from: pete@lcvys.org.uk subject: October edition of the "Lolly" Newsletter NOVEMBER EDITION OF THE LCVYS "LOLLY" ==================================== Welcome to our Bumper November issue which contains even more information than normal. As our mailing list grows, so does our Membership and many more people are realising that becoming a member of LCVYS (For as little as £18 per year) can give so many benefits. If you know of any Organisation or Group that is working with Young People in Lancashire that is not a member then why not "Spread the word" and let them know about what we have to offer. Interested parties should contact the office by phone fax or e-mail and we'll send them a free Membership & information pack by return. DON'T FORGET THE NOVEMBER FORUM IN 4 WEEKS TIME, BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW BY RINGING THE OFFICE OR REGISTERING ON THE WEB SITE AT Have a good November and a safe bonfire night. LCVYS ===== The Lancashire Council for Voluntary Youth Service (LCVYS) is an administrative umbrella for almost 40 youth organisations in Lancashire which aims, through the work of its constituent members, to help and educate young people to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they might grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. If you have Youth Service colleagues with email addresses then you can instantly help them (and us!) by forwarding this issue to them and inviting them to subscribe (details in General Information below) or by pointing them to our web site List of member organisations: Details of current Courses: Download an Application Form: (or apply on-line) This information is deliberately free of charge because we WANT to circulate it to as wide an audience as possible - you can do your bit to help us, and your colleagues, simply by clicking on that "Forward" button now. CONTENTS ======== Fireworks Course goes with a bang Criminal Records Bureau Publication - Tackling Bullying Equal Opportunities Help line Preston Panthers European Voluntary Service (EVS) Focus on - Lancashire Youth Association Community Fund - Incomplete Application Forms The Art of Crazy Paving National links between Exclusion, Truancy and Offending Golden Jubilee Programme Europe's Redundant Coins All the Fun of the Fayre Youth Music Regional Contacts Employment Opportunities Walking the way to health What was it really like then? Sailing/Canoeing Course September The Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment (DIABP) TAG Plan Targets Young Offenders COURSES GALORE Europe - Socrates Funding Barclays New Futures A Home of Their Own Surgery Appointments Your Heritage Countryside Agency - Vital Villages The Quest Trust Northern Rock Foundation - Communities hit by Foot & Mouth Barclays Regeneration Fund Volvo PEPS New Opportunities Fund Activities for Young People Schemes General Information Fireworks Course goes with a bang ================================= Sorry, couldn’t resist the opportunity…. Last month saw four of our voluntary leaders trained by Quicksilver Fireworks in preparation for the displays they are running this month to try and help them reach even higher levels of safety. Below is a brief report from Chris Beesley about the course. The course was run by two staff from Quicksilver Fireworks, the main outline was to increase the awareness of voluntary leaders as to the risks and legalities encountered when organizing firework displays and also to demonstrate the capabilities of “everyday” fireworks that can be used to create a breathtaking show when used with a little imagination. We started by taking a brief but in depth look at the different classifications of fireworks available to both the general public and to “professional” display teams, followed by a very helpful and informative briefing on all safety aspects from storage of fireworks pre and post show to crowd control and keeping the peace with the neighbours. PLAY TIME! Luckily the guys from Quicksilver had remembered that like all leaders we like to do more than watch, at this point we were instructed to use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) I am still unsure if this kit was for real or just to make us look like four red Teletubbies! Once kitted up we were off to the riverside to make noise and see how different fireworks could be used to their full potential and to see what happened when things go wrong! Due to the extensive experience of the instructors they were able to “stage” faulty fireworks to give us the opportunity to see potential accidents in a controlled situation, something that most people would never see (or like to) or know how to deal with. Following this was the opportunity to create a fireworks show using the live fireworks to give us a real insight to what a real show is like from checking wind and ground conditions to dealing with troublesome “suits” from the local authorities and eventually letting off the fireworks. To sum up the one day course in so little words is hard due to the vast range of knowledge gained and remembered! Red Bank Scouts Bonfire and Firework Display is on 03/11/01 at 6.30pm Duxbury Park, Chorley (A6 just going out of Chorley towards Bolton) Refreshments are available - no entry charge but donations welcomed. See also: for useful information on firework safety Criminal Records Bureau ======================= NOVEMBER FORUM CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU Your Questions Answered Wednesday 28th November 2001 Council Chamber, County Hall Preston 7 pm for 7.30 pm Speaker Mark Favager from the Criminal Records Bureau This Forum is open to all voluntary and statutory organisations working with young people in Lancashire Call 01772 788337 to reserve your place or visit PUBLICATION - TACKLING BULLYING =============================== A manual of materials designed to provide ideas for activities through which young people aged twelve years and over can explore the issues involved in bullying behaviour. Teachers could use the pack to work with students in tutorial time, or in a lunch time or after school group. The pack can also be used by youth workers in personal and social education sessions, or any setting in which an agreement to work in regular sessions has been reached. For more information contact Leap Confronting Conflict, The Leap Centre, 8 Lennox Road, London, N4 3NW. Tel: 020 7272 5630 Fax: 020 7272 8405 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES HELP-LINE ============================= Equality Direct is a new confidential telephone service, designed to help employers find answers to their questions on equal opportunities, covering both legal requirements and good practice. Equality Direct is available from 8 am to 8 pm Monday to Saturday and 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday. Tel: 0845 600 3444 or visit their website: PRESTON PANTHERS ================ At West View Leisure Centre, Preston A great new sports club for children with disabilities Every Saturday 11.30 am-1 pm Admission Only £1.00 Contact John Coxhead on 01772 558863 for more details European Voluntary Service (EVS) ================================ The Carrefour is now an official ‘sending’ agent for the European Voluntary Service (EVS) which means that they can help a young person (18-25 years) to undertake voluntary work in another country for 6 to 12 months. Shorter projects of 3 weeks to 6 months are only available for young people who are particularly disadvantaged. Volunteer activities are varied and can be, for example, in the field of environment, arts and culture, activities with children, young people or the elderly. The aim of EVS is to provide an informal intercultural learning experience for young people and also to support the development of local communities. Volunteers receive board, lodging and a small allowance from the hosting organisation, as well as their travelling expenses to the country concerned. For