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Government review on skills and leadership in charity sector

Loaded: Tue, 19/02/2013 - 15:22

The Leadership 20:20 panel has highlighted the lack of diversity and recognised pathways in civil society sector leadership as part of its submission to a government review on skills and leadership in the charity sector.

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Charities may get extra year to claim gift aid small donations

Loaded: Tue, 19/02/2013 - 15:16

Parliament is to consider changes to the gift aid small donations scheme regulations, which will double the amount of time charities have to claim on small cash donations.

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Quarterly Labour Force survey figures published

Loaded: Tue, 12/02/2013 - 14:33

New statistics released on Friday 8 February reveal the VCS’s paid workforce is increasingly made up of temporary employees, growing numbers of people unable to work the hours they would like, and fewer staff benefitting from on-the-job training.

 

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Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill gets Royal Assent

Loaded: Tue, 12/02/2013 - 14:27

A new law enabling permanently endowed charities to take a more flexible approach to managing their investments has come into effect.

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Government to revise plans for statutory lobbying register

Loaded: Tue, 05/02/2013 - 10:16

The Cabinet Office has pledged to revise its proposals for a statutory register of lobbyists after its original model was widely criticised for being ineffective.

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Social Value Act comes into force

Loaded: Fri, 01/02/2013 - 15:07

The Public Services (Social Value) Act, which requires local authorities and other commissioners of public services to consider how their services can benefit people living in the local community, came into force on 31 January.

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Understanding Changes to Public Health

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Friday, 22 March, 2013 - 09:30 to 14:00

Do you work in the fields of children's health, healthy lifestyles, health screening, sexual health, community safety or social inclusion? If the answer is ‘yes’ then your work has huge overlap with the public health agenda and changes to Public Health structures are likely to affect you. This event is a unique opportunity to find out about those changes.

Meeting rooms available to hire

Loaded: Tue, 29/01/2013 - 15:00

One East Midlands are in the process of gathering information on meeting rooms available to hire from our members and other VCS organisations in the East Midlands.

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Discounted building materials for charities and communities

Loaded: Tue, 29/01/2013 - 14:58

Recipro, an online exchange for construction surplus and re-usable materials, aims to divert surplus building materials away from the waste streams to charities, community groups and other community projects.

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Communities
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DCLG volunteering and membership surveys

Loaded: Tue, 22/01/2013 - 15:31

The Department for Communities and Local Government is aiming to widen its understanding of volunteering for, and membership of, voluntary sector organisations, and how their patterns may have changed over recent years.

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