The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Challenge and change - the state of the sectorwalescva
The document discusses challenges facing the charity sector in Wales, including a 21% reduction in funding from the Welsh Government since 2009. It argues for a new vision of "doing it together" where public services in Wales treat people and communities as equal partners in design and delivery. This approach would build services around individuals and neighborhoods, and unlock local resources to combine with state funding.
The document discusses rural healthcare service planning in North Wales. It notes that 40-50% of residents in North Wales are in transport poverty. The Community Transport Association in Wales (CTAW) is working with community transport operators and the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to develop a "mixed provision of service" using community transport to address healthcare access challenges as services centralize. The goal is to provide cross-border transportation to clinics and feeder services from rural areas to transport hubs.
The document outlines a befriending service called Friends for Life that aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation among people aged 50+ in Torfaen, Wales. It establishes community hubs where activities are decided by members, recruits befrienders aged 16-70, and works with partner organizations to provide a "one stop shop" of support services. In its first six months, 912 people participated in activities and 20 befrienders were recruited. The case study of "Mr. M" illustrates how the program helped one man become more social and confident after bereavement.
The organization creates community-owned assets and networks, develops community enterprises, and runs street ambassador programs. The street ambassadors, 326 people across the county, help neighbors and address issues while earning time credits to spend on rewards. The program is managed by a part-time coordinator, active citizens, and partnerships with police and elected members, and has led to improvements in the environment, wellbeing, behavior, and governance.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Challenge and change - the state of the sectorwalescva
The document discusses challenges facing the charity sector in Wales, including a 21% reduction in funding from the Welsh Government since 2009. It argues for a new vision of "doing it together" where public services in Wales treat people and communities as equal partners in design and delivery. This approach would build services around individuals and neighborhoods, and unlock local resources to combine with state funding.
The document discusses rural healthcare service planning in North Wales. It notes that 40-50% of residents in North Wales are in transport poverty. The Community Transport Association in Wales (CTAW) is working with community transport operators and the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to develop a "mixed provision of service" using community transport to address healthcare access challenges as services centralize. The goal is to provide cross-border transportation to clinics and feeder services from rural areas to transport hubs.
The document outlines a befriending service called Friends for Life that aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation among people aged 50+ in Torfaen, Wales. It establishes community hubs where activities are decided by members, recruits befrienders aged 16-70, and works with partner organizations to provide a "one stop shop" of support services. In its first six months, 912 people participated in activities and 20 befrienders were recruited. The case study of "Mr. M" illustrates how the program helped one man become more social and confident after bereavement.
The organization creates community-owned assets and networks, develops community enterprises, and runs street ambassador programs. The street ambassadors, 326 people across the county, help neighbors and address issues while earning time credits to spend on rewards. The program is managed by a part-time coordinator, active citizens, and partnerships with police and elected members, and has led to improvements in the environment, wellbeing, behavior, and governance.
This document discusses measuring volunteering through the National Survey for Wales. It provides an overview of the survey, which interviews 12,000 people aged 16+ each year across Wales. The survey integrates several large-scale surveys and covers topics like public services, well-being, and leisure time. To measure volunteering, the survey asks questions about formal or informal volunteering with groups, and the hours volunteered in the last four weeks or help provided to family/friends each week. The results are published on websites and used to inform policies around well-being in Wales.
This document summarizes sessions from a conference on volunteering and its impact. It discusses:
- The goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act in Wales, which aims to create a more prosperous, resilient, and healthier Wales.
- How voluntary organizations can measure and evidence the outcomes of volunteering to show how it contributes to the well-being goals. Methods mentioned include surveys, interviews, and evaluating specific projects.
- A project called Volunteering Spirit Wales that aims to expand event volunteering and professionalize standards. It uses various evaluation methods like surveys, interviews, and analysis of materials to measure its impact.
- Key questions around how organizations currently evidence outcomes, how they could improve
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help alleviate symptoms of mental illness and boost overall mental well-being.
This document summarizes the work of Tim Davies, the Emergency Management Officer for Cardiff Council, on building community resilience through engaging communities in emergency preparedness and planning. It emphasizes that communities must be prepared to help themselves during emergencies and discusses how Cardiff started by raising awareness of risks and developing emergency plans with communities. It provides examples of the partner organizations and community members involved and highlights that 5 active community emergency plans now exist in Cardiff as a result.
This document outlines principles of collaboration between organizations and sectors. It discusses defining collaboration as different organizations working together towards shared goals. The document explores benefits of collaboration like filling gaps, reducing duplication, and contributing to wellbeing goals, but also challenges like extra pressure, lack of clarity in roles, and differing values between sectors. It emphasizes that collaboration should focus on outcomes over sector boundaries and prioritize values like participation, transparency and independence.
