Volunteer Management Conference: 30.04.24, 09:30-16:00

Westminster Insight’s Volunteer Management Conference is ideally timed to look at the key challenges and opportunities facing volunteer managers in 2024 and to explore what the future looks like for volunteering in the UK.

You will learn how to adapt every aspect of the volunteer journey to challenging times, including; planning, recruitment, induction, support, and development.

Hear directly from a member of the NHS Volunteering Taskforce about their recommendations for optimising volunteer time to improve service delivery, which can be applied to all organisations.

Put your questions to a panel of volunteers about what contributes towards a good volunteer experience and explore how to improve retainment through reward, recognition and routes to paid roles.

Take away advice on how to improve your advertising and recruiting to ensure you are reaching diverse audiences, overcoming any barriers to inclusivity and engaging the new generation of volunteers.

Minimise risk to your organisation by having your legal queries answered in our legal troubleshooting session covering issues such as safeguarding, data protection, health and safety and equality.

We recommend early booking. We look forward to bringing you the programme and speaker line-up shortly. Receive 20% off until Friday 1st March 2024 with discount code EARLY4203.

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Help NCVO Support Small Charities This Year

NCVO is currently planning their schedule for Small Charity Week, and they’d like to know what support you’d find most valuable. Fill in the survey here.

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Essential Employment Law for Charity Leadership: 06.03.24, 10am-1:15pm

Ensure you are managing your team fairly and effectively by attending Essential Employment Law for Charity Leadership, taking place on Wednesday 6 March at 10am – 1:15pm.

This online course has been designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the key employment laws and regulations that charity leaders should comply with in order to manage their employees fairly and effectively.

View the full programme and book your place today.

A £40 discount is available to Governance & Leadership subscribers.

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Guidance to Help Users Access My Charity Commission Account Service

As some charities have experienced difficulties with the new system, the Charity Commission has published additional guidance for charity contacts and charity trustees on how to access and use ‘My Charity Commission’ on behalf of a charity. There is also new and revised guidance: Setting up ‘My Charity Commission Account’.

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Donated Cryptoassets Not Eligible for Gift Aid

HM Revenue and Customs has updated its guidance for charities to confirm that donations of cryptoassets are not eligible for Gift Aid. This is because HMRC does not consider cryptoassets to be currency and Gift Aid applies only to gifts taking the form of a sum of money. The guidance advises that where a donor holding cryptoassets wishes to benefit from Gift Aid they must convert those cryptoassets into money and make a cash donation under the Gift Aid scheme.  

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Safeguarding Young People into Adulthood Online Training: 22.04.24, 09:30-12:30

Bridging the gaps between Children and Adult Services is essential to safeguard young people into adulthood. Learn how to overcome the cliff edge that leaves children unprotected when they enter legal adulthood.

This Safeguarding Young People into Adulthood training course will give you the tools to implement fluid approaches, that improve collaboration between services and safeguard young people against exploitation and harm. We will look at best practice for providing personalised support that embeds the voice of the young person throughout. How can we ensure we’re delivering the right support for different needs? 

The course will be led by Steve Baguley, Education and Transition Lead, NWG, specialist in transition planning, with a professional background in education and practical experience as a Service Manager within Children’s Services. 

You will review a case from the latest Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs). We will analyse how services could have worked better and what a transitional safeguarding framework looks like in practice.  

Raise your challenges and gain expert feedback from the trainer in a confidential and supportive environment. 

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Funding for Youth-Led Creativity Programmes (UK)

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has announced that their Youth-Led Creativity Programme will re-open to applications with a revised funding strategy to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people across the UK. The programme will support work led by and for young people who are underrepresented in arts and culture, encouraging them to use their creativity to improve their lives, careers, and the world around them. This includes young people who are D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent, experiencing racial inequity, economically or educationally disadvantaged, have migration or care experience, or identify as LGBT+. Requests for multi-year grants of up to £120,000 will be considered for project/core costs. Partnerships are welcomed. Expressions of interest will be accepted from the 14th February 2024 until the 15th March 2024. Funding for Youth-Led Creativity Programmes (UK)

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Funding for Projects that Support the Education & Development of Children and Young People (England)

Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to support the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other projects. Of particular interests are projects which will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. In most cases grants will be made on a relatively small scale. Many grants will be under £2,000, most will be under £5,000 and only in a few cases will grants exceed £10,000. The funding provided by the BlueSpark Foundation and can be for physical assets (such as iPads, sports equipment, or lighting for stage productions) or for services or facilities (such as sports coaching or music or drama tuition) or simply for the provision of experiences (such as theatre visits). These examples are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive as to the funding which BlueSpark may provide to support projects. Applications can be submitted at any time and must be made online on BlueSpark Foundation’s standard application Form. Funding for Projects that Support the Education and Development of Children and Young People (England)

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Free Independent Energy Assessment – Apply Today

The VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme is offering free Independent Energy Assessments (IEA’s) to eligible frontline community organisations across England to help them save money and be more energy efficient. Find out more here.

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Charity Commission Appoints David Holdsworth as CEO

‘The Charity Commission has appointed David Holdsworth as its next chief executive. He will take over as chief executive of the regulator from Helen Stephenson, whose term comes to an end this summer…’ Read more here.

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