Don't delay, book your place today on this special management forum being delivered by the Charities Evaluation Service. This session will concentrate on Social Return on Investment (SROI) and how to measure this.
 
To find out more about SROI, including links to publications, visit the SROI Network website 

 
The forum will be held on Friday 23 October 2009, 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Community Action Derby, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby, DE1 2GT. For further information and to book your place please click here  
 

Artsplan, the largest provider of specialist youth arts training courses and publications in the UK, are holding a one day creative workshop entitled 'Creative Consultation with Young People'. The workshop will take place on Wednesday 21 October at Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham from 10:00 am to 4:15 pm.

 

For more information on the course or to book a place, please email the Artsplan Team or call 02380 682535. For further information on Artsplan courses please click here.

 

Don't forget, the Black and Ethnic Minority Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Consultation comes to an end on 31 October, but it's not too late to have your say! 

 

Derby City Council would like your views and comments about the availability and quality of BME infrastructure support in Derby.  

For more information and to take part in the survey please click here

 

Derby & Derbyshire Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Partnership are holding their annual conference on 13 October at The Arena, Ilkeston from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
 
The key themes of the conference will be:  
The Dignity Challenge;
Managing the Money; 
No Secrets Review; and 
Commissioning for Safety: Preventing Abuse.
 
Workshops will include:
Offender Health;

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS);
Victimless Prosecution; and
Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking.
 
The conference is aimed at anyone who works with vulnerable adults.
 
The conference is FREE to the voluntary sector. For further information or to book a place please email or call 01629 531503.
 

The Sport England Small Grants Programme has been set up to support local community sport projects which seek to increase participation, sustain participation or develop opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport.
For example, they might help a sports club expand its age range by helping it to buy extra team kit or pay additional coaching fees; or they may help youth clubs work together with local sports clubs to get more young people playing sport.

 

Grants are available from £300 to a maximum £10,000.

 

The fund is open to any not for profit club or association, statutory body or educational establishment.

 

 

Safe and Sound Derby are holding half-day workshops for people working with children and young people who may be at risk of sexual exploitation. The workshops will cover the grooming process; triggers and indicators; and how to make a referral. 

 

The workshops are FREE and will be held on the following dates:

 

10 November       9:30 am to 12:30 pm

19 November      1:00 to 4:00 pm

9 December        9:30 am to 12:30 pm

17 December      1:00 to 4:00 pm

 

For further information or to book a place please email or call 01332 362120 

BIG Awards for All England offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 for projects that improve communities and the lives of people within them.

 

Applications are invited from all not for profit groups, parish or town councils, schools or health bodies. The grants range in amount from £300 to £10,000. There isn't a closing date for applications as this is is a rolling programme.

  
For more information and an application form please click here or telephone 08454 102030.

Skills for Care invite you to join in their 1000 Voices project which aims to make sure that the voice of 35,000 adult social care employers and 1.5 million workers is heard in the government's Big Care Debate.
 
The Big Care Debate was launched by the Government to find out what the adult social care sector really thinks about the 'Shaping the Future of Care Together' Green Paper announced in July. Skills for Care decided to launch the 1000 Voices project to find out what you have to say about the Green Paper, your participation will inform their response to the document which they will be submitting in November.
 
The Green Paper is a hugely significant document for the sector and Skills for Care want to make absolutely sure that your voice is heard in their submission.
 
Your response is needed by Thursday 22 October. To take part in the project please click here  

 

The Padley Group invite you to join them for the launch of Padley Week on Monday 12 October at the Mayor's Parlour in Derby from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Derby Mayor, Councillor Sean Marshall, will be joined by Derby County Manager Nigel Clough and Rammie to 'Kick Start the Week for Padley'.
 
Padley is a Derby-based charity founded in 1985 delivering services to people with complex needs. Padley Week is all about raising awareness of what Padley does in Derby and raising funds to ensure they can continue to deliver and develop front line services.
 
Come and hear all about what is happening throughout the week and hear how you can have great fun and get involved.
 
Join them for tea, coffee, cakes and a raffle, buy some stocking fillers made by their own students and stock up on Christmas cards, also designed by Padley students.
 
For more information and to confirm your attendance please email Davina Wright or call 01332 774480.