A new role at NAVCA – Programmes Manager
We are very happy to announce an exciting opportunity to join the NAVCA team, in a newly created role as Programmes Manager. Now is a great time to join us as we embark on a new strategy and develop new programmes to support a thriving, place-based voluntary sector.
We are looking for somebody who is passionate about people, communities and collaboration. Somebody who is an excellent communicator, emotionally intelligent, and is able to work with people from a wide range of organisations, including charities, social enterprises, public sector and private sector. We need analytical skills, creativity and problem solving ability from somebody who embraces remote working and is willing to travel.
Our new Programmes Manager will project manage and deliver a wide range of programmes across England in partnership with our members and other like-minded organisations. They will also design and develop new programmes alongside NAVCA colleagues. The work will be varied and they will work across Health, Social Care, Digital, Data, Social Impact, Social Investment, Business Support and much more. We want somebody who will work fluidly with the NAVCA team and NAVCA members to bring skills and knowledge to programme design and delivery.
Sound like you?
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NHS England STP Mapping Survey
As part of NAVCA’s role on the Health & Wellbeing Alliance we have been asked to undertake a mapping exercise on behalf of NHS England’s Voluntary Partnerships Team.
The purpose of this piece of work is to enable NHS England to start working to improve the involvement of VCSE organisations in STPs and ICSs, to look at where gaps exist and to provide more appropriate support.
We would be very grateful if you could help us by filling in this very short online survey - there are just 4 questions and it only takes a couple of minutes to complete. Just
click here to fill in the survey.
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Digital Leadership 101 Series – blogs to help small charities
NAVCA is delighted to be working in partnership with Superhighways on the Digital Leadership 101 initiative, along with the FSI and London Plus, and have contributed to a comprehensive series of blogs offering tips and advice across a range of digital topics.
This first collection in this series focuses on security - helping your small charity stay safe online. Last week we shared a selection of blogs taken from the collection, and here are some more:
You can find out more about the Digital Leadership 101 programme
here.
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Digital Leadership 101 Conversation Starter Pack
Superhighways has developed a Conversation Starter Pack that can help small charity leaders talk about their strategic use of digital. It can help you think through your responsibilities, areas for skills development and consider future actions.
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News, views and opportunities
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Speaking up for local infrastructure
In this episode of
Cracking Charity Chat
,
Vicki Dawson
, Founder and CEO of Children’s Sleep Charity talks about setting up Voluntary Action Doncaster and the value of infrastructure. Cracking Charity Chat is a podcast from charity management consultant, Beth Crackles.
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Interested in helping to make communities across the UK stronger?
The purpose of the Institute is to gather evidence about what works well to support strong and resilient communities across the UK, and to encourage researchers (whether in universities or elsewhere) to direct their efforts to what communities most care about.
The Institute has a strong focus on increasing the range of ways in which the voices, experiences and stories of people and communities can be better heard and valued by those who hold power.
The Young Foundation is now recruiting up to 12 people from across the UK to join it as Community Advisory Board members.
They are looking for people who:
- Are active in their community, in a paid or unpaid capacity
- Care about communities having a voice in how decisions are made
- Are supportive of the mission of the Institute and are able to express the views and experiences of a community, not just your own
- Have recent experience of working together with others; possibly with experience of sitting on a committee or a working group in your community
- Are comfortable participating in meetings and providing views and feedback via phone/email
- Act confidentially with regard to any sensitive information shared with you as part of the role
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New senior appointments in the sector
Following the announcement in February that Sir Stuart Etherington is to step down as NCVO’s Chief Executive, we were happy to hear that Karl Wilding, who has worked at NCVO since 1998, will replace him. Karl is a longstanding supporter of CVS organisations and values the important role of local social infrastructure. We are looking forward to continuing to work with Karl in his new role.
Another friend to NAVCA, Rita Chadha, has bagged a brilliant leadership role, becoming the new Chief Executive of the Small Charities Coalition. Rita brings a huge amount of experience working with small charities and infrastructure organisations and is also the Chair of Barking and Dagenham CVS.
Congratulations to both Karl and Rita, and good luck in your new roles!
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Brexit Civil Society Alliance, Lloyds Bank Foundation, England & Wales, 10GM and NPC are hosting a free conference, bringing together the social sector to discuss the potentially momentous changes Brexit will have on charities, voluntary organisations and the communities they champion and represent.
This event builds upon the success of the first New Frontiers conference held in London on 26 April, and the key question that New Frontiers in Greater Manchester will address is:
What should the role and mission of the social and wider voluntary sector be through (and post) Brexit?
What might existing trends tell us about potential new directions in activity and need? How do we gear up to actively shape the agenda not just observe? Are we prepared for the possibly momentous change that is coming our way? And how is the sector going to overcome disruption to funding as a result?
The event is for leaders, thinkers and practitioners from across the sector. Organisers are particularly keen to hear from charities whose funding is at risk from Brexit and/or whose mission has been affected by ongoing uncertainty and disruption re: the UK’s relationship with the EU.
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This two-day collaborative conference will provide an exciting opportunity to hear the latest research and thinking on the implementation and practice of social prescribing around the world. You will hear how social prescribing is being implemented in Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Finland as well as understanding progress in the home countries of the UK.
Keynote talks and breakouts include the latest strategic information and discussion from NHS England by James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care and a comprehensive review of the evidence for lifestyle medicine by Dr Dean Ornish, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University College San Francisco.
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The Building Health Partnerships
is hosting a free event for commissioners, clinicians, service designers, delivery organisations and system leaders from across health and care, including VCSE and Patient and Public Voice partners. The session will focus on working with the VCSE sector to prevent strokes, but the principles will be of interest across any ‘condition’. Find out more about this event, and how to register
here.
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Visit our
jobs page
for more details on current vacancies in the voluntary and community sector, or click on the links below:
Also here's a
quick guide
to selling yourself when applying for a job in the voluntary sector.
Advertise jobs and contracts here, on our website and through our Twitter page!
Just send details including a weblink to
webedit@navca.org.uk
. This service is free to members.
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Funding, contracts & awards
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Support for charitable organisations working for the benefit of Bristol residents. The Foundation's main areas of focus are education, health and the elderly. Deadline 15 July.
The Bromley Trust supports three programmes human rights, prison reform and Conservation and sustainability.
The Social Justice programme aims to help marginalised individuals and communities become integrated. They see integration as a two-way process in which society at large and specific communities adapt, understand and benefit.
Grants of between 10,000 and 25,000 to support organisations working with the poor and the marginalised. Activities should reflect Christian responsibility and support for the Roman Catholic Church
CAFODs Development Education Fund aims to provide support for groups and organisations involved in global justice education work in England and Wales in order to further CAFODs strategic goals and education priorities.
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Rachel Rank
CEO of 360 Giving writes about her
funding utopia and why she envisages a totally open data wonderland.
Janet Morrison
, chair of the Association of Charitable Foundations, makes the case for using dormant funds to create a Community Wealth Fund.
Julie Williams
, a charity Chair, guests blogs for the Association of Chairs about stepping down and handing the baton to a successor.
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Designing integrated care systems (ICSs) in England
NHS England has published a new guide on designing integrated care systems in England. This guide sets out the different levels of management that make up an integrated care system, describing their core functions, the rationale behind them and how they will work together. You can
download this new resource here.
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