Hi all, Here's the October edition of our newsletter, the LCVYS Lolly...... LANCASHIRE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES NOVEMBER FORUM QUALITY STANDARDS at County Hall, Preston on 27th November 2002 7 pm for 7.30 start This forum is free and open to all voluntary and statutory organisations working with young people in Lancashire. Call Pete on 01772 250001 for more information Certificates of Achievement 2002 ================================ Catherine Cross (Lancashire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs) Catherine has been a member of Young Farmers' Clubs for almost 15 years. She held the position of County Chairman for 2 years (during the foot and mouth crisis). At present she is the Chairman of the Lancashire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs "Activities" Committee and is Vice Chairman of the National Federation Activities Committee. She has been out to South Africa on a Royal Agricultural Society Scholarship for the Commonwealth Conference. She is going to Denmark in late September 2002 on the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs International Exchange Award Week. She is employed by Myerscough Agricultural College and is the European Funding Co-ordinator for the College. She is a member of Clitheroe Young Farmers' Club and nothing is too much trouble for her. Matthew Fletcher (Boys' Brigade - North West District) Matthew has overcome great odds to achieve Brigades top award and has shown a high level of service in creating and maintaining our award winning web site. Susan Gooding (Girls' Brigade) Susan has been a member of the Girls' Brigade for over 14 years. As a girl she gained her Queen's Award and her Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold. She followed a course of Leadership Training and became a Warrant Officer in 1st Hyndburn Company. Despite attending Newcastle University, where she gained a 1st Class Honours Degree in Mathematics and Statistics and, whilst studying for a PhD at Lancaster this year in Medical Statistics, Susan has continued to work in the company. Her recruitment of other young officers and her enthusiasm has furthered the work of the Girls' Brigade. In fact, at a difficult time when the company had no captain, her sterling work kept it going. She deserves some recognition of her service. Karen Greenwood (Girls' Brigade) Karen has been a member of the Girls' Brigade for 11 years and, in that time, has always worked hard. Since becoming a Brigadier she has undertaken Leadership Training in which she gained the highest marks in the North Lancashire District. She has been helping weekly with the Boys' Brigade as well as studying for her GCSE. She achieved 10 passes, 4 A's, 3 B's and 3 C's, even though she has never missed a company night of Girls' Brigade or a week night of Boys' Brigade. I feel she deserves recognition for her wonderful achievements over the past few years and wish her well as she continues her studies at College and remains in the Girls' Brigade. Kirsty Sagar (Lancashire Association of Clubs for Young People) Kirsty has been an active member of Burnley Boys' Club for 11 years. However, for the past 4 years she has been a dedicated and committed volunteer. Not only is Kirsty a voluntary Leader with the junior section, she also helps teach dancing to the senior citizens. Always willing to lend a hand Kirsty has helped out with Lancashire Association of Clubs for Young People County and Regional events. Her achievements have recently been recognised as a finalist of the Lancashire Association of Clubs for Young People member of the year award and more recently she received the prestigious High Sheriff's Young Citizen of the Year Award. Bridget Hartley (Lancashire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs) Bridget is a great asset to Young Farmers' Clubs. Earlier this year she won the Lancashire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs "Junior Member of the Year"competition and, within the last few weeks, was named the National Award Winner for Junior Member of the Year for 2002. Early in 2002 she was nominated by her Head Teacher to attend the Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC and New York. She had to find sponsorship for the event. The requirements for the above, was that the person had to possess strong leadership qualities and have achieved academic excellence, all of which applied to Bridget. She thoroughly enjoyed the trip and took part in discussions of various issues of global concern with high-ranking Diplomats, International Financiers and prominent Media figures. She is proposing to give talks to Young Farmers' Clubs about her visit, during the next year. She is a member of Clitheroe Young Farmers' Club and has been an active member for the last 4½ years. Philip Henderson (Boys' Brigade - North West District) Philip has shown an exceptional level of achievement as one of our Junior Leaders and has set a high level of service both in the United Kingdom and with MAR in Tanzania. Fay Seddon (St John Ambulance) Fay is an active member of Blackburn with Darwen Division St John Ambulance, where she has achieved the rank of cadet sergeant. She is always keen to learn something new and has taken cadet leadership and drug education and facilitator courses in the last six months. As a result of this she has been asked