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Monday morning email update of events and news from NICVA.
1. NICVA Link Awards – what’s in them for you?
The Link Awards are NICVA’s annual celebration of partnerships between business and the voluntary and community sector.
WHY ENTER THE LINK AWARDS?
By entering the NICVA Link Awards you can:
The six nomination categories are:
Small Charity Nomination
Medium Charity Nomination
Large Charity Nomination
Award for Innovation
Award for Challenge
Clubs/Societies/Schools Award
The overall winner can come from any of these categories, so an organisation with limited resources has as good a chance of winning as a bigger one.
As the closing date for nominations is 28 July 2004, it’s not too late to nominate (but only just!)
Download the guidelines and nomination form from NICVA’s website or contact Creative Events, 1 Dublin Road, Belfast BT2 7HB, tel: 028 9023 5001.
2. Be first to get a Masters in Voluntary Sector Management!
Don’t miss the opportunity to get a place on the MSc Voluntary Sector Management. The MSc is designed for NICVA by the Cass Business School of City University, London. It is aimed at senior managers who want to gain a sound understanding of the management of people and finances in a needs-led framework. The course covers the theory and practice of subjects such as Strategy, Marketing, Fundraising, Diversity, Finance and Leadership.
The course starts on 24 September 2004, is part-time and takes two years to complete. The learning is achieved through lectures, residentials, group work, shadowing, and a management project.
NICVA will fund 75% of the programme costs for successful applicants.
Download an application form and details from the website www.nicva.org or contact Sandra Bailie by email: sandra.bailie@nicva.org or tel: 028 9087 7777.
Applications should be returned by 23 July 2004 and interviews will be held week beginning 2 August 2004.
3. Unhappy with the New TSN – a way forward consultation document? Join NICVA’s call to action.
Over 4,000 voluntary and community groups have received our proposal document which asks the sector to form a strong and united front in opposing the recommendations in the consultation document from OFMDFM.
If you agree with NICVA, that the consultation document does not offer a strategy with any real impact on poverty and social exclusion, and if you agree with the alternative framework principles for a robust anti-poverty strategy suggested by NICVA, we ask you to sign and return the proposal document to us as soon as possible.
Both the consultation document and NICVA’s proposal document are available from the website www.nicva.org or telephone Lisa McElherron on 028 9087 7777, email: lisa.mcelherron@nicva.org .
4. Get your trainers on for Sport Relief 2004!
Sport Relief is giving you the chance to be part of the biggest mile event in history and help change the world. By doing the Fitness First Sport Relief Mile on Saturday 10 July 2004, you will help to change someone’s future for the better. Put the date in your diary now!
The venue in Northern Ireland is Ormeau Park, Belfast.
Do the Mile, your way, while wearing the famous Sport Relief Red Sock! Do it in the fastest time you can, do it with your mates, dress up or do it backwards. Just make sure you do it! The money you raise will help change the lives of people who really need our help, both here in the UK and in some of the poorest countries around the world.
Register online at http://www.sportrelief.com/
5. Chew things over at a Slow Food Banquet
Sustainable NI invites you to a Slow Food Banquet at Clandeboye Estate, Bangor on 20 July 2004 at 6.30pm. The event is part of the consultation process for a new UK Sustainable Development Strategy.Voluntary and community sector representatives are invited to discuss the role of communities in sustainable development and the ways to help and support communities achieve local sustainability.
The Slow Food concept focuses on the social and environmental aspects of food, broadly promoting a move away from fast food. This means sourcing food that is locally produced and emphasising the social aspects of food enjoyed in the company of others.
For more information on the Banquet or to book a place please contact Jelena on 028 9094 2146 or email: jelena@sustainableni.org .
6. GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT awards
This year GlaxoSmithKline will again be running its highly successful IMPACT awards. The national awards are designed to recognise and reward success and achievements for existing work in the challenging area of community healthcare. Organisations applying do not need to present a new project, and winners decide how to spend the money. The awards are open to voluntary organisations that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with an annual budget under £750,000.
An overall winner will receive £30,000, nine other winners will receive £20,000 and up to ten highly commended organisations will receive £5,000.
Full details on www.kingsfund.org.uk/grants or send an A4 self-addressed envelope to GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards, Grants Department, The King’s Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G OAN.
Closing date for applications is Friday 22 October 2004.
7. Online giving and volunteering opportunities at GiveNow.org
GiveNow.org is the UK's first website to enable donors to give both their time and money to the charities of their choice.
The facility, provided in partnership with do-it.org.uk , enables Volunteer Centres and national charities to upload their vacancies to the website. Visitors can identify volunteering opportunities by geographical area, by cause, or by the type of work.
GiveNow.org has generated over £230,000 in donations since its launch in 2002. The average gift through the site is £75 and the aim of the new volunteering section is to encourage people to give their time to charity as well.
8. Human Rights Commission seeks commissioners
Applicants are invited for a Chief Commissioner and between eight and ten Commissioners to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission was set up under the 1998 Belfast Agreement to enhance the protection and promotion of human rights for all the people of Northern Ireland. It is currently drawing up proposals for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland and working to build broad community support for the process.
Those interested in applying for the post of Chief Commissioner, or serving on the Commission, or bodies wishing to nominate an individual, should request an information pack and nomination form from Human Rights and Equality Unit, Northern Ireland Office, 11 Millbank, London SW1P 4PN. Tel: 020 7210 6584, email: equality2004@nio.x.gsi.gov.uk , textphone 028 9052 7668. Full details can also be found at www.nio.gov.uk
The closing date for applications is 9 July 2004.
9. Laganside Grant Programme
The aim of the Laganside Community Grant Scheme is to encourage the public to use Laganside’s public open spaces and indoor venues and “bring Laganside to life”. The Community Grant Scheme’s budget supports arts, sports, educational, cultural and environmental activities that take place within the Laganside area. Anyone or any group is eligible to apply for a grant, which is unlikely to exceed £250. For further information or if your project requires larger amounts of funding, contact Laganside’s Community Officer on 028 9032 8507 or email: info@laganside.com . Website: www.laganside.com .
10. Power sharing in divided societies
The School of Politics and International Studies at Queen’s University, Belfast is hosting a public lecture on power sharing in divided societies today, Monday 5 July 2004 at 4.00pm in the Conference Room, 21 University Square, Belfast.
Speaker: Professor Arend Lijphart, University of California.
Contact: c.madden@qub.ac.uk .
11. Art celebrating children and young people. Public Art Commission
The first Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) invites submissions for the creation and installation of an Artwork, celebrating the lives of Children and Young People in Northern Ireland.
The Artwork will be a major feature on permanent display in NICCY’S new headquarters in the centre of Belfast.
The value of the commission is £4000 to include costs incurred during the time spent working with children and young people. A brief is available to download from the website www.niccy.org or contact the Communications and Participation Division on 028 9031 6396.
Deadline for the receipt of submissions is Friday 30 July 2004 at 5.00pm .
12. Highlights from the website
Consultations - all the current consultations are logged on our website to give organisations an opportunity to respond to them.
A 2004 update on Maternity Policy in NICVA’s Guide to Good Employment:
Blueprint for giving – how the Giving Campaign aims to double charitable giving by 2014:
Grant Tracker for a tenner – new concession rate for voluntary and community organisations with less than £10,000 turnover
Tired of the World Wide Wait? Help NICVA negotiate an introductory broadband package for the sector by taking part in our short poll
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