Access Funds is an online resource offering grants information for the charitable and non-profit sector, and contains directories of funding programmes and guides to funding.
 
Subscribers to the Access Funds website can access information on the latest grant programmes and receive a monthly ebulletin with a round up of funding opportunities together with a tailored email alert service. 
 
To register for a FREE seven day trial click here to visit the website. London Action Trust, who run the Access Funds website are currently offering 13 months subscription for the price of 12, to take advantage of this offer please quote CVS2009. This offer runs until 31 January 2010. The cost of 12 month subscription is £50 for voluntary and community organisations. 
 

 

Congratulations to Thom Kellogg, Youth Volunteeer Advisor at Community Action, who is a regional finalist in the vinspired national awards 2009. Thom made it to the finals because of his passion and commitment to youth volunteering.

 

Nominated for his work with the Youth Action Team in Derby, Thom is a key member of the vinvolved Derby city team and has inspired many young people to get involved in youth volunteering projects in the city. He was nominated for his professional approach, down to earth good humour, inspiring leadership and his devotion to each and every one of the young volunteers.

 

As a regional award finalist Thom has been invited to attend the vinspired National Awards, a glitzy ceremony in London on 26 November at the O2 Arena. For more information about the vinspired awards please click here

 

Do you have any news or stories about volunteers or staff within your voluntary or community group that you would like to share? If so, please email them to us and we will publish them in Reach Out.   

 

Derbyshire Employment & Skills Board, Welfare to Work Group are hosting a FREE half day event on Friday 20 November from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. The venue is the Derbyshire Hotel, Carter Lane East, South Normanton,  DE55 2EH.
 
This FREE half day event is aimed at disabled people, but is also for providers and employers.  There will be an opportunity to obtain information about the range of support services available within Derbyshire and an opportunity for employers to discover what help is available when they employ a disabled person.
 
The event will include guest speakers from a wide range of agencies, employers and employees who will share their experiences together with disability employment projects and the opportunity to network. 

 
For a booking from please email Diane Jeffery or telephone 01773 514972. The deadline for booking a place is 30 October.   

Youth Action Team volunteers, part of the vinvolved Derby city team, have been busy filming youth volunteering all over the city. Working with award winning film maker Owen Tooth, the team has put together a film resource pack to help youth workers and tutors encourage more young people to consider volunteering.

 

Sofia Iqbal is a volunteer with the Youth Action Team:  "We all had a lot of fun making the Youth Volunteering in Derby dvd. It's a great way to reach out to those people who don't know what volunteering is and let them know how to get involved."
 
The resource pack consists of a nine minute film, lesson plan and user guide. It is linked to the national curriculum, giving teachers and tutors a great opportunity to run structured volunteering workshops in and outside a classroom environment with young people. 
 
If you work with groups of young people and would like a free copy of the resource pack or more information about the film and/or youth volunteering in Derby, please email Simon Hancox or telephone 01332 227718 or 07792 733639
 

 

 

Rural Action Derbyshire and VOICE are hosting a FREE half day event entitled 'What is Community Cohesion?' on Friday 6 November from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at Willersley Castle Hotel in Cromford, DE4 5JH.

 

Come along to this event and find out what community cohesion is about; meet with rural groups in the area and find out what they are doing; celebrate the contribution made to community cohesion by rural voluntary and community groups; and help shape the Derbyshire Community Cohesion Strategy.

 

Booking is essential as places are limited. For more information or to book a place please email or telephone 01629 824797. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

 

 

 

Would you like to become an enterprise champion? Do you have up to 6 days available from January to October 2010 to attend training and support sessions? 

High Peak CVS together with Enterprise Solutions Northamptonshire and the Development Trusts Association East Midlands are running a project to find 15 enterprise champions from third sector infrastructure organisations in the East Midlands. The champions will pilot a a package of support tools and information with frontline organisations and take part in review and learning sessions to develop and improve the support package. There is an honorarium of £500 for each champion, plus 2 days free training.

For more information please email Naomi Diamond or telephone 07912 269679  

 

Have you always wanted to have your story published? Would you like to improve your writing skills?

A series of five workshops entitled 'Dementia - Developing an integrated care pathway for people living with Dementia' will be held in Derby.

 

The DH East Midlands, NHS East Midlands and the Care Services Efficiency Delivery Programme will provide resources to support NHS Derby City and Derby City Council to develop an integrated care and support pathway, joint commissioning strategy and a delivery plan for the National Dementia Strategy. To facilitate this work they are organising a series of workshops to agree and develop an integrated care and support pathway. The workshops will build on what they have already done locally including Transforming Community Services (TCS).

 

The workshops will be held as follows:

 

Workshop 1 -  Mapping current pathway, diagnostic and data.
11 November 2009

Workshop 2 - Validating and analysing current state.
2 December 2009

Workshop 3 - Drafting new pathway, identifying gaps and ideas.
27 January 2010

Workshop 4 -  Refining new pathway.
3 February 2010

Workshop 5 - Prioritisation and action planning. 

 

The venue for the workshops will be Jury's Inn, King Street, Derby DE1 3DB. The workshops will run from 10:00 am until 3:30 pm.
 
For a booking form please email Susan Hayes. If you have any general queries about the workshops please email  Annette Lumb or telephone 0115 971 4763. 
 

The University of Derby are holding a volunteering fair at the Kedleston Road site on Wednesday 4 November from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

 

The fair is open to all and will feature over 35 exhibitors including Umbrella, Derbyshire Housing Aid and the England and Wales Cricket Board to name but a few.

 

For more information about the volunteering fair please email Asia or Debbie or telephone 01332 591316.    

The special management forum being delivered by the Charities Evaluation Service is NEXT WEEK! 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