CVS South Gloucestershire ebulletin - July 2009

Written by Gillian Graham, CVS South Gloucestershire
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 08:46

Welcome to the CVS South Gloucestershire ebulletin designed to keep you updated about the latest issues and events affecting voluntary and community groups in South Gloucestershire.

News

Vacancies at CVS South Gloucestershire

• Development Officer (Equalities Communities)
• Finance and Monitoring Officer

Both part time (21 hours per week)  Salary £15,055  (£25,092 fte) + 6% pension contribution.

The deadline for the above vacancies is 5pm, Friday 10 July.  Applications must be made on an application form which can be downloaded from our website at www.cvs-sg.org.uk with further details about both posts, or requested from 01454 865205 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  The adverts are available from the download section.

Small Charities Coalition

The Small Charities Coalition offers a unique opportunity for small charities to help themselves and each other: we individually match you with charity sector volunteers who have the specialist skills and experience you need. Whatever it might be – from fundraising to finance, marketing to management strategy – we have volunteers from across the sector to help you  There is absolutely no charge for this service, all we ask is that you or your organisation offer some of your time to another small charity.  Link: www.smallcharities.org.uk.

Children & Young People Representatives - Bristol

Voscur are seeking nominations for Children and Young People's Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Joint Representatives for the Locality Partnership Executive Boards for North 2, East &Central 1, 2 &3 and South 1,2,3 & 4.  The Chairs of the Executives have asked for two VCS representatives to sit on each of the 10 Executive Boards. If you are interested in representing the voluntary and community sector in those areas please contact your network coordinator. Download a localities map.

Nominations will only be accepted on the nomination form and you must state on the nomination form which Executive you are nominating a member to sit on. These elections are open to members of The Care Forum, Voscur and the Black Development Agency's networks that either work within the localities or provide city-wide services that are relevant. The Locality Executives are providing an important function across the city looking at local needs, issues and gaps in service provision; allocating resources and commissioning services alongside the Joint Commissioning Unit and overseeing the development of CAF Panels.  All nominations must be returned to the network of which you are a member by 12 noon, Wednesday 22 July .  Documents can be downloaded from http://www.voscur.org/networks/children#rep.

Free Office Furniture

Severn House have the following surplus furniture available for community groups or other council offices to collect. The items will need to be removed by Friday 24 July. If you are interested contact John Hesketh,  01454-864620.

• 2 desks
• 1 large 6ft 2 door metal cabinet
• 1 x 4 drawer filing cabinet
• 1 x 3 drawer filing cabinet
• 2 x 3 drawer, drawer unit

Constitution for Small Organisations

The Charity Commission has developed a basic constitution for small, unregistered organisations. Available on the Governance Pages.

Events

Are We Getting It Right Together?

South Gloucestershire Compact Review Event

The South Gloucestershire Compact, which provides a framework for promoting effective partnership working between our sector and the local public sector, has now been in place for five years, but what impact has it had on relationships and how deeply is it embedded at an operational level? In order to look at these questions and others, the South Gloucestershire Compact Monitoring and Oversight Group has commissioned a review.  To launch the review process, representatives from both sectors are invited to attend an event which will provide an opportunity to celebrate successes, highlight issues and to contribute to the development of a refreshed local Compact and its implementation in the years to come. There will also be an opportunity for networking during lunch which will be provided.

To find out more about the event, please see our website at www.cvs-sg.org.uk/south-gloucestershire-compact-review-event-2009. You can book online or send us the accompanying booking form (available in the download section).

The event will be held at Cleeve Rugby Club, Mangotsfield, on Friday July 17th 2009 from 10am to 1pm and includes a networking lunch.

Funding

Awards for Community Involvement 2009

South West Planning Aid and the Royal Town Planning Institute South West have joined forces for a second year on a new awards scheme for community involvement.  The ‘Awards for Community Involvement’ have been established to celebrate and reward best practice in engaging and involving local communities in planning decisions - among the public, private and community sectors.

Please find attached a flier outlining the categories for the Awards and the deadline for entries.

SITA Trust – Enhancing Communities and Enriching Nature

Funding opportunities in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

SITA Trust is an Environment Body that supports hundreds of projects across the UK by distributing funds made available from landfill tax through the Landfill Communities Fund. Recent changes in our funding criteria now enable us to fund community improvement projects within three miles of SITA UK Ltd’s waste treatment facilities in the area as well as biodiversity and youth volunteering projects within ten miles of any landfill site.

You are invited to a presentation outlining the work of the Trust and explaining opportunities available for community groups, Parish Councils and Local Councils to apply for funding support from the Trust. The presentation will take place on Monday 13th July at 4.00 to 5.30pm at the Holiday Inn, Filton and is open to everyone who could benefit from support by the Trust.

All this and more on the new CVS South Gloucestershire website at www.cvs-sg.org.uk.