The NAVCA Awards: your questions answered!
The NAVCA Awards 2019 are now open for nominations and it’s great to see your entries coming in!
The awards are all about showcasing the stars of local social infrastructure, and we have nine categories covering digital, leadership, partnership working and advocacy. You can find the
full list of categories and criteria here.
We have prepared a FAQs document covering all the key information and the enquiries we have received, which
you can read here.
Nominations close at midnight on Sunday 24 February 2019.
Enter now!
Save the date: NAVCA Awards Ceremony
We will be announcing the winners of the NAVCA Awards 2019 at an awards ceremony during the evening of
19 March 2019
, at St Bride’s in London.
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News, views and opportunities
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How to ensure grant-making helps and doesn’t hinder
The day-to-day existence of voluntary organisations continues to be precarious, and they report that the challenges facing the most vulnerable in society are deepening. The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) believes that foundations could be making adaptations to their grant-making practices in response to the circumstances and needs of small to medium voluntary organisations.
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Women First Fund
The Smallwood Trust
is inviting applications for projects that demonstrate good practice in achieving outcomes for women on low incomes by building their skills, confidence and aspirations to enable them to enter into employment. The fund is open to charities, social enterprises and other non-profit organisations who have projects that support its mission of enabling women to become financially resilient. The Smallwood Trust fund existing projects that show evidence of good practice.
In this funding round it is prioritising applications from: Greater Manchester, Newcastle, Teesside and other parts of the North East; Hull and Humberside, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Merseyside, Rural communities in Kent, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset and Norfolk.
Organisations can apply for grants of £10,000 to £15,000. For more information about eligibility and how to apply
please click here
.
The deadline for completed applications is
5pm on Monday 4 March 2019
. The successful applicants are expected to be notified in May 2019.
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Digital Leadership 101 launched for small charity CEOs
Superhighways is launching a practical Digital Leadership 101 programme of training and advice for leaders of charities and community organisations across London.
The programme, which is funded from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, includes a series of workshops for trustee and director level networks, on-site training for trustee boards and one-off advice sessions for trustees. It will explore how small charity digital leaders can develop their organisation’s digital capability within the framework of the newly launched Charity Digital Code of Practice.
We are delighted to be working in a partnership with Superhighways to deliver the programme, as well as London Plus and the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI). Our own journey towards a digital first organisation has highlighted the huge opportunity that digital presents to charities and community organisations to achieve greater impact. We will be bringing our own knowledge and experience to the partnership, and sharing the resources throughout our membership, so that more small charities can learn and benefit from this vital programme.
CEOs and trustees can express their interest in receiving network or board training and asking for specific advice on the
Superhighways website
.
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Responsible Technology Leadership for Charities and Social Enterprises
Doteveryone
is hosting a series of one-day seminars to help leaders of social enterprises and charities already delivering, or about to deliver, a digital product or service. The events are designed to help them consider
how to make responsible technology part of the operations of a growing and thriving organisation. The training is fully funded by DCMS and a travel grant of up to £200 per participant is available to attendees. The dates and locations are:
- Somerset House, London: Friday 15 March and Monday 18 March (2 x 1-day courses)
- Birmingham Hippodrome: Tuesday 19 March
- Engine Shed, Bristol: Monday 25 March
- HOME, Manchester: Friday 29 March
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Cyber Security on a Budget
With the ever rising use of cloud systems, online database and digital information, it’s important for charities no matter the size to ensure their cyber security is at its best.
Within this article
, Ladbrook Insurance lists four activities that all small charities and not-for-profit organisations can do to improve cyber security, on a budget.
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The theme for the day “Creating Conversations,” stems from CVA's commitment to helping community groups, charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises throughout the Cheshire West area continue to thrive, learn and maximise the value of collaboration and working in partnership.
The day will include inspirational speakers, practical workshops, networking, exhibition and consultancy corner advice sessions. It will be a jam packed day to inspire staff, trustees and volunteers, reigniting their passion for delivering better outcomes for all. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. There is also free parking available throughout the day.
It costs £30 per delegate, £10 for additional delegates and £10 for volunteers/individuals from volunteer-led groups (plus a small Eventbrite booking fee). You can
book your place here.
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The Big Lunch 2019 - save the date
The Big Lunch was a huge success in 2018 so the organisers, Eden Project Communities, are asking you to Save the Date for
June 1-2 in 2019
.
Sign up now
to receive your Big Lunch pack and begin planning how you’ll bring your community closer together this year.
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Visit our
jobs page
for more details on current vacancies in the voluntary and community sector:
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 Marc Fitch Fund makes small grants towards the costs of publishing scholarly work in the fields of British and Irish national, regional and local history, archaeology, antiquarian studies, historical geography, the history of art and architecture, heraldry, genealogy and surname studies, archival research, artefact conservation and the broad fields of the heritage, conservation and the historic environment. Deadline 01 March.
The Kids Fund aims to bring environmental understanding to disadvantaged young people by attending a course at an FSC centre and help disadvantaged young people to attend a course who may otherwise be excluded due to some form of disadvantage - health, mobility, deprivation or financial. Deadline 01 March.
The MSE Charity is funded by Money Saving Expert, it gives grants to not for profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money. As the Charity's resources are modest, the Trustees prefer to fund small to medium-sized non-profit organisations with a constitution for example registered Charities, CICs, Credit Unions, excluding statutory organisations. Deadline 01 March.
The Kelly Family Trust is interested in funding charities whose activities involve the whole family in initiatives that seek to tackle problems that face one or more of its members, and whose aims include the strengthening of family bonds by helping all elements of the family unit to grow together and support each other. Deadline 01 March.
Oliver Ford Charitable Trust supports education and training of children, young persons or adults who have learning disabilities or learning difficulties, through landscape gardening and interior education.
The Premier League and The FA Facilities Fund Small Grants Scheme awards grants of up to 10,000 for the provision of capital items, or to refurbish/improve existing facilities.
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The Bright Ideas Fund: opening soon!
The Bright Ideas Fund supports new c
ommunity business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000. The fund will open on 26 February 2019.
The Bright Ideas Fund application will open on 26 February 2019, and close on Tuesday 9 April 2019.
Find out more here.
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Patrick Butler
argues that minor tweaks can’t address the deep, inhuman flaws of universal credit, in this article for The Guardian.
Sirinda Bhandal from Simply Connect asks ‘Shall we just stop calling it social prescribing?’, after all it’s something Volunteer Centres and CVS have been doing up and down the country for at least 50 years.
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Universal Personalised Care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model
NHS England plans for personalised care to benefit up to 2.5 million people by 2024, giving them the same choice and control over their mental and physical health that they have come to expect in every other aspect of their life.
This document
confirms how NHS England will do this by 2023/24. It is the action plan for the rolling out personalised care across England.
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CLOSING SOON: Consultation on CCG guidance on Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care
NHS England continues to partner with NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC) to support clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in ensuring that they can use their prescribing resources effectively and deliver best patient outcomes from the medicines that their local population uses. A national public consultation has been launched on proposals to update and review commissioning guidance on eight more products that cost the NHS more than £68 million.
In the majority of cases there are other more effective, safer and/or cheaper alternatives available to the items that NHS England is recommending should not be routinely prescribed in primary care.
The consultation is closing later this month on 28 February 2019. Details of public consultation events can be found
here
. If you would like any further information please email
england.medicines@nhs.net
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