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	<title>VoluntaryNews &#187; London</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Learning from London&#8217;s ICT help</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/learning-from-londons-ict-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/learning-from-londons-ict-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning from success and barriers in helping third sector organisations in London build their ICT capacity,]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting sector independence</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/03/protecting-sector-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/03/protecting-sector-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compact Voice is inviting those working in voluntary organisations to take part in focus groups on sector independence.]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring refugee group leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/02/mentoring-refugee-group-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/02/mentoring-refugee-group-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rights, support groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A mentoring scheme in London aims to increase the capacity of grassroots refugee groups by tapping into the knowledge of mainstream voluntary sector organisations.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteering expertise in London</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/10/volunteering-expertise-in-london/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/10/volunteering-expertise-in-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel and Volunteers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Experts in Volunteering puts volunteering trainers and consultants in touch with people looking to involve volunteers in their organisation.]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraising working standards</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/09/fundraising-working-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/09/fundraising-working-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[N Ireland]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Occupational Standards for Fundraising are being revised - views sought.]]></description>
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		<title>Have your say on the Compact</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/08/have-your-say-on-the-compact-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/08/have-your-say-on-the-compact-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stefan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Wider News]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North West]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Are you involved in a community or voluntary organisation?
Have you come across the Compact in your work?
Would you like to tell the government what you think is working and not working with the Compact?

Compact Voice, the representative body for the VCS on the Compact, is looking for people to take part in a focus group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Act to reduce organisation&#8217;s carbon footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/act-to-reduce-organisations-carbon-footprint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/act-to-reduce-organisations-carbon-footprint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Third Sector Declaration on Climate Change asks for commitment to taking action in reducing carbon emissions; report on pilot study into the environmental performance of the third sector in London.]]></description>
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		<title>Improving public/voluntary partnerships</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/improving-publicvoluntary-partnerships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/improving-publicvoluntary-partnerships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North East]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North West]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Partnership Improvement Programme aims to improve partnerships between local voluntary organisations and local authorities, bringing together senior staff from both sides.]]></description>
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		<title>Savings for voluntary sector workers</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/savings-for-voluntary-sector-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/savings-for-voluntary-sector-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Safe Futures provides London’s voluntary sector workforce with information, training and support on building up savings for the long term, including pensions.]]></description>
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		<title>Charity finance course &#8220;across the UK&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/charity-finance-course-across-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/charity-finance-course-across-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A pilot course run by London South Bank University, and leading to a Certificate in Charity Finance and Accountancy from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, has been deemed a success.]]></description>
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		<title>Charity takes over council adoption services</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/02/charity-takes-over-council-adoption-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/02/charity-takes-over-council-adoption-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Care, Health, Welfare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Children's charity Coram Family has become the first voluntary organisation to take on the management of a local authority's adoption services.]]></description>
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		<title>Planning for project transition</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/02/planning-for-project-transition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/02/planning-for-project-transition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Eire, Europe]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[The Readiness Assessment Tool, originally produced in 2005 to help projects to manage an effective succession or exit strategy when original (European) funding ends, has been updated and improved.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteering and minority organisations</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/02/volunteering-and-minority-organisations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/02/volunteering-and-minority-organisations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Rights, support groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteering Bridge is a research project looking at the relationship between Volunteer Centres and Black Minority Ethnic and Refugee voluntary and community organisations in Greater London.]]></description>
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		<title>Sector support in difficulty</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/01/sector-support-in-difficulty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/01/sector-support-in-difficulty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sector networks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report says that many second-tier organisations which provide support for frontline groups, including councils for voluntary service, face difficult issues of quality, credibility, conflict of interest and overwork.]]></description>
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		<title>Charities still pay less</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/01/charities-still-pay-less/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/01/charities-still-pay-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Survey shows that charity pay is up to 20% below other sectors, and up to 26% less in London.]]></description>
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		<title>Legal advice in London</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/10/legal-advice-in-london/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/10/legal-advice-in-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Groups in London now have access to a specialist legal adviser who can help on leases, licences, contracts, commercial agreements, constitutions and related commercial matters.]]></description>
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		<title>London funding information</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/10/london-funding-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/10/london-funding-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New funding information resource for London’s voluntary and community sector.]]></description>
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		<title>Third Sector Review</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/08/third-sector-review-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/08/third-sector-review-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The 'review of the future role of the Third Sector in social and economic regeneration', part of the Treasury's Comprehensive Spending Review, is under way. Update on consultation events.]]></description>
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		<title>Charity accountancy qualification</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/06/charity-accountancy-qualification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/06/charity-accountancy-qualification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new one year course in Charity Finance and Accounting, starting this autumn, is designed to lead to both Affiliate membership of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and a post-graduate Certificate from London South Bank University.]]></description>
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		<title>More capital property advice</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/05/more-capital-property-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2006/05/more-capital-property-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 12:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New match-making service for London-based charities to access specialist property expertise from professionals.]]></description>
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