Introducing the Emergencies Partnership
The Emergencies Partnership is a group of 15 organisations that aims to improve coordination of the sector at national and local levels before, during and after emergencies. The partnership is chaired by Mike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross and our chief executive, Jane Ide, is vice-chair.
Following the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, the way in which national charities, like the British Red Cross, engage with affected communities was scrutinised after Adamson admitted that it took "too long to reach out to the real grass-roots groups and that cost us in terms of trust through the process". In early 2018 the Charity Commission convened a round-table meeting of 25 organisations to discuss how a better response can be achieved. The Emergencies Partnership was one of the main strands of work to emerge from this discussion.
Jane is playing a crucial role in the partnership by helping to bridge the gap between large charities like the British Red Cross and the ecosystem of smaller, community-based charities and organisations that know and understand the areas and the people living within them that are affected by emergency events. She says,
"This a fantastic example of large and small organisations coming together, and we hope that it will encourage other people to do the same."
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How are your partnerships with NHS Trusts?
NAVCA is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to conduct some research into partnerships between NHS Trusts and organisations within the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
More specifically, the research aims to understand examples of these partnerships, how they come about, what supports them and the impact that they achieve. This is all with a view to making practical recommendations for how people can be supported in both the voluntary and public sectors and improve partnerships.
The survey
forms an important part of this research and will be vital to creating recommendations in the final report. The survey should only take 5-10 minutes to complete and your time in completing this will be greatly appreciated. The deadline for completion of this survey is
Monday 2 December.
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Workshop
The survey, along with other research will be presented and discussed at a workshop in Birmingham on
Wednesday 15 January
. The workshop will be a mixture of people from the public and voluntary sector and will help to inform recommendations in the final report in March 2020. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please let us know with an email to
navca@navca.org.uk
with subject: Partnership Scoping Workshop, or complete your name and email at the end of the survey.
If you have any problems completing the survey or wish to discuss this or the wider research further, please contact Tom.Watson@navca.org.uk.
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Grants up to £1000 from The National Lottery
If you have an idea for an event or community activity or even if you want to buy something, that will bring your community together – this could be for you. Any group of two or more people with a great idea can apply. The National Lottery is particularly keen to hear from people it hasn’t worked with before and to give everyone a fair chance it will use a lottery process, randomly selecting the applicants to be assessed. The deadline for applications is 2pm on Friday 6 December 2019. Join the celebration and
apply today.
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#GivingTuesday is coming
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving, a day when everyone, everywhere can do something to support good causes. Giving Tuesday is celebrated on the Tuesday following the well-known shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and is celebrated this year on 3 December 2019.
It is a great opportunity to celebrate the work that your charity does on social media using the #GivingTuesday hashtag. It’s a chance to amplify your voice, get your cause in front of a new audience and be connected with a global generosity movement that saw 1.5 million people say they would be more likely to do something for charity as a result of Giving Tuesday. Find out more about
how your charity can get involved here.
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Enter the 2020 DigitalAgenda Awards!
The DigitalAgenda Impact Awards celebrate technology innovations that improve people’s lives and the world around us. Now in their fourth year, the awards are open to any UK-operating business, individual, government or non-profit using digital products or services for positive social impact. The awards are grouped into three themes (People, Society and Business) with four categories in each, including Health, Diversity and Social Transformation. Submissions close at midnight on 16 December 2019.
Find out more.
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Key findings and calls to action from the UK Business and Charity Digital Index
The
Lloyds Bank Business and Charity Digital Index
reports are the largest measure of digital capability and skills for UK small businesses and charities.
The Index uses a powerful and unique blend of transactional and attitudinal online data to benchmark digital skills and capability of UK organisations.
For the first time, the same proportion of charities and small businesses have Essential Digital Skills and charities have made positive progress with cybersecurity skills in the last 12 months. There are a large number of leaders who do not regard digital as a priority and are yet to take full advantage of free training support. You can read more charity
key findings and calls to action here.
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Why charity-charity partnerships have a big impact
Charity partnerships are helping organisations work together to leverage their brands, reach, and impact to make an even greater difference.
In this article from Charity Digital News, some of the best charity-charity partnerships and what they have achieved are showcased, including the teams behind the Charity Digital Skills Report, Catalyst and the Climate Change Coalition.
Read more.
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Find out what the General Election means for charities. Join CAF and NCVO for a hustings event with confirmed speakers Civil Society Minister Baroness Barran, Shadow Civil Society Minister Vicky Foxcroft, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords Rt Hon Lord Newby OBE and Brexit MEP Matthew Patten, to debate the big issues facing our sector.
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Do you know how to protect your organisation against a cyber-attack? Have you thought about the risks to your business if you were hacked, phished or your online presence crashed? Join Nottingham CVS for a free session which will explore the type of cyber attacks that a small charity could fall victim to, what steps you can take to enhance your cyber security and what you should do if you suffer a cyber attack.
20 spaces are available for VCSE organisations with an income below £50,000 and tickets are limited to two people per organisation.
Find out more.
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The What Works Centre for Wellbeing, supported by the National Lottery Community Fund, has announced a programme of free workshops around the country designed specifically for small to medium-sized charities, starting in February 2020.
Introductory workshops:
These workshops will cover wellbeing concepts and evidence, how to use evidence to improve your activities, and recommended measures for wellbeing evaluations.
Advanced workshop: Designing and preparing for evaluation.
This is a more advanced workshop on wellbeing evaluations designed for medium-to-large charities and social enterprises who would like to conduct or commission a wellbeing evaluation.
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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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The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted). Deadline 15 December.
The Leche Trust is a registered, grant-making charity (225659) founded and endowed by the late Mr. Angus Acworth CBE. Deadline 06 December.
The David and Elaine Potter Foundation is a charitable family foundation established in 1999 to encourage a stronger, fairer civil society.
The Henry Smith Charity aims to bring about lasting change to people’s lives, helping them to benefit from and contribute to society. They achieve this by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.
Buttle UK was established to ensure that children and young people in desperate need are given a brighter future. They achieve this through a range of grant programmes that are designed to provide vulnerable individual children and families the support they need to overcome immediate crisis, or ensure the best possible opportunity for a successful education.
The Charity Governance Awards is an exciting not-for-profit initiative created to celebrate outstanding governance and trusteeship in charities across the UK, allowing large and small not-for-profit organisations to inspire and learn from one another. The winner in each category will receive an unrestricted grant of £5,000 and all shortlisted entries will be invited to a complimentary and exclusive Awards Ceremony and Reception in May 2020. There is nothing to lose, so
click here
for more information and to submit your entry. Deadline 22 January 2020.
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Rural Services Network explains its call to Government to recognise the importance of Rural Towns to the overall wellbeing of the communities they serve.
Molly Case, a nurse and author, has a message for future government: Instead of making claims about 50,000 new recruits, politicians should ask frontline staff where the funding should go.
Patti Whaley, former Chair of ActionAid UK explains how the organisation implemented feminist leadership principles, in this guest blog for the Association of Chairs.
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Health & social care news
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Mortality and life expectancy trends in the UK
This report presents new analysis of mortality data, exploring what has happened, who is affected and what is driving current trends. The report shows that while mortality rates continued to improve during the 2000s, since 2011 they have stalled, and for certain groups of the population, gone into reverse.
The analysis uncovers worrying trends, including a rising number of avoidable deaths among the under 50s and a widening gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest. There is no single cause of the slowdown, and no single solution: instead actions must be taken on the wider factors that shape the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. You can
read more here.
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