Our next CVS Hounslow free training October 8^th 2010, 9.30 – 4pm in Captain Cook’s Room, West Thames College London Road, Isleworth TW7 4HS:

 Working in Partnerships

 Many organisations now find themselves collaborating with others in joint work. This may come about because they have to – funders require it – or because it is more effective; maximising resources, avoiding duplication and providing the service to a wider range of people. This course will consider the benefits and pitfalls of partnership working. It will emphasise the importance of: having a clear idea why you are working in partnership, having effective communication between the partners and how to develop a successful working relationship without compromising the values and aims of either organisation

To gain from the course:

• An understanding of the pros and cons of partnership working

• An understanding of the importance of clarity of purpose.

• Ideas on developing a mutually beneficial relationship

Handouts will be provided during the course. You may want to bring a notebook and pen to make your own notes.

Training methods:

A mixture of trainer input, discussion, exercises and small group work.

Your trainer will be Moira Blake. Moira has been training in the VCS for over 10 years, delivering courses for LVSC and other regional organisations.

 Lunch will be provided.

For this course we will accept a line manager’s signature as guarantee of attendance so that the Booking Form  can be posted, faxed or scanned to mail.

The signature does, however, contract your organisation to pay a fee of £25 on invoice in cases of non-attendance. 

 With regards

Nina

Training & Information

020 8572 5929 ext 223

NLDC Grant Application Form 2010-2011 + Service Level Agreement PDF 80KB

The deadline for submitting your application is 30/09/10 and CVS Hounslow/Hounslow Adult and Community Education will hold our first NLDC Workshop on September 10^th from 1pm until 4pm in Committee Room 1, (upstairs) at the Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow TW3 4DN.

 The purposes of this workshop are as follows:

• To bring together training providers with organisations whose clients seek training with a view to forming partnerships/consortia for this project. (Partnerships can comprise any number of groups to achieve improved capacity, wider promotion and partner support).
• To consider viable options and identify potential problems
• To answer your queries.
• To assist those who already have applications in draft.

Workshop Booking Form 10.09.10 PDF 57KB

The aims of the session are to:

1. Review the skills available to you in your own Management Committee
2. Identify skills gaps and unused or underused skills
3. Look at how the Management Committee is currently operating
4. Identify areas lacking clarity or causing hold-ups
5. Identify ways the Management Committee could develop in their roles and responsibilities
6. Create clear Job Descriptions for trustees

Please also see the link for the document “The Essential Trustee – what you need to do, Charity commission.  Copies of this will be handed out during training.

Sessions are free and to be held during office hours or after hours (only Mon-Thur evenings, maximum 2 evenings per month).  After hours (evening) sessions are to be booked 14 days in advance.

For more information on the trustee training and to book an appointment, contact Clare Nazerali, Groups Development Officer.

T:  020 8572 5929 ext. 3

E:  clare@cvshounslow.org.uk

The 2000 Club used their £2,255 to encourage integration and bring together all cultures, disabilities and ages in a ‘Fun Sports Day’. A big success on July 11th at Heston Community Sports Hall.

Pictures available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/just.kams/20100711_FundraisingSportsFunDay?feat=email#

Amber Training’s £2,500 purchased  furniture, IT equipment and the securing of the network cables. The newly refurbished training lab opened to clients and the general public on June 30th.

For details of Amber Training’s courses and services visit: http://www.ambertraining.org.uk/

We need your help! As with all charities, we have to monitor and evaluate our work and find ways to improve CVS Hounslow’s services for our members and partners.

We know how valuable your time is, however in order to support you to the best of our abilities, we would appreciate your input in helping us to review our services. We would be grateful if you could complete this survey and tell us where we are performing well and where improvements could be made. We strive to provide the very best service we can and are keen to serve the sector well.

Please view the Cover letter and the Survey as hosted on the website.  The Survey has also been posted to all our members.

Cover Letter – also includes the CVSH overview as an example for Question 4c.

Survey2010 – please complete and return to our Groups Development Officer, Clare Nazerali (details below).

Prize Draw

When we receive your survey, your organisation will be entered into our prize draw of £200 and the winner selected at random.  The final date for returns is 6^th September (to give organisations who close for summer a chance to complete), but we would appreciate it if you could respond sooner.

We look forward to your feedback.  If you have any questions about the survey, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

Kind regards,

Clare Nazerali
Groups Development Officer
CVS Hounslow
Unit 9 Hounslow Business Park
Alice Way
Hounslow
TW3 3UD

Compact Voice has collated information for the voluntary sector regarding the refreshed Compact, as well as some reactions from prominent organisations to the news.

The Compact is the longstanding agreement that sets out shared commitments and guidelines for effective partnership working between government and the third sector in England. The original Compact was agreed in November 1998 and this new version has developed following extensive debate and consultation.

The document highlights the shared principles which Compact partners should follow when engaging in partnership working, and records all the Compact commitments.  These commitments cover three key areas:

• Involvement in policy development
• Allocating resources
• Advancing equality

The Compact has been agreed by representatives of government and the voluntary sector, with Compact Voice and the Office of the Third Sector confirming the policy and the ‘commitments’ content. It was signed by Simon Blake, Chair of Compact Voice, on behalf of the third sector and the Rt. Hon Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, on behalf of government.

The agreement is accompanied by a smaller publication entitled ‘An introduction to the Compact’. This contains general information about the Compact, explaining who it applies to, how to implement the Compact and resolve differences.

Find out more

Read the full press release from the Compact partnership (Compact Voice, the Commission for the Compact, and the Office of the Third Sector): Refreshed Compact available – press release

Find out more about the voluntary sector’s reaction to the new Compact, and download the Compact and Introduction documents.

We are inviting local VCS groups and organisations to submit their thoughts on what they would like to see in a refreshed compact. The forum has been set up so that it does not require your registration, i.e. guest posting has been switched on. The forum is divided into six topic areas. We would like to have your input on each of the areas as listed below. You can post these as replies. Please note, to maintain focus of the forum, we will not be allowing for new topics to be discussed that digress from Compact related issues. Codes of Practice are subject to change, following harmonisation with the National Compact – Refresh.  Once sufficient information has been sourced, this will be used to shape the HLC – Refresh.

Hounslow’s Local Compact  – Refresh – the web forum page for your comments and suggestions.

Click here for updates on the HLC – Refresh.

The page is still in its infancy, but we will be developing this with your suggestions in order to increase the capacity of Hounslow’s VCS.

Resources Page - the link can also be found on the contents page.

Bereavement Services for Hounslow will use their award for training, travel, volunteer supervision and publicity; Hounslow Extra Club for their Friday Youth Club and Open House Cafe for employing a volunteer training manager.

The other two award winners were: Diabetes UK  Hounslow and Visually Impaired Children.

The Cash 4 Clubs sports grant was awarded to the club to help them to continue with their drugs lectures and also to assist in sending a team of 75 young athletes to Birmingham for the National Young Athletics Finals.

For more about the club: http://www.wseh.info/

For more about Cash 4 Clubs: http://cash-4-clubs.com/promoting-the-scheme/