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Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
Manchester
M12 6FZ
Tel: 0161 276 9300
Fax: 0161 276 9301
Email: info@vsnw.org.uk
News
Volunteer Opportunity: Diabetes UK
Closing date: 24th February 2012
Empty Homes Community Grants fund open for applications
Community and voluntary organisations can apply for a share of £100 million to help revitalise communities and bring the empty homes blighting their areas back into use
Time to Change grants fund
The Time to Change grants fund will distribute £2.7 million to approximately 75 projects across England from April 2012 to March 2015 to support local communities in actively challenging mental health stigma and discrimination in innovative ways
Care in Crisis 2012 report reveals £500m funding gap
A new Age UK report, Care in Crisis 2012, identifies a £500m funding gap for older people’s social care – and that this gap is widening
Work Programme - can the voluntary sector effectively participate?
The Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) has released an evidence review calling for more information about third sector organisation involvement in the Work Programme
New Skills Funding Agency Register of Training Organisations
Following a recent extensive review and evaluation of the Approved College and Training Organisations Register (ACTOR), a new register has been launched
The VCS and the 2009 Cumbrian Floods
Cumbria CVS has published a report which identifies the role the VCS played in helping communities in Cumbria recover from the November 2009 floods
Brilliant Public Sector Leadership Masterclasses
North West Employers, through the NWIEP Improvement Network, present the spring and summer masterclass series
Leadership 20:20 Commission report published
The Leadership 20:20 Commission has published a report outlining recommendations for Civil Society leadership
Communicating the Skills Investment Strategy
The Government has published New Challenges, New Chances: The Skills Investment Statement 2011-2014: Investing in a World Class Skills System, setting out the Skills Investment Strategy (SIS), key policy objectives and operational drivers for the further education and skills sector.
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Featured News
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
Relaunch of Voluntary Sector Cuts Website
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
Views sought on Department of Health draft statutory guidance
VSNW are requesting your views on draft statutory guidance as support for joint strategic needs assessments and health and wellbeing strategies
Events & Trainings
VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