more details contact: Mary Knowles on Tel: 01772 717461 or Email: maryk@communityfutures.org.uk Focus on: Lancashire Youth Association ====================================== Our Vision Statement is that all young people have the opportunities, information and resources, to enable them to make positive changes to their lives and their communities. Mission statement - To promote, support and develop high quality youth work within the voluntary sector in partnership with local, regional and national organisations, and to provide best service through the delivery and facilitation of developmental programmes and learning opportunities, which support community-based youth groups and initiatives. In carrying out our work we are committed to equality of opportunity and to working in a non-discriminatory manner, having particular regard for those young people who are excluded. The Youth Association is based in Preston on Fishergate Hill and is a voluntary organisation and registered charity; works in partnership with Lancashire Youth & Community Service, Blackburn Youth Service and Blackpool Youth Service, and is affiliated to UK Youth. We provide support for independent youth groups and clubs across the County. Membership Services: We provide support to a network of independent youth clubs, groups and projects throughout Lancashire. Support includes: information; advice; guidance and insurance cover. In addition we offer: youth development programmes; access to the Youth Achievement Awards, training packages for volunteers on a range of issues including Child Protection & Health & Safety. Read on for more information… Quality Standards - The Association provides all member groups with guidance documents on insurance, child protection, and governance. Standards on Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities are under development. These standards will become increasingly important with the advent of the Criminal Records Bureau, additional insurance requirements, and subsequently access to funding. Programmes of work: New Volunteer Project - 3 new Volunteer Co-ordinators posts are currently being advertised for workers to commence delivery of this innovative volunteer mentoring project in January 2002. Supported by Lancashire Learning + Skills Council the project will be managed by the Association and delivered in partnership with Lancashire Youth Offending Team. Local Co-ordinators in based in Lancaster and Burnley supported by a Senior Co-ordinator based in Preston, will recruit and provide support and training for volunteers to work with young offenders and other young people at risk of offending in these towns. Volunteers will have the opportunity to attain the Certificate in Mentoring, developed and accredited by Lancaster University, which will provide a recognised route to becoming qualified as a Personal Adviser. If you are interested to find out more about these posts contact the Youth Association office today (closing date for receipt of applications: 13th November). Current Projects Queen’s Park and Audley Youth Information Project Rank Youth Project Disability Work Girls’ work and work with young women Youth Achievement Awards Training Events Accredited Learning Opportunities Youth Development Programme Network information: Currently we provide support to 130 member youth groups, operate two youth projects, providing opportunities for 5,000 young people, supported by 500 volunteer youth workers. If you would like further information and/or a group membership pack, please tel: 01772 556127; fax: 01772 251334, e-mail: mail@lya.org.uk See also our web site: Community Fund - Incomplete Application Forms ============================================= Check your check list and reduce the chances of your application form being incomplete. Up to 60% of the applications the Community Fund receive for main grants programmes and Awards for All are incomplete. Top three incomplete mistakes on Awards for All application forms are: Constitutions not being signed or officially adopted People not signing in the correct places Documents such as bank statements not being in the same name as the applying organisation or group Top three incomplete mistakes on Community Fund main grants are: Not providing an appraisal of options for buildings applications or not providing enough detail in relation to the options appraisal Project costs miscalculated or not providing the total overall cost of the project Accounts not being signed or the accounts are more than 15 months old An incomplete application form immediately delays the speed at which your application can be assessed. To avoid this, use the checklist that can be found at the back of every application form. Get someone who has not been involved in putting your application form together to take a look at it before you post it to us. Sometimes the most obvious mistakes are the most difficult to spot. The Art of Crazy Paving ======================= This new toolkit will help students make the most of their volunteering experiences. The Art of Crazy paving is the first book of its kind to look at the strong link between volunteering and proactive career management. Launched in July by Student Volunteering UK, The Art of Crazy Paving takes you through a 7 step career management process to help you create your own pathway to success. Using an imaginative series of case studies, exercises and tips, the reader will be encouraged to continually reflect on their learning. From the creation of a personal development plan to articulating your volunteering experiences on CVs and at interviews, The Art of Crazy Paving is the guide for making volunteering count. Traditionally, work experience was the way to impress employers. However, employers now recognise that volunteering is a pioneering form of work experience. The Art of Crazy Paving shows students how they can use voluntary experiences in a constructive and positive way to not only to acquire employability skills, but also to test out future careers. How can you make use of this toolkit in your organisation? At its most basic level, it is accessible enough to be read through or dipped into by students of any age. Due to its very practical nature, The Art of Crazy Paving could be developed into a set of 7 exciting training sessions for young people. Promotionally wise, its key messages will be of use in any liaison with employers, education sector champions and policy makers. For further details about The Art of Crazy Paving or any other aspect of student volunteering, contact Zoe Speakman at Student Volunteering UK on 020 7739 4576 or email: zoe@studentvol.org.uk National links between Exclusion, Truancy and Offending ======================================================= There is a strong association between persistent truancy and exclusion from school and offending. An Audit Commission survey found that 42% of offenders of school age who are sentenced in the youth court have been excluded from school, and a quarter have truanted significantly. (Audit Commission. “Misspent Youth”, 1996) Children excluded from school have frequently experienced a high level of disadvantage, including poverty, homelessness, and parental illness and bereavement. A research study of 65 primary school pupils excluded from school found evidence of child protection concerns, family disruption and contact with a range of external agencies including Social Services, the Police and Education and Welfare. (C Hayden, C Shepard and D Ward. ‘Primary Age Children Excluded from School 1, University of Plymouth, 1996) . As John Graham and Ben Bowling’s Home Office study observed, it is therefore sensible to consider exclusion from school to be both a cause and a consequence of offending. A thematic review of young prisoners by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons found that most young offenders had been failed by the education system. Almost two-thirds had no