January 2010
10 posts
Democracy Days, March 2010 →
3, 9, 16, 23 March
Oxford, County Durham, Portsmouth and London
NAVCA and the WEA are bringing Democracy Days to communities around the country with four events planned for March. These free one-day conferences will be lively and entertaining events for Staff in LIOs or public bodies seeking to engage local people as well as VCF reps or activists. They are also an excellent introduction to...
Advocating intelligent commissioning: South West →
11 May 2010
Exeter
An interactive NAVCA seminar for local infrastructure workers
Do you:
work for a local infrastructure organisation (LIO) or organisation that provides support to other organisations in the South East region?
support local organisations involved in service delivery?
work with your local authority or primary care trust on commissioning?
want to advocate intelligent...
Event: Meet the new agencies in Learning and... →
26 February 2010 and 4 March 2010
Leeds and London The Third Sector National Learning Alliance (TSNLA) is holding two key events where we can meet and hear from senior staff at the Young People’s Learning Agency, react at the Local Government Agency and the Skills Funding Agency. We will also have the opportunity to bring to their attention critical issues from the third sector provider...
Save the Children says severe child poverty 'going... →
Severe child poverty in the UK has risen by 260,000 to 1.7 million according to new evidence from Save the Children, revealing that the number of children living in severe poverty dramatically increased even before the recession. Save the Children’s latest briefing “Measuring Severe Child Poverty in the UK” shows how an additional 260,000 children were pushed into severe poverty...
New research shows NAVCA members are offering... →
NAVCA has today published research into the activities our members have been taking to help local groups suffering from the recession. The research, published as the UK officially has come out of recession, shows a clear shift over the last year in the activities our members are undertaking. NAVCA members are now concentrating on providing practical support to local groups whereas last year, at...
Music Licensing →
NAVCA and other third sector organisations have met with Angela Smith to discuss proposed changes to music licensing and the impact that this will have on third sector organisations.
The Government proposes that charities and other not for profits should pay for a licence when they play recorded music in their own premises. A lot of the media coverage of this issue concentrates on charity shops...
Invitation to Tender: Consultancy services to... →
NAVCA wishes to develop a new website and database by the end of 2010. We would like help to produce a specification we can use to invite tenders to construct a new website for NAVCA, preferably integrated with our databases. We want help to understand what we need, and to benefit from the support of someone with considerable experience and knowledge of website and database development. The...
NAVCA secures Guardian Newspapers recruitment... →
NAVCA is pleased to announce that we have secured recruitment advertisement discounts with Guardian Newspapers with immediate effect.
In addition to the 10% discount given to charities, we have secured a further 10%, giving a total of 20% discount on printed advertisements.
Also, we have secured discounts for online only advertisements of 10%. Job listings placed for four weeks are now priced at...
NAVCA Chair awarded MBE in New Year Honours List →
Mike Martin , NAVCA’s Chair, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for services to the Voluntary Sector in Reading.
Mike worked for local infrastructure organisations for over twenty five years, retiring last year as Chief Executive of Reading Voluntary Action.
Mike has been Chair of NAVCA since 2006, having first become a Trustee in 2002.
Funding Opportunity: Personalisation Events →
NAVCA would like to offer members and local affiliates up to £2000 to organise and host a learning and networking event on the personalisation of health and social care services in your area.
The aim of the events is to help you and the local organisations you support to be more effective in responding to the challenges of personalisation in your area.
We would like you to invite other local...