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Reach Out

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Nottingham seminar

NCB are currently running a series of free seminars for Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) and faith-based voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations, who provide services to children, young people and families, on the theme of collaboration and partnership.

For further details click here or alternatively telephone 02078436085.

Employability

accordia has the following upcoming Capacity Building events in 2009. The events are free of charge and are part of the Employability Professionals Capacity Building Project, which is fully funded by the East Midlands Development Agency.

Effective Outreach/Community Work
Tuesday 13 January, Accordia, Nottingham , 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Helping Clients to overcome Barriers to find Employment
Tuesday 20 January, The Resource Centre, Derby , 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Working with Specific Client Groups
Tuesday 3 February, Guildhall, Derby, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Supporting Clients to find Employment
Thursday 5 February, Accordia, Nottingham, 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Supporting Clients to find Employment
Tuesday 17 February, Guildhall, Derby , 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Labour Market Information
Thursday 19 February, Accordia, Nottingham , 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.

Click here to book your place or click here to visit the website.

Or you can telephone 0115 958 3267.

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CVS Management Board Trustees

Chair Mohammed Sharief, JET

Vice Chair Carl Taylor, Faith Hope and Enterprise

The following people resigned - thank you for all your help and good luck in the future!

Ted Rasey, Keith Johnson and Naomi Crosby.

Thank you for all your help and support throughout the year!

Season's Greetings!

Wishing you all a happy, merry and peaceful Christmas from everyone here at Derby CVS.

Our office will be closed from 12.30 pm Christmas Eve and will re-open on Monday 5 January 2009.

The next e-bulletin will arrive in your inboxes on Friday 23 January.

Energy Saving

The regional Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre (ESTac) are offering support for community groups in the East Midlands to hold events or activities on energy saving and renewable energy.

The ESTac can offer to send one of their advisors to an event to give a talk, or staff a stall and offer advice on energy saving, renewables and grants.

Alternatively, if you want to organise an event, the ESTac can offer up to �120 to cover costs of speakers, venue, etc. The ESTac can also supply lots of literature and leaflets on energy saving, renewables and grants.

If you are interested in doing some sort of event with support from the ESTac, please click here to contact Theresa Jackson, the Operations Manager.

Futurebuilders

To find out about up to date news, projects and work please click here.

Volunteer Centre Derby

Volunteer Centre Derby, based at Derby CVS, offers a whole range of services to people who want to volunteer and for organisations who involve volunteers. Take a detailed look at their work by checking out their Volunteer Centre impact report, done by the team earlier this year. Please click here for further information.

Queens Award for voluntary service

Being given an award is a great way of getting more publicity for your group, but you have to put your group forward in the first place!

There are all sorts of competitions, accreditations and awards out there. Whilst surfing the net, we found the Queens Award, which rewards voluntary action.

Why not find out what it's all about by clicking here.

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Business in the Community is a unique movement in the UK of over 800 member companies. Its purpose is to inspire, engage, support and challenge business in continually improving its impact in the community, environment, marketplace and workplace.

Please do click here for further information.

Free plants ! Reach Your Potential picture

Due to a revamp at Egg's offices at Pride Park, there are 200 plants available to good homes! So if your charity or community group is interested and you can travel and collect your new 'Yucca' or 'Mother-in-laws Tongue' please ring Mike, Community Relations Manager on 01332 335825 or email him by clicking here.

Health and Social Care

The following courses are being run by Derby City Council:

Combined Recognising and Alerting Abuse and Medication Training for home care staff.

This FULL DAY multi-agency course is aimed at health and social care staff in the private, voluntary, independent and statutory sectors
working within the Derby City area.

Please click here to contact Stephen Crosby for further information or telephone 01332 641221.

Skills for care: part of the sector skills council, Skills for Care & Development.

Skills for Care provides a coherent education and training strategy to underpin the delivery and development of social work, social care and
related activities. Our mission is to improve:
- employers' confidence in the competence and capacity of their workforce.
- employees' confidence in their own knowledge and skills.
- service users' confidence in the quality of service they are receiving.

Please click here for further information or telephone 01332 345270.

UK Workforce Hub

Online course for those new to the third sector
Working For A Charity's online course is running again in February 2009. The course, Effective Voluntary Sector Management is designed for people new to the sector or considering a move into it.

This course is an excellent way to gain an overview of the how the voluntary sector works - and includes units on governance, financial management and fundraising. For more information, click here.

Learning for all who manage volunteers
Excellence in Volunteer Management (EVM) is a flexible, blended-learning programme for all who work with volunteers. Created by Volunteering England, EVM is designed to meet volunteer managers' learning needs.

The programme will be running a series of open courses over the next few months, alternatively you can use the search engine on the EVM website to find a training provider that suits your needs.

Learn more about EVM by clicking here.

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,

Susannah Towne
Derby CVS