A copy of the slides used in Aren Grimshaw's presentation at the #AddMe Conference at the University of Gloucestershire on March 10th 2010.
Links to further resources are embedded wherever possible. (Images and Purple Links)
Jon Sparkes - Crisis. Ambition & InnovationMPAD Ltd
Thrive Third Sector keynote speech from Jon Sparkes, CEO of national homelessness charity Crisis.
Thrive Third Sector
Heartlands, Cornwall
13 March 2015
www.thrivevents.org.uk
This is the presentation for weedayout.com which took the runners-up slot at Social Innovation Camp Scotland on June 21st 2009.
Live demo available at www.weedayout.com
A presentation by Jack Latimer, director or CommunitySites, covering trends and issues in community archives in 2011 given at the Community Archives and Heritage Conference, London, June 2011
A copy of the slides used in Aren Grimshaw's presentation at the #AddMe Conference at the University of Gloucestershire on March 10th 2010.
Links to further resources are embedded wherever possible. (Images and Purple Links)
Jon Sparkes - Crisis. Ambition & InnovationMPAD Ltd
Thrive Third Sector keynote speech from Jon Sparkes, CEO of national homelessness charity Crisis.
Thrive Third Sector
Heartlands, Cornwall
13 March 2015
www.thrivevents.org.uk
This is the presentation for weedayout.com which took the runners-up slot at Social Innovation Camp Scotland on June 21st 2009.
Live demo available at www.weedayout.com
A presentation by Jack Latimer, director or CommunitySites, covering trends and issues in community archives in 2011 given at the Community Archives and Heritage Conference, London, June 2011
Slides shown during the Business Network SW event on June 10th at Exeter Golf and Country Club - full of great quotes, super ways to support the Exeter Business Network charities - Families for Children, Devon Air Ambulance, St Loye's Foundation and WESC Foundation, plus dates for 2015 and the seminar for the July 2015 event.....
Tanzania Development Trust presentation at AGM 2022Janet Chapman
Janet Chapman presents the work of TDT in access to water, girls' education and small income generating projects in rural Tanzania as part of their AGM 2022. Recording here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysSZdfG-HnxlT0HDvGTAyQ
1. YOUTH NEWS LOCAL August
2010
Useful Contacts:
In this issue:
VYS Devon ♦Events/Information ♦Funding/Resources ♦Training
YFC Centre
Retail Park Close
DEVON YOUTH SERVICE CONTACT LIST
Marsh Barton Road This gives details of youth work staff and is available on the web at
Exeter http://www.devonyouthservice.org.uk/contact.html
EX2 8LG
01392 250976
admin@vysdevon.org.uk
www.vysdevon.org.uk
Information/Events
Devon Youth Service Hands on Digital and Social Media workshop – VYS is to run a
Queen's House FREE half day event on Saturday 25th September for voluntary
Little Queen Street youth groups. Cosmic will provide the training and the event will
Exeter be part funded by the Total Support Project. It will be held in
EX4 3LJ Exeter and a booking form is available at:
01392 380261 http://www.vysdevon.org.uk/news/2063
Yvette.soukal@devon.gov.uk
www.devonyouthservice.org.uk VYS Level 2 Child Protection Training – VYS has five dates
remaining at only £10 per candidate. 25th Sept 2010 and 12th Feb
Local Youth Service 2011 in Exeter; 13th Nov 2010 in Barnstaple; 11th Dec 2010 in
Contacts: Newton Abbot; 22nd Jan 2011 in Tiverton. These courses are
East Devon open to anyone working with children and young people in the
01404 813195 voluntary sector – paid or unpaid. For a booking form contact
Exeter 01392 250976 or e-mail admin@vysdevon.org.uk
01392 662665
Mid Devon Safe Systems – VYS is able to offer voluntary groups access to
01884 252642 this introductory level award for safeguarding children and young
North Devon people. It is a nationally recognised quality assurance scheme
01271 343762 which recognises good working practice in safeguarding and is
South Hams very simple and practical to achieve. It is run by NCVYS with
01822 613522 VYS delivering it in Devon and subsidising the cost for this year
Teignbridge so that organisations only pay £25. It is something that may well
01626 369283 be useful in terms of fundraising as well as for your own peace of
Torridge mind. To find out more contact VYS on 01392 250976 or email
01271 388169 admin@vysdevon.org.uk
West Devon
