Launched in December 2003, this website brings together 60 organisations around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Funding Alert - October 2008 more...

Personal and Community Development Learning Partnership - South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City, Application for Development funding more...

Triodos Opportunities Fund (UK) more...

CCORRN Conference & AGM more...

Funded training for Volunteers and Charities through Train to Gain more...

The Compact Debate more...

Grants for Green Power generation more...

SEEE business workshops more...

The Empowerment Fund more...

Red Nose Day Programme more...

Match Funding Scheme for Volunteering more...

DFID's Development Awareness Fund - Mini Grant Scheme more...

Development Awareness Fund (UK) more...

New Sustainable Communities programme, run by Inspire East in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University more...

Participation Works: FREE Training Course more...

Cambridge Carbon Footprint Courses more...

The Big Womble - a major promotional and fundraising opportunity for FRN members more...

For love and money: charities with trading arms more...

(CLG) White Paper delivers power shift to local people - Blears more...

DEFRA News Item - Green goods to come to the front of Britain's shelves more...

Voluntary Sector Management and Leadership course more...

Training News

Funded training for Volunteers and Charities through Train to Gain

Train to Gain is the government’s skills development programme ( “ Your Future – it’s in Your Hands “ ), designed to help employees improve their qualifications and skills, and enable them to do a better job, or even get a better job ! It has recently been extended to include volunteers, so if someone does even a couple of hours’ work a week for a charity or volunteer organisation, they can take an NVQ in a subject which will help them contribute even more.

Popular subjects include;

• I.T skills

• Business Administration

• Team Leading

• Customer Services

In addition to these, there are hundreds more, many of them applying to a particular sector like Care, Sport and Recreation, Retail, Teaching, Catering, and Information/Advice/Guidance

For more information contact:

Nicky James on 01582 522332, or n.james@ttgbroker.com,

SEEE business workshops

Learning for better business

Keen to adopt the best business practices to sustain and develop your organisation? A new programme of practical and affordable workshops for enterprising Third Sector organisations takes tailored training to venues across the East of England this autumn.

Social Enterprise East of England and Business Link East have joined forces to commission a range of full and half-day sessions from workshop leaders with firsthand experience at the sharp end.

The programme includes a day in Cambridge – Access to Finance - on 12 December.

Access to finance, opportunities for enterprise in health and social care, and making the most of e-marketing are just three of the topics on offer. To find out more about the Business Workshops programme, go to www.seee.co.uk or call 0845 606 6296

booking form attached

Document: Business_Workshops_Booking_Form_in_Word.doc

Participation Works: FREE Training Course

Are you looking to increase children and young people participation in your organisation? Then the Participation Works consortium has a range of training courses and a consultancy package, ranging from introducing a selection of training methods and tools, through to organisational change and strategic planning to support you.

Courses are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of staff including managers and trustees as well as young people themselves, and will include accredited training. The training programme is being delivered England wide by a team of Participation Works approved trainers, including young people who are aged 16-19 years.

Courses are free to Voluntary, Community and other Third Sector organisations (1 person per organisation) and £85 for Statutory organisations.

Hear by Right helps you map and plan the participation of children and young people within the organisation. The Hear by Right workshops are designed to raise awareness about participation and show you how to use the Participation Works Hear by Right Self-Assessment Tool.
Cambridge, 10 September

Building a Culture of Participation explores how an organisation’s culture can be established and embedded to support children and young people’s active and meaningful participation within the organisational infrastructure.
Cambridge, 23 September
Newmarket, 23 October

Find out more and book online at www.participationworks.org.uk or call Participation Works Enquiry Line on 0845 603 6725

Cambridge Carbon Footprint Courses

Please find attached some information about some new groups starting in September, run by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. I would be grateful if you could display the poster and pass the information onto anyone in your community you feel would be interested in attending. If you have any queries about these groups then please contact Cambridge Carbon Footprint direct.

You may also be aware of the ‘Cut Your Carbon’ campaign. I am the person to talk to about that if you or anyone in your community are thinking of a project and looking into the funding. I am more than happy to come out and talk about any ideas anyone in your community may have. I will be running a workshop about the campaign in October, so if you are interested, then please let me know and I will email with further details.

Please feel free to get in touch if you would like further information about that, or check the website www.cutyourcarbon.org.uk



Many thanks, Jo


Jo Fitzpatrick

Senior Project Officer

Cambridgeshire ACRE
32 Main Street
Littleport
Ely
CAMBS
CB6 1PJ

Document: A4_footprintgroup_Fall_08-1.pdf

Voluntary Sector Management and Leadership course

SUMMER BANQUET NOW BOOKING!

Management and Leadership Summer Banquet
Anglia Ruskin’s 3rd Sector Futures team is pleased to announce a mouth watering Fixed-price training menu for the most discerning charity and social enterprise palates – book with us now and you could get £500 worth
Of training paid for through Train to Gain.

Kick off in July with our delicious 1 day course: Introduction to Management, made up of fresh ingredients on managing projects, people, and time – plenty to get you thinking over the summer holiday (if you get one).

17th July (Chelmsford)
18th July (Cambridge)

In September, we get to the main course, three days over four weeks: Leading the Way includes input on strategy and leadership, combined with practical sessions on topics such as social accounting & writing tenders.

9th, 16th and 30th September (Chelmsford);
11th, 18th September, 2nd Oct (Cambridge)

If you’re still not satisfied, come October, we offer something different for dessert: an individual executive coaching session (two hours) to focus on your own or your organisation’s goals and how to achieve them. Dates,venue & topic to be agreed with participant.



As time is limited before the first workshop you should also call Ashley Cooke to confirm
your place and how you can access Train to Gain funding: 0845 196 688 or 07850 897881

Prices
The cost for the five sessions of Summer Banquet is a competitive £500. When we receive your booking we will contact Train to Gain urgently to see if you are eligible to claim this back - and we guarantee that no-one will be invoiced unless this eligibility has been confirmed prior to the course commencing.

Train to Gain
You can find out more about Train to Gain funding for Leadership and Management at:
www.traintogain.gov.uk/Region/EastofEngland/

Our Partners

Anglia Ruskin University is proud of its partnership with local CVS organisations in Essex and Cambridgeshire, and with Voluntary Sector Training. We are grateful to these organisations for the support they have given us with this and other course provision.


Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service
www.cambridgecvs.org.uk

Chelmsford Council for Voluntary Service
www.chelmsfordcvs.ik.com

Rainbow Services (Harlow)
www.rainbowservices.org.uk


Voluntary Sector Training
www.voluntarysectortraining.org.uk


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