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Sector Development

BVSC provides a full range of support services for voluntary and community groups.

Ask BVSC

Ask BVSC provides a range of information by prior appointment or via the enquiry line: 0121 678 8888. Ask BVSC offers:

  • Details of voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham and information about your local development agency
  • Advice on how to set up and run a voluntary or community organisation, including information on legal structures, charitable status and constitutions and policies and procedures
  • Funding information and advice using the software programmes Funderfinder and Grantnet
  • Subscription to BVSC’s free monthly newsletter Update with news, views and practical tips

Information Advice & Guidance

We can provide a range of practical help and advice for organisations including:

  • Access to support on managing finance for voluntary and community organisations
  • Help drafting formal constitutions and articles of association
  • Provision of free training days for member groups on aspects of fundraising
  • Provision of information days and events

Development of quality

Many organisations in the voluntary and community sector are small and have limited resources and they find it difficult to attain an appropriate quality assurance standard in their work. PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations) is designed to help and BVSC offers:

  • Provision of six free "Introduction to PQASSO" training days per year for voluntary and community organisations
  • Provision of free Quality Talks workshops for member groups
  • Support for the implementation of quality systems

Networking & partnerships

In recent years partnership working between public, private, and voluntary and community organisations has increased dramatically. BVSC can help clarify the often confusing range of opportunities by:

  • Helping gain representation by voluntary and community organisations on strategic and other partnerships
  • Signposting and linking voluntary and community groups to emerging strategies and partnerships
  • Accessing a range of partnerships and initiatives through the various teams of BVSC
  • For more information on Sector Development services, contact Mike Fitzsimmons on 0121 678 8866 or via email mikef@bvsc.org

Links

External sector development organisations
Birmingham & Solihull Social Economy Consortium (BSSEC)
A practitioner-led network of agencies and enterprises involved in the social economy in Birmingham and Solihull. http://www.bssec.org.uk

Local Development Agencies in Birmingham
A network of locally based and well established voluntary organisations who work to share their experience, knowledge and skills with less established groups.
http://www.birmingham-da.org

 

TRAINING

Sustainable Income : Getting Ready for Enterprise : £25

If your organisation has ideas for generating income through trading but needs some help, this one-day course delivered by NCVO's Sustainable Funding Project will be useful.  You'll explore what skills, capacity and resources you need to trade, find out how to research and market your product and discuss legal issues and financial implications. 

The course is not about bidwriting or fundraising and is aimed at Managers, Trustees and Development Workers.

14 October 2008 at BVSC

Download the Booking Form and flyer for more information.