to become part of a pilot patients forum working on health services for young people in Hyndburn and Ribble Valley. Fay applied to take part in a pilgrimage to Lourdes in April, to aid the sick and disabled, after researching others experiences of Lourdes and the work of the jumbulances. She helped to raise funds for the trip by sponsored events and donations and worked well throughout the trip, carrying out all that was asked of her, sometimes in trying and difficult and situations. Paul Swift (St John Ambulance) Paul has been a St John cadet for 4 years and in the last 12 months has become very active in taking part in courses, including drug education / prevention and the cadet leadership course. As a result of these he was asked to become a member of the pilot patients forum for Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Trust, working on health service provision for young people. In March this year Paul was chosen to take part in a pilgrimage to Lourdes to help, and represent St John Ambulance in caring for the sick and disabled. Paul's caring and concerned attitude really shone through as he performed all his tasks with a smile and compassion. His hard work and diligent attention to others needs and feelings are outstanding and we feel that his achievements should be recognised. Helen Ford (Hope House Ministries) If anybody deserves a mention or an award in children's work its definitely Helen Ford. Words will never be enough to describe her contribution to the advancement of our Organisation in the past 10 years in Skelmersdale. As we've moved from one community to the other in this period she has been strategic to our accomplishments. You only need to see the response she gets from the children from school to school and from community to community. Sometimes it's a daunting task to go shopping in the Concourse or Asda as she gets greeted and talked to by the children who sometimes tag their parents to say "Hey mum that lady comes to our school to take school assembly and she plays with us on the playground" as well as operate an after school club with some helpers. Her warmth, smiles and some "wicked jokes" gets you reeling with laughter. She is fun to be with. Her ability to liaise with staff, pupils, children and parents is exceptional. I can say quite confidently that while I believe no one is indispensable, there is an exception as, without her input our work may have ceased to be in Skelmersdale. I have not got enough vocabulary to express it all but I hope this will in some way help to say a BIG THANK YOU TO HELEN ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE AT HOPE HOUSE MINISTRIES. The name has changed from it's inception from CRUSADERS to Metro Ministries and now to Hope House Ministries in Acregate, Little Digmoor in Skelmersdale. CONGRATULATIONS =============== Congratulations on Community Fund grants to: - Bay Housing Association in Blackpool received £51,268 to employ a full-time Social Inclusion Officer to work with young people with high support needs living in supported housing accommodation. 2nd Bolton-le-Sands Scout Group in Lancaster received £102,373 to construct a new Headquarters on a new site, providing a permanent home for five youth groups. West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Service received £84,372 to employ a full-time Information and Publicity Development Officer and part-time Administration Assistant over three years. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of voluntary and community groups to develop by offering a support package around information and publicity needs. COMMUNITY FUND GRANT ASSESSMENT MANUALS ON WEBSITE ================================================== Community Fund supports freedom of information by opening up its procedures to all grant applicants. Ever wondered just how Lottery applications are assessed? Think it's too difficult to apply for a Community Fund grant? Well, think again. The Community Fund today unravels the mystery of what makes an application successful by publishing its new Grant Assessment Manuals on its website. The manuals show the full internal methods used by grants officers in assessing applications under the Community Fund's six grants programmes. However, they are not designed as a guide for applicants on how to apply for a grant. The Community Fund's application form and pack contain all the necessary information required to make a successful application. Since they were first made available to the public last year, the manuals have undergone extensive revision, in line with the Community Fund's new Strategic Plan. They accurately reflect the criteria Community Fund staff use to assess applications. By publishing the manuals, the Community Fund is strengthening its commitment to transparency and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The manuals are available to download from Community Fund's website at www.community-fund.org.uk (go into 'Publications' and select the 'Grant Assessment Manuals' option from the left-hand side). CRB DISCLOSURES =============== LCVYS has recently been approved by the Criminal Records Bureau as an Umbrella Body to process criminal record checks known as Disclosures. Initially, LCVYS is only prepared to carry out the checks for newly recruited leaders in its own, fully paid up Full and Observer Member Organisations and