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"9th Exeter Arts & Therapies Conference (Exeter) 17/09/2010 - 17/09/2010 Friday September 17th 2010, 10.00am to 4.30pm - The Exeter Guildhall * Doom & Bloom * In challenging times people need both art and community more not less. Promoting successful Arts & Mental Health practice work in Devon. When EATc began in 2002 there were few projects in Devon specifically working with the arts and mental health. This event, organised in association with Arts & Health South West, celebrates an explosion in their diversity, range and number since then. It is a chance to gather, give and receive inspiration and to feel strength in numbers. It is hoped that it will mark the beginning of an Arts & Emotional Health network for Devon. Cost: £20 (£12 concessions) "

"First Figures for DWP Volunteer Brokerage Scheme 30/10/2009 As reported in Third Sector magazine, nearly 2,400 unemployed people have completed volunteering placements in the first five months of the £8m volunteer brokerage scheme being run by environmental charity BTCV for the Department for Work and Pensions. The scheme, which began in April this year, has a target of matching 34,000 jobseekers with volunteering placements within two years. A DWP spokeswoman said the department had no monthly targets, but expected the numbers to rise significantly in future months and did not intend to alter the overall target. The scheme is being run by BTCV in partnership with volunteering charities Volunteering England, CSV and v. BTCV said 1,128 of the 2,365 placements were arranged by BTCV itself and the rest by its partner charities. "