The Scottish experience of tackling povertywalescva
The Poverty Alliance is a network of over 200 organizations and individuals in Scotland that works to combat poverty through policy influencing, community support, networking, and research. It focuses on incomes, services, participation, and attitudes. Through its work on issues like the living wage, it has helped over 7,000 workers receive pay increases and influenced poverty-related government policies and funding. European anti-poverty networks allow national organizations to collectively influence EU policy, exchange learning, and build solidarity. While economic crisis and political changes pose challenges, networking across the UK and Europe remains important for anti-poverty goals.
The document summarizes the European Social Fund programmes for 2014-2020 that are investing in Wales. It outlines the programme priorities, progress to date, and priorities for the period ahead. The key points are:
1) The programmes are investing £594 million in West Wales and the Valleys and £150 million in East Wales, with priorities of tackling poverty, investing in skills, and investing in young people.
2) To date, 41% of funds have been committed in West Wales/Valleys and 32% in East Wales, supporting tens of thousands of individuals through projects focused on tackling poverty, skills growth, and youth employment.
3) Looking ahead, the programmes aim to support over 93
Welsh Government is tackling poverty through several key programs and indicators:
1. Employment in Wales is at a near-record high and Wales has the seventh lowest unemployment rate at 5.5%, showing success of efforts to create jobs.
2. Early childhood programs like Healthy Child Wales are aimed at supporting children's health and development from an early age.
3. Educational attainment indicators are tracked to reduce the percentage of young people who are not in employment, education or training after leaving school.
4. Housing and anti-poverty programs have targets to reduce poverty and support families in need.
5. Ongoing evaluations of existing programs help identify best practices, though continued collaboration across disciplines and flexible services
This document discusses tackling child poverty in Wales through partnership. It outlines how Children in Wales, a national children's organization, works with public, third sector, and governmental partners to advocate for policies and programs to reduce child poverty. Some key activities mentioned include publishing reports, engaging in policy discussions, and collaborating with European partners. The document argues that eliminating child poverty requires a shared effort across many groups.
Welsh Government is tackling poverty through several key programs and indicators:
1. Employment in Wales is at a near-record high and Wales has the seventh lowest unemployment rate at 5.5%, showing success of efforts to create jobs.
2. Early childhood programs like Healthy Child Wales are focused on supporting children in the early years.
3. Educational attainment indicators are monitored, and the percentage of young people not in education, employment or training is tracked.
4. Housing and multi-disciplinary, preventative approaches that align existing programs and services are seen as important ongoing strategies to reduce poverty in Wales.
The document provides a legal update on several topics:
- The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill that is awaiting royal assent and would allow for official charity commission warnings and control over fundraising.
- An extension of the Freedom of Information Act through new legislation that would require charities contracted by public authorities to also be subject to FOIA.
- Requirements under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for charities to maintain a register of individuals with significant control over the charity.
- Updated guidance from the Charity Commission on issues like grant funding non-charities and charity reserves.
The document discusses the benefits that co-locating or sharing office space with other organizations can provide. Co-locating allows organizations to share resources like meeting rooms, kitchens, reception, broadband, and phone lines, reducing costs. It also provides flexibility with short-term agreements and the ability to expand or contract. Co-locating with other charities specifically allows for networking, collaboration opportunities, and setting a values-driven agenda for the building. The Ethical Property Company promotes co-locating tenants in its buildings to realize these benefits.
This document summarizes new legislation around lobbying and election campaigning ahead of the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections. It outlines key parts of the Transparency of Lobbying Act regarding the registration of consultant lobbyists and restrictions on non-party campaigning. It discusses limits on controlled expenditures by third parties, reporting requirements, and deadlines for the Welsh Assembly elections. The document provides an overview of relevant legislation and guidance for organizations to consider regarding their activities and ensure compliance.
The document discusses impact reporting and how to make annual reports effective for organizations. It defines impact as the difference an organization makes and how the world would look without the organization. Impact can be both positive and negative, planned or unplanned, and affect various stakeholder groups. When reporting impact, organizations should consider their purpose, involve stakeholders, use proportionate methods, consider both qualitative and quantitative data, and be transparent. The annual report is one way to communicate impact information to critical audiences, and the information provided should be relevant, reliable, and help those audiences make decisions.
