Posted on November 20, 2009 by Simon Duncan
24th November 2009, from 9am to 1pm
Cardigan Centre (Cardigan Road, Leeds LS6 1LJ)
The Funding Fair and Information event is a great opportunity for community groups, small charities and social enterprises and other organisations from the Voluntary, Community and Faith sector to meet key funders of local projects and organisations providing infrastructure support.
For more information contact Siobhan Humphries on siobhan@leedscommunityfoundation.org.uk / 0113 242 2426
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Drop in Session on Friday 27th November
West Leeds Enterprise Centre has arranged a drop in service for those who are considering working for themselves. It will include information, support with mentoring, business advice and networking.
For more details Contact ann@barca-leeds.org
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Connect Leeds – Join the database
Leeds Voice and Voluntary Action-Leeds are well on the way with their joint project: Connect Leeds.
The custom-made database is nearly complete and now we need the help of YOU, the Third Sector in Leeds, to help make this database work.
Submit your details today to help better connect, serve and support the Third Sector in Leeds.
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by Simon Duncan
See Background, Introduction the rest of the story here.
Yesterday I started to look at Facebook as a means of helping my organisation to connect with our current and prospective clients. And I certainly had an interesting time.
Setting up Facebook for personal use is relatively straightforward, however I wanted to look specifically at its use for organisations so I was interested in the Groups and Pages parts of Facebook and what that could do for me. Also I was very keen to know how Facebook linked up with other social media tools as it was extremely important to me that I did not have to spend ages visiting all the various tools that I used as this would just take too much time out of my day – something that is very important for all VCOs who are always pushed for time.
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Date: Monday 7th December 2009.
Venue: The Rubens Hotel, 39 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PS. (map)
Time: 9.30am to 3.00pm.
Register: click on this link
Cost: FREE! Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Attendees: UK Registered charities only.
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Simon Duncan
The Capital Investment Programme was launched in 2008 to support improvements and development of local third sector resources centres with an initial investment of £5m allocated by Capacitybuilders.
Thanks to an additional £2m of capital investment from the Office of the Third Sector, more frontline third sector organisations are set to benefit from improved facilities at local resource centres across England.
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Simon Duncan
The Altogether Better Programme has created an exciting new temporary post which will provide an opportunity to contribute to the health inequalities agenda at regional and national level.
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Simon Duncan
I’ve been intrigued by Alex Sobel’s mission to purchase exclusively from social enterprises for 30 days. His most recent posting has been around entertainment and it was both exciting and a bit sad. I was delighted to hear about the social enterprises that he visited, not having known about some of them. The sad part was that there was so little choice when it came to cinemas, though actually I confess to being a bit surprised that he was even able to find one!
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Posted on November 18, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Fundraisers are being offered the chance to predict the future on a new website called Fundraising Scenarios.
Created by the Management Centre consultancy, it allows fundraisers and sector experts to put forward their ideas about how fundraising will look in 2020.
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Posted on November 18, 2009 by Simon Duncan
The Institute of Fundraising’s code of practice on telephone fundraising does not comply fully with the law and is likely to be revised, Third Sector has learned.
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Posted on November 18, 2009 by Simon Duncan
* Do you understand how governance structures work at the regional
level?
* Where does the voluntary and community sector fit in?
* What does the Regional Forum do?
To help de-mystify the region and the new governance arrangements,
explain the jargon and clarify how it all works, the Regional Forum has
organised an Information Session for 2nd December 2009.
Come to this session at the Regional Forum to help de-mystify the region
and the new governance arrangements, explain the jargon and clarify how
it all works.
Venue: Regional Forum, Leeds
Time: 1.30pm – 4.00pm
For more information or to book your place:
mailto:ian.gardner@regionalforum.org.uk or phone (0113 394 2300) Ian
Gardner.
Other dates: Thursday 9th February 2010 10.00am – 12.30pm
Thursday 22nd April 2010 1.30pm – 4.00pm
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Posted on November 18, 2009 by Simon Duncan
A major Wiltshire town is to become the first in the UK to offer free public wireless internet access to its entire population, it was claimed.
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Posted on November 16, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Fit4funding and Charity Bank are running the last 2 of their free workshops “First steps to sustainability”, aimed at voluntary and community groups and social enterprises throughout Yorkshire and the Humber. The workshop looks at a diverse range of funding sources from grants to contracts, from individual giving to trading and considers the pro’s and cons of each.
