28th February 2006
Long-time VolResource subscriber David Wilcox has a blog (weblog) entry ‘Putting a personable face on nonprofits’, reporting from a session on digital society at last week’s NCVO conference.
He suggested that NCVO hosts “a few informal get-togethers for people blogging in and about nonprofits”, and whether this happens or not we would both be pleased to here of any ‘charity bloggers’ via Open Charity Blog. (At the time of writing) I’ve only found two which aren’t just people letting off steam.
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28th February 2006
A total of 30 UK online centres across England have been selected as part of the first phase of a net:gain project (funded under ChangeUp).
This aims to build the ICT capabilities of voluntary and community organisations, helping them to develop and implement strategic ICT plans.
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28th February 2006
It is now easier to access the Summary Information Returns filed by the larger registered charities in England and Wales, with a new look A-Z directory leading to PDF format copies.
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28th February 2006
The February e-newsletter from the Centre for Charity Effectiveness has an article ‘Ten Tips for Cracking Creativity’.
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28th February 2006
The American ePhilanthropy eZine has a quite good and quick ‘how to handle the media’ primer - 12 Myths About Getting Good PR.
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28th February 2006
The House Key is a new site to help vulnerable people in Scotland live independently in their own homes.
(Source: Third Force eNews)
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28th February 2006
‘Heritage Works: The use of historic buildings in regeneration’ outlines simple steps to avoid the failure of development projects in the historic environment. Produced by English Heritage with input from professional bodies, download below or request from 0870 333 1181.
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27th February 2006
The Equality Act, the legal basis for setting up the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR), has received Royal Assent.
From October 2007 CEHR will take over the work of the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission, with the Commission for Racial Equality following in 2009. It will also deal with discrimination issues around age and religion.
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27th February 2006
The Russell Commission has now said that the charity it is setting up to promote youth volunteering will launch late April or early May, when the funding rounds originally expected to be available in January will also be announced.
Organisations across England will be able to apply for money to deliver full, part-time and taster volunteering opportunities for those aged 16 - 25.
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27th February 2006
An online summary of the recently published UK Voluntary Sector Almanac has been made available by NCVO, giving key facts and statistics on the sector.
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27th February 2006
A project led by the Charity Finance Directors’ Group, and working with the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Citra, hopes to end up with accounting software that will better meet the need of smaller charities.
VolResource awaits the outcome with more than usual interest - reviewing what was available 10 years ago was the impetus behind setting up our first web pages.
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27th February 2006
English umbrella body NCVO’s annual conference last week saw Minister of Communities and Local Government David Miliband speak on ‘Empowerment not abandonment’ which notes that his first job was with NCVO. “Fair access to funding” is promised for a forthcoming local government white paper, with proposals on ensuring transparency so that weak performers [on funding private and voluntary sectors] are challenged. He calls for ‘double devolution’, where “individuals and neighbourhoods, often through the voluntary sector” are given power over public services.
NCVO also published a survey showing that over 80% of the public believe that local charities are important in representing local opinion, campaigning for a fair society, fundraising and supporting the vulnerable in local communities. There may be more material from the conference on NCVO’s web site.
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