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LCVYS Newsletter 24th November 2008
New Single Countywide Infrastructure Organisation
As we reported last week, we were waiting for the Infrastructure Consortium meeting on Wednesday 19th November to gain more information on the development of the new Countywide Infrastructure Organisation via a presentation from Kevan Liles of Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL) who have won the contract to deliver infrastructure services in Leicestershire from 1st April 09.
The meeting included representatives from all the voluntary actions and volunteer centres from around the county, as well as the Rural Community Council (RCC), Leicestershire Ethnic Minority Partnership (LEMP), CVS Community Partnership (CCP) and LCVYS.
The presentation from Kevan Liles was more visionary than factual with a slight focus on ‘Community hubs’ which is what the current voluntary actions could become. There was not much more information as to the place for specialist infrastructure such as LCVYS/LEMP, just that this would be discussed when the new ‘Change Manager’ is appointed within the next three weeks. Advertising for recruitment to this post has in this first round been limited to all current infrastructure organisations.
Voluntary Action Leicester, through the new Change Manager will be meeting with all affected infrastructure staff in Mid December where the process and timescale for the development of the new Countywide Infrastructure Organisation will be presented. All staff/organisations will know by February 2009 as regards any transfer of staff and structures. The key tasks of the Change Manager will be:
-The implementation of the Countywide Infrastructure Organisation contract
-The communication with and involvement of, stakeholders
-The agreement of future roles with the seven Voluntary Actions
-The transfer of staff including implications for VAL staff
-The implications of the countywide infrastructure contract for existing VAL service delivery in the city
We will of course keep you posted as to developments and of the role LCVYS will play, through this LCVYS newsletter and our next LCVYS Forum which we plan to hold in January, the exact date of which is yet to be confirmed as we would need to involve representation from the new Countywide Infrastructure Organisation.
Are You affected by Cancer? Do you have family aged 4 – 18? If Yes…
Coping with Cancer Would like to invite them to join our
- Youth Group - Junior Club - After School Club
We offer emotional support, practical support, information, fun, educational games, inspirational activities & trips, exchange ideas with other children & young people
and chill out. Alternate Tuesdays from 6pm – 7.30pm
For more details please contact: Coping with Cancer in Leicestershire and Rutland
Helen Webb House, 35 Westleigh Road, Leicester, LE3 0HH, TEL: 0116 223 0055
Email: childrenandyoungpeople@c-w-c.org.uk www.c-w-c.org.uk
www.c-w-c.org.uk
childrenandyoungpeople@c-w-c.org.uk
‘Make a Difference’ Campaign Roadshow (Free Event)
Friday 5th December 10am-4pm, The Brite Centre, Braunstone Avenue, Braunstone, Leicester, LE1 3LE This event will support campaigning by the voluntary sector in the East Midlands. You will gain tools and training for advocacy, campaigning and lobbying, gain information on materials, resources and funding available. You must register if you want to attend this free event. Please book your place now on the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) website at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/camoaignroadshows by Friday 28th November
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/camoaignroadshows
Advice Day for Voluntary Groups
On the 5th December, BBC Children in Need is hosting an advice day for voluntary and community groups who wish to apply for non-statutory funding for work with children and young people, in association with a range of other funders and development agencies from across the East Midlands region. The event is getting full, but we have a limited number of spaces left which we hope to fill to ensure as many groups can benefit from the event as possible! Delegates will be able to speak to funders about their funding opportunities and how to apply, hear from young people themselves about what they think makes a good project, and attend up to three seminar sessions on topics groups will have to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of, in order to submit strong applications for funding for work with children and young people. There will also be the opportunity to meet other groups working with children and young people across the region to discuss your practice and share ideas. Attendance at the event and seminars is free of charge, but will hopefully prove very useful when putting together future funding applications, either for BBC Children in Need or other funders. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. We would welcome attendance at the event from groups who work with children and young people and are thinking about applying for non-statutory funding, and who are based in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Rutland. The event will be held at the Castle Cavendish Business Centre in Radford, Nottingham. The day will start at 09:45 and finish at around 16:00. If you would like to attend please contact Kathryn Kendall at kathryn.kendall@bbc.co.uk, who will send you a booking form. Please note that places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Kathryn Kendall, Regional Officer, Tel: 01159 021851
kathryn.kendall@bbc.co.uk,
Mandarin Language Courses
Advance booking for these popular courses is strongly recommended. To book, please telephone: 0116 251 7583.
