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CONTENTS: ADVICE & WELFARE REFORM UPDATE > 2-3 COMMON WEALTH THEATRE OPPORTUNITIES > 4 CVS TRAINING > 5 ENGAGE FOR CHANGE > 6 ESOL ARTICLE / EAL FUNDING > 7-9 FUNDING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT > 10-21 IN THE NEWS > 10 FUNDING A-Z > 11-18 EUROPEAN FUNDING > 19 LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY FUND > 20 LOTTERY GRANTS SEARCH > 21 ICT-4-VCS > 22-23 TH/INK TANK REV/EW > 23 THINKING ABOUT A WEBSITE? > 24-26 KS KIDS ARTS CAMP > 27 LEGAL HELP GUIDES FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE > 28-29 WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM MATE? > 30-31 IN BRIEF > 32-39 Dates, Rates, Contacts, Imprint > BACK PAGE

BRIEFING BRADFORD

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COMMUNITY ADVICE NETWORK Welfare reform update and how to get free local advice, June/July 2015

BRADFORD DISTRICT CAN – FREE AND RELIABLE ADVICE Bradford District Community Advice Network (CAN) is the network of free, independent, confidential, impartial and quality assured advice charities in Bradford district. We help people with problems to do with benefits, debt, housing, employment rights, immigration and more in community locations across the district. If you would like leaflets, ‘business cards’ or posters about CAN advice services for your waiting room, your service users or your staff, please contact: [email protected]. Please do not give this email address to the public – we cannot give advice from this office.

COMMUNITY ADVICE NETWORK We provide advice in over 130 local venues – find details of your local advice services Online: www.bradfordcan.org.uk On the phone: general advice helpline 03442 451282 (Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, 9:30-4:00) WELFARE REFORM – THE LATEST The government is making radical changes to our social security system. This article updates you on the latest changes affecting some of the poorest people and most deprived local communities. A lot of these policies are made by national government but have local implications. The new government has announced its intention to cut another £12 billion per year from social security… We expect to hear more details in the budget on 8 July 2015. Grants and loans for people in need – local changes: Bradford Council’s Discretionary Support Payment scheme ended in March 2015. The new arrangements are explained below. Crisis Awards: these no longer exist. They used to help people by awarding small amounts of cash to deal with short term emergencies. Now people can go to a CAN advice agency for help with the problem that has left them with no money – e.g. benefit delay or debt problem. Advisers will try to resolve that problem and may offer short term help with food or pre-payment meters. Essential household white goods and furniture: there are no more Council grants. Now Bradford Council is working with Incommunities’ Smarterbuys shop to offer loans for people who need essential household items. For people who cannot afford a loan from Smarterbuys, the Council will consider giving smaller loans for recycled goods. More details are available online at Smarterbuys and at Bradford Council’s Assisted Purchase Scheme. Sanctions and Hardship Payments Since the government’s ‘stricter regime’ began in October 2012, many thousands more sanctions have been imposed and they last for longer. Sanctions can leave people with no money at all for at least 4 weeks – often longer. In many cases, advice agencies identify errors which mean they  2

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 can overturn sanctions and get benefits back in payment. So if you think a sanction has been wrongly applied, get help from a CAN advice agency. In addition, anyone who has been sanctioned can ask the DWP for a Hardship Payment. You can either refer to a CAN advice agency or offer help yourself. Here’s what to do… Hardship Payments can be claimed if JSA or ESA has been suspended or sanctioned. The rules are relatively simple but you must meet certain criteria to qualify – check the details on the Child Poverty Action Group website. The process of applying for Hardship Payments is tightly controlled by DWP so you need to follow this procedure: • You cannot get a Hardship Payment simply by asking for one at the Jobcentre, though we have been told that Work Coaches should always tell claimants about Hardship Payments if benefit is suspended or sanctioned. • You have to begin your application by calling DWP on 0345 608 8545. • Before making that call, we strongly recommend that you check whether your client meets the conditions for a Hardship Payment, as described on the Child Poverty Action Group website. • Wherever possible, sit with your client while they make that call – it is possible DWP will agree to speak with you if the client gives permission on the phone. • The application will be assessed initially on the phone and if DWP agree, they will make an appointment for a full interview at a local Jobcentre. Bedroom Tax, Benefit Cap and Discretionary Housing Payments Approximately 3,000 local households are affected by the bedroom tax and 300 by the benefit cap. This means their Housing Benefit can never fully cover the cost of their rent, no matter how low their income. The Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) budget has been protected by Bradford Council in 2015/16, despite a cut in the funding received from national government. Without DHPs, we would see rising rent arrears, increased possession action and more homelessness. Bradford Council’s website gives more information about DHPs. Personal Independence Payment Disabled people of working age (16-65) who make a new claim for disability allowance already claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP), not Disability Living Allowance (DLA). The DWP will start reviewing existing DLA awards in autumn 2015 and this will be carried out by a private company called Atos. You can learn more about PIP rules and how to claim on the Disability Rights UK website and you can get help to fill in a PIP claim form at CAN advice agencies. Universal Credit arrives in Bradford district in autumn this year Universal Credit (UC) is slowly replacing the current means-tested benefit system for people of working age – it does affect pensioners. It will combine payments from six different benefits (including Housing Benefit for rent) into one monthly lump sum payment and it will be paid into one single bank account for a household. The national Money Advice Service website gives a handy summary of Universal Credit. From October or November this year in Bradford District, newly unemployed people, who live in rented housing and have no children, will claim Universal Credit not Jobseekers Allowance (JSA). There are some exempt groups who will still claim JSA, not UC. Claims for both UC and JSA must be made online. The first payment of UC will not be made till 5-6 weeks after a claim. However you can ask for an advance of benefit (in effect, a loan), which will be paid at a reduced rate during the first few weeks. We do not expect large numbers to claim UC initially but anyone who needs help can seek help from a CAN advice agency. 3

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An award winning theatre company, based in Bradford, is holding auditions in July across Bradford (from Girlington to Holmewood) to find people to perform in a new play, which will explore how people most affected by the cuts relate to political decisions. Common Wealth is particularly looking for people who have experience of unemployment to take part in workshops and perform in their new play The Deal Versus the People. No acting experience is needed and the opportunity is paid at Equity actor’s rates. The play will be performed at Bradford City Hall in October 2015 before touring to the European Parliament in Brussels and will tell the story of how Bradford people relate to the politics of current society and how much power they feel they have. In numerous areas across Bradford, Common Wealth will be holding workshop auditions to encourage people of all ethnicities and backgrounds to voice their opinions of today’s politics. They will invite people to share their feelings whether they be positive or negative. Evie Manning, Co-Artistic Director of Common Wealth, said: “We are looking for people aged 18 and above who are not normally represented in politics, have never performed professionally before and are of all backgrounds and ages. We are particularly interested in people who have experience of unemployment.” “Our main objective as a company is to create theatre for people who may not usually see it. We are passionate about making theatre which uses the voices of real people in real situations.” Common Wealth has been a hugely successful theatre company since its establishment in 2008. Its most recent play, No Guts, No Heart, No Glory, was performed, among other places, at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won a Scotsman Fringe First Award. No Guts, No Heart, No Glory was based on interviews with Muslim female boxers and performed by five young Muslim female performers to critical acclaim at London’s Southbank Centre; and to critical acclaim and sold out houses in the Royal Festival Hall at London's Southbank Centre as part of Women of the World Festival. No Guts, No Heart, No Glory will now tour throughout Europe and Australia.

The audition workshops for The Deal Versus the People will take place as follows: CITY CENTRE:

2-5pm, Saturday 11 July @ Freedom Studios, 34 Peckover Street, Little Germany, BD1 5BD MANNINGHAM: 10am-12noon, Monday 13 July @ Midland Road Children’s Centre, Bateman Street (off Thorncliffe Road/off Manningham Lane), BD8 7DJ GIRLINGTON: 5-6:45pm, Monday 13 July @ Girlington Advice Centre, Girlington Road, BD8 9NN UNDERCLIFFE: 10am-12noon, Tuesday 14 July, @ Community Works, Undercliffe Lane, BD3 0DW RAVENSCLIFFE: 12:30-2:30pm, Tuesday 14 July @ The Gateway, 45 Thackeray Road, BD10 0JR HOLMEWOOD: 10am-12noon, Wednesday 15 July @ TFD Youth Centre, Broadstone Way, BD4 9BU THORPE EDGE: 2-4pm, Wednesday 15 July @ Rockwell Community Centre, 6 Summerfield Road, BD10 8DP CANTERBURY: 7-9pm, Wednesday 15 July @ Canterbury Youth Centre, Arum Street, BD5 9LE

For further information, email Evie Manning: [email protected] To find out more about Common Wealth, visit: http://www.commonwealththeatre.co.uk/

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CVS Training We advertise a wide range of training courses on our website www.bsupported.org.uk. These courses are aimed at staff and volunteers from charities, community groups and social enterprises. Bookings/cost details: www.bsupported.org.uk/costs_and_booking.

FORWARD PLANNING / REQUEST FOR COURSE SUGGESTIONS

We are starting to book in dates for our Autumn/Winter programme. Yes, we do know that summer is only just here! If you have any suggestions for courses, please let us know. Email [email protected] and put PROGRAMME in the subject header. We get a huge number of automatic replies to our digest email so this will ensure we don’t miss yours.

FEATURED COURSES: Funding for Your Community Date: Venue: Cost:

Tuesdays 14 and 21 July 2015 (10am-4pm) Mabel Booth Room, Bradford CVS FREE to learners who meet the eligibility criteria.