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Posted on November 16, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Three events taking place across the Humber sub-region providing information for third sector organisations interested in securing public sector contracts.
For more information, please contact Chris Mason at 01469 572313 ext 26 or email: mailto:chris@cert-ltd.co.uk
Click here for a pdf flier providing full details
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Posted on November 16, 2009 by Simon Duncan
In a recent blog post about the impact of social media on the nonprofit sector, Holly wrote, “Social media is about relationships. At its core, nonprofit work is also about relationships. We can use these tools to build real relationships in a way that broadcast tools like email, direct mail, and advertising do not.”
If you work with a faith-based organization, you’d probably agree that building relationships is at the heart of what you do. Used properly, social media would seem a natural fit for religious communities, but they’re often challenged in embracing technology change. We’ll be addressing this issue at our upcoming webinar, “Social Media for Faith-based Communities”.
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Posted on November 13, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Posted on November 13, 2009 by Simon Duncan
There are a few places left on next Tuesday’s event in London, so please excuse the late notice and if you are available we would very much like to see you. (There will be two further events early in 2010).
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Today I am keeping with the blog theme and looking at how I can attract people to my blog who I don’t know and who don’t know me or the organisation.
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Simon Duncan
‘Communities Together’ ideas and funding workshop on Friday 20th November from 10 am until 12 pm, at the Howland Centre, School Street, Dewsbury WF13 1LD.
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Simon Duncan
The next funding fair will be held at the Cardigan Centre on 24th November from 9:30 – 1:00 please circulate this information to groups you work with.
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Simon Duncan
The number of Wi-Fi hotspot users has increased by almost 50 per cent over the past 12 months to 1.2 billion, according to new research by In-Stat marketing released today.
The firm said that after a period of little growth, the hotspot market is experiencing a resurgence, with usage increasing among both business users and consumers.
No great surprise. These days I expect to find a free Wi-Fi connection at cafes – indeed I often choose those cafes that have this. Simon
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Day 2 – Social Media VCO experiment #socialmediavco
Background, Introducation, Day 1
For the next few days I will be exploring how to get the most out of my blog and from that, how you might be able to use a blog effectively to achieve your goals. Check out my goals in the Introduction.
To help me to do this I did a search on Google which brought up some interesting results, one of which was Mashable – a social media site. They had a number of suggestions which I am going to explore. Today it will be around Content and Communication.
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Age UK will be the new name of the charity formed by the merger between Age Concern and Help the Aged.
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Simon Duncan
The Social Investment Business is running two workshops this month to give organisations a last chance to find out more and apply for The Modernisation Fund – investments should ideally be agreed by the end of December 2009.
Find out more about whether you might be eligible for a Modernisation Fund investment, hear about how working collaboratively could help your organisation prosper and speak to an advisor about your application:
- 16 November, 2009 – Leeds – Tiger 11, Hillside, Beeston Road, LS11 8ND
- 18 November, 2009 – Luton – The Auction House, Crescent Road, LU2 0AH
Find out more: www.socialinvestmentbusiness.org/mf12
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Well the social media surgery in Leeds yesterday evening was great. I met up with people who I knew but had never met before (fellow Twitterers) and realised some of the great benefits of Twitter – networking, relationship building, sharing.
Many thanks to all involved. In particular thanks to Kate Brown who helped me to explore how social media may be useful for my organisation as well as how it may be useful for other VCOs in the region.
Hopefully there will be more of these.
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Welcome to Day 1 of #socialmediavco, the experiment to see how social media might help the smaller voluntary and community organisations (VCOs).
Read the Background and the Introduction.
We’re starting off by exploring Blogs. So what is a blog and how can it be of use to a VCO?
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Posted on November 10, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Lasa have published an excellent ICT Security Guide for voluntary sector organisations. Everything you need to know to keep your computers and your organisation secure.
Check it out here
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Posted on November 10, 2009 by Simon Duncan
Sheffield Young Carers Project
Fundraising Officer – 14 – 17.5 hours per week
Salary £20,000 – £24,000 (Pro Rata) starting salary depends on previous experience.
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Posted on November 10, 2009 by Simon Duncan
LEEDS VOICE – BME NETWORK
BME NETWORK OFFICER (to March 2011) SO1 Pts 29 – 31 £24,646 – £26,272
&
DEVELOPMENT WORKER (to March 2010) SO1 Pt 29 £24,646
Leeds Voice is looking to appoint two members of staff to take forward work with Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community organisations.
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