Hello LINXateers!
Welcome to another fun-filled edition of LINX!
We have some very exciting news for you today -
WE ARE HIRING! That's right, NAVCA is looking for not one, but
TWO new people to join our fabulous and friendly team. More details are available in our jobs section below but if you just can't wait that long then
click here and take a look on our website.
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That's all from me today. Please go forth and enjoy the rest of LINX and I will see you all again next week.
Lucy Straker
Policy & Communications Manager
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Making another Link...
Banana Link campaigns for fair and equitable production and trade in bananas and pineapples based on
environmental, social and economic sustainability.
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News from across the sector
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Yesterday (8 July), the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced the Government's Summer Economic Update which included measures to 'support, create and protect' jobs, jobs, jobs.
Other measures relevant to the voluntary sector included the VAT reduction from 20% to 5% for the hospitality and tourism sectors.
Also the Charity Finance Group has helpfully summarised the Summer Economic Update and highlighted the key points for our sector going forward.
Read their thoughts here.
The #NeverMoreNeeded campaign is full of material explaining the positive impact of charities on people and communities, but it's also useful to remember that across the UK the sector employs almost 1 million people, or 3% of the workforce. By comparison, the NHS employs around 1.5 million people. (Figures from the
NCVO Almanac (2019) and
FullFact for the NHS stats. But be careful with stats!)
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Charities receive over £32 million from dormant trusts in two years
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The dormant funds programme, managed by the Charity Commission and the UK Community Foundations, with funding from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has announced that so far it has "revitalised" £32m to help good causes.
The programme has now secured funding by DCMS until March 2021 and will reach out to around 500 more inactive trusts in the year ahead, to help communities in need.
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Cultural and heritage organisations to receive a £1.57bn support package
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The UK's arts, culture and heritage industries will receive a £1.57 billion rescue package to help weather the impact of coronavirus, the government has announced.
Organisations - many of which are charities - across the performing arts and theatres, heritage, historic palaces, museums, galleries, live music and independent cinema will be able to access emergency grants and loans.
The money will provide a lifeline to cultural and heritage organisations hit hard by the pandemic. Plus funding to restart paused projects will help support employment, including freelancers working in these sectors.
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The UK Civil Society Almanac 2020 is here!
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The annual UK Civil Society Almanac is now available to download.
Drawing on a range of sources, the Almanac provides a snapshot of what voluntary organisations do, their income and spending, workforce, volunteering and its impact.
Key highlights include:
- 19.4m people volunteered at least once a year during 2018/19 through a group, club or organisation
- The voluntary sector contributed £18.2bn to the economy in 2017/18, representing about 0.9% of total GDP
- The voluntary sector has a paid workforce of 909,088, 5% more than in 2018
Thanks to our friends at NCVO for this great piece of work.
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The
#NeverMoreNeeded
website is here and ready for you to use!
To fuel you all with content and activities to keep banging the
#NeverMoreNeeded drum, the
#NeverMoreNeeded website is now live.
Click here.
We are adding new and sparkling content to it all the time - so if you think there's something missing give us a shout.
The website - and the campaign - is a collaborative project - you can see who's involved
here.
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The Change Collective Guide to Recruitment for Small Charities
Running a small charity is hard work, and you get used to doing
everything yourself - you have to, when there isn’t a volunteer
available with the skills and time, and you just do not have the money to pay others to do it. Making the decision to employ someone to help you with fundraising is a big one – you need the investment to pay off to keep running your services and
not deplete your reserves.
The Institute of Fundraising has produced a guide, supported by the Small Charities Coalition, to help identify what you need from a fundraiser and the different options for recruiting your first fundraiser into this role. It is primarily aimed at organisations operating under £350,000 a year.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer travel guidance for passengers
Since the easing of some lockdown activities, the Department for Transport has updated the guidance on how to travel safely during the outbreak including travelling by public transport and other means.
The most recent update to this guidance includes travelling in and out of areas in which find themselves in local lockdown.
The Government advises that only essential travel is allowed into and out of local lockdown. Their definition of essential travel is also included.
Other guidance includes how to wear a face mask, who does/does not need to wear a face mask and what to take with you if you are walking or cycling.
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Weekly surveillance report
Each week Public Health England issues the findings of its weekly surveillance report.
The infographic shows the total number of COVID-19 cases, people tested and COVID-19 related deaths for both the week and cumulatively since the end of January 2020.
There is also a regional breakdown and incidence rate, plus a whole heap of data for you to pore over, should you wish.
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Chairing Plus Webinar: Working with Your Chief Executive
As a chair, building and maintaining a successful relationship with a chief executive is a key part of the role. But it’s not always a simple task.
