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Lancaster District CVS – Bulletin – December 2014 Subscription to the Bulletin is open to all, just email us with your name, email address, role and organisation (if applicable). The most recent editions of the Bulletin are archived at www.lancastercvs.org.uk/publications. CONTENTS CVS NEWS VOLUNTEER CENTRE NEWS LOCAL SECTOR NEWS FUNDING RESOURCES TRAINING JOBS CVS NEWS [BACK TO TOP] CVS would like to wish all our members a happy Christmas and good 2015. Support for Social Enterprise With thanks to funding from Lancaster City we have been able to offer support for new and developing social enterprises offering surgery sessions provided by Mandy Naylor. The next surgery will be Thursday 8th January (one slot left) if you would like to book a session you can contact Mandy Naylor Morecambe Interagency Group Meeting (MIG) Tuesday 13 th January 2015 The Rainbow Centre, Clarence Street LA4 5EX This is a successful bi-monthly drop-in networking meeting has been running in different venues across Morecambe for over 15 years now. Please feel free to just turn up. If you would like to be on the MIG mailing list or do a short presentation at a future meeting please contact Jane Attfield
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Lancaster District CVS – Bulletin – December 2014 Subscription to the Bulletin is open to all, just email us with your name, email address, role and organisation (if applicable). The most recent editions of the Bulletin are archived at www.lancastercvs.org.uk/publications.
CONTENTS
CVS NEWS VOLUNTEER CENTRE NEWS
LOCAL SECTOR NEWS
FUNDING
RESOURCES
TRAINING
JOBS
CVS NEWS [BACK TO TOP]
CVS would like to wish all our members a happy Christmas and good 2015. Support for Social Enterprise With thanks to funding from Lancaster City we have been able to offer support for new and developing social enterprises offering surgery sessions provided by Mandy Naylor. The next surgery will be Thursday 8th January (one slot left) if you would like to book a session you can contact Mandy Naylor
Morecambe Interagency Group Meeting (MIG) Tuesday 13th January 2015 The Rainbow Centre, Clarence Street LA4 5EX
This is a successful bi-monthly drop-in networking meeting has been running in different venues across Morecambe for over 15 years now. Please feel free to just turn up. If you would like to be on the MIG mailing list or do a short presentation at a future meeting please contact Jane Attfield
12.00pm-12.30pm: Bring your own lunch and networking
12.30pm-1.00pm: Presentations from Elaine Wilson, Specialist Caseworker and Financial Inclusion Worker at North Lancashire CAB, and Helen Quinn, Social Prescribing coordinator.
1.00pm-2.00pm: Members’ updates – please note these are short up-dates on your current/new activities. If you would like a longer slot to talk about your organisation contact Jane to arrange a presentation slot.
Are you supporting adults/young people to eat healthily, learn to cook; cook on a budget; cook with food from food parcels? If so CVS will be organising some training and information sharing events in the New Year. To find out more contact [email protected]
VOLUNTEER CENTRE NEWS [BACK TO TOP]
Volunteer Centre Drop-ins in Morecambe Library 2015. Mark is now running a drop-in at Morecambe Library These will be on the First Thursday of the Month 11am to 3pm: Thursday 8th January Thursday 5th February Thursday 5th March Thursday 9th April Thursday 7th May Thursday 4th June
Volunteer Coordinators Network meeting 10am to 12 noon, Tuesday 27th January The Cornerstone, Sulyard Street, Lancaster, LA1 1PX. This meeting will include discussion of the Volunteer Awards Ceremony and members are invited to bring their ideas. To confirm attendance please contact [email protected]
LOCAL SECTOR NEWS [BACK TO TOP]
Festive Fun Run 11am Saturday 27th December From Salt Ayre Sports Club Organised by Lancaster and Morecambe Athletic Club, this is a 4K run for families.There will be medals for all finishers as well as a large number of spot prizes. Go to http://www.ukresults.net/ for entry forms.
