Opportunity for a Small Charity Leader
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is searching for a passionate, dynamic and experienced small charity leader to help transform and strengthen small charities and the future of the sector, through a 12-month secondment role.
After a transformative period of growth, the newly established development Directorate is excited to take its work to the next level, drawing on the experience, knowledge and skills of someone with recent experience leading a small charity supporting people who face complex social issues.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual with experience leading a charity with an income under £1million to join a dynamic team committed to driving change and significantly impact the landscape in which small charities operate. For more details about the role, and to book on to a webinar Q&A for prospective applicants,
click here.
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News, views & opportunities
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UK poverty and destitution levels a choice to be unmade
The Work and Pensions Committee has published its report on the Welfare safety net. Chair of the Committee, Rt Hon Frank Field has said:
“The Government has shown that it can make target-busting savings through devastating, cumulative cuts to the incomes of the poor, by capping and freezing benefits that was begun under the Coalition Government. Likewise, there is now no effective strategy to increase the life chances of poorer children. It has failed to recognise the unacceptably bleak picture emerging as it shreds our social safety net because it doesn’t really look.”
You can read a summary of the report, conclusions and recommendations and the full report
here.
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Collaborate and Nesta launch a new partnership
Collaborate
and
Nesta
have launched a new partnership to co-design and co-deliver the
Upstream Collaborative
, a new network of around 20 local authorities working at the leading edge of public services today. In different ways and through different projects, they are seeking to get upstream of demand for services, create places where people can thrive, respond to people’s needs in more human ways and work in new ways with local communities and partners. (Members of the network will be announced this month after an open application process).
Read more.
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The Brexit Civil Society Alliance, NPC and the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales are hosting a 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.
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This September and October,
Charity Bank
is partnering with NAVCA, NCVO and other sector leaders to deliver a series of regional half day seminars.
Complimentary tickets
available for trustees, directors, CEOs and managers of charities, social enterprises and community organisations.
- Hear the latest analysis on the state of the sector and on the issues that matter
- Gain practical insight and guidance to help your organisation thrive in a changing world
- Engage with leading social sector experts and hear inspiring stories of success
- Receive details on some of the latest funding and grants available for social sector organisations
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Health and Care Innovation Expo is the biggest NHS-led event of the year. Held every September at Manchester Central, it attracts around 5,000 people from the NHS, social care, local government, the third sector and the commercial sector. Expo 2019, on 4-5 September, is focused on bringing the
NHS Long Term Plan to life.
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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 Leche Trust is a registered, grant-making charity (225659) founded and endowed by the late Mr. Angus Acworth CBE. Deadline 16 August.
The GC Gibson Charity offers grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to a wide range of charities. The trustees are all highly involved in various philanthropic activities and priority for support is given to charities that the trustees have previously worked with. However, the trust adds a few new charities each year. Deadline 20 August.
The Heritage Enterprise process is for projects that seek to achieve economic growth by investing in heritage. It is aimed at enterprising community organisations and commercial organisations working in partnership with community organisations to help them rescue neglected historic buildings and sites and return them to a viable productive use. You can apply for a grant from £250,000 to £5million. Deadline 20 August.
The British & Foreign School Society (BFSS) is a grant giving organisation that offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world. Deadline 27 August.
Churchcare supports the people who care for our churches and cathedrals. Deadline 27 August.
The Will Charitable Trust provides grants to projects providing services for blind people, and projects working on the prevention and/or cure for blindness. The Trust is also currently funding the long-term care of people with learning disabilities, as well as the care of and services for people suffering from cancer, and their families. Deadline 31 August.
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding, training and national recognition for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000. To be eligible organisations must be at least three years old, a registered charity, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £80,000 and £2.5 million. Deadline 23 September 2019.
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Mark Freeman
,
CEO of Cambridge CVS, argues that collaboration is better than competition in this response to a recent Community Matters piece, which raises questions about competition in our sector.
Rachel Rank
from 360 Giving writes about the recently published 2019 Civil Society Almanac, asking: with more and better data, can we follow the money?
Rotherfield St Martin
,
a charity that took part in IVAR’s Duty to care? research project shares their recent experiences of working with trusts and foundations.
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Members of the National Association of Link Workers (NALW) are invited to attend one of its regional events:
4th October 2019 (Liverpool)
7th October 2019 (Birmingham)
10th October 2019 (London)
15th October 2019 (Newcastle)
18th October 2019 (Edinburgh)
29th October 2019 (Cardiff)
31th October 2019 (Cornwall)
4th November 2019 (Cambridge)
8th November 2019 (Oxford)
The registration link with venue details can be found in the members resource library, under networking opportunities. There is limited venue capacity, so spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis.
Who is it for:
Social prescribing link workers in the UK, organisations that employ link workers, Primary Care Networks. There are a few tickets allocated for those who are not eligible for membership who wish to attend the regional event (s).
Click here for details.
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Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Public Health England has published guidelines to support local action on health inequalities.
In England today there is a 19 year gap in healthy life expectancy between the most and least affluent areas of the country. It is a stark symbol of social injustice that those living in the most deprived communities spend more years in ill health and die sooner.
To help tackle this huge challenge at local level, Public Health England, the Association of Directors of Public Health and the Local Government Association has created ‘Place-based approaches for health inequalities’, information, tools and resources designed to complement the excellent work already taking place at local level and support further co-ordinated action between local government, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector. You can
find the guidelines here.
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