Third Sector News
A partnership led by BVSC The Centre for Voluntary Action and consisting of a range of Birmingham-based voluntary sector support providers, has been awarded close to £600,000 in the government’s Transforming Local Infrastructure programme.
In this edition: How Isore Media is helping turn lives around; 'Beyond Art' - Birmingham City Council's new Art Exhibition; The Community Cohesion Programme; The Childline Schools Service, and much more...
Some of the subjects to be covered at the next meeting include the Localism Act, Community Asset Transfer, Birmingham's governance structures and co-production.
It's really simple! Get your staff to bring in any unwanted clothes, books, china, jewellery, bags, in fact almost any unwanted items. Bag it all up, give us a call and we'll collect it from your door at a time so suit you!
Mashkura Begum has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Birmingham Leadership Foundation (BLF), a programme aimed at building opportunities for the City’s next generation of leaders. At just 33 she will be one of the youngest 3rd sector Executives in the West Midlands region.
Fircroft College runs a number of short courses throughout the year designed to help people working in the voluntary sector, most of which cost just £70 or FREE if claiming any means-tested benefits.
Resources for Autism is expanding its services and so looking for office space in a more central location, preferably in the City centre, including Jewellery Quarters, Digbeth, Attwood Green and Edgbaston.
The BLF have published a number of good practice guides for organisations dealing with young people:
On 24th January, Communities Minister Andrew Stunell invited community and voluntary organisations to apply for a share of £100 million that will help revitalise communities and bring the empty homes blighting their areas back into use.
The paper sets out their approach to 'building capabilities' and gives an opportunity for voluntary and other organisations to influence this approach.
As the recession and public sector cuts on the voluntary sector continues, BVSC is running its bi-annual survey again to refresh our findings on the real impacts of funding cuts on Birmingham’s third sector and its citizens.
This is the latest in an ongoing series of bi-annual surveys with Birmingham based voluntary and community organisations. In view of the data published by Birmingham City Council on Voluntary and Community Sector Funding in September 2011, BVSC have sought to identify the real impacts of funding cuts on Birmingham’s third sector and its citizens.
Please find attached People First Birmingham’s Winter newsletter. Feel free to distribute amongst any networks you feel may be appropriate.
The new Community First endowment, which aims to raise £150 million to be invested to secure the future of local community projects in England, has been launched by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society recently.
There are still some places available on this NEW short course (20-22 February) at Fircroft College, ideal for anyone responsible for bookkeeping within their organisation.
Since the launch of the Surviving Winter Appeal on the 10th November, Birmingham and Black Country Community Foundation (BBCCF) have raised over £10,000 to help older and vulnerable people stay warm this winter. Around 40 people have been helped so far, with referrals still coming in.
BVSC Development Worker, Georgina Watts, examines the benefits of time banking as an alternative model of volunteering.
Birmingham LGBT is delighted to welcome Sonya Robotham to the team. Sonya will take up the role of Project and Events Officer coordinating a number of events including Shout, Birmingham’s Festival of Queer culture. Sonia will also facilitate the LGBT community forum and provide developmental support to the LGBT community groups in the city.