This course is for volunteers/staff from small groups and organisations that deliver all, or the majority of, their services in Bradford District. Places are limited to one per organisation. As a guide we would like to prioritise organisations that have an annual turnover of under £100k. Please complete and return a Booking Form and an Organisation Record. We will confirm as soon as we can if you have a place on the course. Learners must be able to attend both days of the course. This course is aimed at people who are involved in local community groups or new to fundraising. It will cover the skills and knowledge needed to help your group to fundraise for its activities, including:  An overview of different funding sources  Matching what you want to fund to a funder's priorities  How to write a funding application, covering key questions funders ask  What funders will expect from you if they fund your activity  How to plan your fundraising.

Community Engagement Practitioners Pilot Scheme http://goo.gl/EHZOQ5

FIRST AID COURSES STILL AVAILABLE - click on the titles below for the FULL course details COURSE First Aid Requalification Emergency First Aid First Aid at Work 3 day Course

DATE Wednesday/Thursday 22-23 July Wednesday 12 August Tuesday - Thursday 18-20 August

TIME 9:30am to 5:00pm 9:30am to 5:00pm 9:30am to 5:00pm

Download a booking form www.bsupported.org.uk or email [email protected] to request one. Book early to guarantee your place as we may not be able to accept late bookings. Diane Fox, CVS Training, Bradford CVS, 19/25 Sunbridge Road, Bradford BD1 2AY 01274 722772 | [email protected] | Training Website www.bsupported.org.uk

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Free Courses in Health and Social Care!!! Who is the offer for? Voluntary and community groups; Healthwatch staff and volunteers; Patient Participation Groups; other interested individuals

FEHSCE September 2015

What are the courses? There are three free courses

UDHSCE September 2015

Deadline for applications: 21 August | Start Date: 2 September | Participants must be available to attend a final full day session in Bradford on at least one of the following days: Wednesday 25 or Friday 27 November.

available, all offered by a Department of Health-funded partnership called “Engage for Change”.

Deadline for applications: 21 August | Start Date: 2 September | End date: 25 November.

“Understanding the Health and Social Care Environment” (UHSCE) is a practical course covering

What will I gain from these courses? Accredited by the Open College Network of Yorkshire and Humber, the result for learners will be to gain a 3 credit level 3 module which is roughly that of an “A” level. This can form part of your CV or resumé. The courses will also provide an excellent way to meet other people working or volunteering in similar fields and give you practical experience.

stakeholders in the current health and social care environment and in which you have to carry out a practical intervention.

“Facilitation and Engagement in the Health and Social Care Environment” (FEHSCE) is a practical course covering the engagement of seldom heard groups, facilitation skills and in which you have to plan and carry out a practical engagement exercise.

How do I enrol? Email [email protected]

to request a booking form. A full assessment of your learning needs will be carried out by the training provider prior to confirming your place on the course(s). A refundable £50 deposit cheque will be required from each learner to secure their place on the course. This will only be banked in case of non-completion of the course, otherwise, it will be returned on completion.

“Using Data in the Health and Social Care Environment” (UDHSCE) is a practical course in which

you will find out about key terms used in data, and where to get data from to back up your case, and in which you have to plan a report and find data to back it up on the health and social care subject of your choice.

How are these courses assessed? Over 12 weeks you

You can do one, two or all of the courses. The first two have a final face-to-face day in Bradford. The third one (UDHSCE) is entirely online. Funding will be available to cover travel costs to attend the final face-to-face days.

will be expected to complete about 30 hours of study, which will be delivered online. For the UHSCE and FEHSCE courses you are also required to attend a full day in Bradford at the end of the course to present your learning. For the UDHSCE course there is no end day, the course is entirely online.

UHSCE September 2015

Deadline for applications: 21 August | Start Date: 2 September | Participants must be available to attend a final full day session in Bradford on at least one of the following days: Wednesday 2 or Thursday 3 December.

What will this course cost? There is no charge for this course if you are in a small (under £500k) voluntary sector organisation or a GP Patient Participation Group.

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Why newcomers to the UK want to learn English (and why it is difficult to do so) James Simpson, University of Leeds, argues that the shameful neglect of adult ESOL by successive governments aligns with a current political concern to restrict poor migrants’ access to the UK. He contends that support for ESOL is critical in facilitating participation of new arrivals in British life. Motivations for those settling in a new country to learn English range from the urgency of finding a job, to the desire to socialise, to a sense that the fulfilment of future aspirations (e.g. for academic study) depends on access to English. The ever-more stringent demands of immigration control and naturalisation also provide strong impetus to engage in formal English learning. Another factor is simply the day-to-day difficulty of being a low-level speaker of English. Institutions such as Jobcentres, welfare offices, GP surgeries and banks loom large in the lives of linguistic minority people. Encounters with service providers or bureaucrats in such places can be coloured by miscommunication, hostility and sometimes racism. Institutional interactions are by their nature unequal in any case, and are not conducive to developing competence in English. For example, being able to ask for clarification to negotiate meaning is often key to successful interaction and contributes to language development. But those who are not confident in using English can find it difficult to ask for clarification from people who are more powerful than they are.

New arrivals to the UK have both a need and a right to learn the most widely-used language of their new country, English. In this article, I first consider why newcomers in the UK are motivated to learn English. I go on to describe how, despite strong motivation, many find it difficult to do so, as provision for their learning needs becomes an ever-more neglected area of adult education. My work involves research into the teaching and learning of English for adults who are migrants to English-dominant countries, most commonly known as ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages. I know from talking to hundreds of ESOL students over the past 15 years that the importance of English is not lost on new arrivals. The advantages of speaking English in a new home in the UK (as well as in a globalised world), and speaking it well, are more than apparent to the majority of migrants. Learning English does not simply happen through dint of living in an English-dominant country however. Some migrants suffer extremes of isolation and speak very little to anyone, even in their expert languages. Others move in large multilingual networks of migrants and refugees, while others have busy lives in large ethnic minority communities. Most people attending ESOL classes have in common a certain sense of frustration at their progress and lack of opportunities to practise English with expert speakers of the language.

At the same time, a feeling commonly reported by beginner learners of ESOL is discomfort at their dependence on interpreters, friends or even their own children to help with bureaucratic and medical encounters. Many talk of their language learning achievements in terms of breaking this... 

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state-provided ESOL class, despite the best efforts of activist practitioners and students, is limited to those receiving certain employment-related benefits, and such classes have an overwhelming focus on ‘ESOL for employability’, i.e. preparation for low-paid work.

 ...dependency and of gaining a voice in the public sphere. This is why ESOL lessons are so important. Increasingly however, it is difficult for potential students to gain access to appropriate, high-quality sustained ESOL provision. From 2001 to 2009, ESOL was included in policy as one of three Skills for Life, along with adult literacy and numeracy. By no means perfect, Skills for Life was reasonably well-funded though, and ESOL provision then was largely coherent and ‘joined-up’. Many classes took place in Further Education colleges, where there were opportunities for progression into mainstream areas of education. In 2009, the then New Labour Government signalled the end of the position of ESOL as a central component of Skills for Life. The ‘New Approach to ESOL’ required ESOL to be coordinated locally, at the level of local authorities and councils. Under the Conservative-dominated coalition government, attention to ESOL policy shifted from ‘community cohesion’ to ‘austerity measures’. This coincided with savage (and ongoing) cuts to local government funding, which has severely compromised local authorities’ ability to fulfil their obligations to coordinate English language provision for adult migrants. Responsibility has increasingly become shouldered by the voluntary sector, where teachers are often inexperienced and untrained, centres are poorly resourced, and provision lacks cohesion.

The response to policy from practitioners and students has been vocal and at least partly effective. The Action for ESOL movement (www.actionforesol.org) lobbies for funded ESOL classes for all students upon their arrival in the UK, not just those who have been in the UK for a certain amount of time, or those in receipt of unemployment benefit. Its Manifesto is a statement of core principles which provides a reference point for activist practitioners. A related group is ESOLResearch (www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ESOL-Research), an online discussion forum connecting ESOL practitioners and researchers. The ESOL teachers’ organisation NATECLA (www.natecla.org) also provides a platform for teacher resistance to the excesses of policy. A model local practical initiative aiming at supporting the coordination of fragmented third-sector ESOL provision exists in Hackney (www.learningtrust.co.uk/AdultLearning/) and there are similar initiatives in Leeds (www.lel.help) and Bradford (https://sites.google.com/site/dottodotbradford/). Learning English cannot be the answer to all the problems encountered by newcomers. Racism and social inequality exist regardless of participation in ESOL classes. However, access to the privileged varieties of the dominant language is a pre-requisite for participation in some domains (e.g. Higher Education). In other words, people have a better chance of fulfilling their aspirations if they have English as part of a multilingual repertoire than if they do not.

