http://www.vansweb.org.uk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:51:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Representatives from  voluntary or community group or social enterprise in North Somerset are invited to the Voluntary Sector Forum North Somerset meeting Thursday 15th January 2009 - drop in between 9.30 – 4.00 at Princes Hall, Princes Road, Clevedon Aims of the day: Identify and prioritise concerns for voluntary and community groups Find out ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2009/01/voluntary-sector-forum-north-somerset/ Resources for working with groups in financial difficulties The DTA has published an "Early Warning Guide" for groups to use to assess where they are facing difficulties... before its too late. The guide is available to download from http://www.dta.org.uk or members of the DTA can order up to 20 paper copies free of ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/11/help-for-groups-in-financial-diffficulties/ Thanks to all who attended our Working Together programme and AGM on 7 November. Copies of presentations and other material from the day can be downloaded here: Relaunch of the VANS website - presentation  notes  Review of Grants and Commissioned Services to the Third Sector - Councillor Roz Willis and Phil Humphries - presentation   ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/11/annual-general-meeting-7-november-2008/ Go4Life offers funding advice, support and assistance for anyone setting up a physical activity group for inactive adults aged 16+. More information here or visit www.go4life.org http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/11/go4life/ South West Foundation and the Women’s Resource Centre are pleased to invite you to a FREE event to celebrate women’s contribution to their communities through their involvement paid and unpaid in community organizations. Come and find out what is going on, what women are involved in and what resources are ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/11/gender-on-the-agenda/ Planning Future Services Together (Putting People First) is an event organised by South West Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership to bring together user led organisations, providers of community based services and commissioners if services to plan for personalised services.  Friday 21st November 10am to 4pm at Gloucershire County Cricket Club, The County Ground,  Nevil ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/11/planning-future-services-together/ Open to all age groups, Coffee Mornings are held 10 - 11.30 am every last wednesday of the month at Shakespeare Court (opposite Loxton rd shops). It's hoped that through these meetings a group of people will get togther to form a residents association for the Coronation area.  For more information contact ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/10/coronation-coffee-mornings/ From Surviving to Thriving: Making your Organisation Sustainable Wednesday 19th November 2008, 10am – 5pm The Greenway Centre, Southmead Development Trust, Doncaster Road, Bristol BS10 5PY funders fair poster http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/10/bda-and-voscur-annual-funding-fair-19-november/ This one-day Conference is at Exeter Racecourse on Wednesday 12th November 2008 and will provide the opportunity to learn, share best practice and network with over one hundred fundraisers from throughout the region, with sessions covering networking skills, in memoriam fundraising, statutory fundraising and commissioning, online technology, payroll giving, charity law and case studies of ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/10/institute-of-fundraising-sw-conference/ LawWorks for Community Groups provides quality legal advice to those in the voluntary sector – free of charge! Thanks to a national network of volunteer lawyers, free business law advice can be provided to community groups, small charities and social enterprises who do not have funds to pay for legal ... http://www.vansweb.org.uk/2008/10/free-legal-advice-for-community-groups/