Please click  SDDF 7th March 2012 for information on the next SDDF Open Forum meeting.

A conference to look at the key employment issues for voluntary, community and not-for-profit organisations inYorkshire including:

• Disability and Employment
• Managing Absence
• Leadership in the Sector
• Performance Management
• Social networking
• Managing Conflict
• Employment law update

Fancy yourself as a brainbox?

QUIZ NIGHT – DRAX SOCIAL CLUB

Saturday 3rd March 7.30pm

Tickets £2.00 per person

Come along and have fun with your friends!                Pit your wits against others!               Come and join the fun!

Six bottles of wine for the winning team                              Teams no bigger than 6 please

For further informati0n and to purchase tickets please contact 01757  709800

All money raised in aid of Selby District Vision (Charity Reg No 700894)

Your local chairty for the Blind and partially sighted of the Selby District

Unit 12, the Prospect Centre, Prospect Way, Selby YO8 8BD

If you are looking to rent office space then Community House could be your answer

Community House is centrally located for the train and bus stations.

For futher information contact Gwen Foster

A list of small grants available from Trusts, up to £10,000.  Please read criteria fully, as not all will be applicable to your group.

SMALL FUNDS HANDOUT 2012

The Big Lottery Fund wants to find the best way to develop and strengthen VCS organisations. This is called ‘infrastructure support’, and is what Selby District AVS provide.

BIG intend to spend £20m on infrastructure, and are consulting frontline groups on how it should best be used. They have produced a discussion paper and an online survey, so if you have any ideas on what would help your group develop, go to the website and tell them what you think. Comments can be submitted up to 15 March 2012.

Deadline: 15 March 2012
Contact: Big Lottery Fund
Email: supportingcivilsociety@biglotteryfund.org.uk
Website: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/building_capabilities

‘Managing Money Better’ – A new grants programme promoting the financial inclusion of older people

£2m of funding will be available in 2012 for projects which help older people cope with the challenging financial climate and the exclusion and hardship they may be facing. There will be two grant cycles in 2012 – in January and April.

PRIORITIES: They want to hear about ideas that can bring about substantial improvements to older people’s lives; to support them to build their skills and knowledge, to manage their money effectively, to guard against financial scams and abuse, and to deal with cold homes.

CRITERIA: They’ll be looking to fund organisations who have some experience of working in this area, as well as those that involve older people in the design and delivery of the activities. They’ll favour projects that develop strategic partnership approaches with voluntary, private and public organisations including local people (of all ages) to meet the needs of older people. They’ll also ensure that our funding targets isolated older people and those who live in the poorest and most deprived areas.

Full details including guidance notes on how to apply and expression of interest forms will be available on their website from January 2012.

www.comicrelief.com

As you will probably be aware the BASIS project comes to an end on 31 March 2012, attached are the final three training workshops for 2012.  Please take advantage of the FREE sessions.

2012 COURSES

The Charity Commission has put a step by step video tutorial on its website to help groups to submit their information online.  The video is aimed at charities who have not used their online services before and shows how to:

* complete your Annual Return

* update your financial information

* amend the details that are shown about you on the Register of Charities

Click on the Charity Commission website, then hover over ‘Charity requirements and guidance’.  From the list that appears hover over ‘What information must trustees send us this year?’, then choose the option that applies to you and click on it, the video will come up for all of the options.

Skipton Building Society have two grants for local  groups, one for charities and one for non-charities.  See web pages for appropriate forms.

Non charities – www.skipton.co.uk/about_us/communityContributionAward.aspx

Charities – www.skiptoncharitablefoundation.co.uk/