Free Weight Management Programme Starting Thursday 29th January Morecambe Library 1.15 – 2.15 YMCA is offering a freed 12 week course for adults 18+ with a BMI of 25 or above. The course covers different health topics. To book a please call 01253 882105 email [email protected]
Thumbprint’s new Arts and Crafts Project This new European Social Fund project will be running for 5 months. The project will run a series of arts and crafts sessions over a period of around three months. At the end of this period individuals will identify up to two ideas that can be taken forward to grow into social enterprises/micro-enterprises which in turn will lead to those involved gaining an income. The main beneficiaries will be individuals with learning disabilities but this project will also aim to involve other volunteers – some of whom may have mental health issues, addiction issues, be long term unemployed – or just wishing to build skills and experience which will help them to gain paid employment. To make a referral please contact Dave Kirsopp on 01524 846509 [email protected]
Big Advice Survey 2014
CAN Help Project is requesting support this survey. Please encourage your service users to go on-line and respond at: http://bigadvicesurvey.org.uk/
This is a national survey but its design will enable analysis at the Lancaster District level. A strong local response will make this dataset much more useful for us in making the case with funders/commissioners and others.
Transition Approaches to Death and Dying
This group are putting out a call for anyone who is a local service provider in the field of death and dying to get in touch. This could be makers of coffins or shrouds, grief counsellors, funeral arrangers, celebrants etc. We are especially interested in services that are alternative and sustainable. TADD is collecting together these details for an information pack which we hope to offer to the public in 2015 in which will be an opportunity to advertise your service. Contact Wendy Haslem: [email protected]
Community Projects for the Princes Trust Team The next teams’ Community Project will start in February and aim to finish by March. If you have an idea for a project you think the team can help with the project needs to:
be of to benefit members of the local community
There needs to be enough work on the project to keep at team of around 10 young people busy for around 7 days.
It is manual type labour we are looking for (little or no building/construction or skilled work)
The team have no money for the project so it has to realistic in terms of equipment and materials needed as these are requested via donations from local businesses
Projects with allocated pots of funding or grants are much preferred due to the economic climate.
Access to welfare facilities is a must throughout the project (i.e. clean water, break and toilet facilities)
The best projects have clearly defined outcomes and someone passionate pushing and selling the project idea to the team
For further information please contact Wendy Kirkbride [email protected] Morecambe Princes Trust Team Leader Mobile: 07900 268708
Bay Business Passport to Enterprise This is a new project to help support long term unemployed people start their own business. Designed with lone parents, those on a long term sickness benefit or carers in mind, Passport to Enterprise is a flexible, free 5 workshop course which will cover all aspects of starting and running a business. Where applicable, childcare and travel costs will also be covered by the programme, which is partly funded by the European Social Fund. For more information contact the Bay Business Centre on 01524 400224 or 01253 076994 www.baybusinesscentre.co.uk
Home Improvement Agency Managed by Lancaster City Council, the agency aims to help for older and disabled residents repair, improve or adapt their homes to they can remain comfortable and independent. Services include: Help with small jobs under the handyperson scheme Help with larger works including energy saving Impartial advice Grants are available depending on circumstances For more information contact [email protected] 01524 582257
Multi-sports Programme for disabled Young People Starting 11th January and then every Sunday 2pm – 4pm Lancaster University This is for young people Aged 13-19. For more information or to book your place please email: [email protected] Or call: 01772 629470/07920153460
FUNDING [BACK TO TOP]
Funding Success Stories Incredible Edible Lancaster, which nurtures neglected land and plants open access community gardens and orchards, has been awarded £6,000 to establish a Heritage Seed Library in Lancaster.
