Issue date: 25 November 2014

Business as Usual? Better than usual!

The Roundhay Road Resource Centre provides fully serviced offices and desks for voluntary sector groups and social enterprises, allowing them to share resources and skills, whilst enjoying secure, efficient and cost effective facilities. These include access to meeting rooms, printing facilities, phone lines, broadband, rates, cleaning and all utilities (all included).

The Centre is now owned by NW Investments, a local business that understands the needs of local communities. We want to support organisations working for our communities by offering affordable and flexible tenancy terms.

To find out more contact office@nwinvestment.co.uk, 0113 3805682 or Razia on 07958462795.

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Our VAL Essentials benefits package can save a medium-sized third sector organisation up to £300 per year on advertising jobs with us.

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Subscribe to VAL Essentials now and save up to £300 on job adverts and more. The Doing Good Leeds jobs pages currently receive over 4000 page views per month, and this E-News goes out to over 2700 subscribers.

19 jobs in this E-News:

Receptionist (maternity cover)
Groundwork Leeds
Salary: £12,987 pro rata
Closing date: 26 November 2014

Care Coordinators - Social Care Team
Age UK Leeds
Salary: £22,443
Closing date: 26 November 2014

Assistant Manager: Fixed Term up to Sept 2015
Horsforth Live at Home Scheme: MHA
Salary: £ 8.25 per hr / £7,936.50 per annum
Closing date: 28 November 2014

Deputy Charity Shop Manager/s
RSPCA Leeds, Wakefield & District Branch
Salary: £7,995-£10,660pa
Closing date: 28 November 2014

Charity Shop Manager
RSPCA Leeds, Wakefield & District Branch
Salary: £15,375
Closing date: 28 November 2014

Chief Executive
Tiger11
Salary: c£35,000.00 pa (dependent on experience)
Closing date: 28 November 2014

Nail Bar Coordinator
St Luke's CARES
Salary: £17,161 - £19,317
Closing date: 1 December 2014

Community Cohesion & Diversity Officer
AVSED
Salary: £21,428
Closing date: 1 December 2014

Activity Support Worker
AVSED
Salary: £17,167 pro rata
Closing date: 1 December 2014

6 Play Workers
People in Action (Leeds) UK
Salary: From £10 per hour £7.65
Closing date: 5 December 2014

Volunteers Training/Information Advice and Guidance Coordinator
People in Action (Leeds) UK
Salary: £9 - £10 per hour depending on experience
Closing date: 8 December 2014

Chief Executive Officer
Yorkshire Mediation Services
Salary: circa £35,000 per annum pro rata
Closing date: 8 December 2014

Volunteer Coordinator
The Grandparents' Association
Salary: £23,960 p/a (pro rate to 35hr pw)
Closing date: 8 December 2014

Administrator
Barca-Leeds
Salary: £16,000 pro rata
Closing date: 10 December 2014

Youth Inclusion Keyworker
Barca-Leeds
Salary: £21,700
Closing date: 10 December 2014

Senior Support Worker
Creative Support
Salary: Up to £16,344 pa based on experience
Closing date: 15 December 2014

Casual Sessional Youth Workers
Youth Theatres Leeds
Salary: £10 per hour
Closing date: 23 December 2014

Personal Assistant
Individual Employers (via Leeds CIL)
Salary: Hourly paid
Closing date: 23 December 2014

Count Me In Support Worker
People in Action
Salary: £7.65
Closing date: 4 January 2015

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Training

Courses coming up for third sector organisations include:

3 December: Strategic Planning
5 December: Effective Supervision for Managers
10 December: People Management
16 December: Including and Managing Volunteers with Criminal Convictions

Search the Training Directory on Doing Good Leeds for details of these and all current courses.

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News, Blogs and Events

Third Sector Leeds launches the “Advisers Network”
Third Sector Leeds has developed an Advisers Network, whose purpose is to provide specialist knowledge and information on request at strategic meetings, boards and partnerships across the city.

Phase 2 of Young Lives NEET Research begins
Young Lives Leeds is looking for Leeds based organisations that support young people (16-25) who are NEET to support Phase 2 of this research.

LEP Skills Survey - reply by 28 November
Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership is refreshing its Skills Plan and really wants to capture the skills work of the third sector - so this is your chance to let them know!

Police and Crime Commissioner Third Sector Advisor Reports Back....
David Smith's secondment to the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner comes to an end in January. In this article he gives an update on his work and reflects on a very successful year.

Engage with ESIF!
VAL has secured development funding from the Big Lottery Fund to help the sector engage with the new European funding programme across Leeds City Region.

Leeds Talent Match Needs You!
We are looking for employers to offer job creation opportunities and work placements for young people.

Campaigning - latest from the Charity Commission
Kathy Faulks, Support Worker (Group Development) at Voluntary Action Leeds clarifies the latest situation.

Auto-enrolment - What you need to know
Come along to Stringer House on Thursday 27 November at 10am to find out more.

International Day of Disabled People event
Join the PSI Network in the this celebration of IDDP.
Friday 5 December at 11:00am to 2:00pm
Venue: St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley, LS16 5JT

Third Sector Infomatics Project (TSIP) Report and Network Launch
The TSIP is an innovative project to improve the use of data and efficient informatics systems to build vital intelligence into commissioning and other forums. Find out more at the network launch event.
Thursday 11 December at 1:00pm to 3:00pm

More News, Events and Blogs on the Doing Good Leeds website. Submit your own for free by either logging in to or creating a Doing Good Leeds account.

Funding

Visit Doing Good Leeds for lots of current funding opportunities; forthcoming deadlines include:

26 November: Winter Wellbeing Community Grants Scheme
5 December: Safer Communities Fund
19 December: YVP small grants
23 January: Ideas that Change Lives

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