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carole.short posted on May 17, 2012 18:23
CVA is hosting a seminar outlining the commissioning of a new source of funding for voluntary and community sector organisations seeking to tackle gan...
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carole.short posted on May 17, 2012 18:04
On Tuesday, May 29th Age UK Croydon will be moving from their offices at 158-162 London Road in West Croydon to 81 Brigstock Road in Thornton Heath.&#...
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carole.short posted on May 17, 2012 17:35
carole.short posted on May 17, 2012 17:16
Every year Alexandra Rose Day organises street collections, house-to house and supermarket collections in which partner charities participate. They pr...
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carole.short posted on May 17, 2012 16:37
What is the Mentor Hive?
The Mentor Hive is dedicated to providing mentoring support to those seeking help, guidance and advice in getting into emplo...
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carole.short posted on May 17, 2012 15:54
The Start Up Loans Pilot Scheme, which was announed in the recent Budget, will enable young people who choose not to go to university to access low in...
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carole.short posted on May 15, 2012 16:08
To give your views on the issues around the regulations for local Healthwatch and find out what happened at the recent Healthwatch pathfinder event, c...
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carole.short posted on May 15, 2012 16:04
There is a campaign by the Croydon Advertiser to safeguard services. Croydon Shadow Healthwatch's Chair, Frederick Clarke was quoted on this, fo...
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carole.short posted on May 15, 2012 16:01
You can download a leaflet below which you can keep on hand to find the right health treatment whether it's treatment for minor ailments or what to if...
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carole.short posted on May 15, 2012 15:38
A recent British Medical Association’s (BMA) report explains how doctors can use their expertise to act as community leaders to tackle social determin...
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carole.short posted on May 14, 2012 16:02
What is The Switch?
The Switch is an exciting new project that matches volunteer mentors with young people who are living with mental health issues ...
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carole.short posted on May 14, 2012 14:44
Councillor Vidhi Mohan, Cabinet Member for Communities and the Big Society, is pleased to announce the third round of Croydon Council's Small Grants F...
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carole.short posted on May 10, 2012 15:35
A 'Volunteer Practice Toolkit' for volunteer managers who are working with volunteers in family support has been produced by Family Lives, click below...
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carole.short posted on May 10, 2012 14:15
The fully managed service means that Sell Donate Trade handles the entire valuation and donation process on the charity's behalf. The valuations are h...
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carole.short posted on May 10, 2012 13:41
Instead, the trustees of Enterprise UK, which are the four main UK business bodies (CBI, IoD, FSB and BCC), are "working to arrange the orderly wind d...
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carole.short posted on May 10, 2012 13:29
Small Charity Week 2012 takes place next month from 11th to 15th June, offering a variety of free opportunities for small charities...
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carole.short posted on May 08, 2012 17:02
The Cabinet Office will put up £500,000 in match funding for giving to local charities later this year, ahead of the Giving Summit.
The minister f...
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carole.short posted on May 08, 2012 16:48
Charity donations will be made possible at all 12,000 ATMs which belong to the Royal Bank of Scotland and cash machine operator Bank Machine this summ...
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carole.short posted on May 04, 2012 17:21
Community First in Croydon
Calling all not-for-profit groups and organisations working in Broad Green, Selhurst, Thornton Heath, South Norwood,...
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carole.short posted on May 04, 2012 12:30
Around 50 members of the local community turned out for the inaugural meeting to form a new partnership group for West Croydon on Tuesday 1st May....
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carole.short posted on May 04, 2012 11:52
Umbrella body Volunteering England is warning that the recent loss of core local authority funding to Volunteer Centres could lead to fragmentation of...
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carole.short posted on May 04, 2012 11:37
The top 50 charities under various categories, including spending and number of employees and volunteers, can also be found.
The site shows th...
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carole.short posted on April 28, 2012 11:49
Community Asset Management Opportunity
Croydon Council is offering the opportunity for a community group to take over the management and control ...
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carole.short posted on April 28, 2012 10:58
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 require local authorities to establish and maintain within their areas a local Healthwatch organisation.
Local ...
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carole.short posted on April 28, 2012 10:49
On the 11th April Croydon Shadow Healthwatch Pathfinder held a showcase for members and the public to inform them of the wide range of activities and ...
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carole.short posted on April 28, 2012 10:09
A new social network which connects volunteers to each other and local projects has launched. The social network, ivo, follows a successful pilot, kno...