educational qualifications. (Home Office 1997) An in depth study by Nacro of 43 young people serving sentences in three young offenders institutions found that 37 (86%) had been permanently excluded, persistently truanted or simply left school before the age of 16. (Nacro ‘Wasted Lives’ 1998) Research by the Basic Skills Agency has shown that the literacy and numeracy skills of 60% of prisoners are a Basic Skill Level 1 or below. (Prison Service Corporate Plan 1999-2000-2001-2002 March 1999) Since 1994 local education authorities have had a duty to provide education for those not on school rolls. However, a recent Audit Commission study found that the average time taken before excluded pupils receive alternative education ranged from eight to eighteen weeks in the four local education authorities studied. (Audit Commission ‘Missing Out’ 1999). Alternative education is arranged in Pupil Referral Units, through home tuition-which may be for only a few hours a week-or in a further education college. One survey found that it costs four times as much to provide alternative education as to provide mainstream schooling, but that children receive on average only 10% of full education. Two surveys carried out by MORI for the Youth Justice Board published in March 2000 found that 72% of regular school attenders had not committed an offence in the previous 12 months. In comparison, a survey of excluded children found that 72% admitted offending during the same period. Each year at least one million children truant from school, over 100,000 are temporarily excluded and over 12,000 are excluded permanently. The number of children excluded from school has risen sharply over the last decade from 3,000 in 1990-91 to 12,700 in 1996-97 followed by a fall to 12,300 in 1997-98. Black children are six times more likely, and children in care 10 times more likely, to be excluded than others Children with special needs are six times more likely to be excluded Recent research indicated that two thirds of those permanently excluded from secondary schools and one third of those excluded from primary schools do not return to mainstream education. (Clare Parsons and Keith Howlen, ‘Investigating the reintegration of permanently excluded young people in England. Include 2000). Article taken from Special Edition the Newsletter of the Lancashire Parent Partnership Golden Jubilee Programme ======================== An exciting calendar of events is being planned to celebrate fifty years of The Queen's reign. Festivities will be concentrated in the summer months of May, June and July 2002 to take advantage of longer days and better weather. The official Jubilee weekend of national celebrations will take place over the Bank Holiday weekend 1-4 June 2002. This is your chance to get involved! The Golden Jubilee will be an occasion for celebrations across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in 2002. Are you planning a party or working on a Jubilee project? Do you have an idea for marking the Jubilee on a national scale? Large or small, your ideas will be welcomed by the Golden Jubilee Office. They can help in three ways - by channelling your suggestions to the right people, by helping to co-ordinate public ideas and local plans, and by suggesting ways in which you can make 2002 special. While the Government is not making funds available, the lottery funders will, especially through 'Awards for All'. Copies of the 'Awards for All' application form can be obtained from the web-site: or by calling 0845 600 20 40. Celebrations for the Golden Jubilee are still being planned, and they want them to be enjoyed by as many people as possible. All ideas received by the Golden Jubilee Office will be added to their database and given careful consideration. Working with government departments, national organisations and sponsors, they might be able to help your idea become reality. Keep them up-to-date! Even if you are already well organised, they would like to hear about your celebration plans. If they know what events and projects are happening when and where, they may be able to offer practical help, useful contacts or publicity in their on-line celebrations database. If you would like to suggest places for The Queen or other members of the Royal Family to visit in 2002, please write to your local Lord Lieutenant's Office and copy your letter to the Golden Jubilee Office so that your suggestion can be added to their comprehensive database of Jubilee ideas. How would you like to mark The Queen's Golden Jubilee? If you have ideas for national or local celebratory events, the Golden Jubilee Office would love to hear from you. Use the on-line form to send the Golden Jubilee Office your suggestions. Golden Jubilee Office, 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD Tel: 0845 000 2002 Web-site: Europe's Redundant Coins ======================== Everywhere in the European Union, charities are preparing to scramble for a share of one of the continent’s biggest fundraising bonanzas-the introduction of the Euro. The prize is more than £1 bn in Lira, Francs, Marks, Pesetas and other coinage at the bottom of the Euro-citizen’s purses and pockets when the common currency takes over next year. The Spanish Red Cross and two other charities have called on companies to help their employees collect the change. Italy’s two main cancer charities say they will be £22m richer if they collect just 1% of the 7,000 billion Lira in small change that will become worthless next year. The situation is being repeated in the 11 countries where 300 million people will be adopting the Euro. British people who find themselves hanging on to useless travel money can also expect to see the collecting box. Most banks and money exchange companies already have agreements with specific charities to pass on unused holiday cash. All the Fun of the Fayre ======================== Sixty nine coaches took over 3500 girls and adult leaders to the Guy’s Farm Centre to have a day of fun and to make friends with other Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers from all parts of Lancashire North West Guide County. All the sideshows were there-coconut shies, hoopla, skittles, ball games, stilt walking, grass skiing, bat the rat, ring the bell and parachute games. Faces were painted with the logo for the day of three balloons and a balloon race was held with prizes for the one travelling the furthest distance and the sender. Traditional Aunt Sally, a seat in the stocks and photographs taken with heads through seaside characters, along with a visit from a large clown, added to the excitement. Line dancing used up excess energy and those with artistic talents made their own badges. For the payment of £1 for the day, everyone received a large cloth badge, free access to all the sideshows and a try on the tombola stall which gave away 750 cuddly toy prizes! Stalls with ice-cream, sweets and hot meals along with the souvenir shop all had long queues of girls wanting to purchase the goodies on sale. The Chief Guide, Jenny Leach and the Regional Commissioner, Jan Anning were special visitors and were shown around by the County Commissioner, Joan Levy. Congratulations to all the Leaders who put in a great deal of hard work to make the day so happy and successful and which achieved the aim of being FUN Youth Music Regional Contacts ============================= Youth Music Regional Co-ordinators work in their local communities to promote the work of Youth Music at a grass roots level. They operate in their region, working with Youth Music Action Zones, gathering information and contacts and acting not only as ambassadors for Youth Music but also as the link between the community and head office. Regional co-ordinators work for Youth Music on a part-time basis and spend much of their time out 'in the field'. So, if you try and contact one of them, an immediate response will not always be possible. East of England - John Westcombe E-mail: jmuswestcombe@aol.com; East Midlands - Paul Lyttle E-mail: paul@musicprojects.fsnet.co.uk; West Midlands - Penny Collier E-mail: instruments@pennycollier.demon.co.uk; London (LYMAZ) - Christine Bisatt E-mail: cbinstrument@aol.com; and Lisa Guile E-mail: lisa@flow.netknonnect.co.uk; Yorkshire - (until autumn 2001) Suzanne Winter - E-mail: swinstruments@netscapeonline.co.uk; South West - (Gloucester, Somerset, Bristol) Kirsty Carter E-mail: kirstycarter@aol.com; and (Cornwall, Dorset, Devon) Gilly Rudling E-mail: mittkr@compuserve.com; North - Jane Dancer jane@jdancer.fsnet.co.uk; North West - Fiona Gasper E-mail: fiona@fionagasper.com; South East - to be appointed (until autumn 2001 see South); South - Bridget Whyte E-mail: whyte.music@talk21.com EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ======================== VOLUNTEER PROJECT CO-ORDINATORS (3 POSTS) SENIOR CO-ORDINATOR (Preston) £23,000-£25,000 LOCAL CO-ORDINATOR (Lancaster/Burnley) £19,500-£21,000 Volunteers and mentors are playing an increasingly important role in all aspects of preventing offending amongst young people. Lancashire Youth Association, in partnership with Lancashire Youth Offending Team, is committed to involving the community in addressing this issue. Co-ordinators will take a leading role in the recruitment, training and on-going support of volunteers and mentors. Contracts, in the first instance, will be offered to March 2004. Candidates for the Senior Co-ordinator post must have attained: DipSW, Youth and Community or a Teaching qualification; candidates for the Local Co-ordinator posts must have attained a Degree Level qualification or equivalent; and all candidates must have two years experience of work with disaffected young people. For an informal discussion please contact Graham Whalley, Director of Youth Work Telephone 01772 556127 For an application pack and/or further details, please Telephone 01772 556127 Fax: 01772251334 or email: mail@lya.org.uk Closing Date: 13th November 2001 Interview Date: 21st November 2001 The Association is committed to equal opportunities. We operate a no smoking policy. Charity Number 518147 Walking the way to health ========================= `Walking the Way to Health' is an initiative of the British Heart Foundation and the Countryside Agency. It benefits from extra funding from the New Opportunities Fund and sponsorship from KIA Cars as part of their `Think Before You Drive' campaign. The initiative aims to improve the health and fitness of more than a million people, especially those who do little exercise or who live in areas of poor health. The initiative started in England in October 2000 and will run for 5 years. They aim to provide grants and face-to-face advice to support 200 local `Walking for Health' schemes across England. They will focus these grants where they can make the most difference to people's health. Most, but not all, grants will be in urban areas and will focus on communities where health is relatively poor - in town and country. They will support schemes with a common core of components plus an optional range of features decided locally, focusing on activities that encourage walking as well as allowing people to be innovative and introduce new ideas of their own. The common core is: self help information; regular programmes of short led walks; places to walk. The Optional range is: GP encouragement to get patients walking; local improvements to make walking safe, accessible and attractive to all; incentive schemes; community events; plus your own ideas to promote `Walking for Health' . Schemes should be based on sustainable local partnerships between health, leisure and community interests - those designed for less than two years duration are unlikely to achieve the kind of impacts they want to see. Their grant aid can cover: safety audits; training; recruitment and support of volunteers; equipment such as clothing or first aid; printing; organisational costs such as IT, office rent, admin; marketing; small-scale physical improvements on the ground; dedicated staff time; specialist advice; evaluation including survey and analysis. They cannot offer grants to cover the ongoing costs of existing schemes or for projects previously grant aided by their funding organisations. There is a two stage process, designed to be quick and to use everyone's time efficiently. Stage 1 - invites you to outline on an application form what your scheme will do. They consider your ideas against their published criteria and the targets and decide quickly whether to invite you to Stage 2. If you are not successful, they will tell you why not. The final date for receiving Stage 1 applications is March 2003, so there is no need to rush. Stage 2 - is an opportunity to develop your scheme and confirm support from local partners. A case officer will be on hand to help you devise the most effective scheme with the greatest potential to improve people's health. The final decision on funding will be made by the New Opportunities Fund, based on the recommendation of the case officer. They aim to have a decision within 6 weeks of receipt of your completed application. All grants are discretionary, and they have a limited grants budget. There is no fixed size of grant, but most will be between £5,000 and £50,000. Neither is there a fixed percentage of grant to cover eligible costs. Every scheme will be required to offer a proportion of matched funding according to its ability to pay. Talking through your ideas with one of their case officers before putting pen to paper may help in producing a better application. WHI Team, The Countryside Agency, John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham GL50 1BR Tel: 01242 533258 Fax: 01242 584270 Web-site: What was it really like then? ============================= RYA/BCU Sailing & Canoeing Course September 2001 Anyone who has attended one of these courses at Moor Crag on the shores of Lake Windermere before will, I have no doubt, know exactly what the course was like. However, this one was a little different. The course had been publicised a little wider than normal and we managed to fill the course to capacity. Instead of the usual 20-30 people attending the weekend including all the instructors, safety crew and catering team, this time, the total was 41! Quite a large number especially at meal times trying to dine in a room designed to seat 26. However the course went extremely well as you will see in Geoff’s report below. This particular Sailing / Canoeing course is run twice a year, in March and September and aims to provide tuition and assessment at all levels from beginner to the more experienced. Combined Sailing and or Canoeing Arriving at Moor Crag on the Friday night of the course, we really had no idea what to expect. In fact we thought the tea towels were for some kind of ‘team building’ game, only to find out later that, yes, they really were for us to use for drying the pots. This was the first time any of us had been on one of the LCVYS courses and also the first time we had sailed or canoed, so we were novices in every sense of the word, which was not the case for everyone. I must admit it was a little disconcerting to someone who thought a tiller was a dancing girl from France, to find on that first night, some people listing their sailing experience as racing 30 foot yachts in the English Channel. You can imagine how pleasing it was to find ourselves put in groups of equal ability. The instructor / student ratio allowed everyone to begin learning from their own level and improve at their own pace, which I feel is why all those attending passed the qualification they went for. However, although the course is designed to cater for all abilities if you find yourself progressing better than you expected, there is flexibility built in to allow you to attain the best standard possible in your time there. Finally I have to say that