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LSIS Regional Response Fund

Loaded: Tue, 20/11/2012 - 16:56

One East Midlands are pleased to announce their role in the successful partnership bid to the LSIS Regional Response fund. Teaming up once again with New College Stamford, Closer Links will take forward some of the key recommendations from the LSIS funded Forward Communities project; to develop more effective collaborative working across the Further Education sector.

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VCS employment figures fall during second quarter

Loaded: Thu, 15/11/2012 - 09:41

The voluntary sector’s paid workforce experienced a slight fall in the second quarter of this year, with the latest analysis of the Labour Force Survey showing that the number of paid employees in the sector decreased by approximately 4,000 over March to June 2012, representing a decrease of just 0.6% on the previous quarter and takes the number of paid employees to a total of 775,000 during the mid-point of 2012.

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Donations to charities fall by 20 percent

Loaded: Thu, 15/11/2012 - 09:40

Donations to charity fell by 20% in real terms during 2011/12, with the public gave £1.7billion less to charity than the previous year, according to the longest-running annual study of giving across the United Kingdom.

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Opportunity to hire third sector meeting rooms to civil servants

Loaded: Tue, 06/11/2012 - 14:05

The Government Procurement Service has introduced a pan-Government meeting and events booking service, which gives priority to making more effective use of sharing meeting space.

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ITEM3 project publishes final report

Loaded: Tue, 06/11/2012 - 14:03

The three year ITEM3 project, which provided ICT support and advice to third sector infrastructure organisations throughout the East Midlands, including ICT health checks and social media workshops, has published its final project report.

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European Regional Development Fund 2012 - One East Midlands Annual Information Event

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Friday, 23 November, 2012 - 09:30 to 15:30

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL

We are delighted to invite you to the One East Midlands Annual Information Event taking place on Friday 23 November at the East Midlands Conference Centre, University Park, Nottingham. This is a unique opportunity for all stakeholders of the EM ERDF programme to come together, learn about the programme and its progress, ask questions and shape future focus.

New guide to social enterprises

Loaded: Thu, 01/11/2012 - 14:41

Pilotlight and Social Enterprise UK have published a new guide, entitled are Why Social Enterprise? A Guide for Charities, in response to requests from the VCS for information and advice on how to become a social enterprises, organisations that trade for a social and/or environmental purpose.

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Running Your Group resource re-launched

Loaded: Thu, 01/11/2012 - 13:54

The Running Your Group online resource, which is designed to give people all the tools they need to start up, fund, market and manage their group or small organisation, has been re-launched.

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£6million Assist programme launched

Loaded: Tue, 30/10/2012 - 13:02

The Big Lottery Fund and NCVO have launched the £6million BIG Assist programme to support infrastructure bodies, which will encourage organisations to rate and review the support they receive, Tripadvisor-style.

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Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives

Loaded: Fri, 26/10/2012 - 11:15

A campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives has been launched. The campaign, which has grown out of concern for the neglect of sector records, will include a website at with guidance documents to help VCS organisations manage their archives and records and/or make informed decisions about depositing records in an appropriate repository.

 

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