Sector Issues

The South London CVS Partnership are hosting this page to bring you the latest information on publications and events relevant to the Voluntary and Community sector. Sector news and views are located here.

If you have an item you would like to see included on our bulletin board please click on the 'post items for publication icon'

Please click on one of the links below for further information on your chosen item of interest.

  Events

South London Learning Partnership

Education & Employability for the 2012 Games A view from South London

Click on link for further information

http://www.sllp.org.uk/events/events_view.asp?eventID=199

Click on link for travel instructions

http://www.whitgift.co.uk/findus.htm

Olympic Legacy consultation events

London Development Agency’s Summer of Consultation

The LDA is currently developing the overall design plans for the Olympic Park and its neighbouring areas for after the Games and wants help in developing these right from the start.  Summer events will mark the beginning of LDA’s on-going 18 month public consultation programme, after which they’ll be looking to work with a range of community and business groups in more detail to continue to feed into the planning of the Legacy Park. For more information about opportunities to get involved in the Legacy planning, visit the website www.legacy-now.co.uk

Social Enterprise London
Seminars and conferences hosted by the social enterprise sector in London and nationally.
For dates and booking information
visit: www.sel.org.uk

 Funding

Access to Nature - new grant scheme

Access to Nature is a £25 million grant scheme to encourage more people, from all backgrounds, to understand, have better access to, enjoy or get more involved in looking after the natural environment whilst learning new skills and creating new places for people to enjoy.

For more information about the the type of projects funded, grant amounts and how to apply/application form visit www.naturalengland.org.uk/accesstonature or contact Joannna Watson on 0208 7932 2242 or email joanna.watson@naturalengland.org.uk

LDA launches £5 million Young Londoners Fund

2008-10

The London Development Agency (LDA) is inviting Expressions of Interest for the Young Londoners' Fund, which will provide up to £5 million funding for Third Sector organisations.

Click onto link for more information

http://www.lda.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2542

Mayors Young Londoners Fund

For details of the Young Londoners Fund, which is the final part of the London Youth Offer designed to give further opportunities for London, and particularly third sector, organisations working with young people to bid for funding, visit the GLA website links below:

http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=15856

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/children/youth-offer-1207.jsp

Or for a full prospectus by the LDA visit their website: www.lda.gov.uk

PRO-ACTIVE South London - Extended Activities

Invites Expressions of Interest from potential delivery partners interested in applying for funding to run sporting activities in Septetember - December 2008 and January - March 2009 for young people aged 5-19.

For more information and to download the application pack go to www.pro-activesouthlondon.org/EATerm2and3  or go to the 'Activities for Young People' section of the PRO-ACTIVE South London website.

 Training & Learning & Lear

LVSC short courses programme - July 2008

Visit their website www.lvsc.org.uk/courses, call the Learning Team on 020 7700 8113 or download a copy of the new calendar from their website: new calendar

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Train to Gain - finding the right training for your staff

Click here to view details (pdf 23Kb)

Free Deaf Awareness Training for Employers

*2 hour fun and informal deaf awareness session

*They come to you  & can train staff at team meetings

*Ensure your organisation is deaf-friendly and complying    with the Disability Discrimination Act

To book contact Eamonn Fuller on 0845 688 2992 or email eamonn.fuller@royaldeaf.org.uk

Charities Evaluation Services - National Performance Programme

Click here to download details of the 3-year programme CES begins to expand the support on performance management available to third sector organisations across England (109Kb)

Better Boards Project - Building committees to help local communities.

This project focuses exclusively on:

black & minorityu ethnic, faith & rural groups

tailored trustee recruitment & placement (plus mentor support). The specific aim is to bring further expertise, add diversity & gain from skills transfer to the boards of those groups.

The project is funded by the Governance Hub.

For more information:email:

betterboards@reach-online.org.uk

Telephone: 020 7840 5668

 General

LawWorks for Community Groups project

LawWorks for Community Groups was launched in January 2002 to act as a referral agency matching small community groups, charities and social enterprises who can't afford to pay for legal advice with lawyers who will provide the legal advice for FREE.