the 64oz T-bone steaks for dinner on the Saturday night were a bit excessive, but apart from that the food was fantastic. Geoff Etheridge Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service The Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment (DIABP) ========================================================================================== These biennial awards recognise and enhance awareness of outstanding and sustainable achievements in improving the living environment as per the basic criteria established by the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and the Dubai Declaration. Best Practices are outstanding contributions to improve the living environment. They are defined by the United Nations and the international community at large as successful initiatives which: Have a demonstrable and tangible impact on improving people’s quality of life; Are the result of effective partnerships between the public, private and civic sectors of society; Are socially, culturally, economically and environmentally sustainable. Best Practices are promoted and used by the United Nations and the international community as a means of: Improving public policy based on what works; Raising awareness of decision-makers at all levels and of the public of potential solutions to common social, economic and environmental problems; Sharing and transferring knowledge, expertise and experience through networking and peer-to-peer learning. The total amount of the Award is $400,000. This amount will be divided as follows: $300,000 for ten Best Practices; $100,000 towards management expenses including travel and accommodation for a delegation of up to two people for each award winning best practice; Each Best Practice Award winner will also receive a trophy and commemorative certificate especially designed for the award. The Submission Guidelines for submitting Best Practices for the 2002 Dubai International Award are now available online at web-site: Closing date is 31 March 2002. Submissions reaching UNCHS (Habitat) by 31st December 2001 may benefit from substantive feedback if so requested. UNCHS (Habitat) Geneva Office, International Environment House/GEC, CH-1219 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: (41 22) 917 8646 Fax: (41-22) 917 8046 Email: lludvigsen@unog.ch TAG Plan Targets Young Offenders ================================ Children as young as 10 may be tagged in a new move to keep tearaway youngsters under 24-hour watch. Lord Warner of Brockley, the Chairman of the Youth Justice Board, has announced that Lancashire has won the right to take part in a new scheme to tackle persistent offenders. It means that criminals aged 10-17 will be tagged for the first time. The £45m Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP), which is funded by the Youth Justice Board, is being used to spearhead the reforms. Home Secretary David Blunkett wants to stress the importance of penalties given to children responsible for a disproportionate volume of crime. Short custodial sentences are seen as a poor option. There is not enough time for offenders to complete any rehabilitation courses. The ISSP scheme can include 24-hour surveillance in the community and convicted youths will also be tracked and supervised by dedicated police and Youth Offending Teams. They could also be forced to clean up graffiti and, where appropriate, take drug rehabilitation courses. Lord Warner claims a prototype to the programme has been successful in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Of 27 young offenders, who had committed 160 offences in nine months, only 5 re-offended with a crime of equal seriousness and most did not re-offend. Courses Galore ============== This is our current list of courses, venues and a guide to the price. For a more up-to-date list, please visit our web site at as new courses are being added daily. Courses marked with an asterisk are provided by Lancashire County Council. Training courses are open to all leaders in youth organisations registered with LCVYS. Further details and application forms can be obtained from the LCVYS web site at or from the LCVYS Office. 05-Nov-01 Basic Health and Safety London Day £45.00 05-Nov-01 Effective Fundraising 1 London 2 Day £40.00 05-Nov-01 First Aid at Work Requalification Central 2 Day £20.00 06-Nov-01 The Effective Administrator Manchester Day £30.00 06-Nov-01 Managing Volunteers 1 Birmingham 2 Day £40.00 07-Nov-01 Successful Tree Planting Myerscough Afternoon £5.00 07-Nov-01 Young Women and Self Esteem London 2 Day £50.00 07-Nov-01 How to Make High Scoring Applications to Bristol Day £30.00 08-Nov-01 Chairing a Group Chorley Eve £0.00 09-Nov-01 SPA Training TBA W/E £25.00 09-Nov-01 BCU Level 3 Kayak Training Bury W/E £20.00 10-Nov-01 RYA Instructors Course (2 of 3) Lake DistrictW/E £40.00 10-Nov-01 Basic First Aid SkelmersdaleDay £10.00 10-Nov-01 Craft Taster Day Central Day £5.00 10-Nov-01 Kayak Canoe Taster Session TBA Afternoon £6.00 10-Nov-01 Rock Climbing & Abseiling Intro Day TBA Day £12.00 13-Nov-01 How to Make High Scoring Applications to Birmingham Day £30.00 13-Nov-01 Chairing a Group Leyland Eve £0.00 14-Nov-01 Astronomy-Homeworlds Central Evening £8.00 15-Nov-01 MiDAS Standard Training Theory Session S Lancs Eve 15-Nov-01 Raising Money from Trusts Leeds Day £30.00 16-Nov-01 Mountain Leader Assessment (1 of 2) Lakes W/E £40.00 17-Nov-01 Buying a Computer? Chorley Day £5.00 17-Nov-01 Rescue Emergency Care First Aid Manchester W/E £35.00 17-Nov-01 Basic Food Hygiene TBA Day £10.00 18-Nov-01 Map & Compass Familiarisation Day TBA Day £10.00 19-Nov-01 Wildlife Law Derbyshire 5 Day £100.00 19-Nov-01 First Aid at Work Central 4 Day £25.00 19-Nov-01 Computer Workshop - Email and Web Surfing Central Morning £4.00 22-Nov-01 Raising Money from Trusts London Day £40.00 23-Nov-01 How to Make High Scoring Applications to London Day £40.00 23-Nov-01 Walking Group Leader Assessment (1 of 2) Lakes W/E £35.00 24-Nov-01 Advanced E-mail and Outlook Chorley Day £7.00 24-Nov-01 Cave Leader Level 1 Yorkshire W/E £20.00 24-Nov-01 Navigation Award Scheme Silver TBA 2 Day £17.00 24-Nov-01 BCU Aquatic First Aid TBA Day 24-Nov-01 Open Canoe Taster Session TBA Afternoon £6.00 25-Nov-01 Mountain Bike Level 1&2 Assessment & N Yorkshire Day £25.00 25-Nov-01 Face Painting Preston Half Day £5.00 25-Nov-01 Introduction to SPA Bolton Day £7.00 26-Nov-01 Organising Programmes of Guided Walks and Derbyshire 2 Day £52.00 26-Nov-01 Introduction to WGLA Bolton Day £7.00 26-Nov-01 Introduction to Summer ML Award Bolton Day £7.00 27-Nov-01 Planning Your Fundraising Strategy Manchester Day £40.00 27-Nov-01 Managing Volunteers 2 London 2 Day £40.00 30-Nov-01 Mountain Leader Assessment (2 of 2) Lakes W/E £40.00 01-Dec-01 Basic First Aid Blackpool Day £10.00 01-Dec-01 4 Star Inland Kayak Test TBA Day £12.00 01-Dec-01 4 Star Canadian Test TBA Day £12.00 01-Dec-01 Intro to White Water Kayak TBA Day £10.00 01-Dec-01 Intro to White Water Open Canoe TBA Day £10.00 02-Dec-01 Sound & PA Systems for beginners Chorley Day £5.00 04-Dec-01 Train the Trainer 2 Manchester 2 Day £40.00 05-Dec-01 Effective Fundraising 2 London 2 Day £40.00 07-Dec-01 Basic First Aid Preston Day £10.00 07-Dec-01 First Aid Appointed Persons Central Half Day £10.00 07-Dec-01 SPA Assessment TBA W/E £22.00 08-Dec-01 Cave Leader Level 2 Yorkshire W/E £20.00 08-Dec-01 Basic Drugs Training Morecambe Day 08-Dec-01 RYA Instructors Course (3 of 3) Lake Dist W/E £40.00 08-Dec-01 Rescue Emergency Care First Aid Lake Dist W/E £30.00 11-Dec-01 Introduction to Fundraising Manchester 2 Day £42.00 14-Dec-01 Walking Group Leader Assessment (2 of 2) Lakes Eve + Day £35.00 16-Dec-01 4 Star Inland Kayak Test TBA Day £12.00 16-Dec-01 4 Star Canadian Test TBA Day £12.00 16-Dec-01 Intro to White Water Kayak TBA Day £10.00 16-Dec-01 Intro to White Water Open Canoe TBA Day £10.00 05-Jan-01 GNAS Archery (1 of 2) Lancaster W/E £35.00 12-Jan-02 Digital Camera