FW: East Durham Trust E-Newsletter
Libby Mahoney
Welcome
to the first edition of the East Durham Trust E-Newsletter for 2010.
We
hope you have enjoyed the Christmas and New Year Celebrations. Although the
weather maybe a little bleak at the moment, you are hopefully ready to start
2010 with an optimistic outlook, and ready to face any fresh challenges this
year may bring.
If
you or your organisation have any news or views that you would like to share
with Trust members and e-newsletter subscribers, please get in touch with
Lindsey who can help you promote your community organisation's successes,
opportunities and events.
You can email: lindse...@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk
or tel: 0191 5693511
News
Vacancy - Development
Manager
We are sad to
announce the forthcoming departure of Lisa Gardiner from her role at the Trust.
Lisa has been with the Trust for several years, during which time she has
been a great asset to the organisation. Lisa
will be moving onto pastures new having secured the in the position of
Deputy Chief Executive at North Tyneside Voluntary Organisation Development
Agency, or VODA as it is more commonly known.
We would like to thank
Lisa for her hard work and commitment and wish her all the very best for the
future
In light of Lisa's departure we are now looking to recruit a well organised and dynamic individual with a track record in management to manage the external development of the organisation.
The successful candidate will manage a small team of staff responsible for various Community support roles and a number of Project Co-ordinators. Directly responsible to the Chief Executive the post holder would be expected to have experience of managing people and projects as well as having a strong commitment to Community Development and Engagement.
Applicants
would be expected to be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, a
committed and flexible approach to work and experience of working to deadlines.
The salary for this position is £28,553 pa
Download an application pack from our Resources > General resources section of our website or contact:
Vicki Larkin, email vicki....@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk or Colin Jackson, email colin....@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk or telephone 0191 5693511.
If you would like further information about the post please contact Malcolm Fallow - Email: malcolm...@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk
Closing date: 13th January 2010
Interview
date: 1st February 2010 Arts for
Wellbeing is a new service for people living in County Durham. If you are
a carer, a new parent, or have a long term health condition, you can join
an activity for free. The NCVO
'Don't Stop the Music' Campaign is against the Government's decision to
make charities and other not for profits pay for a licence when they play
recorded music in their own premises. To date, charitable organisations
have been exempt from these charges and NCVO believes this should
continue. Since the
Intellectual Property Office consulted on this issue last year, NCVO has
been concerned at the disproportionate impact that the proposed changes
will have on a significant number of charities. The new licensing system,
which is due to come into force in April 2010, is estimated to cost the
voluntary and community sector upwards of £20 million. Community groups across the North East are being
encouraged to enter the Green Community Award. The Award, which is part of
the Evening Chronicle's Environment
Awards 2009, is sponsored by SustainNE, the regional champion body for
sustainable development in the North East. SustaiNE hosts Brighter Futures
Together a simple, helpful toolkit for sustainability that is packed full
of ideas for ways to improve neighbourhoods, helping people to make a
happier and stronger future for their community. For
further information visit the Evening Chronicle website.
Free Art Classes
Based on the belief that art is good for you, r t
projects offer a range of creative activities to improve the health and
wellbeing of people and their communities.
They deliver sessions in
digital photography, painting, drawing, mosaics, silk painting, crafts,
and much more.
RT Projects deliver sessions across County Durham.
To find out more, contact Stuart Flude on 07771 566
511 or Emma Beattie 07900 045 626 or email rtpro...@gmail.com
Charities Face New Charges for Playing
Music
To find out
more about the campaign or to get involved visit the NVCO
website.
Green Community Award Launched
The closing date for
entries is Monday 11 January 2010.
Driving
forward the past
Peterlee based charity East Durham Community Transport is celebrating the mining heritage of East Durham by displaying the Banners and operating dates of East Durham Collieries on its minibus fleet.
Each vehicle has been adorned with the name of a Colliery and the dates that it opened and closed, and also a pictorial representation of the Banner for that Colliery.
Liam Weatherill, Manager of East Durham Community Transport, said “We believe that it is very important to remember and celebrate the mining heritage of the area in which we provide our services. Many of the people that travel on our vehicles worked in the local pits and they are tremendously proud of their heritage and the Colliery villages that they belong to.