Trustees have legal duties to ensure their charity operates for public benefit, follows its governing documents and the law, acts in the charity's best interests, manages resources responsibly, and acts with reasonable care and skill. Trustees can be held personally liable for financial losses caused by improper actions or if the charity cannot meet legal claims against it. To reduce liability risks, trustees should understand their responsibilities, ensure the charity can meet financial obligations, implement effective controls, comply with other laws, and maintain records of decisions. Trustees must make decisions within their powers, in good faith and the charity's interests, be sufficiently informed, consider all factors, manage conflicts, and make reasonable judgments.
The document discusses impact reporting and how to make annual reports effective for organizations. It defines impact as the difference an organization makes and how the world would look without the organization. Impact can be both positive and negative, planned or unplanned, and affect various stakeholder groups. When reporting impact, organizations should consider their purpose, involve stakeholders, use proportionate methods, consider both qualitative and quantitative data, and be transparent. The annual report is one way to communicate impact information to critical audiences, and the information provided should be relevant, reliable, and help those audiences make decisions.
Board members and senior staff working togetherwalescva
This document discusses charity governance and the roles and responsibilities of charity trustees and staff. It notes that trustees have an oversight role and ultimate responsibility as unpaid volunteers, while staff have delegated responsibilities to carry out tasks as paid employees. It outlines trustees' legal duties around compliance, prudence, care, conflicts of interest, and liability. It also discusses ensuring clear role descriptions, delegations, codes of conduct, and policies are in place to support effective governance.
VAT considerations for community asset transferswalescva
The document discusses various VAT considerations for community asset transfers and building projects. It covers basic UK VAT rules including registration requirements, liability classifications such as zero-rated, reduced and standard rated supplies, and rules around recovering input tax. It also examines differences in VAT treatment between councils and charities, as well as implications of VAT for funding applications and managing property assets. The presentation aims to provide an overview of key VAT principles and issues to be aware of.
This document provides an overview of key trustee duties and responsibilities for beginners or those needing a refresher. It discusses the trustee role and duties of compliance, prudence, and care. Compliance involves following the governing document and relevant laws. Prudence means using charity assets properly and having effective controls. The duty of care requires reasonable care and skill, taking advice, and acting collectively. It also addresses trustee and staff roles, liability, and good governance practices like managing conflicts of interest and understanding public benefit. The presentation aims to ensure trustees understand their core obligations.
This document summarizes various public law processes in Wales for challenging government decisions. It outlines that challenges can be made through the Ombudsman, tribunals, or judicial review. It provides examples of cases challenged through discrimination law, including the bedroom tax case. It also discusses proposals in the Wales Bill to change the devolution settlement and the growing body of Welsh law. Specific examples are given of judicial reviews challenging public authority decisions around school closures and transport policies in Wales.
This document discusses measuring volunteering through the National Survey for Wales. It provides an overview of the survey, which interviews 12,000 people aged 16+ each year across Wales. The survey integrates several large-scale surveys and covers topics like public services, well-being, and leisure time. To measure volunteering, the survey asks questions about formal or informal volunteering with groups, and the hours volunteered in the last four weeks or help provided to family/friends each week. The results are published on websites and used to inform policies around well-being in Wales.
This document summarizes sessions from a conference on volunteering and its impact. It discusses:
- The goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act in Wales, which aims to create a more prosperous, resilient, and healthier Wales.
- How voluntary organizations can measure and evidence the outcomes of volunteering to show how it contributes to the well-being goals. Methods mentioned include surveys, interviews, and evaluating specific projects.
- A project called Volunteering Spirit Wales that aims to expand event volunteering and professionalize standards. It uses various evaluation methods like surveys, interviews, and analysis of materials to measure its impact.
- Key questions around how organizations currently evidence outcomes, how they could improve
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help alleviate symptoms of mental illness and boost overall mental well-being.
This document summarizes the work of Tim Davies, the Emergency Management Officer for Cardiff Council, on building community resilience through engaging communities in emergency preparedness and planning. It emphasizes that communities must be prepared to help themselves during emergencies and discusses how Cardiff started by raising awareness of risks and developing emergency plans with communities. It provides examples of the partner organizations and community members involved and highlights that 5 active community emergency plans now exist in Cardiff as a result.
This document outlines principles of collaboration between organizations and sectors. It discusses defining collaboration as different organizations working together towards shared goals. The document explores benefits of collaboration like filling gaps, reducing duplication, and contributing to wellbeing goals, but also challenges like extra pressure, lack of clarity in roles, and differing values between sectors. It emphasizes that collaboration should focus on outcomes over sector boundaries and prioritize values like participation, transparency and independence.