The shameful neglect of ESOL in policy aligns with a current political concern to keep poor migrants out of the UK. At policy level, the UK is a reluctant host state; immigrants are needed but not welcomed, and its political leaders present any fall in the numbers of inward migrants as a victory for a tough stance. Anti-immigrant rhetoric remains shrill, and from outside Europe in particular only certain types of migrant are favoured. So entitlement for a free

WITH THANKS TO: James Simpson, School of Education, University of Leeds | [email protected] | JUST West Yorkshire

SEE ALSO:

http://thinktankreview.co.uk/education/ whats-wrong-with-esol/ 8

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EEF FUNDING FOR ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (EAL) PUPILS The Education Endowment Fund (EEF) is offering funding to non-profit organisations in England who are interested in raising the attainment of English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils. The EEF, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy are offering funding to schools, local authorities, networks, research institutions, universities or other non-profit organisations that are interested in evaluating teaching and learning approaches, as well as intervention programmes, for the purpose of raising the attainment of EAL pupils, and in particular those groups identified as most at-risk of under-achieving at school. Successful proposals will: • Focus on improving learning outcomes for these pupils, and have some existing evidence of positive impact on their attainment. • Be funded to test the intervention across a number of schools. • Be evaluated by an independent evaluation team. • Have the potential to be scaled-up further if shown to be effective and cost-effective. The Fund is keen to support projects in regions where EAL pupils are underperforming. Research suggests that this is less of an issue in London schools than in regions such as Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West and East Midlands. Although this should not exclude London-based schools or organisations from applying, it is important that in the proposal applicants acknowledge willingness to work with schools in other English regions. Eligible applicants are as follows: • Primary or secondary schools • Registered charities • Local authorities • Not-for-profit organisations • Academy chains • Universities • Colleges/Sixth Forms • Social Enterprises • Community interest companies. Lead applicants must be not-for-profit or public bodies. The minimum grant is expected to be £50,000. There is no maximum grant. Projects are expected to begin working in schools in summer 2016. It is anticipated that most projects will run for at least 12 months and up to three years. However, there is no set duration. The application deadline is 1 October 2015.

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-funding/raisingthe-attainment-of-eal-pupils/ 9

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FUNDING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE NEWS A pro forma letter that people can use to tell charities to stop contacting them has been downloaded more than 30,000 times since it was made available by the BBC’s The One Show. The letter was devised for the BBC programme by Angela Rippon and Daphne Clark with the help of the Fundraising Standards Board, the Information Commissioner's Office and the Direct Marketing Association. The letter was produced after The One Show covered the issues raised by the death of the poppy seller Olive Cooke in May this year. The show included an interview with Alistair McLean, chief executive of the Fundraising Standards Board.

More: www.thirdsector.co.uk/pro-forma-letter-asking-charities-not-contact-people-downloaded30000-times-one-show-website/fundraising/article/1352821 Download letter: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/oneshow/charity_opt_out_final_letter.docx The BIG LOTTERY FUND has just launched a £30m scheme to improve the prospects of people currently living in crisis or are at risk of crisis as a result of hardship. The initiative will focus on supporting people to overcome barriers to access the services they need. Organisations across England can apply for grants of between £300,000 and £500,000 to provide immediate support such as food parcels and a bed for the night, and to then work with people to address the underlying cause of their situation through advocacy and advice on issues such as family breakdown, health problems, homelessness or debt. Projects will be partnership based, rooted in the community and will focus on supporting people who find it difficult to access support; perhaps because they are disabled, have a mental health issue or live in an isolated rural community. Projects will help people navigate and access the services they need to help them improve their lives. Projects could include but are not limited to: advocacy and advice services, training for ‘community champions’ to provide services in their local area, a service where GPs work with partner agencies to refer people for advocacy and advice, or specialist legal experts working with disabled people experiencing hardship. Projects will need to have experience in providing hardship services so they can start helping people from day one. Projects are expected to be funded over five years and will need to show they are fully engaged with the people they are supporting and working with local partner organisations.

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FUNDING A-Z

mutually beneficial partnerships with the world of business in this blog:

ACCOUNTING CONSULTATION

In Good Company; how we can take corporate partnerships into new dimensions https://nfpsynergy.net/blog/good-companytaking-corporate-partnerships-new-dimensions

Changes in UK accounting have prompted the Charity Commission to run a consultation on Charities SORP. You have until 18 September to have your say. Might as well do it now! You can find out more at www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-inuk-accounting-prompt-consultation-oncharities-sorp

CROWDFUNDING ADVICE

Crowdfunding is a method of getting finance by sourcing small amounts from a relatively large number of people rather than getting large amounts from one or a few. This allows individuals or organisations to source funds from anyone via a website or crowdfunding ‘platform’.

AWARDS | DEADLINES

GUARDIAN CHARITY AWARDS | 5 August

GSK IMPACT AWARD FOR HEALTH CHARITIES | 25 September

The donation model of crowdfunding is a means for individuals or charities to raise money for social or charitable projects, to gather a community online and to enable them to donate to a project.

COMPACT AWARDS | 14 September

From the useful Disability Grants article, this includes a quick overview of the main pros and cons of four popular crowdfunding sites. www.disability-grants.org/crowdfunding.html And on the subject of crowdfunding, a recent CIVIL SOCIETY article suggests that Facebook is the most important tool for successful crowdfunding.

CINDERELLA CLUB

Apparently crowdfunding only succeeds if charities promote campaigns heavily through Facebook and other social media, try to raise small amounts, and go public with money already committed. www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/news/cont ent/19672/facebook_the_most_important_soc ial_media_tool_for_crowd_fundraising_but_th e_market_continues_to_change

Bradford Cinderella Club is celebrating 125 years of providing treats for underprivileged children in Bradford. They are actively seeking applications, so if you work with or know of a young person or a group of young people who are underprivileged in some way then Cinderella can help, from covering the cost of a trip to the seaside, to a pair of football boots or a 6 week course to learn how to dance.

Wait! There’s more.

Initial enquiries via: www.cinderellaclub.org

FUNDRAISING MAGAZINE editor, Stephen Cotterill’s blog, Five Things We Learned About Crowdfunding:

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/blogs/cont ent/19684/five_things_we_learned_about_cro wdfunding

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DISABILITY GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUALS

FUNDING THE UNPOPULAR

If your organisation works with disabled people but cannot help with their equipment (or other) needs, you may be able to find support from the Disability Grants website. Sign up to the Disability Grants email newsletter: www.disability-grants.org/communitygrants.html

A new report from the University of Kent’s Centre for Philanthropy provides ten useful tips for charities working in "unpopular" areas to attract donations. See RISING TO THE

CHALLENGE: A STUDY OF PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR UNPOPULAR CAUSES

DONATE GIVING PLATFORM OPEN TO ALL

(along with a wide range of other books and

The DONATE mobile-led giving platform is to extend its services to any organisation with a charitable purpose from 1 September. Set up for the art sector by the National Funding Scheme in 2013 (a charity itself), it currently has over 350 partners in museums, galleries, heritage sites, theatres and performance centres.

reports, journal articles and working papers) at www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/philanthropy/publicati ons/index.html

GOLDEN BOTTLE TRUST & BULLDOG TRUST

Grants of £1,000 to £30,000 over one to three years for registered charities and community interest companies are available from the Golden Bottle Trust and Bulldog Trust.

http://voluntarynews.org.uk/news/2015/07/ar ts-donation-platform-extended-to-all-charities/

FOYLE FOUNDATION SMALL GRANTS

They are looking to fund charities and organisations where either: • The grant will generate a result which is proportionately much greater than just the small sum of money received, or • The grant will allow the organisation to overcome a temporary hurdle, setting it on track to succeed in what it aims to do.

Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme is designed to support smaller charities in the UK, working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. Applications are welcomed from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £100,000 per annum. Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available to charities which can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work. If you cannot demonstrate this, your application will be declined. Please note that demonstrating ongoing sustainability is also important, particularly if you have recently lost local authority or other regular funding.

They will be seeking to make grants that have a transformational impact on the organisations they support by enabling them to take a step forward in their development and do something they were not able to do before. A few such examples include extending the reach of an existing offering, creating a new strand of work that strengthens sustainability, developing new partnerships, or simply becoming more organised within their own operations. These examples are by no means exhaustive. 

No deadlines. www.foylefoundation.org.uk/small-grantsscheme

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 Interested? The second round of this fund is open for applications on 5 October 2015 (9am). The funder cannot process applications before this time and will close as soon as 300 proposals have been received. The third round opens on 15 February 2016 (9am).

about ways in which such undertakings might be avoided. See short link http://goo.gl/2KGVMB.

How do I apply? There is no application form to complete so please follow the list of what to include in your proposal and how to apply on page two of the guidance notes. Proposals should be written in Microsoft Word and be no more than three sides of A4. Why are you promoting this so far in advance? Although you can't submit your application until the fund opens, there's plenty of time to plan your project and write your proposal. In the first round, 300 applications were submitted in less than a week - so once the fund opens, get your proposal in as soon as you can!

HLF FUNDING FOR FIRST WORLD WAR: THEN AND NOW PROJECTS

Explore the heritage of the First World War with grants of £3,000–£10,000. This programme has a short application form, and is suitable for everyone, including first-time applicants. The First World War affected millions across the globe and shaped the world we live in. The Centenary is a chance to understand the war better, uncover its stories and explore what it means to us today.

Questions? Email Phoebe Gallagher at the Bulldog Trust [email protected] See: http://bulldogtrust.org/grant-making/ WITH THANKS TO: www.bfunded.org.uk

Everyone should have the chance to discover more about the war and mark the Centenary. That’s why HLF is providing this special grant programme for community projects. They also provide grants of more than £10,000 for First World War projects through Our Heritage, Young Roots and Heritage Grants. There are no deadlines. Applications may be submitted at any time until 2019. www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grantprogrammes/first-world-war-then-and-now

GUARANTEES... AND HOW TO AVOID MAKING THEM

SEE ALSO: HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND WORKSHOPS

Trustees sometimes find themselves pressed to guarantee bank loans, leases and other legal obligations on behalf of the charities they manage. Hard to believe, but it clearly happens often enough for the law firm Russell-Cooke to write an article

Find out how to apply for heritage grants from £3,000 to £100,000. The Heritage Lottery Fund is keen to see more applications for its small grant programmes. 