The Association of Chairs is holding a webinar on 12 August to look at what is needed at key stages in the Chair-Chief Executive relationship, including appraisal of a Chief Executive.
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Are you a NAVCA member?
If you answered yes - great! You are amazing.
If you answered no - also great! Because this bit is for you. Did you know you can find your local NAVCA member through our website?
Click here and head to our map and see all those fabulous members of ours and how to contact them. Don't forget to give your local member a shout out on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or even out the window.
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If you need a smile this week, please watch this adorable video of a Chinese farming couple who overcame depression through shuffle dancing. The couple from a village in Rui'an, in east China's Zhejiang Province, have their own Tik Tok profile which has now gone viral and I am in love with them both.
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Welcome to our special section capturing the latest digital and techy news and resources for the voluntary sector.
This is designed to help those suffering from #TechTerror and satisfy the data/digital geeks hidden amongst us.
Remember to follow me,
@Lucy_NAVCA, on Twitter for the latest digital news throughout the week.
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How to manage negative social media comments
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At some point if you are on social media, you will encounter a negative comment or two directed your way.
The temptation is to respond in a similar manner and explain why they are wrong, however this is usually the best approach.
Digital Giants has put together an infographic showing the seven steps to responding to a negative comment. We highly recommend adopting these as a strategy so you and your colleagues are prepared should you encounter such negativity.
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How to run your own charity webinars
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As we now have entered the World of Webinars, folks at Charity Digital have put together a guide to hosting a charity webinar including choosing the right platform, the build up to the event and how to follow up with your attendees post-meet.
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New online tool to involve young people in policy making
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Young people across the UK have been invited to share their views on key government issues through a new Instagram profile - Involved.
This profile is aimed at encouraging 13-25 year olds (not me, then) to contribute to Government policies through Instagram features such as polls and stories.
Topics such as social distancing measures, what support is needed to access information about coronavirus and what extra help is needed during this time.
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21 features you probably didn’t know about YouTube
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Who doesn't love a hack?? YouTube has been a consistent source of video streaming for quite sometime now and still there is so much about it to learn.
This guide from Hootsuite talks you through creating links to start your video at a certain point, generating a transcript and blurring objects within your video, plus much much more.
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Working safely during coronavirus
The Government has updated its guidance on how to make your workplace secure during the pandemic.
There are 12 separate guides all addressing different sectors or scenarios plus a five-step guide to making a secure work environment.
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Risk of insolvency – what Chairs need to know
The Association of Chairs has put together a guidance for those trustees and Chairs who are themselves whether their charity is presently insolvent; or, whether it will become insolvent in the future and how will they recognise when this is the case.
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How to stop your glasses steaming up – and 19 other essential facts about face masks
Ever wondered how often should you wash a cloth mask? Or how effective the disposable masks are? Then this expert guide to choosing, wearing and caring for your face covering is just what you need.
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Trans and Non-Binary COVID-19 Impact Focus Group
The LGBT Foundation is looking to explore how trans and non-binary communities have been impacted by the current health crisis.
They are looking to discuss how these communities have been affected, what resources have been useful, and what more can be done to support them.
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NAVCA is one of 20 VCS organisations that are part of the
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
, a partnership between voluntary sectors and the health and care system to provide a voice and improve the health and wellbeing for all communities. If you or your organisation would like to share your experiences and ideas with NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care, and Public Health England, you can do so via any of the HWA members. The full list is
here.
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Fury as Boris Johnson accuses care homes over high Covid-19 death toll
Care leaders, unions and MPs have rounded on Boris Johnson after he accused care homes of failing to follow proper procedures amid the coronavirus crisis, saying the prime minister appeared to be shifting the blame for the high death toll.
Johnson said the pandemic had shown the need to “make sure we look after people better who are in social care.”
He went on to say, “We discovered too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have but we’re learning lessons the whole time. Most important is to fund them properly ... but we will also be looking at ways to make sure the care sector long term is properly organised and supported.”
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Regular retesting rolled out for care home staff and residents
The Government has announced that staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests as part of a new social care testing strategy.
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Majority of children no longer need to shield
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that the majority of children now no longer need to shield, as evidence from paediatric clinicians shows COVID-19 poses a low risk to children and young people.
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**NEW SECTION: Open consultations and inquiries**
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This new section rounds up current and relevant open inquiries and consultations that you may be interested in submitting evidence to. If you have any questions about submitting to these inquiries you
watch this useful video from UK Parliament.
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The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services
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The Education Committee has an open inquiry looking at how the outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting all aspects of the education sector and children’s social care system. This will also scrutinise how the Department for Education is dealing with the situation.
It will examine both short term impacts, such as the effects of school closures and exam cancellations, as well as longer-term implications particularly for the most vulnerable children.