01822 613522 Get Involved 2010: Painting it the way it is - Devon’s Local
Voluntary Sector Conference to be held on 8th September in
Duke of Edinburgh’s Tiverton. This is a quality event specifically designed to meet the
Award needs of local voluntary and community groups in and around
2 Fore Street Devon. It combines inspirational speakers and presentations
Moretonhampstead from key funders with a choice of workshops on topical issues
Newton Abbot from both national and local experts. For details contact Matt at
TQ13 8LL Involve - Voluntary Action Mid Devon on 01884 255734 or email
01647 440983 mailto:office@involve-middevon.org.uk. The Conference
dofe.award@devon.gov.uk Programme is currently being finalised - updates will be posted
on www.involve-middevon.org.uk
2. Funding & Other Resources Insurance Scheme for Small Charities
Zurich Financial Services has teamed up with
Big Lottery Community Wildlife programme
NAVCA to offer affordable insurance for local
will fund projects that bring local people
charities and community groups. The policy will
together to discover, enjoy or protect the
provide comprehensive liability cover for a wide
wildlife in their local area. Grants of between
range of activities with a limit of up to £10m,
£300 and £10k are available to provide
and will be available for less than £10 a month
opportunities for children and young people to
or as little as £75 a year. In order to qualify
learn about nature through play.
organisations must have less than £5,000
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wil
annual turnover and have no paid employees.
dlife
To be delivered through Tennyson Insurance,
the scheme will also provide free access to
Co-operative Group Community Fund (UK) -
online resources such as health and safety
Charitable organisations and community
documentation and guidance to select the best
groups can apply for grants of between £100
cover.
and £2,000 (£500 if the applicant is a newly
http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/cont
formed group) to help them find co-operative
ent/7069/low-
solutions to community challenges. The Co-
cost_insurance_for_local_charities_launched
operative Group is particularly interested in
supporting locally led and run groups that can
demonstrate co-operative values
principles, such as self-help, equality,
and Training Information
democracy and concern for the community. Introductory Youth Work Training – a course
Last year the total funding available was over will be running at The Junction in Newton
£1 million. http://www.co- Abbot on Monday evenings and two Sundays
operative.coop/membership/local-communities/ in the autumn. Contact Bruce Freeman for
community-fund/ details – 01647 440526 / 07980 792298 or
email bruce.freeman@devon.gov.uk
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation awards grant
funding to organisations (charities and CICs) in Exeter CVS has released its 2010-2011
the UK working in a number of areas, including learning programme. With over forty courses to
education. Funding is for capital projects and choose from the programme is a diverse and
not running costs or salaries. Grants of inclusive syllabus that offers something for
between £1,000 and £10,000 are available, everyone – managing volunteers, governance,
with preference given to small charities who fundraising, first aid, IT, personal development,
rely on volunteers, will carry out the work train the trainer and more. See:
themselves and can demonstrate a successful www.exetercvs.org.uk
history of projects. For details see:
http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charitable-
applications/charity-details/the-sylvia-
waddilove-foundation-uk If you are unable to access any
of the items through the links
Are they safe? Packs are available FREE
from the Safe Network. The pack has been
provided then please get in
designed to help voluntary and community touch with the VYS office.
organisations get the essentials in place to
safeguard children they work with and includes
checklists, templates etc . See
Youth News Local is produced by VYS
http://www.safenetwork.org.uk/resources/ar
Devon.
e_they_safe/Pages/about_the_are_they_saf
Contact Mark, Anthea or Juliet - 01392
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250976
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Or visit our website www.vysdevon.org.uk