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holding large cash balances either in a single bank account or within several different accounts at the same institution.

 They are hosting FREE workshops on Thursdays 16 July and 20 August in their Leeds office (4th Floor Carlton Tower, 34 St Paul's Street, Leeds, LS1 2QB) to help groups apply.

Naturally there will always be a focus on the rate of return achievable and on the flexibility of access to funds. Whilst it may not be a significant risk, it is useful to keep in mind that there is a limit to the protection that is offered in terms of compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) should your bank ever get into a position where it is unable to repay your deposit. Generally this limit is £85,000 per qualifying financial institution, with amounts above this threshold not being covered.

To find out more or to book a place, email [email protected] or telephone 0113 388 8030. Can't make this event? The Heritage Lottery Fund runs regular events in Yorkshire & Humber: www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/newsfeatures/advice-surgeries-and-funding-fairsyorkshire-and-humber

See this short news item with more detail and some useful links to FSCS material on the scheme particulars: http://www.wycas.org.uk/bank-compensation-limits/

HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND

The Hospital Saturday Fund will accept applications up to £10,000 from registered health charities that are in need of grants for medical projects, care, research or support of medical training. See News and Recent Grants page for a better idea of the kinds of projects and organisations this may interest at short link: http://goo.gl/2GOFZ2.

PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION

The Foundation has launched its new strategy that will see the grant-maker increase the amount it gives away each year from £20m to £25m. As part of the new strategy, it is opening an ‘ideas and pioneers’ fund and is “embracing risk” to look for individuals with innovative ideas to tackle major social issues. It will also offer more long-term grants of three to four years - in the past its typical grant lasted two to three years - and will have a new focus on collecting and sharing evidence around the impact of its grants. The Foundation has announced six priorities:

Helping imaginative people nurture great ideas Widening access to participation in the arts Education and learning in the arts Evidence gathering through the arts Supporting development and growth of organisations that invest in young people  Improving support for young people who migrate and those affected by migration.     

MORE THAN £85k IN THE BANK?

WYCAS www.wycas.org.uk remind us in their latest E-bulletin (http://goo.gl/aAgV6D) about the bank compensation limits of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme www.fscs.org.uk:

News article: www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/news/cont ent/19885/paul_hamlyn_foundation_unveils_n ew_grants_strategy Website: http://www.phf.org.uk/

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Applicants must be able to explain their social impact with particular reference to local community impact. Applications may be submitted at any time up to the end of December 2015. www.thepowertochange.org.uk/apply-igp

POWER TO CHANGE: INITIAL GRANTS PROGRAMME OPEN

Funding is available to help new and existing community businesses in England that are in a position to make a step change in their journey towards long term sustainability within the next six months. Grants of between £50,000 and £500,000 are available to help community businesses in England that are currently trading and seeking to become more sustainable or looking for final funds to allow the organisation to start trading within six months of a grant.

ST. JAMES’S PLACE FOUNDATION

The St. James's Place Foundation's Small Grants Programme is available to smaller UK Registered Charities working nationally, regionally or locally in the UK with an annual income of up to £750,000.

Capital and/or revenue funding is available for the following types of project: • Capital – for example, a community business relocating from temporary rented premises into permanent premises. • Revenue – for example, the development of a new service that meets community needs and generates income. • Revenue – for example, taking on staff to oversee new business development. • Capital and revenue – for example, organisations that are well advanced towards setting up a new community business and need a final injection of money, equipment and advisory support.

The amount applied for should be up to a maximum of £10,000 in any two-year rolling period. Themes include disadvantaged young people and young people with special needs. www.sjpfoundation.co.uk

STORIES KEY TO CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS Interesting article on the CHARITY CHOICE website, where NSPCC’s Ben Swart suggests some things to bear in mind when seeking to maintain and develop corporate partnerships. All four points he makes focus on stories: become a story hunter; know examples of benefit to existing partners; connect to the frontline (for more stories!); sum up the results in a sentence. www.charitychoice.co.uk/the-fundraiser/howto-win-more-corporate-partnerships/508

Organisations must meet the Trust's definition of a community business: • Be controlled by people living in the community within which it operates and involves local people closely in its ongoing activities. • Be place-based, locally rooted and its activities benefit a specific, local geographical community. • Operate for the community’s social, economic and environmental benefit. • Not be operated solely for private benefit.

SEE ALSO: Why fundraisers shouldn’t be storytellers: www.charitychoice.co.uk/the-fundraiser/whyfundraisers-shouldnt-be-storytellers/504 15

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VIRGIN’S BIG PITCH FOR ONLINE MARKET

WHEELSFORGOOD COMMUNITY FUND

In a move to help charities of all sizes maximise online fundraising, Virgin Money Giving, the notfor-profit online fundraising service from Virgin Money, is making five key promises to its charity partners.

Donations from company Easi-Drive through Wheelsforgood will pay for transport and related causes in the UK. The criteria are straightforward: the cause is motor, transport or wheels-related and you must be a registered charity with a charity number. Each application is reviewed by the WFG giving panel and you will hear back from a member of the team within 28 days via email or telephone.

The promises are designed to not only help charities to raise as much money as possible, but also to address some of the fears and challenges they face when it comes to online fundraising.

It's worth taking a look at previous projects that Wheelsforgood has funded. The website shows there has been a wide range of donations from £500 to £5,000 (see www.wheelsforgood.com/newsblog).

Virgin Money Giving’s five promises are: To help charities make their fundraising go further: It will do this by not taking a penny in profit, passing on Gift Aid in full and making sure charities receive donations within a week. To make online fundraising easier: It will provide tools that even the most computer-phobic can use. To help charities develop their skills by offering free, interactive training, both face-to-face and over the phone, to make sure charities are able to benefit fully from online fundraising. To keep charities’ money safe: Being part of Virgin Money means Virgin Money Giving’s security and systems meet approved banking standards. To have a dedicated help desk: It is passionate about good service so if charities need support, advice or even ideas, they can just pick up the phone and speak to the helpdesk team.

Interested? Complete the online application at www.wheelsforgood.com/apply. Applications can be received throughout the year - no deadlines. Website: www.wheelsforgood.com

WCMT TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS

The Trust funds British citizens to travel overseas to study areas of topical and personal interest, to gain knowledge and bring back best practice for the benefit of others, their profession and community. Apply under the following categories: Crafts & Makers Designers Early Years Prevention & Intervention Education Environment, Sustainable Living & Horticulture Medicine, Health & Patient Care Mental Health New Approaches to Social & Affordable Housing Science, Technology & Innovation Young People.

SEE ALSO: Video interview with Jo Barnett of Virgin Money Giving, who talks about what’s happening in the online fundraising space and offers some top advice for charities using digital tools to raise money.

Deadline: 5pm on Tuesday 22 September 2015. www.wcmt.org.uk

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YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST

The Yapp Charitable Trust supports small registered charities (annual expenditure less than £40,000 per year) with running and salary costs for existing projects. The Trust invites applications from organisations who work with the following groups:

WOODLAND TRUST – FREE TREES

4,750 tree packs are available for schools and community groups for planting in Autumn 2015. The Woodland Trust will be delivering the trees from 2 to 6 November 2015.

 Older people  Children and young people aged 5 - 25  People with disabilities or mental health problems  People trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin - such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, a history of offending.

Packs of 30, 105 and 420 free trees are available through the Community Tree Scheme. The packs come in different mixes of tree species so you can choose the best one for your project. They accept applications all year round, but only send trees out twice a year – in March and November – when the trees are dormant and ready to plant.

This is a rolling programme - there are no deadlines. http://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk//pages/eligi bility-criteria.php

Interested? Please read the guidance notes before completing an application form. The deadline for autumn applications is 3 September 2015, or upon full subscription. Questions? See FAQ’s on the website: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/mediafile/100392661/ free-tree-packs-faq.pdf For help with general tree pack enquiries or completing the community form, please email [email protected].

YORKSHIRE BANK BIKE LIBRARIES

The concept of a Bike Library is simple - a location or mobile unit with a fleet of bikes which are available to loan by children. These bikes can be used to partake in a range of activities to promote healthy living, social inclusion and to have fun! Activities may be as specific as a guided ride in the local community, a basic bike skills or maintenance course or simply just to give the freedom to ride on a safe route with family and friends. 

Further advice and support is also available through the friendly volunteer team of Woodland Creation Champions. If you would like to discuss your planting site or woodland creation plans, then email with your name, postcode and phone number and they will arrange for someone to contact you. www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/getinvolved/plant-trees/in-your-community

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The Farrell Trust will be closing at the end of the year. They will accept applications for holiday grants until 31 December 2015. The Snowdon Trust is accepting applications for grants until 31 August 2015 from students with a physical or sensory disability who are studying in the 2015/16 academic year. Individuals aged 16 to 30 years with Friedreich's Ataxia or other physical disabilities can apply for travel grants up to £1,000 to help finance adventurous travel from Wicked World Tours. The next round of funding closes at the end of August 2015. Apply now for the October holiday in the Peak District with Camp Quality UK for children aged 5 to 16 years with life-limiting conditions. Individuals with Ataxia who are unable to get help from statutory services for mobility aids and house adaptations can apply to The Cornberg Grant. The next deadline for funding is 31 August 2015. The 2016 grant programme of Jeans for Genes/Genetic Disorders UK will provide grants to disorder-specific charities for projects and services. Registered charities can apply for free IT products and tools from the Google for Non Profits Programme. The Morrison's Foundation is providing funding for charitable projects that make a difference to people's lives. The 2015/16 Warm Front Discount Schemes are starting to open. Check out if yours is open and your eligibility for the scheme.

