NCVS e-bulletin - Thursday 13 June 2024

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The Social Enterprise Accelerator is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It is a collaborative partnership between Nottingham Trent University’s VCSE Data and Insights Observatory and NCVS.

We’re delighted to announce the first fully funded workshops of the Social Enterprise Accelerator programme, helping you bring your new social enterprise ideas to life or grow your existing Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisation.

• Introduction to Social Enterprise workshop, Tuesday 2 July 2024, 10am to 1pm, New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Boulevard, NG7 6BE. This workshop will help you understand what a social enterprise is, what forms they can take, their values, and the steps needed to set one up.
  
  
• Legal and Governance for Social Enterprises workshop, Thursday 11 July 2024, 1pm to 4pm, Broadway Cinema, 14-81 Broad Street, NG1 3AL. This workshop looks at the different legal forms and structures available to social enterprises, looking at the characteristics of the different legal forms. We'll also look at how social enterprises are governed.

You’ll also get to hear about the other elements of the programme.

To book onto either of these workshops, please email vcseobservatory@ntu.ac.uk.

Thursday 25 July 2024, 10am to 1pm
The Pauline Davies Centre, 25 Prospect Street, Radford, NG7 5QE

To celebrate the renaming of Radford Care Group's wonderful centre, you are warmly invited to join them for their open day. Taking place during their annual 'Radford Riviera' week, you will have the opportunity to see the centre working while also having the chance to meet their patrons and special guests, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean!

RSVP by phone at 0115 786133 or by email at info@radfordcaregroup.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 19 June 2024, 3pm

People’s Health Trust has launched Advice for Health, a funding initiative designed to support mental and physical health. The funding is targeted at grassroots organisations that assist local individuals facing financial and social disadvantage, marginalisation, and discrimination, aiming to reduce anxiety and long-term stress and improve overall health. Funding of between £20,000 and £40,000 is available to fund activities that will last one to two years. The funding can be used to provide wellbeing and emotional support to help people feel more able to access advice services.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 3 July 2024, 12 midnight

The Phoenix Way is led by The Ubele Initiative and supported by the Global Fund for Children and is a grant-making initiative aimed at transforming Black and racially minoritised communities. It was established in partnership with six regional leads and the support of several new UK funders, including the Youth Endowment Fund and the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.

Funds of between £50,000 and £75,000 are available for non-profit organisations working with Black and racially minoritised young people at risk of violence.

The deadline for applications is Friday 31 January 2025

Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available for grassroots charities registered in the UK that are active in their communities and currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged, or the general community.

The Foyle Foundation makes single grants towards core costs (including supporting salaries), projects, essential equipment, or building projects. If you are applying for a capital project, please apply towards the end of your fundraising campaign, when the majority of funding has been raised and you have an estimated start date for the work. If your application is successful, the pledged grant offer is only valid for 12 months.

There is no stated deadline for applications

The Movement Fund provides crowdfunding pledges, grants, and resources to enhance physical activity opportunities for underserved individuals and communities. They offer investments of up to £15,000, which can be awarded either as a contribution to a crowdfunding campaign or as a direct grant.

The Movement Fund supports a variety of formally constituted not-for-profit organisations, including sports clubs, charities, local authorities, schools, Community Benefit Societies, and not-for-profit companies. Their main focus is to support projects that match their goal of getting more people active, reducing the number of inactive people and tackling long-standing inequalities.

We're regularly updating the funding news on our website, so click the button below and find the fund for you!

Dave Thomas, Volunteering Development Officer at NCVS, continues his series of articles in support of Leaders of Volunteers.

Dave reflects on a recent Pro Bono Economics report about Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV). The report suggests ESV can improve employee wellbeing, boost productivity, and support charities with up to 2.8 million additional volunteers.

However, Dave highlights a key omission: the financial implications for the voluntary sector. The report lacks detail on the costs and work required to set up ESV projects, and whether businesses should be charged for these opportunities. Despite this, Dave remains optimistic about the potential benefits of ESV for both companies and the community.