those of its affiliated umbrella bodies of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen CVYSs, Lancashire Association of Clubs for Young People and Lancashire Youth Association. LCVYS is expecting to start offering CRB checks within the next few weeks. For information contact the LCVYS office on 01772 250001 BBC CHILDREN IN NEED - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Local volunteers are required to join the North West Regional Advisory Committee, whose role is to advise the Charity’s Trustees on which projects to fund within the north west region. £25 million was raised this year by the public, which needs to be given out in the form of grants across the UK. In the north west this translates into £1.8 million for self-help groups and voluntary organisations. Time Requirements Committee members need to attend 2 x 2 –day meetings to be held in February and June and also a 10-day meeting in December. All meetings are usually held in Manchester or Preston. The Charity is particularly interested in having representation of the Minority Ethnic Communities on the Committee. How to Apply If you would like to volunteer for this important role, then forward your CV, a covering letter and details of 2 referees to: Rachel Roberts, BBC Children in Need Appeal, New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ Email: Rachel.roberts.01@bbc.co.uk WEBSITES ======== A pilot government web-site has been set up, to provide information for voluntary and community organisations on the grants available from four Government Departments; the Home Office, the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and the Department of Health. See: http://www.volcomgrants.gov.uk http://www.volcomgrants.gov.uk MAGIC SHOW FOR CHARITY ====================== At the Marine Hall in Fleetwood I am raising money for The Red Marsh School Millenium Pool Project. I will be performing stunning illusions along with graceful dancing. There will also be a special guest act. It will take place on the 6th & 7th November at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 adult £5 child/oap Group bookings are welcome. Contact Chris Bowyer on 0785563287 or 01253 681643 for group booking discount or email illusion16@btopenworld.com to book tickets. CEDC MILLENNIUM VOLUNTEERS ========================== The Millennium Volunteers scheme is designed to stimulate innovation and creativity and is intended to encourage young people to undertake Voluntary work in the places where they live, using their skills and interests as an impetus. CEDC, one of the development agencies designated to implement the MV programme, has set up Community Learning Mix and is inviting community schools, in partnership with local community agencies, to take part. The possibilities for volunteering are endless - a group of young people might want to teach other young people or their parents about using the Internet; another group might wish to work with older people to find out about the history of their area and then produce a learning pack for the local school; a group might want to visit the National Space Centre and then run a class based on what they found out. MV will bring opportunities to many young people. It will involve employed and unemployed young people, those with disabilities, young people from minority ethnic groups, pupils at school, students at university. It will be an opportunity for young people to learn from each other. Millennium Volunteers Awards will be given in recognition of volunteers' achievements and commitment. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to gain formal accreditation for the learning they achieve on the MV scheme. Awards, ranging from £1,000 to £7,000 are available now for community schools with partner organisations! The closing date for applications is 4 October 2002. For an application form and information pack, contact Graham Harvey at CEDC on 024 7658 8469. Liza Griffiths, Millennium Awards Co-ordinator, Community Education Development Centre, Unit C1, Grovelands Court, Grovelands Estate, Longford Road, Exhall, Coventry CV7 9NE Tel: 024 7658 8440 - Fax: 024 7658 8441 Email: liza@cedc.org.uk Websites: www.cedc.org.uk & www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk SAVE THE CHILDREN - STICK ONE ON POVERTY ======================================== Saturday 26th October at Cross Street Chapel, Manchester 11 am - 4 pm Poverty is a thief and a killer. It steals children’s rights, forces them to work hard instead of going to school, and makes them ill from not eating properly. It crushes their hopes and dreams. And every three seconds, poverty takes another child’s life. All children and young people have rights. Most governments have agreed to protect them. But all over the world, children are denied their rights—to be safe and healthy, to get an education, and much more. Why? The main reason is poverty. It doesn’t have to be this way. Poverty exists because of decisions made by powerful people. And they have the power to beat it. By putting pressure on world leaders, we can help change opinions and get rid of policies that keep people poor. By involving children who deal with poverty every day, we can also create new, effective solutions. Join us on Saturday and please encourage as many young people as possible to come along and Stick One on Poverty! Admission is free and