Contents 1. Forum 2. LCVYS Open House 3. Seasons Greetings 4. RARPA 5. Every Child Matters Update 6. Meeting Rooms Available 7. Connexions Lancashire – Recruitment Services 8. Integrating Young People Project 9. Wavemakers 10. The Electronic Lolly 11. Compact Code for Volunteering 12. Review from PPAL Community Circus 13. Brook 14. New Google Facility 15. Charities Aid Foundation 16. Public Consultation 17. Youth Summit Up 18. Publication 19. Lolly Submissions 20. Year of the Volunteer 21. Developing Good Governance 22. Awards for All 23. Young People’s Fund 24. Children’s Fund Local Network 25. Safety Fund 26. Grantsearch 27. Blackburn w Darwen Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chest and Community Learning Chest 28. Young Pavement Artists Competition 29. Funderfinder 30. The Tall Ships Youth Trust 31. BT Community Website Builder 32. Funders for Fundraising List LANCASHIRE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES FORUM Various Funding Opportunities and Youth Offer - Green Paper on youth The Department for Education and Skills Green Paper on Youth will be published in the New Year. The Green Paper is to focus on three main areas: Places to go, things to do Targeted support for young people 'at risk' Careers advice and guidance Venue - County Hall, Preston on Wednesday 23rd February 2005, 7 pm for 7.30 pm start You may reserve your free place by contacting the office on 01772 250001 Tea and coffee will be available. OPEN HOUSE LCVYS Open Evenings Monday 10th January 6 pm to 8 pm Wednesday 26th January 7 pm to 9 pm Wednesday 16th February 5 pm to 7 pm If you want to practise using the resources, utilise the funding desk, use the Funderfinder software, look through the InKindDirect catalogue or get general support and advice, contact the LCVYS office and book your place. Tea and coffee will be available. SEASONS GREETINGS Everyone at the LCVYS office, Pete, Mike, Val and Ian wish you the very best for Christmas and the New Year. We thank you for all your contributions, comments and support over the last year and look forward to more for 2005. The LCVYS office will be closed from Saturday 25 December and will re-open on Tuesday the 4 January. See you all next year……….. RARPA - THE APPROACH: RECOGNISING AND RECORDING PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-ACCREDITED LEARNING A Learning and Skills Council Progress Paper on assuring the quality of learners’ experience, achievement and progress in non-accredited learning was published on the 16 November 2004. The paper is linked to Investing in Skills: Taking Forward the Skills Strategy and relates to all non-accredited learning. These proposals are wide ranging and will affect every learning provider. LSC funded learning providers will need to review their quality assurance arrangements to take account of the RARPA requirements. The Progress paper entitled The Approach: Recognising and recording progress and achievement in non-accredited learning is available to download on the LSC website www.lsc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ewefi4wtwax7fnopyjstgwc3knokiry4sf6rmgpj77ftsup5i3jujbl75r22gif4khmadumx2larbp/RARPATheApproachFinal1.doc The evaluation report on the RARPA pilot projects (Evaluation Report on the Pilot Projects April 2003 to March 2004, LSDA & NIACE 2004, can be found at: www.niace.org.uk/publications/New/Default.htm and http://www.lsda.org.uk/pubs/ Comments on the proposed approach and the findings from the projects described in the related evaluation report on the RARPA pilot projects are requested by Friday 11 February 2005. Ray Begley, Adult Strategy Manager, is the LSC Lancashire contact for RARPA. Email: ray.begley@lsc.gov.uk Tel: 01772-443027 LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCIL CONTACTS A full list of contacts within Learning and Skills Councils (LSCs) who will act as the first port of call for the voluntary and community sector in the area is now available on the LSC website, following recommendations in ‘Working Together’, the LSC strategy for working with the sector. www.lsc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ehtgc2462jmwvzttzp75tsqgssg66caipipby46uftr6e42iuzrau2m2zsq3prczhqx5mfvg63uyuk/LocalLSCVCSContacts1v2.doc EVERY CHILD MATTERS – UPDATE LANCASHIRE In September 2003, the Government issued the Green Paper “Every Child Matters” setting out the Government’s proposals and vision for children. The Paper built on Lord Laming’s report on the death of Victoria Climbie and set out measures to ensure that children at risk of harm are protected and that all children are supported to develop their full potential. 