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	<title>VoluntaryNews &#187; Culture, Education, Leisure</title>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Arts Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/08/childrens-arts-manifesto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/08/childrens-arts-manifesto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The umbrella body for arts organisations working for and with children has launched a 'Manifesto for Children's Arts'.]]></description>
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		<title>Funds for community sport</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/funds-for-community-sport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/funds-for-community-sport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sport England is looking at possible changes to the way it distributes National Lottery money for community sport.]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting for Heritage Assets</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/accounting-for-heritage-assets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/accounting-for-heritage-assets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A final consultation on a new Financial Reporting Standard on Heritage Assets follows an earlier discussion paper and exposure draft.]]></description>
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		<title>Researching voluntary and amateur arts in England</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/researching-voluntary-and-amateur-arts-in-england/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/researching-voluntary-and-amateur-arts-in-england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Report into the size, make-up and impact of formally organised voluntary and amateur arts groups in England.]]></description>
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		<title>Good practice with rural youth</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/good-practice-with-rural-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/good-practice-with-rural-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Call for examples of good practice on various topics relating to children and young people in rural areas.]]></description>
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		<title>Reviewing Northern Ireland&#8217;s Civic Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/reviewing-northern-irelands-civic-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/reviewing-northern-irelands-civic-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society, governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[N Ireland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Northern Ireland's Civic Forum up for comprehensive review.]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability for museums</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/sustainability-for-museums/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/sustainability-for-museums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Museums are being encouraged to think about sustainability - social, environmental and economic.]]></description>
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		<title>Events for sensory impaired people</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/events-for-sensory-impaired-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/events-for-sensory-impaired-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rights, support groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BlindArt has set up an online forum as a 'one stop shop' on what is happening in the arts for sensory impaired people.]]></description>
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		<title>User comments invited on Running Your Group advice</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/user-comments-invited-on-running-your-group-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/user-comments-invited-on-running-your-group-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 16:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Comments feature added to web pages which aim to provide answers to the most common questions which come up when setting up and running a voluntary arts group.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking part in the arts</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/taking-part-in-the-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/taking-part-in-the-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 09:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Web guidance for arts organisations on how to be more community and customer focused.]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish colleges to retain charity status</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/scottish-colleges-to-retain-charity-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/scottish-colleges-to-retain-charity-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Legal and Regulatory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The charity status of colleges in Scotland is to be protected by an order which has been laid before the Scottish Parliament.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/scottish-colleges-to-retain-charity-status/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Measure the impact of volunteers in sport</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measure-the-impact-of-volunteers-in-sport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measure-the-impact-of-volunteers-in-sport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New set of web-based tools for sport organisations to assess their own volunteering impacts.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/measure-the-impact-of-volunteers-in-sport/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Fair play for children</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/fair-play-for-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/fair-play-for-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government's 'Fair Play: A consultation on the play strategy' proposes to make public space more child-friendly.]]></description>
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		<title>Barnardos image archive goes digital</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/barnardos-image-archive-goes-digital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/barnardos-image-archive-goes-digital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The large historical image archive built up since the 1870s by Barnardo's is to be made available in digital format.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/barnardos-image-archive-goes-digital/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Opening up your building to the public</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/opening-up-your-building-to-the-public/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/opening-up-your-building-to-the-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national Heritage Open Days event sees usually closed buildings throw their doors open to the public.]]></description>
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		<title>More standards for youth work, community development</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/more-standards-for-youth-work-community-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/more-standards-for-youth-work-community-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community, Rural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[National Occupational Standards for Youth Work and also community learning and development.]]></description>
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		<title>Community sports and the wider third sector</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/community-sports-and-the-wider-third-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/community-sports-and-the-wider-third-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sector networks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New web pages for the Strategic Sports Partnership Project, making closer links between community sports and the wider third sector.]]></description>
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		<title>University for the third sector proposed</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/university-for-the-third-sector-proposed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/university-for-the-third-sector-proposed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A university for the third sector has been proposed by charity chief executives' body Acevo.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/university-for-the-third-sector-proposed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Responding together on informal adult learning</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/responding-together-on-informal-adult-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/responding-together-on-informal-adult-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[North East]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Third Sector National Learning Alliance compiling a collective response to the government's consultation 'Informal Adult Learning - Shaping the Way Ahead'.]]></description>
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		<title>Futurebuilders update</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/futurebuilders-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/04/futurebuilders-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Futurebuilders England investment fund is now actively seeking applications from third sector organisations working across all public service areas that are looking to win public sector contracts.]]></description>
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