VCS Development

NCVO has launched its iKnowHow service, described as a voluntary sector version of Wikipedia, which will allow users to edit, add to or debate content on NCVO's KnowHow NonProfit website. The site, which provides information on running charities for founders, trustees, volunteers and staff of charities and other non-profit organisations, will be piloted by allowing people to change the three areas of the site about collaboration, public service delivery and setting up a charity.

Following the success of our first MP Guide in 2011, we have now published our One East Midlands Guide to MPs 2012, containing updated information on all 46 MPs covering the East Midlands. The guide, which can be downloaded here, is organised by political party and then arranged alphabetically by constituency. You will also find useful indexes by name and constituency at the back of the guide. All information is update as of March 2012.

Ducks in a Row, the final report of the Forward Communities project, which was carried out by New College Stamford and One East Midlands between July 2010 and December 2011, has been published. Funded by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) Flexiblity and Innovation Fund, the project examined partnerships and pathways between the East Midlands VCS and further education colleges. To download the full report visit www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/publications/ducksinarow.