5 key outcomes relating to children and young people’s well-being were identified as being: Being healthy, Staying safe, Enjoying and achieving, Making a positive contribution, Economic well-being In March 2004 the Government introduced “Every Child Matters – Next Steps” and, at the same time, published the Children Bill which passed through Parliament in November 2004. It is the Government’s intention that the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector (VCFS) should play a large part in the planning and implementation of the proposals in these and many other Government’s documents. For the past twelve months Lancashire County Council (LCC) has been working towards putting into practice the Government’s proposal to bring together children and young people’s services to enable them to work more closely together. A consultation document was published in April 2004 to which LCVYS responded on behalf of the Voluntary Youth Sector. In August 2004 a Children’s Services Group was established to work towards bringing together some of the services from Social Services, Education and the Youth Offending Team. A director of Children’s Services will take up post in April 2005 and a Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) and a Children’s Services Board (CSB) will be established in the New Year. A key message in the consultation was that partners need to be included in the discussions at the earliest opportunity. This is now happening in Lancashire with partners being involved around commissioning of services and a common assessment framework. LCVYS has attended seminars prior to the establishment of the CYPSP and the CSB in order to ensure that the VCS will have representation on these bodies and the voice of the VCFS will be heard as all partners work together to produce the best outcomes for children and young people. Lancashire County Council has recently issued a further Consultation document on its proposals for developing locality teams. The consultation process for this extends from December 2004 to the end of February 2005. The document and the consultation response form can be viewed on the LCC website at - www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/consultation or on the LCVYS website at - www.lcvys.org.uk The main channel of communication for the VCFS will be through the Every Child Matters Sub-Group of the LCC Compact Steering Group on which LCVYS represents the Voluntary Youth Sector. It has been requested that a collective response be submitted through these committees to the County Council and to this end, responses from voluntary youth organisations are requested to submit their comments to LCVYS by the end of January. This will then provide sufficient time for responses to be collated and fed into the Sub-Group scheduled to meet during the first week of February. BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has through its Children and Young People Partnership groups consulted with a range of both statutory and voluntary bodies to formulate a response to the Children's Act. At a recent one day conference the five key areas of the Act's framework were discussed and a working group met to pull together recommendations. The result was a statement which expressed a vision for the Borough based on comments from the day. This is currently under further discussion and stated work should be about " Listening to all our children and young people - then taking action to help them be happy, successful, healthy and safe, and contributing to the communities in which they live, learn and play.” EVERY CHILD MATTERS: CHANGE FOR CHILDREN The Department for Education and Skills has published two new documents as part of the reform agenda for children and young people’s services. ‘Every Child Matters: Change for Children’ develops proposals for change within all Local Authorities and their partners, and ‘Working with voluntary and community organisations to deliver change for children and young people’ is the Department’s strategy for the voluntary and community sector. www.everychildmatters.gov.uk MEETING ROOMS AVAILABLE LCVYS has two meeting rooms available for use. Based in the centre of Preston on Guildhall Street, this is an ideal venue for groups of up to 8 (small room) or up to 30 people (large room) wishing to meet in professional surroundings away from their normal venue. Hot and cold drinks facilities are available. LCVYS also has a range of resources and office facilities available at a cost (free to LCVYS member organisations). The rooms are available during office hours of 9.30 am - 4.30 pm Monday to Friday but may also be booked at weekends and evenings by prior appointment. Contact LCVYS for rates and availability. CONNEXIONS LANCASHIRE - RECRUITMENT SERVICES Connexions Lancashire offers a FREE Recruitment Service, providing an established alternative to traditional recruitment of 16 – 19 years olds, actively promoting your opportunities for young people across Lancashire in our 18 Connexions Centres. Connexions Lancashire is keen to promote your organisation’s activities and other activities you offer within the local Connexions Centres. Each local Connexions Centre has a vacancy board showing a wide range of up to date employment opportunities available to young people locally, we hope to feature Voluntary and Community Sector opportunities along side these. As well as the vacancy boards an online vacancy website has been developed which offers an alternative method of accessing the vacancies. The online vacancies allow a young person to carry out a search and apply for a vacancy or development opportunity through a VCS organisation online. This resource can be accessed by using the following website address:- www.13to19-lancs.info/vacancies We are piloting the inclusion of projects/activities that have a particular emphasis on construction, electrical, metal forming trades, motor vehicle labouring/factory/warehousing and sales that are offered by the Voluntary and Community Sector