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From: "Martin Ball" <Martin at voice4change-england.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: Voice4Change England e-alert 10th July

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V4CE Partnership news

Race on the Agenda and MiNet have launched a report detailing the impact of the
recession on Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities and their
sector. The report highlights the immediate action required by Government and
local authorities to ensure London's most marginalised and vulnerable
communities do not become further isolated. The report can be downloaded from
http://www.rota.org.uk/pages/default.aspx

V4CE is supporting the BEAM East Midlands BME Alliance Economic Summit that
takes place on 25th July at the Brite Centre in Leicester. Please note that the
centre is a fully accessible venue. The Summit is aimed at helping BME Community
organisations develop opportunities and strategies and the BME Alliance will
present findings of regional research that impacts BME communities. VCS places
are free and the Statutory Sector places are £180. The deadline for registration
is the 15th July and further information is available from
http://www.beam-em.org/

The National Equality Partnership has been commissioned by Capacitybuilders to
facilitate discussion with the third sector on their newly drafted Single
Equality Scheme (a single equality scheme considers the seven equality strands:
age, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion or belief and sexual
orientation).  Capacitybuilders is committed to developing an equality scheme
that delivers real impact so this is your opportunity to involve the equality
organisations you work with to influence exactly how Capacitybuilders promotes
equality and diversity.  For more information from the National Equality
Partnership on the draft scheme please visit
http://www.wrc.org.uk/equality/consultations or contact Ravi Chauhan on 020-7843
6124 or ravi at voice4change-england.co.uk

Policy News

YDM have published their full report into Pakistani/Bangladeshi parent/carers
living in Nottingham who are suffering from mental health, domestic violence,
youth offending and drugs and alcohol issues. The report can be downloaded from
http://www.ydm-online.com/

The Directory of Social Change have released a Critical Conditions report that
examines the transparency of grant terms and conditions as part of their Great
Giving campaign. It recommends that make any funding terms are publicly
available and accessible to all applicants at the start of the application
process.  The DSC also want funders to be willing to negotiate terms if
applicants request to do so.  The research provides some baseline evidence and a
starting point for further work. The full report is available at
http://www.dsc.org.uk/greatgiving.

The Charity Commission has published its annual report, showing the work it has
undertaken over the year to support the 190,000 charities registered in England
and Wales. It has found that the past year has been a difficult one for many
charities, trying to meet the growing demand for their services while coping
with falling income. See http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/ for further
information or call their contact centre on 0845 300 0218.

Events

On 14th July the REACH programme is organising a conference to celebrate the
progress so far. Register now at http://reach.eventreg.org.uk to hear the new
CLG Secretary of State John Denham MP highlight the support available for small
Voluntary and Community Service organisations who are working with Black boys
and young men. In addition, delegates will be able to take part in workshops and
visit stands to learn more about the REACH programme. The event is at the Hilton
London Metropole.

The National Equality Partnership and East London CVS Network are offering a
great free opportunity to learn all about the Single Equalities Bill and also
about Equalities Impact Assessments. The event takes place on 16th July 2009 at
London Metropolitan University. Further details and the booking form from
josephine.mason at elcvsnetwork.org.uk or Macarena Vergara on macarena at wrc.org.uk
or 020-7324 3048.

The next Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women Councillors Taskforce regional
event is taking place on Friday 17th July in Luton Town Hall, 6-8.30pm.  To
register please click here
http://www.livegroup.co.uk/bame/index.php?view=LUTON_registration or email
BAME at livegroup.co.uk

A criminals in the community workshop is taking place on Saturday 25th July,
between 10.30am and 4.30pm, at the Froud Community Centre in London. The purpose
the event is to highlight the negative consequences of crime on communities and
how we can work to prevent people specifically the youth from getting involved.
To register your interest please email Farhat Amin on farhat.amin1 at gmail.com or
phone 07944-765 138.

Jobs and training and tenders

NCVO and the Office of the Third Sector have launched a free website containing
details of funding opportunities for voluntary organisations. Funding Central
http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/%20  provides information about 4,000 grants,
contracts and loans offered by local, regional, national and European funders.

Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) is seeking to commission research on the
experiences of black and minority ethnic staff working in the higher education
sector. The intention is that this applied research will have practical outcomes
and will recommend, develop and pilot initiatives in three thematic areas. The
thematic research areas are: Management practice, Support frameworks and
relationships, leadership and development. The research forms part of ECU's Race
Forum project http://www.ecu.ac.uk/our-projects/race-forum, and the appointed
researchers will work in collaboration with the Forum. Tenders are invited from
academic research staff, consultants outside of the higher education sector, or
a combination of both. Full details of the tender and how to apply available
online and from Jonathan Gascoigne on jonathan.gascoigne at ecu.ac.uk. The closing
date 12 noon on Friday 31st July.

Miscellaneous

Find out how to strengthen and improve your trustee board at the NCVO
BWB/OnBoard Trustee Conference 2009. At this one-day event on 12th October you
will benefit from the latest information, advice and thinking on board
effectiveness. There will be inspirational keynote speeches, a topical panel
discussion, interactive workshops and plenty of networking opportunities. For
further information and to book online visit:
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/trusteeconference09 or call Georgina on 020-7520
2511.

KnowHow NonProfit have launched a great series of 15 free podcasts featuring
third sector leaders sharing their views and advice about leading through the
recession. The speakers include the Director General of the Office of the Third
Sector and the Enterprise Director of Futurebuilders. They were produced jointly
by KnowHow and ACEVO at the ACEVO Summit 2009. You can listen to them online
http://www.knowhownonprofit.org/help/podcasts/podacevointro

Roshni is a specialist organisation that supports South Asian women victims of
domestic, sexual violence and forced marriage in Nottingham. However local South
Asian women could be denied access to external help and support as the City
Council is threatening to withdraw their funding. If you want to support Roshni
case for continued funding then please sign their online petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Save_Roshni_Save_Lives/?e

This year's Compact Awards are now open for nominations and details are
available from the dedicated website http://www.compactawards.org.uk The awards
are open to both public and third sector bodies. The closing date is 21st August
2009.

As part of its response to the economic downturn, the Charity Commission has
published a practical checklist for trustees of charities, to help them gauge
their charity's ability to weather the current economic storm. Further
information is on their website at
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/enhancingcharities/economic.asp

The next e-alert will be sent on Friday 24th July.

All best,
Martin

Martin Ball
Head of Campaigns
Voice4Change England
A national body dedicated to strengthening the BME Third Sector as a positive
force for change
c/o BTEG, 2nd Floor, Lancaster House
31-33 Islington High Street
London N1 9LH
Tel:  020-7843 6131
Fax: 020-7833 1723

We have launched a Valuing the BME Third Sector campaign and are asking MPs to
support us by signing Early Day Motion (no 620 Voice4Change) in recognising the
vital contribution being made by the BME Third Sector. Further details of the
EDM and how to lobby MPs can be found at http://www.voice4change-england.co.uk

Voice4Change England (V4CE) is a national policy body dedicated to strengthening
the Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector as a positive force for change and
building a thriving future. It provides co-ordinated policy advocacy for BME
groups at local, regional, and national levels to all types of policy-makers.

You can learn more about how you can get involved in V4CE by becoming a
Subscriber from http://www.voice4change-england.co.uk