 The Enterprise Fund will offer financial and marketing assistance to not for profit agencies that want to set up a Bike Library in their community. The types of projects that will be considered include but are not limited to: •

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Schools, village halls, community centres - bike training courses, ride to school loans, road safety sessions and local rides after school Charities - Charity Rides, Fund raising challenges, bike taster sessions Existing enterprises - Taster sessions, free shortterm bike loans, cycle to work tasters Community projects - Family rides, local safe route rides, school holiday activities, university campus programmes etc.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available. The deadline for applications is 24 July 2015 (5pm). Interested? Please read the guidance notes before completing the application form. Questions? Email Liz Tattersley [email protected] or telephone 0113 322 3500 or 07833 466033. http://cycle.yorkshire.com/bikelibraries/enter prise-fund

IN BRIEF... The 3 H Fund is open for grant applications for funding to help physically or mentally disabled people and their families organise a holiday.

Want more?

For more funding opportunities in the Bradford district, you can search the bfunded website: www.bfunded.org.uk. This service is free and you can do as many searches as you like. Not sure where to start? Contact the voluntary organisation support officer for your area: www.bfunded.org.uk/get-help.

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EUROPEAN FUNDING

There is a big pool of funding available to voluntary organisations and social enterprises from the European Union (EU) that can often be overlooked. But with the right amount of time and planning devoted to the process, EU funding can work out as an invaluable source of funding. But where do you start? The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) ESIF is the main funding stream for voluntary and community organisations. The current programme runs from 2014-20 and in England there will be over six billion Euros available. Find out about ESIF funding Other EU funding There's also EU funding available directly from the European Commission and other sources. Find out about other EU funding

In the Leeds City Region, a decision has been made to take up Opt-in offers from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and these Opt-ins will form key parts of the Employment and Skills elements of our ESIF programme, using the European Social Fund (ESF).

New to the EU? What you need to explore before you apply See all our EU funding tools and resources

The first Tender Specifications from these Opt-ins are expected to be launched in September and, to tie in with this, you are cordially invited to attend a special event on Thursday 10 September 2015 (1:30pm to 5pm) at The Carriageworks, Leeds LS2 3AD. Book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esfsfa-and-dwp-opt-ins-in-the-leeds-city-regionpromotional-event-tickets-17412144192?aff=es2

ESF SFA and DWP Opt-ins in the Leeds City Region Over the forthcoming years, the ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) programme in the Leeds City Region will invest over £338 million, in line with the priorities of the City Region’s ESIF strategy, in programmes and projects benefitting local businesses and communities.

IS THIS THE RIGHT FUNDING FOR MY GROUP?

Please bear in mind the tender size and geographical scope for this funding. The first programme areas for which tenders will be published are: • Back to Work Programme (DWP) – Indicative budget £11.19m; three specifications covering Leeds/Bradford, Kirklees/Calderdale/Wakefield, and Craven/York/Harrogate/Selby. • Skills Support for Redundancy (SFA) – Indicative budget £1.5m; seeking one lead applicant to cover Leeds City Region (excluding Barnsley). • NEET Programme (SFA) – Indicative budget £4m; five West Yorkshire Districts and one joint for Craven/York/Harrogate/Selby. • Promoting Enterprise and Innovation in Young People Programme (SFA) – Indicative budget £6.5m; seeking one lead applicant to cover Leeds City Region (excluding Barnsley). • Apprenticeship Hub Programme (SFA) – Indicative budget £5.4m; seeking one lead applicant to cover Leeds City Region (excluding Barnsley).

Further information about the programme areas can be found in the Leeds City Region ESIF strategy: www.the-lep.com/LEP/media/New/ESIF%20docs/Leeds-City-Region-ESIF-FINAL.pdf

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VCSE organisations given £20 million boost by government Cabinet Office has launched a £20 million Local Sustainability Fund to help around 250 voluntary organisations to secure their futures.

Visit VCSE Diagnostic to check your organisation’s eligibility and find out more about applying for the Local Sustainability Fund. The Cabinet Office has finally launched an initiative that will provide grants to increase the sustainability of around 250 organisations working in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. The fund, which will be delivered by the Big Lottery Fund, will provide grants that will enable recipients to implement organisational changes and access professional advice that might currently be out of their reach. It will give VCSEs access to a wider range of skills and support, with all grant recipients establishing a strong volunteering relationship with a local business. These cross sector relationships will help grant recipients to strengthen their resilience and long term sustainability. The Local Sustainability Fund will be £20 million of government funding delivered over 2 years, and will be available to medium-sized VCSE organisations that deliver vital support to vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Alongside working with local businesses, recipients will also work with skilled advisors so that the fund generates maximum impact. It is expected to help around 250 high-impact charities and social enterprises in England to secure sustainable futures for themselves, including supporting them to bid for public service contracts and to diversify their incomes. There are 2 elements to the first stage of the programme: an organisational diagnostic tool and an eligibility checker (see http://vcsediagnostic.org.uk/). The diagnostic tool, which takes approximately 1 hour to fill in, can be completed by any organisation interested in their sustainability, regardless of whether they apply to the LSF. The tool allows organisations to understand their strengths and weaknesses better, and every organisation that fills it out will receive a sustainability report. Once an organisation has submitted its sustainability report to the Big Lottery Fund, a selection of suitable applicants will be invited to make a more detailed application at the second stage. It is expected that successful organisations will receive their first grant payment in March 2016. Average grant size is expected to be £70,000. The first stage application deadline is Sunday 26 July 2015.

For more information, see www.bfunded.org.uk/preview.php?id=675 and www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/local-sustainability-fund In the media: Civil Society - The long and unhappy saga of the Local Sustainability Fund

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Fluctuating levels of grants awarded in Bradford over the last 20 years, broken down by ‘good cause’:

LOTTERY GRANTS SEARCH: www.lottery.culture.gov.uk Careful with this – it could lead to hours of dissection and distraction! Here you can find out about which organisations in your area have received Lottery grants and what the money was spent on. This search page allows you to find out what groups and people received Lottery funding in each local authority area, since Lottery funding began and in particular years.

Lottery grants awarded for Bradford (from 1995 to 2014): 2788 grants totalling £211,374,619 List of all grants for Bradford: www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/SearchResults.aspx?LA=Bradford Breakdown of Bradford grants awarded by ‘good cause’:

You can view details of Lottery grant recipients across any local authority area within each ‘good cause’ theme by clicking on a section of the chart and by clicking on a point in the graph. You can also print, download and share the charts and graphs on each page returned by a search.

FUN(D) FACT:

The total number of grants awarded since Lottery funding began in 1995 is 454,730 totalling £30,107,588,134 – last updated 15 December 2014.

Bradford grants for 2015: www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/SearchResults.aspx?Year=2015&LA=Bradford

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ICT 4 VCS

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

FOR THE VOLUNTARY & COMMUNITY SECTOR

DIGITAL GARAGE

GET SAFE ONLINE

Organisations with a strong web presence grow more than twice as fast as those without. Today, any group, large or small, can use the web to gain new interest and involvement, and grow. The Digital Garage, a new initiative from Google, is in Leeds to give you the tools and the training you need to tune up your digital presence, acquire new users and develop your organisation.

Get Safe Online https://www.getsafeonline.org/ provides a wide range of information and advice on a number of aspects of online safety, including: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Business Security Plan Cloud Computing Data Encryption Data Loss Prevention Data Protection Act Information Access Management Personal Devices Protect Your Website Remote & Mobile Working Software Staff Policies Sources of Advice & Support Staff Training Taking & Making Payments Teleconferencing

Register to visit / find out more at: https://events.withgoogle.com/the-leedsgarage/

SOCIAL MEDIA: A CAUTIONARY TALE

Following the by-no-means clear-cut case of Game Retail Limited v Laws, employment lawyers at Russell-Cooke discuss the pitfalls that employees face when using social media and how misuse can sometimes lead to gross misconduct. Watch your step, folks, at short link: http://goo.gl/k3fdpm.

CLASSIC RETWEET BROWSER EXTENSION

Can’t imagine this not being of use/interest to Twitter users. Once installed, this extension automagically extends the functionality of Twitter itself. No more including mentions of your own @ handle in your retweets; no more truncated retweets because the original is too long. Edit or comment before you retweet. Yay!

SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYBOOK

The Government Digital Service has updated its SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYBOOK, a guide for government staff. There may well be some useful insights here for those working in communications in the charity sector, too.

www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/edit-or-commentbefore-you-retweet-with-classic-retweet

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SEE ALSO: EXPOSING THE GENERATIONAL CONTENT GAP: THREE WAYS TO REACH MULTIPLE GENERATIONS – a

complementary infographic which breaks down the different ways in which the Baby boomer, Generation X and Millennial audiences do their social networking. www.pinterest.com/pin/203154633168143334 HOW TO TRACK YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA DATA (INFOGRAPHIC)

SOCIAL NETWORK USE

– Simply having social media profiles isn’t enough. Check out this infographic which shares some helpful tools you can use to measure how effective and engaging your social media presence really is. www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2015/06/26/ho w-to-track-your-social-media-data-infographic

Fascinating infographic on social media usage that also includes data on WHY people share – which may be at least as useful to understand as the content itself. www.pinterest.com/pin/203154633168143967

Our occasional pick of what’s been happening in the world of think tanks, with thanks to the TH/INK TANK REV/EW. See more or subscribe. QUICK READS Charities and the State: The perils of lionising charities (Conservative Home), navel-gazing by the Charity Commission (New Philanthropy Capital), and looking afresh at the role of the Third Sector in healthcare (The King’s Fund). REPORTS Diverse and distinctive: Understanding how ethnic minorities think about immigration. Bright Blue Options for integrated commissioning: The current landscape is fragmented and unsustainable, so how do we deliver a new settlement? King’s Fund Universal Credit: an assessment: How it should develop in the short and medium term. Resolution Foundation Innovation in not-for-profits: Insights on how the sector could be bolder. New Philanthropy Capital The second age of small: The booming micro business community. RSA NEWS Making an impact: Boston Consulting Group launch the global Centre for Public Impact. Cleaning out the barrel: Giving local people the power to get rid of bad councillors. LGIU Where next for wellbeing? NEF has a new project with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing. NEF

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Thinking about a website? BradLUG’s John Hudson explains the fundamentals because if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.. There comes a time when small charities begin to think about a website. You need four things for a website: a team of maintainers a domain name

a hosting provider a webpage generator.

The big mistake which many charities, large and small, make is to set up a website without thinking about who will maintain it; you will find plenty of developers who will build a website for you but most of them are not interested in maintaining it. So the website does not receive regular updates and gradually becomes out of date — at best off-putting for supporters and at worst a public relations disaster. In general it is better not to have a website than to have a badly maintained one. Maintainers need to be able to do two jobs: keep the website up to date and make sure that content is added reasonably frequently. If you want to tempt people to use your website, you need to make sure that it is up to date and provides something new for them to read every so often, if possible once a week if not once a day. You also need more than one maintainer because, one day, they are going to go on holiday or fall ill or even decide to go and work for someone else and, if you have been relying on one maintainer, your website is going to be in limbo until they are replaced. It is also likely that they haven’t written anything down and everything is in their heads; so it goes with them.

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However, to keep the website up to date the maintainers may rely on other people in the organisation to give them the information and to provide new content for the website. So a website is never something that can be entrusted to a couple of individuals and forgotten; everyone in the organisation has to be committed to providing content for the website and to keeping it up to date. The other three things you need can be provided by hosting companies. Some, like wordpress.com, give you a domain name which is simply an extension of theirs, like mycharity.wordpress.com. Many also provide webpage generating software, that is, software that will turn your content into web pages allowing people with no programming experience beyond formatting a Word document to create web pages. You will find hosting providers, including some larger charities, who will offer webpage generating software and obtain an individual domain name for you, thus providing a one-stop service. The only thing you then need to concern yourself with is maintaining the website. However, if your hosting company provides a domain name and the webpage generating software, you may find that you can only move from them with great difficulty. If you have been in existence for a while and there is no reason to suspect that the services you provide will change, it may be worthwhile committing yourself to a hosting company who can provide a one-stop service for you. But, if you are going to use a hosting provider’s software, it is important to know what you expect to use the website for. If your website is intended to broadcast your presence and perhaps provide some useful contact information, you only need a static site, that is, one with which users do not interact beyond reading what is there. If you want to use your website to interact with potential users, with volunteers, with donors and so on, you need a dynamic website. These normally come with dedicated software and a database, usually mysql. They also require maintainers who are familiar with maintaining a dynamic website, which normally involves managing the database and the permissions that are granted to visitors to the website. Blogging websites such as https://wordpress.com/ represent the simplest type of dynamic website since they normally allow visitors to post comments on posts or pages on the website. However, if you want to use the website to manage a membership database, take bookings for events and so on, you are better setting up your own dedicated website using something like Drupal (https://www.drupal.org/) or Joomla (http://www.joomla.org/) with CiviCRM (https://civicrm.org/) on top. If you are happy with what WordPress offers, you can download WordPress (https://wordpress.org/download/) and use it with CiviCRM on top.

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But what if you don’t want to be tied down to a particular hosting provider? First of all, you need to obtain a domain name. These are registered by resellers acting on behalf of the national domain name registry. Many are themselves hosting providers who only provide the service as part of a hosting contract; a few, however, will register a domain name for you, normally for around £80 for ten years. If you cannot find a British reseller who will register a domain name without a hosting contract, you may find a US reseller prepared to register a something.org.uk address for you. To save time, it is worth putting your preferred domain name into a browser to find out if someone else has already registered it; if they have, you will see their site in your browser. Secondly, you need to decide what webpage software you are going to use. If you are planning a simple static website, you may find a couple of people who can hand craft pages of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Or you may find a program that can generate web pages for you. There are two disadvantages of this: generated code is generally more verbose than hand crafted code and, if you expect a significant number of users with disabilities to visit the site, rarely includes the ARIA (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA) tags for users with disabilities. So the ideal, if you expect to have a lot of visitors with disabilities to visit a static website, is to use hand crafted HTML. If you are planning a dynamic website, you can either download the software free and use the forums provided by the user community to help you manage it or you can employ a developer to create the website and either employ maintainers experienced with that type of software (experience with the exact system you have is probably not necessary as the key features of the software are similar) or enter into a support contract to enable less experienced maintainers to maintain the website. Thirdly, you need to obtain the IPv4 (or IPv6) number of the web server you will be using; an IP number is the address of an Internet server which other servers use to find a particular server. Domain names, like human names; can move from address to address; so you need to say from which (Internet) address your website is running. Assuming that you are not running your own server, you get the IP number from your hosting provider. You tell your reseller what it is and they arrange for your IP number to be added to the relevant Internet databases that match a domain name to an IP number. Note that it is worth creating at least the front page of your website and putting it on the web server before you register your IP number with your reseller so that your website appears immediately to anyone using the Internet. 26

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KS Kids Arts Camp Discover, Explore and Develop

Kala Sangam Arts Centre in Bradford will be delivering a ‘KS Kids Arts Camp’ for children during the 6 weeks summer holiday. This new initiative from Kala Sangam will give local children the opportunity to:  Discover a hidden talent (e.g. music / dance / acting / visual arts)  Explore new avenues of expression  Develop new skills with the help of the Arts A week long programme of classes and activities will culminate with a performance for parents in our theatre space. Book a place - call Mandeep or Steve on 01274 303340, email [email protected] and/or [email protected], or visit www.kalasangam.org.

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LEGAL HELP GUIDES FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE UnLtd have partnered with DLA Piper to provide social entrepreneurs with important legal support and guidance through a series of downloadable Legal Help Sheets. Whether you’re a social entrepreneur just starting out on a new venture or you need to protect areas of your existing social enterprise, these fourteen help sheets are a great way to ensure your social enterprise stays on the right side of the law. LEGAL STRUCTURES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SERVICES

EMPLOYEES Expanding your team is a great way to progress but laws must be followed to ensure a fair relationship between employee and employer. Here you’ll find information on hiring, employment contracts and in house policies.

A selection of useful guides that will help you select the right structure for your social enterprise, protecting your intellectual property and help with setting your service agreement levels.

Offer of Employment Thinking of expanding your team? Well this guide provides important notes on offering employment and also includes a useful letter of employment template and recruitment procedures. Download PDF

Structures for Social Enterprises This detailed guide highlights identifying the best legal structure for your social enterprise using a flowchart, a comprehensive glossary and comparison table. This guide will also allow you to best define your organisation with a full glossary of essential terms. Download PDF

Contract of Employment When you employ a member of staff to work for your social enterprise it is important to draw up a contract of employment. This legal help sheet outlines typical terms used in an employment contract, what a contract should cover and a template you can use and adapt to your social enterprise. Download PDF

Overview of Service Level Agreement As a business if you decide to supply services to your customers you need a Service Level Agreement which sets out the level of service you provide. This guide includes the ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ that should be considered when setting the service levels and answers all questions and queries you may face. Download PDF

Electronic Communications and Internet Policy It’s good practice to have a staff handbook which defines your organisation’s key policies and procedures. This Legal Help Sheet will guide you on how to set out standards and requirements for staff on using the internet and electronic communications. An internet policy template is also included. Download PDF

Intellectual Property Protection Help Sheet This guide breaks down the importance of protecting your valuable business assets such as your logos, inventions, products and designs, with information on copyright, patents and trademarks. Download PDF Supply of Services Agreement Guidance Note and Template Supply of Service Agreement This guidance note outlines the importance of having a contract that sets out the terms of supplying services to your customers. There is a glossary of terms as well as a template agreement that will help you to draft an agreement tailored to your specific business needs. Download PDF

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CONSULTANTS

PROPERTY LEASE

Consultants are a great way to get extra help from sector professionals; this section will explain contract agreements, including a template of what a contract should cover as well as a deed to show how to protect your business interests when working with consultants.

Find information on the leasing process, important terminology and the rights held by each party involved. This section will provide information and hints and tips that apply throughout the UK.

Negotiating a Commercial Property lease If you’re thinking of leasing a property for your social enterprise it really pays to know exactly what the process entails. This help sheet uses a glossary of terms to outline the typical terms used in negotiating a commercial property lease in England and Wales along with key clauses and negotiation advice to benefit tenants. Download PDF

Contractor Agreement You may want to consider hiring contractors to provide services for your social enterprise rather than employing them as staff members. In this case you will need to define an agreement for a contractor and understand the typical terms used. This help sheet is an in depth guide which includes a glossary of terms and contractor agreement template. Download PDF

PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY This section includes some of the most important factors in running a successful and progressive venture. Find information on intellectual property, service and supplier agreements in order to protect your valuable business assets.