through this online service, and would like to promote your projects in this way. This new approach of featuring activities and projects offered by your organisation is also outlined in the 'Strategy to enhance the involvement of the voluntary and community sector in Connexions Lancashire.' This is a great opportunity to promote both your organisation and your activities or projects to a wide audience of young peopled aged between 13 - 19. If you are interested, please obtain a copy of the 'promotional details for your organisation' form, by contacting Sarah Coupe, 13 – 19 Projects Adviser on 01254 685171 or alternatively by e-mail sarah.coupe@cx-lancs.co.uk. Alternatively, if you do not wish to take part in this opportunity, LCVYS will contact you to update the Voluntary and Community Sector Database on a separate occasion. If you require any further assistance or clarification on this free service please do not hesitate to contact me on 01254 685171. The Connexions Newsletter The new Connexions voluntary and community sector e-newsletter is available to download. www.connexions.gov.uk/partnerships/index.cfm?CategoryID=6&ContentID=232 INTEGRATING YOUNG PEOPLE PROJECT Connexions Lancashire would like to thank the following delivery partners who have played a key role in the success of the LSC ESF Co-financed Integrating Young People project: Accrington and Rossendale College, Blackpool and the Fylde College, Lancaster and Morecambe College, Nelson and Colne College, Preston College, Lancashire Council for Voluntary Youth Services The project is funded by Learning and Skills Council Lancashire through the European Social Fund and has been operational in its current form since January 2004. The project will end in December 2004. During this year the project has supported over 150 young people who have faced considerable barriers to post 16 learning and labour market entry. Connexions Lancashire Ltd and Local Colleges have worked together to provide structured activities, delivered outside the school environment, to engage reluctant learners. The colleges have reported a high level of success in helping disengaged young people back into education with over 86% of those who enrol with the college completing their chosen course. Upon completion of the course around 75% of the young people participating will continue at the college in the following year or will find full-time employment. Project staff have received positive feedback from students participating on the project. Before joining the project many young people will have had difficulties with self-esteem, problems at home or personal health issues. With help from Tutors, Advisers and Co-ordinators funded through ESF, young people have developed the confidence to carry on in learning and have been made aware of their own capabilities. The project has also linked with voluntary and community sector groups currently supporting young people not in education, employment or training. The project has provided capacity building activities for voluntary groups, enhancing knowledge of Further Education, Work Based Learning and Connexions provision through training. Connexions Lancashire and college partners will continue to provide assistance to disengaged young people through other ESF projects into 2005. WAVEMAKERS Wavemakers will highlight and celebrate the wonderful things that children and young people, from throughout the UK, have achieved. There will be three main categories for the Awards: individuals or groups of children aged 12 or under individuals or groups of children aged 13-19 organisation or service led projects for the benefit of children and young people, broken down as Schools/education, Local Authority, Company, Health Organisation, Charity or other Group Up to 25 Awards will be made. We are looking for projects or achievements in the areas of social care, health and education. To download an application form visit the website www.wavemakers.org.uk The deadline for nominations is Monday 31st January 2005. Judging will take place in February and March 2005 and the winners will be announced publicly at the Awards Event and Party in Central London on Thursday 28th April 2005. Forms may also be obtained by telephoning 01494 687620 THE ELECTRONIC LOLLY Free subscription is available to all for the electronic version of this newsletter which is published monthly. Send an email with the words “subscribe lolly” in the main body of the email to: majordomo@lcvys.org.uk and you will be added to our list and receive confirmation by return email. To receive the latest copy of the Lolly by email at any time, send a blank email to: latestlolly@lcvys.org.uk within a few seconds the latest edition will be emailed back to you. COMPACT CODE FOR VOLUNTEERING A new Compact volunteering code is now out now for consultation until 7 February 2005. www.thecompact.org.uk The Compact Working Group is consulting on this draft to replace the earlier Volunteering Code agreed in 2001. The existing Volunteering Code remains in place until the new revised Code is agreed. It's being revised to take account of the changes to the policy environment on volunteering since the first Code was published in 2001. We also hope that the revision helps ensure that the Code will have real impact in Government and the voluntary and community