Get Healthy Get Active – Sport England & Public Health England
This is for large project tackling inactivity. £100,000 - £500, 00 grants are available, with a third match funding needed. The find aims to
Get more inactive people playing sport once a week for at least 30 minutes
Achieve a better understanding of sports contribution to improving public health and the prevention, treatment and management of long term conditions
Enable sport and physical activity to be regularly commissioned to meet a wider range of agendas but particularly focusing on reducing health and social care costs
Sport England
Weston Charity Awards Deadline: 30th January 2015 The Weston Charity Awards have been created to celebrate and support great charities working in the fields of Youth, Welfare and Community. 12 winners will be selected this year and will receive a package of benefits, which include:
Coverage in the media to help your charity to increase its profile and raise awareness of your work
A fully funded year working with Pilotlight – an organisation using experienced and senior business leaders to mentor charities to help them develop and to face the future with confidence
Additional up-front funding of £5,000 to support the charity to make the most of the Pilotlight experience
The opportunity to win a further £15,000 for the charity making the most progress and / or positive changes at the end of the year
Access to the advice and support of the Garfield Weston Foundation and Pilotlight for any specific needs or issues your charity might have
For more information and to apply go to: Weston Charity Awards
Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund Deadline: 12.00noon 30th January 2015 – one opportunity only Grants between £10,000 and £100,000 will be available to listed places of worship of all faiths and denominations, where roof and rainwater goods repairs are deemed to be urgent and necessary. If you already have a grant from a statutory or lottery source in place for building repairs, then unfortunately you will not be eligible for this scheme: - For more information and applications: lpowroof
Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts
Deadline: 30 January 2015 (5pm).
Applications are currently being accepted from not-for-profit organizations that are not arts venues themselves but can demonstrate a committed partnership with an arts venue that will last throughout the full three years of the project. Grants of up to a maximum of £15,000 per project in years one and two and a maximum of £10,500 in year three are available. To be eligible, projects must:
Provide at least two visits per year to the partner cultural venue to see a professional performance, concert or exhibition (a dress
rehearsal is not viewed as a professional performance) for every child involved.
Support educational work that strongly links to the cultural visits and supports the delivery of the national curriculum.
Contain an element of critical analysis, helping young people to understand and express their responses to the art form experienced.
Have a creative response embedded in the project (such as a performance or exhibition or the children’s own work).
Provide support and professional development for participating teachers.
For more information: Children and Arts
Sport England - Protecting Playing Fields Deadline: Round 7: 9th February 2015; Round 8- 2nd November 2015 Grants of between £10,000 and £65,000 are available to helping more people acquire lifelong sporting habits. It will invest in capital projects to either create new natural turf pitches or improve existing ones that need levelling or drainage works. For more information: Sport England
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund The Triangle Trust Development Grants programme is open twice yearly, for projects which support the rehabilitation of offenders or ex-offenders The spring round opens early March and closes late April. Triangle Trust
Additional funding for Reaching Communities applicants Big Lottery Fund has made some changes to their Reaching Communities offer. All applicants to Reaching Communities stage two and Reaching Communities buildings stage three will be offered an optional additional sum of money to build their organisation’s capacity and/ or capabilities. This new funding is additional to any training; evaluation or overhead costs already included in the Reaching Communities budget and instead is for building the capabilities of the entire organisation.
Sharing Heritage Grants Interacting with your community is important for any charity or community group. Sharing your heritage might be a new, interesting way of doing this. It is worth asking: what part of your heritage could your group share with your
community? A 'Sharing Heritage' grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (worth between £3,000 and £10,000) could help you discover and share your local heritage. Heritage comes in many different forms.
cultural traditions such as stories, festivals, crafts, music, dance and costumes;
people’s memories and experiences (often recorded as ‘oral history’);
natural heritage including habitats, wildlife and geology;
histories of people and communities;
places and objects linked to our industrial, maritime and transport history; histories of places and events;
natural and designed landscapes and gardens;
collections of objects, books or documents;
The heritage of languages and dialects; archaeological sites and historic buildings; etc.
