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An information and networking event for staff, volunteers and board members working for voluntary and community organisations in London.
22 April, 9.30 am – 2 pm at the University of London Union
This half-day training session run by Community Alliance London (part of Community Alliance) will introduce participants to a range of enterprising ways to increase and diversify their organisations’ income, help identify the risks and rewards of these different approaches, the options available and how to plan their next steps to a more viable and secure future. Funders may want to encourage grant recipients’ attendance.
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Annual Conference for the Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations
Invitation to London Funders members
28 March 2008, 3- 4 pm at the Kings Fund, Cavendish Square, W1
Members attending London Funders’ March meeting, Working Money Harder are invited to take a quick hop across town after our meeting from County Hall to the Kings Fund to attend a one hour Consortium briefing session on LGBT funding needs during their annual conference.
The briefing will be followed by a drinks reception with opportunities to meet LGBT member organisations.
To book a place at this event, please email the Consortium.
Increasing the Role of the Third Sector in Public Services: Design, Delivery, Innovation and Change
24 April, 9 am – 12.30 pm , Westimster
Hosted by The House magazine this Westminster Briefing Conference will give delegates the opportunity to discuss issues brought into focus by last summer’s Third Sector review and the recent Comprehensive Spending Review, whilst viewing third sector public service delivery within the context of the sector’s wider social roles and values. Participants will also consider the practicalities of the remit increasingly to be not providers but designers, innovators and campaigners in public services.
Topics covered by a panel of speaker and in discussion will include:
- What are the full range of investment and funding options available?
- How best can charities share their unique experiences and knowledge of local areas and service requirements?
- How can the skills base within the third sector, in particular HR, be lifted across the board in readiness for public service delivery?
- What role is there for the Third Sector in the design and delivery of specific user focused services in areas such as health, social care, employment and education?
Publicised speakers are Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector; Stuart Etherington, NCVO; Nicholas Seddon, independent commentator; Richard Gutch, Futurebuilders; Richard Corden, The Compact Commission; and Helen Hughes, Voluntary Sector National Adviser, IdeA.
Further agenda details and booking form.
Seminar on responsible investment for charities
Organised by the EIRIS/UKSIF Charity Project with Charity Trustee Networks
27 March 2008, 10 am - 2 pm (including lunch) at the Conference Centre, Wellcome Collection
This free seminar will explore the opportunities and challenges of incorporating social, environmental and ethical issues into charity investments. It will cover the ethical, financial and legal issues to help staff and trustees understand how to go about implementing ethical or socially responsible investment.
For more information or to book a place please contact Sam Collin at the EIRIS/UKSIF Charity Project 020 7840 5738, email sam.collin@eiris.org or visit www.charitysri.org.
Special seminar: Improving opportunities for voluntary sector engagement in extended schools
27 March 2008, 12.30 – 2.30 pm (including lunch) at The Assocation of Charitable Foundations
This special lunchtime seminar organised by the Association of Charitable Foundations will consider some of the new and exciting projects that are emerging in communities where local groups combine with other stakeholders and schools for the benefit of children and parents.
The context for many of these projects is the Every Child Matters initiative – the government programme for a national framework to support the ‘joining up’ of children’s services – education, culture, health, social care and justice. Extended schools are seen as a key way of implementing this programme, in which the school works with the local authority, local providers and other schools to provide access to a range of integrated services.
This seminar will hear from two organisations with practical experience of developing extended schools on the ground.
The seminar costs £25 (£20 for ACF members) which includes a buffet lunch served from 12.30 to 1 pm. Book online at ACF’s website.
Making a Difference; Refugee Successes in the World of Work
30 April 2008 at Allan & Overy, Bishopsgate, London.
Members of the London Funders Network are invited to attend an Employability Forum event - Making a Difference; Refugee Successes in the World of Work.
The event is supported by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and will launch a publication of the same name highlighting the contribution of refugees to our economy using refugees' own stories of success to illustrate what people can achieve with a little support
Examples of success within the publication include: the Finance Director at the The Training and Development Agency, an inspirational Geography teacher from Kenya, and a Bosnian entrepreneur now running consultancy for the Home Office. The event is being run jointly with Twist, Refugees into Jobs, the Refugee Council, TimeBank and the Trellis project in Birmingham and will feature many other examples of success from projects.
For more information about this event: please contact Yaminee Pande at y.pande@employabilityforum.co.uk
Funding for success: improving the effectiveness of the third sector
30 April 2008, all day event at the University of Aston, Birmingham
This free event hosted by Charities Evaluation Services will focus on what funders can do to support better outcomes and quality in the third sector bringing together funders and local capacity builders.
Speakers include representatives from the Audit Commission, Children in Need, IDeA and Charities Evaluation Services.
Workshops will facilitate and encourage a dialogue between grant-makers, commissioners and infrastructure organisations. The event is open to grantmakers, commissioners and support agencies working with front line organisations
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Capacitybuilders' Annual Conference 2008
17 June 2008, all day event at Birmingham’s newly refurbished Town Hall
The programme for the event is still under development, but Minister of the Third Sector, Phil Hope, is scheduled to attend as key note speaker. Capacitybuilders aim to make the day as thought provoking, stimulating and interactive as possible and will use the event as a platform to engage with the sector on key aspects of their Destination 2014 strategy and delivery plan for the next three years. Further details about the conference will be announced soon.
Association of Charitable Foundations Conference
Thorny questions, fruitful answers: foundations meeting contemporary challenges
26 and 27 June 2008, Nottingham
What really are the major challenges of today – both internationally and here in the UK? And what are their implications for funders and for foundations? These key questions are the themes for ACF’s conference this year.
Details will be posted on ACF’s website as plans progress, with a full brochure available nearer the time.