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carole.short posted on April 27, 2012 20:07
CROYDON MENTAL HEALTH FORUM ELECTS NEW REPRESENTATIVES TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY NETWORKS/GROUPS
The elected representatives are:
Mental Health P...
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carole.short posted on April 19, 2012 18:19
The Government has launched a new website which will give advice on:
Taking over a Public Building
Get involved with local Services
D...
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carole.short posted on April 19, 2012 17:51
Are you organising an event?
The Health and Safety Executive has updated its health and safety guidance for event organisers Go to Event Safet...
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carole.short posted on April 19, 2012 17:43
A guide to help organisations ensure volunteers are not substituting for paid staff when services are being cut has been produced by Volunteering Engl...
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carole.short posted on April 18, 2012 17:04
Guess2Give is a for-profit website which involves individuals setting up a sweepstake based on an event, and then encouraging their friends and suppor...
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carole.short posted on April 17, 2012 16:42
Join in our celebrations!!! Go to our volunteering page
carole.short posted on April 17, 2012 15:57
1st - 7th JUNE, 2012.
THANK YOU CERTIFICATES - As we would like to present as many 'Thank you' Certificates to Croydon based volunteers as possible i...
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carole.short posted on April 13, 2012 18:30
Do you know anyone who goes out of their way to help others or a charity in their own time? If so why not nominate them for this award?
To do t...
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carole.short posted on April 13, 2012 09:51
Acting Chief Executive Tony Leonard says. “Staff can be rightly proud of this achievement. It shows how far we have come in infection control since th...
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carole.short posted on April 11, 2012 14:43
Social investment is financial investment that seeks social and/or environmental returns and not just economic reward.
There are a number of differen...
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carole.short posted on April 11, 2012 12:55
Are your staff automatically entitled to an extra day's leave for the Jubilee bank holiday?
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carole.short posted on April 11, 2012 09:45
Investments Available:
Capitalisation and balance sheet growth: core equity capital to build stronger SIFIs that are able to raise further priv...
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carole.short posted on April 10, 2012 14:42
What are the aims of the Bipolar Awareness Day?
The intention of the national awareness day is to raise awareness and understanding of bipolar and it...
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carole.short posted on March 29, 2012 17:38
Charity Insurance Specialists, Ecclesiastical have produced two handy guides to public liability insurance. Charities can use these to manage ri...
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carole.short posted on March 28, 2012 12:33
Today’s report provides further analysis of what caused the riots, but the key question remains what are we doing to prevent them from happening again...
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carole.short posted on March 28, 2012 12:20
Marking the Anniversary of the August Riots
CVA is working on the basis that by August 2012 – the anniversary of last year’s riots – Croydon will ...
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carole.short posted on March 27, 2012 14:16
The Charity Commission has recently made changes to its online registration process.
It is now compulsory to attach documents such as (governing docu...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 17:14
The Co-operative Uk has launched free support services for Community Enterprises - 'The Simply Suite' - offers legal and governance advice to Communit...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 17:11
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) are able to provide community membership free of charge to groups and organisations with an an...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 17:08
Social Franchising: A Guide for Franchisees is their latest manual which provides a general introduction to social franchising from the perspect...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 17:05
Deciding on what insurance you need for your activities can be tricky. There are two types of insurance which are required by law:
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 17:02
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is asking private, public and third sector organisations to host placements to help BIS gathe...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 16:59
Many small and medium sized charities do not have a dedicated HR professional. It can be quite daunting for a Chief Executive, administrator or other ...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 16:57
For very brief ten 'top tips for creating a business plan' from the Plunkett Foundation's Making Local Food Work programme, click here
carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 16:54
Striding Out have launched the first mobile app to support social entrepreneurs. The Social Enterprise Toolbox Kit is now available as an ebook ...
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carole.short posted on March 14, 2012 16:50
Following the recent reviews of UK health and safety legislation, the Health and Safety Executive has issued revised guidance on home working (INDG 22...
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carole.short posted on February 28, 2012 14:56
Nominations are now open for the new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012 which will honour the efforts of charities that undertake project...
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carole.short posted on February 23, 2012 16:00
St. Christopher's cares for over 2,000 dying people and their families and friends each year from the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Le...
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carole.short posted on February 22, 2012 15:16
We are holding Monthly Information Sessions in a workshop setting aimed at helping people get back to work through volunteering.
Come along and fin...
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