there will be opportunities to sign up to the campaign, take ‘campaign kits’ away and to take part in workshops with young people from Ghana and help build a graffiti wall. For more information Tel/Fax: 0161 438 2740 WHITBREAD ACTION EARTH ====================== 25th December 2002 - 30th April 2003 Whitbread Action Earth is a national campaign run annually by CSV aimed at involving local communities in improving their environment. The project runs for 4 months each year from Christmas Day to the end of April. The campaign challenges local communities to identify worthwhile projects within their own neighbourhood, which require improvement. A wide range of activities are generated improving both the built natural environment for people and animals. Typical examples of projects include tree planting, improving footpath, making bird and bat boxes, coppicing, improving derelict land, creating community gardens and planting bulbs and shrubs. The emphasis is on fun and education and many projects successfully offer opportunities for volunteers to learn new skills. Anyone can take part from community groups, resident associations, environmental organisations, and youth groups to local authorities, and schools. All projects must be of clear community benefit and have public access. Feedback from past campaigns tells us that many of these new volunteers enjoy their experience and are keen to volunteer again in the future. They offer: grants of up to £50 to help towards tools, equipment, refreshments and materials; promotional material including stickers, certificates for volunteers and protective tabards; information on how to get maximum publicity for your group and project. They are currently preparing details of the coming campaign, which starts on the 25th December 2002 - 30th April 2003. Details will be sent during October onwards. If you have any questions or wish to discuss project ideas then please contact Naseem Akhtar, Whitbread Action Earth, St Peter's College, College Rd, Saltley Birmingham, B8 3TE Tel: 0121 328 7455.Email: naseem@csvenvironment.org.uk Website: www.csvenvironment.org.uk/actionearth/ Hope Street international – arts – training - development Liverpool’s leading arts training and development organisation is entering an exciting phase of its development and is seeking to appoint the following new posts: ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR (35 hours pw £23,451- £25,473) Financial, administrative and personnel management of the organisation and developing and implementing the organisation’s strategies & policies. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (£23,451- £25,473 based on 35 hours pw). To establish and manage a trading arm and to secure new sources of funding from the private and public sector. (Initially a one year appointment, funded through RALP). CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR (35 hours pw, £18,417 - £19,770) Supervision of trainee workshop leaders; assisting in programming; developing links with cultural organisations, and coordinating international projects. Closing date: 22nd October (5.00pm). Interviews: AD: 07/11/02; BDM: 04/11/02; CDC: 06/11/02. All posts to start 20th January 2003. For a JOB PACK and APPLICATION FORM, please send an A4 SAE (72p), stating which post you wish to apply for, to: Helen Parr, Admin. Asst., Hope Street Ltd., 13a Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.Hope Street Ltd strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We regret that at present our premises are inaccessible to wheelchair users. Hope Street Ltd is a recognised Investors in People employer. Reg. Charity No. 327870. Hope Street Ltd is financially supported by Liverpool City Council, ESF and LSC. www.hope-street.org DO YOU HAVE A ROOM TO SPARE? ============================ Preston Nightstop is an independent charity established in 1996 working in partnership with Barnardo's to provide both short and long term accommodation for young people. Preston Nightstop's Supported Lodgings Scheme needs householders/tenants who live in Preston and have a spare bedroom, who are willing to accommodate and support a young person aged 16-25 years, for approximately six months. What do you need? A spare room Sense of humour Patience/understanding Willingness to help young people with independent living skills What's in it for you? Payment which will not affect any benefit you may be receiving Training 24 hour support Personal Satisfaction Preston Nightstop also needs Volunteer Hosts who live in Preston and can offer vulnerable young people accommodation in an emergency on a night by night basis in their own homes. Volunteer Hosts receive expenses, training and supervision and there is an on-call service available for their peace of mind. Hosts provide - A bed, Evening meal and breakfast, Bathing facilities, Laundry facilities, A warm and safe environment. Interested? Want to know more? Please call us on 01772 788775 INKINDDIRECT ============ InKinddirect, the organisation that enables businesses to give surplus goods to good causes, has received more than £24 million of supplies and equipment over the past 5 years. According to its latest annual review, more than 2,400 charities have benefited from a range of products. This is a service available to charities whereby they can buy merchandise at reduced prices. Goods include