The Scottish experience of tackling povertywalescva
The Poverty Alliance is a network of over 200 organizations and individuals in Scotland that works to combat poverty through policy influencing, community support, networking, and research. It focuses on incomes, services, participation, and attitudes. Through its work on issues like the living wage, it has helped over 7,000 workers receive pay increases and influenced poverty-related government policies and funding. European anti-poverty networks allow national organizations to collectively influence EU policy, exchange learning, and build solidarity. While economic crisis and political changes pose challenges, networking across the UK and Europe remains important for anti-poverty goals.
The document summarizes the European Social Fund programmes for 2014-2020 that are investing in Wales. It outlines the programme priorities, progress to date, and priorities for the period ahead. The key points are:
1) The programmes are investing £594 million in West Wales and the Valleys and £150 million in East Wales, with priorities of tackling poverty, investing in skills, and investing in young people.
2) To date, 41% of funds have been committed in West Wales/Valleys and 32% in East Wales, supporting tens of thousands of individuals through projects focused on tackling poverty, skills growth, and youth employment.
3) Looking ahead, the programmes aim to support over 93
Welsh Government is tackling poverty through several key programs and indicators:
1. Employment in Wales is at a near-record high and Wales has the seventh lowest unemployment rate at 5.5%, showing success of efforts to create jobs.
2. Early childhood programs like Healthy Child Wales are aimed at supporting children's health and development from an early age.
3. Educational attainment indicators are tracked to reduce the percentage of young people who are not in employment, education or training after leaving school.
4. Housing and anti-poverty programs have targets to reduce poverty and support families in need.
5. Ongoing evaluations of existing programs help identify best practices, though continued collaboration across disciplines and flexible services
This document discusses tackling child poverty in Wales through partnership. It outlines how Children in Wales, a national children's organization, works with public, third sector, and governmental partners to advocate for policies and programs to reduce child poverty. Some key activities mentioned include publishing reports, engaging in policy discussions, and collaborating with European partners. The document argues that eliminating child poverty requires a shared effort across many groups.
Welsh Government is tackling poverty through several key programs and indicators:
1. Employment in Wales is at a near-record high and Wales has the seventh lowest unemployment rate at 5.5%, showing success of efforts to create jobs.
2. Early childhood programs like Healthy Child Wales are focused on supporting children in the early years.
3. Educational attainment indicators are monitored, and the percentage of young people not in education, employment or training is tracked.
4. Housing and multi-disciplinary, preventative approaches that align existing programs and services are seen as important ongoing strategies to reduce poverty in Wales.
The document provides a legal update on several topics:
- The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill that is awaiting royal assent and would allow for official charity commission warnings and control over fundraising.
- An extension of the Freedom of Information Act through new legislation that would require charities contracted by public authorities to also be subject to FOIA.
- Requirements under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for charities to maintain a register of individuals with significant control over the charity.
- Updated guidance from the Charity Commission on issues like grant funding non-charities and charity reserves.
The document discusses the benefits that co-locating or sharing office space with other organizations can provide. Co-locating allows organizations to share resources like meeting rooms, kitchens, reception, broadband, and phone lines, reducing costs. It also provides flexibility with short-term agreements and the ability to expand or contract. Co-locating with other charities specifically allows for networking, collaboration opportunities, and setting a values-driven agenda for the building. The Ethical Property Company promotes co-locating tenants in its buildings to realize these benefits.
This document summarizes new legislation around lobbying and election campaigning ahead of the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections. It outlines key parts of the Transparency of Lobbying Act regarding the registration of consultant lobbyists and restrictions on non-party campaigning. It discusses limits on controlled expenditures by third parties, reporting requirements, and deadlines for the Welsh Assembly elections. The document provides an overview of relevant legislation and guidance for organizations to consider regarding their activities and ensure compliance.
The document discusses impact reporting and how to make annual reports effective for organizations. It defines impact as the difference an organization makes and how the world would look without the organization. Impact can be both positive and negative, planned or unplanned, and affect various stakeholder groups. When reporting impact, organizations should consider their purpose, involve stakeholders, use proportionate methods, consider both qualitative and quantitative data, and be transparent. The annual report is one way to communicate impact information to critical audiences, and the information provided should be relevant, reliable, and help those audiences make decisions.
Trustees have legal duties to ensure their charity operates for public benefit, follows its governing documents and the law, acts in the charity's best interests, manages resources responsibly, and acts with reasonable care and skill. Trustees can be held personally liable for financial losses caused by improper actions or if the charity cannot meet legal claims against it. To reduce liability risks, trustees should understand their responsibilities, ensure the charity can meet financial obligations, implement effective controls, comply with other laws, and maintain records of decisions. Trustees must make decisions within their powers, in good faith and the charity's interests, be sufficiently informed, consider all factors, manage conflicts, and make reasonable judgments.
