T3SC (Tameside 3rd Sector Coalition) is dedicated to providing support, advice and information
to our local voluntary and community groups (the VCS or third sector).
We are a registered charity (no:1094744) working throughout Tameside.
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E-Bulletin - October 2008 |
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News
Jobs in the local voluntary and community sector!
The
jobs page currently has an opportunity to
join the T3SC team as the Policy and Participation Manager. There is
also a Consortium Development Officer for GMVSS and a Grant Assessor
position.
This page is constantly updated so
keep checking. If you want to advertise a voluntary and community sector
job on our jobs page please email
hannah,powell@t3sc.org
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How your Council
works - A handy guide for community groups
This guide is published
jointly by NAVCA, IDeA and Urban Forum with the support of the National
Empowerment Partnership to provide information on how local authorities
work and what they are responsible for. It is designed to help people
understand what their council does and help community groups have a
greater say in local decision making.
How your Council Works
- Handy Guide
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Charitable Incorporated Organisations
The Charity Commission and the Office of the Third Sector have launched
a consultation on the new legal form for charities - the Charitable
Incorporated Organisation. More details can be found at:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/Consultations/current_consultations/cio.aspx.
The consultation closes on 10 December.
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Voice4Change subscription
Voice4Change England (V4CE) has launched a subscribers scheme that
individuals and organisations can join to strengthen its role in
building a thriving BME Third Sector.
www.voice4change-england.co.uk/subscriber_media_release.html
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Charity Trustee Networks (CTN)
CTN supports trustees by bringing them together and ensuring their voice
is heard. Trusteenet is CTN's free online community providing
opportunities for networking and access to information. CTN's newsletter
offers advice, case studies and tips on how to fufill the trustee role
most effectively. Trusteenetplus provides additional benefits including
individual indemnity insurance cover.
www.trusteenet.org.uk
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Full of Life campaign
Full of Life is a government campaign to celebrate the role older people
play in society and to challenge outdated stereotypes of what it means
to be old.
http://campaigns.direct.gov.uk/fulloflife
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Framing the Compact debate
Compact Voice, the body charged with representing the voluntary and
community sector in England on the agreement with government, has
produced a pack to support participation in the debate on the Compact.
'Framing the debate on the future of the Compact'
www.compactvoice.org.uk/module_images/Framing%20the%20Debate2.pdf,
and an online questionnaire is at
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/compactquestionnaire.
Respond by 10 November.
The Commission for the Compact's discussion document (pdf, 47kb) is at
www.thecompact.org.uk/shared_asp_files/GFSR.asp?NodeID=101783. It
has also just published research findings, 'The State of Independence: A
research study into independence and the Compact'. This finds that while
The Compact has created an environment which encourages and supports
central government departments to respect the independence of the third
sector, there are still challenges ahead.
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Charity Awards: Social Change Awards from
Directory of Social Change
Individuals and organisations other than charities can also enter -
Everyday Impact Award, the Influencer Award, Investing in Social Change
Award and the Public Body Award.
Nominations by 17 October,
www.socialchangeawards.org.uk.
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LEGAL UPDATE
Revised
Charity Commission guidance on payments to charity trustees,
reflecting changes brought in by the Charities Act
Charities are distinctive, but what makes them so? The voluntary
principle - the willingness of those who run charities to give time
freely for the benefit of others and not for their own financial
reward – would be at the top of the list for many people. There are
over 900,000 charity trustees in England and Wales, and the
overwhelming majority embody this spirit of volunteering by acting
without payment of any kind, or with only their basic expenses
covered.
Our guidance is designed to help trustees of charities in England and
Wales get trustee payments – and expenses to which they are
legitimately entitled - right.
For details go to:
www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc11.asp
Charity
Commission consultation on public benefit and the advancement of moral
or ethical belief systems (ends 5/1/09).
This is the Charity Commission's statutory guidance on public benefit.
It is guidance from the Charity Commission about public benefit and what
charity trustees should consider in order to show that their charity's
aims are for the public benefit.
For details go to:
www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publicbenefit/default.asp
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PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES
The Charity Commission
online service is now available to all charities
The new online service provides a number of benefits to charities, as
well as your supporters, donors and the general public.
These include:
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A system that reminds you that your
Annual Return is due and lets you send it online along with your
accounts and Annual Report.
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The ability to update your registered
details without the need for writing to the Commission. For most
charities, all your information is on one screen.
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A secure messaging service allowing
you to send messages or ask for advice electronically, as well as being
able to send documents to the Commission online.
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Immediate confirmation that a
charity's information has been received safely and securely through a
secure password.
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A system that is available at a time
to suit you.
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A responsive system allowing
up-to-date information onto the Public Register more quickly.
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Charities will be able to present
their work more quickly to supporters and donors through the publication
of their accounts and Information Reports on their web site.
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A secure environment where messages
or documents sent under this system cannot be tampered with.
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Online guidance and help screens
within the system and a dedicated helpline for queries
Tel: 0845 300 0197
Online Registration will also follow
later this year.
Website:
www.charitycommission.gov.uk/common/OnlineservicesInfo.asp
Investing in governance
Stefan Kuchar, CEO of Wandsworth Voluntary Sector Development
Agency, has published a new governance assessment framework designed to
support boards of trustees and chief executives.
www.investingingovernance.org.uk
Management of volunteers NOS
The Workforce Hub has published the revised National Occupational
Standards for management of volunteers.
www.ukworkforcehub.org.uk/DisplayPage.asp?pageid=12457
Volunteering and Health - What impact does it really have?
New Volunteering England publication assessing the health
effects of volunteering both on individual volunteers and on health
service users.
www.volunteering.org.uk/hsc
Cracking the sector
code
Voluntary Arts Network has a new Briefings sheet on 'Voluntary and
community sector jargon', explaining some of the most common terms and
acronyms used.
www.voluntaryarts.org/uploaded/map7823.pdf.
NCVO's Strategy and
Impact site
A new web site from NCVO aims to give a friendly introduction to
strategic thinking and planning, and how to know where you are going and
how well you are doing.
www.strategy-impact.org.uk.
CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESOURCES:
ContactPoint delayed
ContactPoint, which will record details of all children, was originally
due to go live in October this year but has now been delayed until
January 2009.
www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/deliveringservices/contactpoint
T3SC have an introduction to ContactPoint event on 28
October. For more information see our
Dates for you Diary page.
Have your say about the Government's new Child Health Strategy
National Children's Bureau has published a report of the findings of its
online survey with children and young people on health and well-being.
www.ncb.org.uk/dotpdf/open_access_2/healthplanreport.pdf
Early Years Foundation Stage resource
The DCSF has published an 'Early Years Foundation Stage - everything you
need to know' resource containing detailed information and case studies.
Part of the Children's Plan and Every Child Matters agenda, the EYFS is
a play-based framework, which provides support to those working with
young children.
www.dcsf.gov.uk/publications/eyfs
The next generation
The Centre for Social Justice has launched two policy reports 'Couldn't
Care Less' from the Children in Care Working Group and 'The Next
Generation' report from the Early Years Commission.
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/default.asp?pageRef=37
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