sector. Everyone that has an interest in volunteering and the voluntary and community sector should respond to the consultation, particularly: National, regional and local voluntary and community organisations Government and related bodies (Departments plus Government Offices, non-departmental public bodies, regional development agencies, etc) Local public bodies (especially Local Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, LSCs) Local Strategic Partnerships and other partnership bodies Download a copy of the consultation by visiting the website www.thecompact.org.uk. For bulk copies please contact carole.osbourne@ncvo-vol.org.uk 020 7520 2454 You can respond to the consultation online. NCVO has provided an NCVO online consultation for the revised Volunteering Code. www.ncvo-consult.org.uk/survey.asp?s=01071029129242088 REVIEW FROM PPAL COMMUNITY CIRCUS What a good year 2004 has been. Having moved into our local school’s new sport and arts centre we are now running workshops each week, and having received a group award from groups that demonstrate the power of learning and for the enrichment and development of their community. The other news was that we received a Heritage Lottery Grant through LCVYS for the Young Roots Project, this was great fun. As part of the project we took a number of young people to the circus. We thank Bobby Roberts and Bobo for showing us around and making us so welcome, also Tony Hopkins for inviting us to see the show at Southport and Liverpool. Some of our young people took part in a Shakespeare production and this year 2 of them got through to the final of the Tower Circus Competition which was a great experience. Our next adventure was a trip to Germany, teaching in 3 schools. Having loaded up our bus (which is covered in Pictures of Mooky, Jugglers etc) with all the equipment, 2 children and 1 young student, we set off for Rotterdam. On reaching the schools we were welcomed by all the children and teachers. Now we are looking forward to our Christmas trips to Blackpool Tower Circus, let’s hope we have many more such trips in 2005 BROOK Brook has launched an SMS sex-health information service. People of any age can now text Brook Help to 81222 to receive a menu of options about sexual infections, contraception and counselling. The new service will give young people instant access to information on a range of topics, including sexually transmitted infections, contraception and counselling as well as details of their nearest Brook Centre or young people’s clinic, all via their mobile phones. For more information visit the Brook website www.brook.org.uk NEW GOOGLE FACILTIY FOR NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS Not-for-profit organisations can now take advantage of a new Google facility - the Public Service Search. It comes complete with full customisation options, traffic reports and, more importantly, no ads or cost! There are two options available - Site Search and Web Search. To get more information or to sign up for this facility on your site go to:http://services.google.com/pss_faq.html CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION CAF has launched a new savings account designed to offer charities the security of a bank deposit account with the income of a fixed-interest investment. The Fixed Rate Selector Account is open to all charitable organisations in the UK, including faith groups, hospital trusts, schools, friendly societies, clubs and housing associations. The account has been developed in collaboration with Birmingham Midshires. A division of Halifax Plc, Birmingham Midshires will hold and administer the accounts on behalf of CAF customers. To find out more visit www.cafonline.org/ccs PUBLIC CONSULTATION The Information Sharing and Assessment Division of the DfES have published a public consultation document on two key aspects of the information sharing databases proposed in clause 12 of the Children Bill. These are: how practitioners working in services which may be regarded as sensitive, should record their involvement with a child or young person on the databases how and when practitioners should record on the databases that they have a concern about a child or young person. These are issues that have prompted a great deal of discussion during the passage of the Children Bill, both in Parliament and beyond. We need to make sure that the information sharing databases provide the most helpful solution. This consultation gives us the opportunity to benefit from the views of stakeholders on these important issues, in particular from: children; young people; parents; practitioners; representative bodies; service delivery organisations, and; local authorities. Responses to this consultation will help to inform the draft regulations to be put before Parliament in due course. The consultation period will last until 19 January 2005. The document can be found on the Department's e-consultation website at: www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=1280 If you have any queries email them to: InformationSharing.CONSULTATION@dfes.gsi.gov.uk YOUTH SUMMIT UP The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is having an event for young people, organised by young people as part of their Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit. Youth Summit Up will