The document discusses impact reporting and how to make annual reports effective for organizations. It defines impact as the difference an organization makes and how the world would look without the organization. Impact can be both positive and negative, planned or unplanned, and affect various stakeholder groups. When reporting impact, organizations should consider their purpose, involve stakeholders, use proportionate methods, consider both qualitative and quantitative data, and be transparent. The annual report is one way to communicate impact information to critical audiences, and the information provided should be relevant, reliable, and help those audiences make decisions.
Board members and senior staff working togetherwalescva
This document discusses charity governance and the roles and responsibilities of charity trustees and staff. It notes that trustees have an oversight role and ultimate responsibility as unpaid volunteers, while staff have delegated responsibilities to carry out tasks as paid employees. It outlines trustees' legal duties around compliance, prudence, care, conflicts of interest, and liability. It also discusses ensuring clear role descriptions, delegations, codes of conduct, and policies are in place to support effective governance.
VAT considerations for community asset transferswalescva
The document discusses various VAT considerations for community asset transfers and building projects. It covers basic UK VAT rules including registration requirements, liability classifications such as zero-rated, reduced and standard rated supplies, and rules around recovering input tax. It also examines differences in VAT treatment between councils and charities, as well as implications of VAT for funding applications and managing property assets. The presentation aims to provide an overview of key VAT principles and issues to be aware of.
This document provides an overview of key trustee duties and responsibilities for beginners or those needing a refresher. It discusses the trustee role and duties of compliance, prudence, and care. Compliance involves following the governing document and relevant laws. Prudence means using charity assets properly and having effective controls. The duty of care requires reasonable care and skill, taking advice, and acting collectively. It also addresses trustee and staff roles, liability, and good governance practices like managing conflicts of interest and understanding public benefit. The presentation aims to ensure trustees understand their core obligations.
This document summarizes various public law processes in Wales for challenging government decisions. It outlines that challenges can be made through the Ombudsman, tribunals, or judicial review. It provides examples of cases challenged through discrimination law, including the bedroom tax case. It also discusses proposals in the Wales Bill to change the devolution settlement and the growing body of Welsh law. Specific examples are given of judicial reviews challenging public authority decisions around school closures and transport policies in Wales.
2. Cynllun De Gwynedd
South Gwynedd Project
NOD: AIM:
•Annog mudiadau’r •To encourage third
Trydydd Sector i sector communities to
gydweithio i geisio work together to
darparu ensure a better
gwasanaethau mwy integrated service
integredig mewn model in rural
ardaloedd gwledig communities
3. Amcanion: Objectives:
• Raise awareness of
• Codi ymwybyddiaeth o
services being
wasanaethau’r trydydd
delivered by third
sector
sector organisations
= =
• empower people to
• grymuso pobl i fod yn
take more
fwy cyfrifol am eu
responsibility over
hiechyd a’u lles eu
their own health and
hunain
wellbeing
4. YR ARDAL/THE AREA
• Ardal wledig/Maint • Rural Area/Size
• Diwylliant amrywiol yn • Varied community
y cymunedau cultures
• Mynediad at
• Access to services
wasanaethau
• Poverty in some
• Tlodi mewn rhai
areas
ardaloedd
• Transport and
• Cludiant a chyflwr rhai
condition of roads
o’r ffyrdd
6. Gweithgareddau/Activities
• Digwyddiadau • Promotional Events x
hyrwyddo x 3 – 3 - Tywyn, Dolgellau,
Tywyn, Dolgellau, Blaenau
Blaenau
• Digwyddiad Iechyd Da • Good Health Event
• DVD • DVD
• Defnydd o’r Uned • Mobile Unit
Symudol
7. Canlyniadau/Outcomes
• Darganfod bod angen • Promotional Events should
cynnal digwyddiadau be an on going activity
hyrwyddo yn barhaus
• Improve cross sector
• Magu gwell perthynas
relationships
rhwng pob sector
• Mwy o gyfeirio at • More referrals to third
wasanaethau’r trydydd sector organisations
sector
• Codi proffil y sector • Raise the sector’s profile
• Gwell dealltwriaeth o’r • Better awareness of what
gwasanaethau sydd a’r gael services are available
8. Sut a Phwy?
How & Who?
Clybiau Cinio
Luncheon
Clubs Meddyg
GP
Nyrsus Cymunedol
Community Nurses
Fferyllydd
Pharmacy
Y Groes Goch Cyfeillio
Red Cross Befriending
Clwb Garddio Cynnal Gofalwyr
Age Cymru
Gardening Club Carers Outreach
CAB
Gofal a Thrwsio
CAIS Care & Repair