Welcome to the November issue of the VCTH ebulletin. Our next ebulletin
comes out on Wednesday 7 December 2011. If you want us to include a
short article relevant to other volunteer involving organisations in Tower
Hamlets, please email [email protected] by Friday 3 December.
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VCTH News
VCTH Introduction to Volunteer Management Workshop - FREE
Wednesday 23 November, 10.00am – 1.30pm
This is an essential entry level workshop for anyone who has recently
started working with volunteers. It will help you to be clear about why you
are involving volunteers, how and where to recruit volunteers. It covers the
issues that inspire people to volunteer and ways to support volunteers. You
will also learn basic legal information you need to know about volunteers’
rights and responsibilities and how to keep volunteers motivated.
This workshop is free and takes place at Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets
1st Floor Training Rooms, Norvin House, 45-55 Commercial Street, E1 6BD.
Booking is necessary. For further info email [email protected] or book
online.
VCTH Inclusive Volunteering Workshop - FREE
Thursday 8 December 2011, 10.00am - 1.00pm
This workshop will cover the benefits of inclusive volunteering and explore
how barriers can be reduced to engage underrepresented groups. We will
discuss ideas to involve and increase the diversity of volunteers within your
organisation. The workshop will include activities and resources from
Scope’s Inclusive Volunteering Toolkit.
This workshop is free and takes place at Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets
1st Floor Training Rooms, Norvin House, 45-55 Commercial Street, E1 6BD.
Booking is necessary. For further info email [email protected] or book
online.
FREE One to One Support for Volunteer Managers
Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets offers free one-to-one support on any
aspect of working with volunteers. Our one-to-one support focuses on your
organisation’s needs at a time and place convenient to you, in person, over
the phone or via email, at the Volunteer Centre or at your workplace. We
have appointment slots available now, from Tuesday to Thursday. To book
a session contact Jenny on 020 7377 0956, or email [email protected]
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In this issue
VCTH news
Resources
Funding
Other training
Jobs
New factsheets free available
VCTH has produced two new factsheets. One covers Volunteer induction
and analyses all the different options available to you when inducting
volunteers. Another factsheet covers training for volunteers, what types and
why provide training for volunteers. View or download all our free
factsheets.
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Resources
Free Legal Advice at Queen Mary University
This is a free service, offered by The School of Law at Queen Mary
University and open to the general public. They can also help social
enterprises, charities and not for profit organisations with a turnover of less
than £1million. They offer advices on legal issues including landlord and
tenant disputes, employment issues and discrimination. To find out more
ring 020 7882 3931 or visit www.advicecentre.law.qmul.ac.uk
Sustainable City Awards – ‘Greening the Third Sector’
These awards are designed to highlight good practice in corporate social
responsibility and sustainable development and are awarded by the City
Bridge Trust. The ‘Greening the Third Sector’ category, specifically for
voluntary and community groups across London, aims to reward
organisations that have made significant improvements in their
environmental practices by reducing waste, using energy and water more
efficiently and cutting down on transport and resource use. Apply online by
14 November 2011. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/sca
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP – Christmas presents for your
organisation
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP is a full service, independent, commercial legal
firm offering legal solutions and advice to clients throughout the UK and
beyond. They would like to support a local charity through their London
office and are looking for suggestions. With around 80 employees in the
London office they would hope to be able to collect at least 40 Christmas
gifts. If you think they can help your charity, please email Lynn Higgins
[email protected] with some background on your charity and how
they can help you.
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Funding
Big Lottery Fund announces £50m extra charity and community
funding
The Big Lottery Fund announced at least £50 million of extra good cause
cash across England, all of which will be awarded before the end of the
financial year, to provide immediate relief, much of it with (almost) no
questions asked. They are going to offer cash to 1,000 Big Lottery Fund
grant holders across England who have a grant coming to an end within the
next 18 months. They will simply encourage them to use this money and
time to consider how best to sustain and secure the impact of their work.
They are also offering an extra year's worth of funding.
They have put some extra money into the Reaching Communities and
Awards for All programme pots, enabling them to support hundreds more of
the really strong proposals for funding received recently. The funding has
been and will be awarded to around 650 additional projects from debt advice
to family support services. Find out more.
Channel4 Big Decision
Five project areas have been identified through Channel 4’s Big Decision, in
which people from across the UK fed back where they wanted £10 million of
Lottery funding to go. One grant recipient will be selected from each of the 5
project areas. The five grant recipients will be filmed by Channel 4 for a new
five-part series to air in late 2012. Applicants must consent to be filmed
throughout the development of their project, as this is a key requirement of
the programme.
Grants of £1.5 million and £2 million are available for projects lasting for up
to two years. Five grants will be made, one from each project type category.