be your chance to give us your views on the following issues, which were identified by young people themselves: Having somewhere safe to play and hangout Feeling safe on the streets Being consulted on issues that affect you It will be a fun packed afternoon with young people leading the day. There will be workshops, debates with key decision-makers and a range of entertainment. The closing date for entries has now been extended to Thursday 6th January 2005 Who can come? Young People aged 8 - 19 years old When? Monday 31 January 2005 Where? MICC, Manchester What time? 12 pm - 5 pm What's the cost? It's FREE How can we apply? Visit www.odpm.gov.uk/youthsummitup for more details Please note, as this event is part of the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit, security will be very tight. If you are attending the event you will be required to provide us with ID to prove that you are who you say you are. You will then be given a security pass on the day. For more information on the event and details about how to register, please visit www.odpm.gov.uk/youthsummitup and go to the events and activities section. All enquires about the event should be sent to youthsummitup@odpm.gsi.gov.uk PUBLICATION Summer Jobs in Britain 2005 If the young people you work with have expressed a desire to become a marshal at Silverstone or if you want to fulfil your ambition to be a Sherlock Holmes lookalike, this is a useful acquisition. These are among the 30,000 summer jobs, vacation traineeships and internships for next year. A companion volume Summer Jobs Abroad includes opportunities from DJing in Ibiza to crewing barges in France. This publication is available in book shops or call Vacation Work Publications on 01865 241978 LOLLY SUBMISSIONS If you would like to submit an article for inclusion in the next edition of the LCVYS Lolly Newsletter, the deadline is Tuesday 8th February 2005. The newsletter is circulated to over twelve hundred readers in either hard copy or by email. It is also available on the LCVYS website: www.lcvys.org.uk. Details of how to receive a copy of the electronic newsletter free of charge are on page 5 of this newsletter. Alternatively to receive a hard copy at a cost of £15.00 per annum please contact the LCVYS office. YEAR OF THE VOLUNTEER Community Service Volunteers (CSV) and Volunteering England have joined forces with the Home Office to organise events and raise awareness about Year of the Volunteer 2005. (CSV) and Volunteering England have both been appointed by the Home Office to run the campaign to promote and support Year of the Volunteer 2005. The Home Office has committed support to CSV to develop the campaign in England in partnership with a new network of agencies involving volunteers including Barnardo’s, MENCAP, BTCV and the RSPCA. CSV will be working with the network to establish a year of twelve themed months, as well as creating a programme of activities to generate more opportunities for volunteers. Themes will include: Youth and Children, Justice, Sport, Disability, Citizenship, Environment, Animals Meanwhile, Volunteering England has formed a consortium comprising of the Media Trust, Youthnet UK, TimeBank, Business in the Community and Youth Action Network to deliver their part of the campaign. The focal point for the consortium will be Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June. The consortium’s programme for the Year is currently being pulled together, but it will include a high-profile media campaign, promotional materials, grants, workshops and DIY kits for people to organise their own volunteering activity. Year of the Volunteer will be themed around youth and children in February. DEVELOPING GOOD GOVERNANCE Thursday 24 February 2005 Arrival and registration 10 am, 4 pm close St Thomas Centre, Manchester This conference will address key issues in developing effective governance on voluntary sector committees and boards. Aimed at both new and more experienced trustees, the event will cover areas of good practice and look at the Charities Bill and its impact on trusteeship. This conference will address many of the issues and problems faced by management committees and trustee boards of charities and other voluntary and community organisations in developing effective governance. The event will also be relevant to chief officers and senior staff. The conference will: provide an overview of the new Charities Bill, and how it will affect the governance of charities and voluntary organisations; discuss other recent developments that will have an impact on charity governance; set out governance essentials – the key roles and responsibilities of trustees and boards; discuss the practicalities and realities of trusteeship, including trustee recruitment, trustee/staff relations, and dealing with disputes; provide a case study of how one voluntary organisation set about improving its governance; offer practical tools and solutions to take away to enhance your organisation’s governance The event will consist of presentations from guest speakers (with the opportunity for questions after each session), a local case study, and workshops that will tackle particular governance themes. Delegates will be able to attend two workshops out of the four being run on the day. Topics to be covered will include: Roles and