Green social prescribing is a way of connecting people to nature-based activities and green groups, projects and schemes in their local community for support with health and wellbeing. Often this will be through a referral from a Link Worker based at a GP practice or another primary care professional.

Our scheme in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, called GreenSpace, was one of seven government Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn sites.

While the National Test and Learn may have ended, NCVS continues to embed green social prescribing into health systems to make nature-based/outdoor activities an intervention of choice to support people to improve and maintain their mental and physical health and wellbeing.

The latest GreenSpace bulletin is available to read.

You can view it in your web browser now. If you would like to receive future issues directly to your inbox, please email greenspace@nottinghamcvs.co.uk with a request to be added to the mailing list.

If you wish to share any events or stories happening in your organisation, or relating to green social prescribing or nature-based activities, please get in touch with the GreenSpace team. The deadline for submissions for the next bulletin is Thursday 20 June 2024.

Sunday 16 June 2024, 4pm to 6pm
The Carousel, 25 Hockley, NG1 1FH

As part of Nottingham Refugee Week, Communities Inc, Refugee Roots and Nottingham City Council are launching a new Myth-Busting guide to tackle hate and prejudice towards Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

You will hear from speakers from Communities Inc, Refugee Roots and Nottingham City Council on how the Myth Buster was produced with lived experience at the heart of it and the importance of tackling misconceptions. Each guest will receive a hard-copy of the Myth-Busting guide and more will be available to take away.

Light refreshments, including vegan and gluten-free options, will be provided.

Tuesday 23 July 2024, 11am to 3pm
Mansfield Central library, West Gate, Mansfield, NG18 1NH

Join Healthwatch Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (HWNN) for its Annual Showcase, combined with the first Mid-Notts Community Roadshow 2024!

They are excited to bring you this year’s Annual Showcase alongside their successful Community Roadshow format, offering even more highlights and opportunities to connect and network. Enjoy interactive activities, presentations, a variety of stalls and displays from partner organisations around the county, and a tasty lunch with cakes for afters!

This free event is open to everyone, including members of the public, community organisations, and HWNN health and social care partners.

Since this Roadshow is in Mid-Notts, they are prioritising stallholders that are either based in or cover the Mid-Notts Place-Based Partnership area, including Mansfield, Ashfield, and Newark and Sherwood. Once you have registered your interest in becoming a stallholder, they will provide more information. Please register each person attending the stall.

For more information, please contact info@hwnn.co.uk.

More event listings on our website

Head over to the dedicated 'External Events and Training' page on our website to view more events and training opportunities from Nottingham's Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.

If you would like to submit an event to feature on this page, please fill in our online event submission form. Events will be approved for publication on the NCVS website at our discretion, taking into account our aims and mission.

Our full Training and Development programme is available to view on our website. All courses take place online via Zoom.

We have new sessions and new dates for 2024/2025. Book now.

Tuesday 9 July 2024, 10.30am to 1pm

This online training will give you a basic understanding of the roles and responsibilities in safeguarding adults and how to respond to concerns.

Cost: £25 per participant

Thursday 1 August 2024, 10.30am to 1pm

This online training will give you a basic understanding of the roles and responsibilities in safeguarding children and young people and how to respond to concerns.

Cost: £25 per participant

Tuesday 27 August 2024, 10.30am to 1pm

This online training will give you a basic understanding of the role and responsibilities of a Designated Safeguarding Lead Person for an organisation working with vulnerable children and young people.

Cost: £25 per participant

Wednesday 14 August 2024, 10.30am to 11.45am

This online training explains your safeguarding responsibilities as a trustee for an organisation working with vulnerable adults or children and young people.

Cost: £15 per participant

Tuesday 10 September 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm

This online training covers the basic information that all trustees should know.

Cost: £20 per participant

Wednesday 19 June 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm

This online training takes you through the basics of being a Fire Warden/Fire Marshal and will prepare you to carry out this very important role.

Cost: £20 per participant

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Learn the basics of taking effective minutes in this online training – and make note taking easy.

