT4Communities, which has seen a 200% increase in IT volunteers registering to use their skills to help charities this year.
To view the tips please click here
Reaching For Gold
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Reaching for Gold is a new competition to encourage innovation and creativity in young people – essential skills for the industries that will lead us out of recession, 14-19 year olds across the South East are invited to put forward ideas that can make a practical difference to society. The themes for the competition are Youth, Community and Disability. The competition will culminate with the young people pitching their projects to a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style panel at Windsor Castle on 15th December 2009, followed by an awards ceremony. There will be an empowerment package prize including a laptop and camcorder whilst the organisation that puts forward the winning young people will receive a cheque for £5000 to help continue the winning idea further. The closing date for entries is the 21st August.
For more information and to enter please click here
Capacitybuilders Campaign Research Programme
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Capacitybuilders is launching a Campaigning Research Programme “to enable the voice of vulnerable people to be heard through campaigning and advocacy, empowering them to act as agents of change”.
For the full article please click here
SECTOR JOBS
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PREVENT Partnership Advisor
£34,023 - £39,285 per annum
The candidate will support the delivery of Communities and Local Government (CLG) department’s and Office of Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) PREVENT programme objectives in the South East. The candidate will work directly with PREVENT partnerships in priority and non – priority areas across the South East , providing expert advise to local authorities, risk evaluating, self assessment of NI35 and mainstreaming the PREVENT agenda across the full spectrum of public services.
The candidate will need the following skills: project management, communication, delivering results, strategic thinking and analysis/use of evidence. The closing date for applications will be Friday 17th July.
For more information about this job role please email anthony.griffiths@gose.gsi.gov.uk
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Becky Ashley
Communications Manager
RAISE
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Phone 01483 885268
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RAISE is working with the NCVO Third Sector Foresight team to better understand how the world is changing and how Voluntary/Community organisations in the South East region can use this knowledge to make better strategic decisions.
RAISE will be holding training for development workers or information officers. The course will focus on 'understanding the external environment supporting the frontline' and will span a full day on the 20th July in Guildford.
For further information on this training please click here
RAISE exists to champion the Third Sector’s unique contribution to making South East England socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.
RAISE is a registered Charity No 1080583 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England No 3932854.
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