Non-Compete Deed Guidance Note and Template Deed A deed will help to protect the interests of your business particularly when a consultant and employees work for your social enterprise. This guidance note and template will help you to understand how best you can protect your enterprise in the event of an employee or consultant using information or company knowledge they have gained to compete with your business. Download PDF

Template Privacy Policy The information a social enterprise collects about people is equally as important as any business. This template standard privacy policy can be used on your website, forms or brochures to ensure you have complied with the legal requirements when handling data. Download PDF

Confidentiality Agreement Guidance Note and Confidentiality Agreement Template Confidential information about your business is accessible by anyone who works for you therefore it’s vital to protect this information with a confidentiality agreement. This guide illustrates the typical provisions that should go into the agreement and includes a template you can adapt to your social enterprise. Download PDF

Data Protection Checklist In this guide you will discover a checklist of how to handle people’s information and the key ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ to ensure you comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. Download PDF

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What's your problem mate? Mark Butcher | Directory of Social Change www.dsc.org.uk/PolicyandResearch/News/Whatsyourproblem A problem well stated is a problem half solved (Charles F. Kettering)* *sometimes attributed to John Dewey

Sometimes individuals and organisations fail to make progress because the problem that they think they have is not really the problem at all – they are ‘barking up the wrong tree’. ‘why don’t they just do what our cosmonauts do and use a pencil’?! The NASA engineers had assumed, based on their experience of writing, that an ink pen was required.

Don’t assume Our brains are great at making sense of reality quickly. The problem is that they sometimes arrive at a conclusion before all of the evidence is in. There are probably very sound evolutionary reasons for this (if you hear a rustle in the undergrowth - you have to assume that it is a sabre toothed tiger if you want to live long enough to pass on your genes!) but in terms of keeping an open mind, it might not be that helpful. It’s also true to say that we learn from experience. So think about this for a moment...

Look beneath the surface Is your inability to fundraise something to do with the fact that the organisation does not have fundraising skills, or is it that there is a lack of real vision from the board of trustees? (The best fundraiser in the world will fail if the organisation does not have clear objectives and mission). Is the fact that Sam is on long term sick due to stress something to do with the amount of pressure he is under, or his inability to delegate? If it is the latter, then dealing with the former will create a short term solution, at best.

we make our minds up quickly we learn from experience So it follows that when we are faced with a new problem, we will draw on our past experience and use this to decide on the nature of the new problem - even before we’ve seen the whole picture. Once we’ve made up our mind in this way, any further evidence is rendered less ‘relevant’ by the pattern we’ve established for our thinking.

Is the health service in trouble because it hasn’t got enough money or because the money isn’t spent well? With each of the above examples, it is fair to ask, have the real, fundamental problems been identified, or are assumptions being made, that do not take the whole picture into account?

Case study In the 1970’s NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in zero gravity thus enabling astronauts to make notes in space (conventional pens use gravity to draw the ink to the ball of the nib). A complex, innovative and expensive technology was developed to pump ink, using compressed nitrogen, to the tip of the pen. When it was unveiled, a representative from the Russian space agency rather spoiled the party by asking

Cause or symptom? - The 5 Whys Technique One common mistake people make is to deal with the symptom of a problem, rather than the root cause. Remember what we said earlier about making assumption? Reaching quick conclusions, and closing down our thinking to further options too early may lead us to focus on a problem which is not the real or fundamental problem. For example, if  30

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Case study A trust set up to run a heritage site used the 5 Why’s technique to get to the root of a tricky management problem. Original Problem: ‘We have recently expanded and taken on new staff. Now we find that everyone seems to be stepping on each other’s toes. There is no real role clarity in the team.’ Why is that?: ‘Because we have no job descriptions and no one seems keen to take on the responsibility of writing them. Why is that?: ‘Because the last time we tried, one person in particular simply refused to co-operate. It caused a lot of bad feeling. Why is it that the management team couldn’t deal with this person’s objections in an appropriate way?: ‘Because we are a flat team, the managers have no real power to manage and this person has used the situation to create a sort of informal power base’.

 you are under too much pressure at work, you may say ‘I need a holiday’. Wouldn’t it be better to take the pressure away? One way of stripping the problem back to its root cause is to ask ‘why?’ five times. The process works rather like peeling the layers of an onion, like this: ‘We need an away day ...’ ‘Why? ‘Because the staff are demotivated and angry ...’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because their team leader has just gone on long term sick for the second time this year ...’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because he’s stressed out ...’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because he can’t cope with the pressure ‘ ‘Why?’ ‘Because he doesn’t get any support from his line manager and hasn’t been trained’

Before this thinking was gone through, the Trust thought that an appropriate solution would be to do more work on roles and responsibilities. Although this was undoubtedly needed for this group of people - the more fundamental problem caused by the non-hierarchical nature of a growing team needed to be addressed first. Unless this issue was dealt with, the trustees realised that they would at best be papering over the cracks by clarifying and defining roles, because no-one would ‘own’ their reclarified responsibilities.

‘So what do you need...?’ The answer is of course, ‘support and training for the Team Leader’. Certainly, it’s not ‘an away day’. It’s like peeling back the layers of an onion to get to the heart. Why five times? Because it is usually enough. You may find your true problem in two or three. It is rare that you need to ask the question more than five times, but those occasions do exist. Incidentally, there is an argument that says that managers shouldn’t wait until they have a problem before they begin to ask ‘why?’. ‘Why do we do things this way?’; ‘Why must I go to that meeting?”; ‘Why does this person lack confidence in a specific area?’ – there are hundreds of ‘why’ questions that, if answered, would improve the functioning of your team and the results it gets!

So, in conclusion, when faced with a tricky management problem, a difficult person or a challenging strategic issue, think twice before deciding on the solution. Try to dig a little deeper, look for root causes rather than symptoms and don’t be afraid to use that investigative technique so effectively employed by two year old children since the dawn of civilization – keep asking ‘why?’!

Mark Butcher has also written/published: -- A TOOLKIT FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING and ACHIEVE: PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS. Buy one now & get one free: www.dsc.org.uk/Publications/Offers/AchieveCreateBuyonegetonefreeoffer CREATE!

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IN BRIEF

Local information CRIME •

Street-level crime

HEALTH • • • • • • • •

Alcohol Services Breast Cancer Support Dentists Doctors (GPs) Hospitals Opticians Pharmacies Support For Independent Living

9 ANNOYING TRENDS THAT NEED TO DIE Funny but true blog post by Vu Le, in which he gives the Room 101 treatment to:

SCHOOLS • • •

Primary Schools Secondary Schools School Sixth Forms and Colleges

Ignite-style presentations Corporate one-day volunteer or teambuilding projects Popularity contest “grants” Crowdfunding Hiring outside consultants and consulting firms instead of locals The obsession with millennials Marketing an organisation or project as “100% volunteer run” Data, data, blah blah, data Innovation.

TRAVEL NEWS • • • • •

All traffic and travel Traffic - live incidents Traffic - planned work Public transport - live disruptions Public transport - engineering works

WEATHER FORECAST • • • •

Weather forecast 72 hour detailed forecast 7 day forecast summary National weather summary

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BLOGROLL

We just discovered a couple of interesting local blogs that you might want to bookmark or subscribe to (follow by email or RSS): BRADFORD COUNCIL BLOG https://bradfordmdc.wordpress.com/

COMMUNITY SHARES CATCHING ON

The Community Shares Unit has published new data which shows rapid growth in the number of communities who are pooling resources to buy and run local assets together. The report, INSIDE THE MARKET, finds that the number of people putting money into community share schemes, becoming part owners of a local enterprise, has increased nearly 20-fold in the last five years. http://communityshares.org.uk/sites/default/f iles/resources/community_shares__inside_the_market_report_-_june_2015.pdf

BRADFORD POLITICS IN THE PUB https://politicsinthepub.wordpress.com/ LET US KNOW OF ANY OTHER LOCAL BLOGS YOU THINK ARE WORTH FOLLOWING AND WE’LL GIVE THEM A PLUG!

Also on the subject of community shares, a new quality standard has been launched - a quality mark for community share offers that meet standards of good practice. http://communityshares.org.uk/furthersupport/community-shares-standard-mark

COMMUNITY BUILDINGS LEGAL GUIDANCE

New guidance on the law about buildings and land designed to help busy managers of community buildings has been published on the Building Assets website. The resource has been developed by Russell Cooke Solicitors, and should also be useful “for trustees and members of management committees and all in the sector who want to check or improve their understanding of the law in this vital area”.

COMPANIES INFO FOR FREE

A new service from Companies House will allow all public digital data held on the UK register of companies to be accessed without charge. This of course includes information on charities which are also registered companies (other than CIOs). The service is in ‘beta’ but it works and will only get better. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/help/wel come

The guidance is in four sections: • Acquiring new property • Letting and hiring your property • Disposing of your property • Changing the occupation or use of your property.

EQUALITY RESOURCES

Four new Equality and Diversity Forum leaflets to help voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations use the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in their work.

www.building-assets.co.uk/legal-guidance

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How to use the Equality Act 2010: a guide for voluntary and community organisations (revised June 2015) How to use the public sector equality duty: a guide for voluntary and community organisations The public sector equality duty and ‘due regard’ Glossary of key terms in equality law

develop a resource booklet of these great stories to give ideas to faith groups and public health officials on how they can also help improve outcomes. If you know of any groups who may be interested, please email Andrew Welsby [email protected].

SEE ALSO:

These leaflets are available here: equality and diversity forum website in pdf and Microsoft Word versions. Email [email protected] if you would like to receive them in an alternative format.