Development grants of up to £50,000 are available to all applicants invited
to stage two to help them develop the project to meet the stage two
requirements. The programme will fund the purchase of vehicles, the
construction of new facilities or the refurbishment and extension of existing
capital facilities. The deadline for completed applications is 2pm on 13
December 2011. Find out more.
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Other training
More trustees than staff? - A seminar for trustees of very small
charities
Wednesday 14 December 4pm–6pm, Clothworkers' Hall, Dunster Court,
Mincing Lane, EC3R 7AH
Leading a small charity can be hugely rewarding, but it comes with
challenges. Passion and commitment are not always enough to tackle the
lack of skills and resources that many small charities face. New Philanthropy
Capital (NPC) and The Clothworkers’ Company are hosting a seminar for
trustees of very small charities (those with four or fewer members of staff).
This seminar will give you the chance to explore the challenges that you
face when leading a tiny charity and hear how you might overcome those
challenges.
The seminar will be chaired by Iona Joy, Head of Charity Effectiveness at
NPC, who herself has experience of being a trustee. The fee for the seminar
is £25 plus VAT. Book online.
SSBA – Demonstrate outcomes two day workshop
13, 14 December 2011, 9.30am - 5.00pm
This two-day core workshop is based on the CES (Charities Evaluation
Service) self-evaluation model which is a model of evaluation with a strong
outcomes focus. This workshop offers a practical approach to linking
monitoring and evaluation of outputs and outcomes. It is ideal and tailored
for staff members who are involved in bid preparation, project management,
project evaluation, fundraising and organisational strategic planning. The
‘How to demonstrate outcomes’ (2 days) workshop is appropriate for small
to medium sized voluntary sector organisations, and/or organisations that
are just beginning to implement a monitoring and self-evaluation system to
collect information on their outputs and outcomes. For further information or
booking email [email protected] or call 0207 247 1892
Community Leadership Programme - Developing Community Leaders
in Tower Hamlets
LBTH recognises the crucial role that effective community leadership plays
in shaping and improving the quality of life for everyone living and working in
Tower Hamlets, and for building LBTH’s vision for One Tower Hamlets.
Whether you provide community leadership as part of your job or
professional work, as an elected representative, local volunteer or
campaigner or if you aspire to taking up a community leadership role, the
council wants to offer its support in helping you to develop and enhance
your community leadership skills.
In order to do this the council is offering up to 30 places on a Community
Leadership Programme leading to a Post Graduate Diploma (FHEQ Level 7)
from SOAS, University of London, with the programme managed by the
Ocean Somali Community Organisation (OSCA). You need to be 18 or
older, and live or work in Tower Hamlets. Apply by 21 November 2011. Find
out more.
The Road to Good Governance – A free course for CEOs and senior
staff
16, 17 January 2012, 10am – 5pm, Business Development Centre, 7-15
Greatorex Street, E1 5NF
This course is for senior managers who wish to increase or refresh their
knowledge of good governance and would like to better understand the role
of the Board. The Road to Good Governance is FREE to attend and takes
just two days of your valuable time. Those who complete the course will
become eligible for up to 6 hours of additional one-to-one training with our
specialist advisors. The sessions will cover upward leadership (including
governance, board performance, strategic planning), outward leadership
(including relationships with stakeholders, funders and the public) and
downward leadership (including management of resources, staff and
volunteers). For more details and to book your place, please contact
Rebecca Hallifax [email protected] or call 020 7247 4710
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Jobs
OrganicLea - Vegetable and Fruit Production Worker
21 hours, 3 days per week at £11.50 an hour
They are looking for a skilled food grower whose main task is to play a key
role in vegetable production in the market garden (working with their main
grower), and lead volunteers in horticultural activity. They will have
additional responsibility for coordinating the fruit growing elements of the
site’s design. They need a passionate food grower to help shape the
development of a cooperative, community-based, sustainable alternative to
the current destructive food system. Application deadline is on Thursday 24
November by midday.
www.organiclea.org.uk/2011/10/job-opportunity/
Volunteer Centre Camden - Volunteering For Stronger Communities
Camden Project Manager
£30,351, 30 hours per week
They are seeking someone who is adaptable, excellent at building and
sustaining partner relations, positive about involving diverse communities in
volunteering, and able to deliver a high quality service. The role involves
working with people who have been unemployed for 12+months, to help
them find a volunteer role that helps develop skills for the work place. The
post holder will work with organisations involving volunteers in Camden to
develop suitable volunteering roles. To support the project, the post holder
will recruit, train and support a team of volunteers whose role will be to
volunteer their time in partner organisations as volunteer coordinators.
Deadline for completed applications is 2pm on 24 November 2011. Read
more.