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Please note that the closing date for Selby Town Council grants is 22^nd March 2013.  If you would like to apply please contact the Town Clerk, Karen Mann for more details.

Email kman@selby.gov.uk

Tel 01757 708449

Please click on this link to access the March Involved newsletter Selby District AVS Newsletter

The Community Fund will be launched in April by Julia Mulligan, the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire.  The fund will give local people and community organisations an opportunity to apply for money to tackle the causes and impact of crime and anti-social behaviour in their local communities. 

The grants will be ‘one offs’ designed specifically to help people get going with a new project or to solve a particular problem in their local community.

For more information please click the link Community Fund

 Please note you need to register an interest

Vale of York CCG Public Meeting – Tuesday 19^th March 2013, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW
NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the new clinically-led organisation responsible for identifying and buying health services in the area, is inviting members of the public to attend an event and input into the future vision for healthcare services in the Vale of York.

The event will take place at 3pm on Tuesday 19th March at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW.

At the event, the CCG will present its vision for improving healthcare in the area and will be asking members of the public to work with the CCG in developing plans for the future.

Dr Mark Hayes, Chief Clinical Officer at NHS Vale of York CCG said: “We know the NHS is facing significant national and local pressures, including a growing ageing population, more people living longer with long term conditions and an increased demand on services.

“We are developing our future plans against this backdrop and we want to consider forward thinking and innovative solutions to meet these extra demands and to improve outcomes for patients.

“We are fully committed to engaging with our local communities and this event will be the first step to encouraging people in our area to participate in our future decision making.”  

For more information and to book a place, please visit www.valeofyorkccg.nhs.uk or call 01904 694844.

For further information contact the Communications Team for Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group on 0300 303 8394.

The Charity Commission has designed a checklist to be suitable for all charities to use when looking at what they do and how they do it. The 15 main questions will not all be relevant to every charity – it will depend on your charity’s size and how it operates. The checklist reflects a good practice approach your charity should use when regularly reviewing the way it operates, and this approach becomes especially important in a changing or uncertain economic climate.

The checklist is a template which can be used to help structure a discussion as an agenda item at your trustee meeting, away day discussion or planning meeting. It will also help you to develop a plan and timetable for action. The Charity Commission strongly encourages trustee boards of all charities to use this checklist.

Please click on this link Big Board Talk

Do you have concerns about your local area and local services?  

 If the answer is yes then pop along to your local  Community Engagement Forum

Community Engagement Forums (CEFs) are public meetings at which you can raise any concern or make any comment about your local area and your local services.

There are five CEF areas within the Selby District.

Central, Eastern, Southern, Western & Tadcaster & Villages

This is a chance for you to have your say about the issues that are important to you and the place where you live.  

The Forum meetings give you a chance to speak directly to the people who deliver your local services

for example:

• Policing
• Fire Service
• Street cleaning
• NorthYorkshire Highways/Road safety

 All forum meetings will be in two parts

 Open Session/ Market Place at the beginning of the meeting

This will be a half hour informal setting with tables and stalls where you can talk directly to people who deliver your local services e.g. Health Service, Access Community Officers, North Yorkshire Highways, North Yorkshire Fire Service, North Yorkshire Police and local councillors.  Local community groups are often in attendance.  Meetings are often themed.

Forum meeting

A more structured meeting with an agenda which will give you a further opportunity to raise any concerns you may have in your area which affect you.

For information on the next Community Engagement Forums 01757 293606 or Email: cefadmin@selbyavs.org.uk

Or click on the link and to go to the website Community Engagement Forum

Please note Tadcaster & Villages CEF is being supported by Ruralis. Contact details below.

davidgluck@ruralis.co.uk

07905 766831

North Yorkshire Police has become the first UK force to publish an iBook to help keep our communities safe from criminals. Media Officer Tom Stirling designed the iBook which was produced at no cost to the force.

The innovative iBook, which is called Securing Your Home, features 60 pages of crime prevention advice and contain…s hundreds of tips on how to protect your home, including chapters on bogus callers, burglary prevention, property marking, vehicle security and rural crime. Other useful features include videos from officers and PCSOs discussing their top crime prevention tips, links to useful online resources like Immobilise.com, and an interactive safety checklist to help make your home as safe as possible. There is also detailed technical information available about doors, windows, lighting and burglar alarms. The iBook is compatible with the iPad and the iPad Mini and will soon be available for other devices such as iPhone and Android.

For further information about the iBook please click on this link  North Yorkshire Police Website 

The Community Sport Activiation Fund has grants worth between £50,000 and £250,000.  Please click on the prospectus for more information.

CSAF Prospectus

 Criminal Records Bureau has now changed to the Disclosure and Barring Service   

Are you interested in finding out more about the latest changes and how it will affect your organisation and its volunteers?

Selby AVS are intending to hold informal information sessions to explain the basic changes.  If you are interested then please contact jackiesmith@selbyavs.org.uk