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"Clinks Volunteering Guides Clinks has published a series of guides designed to support organisations in their day-to-day work with offenders. The guides have been developed with the expertise of Volunteering England, Charities Evaluation Services, and the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation. Targeted at those who involve volunteers, or provide mentoring and befriending services to offenders and ex-offenders, these guides are designed to support any organisation whether they are already established or just setting up."

SUI - homeless link example of Service User Involvement (SUI)

this page contains useful information and links to resources so that development workers within organisations that deliver services can actually adpat to the new financial environment. Please explore. Thanks.

The economics of collaboration Vs the need of organisations to justify their existence - fab video. Recommend it! - some of these points I talked with Eliz about. Gets you thinking about developing your relationship with service users.

"Developing the Capacity of User Led Organisations in the South West - Conference (Exeter)"

What is STAN? STAN is a membership network for second tier advisors in London. Who can join? - £35 per year though... Membership is open to all second tier advisors working in greater London. When we say 'second tier advisor' we mean anyone who spends the majority of their work time advising voluntary and community organisations: You might be a Small Groups Development Worker, a Capacity Builder or a specialist Funding Advisor - no matter what your job title you are welcome to join. We also accept membership from those who aren't advisors but who might be interested in second tier advice; for example Grants Officers, Managers and Training Officers. These individuals are classified as 'STAN Friends' and can access all the network's services apart from some advisors only Learning Sessions. Membership of STAN is on an individual basis and costs £35 per organisation per year.

£1 Million Available to Support Youth Projects (UK) Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity "The Prince's Trust" to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain's poorest areas. The Awards, worth £250 to £5,000, are available to disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds who want to transform their area and learn practical skills. Projects could range from improving local youth facilities to tackling teenage pregnancy or drug misuse. Projects must: · be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25 · clearly benefit the local community · benefit the people running the project · be a new or developing project. Previous projects supported include; an amateur boxing project to give young people greater confidence; and a media project to promote community cohesion and greater understanding between the local community and asylum seekers. Applications can be made at any time.

I'm sure Michelle will join, if you keep putting stuff on that interests her! There are similarities between what the authors are saying and family learning. In the same way that you can't just put a roof on a homeless person's head and simply expect them to stay there, you can't just put someone into a family learning class either. That's where CLP comes in, with our holistic approach!!

an example of how americans have developed platforms that enable the embedding & sharing of widgts to let your network of supporters raise money!

the badge embedded in a webpage showing how the US is ahead, and the possiblities to extend fundarsing to your fans! and service users!

Family Action calls all parties to fund services promoting social inclusion. Worth checking this organisation out?

perhaps parenting support - could be an angle for CLP in turn of: "Hot Buttons" | and new therapy/toolkit 2b developed with Dawn?

The range and quantity of legislation affecting the voluntary sector makes it difficult to keep up to date with the obligations placed on voluntary organisations. Whether taking on staff, leasing premises, tendering for service contracts, taking out insurance, operating as a charity or changing the organisation's legal structure, staff and committee members need to understand the law.

tagging content & covnersations on twitter... hashtags are a way of creating a topic that can be talked about and searched (my humble newbie understaning) - (#) see more details on this page.

Check this out really inspirational - link etrategy to employees values in serving community. Well, this is what i read between the lines as I take the business concept into a community context ;-) It also links to the publishing element we've discussed time and time again. You'll love it ;-)

plug for networks, but also advice and resources on networking and setting up networks. ;o)