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Derby City Partnership's 'Inspiring Derby 2010' week is
NEXT WEEK!.
There are lots of events and activities from voluntary organisations and community groups including Derby Well Dressing taking place at the Participation Space at Quad in Derby from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. This event is FREE but booking is essential - call 01332 290606.
For a full list of all activities and events taking place throughout
the week view the full brochure on the
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If your group supports people aged 50 years and over why not hold fun Wii Fit sessions to keep your members active and encourage them to get fit?
Community Action have Wii Fit consoles available for hire to groups who meet certain criteria.
Your group must meet in community premises, have appropriate insurance and take responsibility for the equipment while it is on loan.
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Your City, Your Voice | | By now you should have received the June issue of Your City, Your Voice the policy bulletin. Please let us know if you would like to be added to the distribution list.
If you have any comments or suggestions for Your City, Your Voice we would love to hear from you.
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We now have a RSS feed on our website to provide you with the latest Community Action news as soon as it appears on the
website. You can subscribe to the feed by visiting the
Community Action website and clicking on the RSS link at the bottom of the news page.
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We would love to receive your news as and when it happens and feature it in Reach Out. It's a great way to share your news with all of the voluntary organisations and community groups in Derby.
call 01332 227749 or fax us on 01332 205069.
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The Comic Relief UK grants programme is now open.
You can apply for grants under the following headings:
Mental Health; Domestic and Sexual Abuse; Refugee and Asylum Seeking; Women; Sport for Change; Local Communities; and Older People. The deadline for submitting applications is either 3 or 17 September 2010 depending on the programme.
For more information and an application form visit the Comic Relief website.
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Only 2 weeks to go until Derby Pride 2010 gets underway! This year's Pride takes place on Saturday 10 July at Bass recreation ground in Derby.
The event will showcase a variety of local acts and celebrities on the main stage and extra events include a licensed bar, champagne tent, family zone - supported by Derbyshire Rainbow Fringe Festival, LGBT history and coffee area and a market area with huge range of companies and organisations including Derbyshire Fire and Rescue, Derbyshire Friend and Pride Colours.
For more information visit the Derby Pride website.
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Hello!
Welcome to this week's issue of Reach Out with lots of information that we hope you find useful. From grants to training courses and a chance to join the Climate Network there is something for everyone! You will also find a link to all the events and activities that are happening as part of Derby City Partnership's 'Inspiring Derby 2010' week taking place next week!. If you have any news, information or events that you would like to share with the voluntary and community sector in Derby, please let us know. Don't forget that you can now follow us on Twitter - just type |
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 Social Injustice Grants Programme Charities, social enterprises and community groups
can apply for the UK Grants Programme 2009 to 2012, administered by Comic Relief. The programme aims to tackle social injustice by helping people make lasting and positive changes in their lives and their communities. The current grant on offer is between £25,000 and £40,000 and will help charities, social enterprises and community groups work with vulnerable young people between the ages of 11 and 25. For more information visit the One East Midlands website. |
 World's Biggest Networking Event Less than 1 week to go! Community Action Derby are holding the World's Biggest Networking Event next Wednesday - 30 June - at the Carriage Shop Theatre, Derby College, Roundhouse Road, Derby, DE24 8JE from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Come along and exchange your news, views and ideas with other voluntary organisations and community groups. We have over 30 groups confirmed as attending so far including The Prince's Trust, Derbyshire Friend, The Wildlife Trust and Forum of Faiths. Drop in for a short time or stay a while but please let us know that you are coming, email Abbi Steanson or call 01332 227710.
Tea and coffee will be available. We look forward to seeing you there!
This event is being held as part of Derby City Partnership's 'Inspiring Derby 2010' week. |
 Self Help Forum Come along to the next Self Help Forum NEXT Monday - 28 June - at Oddfellows, 32 Charnwood Street in Derby from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. The Self Help Forums are very beneficial for voluntary and community groups as updates are given on current issues happening in the sector, including policy change and funding availability. The agenda for the session includes: a speaker from the Falls Team; group presentations; an update from the Capacity Building Team; and a training session on business planning If you would like to come along email Liz Gumbley or call 01332 227738. We look forward to seeing you there. |
 Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum (VCF) The next Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum will be held on Wednesday 7 July and will cover the following topics:
Involving younger volunteers - looking at recruiting and supporting volunteers over 16 and under 16 yrs of age;
Developing volunteering opportunities for younger volunteers;
Focusing on best practice and the volunteer management process; and
Learning about other volunteer co-ordinators experiences and how to facilitate networking.