We
provide services for many local groups and projects from East Durham and they
travel far and wide using vehicles in our fleet and this small gesture shows
that we are proud to be from East Durham and proud to remember our mining
heritage. ” Small grants of up to
£10,000 are available to groups supporting children and young
people. The new scheme marks the
first time Children in Need have run a UK-wide small grants programme and
is aimed predominantly at organisations which have not previously
considered applying. The programme is open to
any third sector organisation working with children and young people under
the age of 18. There will be four funding
rounds with deadlines on: It is expected the total
funding for both the small and large grants schemes will be in excess of
£38 million in 2010 and will be administered through seven regional
bases. Source: Third
Sector Comic
Relief's Older People's Programme aims to support people aged 65 and older
in the UK to bring positive change to their communities. Letters
of interest are invited from community groups and organisations where
older people are developing ideas for action using a variety of approaches
including: development
of social enterprises; Comic
Relief particularly welcomes applications which address the needs of those
who experience the greatest levels of isolation and exclusion, such as:
Black and
minority ethnic elders; Grants of
between £15,000 and £40,000 are available for up to three years and
applicants must be able to demonstrate the active engagement of older
people in the development and delivery of the work. The Small
Charities Coalition is hosting an event that will give your charity the
opportunity to talk directly with the HMRC and the Charity Commission
about what really matters to small charities The
‘question time’ style event with the Charity Commission and HMRC on
Wednesday 20th January 2010. This is
an opportunity for you to air your views about issues that affect you and
your charity. Both the Charity Commission and HMRC are keen to hear what
you have to say and find solutions to how they can better support your
work. Just send
an email to eve...@smallcharities.org.uk with
your name and organisation. If you
are unable to make it to the event you can still share your views by
completing a brief on line survey which will only take around 5-8 minutes
to complete.They’d also be interested in hearing any particular questions
you would like to ask the panel members at the event, whether or not you
can be present. If you would like to be
entered for the prize draw of a bottle of champagne or Amazon vouchers
then please give them your details at the end of the
survey.
A
"refreshed" Compact document - 'The Compact on relations between
Government and the Third Sector In England' - was published on16th
December 2010. Compact
Voice, the
sector's national link in the process, has a summary of the main changes
from the previous version, Download
the full Compact document or 'An introduction to the Compact', for those
not familiar with the Compact concept. from the official web page at
http://www.thecompact.org.uk/refresh.
Source: Vol
Resource NCVO have
now launched Trustee and Governance Information Centre. It contains a
wealth of information for trustees, boards and anyone working in third
sector governance. The
Information Centre covers a wide range of Trustee and Governance topics
including responsibilities and duties of trustees, holding effective board
meetings, how to change your governing document, and the CEO's
relationship with the board. For further information visit the Trustee
and Governance Information Centre.
For more information on East Durham Community Transport
services, please contact Liam Weatherill, Manager, on 0191-5184321 or visit
their website.
Funding
New Grants Scheme Announced by Children in
Need
For more
information please click here.
Comic Relief's Older People's Programme
forums for older people;
local community
activities; and
campaigning.
frail older people;
older people with
mental health needs;
older carers; and
those on lower
incomes.
Source:
Grantfinder
Events
Pop in for a Cuppa and Discuss your Health and
Social Care Concerns
County
Durham LINk is holding a coffee morning at East Durham Trust Community
House on Friday 22nd January 2010 from 10am till 12.30pm. There will be
FREE tea, coffee and cakes for everyone as we celebrate the work County
Durham LINk has done over the last 12 months. Members of the LINk
Management Committee will be available to answer your questions and we
also look forward to hearing what concerns you have about health and
social care in your area.
For more information please ring Clare
Sandford on 01325 327430 or 07890642697 or e-mail at cl...@pcp.uk.net
Question Time with the Charity Commission and
HMRC
Coffee Morning at Seaton Community
Association
On
Saturday 16th January 2010 10.00am – 12.00 in aid of the George Elmy
Lifeboat restoration Fund. Everyone welcome.
For further information contact Beatrice Lewis 0191
5815316
The New Peterlee Prince's Trust Team
Staff at
The new Peterlee Prince's Trust are holding an open day at their
new premises in Peterlee Town Centre on Tuesday 12th January for anyone to
pop along and find out more about their work. The Prince's Trust run
personal development courses for young people between the age of
16 - 25.
The open day will held between 10am - 3pm at 1a
Yoden Way, Peterlee, SR8 1BP
For more details on the open
day, or if you would like to refer a young person onto the course contact
Kelly Henderson on 0191 5868103 or
07975549257
Policy
New Version of National Government/Third Sector
Compact
Trustee and Goverance Information Centre
Volunteering i-volunteer
is a new online social network that will enable people that care
passionately about their community, either as volunteers or by managing
the work of volunteers, to connect with, learn from, inspire and support
each other in what they are trying to do. i-volunteer also aims to provide
an independent source of comment about all things volunteering in the UK
through commissioned editorial and features, as well as via the posts and
comments made by the i-volunteer community. It offers
many of the tools that you have come to expect from other social networks,
such as individual profiles, groups, posts and features and there is
already a group for those involved in Employer Supported Volunteering and
a number of volunteer centres are setting up their own too. The
Trades Union Congress and Volunteering England have produced a joint
'Charter for Strengthening Relations Between Paid Staff and Volunteers'.
It aims to strengthen the ties between paid staff and volunteers, with the
trade union movement, itself one of the biggest examples of volunteering,
recognising the value that volunteers provide to the economy and wider
society. Visit the TUC web! site for basic
guidance on legal issues and a link to the Charter.
New Social Network for Volunteers and Volunteer
Managers
To
visit the site go to www.i-volunteer.org.uk
Volunteering Charter agreed with TUC
Source: VolResource
East Durham Trust
Community House
Yoden
Road
Peterlee
SR8 5DP
Tel 0191 569 3511
Email in...@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk
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