Cost: £20 per participant

Tuesday 21 January 2025, 6pm to 8pm

This online training will teach you the basics of health and safety, and explain the process of carrying out a risk assessment in your organisation.

Cost: £20 per participant

Wednesday 6 November 2024, 6pm to 8pm

This online training will refresh your knowledge as a trustee, update you on current issues, improve your personal skill set and help you develop your role for the benefit of your organisation.

Cost: £20 per participant

Tuesday 23 July 2024, 10am to 11am

Identify barriers to volunteering and develop ideas to minimise and remove them during this training, to ensure your organisation isn’t missing out on great volunteers.

Cost: £10 per participant

Wednesday 28 August 2024, 10am to 12 noon

This online training, previously called “How to be a Better Leader of Volunteers”, takes you beyond the basics of managing and supporting volunteers and will explore some of the real-life issues that you’re facing as a Leader of Volunteers.

Cost: £20 per participant

Thursday 5 September 2024, 10am to 12 noon

This online training takes you beyond the basics of managing and supporting volunteers and will challenge you to consider the difference that volunteers make to your organisation.

Cost: £20 per participant

Thursday 25 July 2024, 10am to 12 noon

In any group of volunteers, there’ll be occasional disagreements, personality clashes and conflicts. Although these are hopefully rare events, this updated, online training will prepare you for when they occur.

Cost: £20 per participant

Tuesday 2 July 2024, 10am to 11am

Start your journey into the exciting and rewarding world of volunteer leadership with this online training that explores the volunteer journey from start to finish.

Cost: £10 per participant

Wednesday 7 August 2024, 10am to 12 noon

Although the law has little to say about volunteers and volunteering, what it does say is important. This online training will help you develop an understanding of some of the legal requirements that relate to your volunteering programme.

Cost: £20 per participant

Thursday 4 July 2024, 10am to 11am

Are your volunteer opportunities struggling to attract people, or people with the right interests and skills for your organisation? This online training will teach you how to enhance your volunteer role descriptions and make them stand out.

Cost: £10 per participant

The Practice Development Unit (PDU) aims to promote and facilitate collaborative learning and the sharing of good practice among professionals and volunteers from all sectors, in Nottingham and neighbouring areas, who work with people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD). This is understood as a combination of mental ill-health, substance misuse, homelessness, offending and domestic abuse, among other issues.

Contact our PDU Team if you need more information: pdu@nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Join our free online hub www.pdunottingham.org

Follow us on Twitter @NottinghamCVS #PDUNottingham.

Did you know the PDU Online Hub hosts a comprehensive e-learning suite, and hosts regular meetings on best practice? Check out this fortnight's PDU highlight below.

Wednesday 19 June 2024, 10am to 12 noon

An online forum for professionals, volunteers and people with lived experience who are passionate or curious about co-production, to come together to learn and share expertise.

The theme for this session is 'When to Co-Produce'.

Wednesday 10 July 2024, 10am to 12 noon

Our Employability and Skills CoP is an online forum for professionals, volunteers and people with lived experience of severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) who are passionate about employability, skills led recovery and resettlement, or new to this area and curious to learn more.

The theme for this session is 'Neurodiversity and Employability'.

Equation has added new training dates for 2024/25. Specialising in supporting those experiencing domestic abuse and its effects, their training equips professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective support. Training is free for those working in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County and is available as both face-to-face and online.

With courses including Reducing Parental Conflict, Image-Based Sexual Abuse, Technology and Economic Abuse, and Working with Men Experiencing Domestic Abuse, there is something for everyone. 

To learn more and register for each session, click the button below.

If you are a VCSE organisation in Nottingham City or a VCSE organisation recruiting to a job role which covers the Nottingham City area, you can submit a job advert for our website. Adverts remain on our website until the closing date. We feature new adverts once in the e-bulletin, where possible, depending on the volume of new adverts received.

There are lots more job listings on our website. You can view all the job vacancies available by clicking on the 'More Vacancies' button at the bottom of this section.

Do you need affordable paint for your project or have you got leftover paint?