Applying through this 'Sharing Heritage' programme is relatively straightforward, with a short application form and a decision within 8 weeks. Apply anytime.sharing-heritage
For our handy fact sheet on sharing Heritage, contact [email protected]
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Social Incubator North Fund Deadline: 9 January 2015. Max. Value: £ 25,000. This Fund offers social entrepreneurs in the North of England an opportunity to submit a business idea and receive financial support in the form of an interest-free loan. The idea or business must make a lasting positive social or environmental impact. See website: www.socialincubatornorth.org.uk/the-fund
Impact Rediness Fund Deadline midday Friday 16th January
Grants between £15,000 and £150,000 will be available to help ventures build infrastructure and skills required to manage their performance, increase their social impact, and attract social investment / win contract: http://www.sibgroup.org.uk/impactready/
The Key Fund Key Fund can support a range of activities, from restoring a derelict building to buying equipment or meeting start-up costs. If you’re an existing enterprise that needs to adapt and shift its focus or create a new service, we can help with immediate cash-flow problems or working capital until you’re on your feet Social businesses or charities with trading arms are eligible to apply. http://thekeyfund.co.uk/
RESOURCES [BACK TO TOP]
NJC pay rates Agreed for 2015/16
The NJC rates are used mainly by local authorities, but are applied widely in
the voluntary sector too. A cost-of-living pay increase has been agreed by the
NJC trade unions and local government employers which will see most
workers on NJC pay getting a 2.2 per cent increase from January 2015. A
higher percentage rise will be applied to points 5 to 10. See NJC Pay Rates
Feeding Britain
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger and Food Poverty has completed an inquiry and published its report. Feeding Britain provides yet more evidence of the scale of the problems revealing
That there are 3.5m adults who cannot afford to eat properly;
500,000 children live in families that can’t afford to feed them there are at least 420 food banks in the UK
Food prices have risen 47% in last ten years
Doubling the proportion of surplus food redistributed by retailers and manufacturers would save the voluntary sector £160m.
The report calls for action to tackle problems with benefit delays and sanctions, and to raise the Minimum Wage. For a copy of the full report go to: Feeding Britain
Low cost technology from Argos To support people with low or no digital skills, and to help them get online at home, Argos has made 10,000 low cost tablets available. In order to qualify for one of these tablets, learners will need to take part in a 90 minute tablet training session which will cost them £20. At the end of the session, learners
will be able to keep the tablet that they have learnt on, and will also be eligible for one year's free broadband from TalkTalk. cuf-news.org.uk
Inside the mind of a grant-maker: Useful stuff on how grant-making works Published on behalf of the institute of fund, this report uses information from interviews with 21 grant-makers. It includes a second on trends in grant-making in the light of the current economy and public sector cuts. See: Esmeefairbairn
Community Enterprise Checker The Community Enterprise Checker is a business planning tool which will make recommendations on governance and leadership, markets and finances. Completing it will take between 25-40 minutes.
Free HP Office Jet Pro8000 wireless printer to a good home This is a printer only and does not have a scanner/photocopier function. There is a CD operating disk that goes with it. Please contact janeattfield if you can give this a good home.
Conference Venue The Chapel on White Cross can provide a suitable venue for conferences or training for any number of people up to 150. The premises comprise of: • A variety of meeting spaces including a main hall with flexible seating for up to 150 delegates and an informal lounge area • A small kitchen area with tea and coffee making facilities • Wifi • Toilet facilities • PA if required To find out more or to arrange to view the centre contact Jane on 01524 845544 or email [email protected] or call in at the Christians Alive Church Office at 1-3-7 The Barracks, White Cross. www.christians-alive.org.uk
Bigger doesn't mean better
Halifax Opportunities Trust has demonstrated that when it comes to commissioning public services you don’t have to be large. Halifax Opportunities Trust wins contracts by demonstrating the huge added value they bring as a locally rooted organisation. See Barbara Harbinson, the CEO’s blog: http://locality.org.uk/blog/challenging-bigger-myth/
TRAINING [BACK TO TOP]
CVS will be running the following training early next year:
Food Safety Level Two Tuesday 24th February 9.30am – 4.30pm Trainer: Angie Fell Venue: St Barnabas Church Regent Road Morecambe LA3 1AG This course is accredited by CIEH (The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health). Cost: £15.00 – this covers your Certificate of Accreditation and course handbook.