ink cartridges, baby clothes, adult clothes, mouthwash, crockery. lamps, toasters, educational materials, envelopes, laptops, carpets, toothpaste, toys, shampoo etc from the likes of Adidas, Scholl, Disney. Clairol, Colgate, Hewlett Packard etc The catalogue is available to browse at: LCVYS, 1st Floor, Guildhall House, Guildhall Street, Preston between 09.30 am and 16.00 pm every weekday or we can arrange a time suitable to you. Tel: 01772 250001 and ask for Val. YOUTH WORK WEEK 2002 ==================== 28th October - 3rd November Youth work week has been held annually since 1993 to provide a public relations focus for the youth service. It is a chance to highlight the contribution of youth work to the development of young people. It also provides a development opportunity for a particular area of youth work - and this year the theme is Global Citizenship.Global youth work Our actions and the choices we make have an impact on other people, locally and globally. Increased opportunities for travel, experiences of different people, places, cultures and lifestyles, the clothes we wear and the food we eat all form part of a global picture, the world is not ‘out there’, it’s here. The local is global. How we react to this rapidly changing world creates new and different opportunities, challenges and concerns. Voluntary and statutory youth and community services need to respond to the changing circumstances in which all young people live their lives. A global youth work approach builds on that interest and engages young people in a dialogue which values their opinions and encourages an exploration and sharing of ideas, values and beliefs. It aims to empower young people with the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to peruse these opportunities, challenges and concerns. What makes it so important to young people in Britain? If you are serious about helping young people in the transition to adulthood, you have to help them see how they fit into society. You have to help them gain an understanding of what the influences on them are and what they come from. You have to help them pursue their own needs and interest. None of these things are truly possible if you ignore the wider world. Young people’s interest does not stop at national boundaries. The forces that shape their experiences are global in scope and impact. Think of any of the big issues that matter to young people - relationships, sex, work, education and training, money, etc. These may be experienced as local matters for young people, but examine them more closely. More and more youth workers and young people are becoming aware of what multinational operation high street clothing and sports goods are- and learning a lot about inequalities and systems in the process. Even well defined subjects like housing or sex have a lot of global dimensions. Look at sex The age of consent - you wonder if it varies worldwide, so you ask why and how and what differences it makes. Morals - which are often cultural and tracing their source and variety will lead at least to comparisons with other cultures and countries. Contraception - raises ethical and religious questions, which may have global origins. HIV/AIDS - enormous global issues, raising questions of the disparity between rich and poor countries, the availability of medicines, the impact on young people. So is Global citizenship just about discussing things? Talk is important - and it’s hard to see how much education you can have without some discussion. But there are many practical, active ways to build global elements into youth work - games, sports, music, media activities, arts and crafts, fashion, lobbying and campaigning, community explorations. Global citizenship isn’t a stand alone activity, separate from your normal work with young people. It is something to build into what you already do. Young people are already global citizens- they can’t help it, because of the nature of the modern world. The task is to explore, together with young people what that means. For more information look at some of the materials prepared for youth work week at www.nya.org.uk Citizenship www.citizenship-global.org.uk The Development Education Association www.dea.org.uk COMMUNITY FUND ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC GRANTS PROGRAMME ======================================================= Outline plans for the Community Fund's new £30 million Strategic Grants programme, to be launched in September 2002, have now been agreed. The new programme will replace the current England-wide and UK-wide grants programmes. There will be a geographical focus, where applications will have to cover more than two England regions, or more than one of Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, or the whole of the UK. For the first time the Community Fund will be specifying what sort of outcomes they want to see from their grants, although applicants will be able to specify their own individual outcomes. Key features of the Strategic Grants programme will be: replication of projects that have been shown to work; piloting and evaluation of new projects; collaborative projects between different organisations; cross-cutting projects across the Community Fund's six beneficiary groups; dissemination of the impact of projects to policy makers, other grant makers and the voluntary and community