responsibilities of trustees Recruitment and induction of trustees Dealing with conflict on management committees The roles of the chair and chief officer: who does what? To book, contact Susan Barrett on 0161 277 1001 or sue.barrett@gmcvo.org.uk For further details contact David Sutcliffe on 0161 277 1011 or david.sutcliffe@gmcvo.org.uk BREAKING NEWS - AWARDS FOR ALL (A4A) Currently Awards for All is finding itself in a very unusual position of having more money than there are applications! We are presently experiencing a low application rate (as are many other regions), and this means that success rates are considerably higher than they have been for sometime. If you are currently working with groups who are intending to apply to A4A I would ask that you encourage them to put their applications into us quickly. Or indeed if you know of any groups that are currently seeking funding, and meet the criteria for A4A, it would be very worthwhile the groups applying to us at this present time. I'm sure that we can reverse this trend and keep this money within the NW region. With Officer delegation now being in place, we are able to turn around completed applications within an 8 week period, however this is often reduced even further, to between 4-5 weeks. If you need any further information regarding the A4A scheme please don't hesitate to contact me on the number below, or alternatively you can view the A4A website www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/northwest/northwest_main.html YOUNG PEOPLE’S FUND The Big Lottery Fund was created by merging the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund. The Big Lottery Fund will hand out 50% of the money from the National Lottery that goes to good causes. Our first programme is the Young People’s Fund, which will give out £200 million to projects run by and for young people across the whole of the UK. Whether it is after school activities, sports facilities or places to hang out with their friends, the consistent message from young people is that they want somewhere to go and something to do”. The Young People’s Fund puts them at the centre of creating, planning and delivering projects that will achieve five main outcomes: Being healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle Staying safe: being protected from harm and neglect and growing up able to look after themselves Enjoying and achieving: getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood Making a positive contribution: to the community and to society and not offending or behaving anti-socially Economic well-being: overcoming socio-economic disadvantages to achieve their full potential in life We want young people to come up with their own ideas and be involved from start to finish. Lots of young people face difficulties and are disadvantaged when it comes to getting involved in activities. We will be giving out three types of grant under the Young People’s Fund: Grants to voluntary and community organisations to run local projects with and for young people Grants to voluntary organisations to fund projects of national significance, and Grants to individual young people (or small groups of young people) to help them make a difference in their communities. For an information pack or to talk to someone about the Young People’s Fund, call 0845 410 2030 The Young People’s Fund is not the only source of funding for projects for young people. If you would like to find out more about Lottery funding visit www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk CHILDREN’S FUND LOCAL NETWORK 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. The Local Network Fund covers the Lancashire area including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen and targets children and young people aged 0 – 19 years who are recognised as facing disadvantage. The next deadline for applications is: Friday 11th February 2005 This fund is currently being directly administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, with outreach and support provided by LCVYS. Funding is 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. 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 For help with any aspect of the application procedure contact the LCVYS office on 01772 250001. SAFETY FUND The 2005/06 round of the Workers' Safety Adviser Challenge Fund is open to applications, for partnerships which aim to get more workers involved in occupational health and safety and a focus on small firms (which can include voluntary groups). Application forms and guidance are available on the website www.wsa-cf.org or contact the WSA Challenge Fund Manager, Les Johnson on 0191 261 6009. The deadline for receipt of applications is Wednesday 21st January. GRANTSEARCH For all of you out there looking for funding from any source, the grantsearch facility ensures that you don't miss out on anything. www.grantsearch.co.uk has a database listing every grant/ funding opportunity available in the UK and Europe. It might take some trawling through but it’s worth it to know that no opportunities have passed you by. To purchase the database in disk format and/or with 1 years internet access visit the website or telephone 02920 890770 or fax 02920 892701 BLACKBURN W DARWEN NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL COMMUNITY CHEST AND NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL COMMUNITY LEARNING CHEST Applicants can apply for £50.00 to £5,000.00 in any one application. Your group must be a voluntary, community or faith group and the activity must benefit Blackburn with Darwen. Application forms and guidance and information packs are available from Blackburn with Darwen Community Network and Blackburn with Darwen CVS. www.bwdcvs.org/funding.htm or tel: 01254 583957 www.bwdcomnet.org.uk/ or tel: 01254 660186 YOUNG PAVEMENT ARTISTS COMPETITION Celebrating 20 years of Pavement Art Need a new fun way to make money for your youth club? Our solution has been tried, tested and trusted for 19 years - and it works. The 20th Young Pavement Artist Competition (YPAC) combines creative art, the environment and develops awareness of disability. Every year there is a new challenge as the environmental theme is changed. The theme for 2005 is ‘Parks and Gardens’. The national competition is open to all young people between the ages of 4 and 18. To enter costs £1 for a pitch and chalks. The money raised is split equally between your youth club and for children suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a crippling muscle wasting disease. Contact Barbara Bate for an enrolment form which must be returned by 3rd May 2005. You can put on the first stage of the competition any time you like but if you wish to enter the 2nd stage for the National Awards, all your photographs of first prize winning drawings in each age group and a photograph of the banner advertising your event must be received in London by 16 June 2005. For information contact Barbara Bate on 01304 611428 or visit www.youngpavementartist.co.uk FUNDERFINDER Funderfinder is a software programme that assists organisations to source trusts and grant giving organisations that may be able to support them. It is available at the LCVYS office to all member organisations during office hours. To arrange a convenient time contact the office on 01772 250001 or email enquiries@lcvys.org.uk Also available - access to: the internet; colour laser printer; mono duplex printer; photocopier and fundraising resources including software, manuals, cd roms etc. THE TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST The Tall Ships Youth Trust has recently received a generous donation, in order that we can reduce our berth fees, this winter, to young people between the ages of 16-25. We hope this will enable more young people to benefit in this experience of a lifetime on one of our Tall Ships. The offer is Buy one and get the 2nd for just £1 on all Youth Winter Sun Voyages (and some adult) in the Med and Caribbean. This excludes airfares but includes transfers. All voyages qualify for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold residential and Royal Yachting Association Competent crew. Do you know a young person who would benefit from this experience? Please call Chas Cowell, Youth Development and Training Manager on 02392 832055 or email chas.cowell@tallships.org For more information about our voyages and the Tall Ships Youth Trust – visit www.tallships.org. BT COMMUNITY WEBSITE BUILDER The BT Community Website Builder allows registered UK charities, non-profit making organisations and volunteer led groups or organisations to build and maintain their own website free of charge, all you need is a computer, an internet connection and a web browser. This scheme is operated by BT Volunteering and IK Software Limited. To qualify for use of the free service your organisation must be from the UK, providing a clear benefit to the local community, and be a registered charity, non-profit making organisation, volunteer led group / organisation. All websites are manually checked, any website setup with incomplete registration information or that IK Software / BT deem to not qualify for the service will be taken off-line. If you are unsure if your organisation qualifies or you are an international / non UK organisation, please contact us providing full details of your organisation and its intended use of the website www.communitykit.co.uk/ FUNDERS FOR FUNDRAISING LIST AVAILABLE Wootton George Consulting, a fundraising consultancy based in Stafford has published a very useful list of funders who will consider helping charities by paying for fundraising and other consultancy work. The list is likely to be of particular interest to smaller or newer charities. Director Simon George explained: `in our experience, smaller charities often have the greatest need for external advice and support, yet they are frequently disadvantaged when it comes to accessing the help they need. This is frustrating for all concerned as, very often, a little bit of help can make a great difference to a small organisation.' Funders on the list range from charitable trusts, to lottery and statutory funding bodies. The latest addition is Business Link, which in many parts of the UK will pay for 50% of external assignments, provided the charity in question is also a limited company and that the consultant is listed on the National Business Link Register of Consultants. www.wgc-fundraising-consultants.com/sources-of-funding.html 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. LCVYS reserves the right to edit. Please notify us about any perceived errors or omissions.