An introduction to drug awareness including legal highs Tuesday 10th March 9.30 – 12.00noon Trainers: Young Addaction Venue: Cornerstone, Cost: £5 registration
First Aid We will also be putting on first aid training – date to be confirmed in the next bulletin
To book on any of the above courses please contact
[email protected] T: 01524 555900 x 27
Understanding and Awareness of the Impact of domestic Abuse on Adults and Children
13th January 9.15 – 4.00 Trainer: Safe net Venue: the Sanctuary Lancaster Library To book: [email protected]
ADHD: Parent Empowerment and Skills Training Programme
13th January 9.30 – 12.00 noon – start of 9 week session Trainer: ADHD North West Venue: The Lodge, Morecambe Road School LA3 3AB To book: [email protected] 01524 411044
Community Agents Training Scheme - Level 3 Award Start date: Monday 12th January 2015 - Monday 2nd February Venue: Community Futures, Preston The Community Agent Training Scheme is a structured adult education course taught by professionally qualified tutors. If you have answered YES to any of the questions below, then you have what it takes to become a Community Agent within your local community. For more information please contact: [email protected] or alternatively telephone 01772 717461.
Ready Steady Go – Fundraising and Finance 14th January 18.00 – 21.00 Trainer: Young Lancashire Venue: The cornerstone, Sulyard Street, Lancaster Cost: free All you need to know about how to go about rising funding for your organisation; where to look and how to get more. This workshop is suitable for anyone wishing to start a new group and those which are already up and running. To register: younglancashire
Safe net and Young Lancashire event Date: 27th January 2015 time: 10am – 4pm Venue: GHS Enterprise Ltd. South Meadow Lane, Preston PR1 8JN Lunch and Refreshments will be provided This event is for senior managers of VCS services for children, young people and families within the Young Lancashire Peer Network, and representatives from the Commissioning Team and /or LSCB in Lancashire. Safe Network www.safenetwork.org.uk and Young Lancashire are pleased to invite colleagues from the voluntary and community sector (VCS) and key statutory partners to our training event to explore the role of the Safe Network and its resources and learn about the popular section 11 compliant Safe Network Standards and the new Standards Xtra (Information storing, recording and sharing). To book visit: .childrenengland.org.uk
Community Enterprise Webinar 28 January 2015 UnLtd’s webinar with Immy Kaur, Co Founder of Impact Hub Birmingham, addresses governance and legal structure, business planning, social investment, and risk and social impact. Book your place now.
JOBS [BACK TO TOP]
Lancashire BME Network Project Officer £20-£24K pa Full/part time and job share considered For more information or application forms contact [email protected] 01254 392974 Closing Date: 12.00pm Friday 12th December Interviews Thursday 18th December
Lancaster District CVS Development Worker (Preston) NJC Scale 26 ( £22,443 pa) pro rata 16 hours per week; 20 month contract starting February Location: Preston; head office Lancaster Closing Date: 4.00pm 15th January Interviews: Friday 23rd January For details: lancastercvs
Trustee Roles Charity Trusteeship offers a good opportunity to develop both personally and professionally. We have a number of Charities who are looking to recruit new trustees. CVS can offer induction training and support for new Trustees. To find out more contact Jane Attfield 01524 555900 ex 27. We can also offer Trustee Roles and Responsibilities training.
Lancaster Canal Trust Trustee General Secretary The Secretary acts as a link between the Trust and external organisations. You will receive incoming communications to deal with and despatch outgoing communications agreed by the Committee. The preparation of annual returns etc as required by the Charity Commission and others is also part of the role. Contact:Richard Trevitt; 01524 846303
End of Lancaster District CVS Bulletin The next Bulletin is due to be distributed on 15th January 2015. The deadline for submissions to be included is 12th January 2015. All feedback is welcome. Is the newsletter of use to you? Is there anything you would like to see more of? If you have any items which you would like to be included in the newsletter, please call (01524) 555900 or email us. If you no longer wish to receive the Bulletin, please email us and ask to be removed from the mailing list.
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