sector. The total budget of the Strategic Grants programme will be around £30 million a year. Organisations wishing to apply for a grant should contact the enquiries line on 020 7747 5299 or use their website: www.community-fund.org.uk BBC CHILDREN IN NEED 2002 ========================= BBC Children in Need welcomes applications for good quality, carefully planned, projects which show a clear focus on children in order to make a positive difference to their lives. These applications can be from: Self-help groups; Voluntary organisations; or Registered charities. Applicants should be properly constituted, non-profit organisations. The children they help are aged 18 years and under, and live in the United Kingdom. You should only apply for a grant if it will benefit children who are disadvantaged by: mental, physical or sensory disabilities; behavioural or psychological problems; living in poverty or situations of deprivation; illness, distress, abuse or neglect Closing Dates for applications are November 30th - answers in April, March 30th - answers in August The Grant Guidelines and Application Forms for the BBC Children in Need Appeal are now available for download from the BBC web-site at: www.bbc.co.uk/cin/about/apply.shtml If you require an Application Form and Guidelines, or you require advice on completing the application form please contact your local BBC Children in Need Office for your area: North West Tel: 0161 2443439; Central Office Tel: 020 8576 7788 CHILDREN’S FUND LOCAL NETWORK ============================= Deadlines 22nd November 2002 and 14th February 2003 Meeting dates 9th December 2002 and 3rd March 2003 Do you work with children or young people? Funding is now available to help improve children’s lives in Lancashire, through the Children’s Fund Local Network. The Children’s Fund Local Network has been set up by the Department of Education to help tackle child poverty. It will provide grants for small community projects working with 0—19 year olds. The four main themes are: Aspirations and experiences Economic disadvantage Isolation and access Children’s voices The priorities of the Fund are: First time applications, Disadvantaged wards, Minority ethnic groups Do you need between £250 and £7,000? Are you a small community group in the Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen or Blackpool areas? Can you organise projects or activities that directly benefit disadvantaged children or young people? If the answer to these questions is yes, then the Children’s Fund Local Network may be able to help. For an application pack telephone 0845 113 0161. COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS FUND FOR LANCASHIRE DEADLINE APPROACHING ============================================================ Closing date for applications Friday 11th October 2002. The Community Champions Fund is a pot of money to be distributed in small amounts to help groups and individuals to develop volunteering in their community. You may want to start a new group and need help with publicity, organise a meeting and pay for a guest speaker—or you may already be running a group but want to develop it further by buying equipment or going on a training course. Whatever your need, the Fund will do their best to help. Community Champions awards are made for developing the skills and expertise of volunteers. It can be made to the volunteer who is undertaking some learning or receiving training, or to the trainer (but not directly to a commercial trainer). The Fund aims to help people who have not previously applied for this type of funding take their first steps. It also aims to encourage older volunteers (50+) to get involved in helping their communities and to facilitate young people in their own forms of community action. Community Champions is worth £3m annually. Typically grants of up to £2,000 are available. To find out more visit the Community Champions Website: www.dfes.gov.uk/communitychampions or contact: Steve Standret, Community Champions Team, DfES, W1129, Moorfoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ. Telephone: 0114 259 4862, Email community.champions@dfes.gsi.gov.uk MICROSOFT GIVING AND CORPORATE ============================== The Microsoft Giving programme provides support in kind to hundreds of charity and community groups in the UK. Between 1998 and 2002 Microsoft donated over £3 million of software to the UK voluntary sector, for use in fundraising or helping to run voluntary organisations. Charities and non-profit organisations can apply every three years. Unfortunately they are unable to provide multiple donations to any single charity, or to local community groups affiliated with national organisations. They support a wide range of projects and are particularly interested in projects that improve access to technology for disadvantaged communities. To apply for a donation of up to three software packages, please write to them at the address found below. You should provide a brief outline of your project or organisation - concise and factual information that will help them understand how they might be able to assist you - and, where applicable, the software you require and your registered charity number. Commercial sponsorships Microsoft will also consider commercial sponsorship proposals. Their corporate guidelines for such proposals are: The property must