The forum will be held at Voicebox Arts Centre, Foreman Street, Derby, DE1 1JQ from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Light refreshments will be provided (no lunch). If you would like to attend please email Simon Hancox or call 01332 227718. |
Guardian Charity Awards
Five charities have the chance to win £6,000 and consultancy support in the Guardian Charity Awards 2010. The awards are open to social welfare charities that have an income of between £5,000 and £1.5 million. The deadline for applications is 16 July 2010. For further information visit the Guardian website. |
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FREE Surplus Goods
Giving World Online (GWO) is a scheme set up to help community groups and charities access free surplus goods from businesses and organisations whilst at the same time helping reduce the amount of goods sent to landfill.
During the next three months GWO will be engaging with businesses in the East Midlands to encourage them to use GWO's free service to redirect their surplus goods on to charities and groups that could make use of them.
The service is available to all charities and community groups
particularly smaller organisations that are often volunteer-led or operate on very limited funds.
Since the launch of Giving World Online in December 2008 more than £500,000 worth of quality goods have been redirected from landfill to UK charities. To register to receive FREE goods or list the items that you need visit the Giving World Online website.
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 Join the Climate Network! Climate East Midlands, the regional climate change partnership, has launched a new adaptation network to help partners and stakeholders prepare for climate change. It is an informal regional network that will focus on increasing our understanding of the risks and opportunities that climate change may bring and on sharing examples of good practice and adaptive actions. Joining the network is free, and open to all. Members of the network will receive occasional email updates and notification of up-coming adaptation events. For more information visit the Climate East Midlands website. |
Lush Grants Available
Grants of up to £10,000 are available from the Lush Charity Pot, set up by the handmade cosmetic group Lush.
Grants of a few hundred pounds to a maximum of £10,000 are available for small grassroots charities, community groups and non-violent direct action groups working in the areas of the environment, conservation, animal protection and human rights.
In the past, nearly all its grants have gone to small organisations with a turnover of less than £250,000 per year. The company is particularly keen to support projects that create change and aim to get to the route of the problem. They also prefer to fund project costs rather than core costs, but will occasionally fund salaries. Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information visit the Lush website. |
 Playday 2010 Playday 2010 is coming!
Derby Play Partnership are holding Playday 2010 on Wednesday 4 August at Osmaston Park and Moorways Sports Centre from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The event is for children, young people and families to try out new activities and enjoy a day out together. Activities include music; football; face painting; and arts and crafts.
Entry is FREE! For more information call 01332 641234.
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 Improve Your Volunteering SkillsWould you like to improve your volunteering skills? Would £1000 help you in your goal?
If so you may be interested in applying for a bursary from the Torch Trophy Trust. The trust is a charitable organisation, whose main aim is to encourage voluntary work in sport and other related outdoor activities within local communities. The bursaries provide financial support for volunteers wanting to improve their skills through training but who do not have the funds to do so.
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FREE Development Worker Course
Are you a development worker working in a voluntary or community organisation that wants to support collaborative working amongst your frontline groups?
The Collaboration Benefits Programme led by Bassac is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to improve collaborative working amongst the organisations you support and work with. Collaboration can help strengthen all parties and is especially important during times of recession. The two day training course will help you get a better understanding of:
Good practice in facilitation and enabling collaborative working;
The benefits and challenges of collaborative working;
Critical success factors involved in collaborative working; and
The policy context which is driving collaborative working.
The training will be delivered by the collaboration project SPAN (Sustainable Partnership Action Network) in partnership with Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action.
The course takes place on 5 July and 12 July from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at The Peepul Centre in Leicester, LE4 6DP. To book a place email BASSAC or call 020 7336 9415 or 020 7520 8063 . Places are limited. |
 Developing Full Time Volunteering Opportunities Have you ever thought about developing full time volunteering opportunities?
The vinvolved Derby city team have produced a guide to developing and delivering full time opportunities as this kind of undertaking needs careful planning but can bring great rewards.
Volunteering opportunities generally come in three types:
Short term - one off 'taster' volunteering opportunities;
Part time - ongoing volunteering opportunities; and
Full time - volunteering opportunities for approximately 30 hours a week over 12 weeks.
In the experience of the vinvolved Derby city team, one off short term volunteering and ongoing part time volunteering tend to be more common than full time volunteering opportunities. Volunteering gives people the chance to learn new skills or gain more experience in their chosen field, which is particularly useful in the current economic climate.
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We hope you enjoyed this week's newsletter. We are always pleased to receive feedback or comments about Reach Out, so do let us know what you think.
If you have any news, events or information that you would like to see featured in Reach Out please contact us.
Thanks for reading!
Jayne Williams
Community Action Derby
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