For beginners, the 12-week course without prior knowledge of Mandarin starts 8 Jan 2009 (6.30-8.30 pm every Thursday) and ends 2 April 2009. Fees for Members: £54.00(£4.50/lesson); Non-members:£60.00(£5/lesson).
Post-beginners, also a 12-week course for those who have a basic knowledge, i.e. Pinyin (pronounciation), greetings date/time, directions, etc. Starts 5 Jan 2009 (6.30-8.30 pm every Monday) and ends 30 Mar 2009. Fees for Members: £66.00(£5.50/lesson); Non-members:£72.00(£6.50/lesson).
The venue for both courses is the Leicester Chinese Community Centre, 170A Belgrave Gate, Leicester, LE1 3XL; Telephone: 0116 251 7583.
Where do you want your big millions to go?
The BIG Lottery Fund wants people to let them know where they want BIG’s good cause millions to go for the next six years.
The biggest of the Lottery good cause funders has opened a public consultation asking organisations and individuals across the UK to engage in the debate on how the Big Lottery Fund’s good cause money should be allocated through its grant funding programmes between 2009 and 2015. BIG is expecting to distribute over £2 billion over the coming years.
Big thinking (www.big-thinking.org.uk), the Fund’s public consultation was launched on Monday, 17 November 2008, and is open to all individuals and organisations across the UK. The fund is responsible for distributing half of the UK’s good causes Lottery cash.
Sir Clive Booth, UK Chair of the Big Lottery Fund, said: “We must ensure that BIG can make the best possible contribution to communities and people most in need over the next six years. Sir Clive Booth continued: “The financial turmoil of the past weeks has been unsettling for communities across the country. All the evidence shows that it is the worst off who will be affected most. This makes our Big thinking conversation even more important. We want to hear from you how Lottery funding can best benefit communities. Make your voices heard and help influence where BIG’s Lottery money goes.”
Big thinking is giving everyone the chance to have their say through a series of national, regional and local face-to-face events and online channels including questionnaires, blogs and videos at www.big-thinking.org.uk. It will look back at what has been achieved from the accumulated experience of more than ten years of Lottery funding and what the Fund can do even better with guidance and opinion from the general public plus voluntary, charity and public sector organisations.
Central to the public consultation will be ten core ‘BIG Questions’ plus specific questions to reflect the individual priorities of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Questions include:
- Do you agree we should have a greater focus in our funding to benefit those most in need?
- After 2012, when our 60-70 per cent undertaking ends, should we continue to guarantee a percentage of our funding to the voluntary and community sector?
- How can BIG best help build lasting partnerships and networks that support communities and people most in need?
- Are there opportunities for joint funding that BIG should take up?
- Do you agree that the theme of isolation provides a useful starting point for our funding?
Peter Wanless, UK CEO of the Big Lottery Fund commented, “Everyone’s opinion counts and will help form our funding strategy for the next six years. A fascinating feature of the consultation is the learning we can draw from being a UK fund that – within common principles and values – is developing in significantly different and distinct ways in each of the four countries of the UK. In Scotland, we have experimented with a ‘single front door’ for lottery applications. In Northern Ireland we have just launched Building Change Trust, a ten year commitment to support change in the voluntary and community sector. We listened and learnt from our last consultation by introducing significant improvements to how we fund, pioneering full cost recovery and extending the length of our typical awards for up to five years, offering community organisations far greater opportunity to plan for a sustainable future. Now is the time for everyone to get involved in what happens next.”
Leicestershire Cares, Flying Fish Project Co-ordinator
Leicestershire Cares is Leicestershire’s leading corporate responsibility charity, encouraging employees to volunteer time in the community for the benefit of both.
If you feel you would like to work in an environment where what you do makes a difference to people’s lives, then we would like to hear from you.
We require someone to cover maternity leave for the post of Flying Fish Project
Co-ordinator. This involves maintaining and building on the success of this project that helps care leavers into education, training and employment. The role requires you to work pro-actively with young people and maintain our existing relationships with Leicestershire Cares’ business members and other sector partners.
To request a job description, person specification, information about Flying Fish and an application form, please contact Parminder Basra Project Co-ordinator, LeicestershireCares 42 Tower Street, Leicester, LE1 6WT. Tel:0116 275 6500 Mob:07809 164 897 Closing date for applications: Tuesday 2nd December 2008, Interviews: Thursday 11th December 2008. Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
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