Click here for more information regarding the LawWorks for Community Groups project   (MS word 278 kb)

LVSC Equalities audit

The LVSC welcome feedback about the equalities audit or any comments about their engagement with equalities groups.  To view the equalities audit document or for more information go to

http://www.lvsc.org.uk/Templates/information.asp?NodeID=97479&i1PNID=90619

  Publications/Newsletters

Third Sector Leadership Centre Newsletter - July 2008

Click here to download (MS word 329 kb)

London Olympics 2012 Newsletter - June 2008

Click here to download the latest news  (MS Word 466 kb)

Pro-Active South London News bulletin - July 2008

Click here to download (MS word 57 kb)

Pro-Active South London Newsletter - June 2008

Click here to download (pdf 57 kb)

Greater London Volunteering - July 2008 e-bulletin

Click here to download latest edition (MS word 82 kb)

LAA  - July 2008 e-bulletin

Click here to download (pdf 63 kb)

CSV's Institute for Advanced Volunteer Management (IAVM) Newsletter

Click here to download (pdf 154 kb)

LVSC

Click here to download latest newsletter  (pdf 49 kb)   

Sign up to the free monthly e-newsletter.

Empowering the Voluntary Sector Info Leaflet

Click here to download (750Kb)

Big Lottery Fund

The Big Lottery Fund value the views of people and organisations that are affected by thier policies, practices and decisions, so have commissioned an independent research organisation to contact over 6,000 stakeholders l across England, to seek views on how they are doing so far and to gauge confidence in us as a funder.

Click on the following link to view the results:

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/er_res_2007_stakeholder_survey_findings.pdf

If you would like a hard copy email: mailto:SER.Enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk

I CAN Report

Report on collaborative working for the VCS around Every Child Matters.

Click here to download (pdf 506 kb)

Performance Hub - Future Focus 2

The second booklet in the Futre Focus Series is out now.  Titled 'what will our volunteers be like in five years' time?' is tailor-made for small/medium sized organisations and the duides are designed for senior managers and trustees.

Guides cost £1 a copy and you can order online at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/futurefocus2 or by freephone telephone on 0800 2 798 798.

Government response to petition 'Defend-funding'
The e-petition asking the Prime Minister to defend funding for local VCS organisations has now closed. For the government's response:
Click here to download (ms word 27 kb)

The SLCVS Partnership's Capacity Checking Framework
Is your organisation fit for purpose?
The Capacity Checking Framework is an organisational health check developed by the Voluntary Sector for the Voluntary Sector.
For an introduction to this invaluable toolkit
Click here to download (pdf 1,985 kb)

Human Resource Management
Delivery Strategy for the South London CVS Partnership
Commissioned by the South London Sub Regional ChangeUp Steering Group to meet the challenge of the Government's recommendations for modernisation. This report provides a Human Resource Management Delivery trategy to deliver coordinated best practice HR Management support and advice to the VCS at a local level.
Click here to download (pdf 1,2145 kb)

Leadership and Management in the Voluntary Sector
- A SLCVS Partnership bite size information guide
This pamphlet is designed to give you some additional definitions of less formal learning styles and some practical courses with a specific leadership and management focus. Click here to download (pdf 153 kb)

Multi-Ethnic Partnerships For Community Change -The British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres (BASSAC) and the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG) have published a policy document 'Beyound Equality: Multi Ethnic Partnership for Community Change' the document contains some key findings from the project and proposals for change and improving the environment for effecting better relationships between BME and white led organisations in the VCS.
www.bassac.org.uk

  Newsletters

Greater London Volunteering

GLV - Volunteering Digest for London

For the latest edition visit www.glv.org.uk www.glv.org.uk

 News and Views

Winning Olympic Contracts - CompeteFor programme

For more information log onto
https://www.competefor.com/london2012business/login.jsp

Reaching Out Project – providing advice and skilled volunteers

Reaching Out provides advice and skilled volunteers to black and minority ethnic, refugee and migrant, rural and faith groups. Through Reaching Out, your organisation can gain new skills and progress its aims more effectively.