Churches, mosques, temples and synagogues provide £3 billion a year of free social action work www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11621241 /Religious-groups-filling-huge-gap-left-by-stateWelby.html

EDF website: www.edf.org.uk

FRAUD

We’ve put together a brief, downloadable guide with links to the following key resources on fraud as it relates to charities:

FAITH GROUPS & HEALTH

Ten tips for preventing charity fraud by Kate Sayer of Sayer Vincent Charity Fraud: A guide for the trustees and managers of charities Protecting Charities from Harm - Compliance Toolkit and Internal Financial Controls for Charities (both by the Charity Commission) Sandy Adirondack's Legal Update on Fraud.

The Faith Health Portal www.faithaction.net/work/faith-health-portal is a collection of useful resources from across the sector which are aimed at faith groups and organisations, which they can use to tackle health issues within their communities, with early intervention and prevention. You’ll find a range of guidance and information on common health issues that a faith community may face and how they can address these needs, such as considerations for Muslims with diabetes or how to deal with domestic abuse in a faith community.



Also available are resources aimed at groups and organisations themselves, with support available for those looking to help shape their local services or get involved with commissioning, plus reports produced by faithaction, including WHAT A DIFFERENCE FAITH MAKES… TO HOMELESSNESS, which highlights the dual role that faith organisations play in the support of homeless people.

The Muslim Women’s Council will be running a free legal advice surgery for women on a weekly basis, from Wednesday 22 July.

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FREE ADVICE FOR WOMEN

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and whether the organisation/people are able to deliver the project as promised.  Make sure that adequate monitoring of the project takes place. If your charity gives money to partners and beneficiaries, especially large amounts of money or money for projects in high risk areas overseas, check that it reaches the proper destination and is used as the charity intended.

FREE SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Bradford CVS has been asked to help raise awareness about the free services that Independent Age offers to older people, their families, carers and professionals working with them.

Take a look at Charity Commission guidance:

DUE DILIGENCE, MONITORING AND VERIFICATION OF END

Independent Age is a national charity that supports older people across the UK through the ‘ABC’ of Advice, Befriending and Campaigning. They provide free and impartial advice on social care issues such as getting help at home, finding and paying for care as well as benefits and local activities to combat social isolation.

USE OF CHARITABLE FUNDS.

They also offer free hard copies of wise guides covering topics including debt, how to stay independent at home and how to find the best care home. Copies are delivered free of charge, regardless of the volume. Their range of up-to-date factsheets focus on the most common issues faced by older people and can be downloaded for free.

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE NEWS

www.gov.uk/government/publications/charitie s-due-diligence-checks-and-monitoring-enduse-of-funds

For more information, contact [email protected]

NAVCA’s monthly round-up of health and carerelated stuff as it affects our sector. See HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE NEWS JUNE 2015 at: http://bit.ly/jul15bb-docs

For more details, visit www.independentage.org To discuss anything Independent Age-related, contact the extremely helpful Anna D’Agostino on Tel: 020 7605 4223, Mobile: 07834 793765, or Email: [email protected].

FUNDS SENT OVERSEAS – DUE DILIGENCE

HOMEWORKING SERVICE

 Carry out proper due diligence on the people and the organisations that the charity gives money to, or works closely with. This may involve checks about what an organisation does

PERS has successfully secured funding from the Big Lottery under the Reaching Communities programme to support individuals in Bradford for the next three years. The project will work with individuals who want to set up a home working business or would like to develop new skills. 

Bradford residents are set to benefit from the new Homeworking Service starting in July 2015 run by PERS (the Pay & Employment Rights Service).

If you send money abroad, the trustees - custodians of the charity - are legally responsible for making sure that the money is effectively used for charitable activity. How can trustees make sure they are fulfilling legal duties?

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 Services include intensive one-to-one support from experienced development workers for people exploring self-employment or wanting to set up a business from home – with access to accredited training, qualifications and courses; help with business planning, marketing, branding and promotion; and signposting for financial and legal advice.

indicators are carefully selected each year to reflect important public health topics. Profiles: www.apho.org.uk/default.aspx?QN=P_HEALTH _PROFILES Child Health Profiles: http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/child healthprofile

Project Manager Abad Ghani said: “I believe that PERS Homeworking Service will really benefit Bradford residents and we are all looking forward to starting our work in Bradford in July. It is an exciting time for us and we can’t wait to bring the benefits of our service to Bradford”. Individuals and organisations are invited to contact the PERS Homeworking Service on tel: 01924 428032, text: 07967 832524, email: [email protected] for any queries or further information.

MINIBUS AVAILABLE

17-seater minibus - available for youth groups, charity groups, religious groups, scout groups, elderly groups, school & after school clubs…any community that requires a minibus for any occasion.

IMPACT MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION Many charities struggle to get started with measuring their success. Sue Holloway from Pro Bono Economics offers five tips on starting to measure and evaluate your impact:

Contact Sharat on tel: 07815 775472, or email: [email protected].

www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/blogs/content/ 19953/five_tips_on_measuring_and_evaluating _impact

PATIENTS AS EXPERTS

It has been recognised that people with long-term medical conditions can be as expert about their condition as the health care professionals they see. But only recently is that insight being translated into practical measures to give people more control over their lives and their health. See more on this at: www.kingsfund.org.uk/reports/thefutureisnow

LOCAL HEALTH PROFILES 2015

These profiles draw together information to present a picture of health in each local area (down to ward level) in a user-friendly format. They are a valuable tool helping local government and health services to understand their communities’ needs, so that they can work to improve people’s health and reduce health inequalities.

SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS

The SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS: JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE has made 18 of its past articles available as Free Access - please help yourself. We've uploaded them individually, and bundled them together as a zip file (SWG.zip). Go to: http://bit.ly/social-work-with-groups

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TOP 150 NONPROFIT BLOGS

Decent list, including Twitter links and follower numbers. We’ve pulled this information together into a handy four page PDF – view or download from http://bit.ly/jul15bb-docs. If you’d like it in another format, email [email protected].

EMPLOYING EX-OFFENDERS

http://www.nacro.org.uk/data/files/recruitingsafely-and-fairly-1060.pdf

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

The key issues around changing a charity’s name www.scribd.com/doc/265874070/What-s-in-aName

More local honours:

TOLD YOU SO!

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13329 910.REVEALED__Who_s_got_a_gong_in_the_Q ueen_s_Birthday_Honours

VICTIM PERSONAL STATEMENTS

The Victims’ Commissioner is currently conducting a review of Victim Personal Statements (VPS) and aims to develop a better understanding of the victim personal statement processes and what agencies could do better to facilitate their use constructively. The review will aim to clarify the purpose of victim personal statements and explore victims’ experiences and understanding of what it means for their victim personal statement to be taken into account. The West Yorkshire PCC would like to encourage victims to share their views by completing this survey: http://victimscommissioner.org.uk/review/current-review

URBAN FESTIVAL: www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc/leisure_and_culture/events_arts_entertainment/urban_festival

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS PROGRAMME

A pilot scheme from the three local Clinical Commissioning Groups, in conjunction with KIVCA, which provides FREE training for local groups The overall programme is intended to ensure that the views of a wide range of local people inform and influence health and social care service design and commissioning, now and into the future. This pilot programme will provide FREE TRAINING (Sept/Oct 2015) to staff and volunteers from third sector organisations/groups who wish to become recognised Community Engagement Practitioners. On completion, their organisation would be registered as an ‘engagement provider.’ As an ‘engagement provider’ organisation or group you would receive an agreed level of remuneration from the CCG for activity conducted by your Community Engagement Practitioner. Full details, criteria, training dates and expression of interest forms are available at: http://www.bsupported.org.uk/courses/community_ engagement_practitioners/ Expression of Interest needed by 5pm, 23 July 2015.

Young Lives Bradford has put together a short survey on involvement of young people and supporting young people’s voice. This is to help us demonstrate the work that you undertake and to get a better understanding of how the VCS supports young people’s engagement. It will also help us devise ways for young people’s voices to be heard by decision makers. This brief survey is designed to gather more information about how children and young people's organisations in Bradford involve young people in their organisation's work and support voice and representation initiatives. This information will feed into discussions being undertaken with the Council about enhancing young people's involvement and engagement. For this purpose we are looking at young people under the age of 19.

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Cliffe Castle Museum Saturday 19 September 2015

The Education Room, (1:30pm for 2:00pm start) FREE TALK – ALL WELCOME An entertaining illustrated talk on trees ancient and modern and a stunning Yorkshire conservation area. The talk will be given by Keith Wilkinson MBE, who is a Voluntary Speaker for the Woodland Trust. He is also Honorary Secretary of Bilton Conservation Group and Honorary Chair of Nidd Gorge Advisory Partnership for Conservation. Cliffe Castle Park & Museum, Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley BD20 6LH. For information contact: 01535 607497 or email [email protected] Talk organised by Cliffe Castle Park Conservation Group www.cliffecastlepark.org.uk

HEALTHWATCH ANNUAL REPORT

The report outlines how Healthwatch has delivered on its statutory responsibilities and highlights keys pieces of work around involvement, impact, and influence on local health and social care services. They’ve produced an Easy Read Summary and you can read impact stories from the report on the website. If you'd like a paper copy, please call Sally on 01535 665 258.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

To complement the Annual Report, they’ve made three short films with the University of Bradford's Working Academy. The first film is now on the Healthwatch website and features members of staff and volunteers talking about getting involved with Healthwatch and making a difference to local health and social care services.

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