18th January 2008
Both the Liverpool and the East Midlands Schools for Social Entrepreneurs have 10 places available (fully funded by the Cultural Leadership Programme) on courses running mid February to end of July, for individuals setting up or growing cultural projects that have a social or environmental impact.
Details at http://www.sse.org.uk/news_article.php?artid=25.
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10th October 2007
Ofcom’s next regional round for applications for community radio licences covers West Midlands, East Midlands and Lincolnshire. It opens 10th October with a deadline of 15th January.
Go to http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/tlproc/ or download the pdf information (176kb)
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13th March 2007
The University of Leicester is offering a new Foundation Degree course in ‘Managing Voluntary and Community Organisations’ with a “fully interactive learning experience”. Starting April 2007, it is aimed at those working in the sector and delivered by people with hands-on experience of the sector too.
Contact Jane Christie at the Institute of Lifelong Learning, phone 0116 252 5964 or email: fjc6@le.ac.uk, or see http://www.le.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/humanities/mvcodl.html.
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16th January 2007
A report on ‘A Sustainable Funding Framework for Volunteer Centres’, produced by Northampton Volunteering Centre for the Volunteering Hub, has been published. This is part of developing a modernised high-quality network across England.
The funding formula it comes up with is:
Funding amount = (£56,000 + (POPULATION – 9.2) x 85.25 + (AREA – 290) x 0.193 + (IMD – 5.09) x 1711.8 + (AUTHORITIES – 1) x 5094.4) x ACA.
For explanation etc. download summary in pdf (139kb), or full report (1.05MB) from http://www.volunteering.org.uk/campaignsandpolicies/whatwearesaying/.
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23rd August 2006
‘Voluntary Sector and Volunteering’ is a new certificate course from University of Derby which gives an appreciation of volunteering and awareness of the voluntary sector. Designed to be studied mainly online with limited attendance at the University.
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10th March 2006
Chancellor Gordon Brown continues to promote the soon-to-launch national youth volunteering programme, and last week chaired the first cross-departmental meeting on it, wrote in the Daily Mail and visited a youth project in Leicester.
News Links
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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.
News Links
Posted in Yorkshire and Humber, London, South East, Sector networks, North East, West Midlands, South West, East of England, East Midlands, North West, IT, Online | Comments Off