Community RePaint is a UK wide paint reuse network, sponsored by Dulux, that aims to collect leftover paint and redistribute it to benefit individuals, families, communities and charities in need at an affordable cost.

Schemes are hosted by community organisations, local authorities and waste management companies promoting reuse. As they all operate a little differently, search for your nearest scheme here.

Most schemes charge a small fee of up to £2 per litre, which helps the scheme be sustainable.

The York Archaeology (YA) Nottingham Office has been awarded funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to host a series of hands-on sessions designed to engage Nottingham City and County residents in archaeological and heritage-based activities. They want to showcase how such activities can improve health and well-being, foster new social connections, and improve self-esteem and confidence through the acquisition of new skills and knowledge.

Over the course of two months in autumn 2024, the project is looking to collaborate with various groups within the county or city, offering a diverse range of activities for participants to engage in. If you are a local group interested in hosting one of these heritage sessions, please get in contact; they would love to hear from you!

Email Laura Parker at lparker@yorkat.co.uk or Ian Milsted at ianmilsted@yorkat.co.uk, or click the button below to read more.

Tuesday 25 June 2024, 1pm to 2pm
Online via Zoom

Egnida has developed a mapping tool for vulnerability, the tool is funded by Ofgem, so free to use. The tool incorporates various measures of both general and financial vulnerability. The Nottingham Financial Resilience Partnership has organised a one-hour session for Nottingham groups to meet with James Perry from Egnida. This session will provide an opportunity to learn more about the tool and its potential uses for Nottingham’s voluntary sector.

To access the Zoom meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5483560812?omn=86432759058

Meeting ID: 548 356 0812

The deadline to complete the survey is Monday 19 August 2024

Nottingham City Council has recently launched the Shape the Vision public consultation to gather feedback from the public and partners regarding the budget proposals for the city library service.

On the Nottingham City Libraries website, you will find full details of the consultation proposals which include the closure of four libraries, Aspley, Basford, Bilborough and Radford-Lenton, reducing opening hours elsewhere as well as reductions to their book fund and other areas of spend. No decisions have yet been made and alternative suggestions are welcomed.

Please take the time to view the proposals and complete the consultation survey. This can be done as a member of the public, as a Nottingham City Council employee or as an official response on behalf of your organisation, and please share the consultation with your networks to help them reach as wide an audience around the city as possible. There are posts on both @nottmlibraries and @mynottingham Facebook channels which you are welcome to share.

There will be a series of public consultation meetings, available both in person and online. Details about these meetings, along with printable versions of the survey for adults and children, FAQs, and other related documents, can be found at the above link. Additionally, paper copies of the survey are available at any city library.

If you have any queries, please contact engage@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

The deadline to complete the survey is Wednesday 3 July 2024

Third Sector has launched an online survey that invites fundraisers working in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector to share their views of the challenges and opportunities they face in their roles in the current social and political environment.

Third Sector wants to understand the scale of the current challenges for fundraisers, as well as any opportunities that charities could make the most of to better support their organisations.

The survey will form the basis of a fundraising toolkit for the sector. You have the opportunity to answer the survey anonymously, or you can enter your name to be included in a prize draw for a £50 voucher or equivalent donation to the charity of your choice.

General VCSE sector resources

• Underfunded and Overlooked: The perilous state of Britain's grassroots charities - Read the Centre for Social Justice's (CSJ) report, which found that commissioners often award contracts to larger, national charities. These charities have the resources to secure funding and raise their profile but lack the local knowledge and expertise that grassroots charities possess.
  
  
• Navigating Charity Fundraising - Read Sheila McKechnie Foundation's guide for trustee's navigating the current climate.
  
  
• European Nonprofit Pulse Report 2024: Tracking change in Europe
  and the development of AI  - The latest edition of the Nonprofit Pulse Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape for European nonprofits, offering insights into primary challenges and opportunities, expert perspectives from across Europe, and guidance on navigating the latest trends in AI.
  
  
• The public’s experience and expectations of charitable fundraising - Read Opium's report on how the general public views certain types of fundraising. Did you know 62% of the population view door-to-door fundraising negatively?

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