Derby City Council's Children and Young People's Department are in the process of creating an approved provider list for the provision of children and young people's services in Derby. 

 
Prospective providers, who feel they are experienced and qualified to provide such services, are being invited to complete an application to be considered as an approved provider. 

 

Only providers selected to be on the list will be considered for future funding after April 2010.
 
For further details and an application pack (including guidance notes) please visit the Source Derbyshire website. For more information call Tim James, Contracts Officer on 01332 716830. 
 
Please note that the closing date for applications is noon on 29 January 2010.

 

A date for your diary and a survey!

 

The date for your diary is 24 March 2010. On this date we will be holding the first forum for all voluntary and community groups in Derby called Your Sector, Your Say.

 

To find out the needs and priorities of voluntary and community groups in the city we would like you to take part in a short survey. The outcome of the survey will inform the Your Sector Your Say forum - so this really is a chance for you to get your issues in the spotlight.

 

You can fill out the survey online or visit the Community Action  website, download a copy and email it back or print it off and post it back to us.

 

The Your Sector, Your Say forum will be held on 24 March 2010 at the new YMCA building on London Road, Derby. The outcomes from the forum will then be refined into an Action Plan for the voluntary and community sector in Derby. To book your place at 'Your Sector, Your Say' please email Abigail Steanson or call 01332 346266.

Please take five minutes to complete this questionnaire - it will help to determine the priorities for the future of voluntary and community organisations in the city.

 

 

Derby City Council is carrying out a review of its policies and practice

in awarding grants to voluntary and community organisations and the

way it monitors how the grant is spent. 

 

Following a survey and

workshops to gather views on current practice, they have developed

proposals for the future.  A final report will go to Council Cabinet in

March. 
 
A three week consultation on the recommendations which have been

developed has now started.  The deadline for completing the

consultation survey is Sunday 31 January 2009. 
 
The recommendations in full can be accessed via the Community Action website.  The survey can be completed online by visiting Derby City Council website. 
 
If you have any questions about this survey, or if you need this

information in another format, please email Olwen Wilson or call 01332 717379   

 

Please take the time to give your views as they will help to

develop DCC's policies and practice for awarding grants.

 

The Social Investment Business invite third sector organisations in Derby and Derbyshire to a short session on funding and finance for social enterprises.  The sessions are FREE and lunch will be provided.  The event is aimed at new and existing social enterprises; organisations wanting to diversify their income streams and develop social enterprises; and funding advisors wanting to know more about their funds and services.

 

The sessions will be held on:

 

Monday, 1 February 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Friends Meeting House, Chesterfield
or
Tuesday, 2 February 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Community Action, 4 Charnwood Street, Derby 

 

For further details and a booking form please email Diane Scott or call 07920 202595.

 

 

Equality and diversity are an integral part of development work, together with meeting the legal duties of voluntary organisations and community groups under equality legislation. They are also heavily linked with the value of social justice and human rights that underpins the work. 

 

NAVCA are holding an introductory diversity training session at the Friends Meeting House, Chesterfield on 24 February, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.  
 
This introductory session will help to develop the personal knowledge and skills of development workers to help tackle inequality and discrimination within their own organisation and the organisations they support. 
 

Subsidised by the 3D Equality and Diversity budget, the training is offered at a subsidised rate of only £25 per place (normal rate £49). For further information and a booking form please email Kerrie Fletcher or call 07827 852107.
 

v is led by the interests, cares and passions of young people. Each year they recruit 20 young people to their national youth advisory board. These 20, fun, dynamic and inspiring young people make up v20, influence the work of v and ensure that it remains focused on young people.  v20 advise v and help v to meet its goals to:
 

 

The v20 opportunity is open to all young people aged 16 to 25 in England. They are looking to recruit a diverse mix of young people, spread out across the country, for this reason they encourage all young people to consider applying to become a member of v20.  
 
Volunteering with v20 brings huge opportunities for both personal and organisational development.  It requires time, dedication, energy, creativity and a good sense of humour!  Previous seasons have worked with all sorts of people from all sorts of backgrounds so flexibility and tolerance is much in demand.  

 
If you are aware of any young people who may be interested in joining the v20 Youth Advisory Board, please forward the link to the application form which is downloadable from the vinspired website. If you have any questions about the form please email Gary Brunskill

 

The Community Development Foundation offer funding for local projects and activities. The fund is open to faith, inter-faith, voluntary and community sector organisations at national, regional and local levels in England. It funds both new and existing projects, especially for projects that support women and young people.

