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Next steps for post primary review

The Burns Report and the next step for post-primary school review
NICVA | Communications Admin | 24 Apr 2003

A Modern Regional Policy for the UK

A NICVA document to assist voluntary and community organisations to prepare their responses to this important consultation.
CommunityNI.org | Miriam Bell | 18 Apr 2003

Discover free software

Discover free software
CommunityNI.org | Miriam Bell | 17 Apr 2003

Overcoming objections

Geoffrey Ready from Avec Solutions answers some FAQs about Open Source.
NICVA | Communications Admin | 17 Apr 2003

Volunteers snapped up

To celebrate Volunteers Week 2003 (1-7 June), the Volunteer Development Agency is running the Capture the Spirit of Volunteering photography competition.
NICVA | Communications Admin | 15 Apr 2003

Panel gives general welcome to budget

NICVA panel gives general welcome to budget
CommunityNI.org | Miriam Bell | 09 Apr 2003

NI Social Fund gets £5.6m boost

Northern Ireland Social Fund gets £5.6 million boost
NICVA | Communications Admin | 09 Apr 2003

2003 budget results

Budget 2003 Voluntary and community sector generally positive about the budget.
CommunityNI.org | Miriam Bell | 09 Apr 2003

An apple a day

Louise Warde Hunter- Chief Executive of Action Cancer and Julie Pattison- from SuperValu-Centra- launch the campaign An apple a day
Action Cancer Belfast | Joe Braden | 07 Apr 2003

Ability To Anticipate And Manage Change

Voluntary organisations encounter a series of milestones as they grow and develop. Your management committee can learn how to anticipate and manage these changes from other organisations. This article provides information on the key milestones and the importance of planning.

Up-to-date Inofrmation & Feedback

Management committees need information from members and users in order to be accountable and to be able to evaluate the impact of the organisation’s work. This article gives some ideas on how to develop feedback systems.

Healthy Turnover Of Members

It is challenging for management committees to maintain a balance between ensuring continuity and being a ‘closed shop’. This article provides information to help you ensure a healthy turnover of members to ensure openness and accountability as well as sufficient continuity.

Good Relationships Within The Committee

Communication within management committees is challenging and communication systems need to change and develop as organisations grow, especially if they employ staff. Many organisations experience difficulties in managing the relationship between the management committee and staff. This article provides some suggestions for avoiding problems and for putting in place clear systems of communication.

Policies To Facilitate Good Practice

Developing good policies and procedures for your organisation is a key function of management committees. It is your role to ensure that these policies and procedures are implemented consistently. This article provides some ideas to help you carry out your policy development and monitoring role.

Dealing With Poor Attendance

Poor attendance is a common problem for management committees. It makes it difficult for committees to apply consistent, good quality, collective decision making. This article provides some ideas for dealing with this issue.

Skills To Serve The Organisation

Article describing the knowledge that a management committees needs in order to be able to lead its organisation effectively. It is not necessary for each member to know all of it but as a collective you should ensure that the committee holds this knowledge. This page also includes information on how to ensure that your committee has a system or systems for communicating with your members and users.

Understanding Roles & Responsibilities

Suggestions for ensuring that your management committee members understand their roles and responsibilities, are well informed about the work of their organisation and recognise the distinction between their role and that of the chief officer.

Increasing interest in free software

NIOSC Event to highlight increasing interest in free software
CommunityNI.org | Admin | 04 Apr 2003

Success with Action Man

Action Man Success with Action Man, Action Cancer campaign
NICVA | Communications Admin | 01 Apr 2003