April e-news
Welcome to the April e-news bulletin from CITY.COMM.
Please remember this bulletin if you want to publicise an event, appeal for help, or advertise the services you can offer to others in the voluntary and community sector.
London's Voluntary and Community Sector urges election candidates to consider manifesto
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Download the manifesto
A taste of success
Beyond Boyle is a unique catering and hospitality business. Through the Beyond Boyle Foundation, it provides a programme to help people who have experienced homelessness get back into work.
Find out more
Appeal for new trustees from the Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew
Find out more and download role descriptions
Bishopsgate Institute seeks three new trustees
There’s still time to apply as the deadline is 17 April 2010. Bishopsgate Institute is a unique cultural institute located in the City of London, between Liverpool Street and Spitalfields, bordering the East End.
Find out more and download the application pack
Change of date for City-wide residents’ meeting
New date: Monday 7 June from 1-3pm or from 6.30pm-8.30pm
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Portal for City contracts
The City of London Corporation is now running all its procurement using an online system called Pro Contract. To be automatically notified when a tender is released, you should register your areas of interest on the Pro Contract - London Tenders Portal.
Visit the London Tenders Portal
Visit our webpage for further help and advice about Contracts
Health and Wellbeing Profile
The latest Health and Wellbeing Profile for Hackney and the City of London is now available. Who should read it and why?
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… supporting the search for trustees …
Trustee Bank NCVO
Tips for recruiting new trustees. Not a matching service, but you can advertise your trustee role for a limited time on the website.
New constitution for very small charities
The Charity Commission has designed a new constitution that uses clear, direct language that is short, easy to understand and covers all the requirements for a very small charity which does not own land or employ staff.
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Funding Tips and Advice
See CITY.COMM’S Funding Hub with information on grants, donations, contracts, trading and sustainable funding.
Visit the Funding Hub
Health and Safety, Thursday 29 April
An excellent training session giving an overview of health and safety in the workplace and how to assess risk of an event.
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Vetting and Barring Scheme, the new Independent Safeguarding Authority and Criminal Record Bureau Checks
Please contact us at CITY.COMM if you would be interested in attending a briefing session to learn about changes happening in July 2010 and beyond.
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Want to run courses for expectant fathers?
This two-day course for professionals run by Working with Men, takes place on 6-7 July 2010 from 10am-4pm.
More details about the course
Visit the Working with Men website
Do you manage volunteers?
If so, you could apply to the Capacitybuilders Volunteer Management Programme for a grant of £1,950 to pay for training to help in your role. The closing date for applications is 24 May 2010.
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The Prince’s Trust
The Prince's Trust supports young people from the City of London in different ways. It relies on its partnerships and is keen to work in partnerships and consortia with local organisations.
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Prizes for faith community projects
Does your organisation represent a faith community? The Innovation in Faith-based Social Action Prize will open in summer 2010 with a prize fund totalling £50,000.
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Funding to help community-led projects keep their local pub.
A new support programme funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government has been announced to help local communities to set up and run community-owned pubs.
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The People’s Millions
The popular partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV - is now open for applications for 2010. This is your chance to win up to £50,000 to improve your local area.
Read more about this
Think Big
Mobile phone network O2 launches a new community programme to help young people aged 13-25 make a difference to their communities.
Read more about this
Grants to support global community links
If your community group is in touch with a community group in a developing country and you're interested in working together to learn more about global development issues, Global Community Links could be for you.
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