Photography Chorley Day £5.00 12-Jan-02 Presenting Your Project Leyland AM £0.00 12-Jan-01 GNAS Archery (2 of 2) Lancaster W/E £35.00 19-Jan-02 Computing for Absolute Beginners Chorley W/E £15.00 19-Jan-02 First Aid in the Outdoors Garstang 2 Day £12.00 21-Jan-02 Digital Photography Central Morning £3.00 25-Jan-02 Build a Computer Chorley W/E £20.00 25-Jan-02 Microsoft Frontpage for Website Design Chorley W/E £25.00 26-Jan-02 Basic Drugs Training Plungington Day 26-Jan-02 Web Site Design Chorley Day £20.00 26-Jan-02 Rescue Emergency First Aid Manchester 2 Days 26-Jan-02 Introduction to SPA Bolton Day £7.00 27-Jan-02 Introduction to WGLA Bolton Day £7.00 27-Jan-02 Introduction to Summer ML Award Bolton Day £7.00 08-Feb-02 Young People, Drugs and the Law Chorley Day 09-Feb-02 E-mail and Outlook Chorley Day £7.00 11-Feb-02 Internet For Beginners Chorley 3 Day £25.00 11-Feb-02 Walking Group Leader Training Yorkshire 3 Day £35.00 11-Feb-02 Walking Group Leader Assessment Yorkshire 3 Day £35.00 13-Feb-02 Astronomy-The Story of the Stars Central Evening £8.00 16-Feb-02 Basic Drugs Training Burnley Day 25-Feb-02 Computer Workshop - Email and Web Surfing Central Morning £3.00 01-Mar-02 Build a Computer Chorley W/E £25.00 02-Mar-02 First Aid in the Outdoors Garstang 2 Day £10.00 09-Mar-02 Basic Drugs Training Kirkham Day 09-Mar-02 Cave Leader Level 1 Yorkshire W/E £20.00 09-Mar-02 Rescue Emergency First Aid Anderton W/E £18.00 16-Mar-02 SPA Training TBA W/E £18.00 20-Mar-02 Dealing with Difficult People Central Day £10.00 The above courses are supported by either the Community Fund (National Lottery Charities Board) or the Lancashire Adult and Community Learning Alliance (LACLA) and provided and arranged in conjunction with Lancashire County Council, LOAI, British Red Cross, St John Ambulance, OTC, Outdoor Activities Service and a number of other organisations. Europe - Socrates Funding ========================= Socrates, which began in 1995, is the European Community Action Programme encouraging co-operation in the field of education. This second phase of the Socrates Programme runs from 2000 to 2006. Opportunities are available for schools, colleges, universities and other organisations to work together on European partnerships, projects and professional development. It also incorporates increased opportunities in the fields of lifelong learning and open and distance learning. Socrates spans the entire breadth of education systems within the UK. It comprises eight parts, or "Actions", which aim to improve quality and strengthen the European dimension in education. Basic details are outlined below with further information including deadlines on programmes (from 1 November 2001) available on the web-site. Comenius: School Education. Supports joint curriculum projects between schools and colleges, staff training opportunities and the development of networks. Erasmus: Higher Education. Encourages co-operation between universities across Europe and supports mobility of students and staff in higher education, the development of joint programmes and courses and the development of thematic networks. Grundtvig: Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. Aims to improve the availability, accessibility and quality of adult teaching and learning through supporting European Co-operation Projects, Learning Partnerships, staff training and the development of networks. Lingua: The Learning of Foreign Languages. Supports projects which raise awareness of language learning opportunities and which develop language learning materials. Minerva: Information and Communication Technology and Open and Distance Learning. Aims to promote improved understanding and awareness of ICT and ODL and to develop new teaching and learning approaches. Observation and Innovation: including Arion study visits and the Eurydice and NARIC information networks. There is a user friendly web-site to explain Socrates at: which gives details of application procedures and case studies. For UK NARIC, Eurydice, Erasmus contacts see web-site otherwise contact Central Bureau for International Education and Training at the British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London, SW1A 2BN Tel: 020 7389 4157 Fax: 020 7389 4426 E-mail: socrates@britishcouncil.org Offices also in Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff. Barclays New Futures ==================== Barclays New Futures is the UK's largest education sponsorship, presented in collaboration with CSV (Community Service Volunteers). Barclays New Futures has more than £1 million in cash awards, educational resources, training materials and support for secondary school projects, where students are tackling social, community or educational challenges through school/community partnerships. In all projects, whether new or existing, the judges will be looking for projects that: Enhance and increase student learning and personal development; Promote student empowerment through ownership and management; Meet a genuine need in the community and have lasting impact; Are sustainable through effective management and integration into the school; and Inspire other schools to undertake similar projects. There are four different awards to choose from depending on the scale and duration of your project. All projects must have at least one community partner (other than a school) eg local business, charity or community group. Barclays New Futures Fast Track - Student Awards of £500 - Designed for Years 12 & 13, these awards are aimed at groups of students (min 5 students) to undertake a small scale community partnership project quickly and effectively over one or two terms within the academic year. There are three deadlines for the Fast Track Student Awards - you decide when to apply. Barclays New Futures Individual - School Awards of £3,000 - A one year award for a school and its students working with a community partner on any social, educational or community challenge. Barclays New Futures School - Partnership Awards of £7,000 - A two year award for schools tackling similar challenges as the £3,000 Award but working in partnership with at least two other schools in addition to their community partner. Partner schools may include preparatory or primary schools. Barclays New Futures Challenge Award - for Citizenship of £20,000 - A two year award to realise and promote an outstanding vision in the field of citizenship education. The winning project will meet the same criteria as the award levels but it must demonstrate national impact and exceptional opportunities for young people. Up to five schools will be shortlisted and will each receive £2,000 to cover the costs of their final submission and presentation to the judges. The entry period for 2002 awards is 18th September - 11th December 2001. Kallaway Ltd, 2 Portland Road, Holland Park, London W11 4LA Tel: 020 7221 7883 Fax: 020 7229 4595 E-mail: barclaysnewfutures@kallaway.co.uk Information is also on web-site: Applications can be made on-line. A Home of Their Own =================== Help is at hand for people in rural areas looking for a home they can afford. The Countryside Agency's successful Rural Housing Enabler scheme is to be extended across England to help increase housing choice for rural people.. Working closely with rural communities Rural Housing Enablers have proved to be a valuable asset to local authorities and housing associations, helping them develop and implement their rural housing and planning policies. Working with rural communities, housing associations, local authorities and landowners, Rural Housing Enablers: help to identify and raise awareness of rural housing needs by supporting and providing advice to rural communities and district councils who are undertaking needs surveys; assist in the identification of sites suitable for affordable housing development; liaise with all the organisations who have a role to play in the provision of affordable