How the project works:

You complete a short questionnaire, which helps to identify your needs. REACH provide advice and guidance on your volunteer requirements and find you a REACH volunteer who has the appropriate career skills. Visit http://www.reach-online.org.uk/projects/reachingout.htm for more info and read about organisations that have already benefited.

To join the project, send an email to Gerard Omasta-Milsom, Project Manager at: reachingout@reach-online.org.uk or telephone 020 7840 5663. The project is funded until the end of March 2008.

CSAS brand new website launched

The Community Safety Advisory Service has launched a new website to support all small and medium sized voluntary organisations that wish to engage in community safety and crime reduction work.

The new website features news and information to support all organisations working within their communities to reduce crime, with the aim it will support others in getting involved in local decision making and in setting up and running thier own crime prevention projects.

To visit the website go to www.csas.org.uk

Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
If you know of a group of volunteers who devote their time to helping others in the community and improve the quality of life and opportunity for others, nominate them for the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service now!
To find out more visit: www.queensawardvoluntary.gov.uk

Sport Relief aims to support community groups that are using sport. To find out if you are eligible for a grant, read the guidelines;
Click here to download (ms word 299 kb)

MBA Students to offer FREE Strategic Planning for charity sector organisations

Ranked among the top 50 worldwide, the Cass MBA programme is an intensive 12 month course delivered by leading academics and business experts. As part of this course, delegates are expected to carry out a strategic planning project for a real organisation. It has been agreed that delegates can choose to do this exercise for charities and other not-for-profit organisations. If you are interested in becoming involved and having one of our MBA delegates provide a free strategic planning service for your organisation, please contact Gabrielle : gabrielle.cochrane.1@city.ac.uk

For more information about the MBA courses in general, please visit the Cass Business School website http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/mba/index.html

Incorporation to protect Charities Trustees
South West London Law Centres have produced a leaflet giving details on how to do this.
Click here to download (ms word 45 kb)

E-Gateway to London Funders (ELF) Launch
London Funders is delighted to launch a new section on its website: E-Gateway to London Funders which is targeted at London's VCO's and funded by the London ChangeUp Consortium. Email: info@londonfunders.org.uk

Free Legal Advice for Community Groups
LawWorks for Community Groups was set up four years ago to match small not-for-profit organisations in need of free legal advice with a network of volunteer lawyers. You can find further details on the scheme and of the charity at www.lawworks.org.uk

National Lottery Awards for All England Re-launch
Awards for All England is an easy to access Lottery grants programme set up to help small groups in local communities.The re-launch will see a widening of the range of funding available to community groups so that applicants can apply for grants from £300 up to £10,000. Full details can be found at: www.awardsforall.org.uk

London Connects Community Programme
All community and voluntary organisations in London can now publish a free website using the Your London community e-publishing tool. To apply for a website visit:
http://community.yourlondon.gov.uk

Benefit from access to information and services, regardless of borough boundaries and visit:
www.yourlondon.gov.uk

London CVS Network

The London CVS Network is a platform for Councils for Voluntary Service across London to come together to share skills, expertise, knowledge and experience and to develop actions and policies to strengthen their role in London.

The London Sub-Regional CVS coordinators act as a steering group for the London Network. Discussion topics are determined by the CVS Chief Officers

The SLCVS Partnership provides some administrative support for the London CVS Network to meet four times a year.

The London CVS Network Business Plan 2005-2008 is available to download.
Click here to download (ms word 203 kb)

Recuitment

Job vacancy at Carers Support Merton

Chief Executive

Starting salary up to £40,000 per annum including OLW   -  (Subject to qualifications and experience)

Closing Date: 16th July 2008   Interviews: 25th July 2008

For an application pack contact

Carers Support Merton, First Floor, Unit2, 24 Deer Park Road, London SW19 3UA, phone Sharon Cameron on 020 8543 0347, visit www.carerssupportmerton.org.uk

or email sharon.cameron@carerssupportmerton.org.uk

Job vacancies at the The South London Learning Partnership (SLLP)

See links to job details on the SLLP website http://www.sllp.org.uk/jobs or ring Janice Pigott, SLLP Manager on 020 8649 6422 if you would like to discuss further.

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