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Social care: funding and workforce
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The reopened
Social care: funding and workforce inquiry, led by the Health and Social Care Committee, seeks to establish how much extra money would need to be spent by government in each of the next five years to counteract the impact of a shortage of care on the NHS. Shortages in the social care workforce and what solutions need to be found to address changes in the years ahead will also be considered.
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The COVID-19 Committee is inviting people to share their hopes and fears about what the pandemic might mean in the long-term for our home and working lives, and for how we function as a society – what might it mean for social cohesion, for (in)equality, for our environment or for arts and culture?
Deadline for submission is 31 August.
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WE ARE HIRING!! Come and work with us!
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We have two very exciting roles and are looking for two very exciting people to fill them!
- Programmes Manager - to take new projects and programmes from design phase into operational delivery, plus more; and
- Partnerships Manager - to deliver key programmes of work through close engagement with our members and our partners.
Click the job title to see the full details of each role and if you have any questions send them our way. Please also share these opportunities through your networks too!
Deadline for applications is 19 July - so get your applications in asap! And please come and work with us - we are a nice, friendly bunch.
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You can also check out our
NAVCA Noticeboard page on our website which brings together the latest job vacancies, events and campaigns so you can keep track.
As well as our vacancies , we have five jobs posted on our Noticeboard:
Also, here's a
quick guide
to selling yourself when applying for a job in the voluntary sector.
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You can advertise your job vacancies, events and contracts on the
NAVCA Noticeboard
(it's free if you're a member, and very reasonably proced if you aren't) and through our Twitter page!
Please note that NAVCA has signed up to the
#ShowThePay campaign which states that when you don't say what you are willing to pay in a job advert, you are being exclusive and continuing to perpetuate and widen the gender, ethnicity and ability pay gaps. Therefore
we will only promote jobs on our website that clearly states the pay grade.
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Funding news and resources
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AB Charitable Trust supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on: migrants, refugees and asylum seekers prisoners and penal reform human rights, particularly access to justice. Deadline is 31 July.
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is a registered charity, working since 1976 to promote the conservation and sustainable re-use of historic buildings for the benefit of communities across the UK. We do this by providing advice, information and financial assistance in the form of early project grants and loans for projects undertaken by charities and not-for-private profit organisations. Deadline is 31 July.
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust awards grants to charitable organisations in the United Kingdom. Deadline is 31 July.
Grants tend to be made in line with the founders interests which are principally causes benefiting children, the sick, elderly, needy and disabled.
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Can you help more BAME-led organisations to access coronavirus crisis funds?
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UK Community Foundations (UKCF) is making a new infrastructure fund available for organisations that can help more BAME-led organisations to apply for National Emergencies Trust (NET) grants through their local Community Foundations. An initial £250,000 has been allocated for this purpose, with more funds anticipated on a rolling basis.
UKCF is seeking applications from BAME-led infrastructure organisations to access the new fund. Grants between £5,000 – £20,000 over a maximum of three months are available.
Applications will be considered by an independent panel every week and awards made as quickly as possible thereafter.
Click here for full details.
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Julia and Hans Rausing Launch £10 million Charity Survival Fund
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The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust has launched a new ‘Charity Survival Fund’. A total of £10 million will be made available to support charities in the UK, specifically focusing on small and medium size charities.
The aim is to provide core funding to help charities overcome the impact of Covid-19, offsetting lost income. Deadline for applications is 27 July.
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Here at NAVCA we love a bit of Twitter! In fact in some instances it is the best way to get in touch with our team.
So I am sure, if you are on Twitter, you are already following
@NAVCA, right?
Good. Now make sure you are following the rest of us - we are a nice bunch, I promise.
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Ndidi Okezie, chief executive of UK Youth, speaks to Harriet Whitehead about her goals for the charity, the #YoungAndBlack campaign, and the importance of collaboration.
Adeela Warley, chief executive of CharityComms, discusses why the charity sector is “poorly understood” by people, and why this has made it difficult to make a case for support during the coronavirus crisis.
Lisa Hornung, Data and Research Manager at NCVO, on what the UK Civil Society Almanac can tell us about charities’ challenges now and in the future.
Ed Mayo, chief executive of Pilotlight asks “How far do we want to go and are we willing to travel together?”
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Welcome back to
#MissingLINX - a bit of fun to keep you going through lockdown and beyond.
Each week we post two pictures - could be people, could be objects - and you have to work out the missing link.
Here is today's offering - so get your thinking caps on. When you've got it (or think you have), tweet us
@NAVCA using
#MissingLINX with your answer and the first few of you to tell us the right answer will get a special shout out from us!
By the way... last edition's answer was the NHS' birthday! Happy birthday and a big old thank you to all NHS staff.
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