support their brand positioning and characteristics; The property must help move people closer to their brand and products; Experience of the property will be enhanced through Microsoft software. The property upholds the following brand traits: Innovation - consistent with their leadership position; Inspiration - reflecting the passionate attitude they have towards technology; Technology - their product must be relevant and appropriate to the experience. If your proposals fit these criteria, please send details to Microsoft Giving and Commercial Sponsorship, Freepost SCO5171, Glasgow G3 7BR or email: MicrosoftGiving@microsoft-contact.co.uk In addition to the Microsoft Giving Charity Programme, they offer software at a discount to all schools, educational institutions and registered charities in the UK through the Education Licensing programme. Further information is available at www.microsoft.com/uk/education/ or call Microsoft Education Connection on 0870 60 70 800 It is an unfortunate truth that no giver, corporate or individual, can respond positively to all requests for support. Difficult choices have to be made and priorities set for resources. They are only able to donate cash to selected major charity projects. Their choices are outlined on their website at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/community/community/contribution/ They do not support political, religious or racially motivated projects in any way. They do not sponsor or advertise through commercial organisations to support charities. Unfortunately they can't provide PC hardware. For information on recycled PC suppliers visit website: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/refurbishers/ Microsoft has provided financial support for the establishment of an AbilityNet centre for the South East region which is sited at Microsoft Campus in Reading. As well as being open to employed and unemployed disabled people, the centre's services are also available to employers who want to find out how adaptive technology can benefit their workforce. Microsoft also funded the development of the AbilityNet website: www.abilitynet.co.uk, which is a definitive source of information for disabled people on all aspects of using and adapting technology. To find out more about AbilityNet, visit the AbilityNet website: www.abilitynet.co.uk or call AbilityNet on 0800 269 545. Also Accessibility features are an integral part of many Microsoft products to learn more about how you can use these to adapt your own Microsoft products please visit www.microsoft.com/enable/ PROUD PRESTONIAN MILLENNIUM AWARD SCHEME ======================================== Are you a 14 – 25 years old with an idea for a creative or innovative project, which will make a difference not only to you, but also to your local community but have no cash to do it with? Have you been a resident within the City of Preston for at least 3 years? Then read on – this may be for you. Applications are NOW invited from young people by Preston City Council from their Proud Prestonian Millennium Award Scheme with the next closing date of 1st November 2002 Funded by a Millennium Commission Lottery Grant, the Proud Prestonian Millennium Award Scheme has 90 grants of between £2,000 - £5,000 to fund a creative, innovative activity which will make a difference not only to an individual but also to their local community. Small groups of up to 4 individuals can also apply for up to £10,000, and the Millennium Award will pay for everything from the project costs to travel expenses, childcare costs, training, small items of equipment, to venue hire. Projects must fit into one of the following five themes: Community Involvement, A Safer Community, A Green Community, Active Citizenship, and Civic Pride and Sustainable Development. Through their Millennium Award successful applicants must gain a lasting personal benefit from their project and pass on their newfound skills or experience, to the local community. All projects must be completed within 12 months. So – if you want to make a difference to your community, but no funds to carry it out – then this Scheme may be for YOU. Find out more NOW and call DEAN BRANDWOOD, Scheme Co-ordinator on 556611 or by email to d.brandwood@preston.gov.uk, who will be happy to discuss your ideas and assist you in completing your application form. Future closing dates: 1st February and 1st May 2003 EUROPEAN FUNDING ================ There is some basic information on European Funding for those that need to have a basic grasp of how it all works on The CIB website: www.cibfunding.org.uk There are links to other websites such as the European Social Fund website: www.esf.gov.uk and Europa website: http://europa.eu.int where the latest news can be looked at. The Home Office Active Community Unit has produced a leaflet 'A Guide to European Funding'. It is a basic and useful resource in locating sources of funding with a list of contacts for further information and help. For copies contact the Active Community Unit on 020 7217 8400. Alternatively it is available on the Home Office website at: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/acu/acu.htm and http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/acu/european_funding_leaflet1.doc 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. 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