Beat the Squeeze – 24th February 2010
There is increased evidence that voluntary and community groups are waiting too long before seeking the help they need to rethink how they can adapt to continue to deliver their services. With this in mind Community First New Forest are holding an event to help you to understand what the government's “Big Society” agenda could mean , and it is also critical that those facing funding cuts seek advice to help consider options for the future. For further information please check out our website www.cfnf.org.uk or to book a place email: admin@cfnf.org.uk
Seasonal Advice!
Clearing snow and ice yourself from pavements and public spaces – the ‘snow code’.
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_191868
Volunteering update
New edition of Jobcentre Plus’s Volunteering while getting benefits (DWP1023)
for a list of some of the changes go direct to: www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/dwp1023.pdf
Call and Go receive donation!
Call and Go, Community First New Forest’s accessible minibus service, recently received a wonderful donation of £400 from the ‘New Forest Runners’ group. Every year this local running club enters the ‘New Forest 10’ and hires one of our minibuses for their transport to and from the event. Thanks to their generous donation, our passengers will be able to enjoy some extra trips in addition to their normal shopping journeys.
Call and Go operates across the New Forest and Waterside areas, and if you know someone who is unable to access a public bus service, either through their frailty, or they live too far from a bus route, we may be able to help.
For further information on ‘Call and Go’ please contact Wendy or Carolyn on 0845 602 4326, or email callandgo@cfnf.org.uk.
Redesign of Sexual Health Services
NHS Hampshire are carrying out a consultation with regard to the redesign of sexual health services in Hampshire. You are encouraged to respond to this consultation, please follow the link below to the relevant documents and information.
http://www.getiton.nhs.uk/professionals/
Have Your Say Now!
Hampshire residents are being encouraged to give their views on plans to change the way they contribute towards their care costs. Currently most, but not all, adult social care services are charged for, with service users contributing towards the cost of the services they use based on their financial circumstances. The plans for a revised contributions policy would bring services under one umbrella and ensure that people choosing from the range of non-residential and short term residential services would contribute based on their ability to pay, not the services they choose.
The consultation exercise on the proposals to develop a contributions policy for adult social care services runs until 31 December 2010.
Full details about all current HCC consultations can be found at ? http://consultations.hants.gov.uk/ or you can contact Adult Services about this current consultation on 0845 6035630 or contributionsconsultation@hants.gov.uk
Survey for Voluntary Sector Video
Survey for user-driven voluntary sector video training product launched
KnowHow NonProfit – the voluntary sector’s most exciting learning site – is launching a new online training product. These will take the form of 15-minute practical training videos. These will be user-driven. That means YOU get to decide what training you need, and what we deliver.
To help us get started, please take 3 minutes to complete this short survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6T3HX2B
Everyone who sends us a completed survey with their email will get free access to the new training platform for six months.
Free Advertising in the New Milton Area
The New Milton Town Crier has offered any volunteer group who would like to advertise an event (the earlier the better before the event please) a mention on their calendar of events page. Please contact the Editor Chris Drake at info@newmiltontowncrier.co.uk
Free Publicity!
Do you want free publicity for your group‘s activities? Why not register on the e.VOLve web-site and join thousands of other Hampshire Voluntary/community groups, clubs, etc? To check if your group is registered already, or to register your group, please go to:
http://www.e.volve.org.uk
The Transition Fund has been launched
This £100m fund was announced in the spending review and seeks to help small and medium-sized charities in England most vulnerable to short-term reductions in public spending. It is being administered by the Big Fund (the non-lottery funding arm of the Big Lottery Fund). For more details on the fund visit the Big Fund's
Transition Fund pages
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/southeast/about-se/region-update-se.htm#story01
Special Community Grants
The £60,000 Jubilee People's Millions awards are being made to go to new projects that will inspire or improve local communities. Community groups across the UK are being invited to bid for a share of the £3.6m from the Big Lottery Fund good cause pot. Some 60 awards will be made next year, although the Jubilee isn't until 2012. Details of how to apply can be found on www.biglotteryfund.org.uk or by phoning 0845 10 20 30. Groups have until 4 February 2011 to submit their entries.
Healthy Heart Grants
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants (£1,000 - £10,000) support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities. The charity has funded over £850,000 worth of projects around the UK all of which have a strong focus on promoting heart health.
Further details about recent projects which have received grants can be seen on the web-site.
Applications for the current round can be submitted during January and February 2011 and the closing date is Monday, 28 February 2011.
More details from the Lifestyle Team on ? 0113 2976206 or ? lifestyle@heartresearch.org.uk or web-site www.heartresearch.org.uk.
New DofE Grant Scheme
The Department of Education (DfE) has announced that it is seeking Expressions of Interest from Community and Voluntary Groups, Social Enterprises and other organisations bidding on a not for profit basis. Under this new DfE Grant Scheme, funding for two years is available to organisations, working at a national level with disadvantaged children, young people, parents and families.
No information on the level of funding is available yet as the DfE’s internal allocations process following the Spending Review Settlement is not yet complete. The deadline for receipt of expressions of interest is 12 noon on 9 December 2010. Find out more
Social Enterprise Clinic – Last Few Places
you run a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of our qualified advisors. The advisors are social enterprise specialists and will provide no-obligation, practical advice on how to grow your organisation to the next stage. Appointments can be booked for one hour between 10am and 4pm.
For more information and to make your appointment contact Marie White:
E: marie.white@co-active.org.uk T: 0845 519 5759
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