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E-bulletin from 18th May 2018
A copy of the e-news bulletin from VANEL.
Celebrating Cleethorpes Community Cops
We’re very pleased to announce our latest project funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund – “Celebrating Cleethorpes Community Cops”.
Grimsby Central Hall Trust are seeking a Project Co-ordinator
The Trust has a new vacancy for a Project Co-ordinator. The closing date is 18th May. Read on for all the details.
Have you booked your place at the next Volunteer Managers Network meeting on Wednesday 9th (am)?
Book before Tuesday 8th May and join us to share your 2018 Volunteers Week plans or if you are stuck for ideas, come along and find out how other organisations say thank you to their volunteers during this special week, 1st to 7th June. Read on for all the details.
North East Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership Crime Reduction Fund 2018/19 is now open for round 1
After a highly successful funding programme during 2017/18, the Crime Reduction Fund (CRF) is opening up once again. The first round is now open (until 14th June). So have a read about the criteria, what was successfully funded previously and then get in touch about your own project.
VANEL e-newsletters and GDPR…
You will no doubt have received lots of emails recently from any business you connect with talking to you about GDPR. Well VANEL will be no different. Watch out for emails from us, but read on now to find out more about how GDPR is going to affect your e-newsletters and communication from us.
Jewson builders have a Building Better Communities Fund and it’s open until 9th May
Their national fund of £250k is available to help communities projects and they run it as a nomination and voting style programme. The closing date for nominations is next week so get your community project in the hat now!
Four Youth Leadership Mentor roles open for applications at VANEL to start September
As part of the VANEL IGNITE programme (funded via Big Lottery) we are looking for four new final year degree students to join the team part-time starting in September 2018. Read on for all the details and please tell anyone you know who you think might be interested.
Next week – “Facing up to a Digital World” workshop. Do you need help getting to grips with IT? Come along
How are you, your staff & volunteers, your management and board with all this technology & IT? Is your website working well? Are you ready for a world of artificial intelligence and big data, or are you struggling to get the printer to work? Quote from a conference this week: “A charity that isn’t future literate is irrelevant at best…”. Strong stuff. Come along to our digital workshop to get on top of tech.
It’s the Great Plastic Pickup on 11th-13th May. We’re involved. Are you?
IGNITE has an event organised with a local school as part of this national initiative (read on to find out the story) as the IGNITE team are continuing their interest in environmental projects. Find out more about activities including ours
How prepared is your organisation for a Cyber Breach? Won’t happen to me I hear you say? Read on…
The government has, for the first time, released official statistics on charity action on cyber security and the costs and impacts of cyber breaches and attacks. Read on to find out about the Cyber Breaches Survey 2018 and some important things you can do about it
Dementia Friends session at VANEL on 14th May
The IGNITE team have organised a Dementia Friends session at VANEL offices on 14th May for anyone who wishes to become a ‘Dementia Friend’ and increase their knowledge on the lives of people living with Dementia. Read on for the details.
Invitation to a briefing on the new Access Pathway for children with additional needs.
The first newsletter on the new Access Pathway for children with additional needs is out, and it’s accompanied by an invitation to one of the briefings that are taking place through May 2018. These are both intended to provide information and support for any professional working with children and young people. Read on for all the background information, the newsletter and details of the events
Governance weekly for 4th May
Our weekly roundup of news related to governance, trusteeship and leadership: A new Trustee Welcome pack from the Charity Commission, news about the Governance Code and a reminder of trustee support from VANEL.
GDPR is almost upon us. Are you nearly ready?
An update on GDPR related resources, an extra GDPR Basics training date (12th June) and a few more notes worth reading in this run up to 25th May
Charities and Social Enterprises helping us to cross the divide that separates us
Something simple and positive to read for the weekend. Stories about charities across the UK featuring on the BCC and shared via NCVO. Have a look
V:Expo in June in Grimsby is a chance for young people to explore ideas around volunteering and community
V:Expo is getting closer. As part of Volunteers’ Week, this event on 5th June at Central Hall provides lots of workshops, talks and networking to help inspire young people to volunteer or get involved in their community. Does that mean you? Or do you work with young people? Find out more and book your place now
Community Shredders across the borough. If in doubt, shred it out…
Four community shredders are now available via a Crime Reduction Fund project. Don’t throw out of date personal documents or credit cards away – use one of these shredders to protect your identity. Find out more
The next meeting of the Volunteer Managers Network is on 9th May. Book now
The next of our regular meetings from the Volunteer Managers Network (VMN) is soon. Ideal for volunteer managers or anyone looking after volunteers. So read on for details of the meeting itself, the agenda and the background to the Network
The Women First Innovation Fund is open for applications until 11th May
Women’s groups based in coastal areas of North of England are invited to apply for seed funding to trial and test new ideas and imaginative approaches to support women along the employability pathway. Read on to find out about this new fund (11th May deadline)