housing in rural areas; act as independent brokers to help overcome the obstacles which hinder the provision of rural affordable housing; provide advice to housing and planning authorities to help develop strategic policies essential for bringing sites forward and securing funding; and supply information to the Housing Corporation to assist them plan, manage and deliver its Rural Programme. The scheme will operate throughout England providing at least one rural housing enabler for each county in England. The Countryside Agency will meet 50% of the costs for employing each new Rural Housing Enabler reducing to 33% after the first three years. The remainder of the funding will come from local partners such as Registered Social Landlords and Local Authorities etc. Funding is also available from the Housing Corporation. Web-site: Countryside Agency, Dacre House, 19 Dacre Street, London SW1H 0DH Web-site: Surgery Appointments ==================== Surgery appointments are held every second Tuesday and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Community Fund office in Warrington. The appointment lasts for one hour between potential applicants and a Grants Officer. This is an ideal opportunity for groups to ask questions relating to their project or to gain clarification prior to finalising and submitting the application form. Surgeries are not for discussing or giving feedback to unsuccessful applicants. Surgeries are very popular and they are ideally for groups applying to the Community Fund for the first time, particularly priority groups and projects from priority areas. Groups can ring direct to arrange an appointment by calling the Enquiries Officer on 01925 626827 or email: lisa.blanchard@community-fund.org.uk Your Heritage ============= Heritage Lottery Fund medium sized grants Your Heritage` is the Heritage Lottery Fund new application process and pack. It makes it easier and quicker to apply for grants of between £5,000 and £50,000. The new process is part of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s commitment towards supporting smaller heritage projects and simplifying procedures for applicants. HLF hopes that making applications easier and quicker will encourage smaller organisations such as community groups, registered charities and voluntary organisations to apply for grants to develop a wide range of community-based heritage projects. As well as making it easier for groups to apply for smaller grants, HLF has speeded up the time spent processing such applications - decisions will be made within three months of applying. The application pack includes a pre-application query form so that applicants can get fast guidance on whether their project might be suitable for HLF funding, in advance of applying fully. The new pack, which has gained the `Plain English` Crystal Mark standard, has been introduced following successful pilot schemes run last year in the Greater London and North West regions Your Heritage` is designed to support a wide range of capital and activity (`revenue`) projects from the acquisition, conservation, repair and interpretation of land, buildings, archives and collections, through to projects designed to improve access and education, and schemes which encourage participation in and enjoyment of our heritage. Heritage Lottery Fund, 7 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NR Publication request line Tel: 020 7591 6041 Fax: 020 7591 6271 Minicom: 020 7591 6255 E-mail: enquire@hlf.org.uk Web-site: Countryside Agency - Vital Villages =================================== The Countryside Agency is offering grant support and advice to help you ask members of your community about the issues that affect them and to enable you to develop solutions that suit your community. You can get information from their web-site: Funding is available for: Parish Plans - will help you work out the main issues affecting your community. The plan provides a framework to produce an action plan based on the local social, economic and environmental issues of your area (grants of up to £5000 to support maximum 75% of eligible costs - only open to Parish and Town Councils); Community Service Grant - supports projects that improve or introduce new services, such as setting up a new mobile service to visit your village, establishing a childcare scheme and providing help for a village shop (grants of between £500 and £25,000 to support between 50% and 75% of eligible costs depending upon group status - open to groups and individuals intending to introduce or maintain a community service in a rural area); Parish Transport Grant - can support small scale transport projects like taxi buses, car share schemes and moped pools for community use (grants of up to £10,000 to support maximum 75% of eligible costs - only open to Parish and Town Councils); Rural Transport Partnerships - supports and plans larger transport projects such as minibus brokerage schemes, and can join up public, private and community transport services to benefit local people (grant size varies so contact your local Rural Community Council (RCC) for more details). Advice Sheets held on the website and in the application packs focus on: Rural Transport Partnerships; RCCs - The 38 RCCs of England are funded under an agreement with the Countryside Agency to provide help for communities wishing to apply for a Vital Village grant; Establishing Local Transport needs. Contact your regional office of the Countryside Agency or your local RCC to discuss project ideas and funding issues. The Quest Trust =============== The Quest Trust is currently offering funding for people to go on exchange visits. The aim is to allow groups from local projects and schemes to visit other similar schemes and exchange best practice, as well as getting a better idea of how to launch or improve their own project. The projects can be anything from a credit union to a community garden or a tenant management organisation. One of the main aspects of this project is to compile a database of good projects, so that they can match hosts to applicants. If anyone would like to know more or has a good project they would like to let them know about, then they would really like to hear from you. Contact Ed Sweetman Tel: 01225 466 263 E-mail: edsweetman@questtrust.co.uk or visit their web-site: The Quest Trust also offers other services. Grass Routes is the one-stop information service which creates better community newsletters with less effort. If you are part of a local authority housing department, or a registered social landlord, a community newsletter, a group starting up a local publication, a voluntary organisation they are the only service that provides a copyright-free supply of professional writing, Crosswords, puzzles, illustrations, humour, advice and tips on editing skills, news of funding opportunities, Other people's good ideas, and training opportunities. Grass Routes has already proved itself in hundreds of local publications on urban estates, in villages, for churches and for voluntary organisations. Grass Routes is the established back-up for community editors. Each month it gives you more than 8,000 words of 'copy' for your publication, printed out in a magazine format and repeated on a floppy disk so that you can download anything you want to use straight to your own newsletter. All of this information is free of copyright. In addition, spare space on the floppy disk is used to provide about 15,000 words of additional back-ground information in each issue, much of it from official sources. It operates in partnership with Quest Line, the national telephone conferencing network. Northern Rock Foundation has announced £1 million aid for communities hit by Foot and Mouth Disease =================================================================================================== In the light of the distress caused to the rural economy by the current Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic, the