 

 

Applications for the fund are now invited and must show how your project relates to one or more of the fund's four priorities:

Developing the confidence and skills to 'bridge' and 'link';
Supporting shared spaces for interaction and social action;
Developing structures and processes which support dialogue and social action; and
Improving opportunities for learning which build understanding.

The maximum grant available is £6,000. There is no formal deadline for applications but they will be dealt with in the date and time order that they are received until the total value of the fund is reached. Grants will be distributed from April 2010 to fund activities that take place between April 2010 and March 2011.

For further information visit the Community Development Foundation website or call 01223 406533

 

Applications are invited from the voluntary and community sector throughout the UK including: constituted voluntary and community groups; charities; social enterprises; co-operatives; faith organisations; and community interest companies.

 

Comic Relief makes grants that address mental health issues; domestic and sexual abuse; support refugees and asylum seeking women; young people, in particular those that are sexually exploited and trafficked and have alcohol and mental health problems; projects that use sport to support community development; and projects that support local disadvantaged communities.

Applications can be made for both capital and revenue expenditure, paying up to 100% of projects costs although applicants are encouraged to get some match funding. There is no minimum or maximum grant in most of the programmes, but on average they vary between £25,000 and £40,000 per year. 
 
For further details please visit the Comic Relief website

 

 

Following a successful bid to the Department of Health, East Midlands Personalisation Programme Board have secured additional funding of £90k to support capacity building in the region.
 
The funding will be allocated to a maximum of two emerging User Led Organisations in the East Midlands specifically to 'pump-prime' their development. The funding could be used in a number of ways including IT development; a dedicated developmental post; or staff training and development.
 
To apply for this exciting opportunity please submit a one page proposal to Vicky Pearson, by email or post, to Lincolnshire County Council, Putting People First Team, Level 3, Orchard House, Lincoln, LN1 1BA.

Book your place NOW at the Vetting and Barring Roadshow taking place in Derby on 10 March 2010 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

 

The roadshows are designed to explain the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act legislation, including the impact of Sir Roger Singleton's recent review, set out the practicalities of the application and online checking processes and provide more information on the ISA. The information will help individuals understand the implications of the scheme for them and their organisations and provide an opportunity to ask questions of the panel.  It is expected that attendees will already have some background knowledge of the scheme and how it will apply to their organisation

 

This series of Roadshows are free to attend for those responsible for implementing the scheme in Education, Health, Social Care, Sport, Justice, Faith and the Voluntary Sector.

 

For more information and to register for this event visit the Home Office website.

 

  

Thanks to funding from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Chesterfield and Nottingham Law Centres are offering free legal advice and representation aimed at helping people to work and access goods and services without discrimination and harassment.
 
The service is for people who live in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and have been discriminated against because of age; gender; race; disability; transgender issues; sexual orientation; faith; or religious or non religious beliefs.
 
A person or organisation may discriminate against someone for a variety of reasons, but no matter whether it is based on race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religious or non religious belief - it is unlawful and the specialist workers at the Law Centres can help.
 
For Employment Advice contact Nottingham Law Centre on 01159 787813, and for advice around access to goods and services contact Chesterfield Law Centre 01246 550674. 
 

February 2010 marks the 6th annual LGBT History Month. There are lots of activities taking place throughout the month including a poetry competition, film screenings and a quiz night to name but a few.

 

Events take place throughout the month for a full programme please visit Derby Rainbow Fringe Festival website.

 

  

The Volunteering Fund, which replaces the Department of Health's Opportunities for Volunteering scheme, has been launched. The fund will offer grants to support volunteering in health and social care in England.

The Volunteering Fund will offer a local grant scheme to support volunteering in health and social care, for which applicants should be connected at a local level to commissioners (e.g. Primary Care Trust, Local Authority).

 
The strategic priorities for the fund are:
better health and well-being for all;

better care for all; and 
better value for all.

 

The fund will also look at how the projects link with the Department of Health Volunteering Strategy, to encourage good practice in volunteering in the areas of:
Leadership;
Partnership working;
Commissioning;
Management; and
Support for individual volunteers.

 

Around £5 million will be distributed as grants across 2010 to 2012. Grants are available for up to three years, with a package of grant funding and business support being offered to organisations.
Local projects can be funded up to £35,000. It is expected that around 55 local projects will be funded in 2010 and again in 2011.

 

Applications for local projects opened this month for more information please visit the Department of Health website.