Trustees of the Northern Rock Foundation have decided to allocate this year’s Big Project Fund towards those affected by the outbreak. They announced that they would set aside £1 million to address the problems manifested in rural areas of the North East and Cumbria which are suffering as a result of Foot and Mouth Disease. The first donation of £180,000 has been made to Debt Advice within Northumberland. It will provide four advice workers for three years to assist people in the county with managing financial difficulties. The Foundation fund will be available to charitable organisations providing services to people and areas affected by the disease. The Foundation will not give grants to individuals or to organisations which give money to individuals. The Trustees are aware that the needs in rural areas require urgent action. They therefore invite charitable organisations to write initially to them at The Northern Rock Foundation, briefly outlining their proposals. Applications - no form required - should be sent (asap) to: The Northern Rock Foundation - Foot and Mouth Disease 21 Lansdowne Terrace Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1HP Tel: 0191 284 8412 Fax: 0191 284 8413 Minicom: 0191 284 5411 Web-site: Barclays Regeneration Fund ========================== Barclays has made available £1m of its community budget to help rural communities overcome the effects of Foot and Mouth. The objective is to provide funding to local communities damaged, either economically or in other ways, by the outbreak. The focus is firmly on regeneration and the rebuilding of local communities. Barclays is already working with a number of partners in the community to identify projects, which will deliver long-lasting and tangible benefit to the affected communities. The types of projects for which support may be given include events to attract tourists back to rural areas, local chamber of commerce initiatives/information packs, environmental activities around the diversification of land use and employment retraining programmes. Applications for any amount will be considered, but most applications are expected to be for between £5k and £100k. Barclays Bank PLC donates 1% of its UK pre-tax profits to community causes each year. In 2000 this amounted to £26.4 million, making Barclays one of the UK's top three corporate contributors. Barclays has five main areas of support-education, the socially disadvantaged, people with disabilities, the arts and the environment. The aim of the Barclays community programme is to achieve real and lasting benefit both for the community and Barclays. Proposals for community regeneration support should be sent to: Barclays Rural Regeneration Fund, Community Affairs, Barclays PLC, 54 Lombard Street, London EC3P 3AH Tel: 020 7699 2969 E-mail angie.tymkow@barclays.co.uk Volvo PEPS ========== This year the Practical Environmental Projects (PEP) grant scheme will be associated with a new and exciting environmental education programme called the Volvo Ocean Adventure. The new Practical Environmental Information Pack is now available. The Pack contains guidelines for applying for a PEP grant in 2002 and information sheets on Volvo’s environmental education website: The Volvo Ocean Adventure is a new internet based environmental education programme, which will be linked to the world’s most famous around the world yacht race, the Volvo Ocean Race. The website will use the route of the race to explore topics including ‘Water and heat cycles’, ‘Climate change and the greenhouse effect’, ‘Endangered species’ and ‘Sustainable fisheries’. Suggested themes for PEPs are: Biodiversity; Energy; Consumption; Water. For a Practical Environmental Projects Information Pack send your request with name, group/school, postal address, tel/fax number, by e-mail to vcc4.marpep@memo.volvo.se or fax to 01628 476509. Applications for Volvo P.E.P. grants in 2002 can be made from September 2001 until March 31 2002 via the Action Zone at the Volvo Ocean Adventure Web site. All environmental project plans submitted in this way from the United Kingdom will automatically be considered for a PEP grant and for a Volvo Ocean Adventure global award. New Opportunities Fund Activities for Young People Schemes ========================================================== A raft of summer projects including adventure sports, creative activities and volunteering will be funded by the New Opportunities Fund to help school leavers step on board future education and job opportunities. £38.75million in England is available under its Activities for Young People award programme. The funding will support a range of summer schemes which will offer local daytime activities and residential courses. Activities will include outdoor adventure, arts, music, drama and environmental projects. The schemes will be linked to local training providers and employers to offer taster courses and work experience, as well as help with CV writing and interview skills, to provide school leavers with a springboard into the world of work. Young people on the scheme will have access to a Connexions Personal Adviser for information, support and guidance about education, training, employment and personal development opportunities. The Activities for Young People initiative will ease the transition between secondary school and adult life, by motivating young people and helping them to make informed decisions on their future life options. It will also promote more responsible attitudes and increase citizenship skills. The funding will be allocated to summer activity partnerships across England, building on the success of an £11 million pilot DfES programme, Summer Activities for 16 Year Olds, which has been running since spring 2000 and will conclude later this year. Partners in each of the 47 Connexions areas have been invited to submit their funding applications for summer activities planned for 2002, 2003 and 2004. There may be opportunities for voluntary organisations to work with these Connexions Partners. Further details of the Activities for Young People grant programme can be obtained by contacting the New Opportunities Fund Information Centre on Tel: 0845 0000 121 A leaflet will be available shortly and look at web-site: for announcements. General Information:- ===================== * HOW TO SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAILING LIST You are receiving our newsletter because we have either received a subscription request for your email address--or because someone you know has forwarded it to you. If you would like to subscribe directly please either visit our web site: <> or send an e-mail with the words: SUBSCRIBE LOLLY To: majordomo@lcvys.org.uk to unsubscribe, send and e-mail with the words: UNSUBSCRIBE LOLLY To: majordomo@lcvys.org.uk * DISCLAIMER While LCVYS and its Members use their best efforts in collecting and preparing the information published herein, LCVYS hereby disclaims any liability for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions resulted from negligence or other causes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, LCVYS does not in any way vouch for the information supplied by Members about their organisations, or for the quality of their youth work. Please notify us about any perceived errors or omissions. * COPYRIGHT You are welcome to distribute this newsletter freely in whole or part. PLEASE NOTE While we would encourage you to circulate details of articles and courses in the LOLLY within your own publications, we would appreciate it if you would acknowledge that these opportunities have been provided by LCVYS and encourage members to contact us direct. * BACKCOPIES That's it for this issue, all the best from your friends at LCVYS and have a great month! Lancashire Council for Voluntary Youth Services Ltd. 15 Victoria Road Fulwood PRESTON, Lancashire, PR2 8PS Tel: +44 (0)1772 787478 / 788337