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September 2016

Welcome

Hello Colleague, here is Nova's September 2016 e-bulletin!

In this bulletin you'll find details of a wide range of news, events, funding and training for the voluntary sector in and around the Wakefield District. We regularly update the website so please do check on a frequent basis in order to keep up to date. 

Remember: if you are a Nova member you can send in your own events, training, news and jobs through the members area on the website. 
 

Nova News

Nova Members Survey 2016

We would like to say a big thank you to all Nova members who took the time to complete our 2016 Members Survey. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us, as it helps us to see what is currently going well, and what areas of Nova can be improved. The feedback received was positive and we have noted concerns raised regarding support for volunteering in the District, which we are currently working on to see what the support we offer may look like. We are going to produce a summary of the feedback and a link to it will be available in the next e-bulletin. 


Come along to our AGM and Annual Event 

We are holding our AGM and Annual Event on 12 October at Unity Works, Wakefield. The AGM forms part of Nova's Annual Event. You are invited to participate in the whole morning of activities, so please view the full programme (Word) for more details. Book your place by Friday 30 September 2016 using Eventbrite.


New Nova Members

We would like to say a big Nova welcome to our new members, taking our total to 231. These are:
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News


New Healthwatch Wakefield website

The newly launched Healthwatch Wakefield website includes a new way for members of the public to rate, review, and provide feedback on local health and social care services. It’s quick and easy, and not only does the 'Feedback Centre' on the website give you an opportunity to say what you think, it also lets other people know about health and care services in our District. 


Useful Cashbook from WYCAS

WYCAS has published a spreadsheet for recording income and expenditure transactions each month, which will also produce a year end report. This cashbook has been extended with up to 25 funds. Instructions on how to use the spreadsheet come with the download. You can download the spreadsheet from the WYCAS website. 


Launch of Penny Appeal Domestic Abuse Unit

Week beginning 26 September 2016, Penny Appeal will be launching the new service, based in Wakefield, which will offer two clinics per week, on Mondays and Tuesdays, for women residents of the District. For more information about the Penny Appeal's Domestic, Family and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service, please read this counselling services information sheet (pdf).

Events

Healthy Wakefield - Celebrating Health and Communities in Wakefield
20 September 2016, 4.30pm - 7.30pm | Lightwaves Leisure Centre, Lower York St, Wakefield, WF1 3LJ
NHS Wakefield CCG will be celebrating health and communities in Wakefield on 20 September 2016 at Lightwaves Leisure Centre. The event will include sharing with the public, CCG staff and partners the great work done in Wakefield, as well as discussing future plans and hearing from the key people about the state of health in Wakefield and what the future holds for local healthcare.

Age Well in Normanton
4 October 2016, 10.00am - 3.00pm | Normanton Fire Station, WF6 1AE
To celebrate International Old People's Day, Age UK Wakefield District and West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue have organised the Age Well in Normanton event. At the event, you will be able to:

  • get free new slippers and have your balance checked 
  • defy convention and learn some new tricks 
  • enjoy free refreshments and meet old & new friends 
  • learn amazing things about everyday life

For more information, please see the planned programme (pdf).

Ready for anything! Emergency Planning and the VCS
19 October 2016, 2.30pm - 4.30pm | Lightwaves Leisure Centre, Lower York St, Wakefield, WF1 3LJ
Nova and Wakefield Council’s Emergency Planning Team are holding a two hour workshop on emergency planning and how the voluntary and community sector could support specialist emergency services. The workshop will cover what emergency planning is (and isn’t!), the situations it covers and how the voluntary and community sector could support specialist emergency services.

WEA Yorkshire and Humber AGM and Showcase
12 November 2016, 10.30am - 4.30pm | The Kingswood Suite, Wakefield Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield, WF1 2HQ
The guest speaker will be TED prize winner, Professor Sugata Mitra. He will be delivering this year's William Alderson Memorial Trust Lecture on Self Organised Learning Environments (SOLE's). Educational workshops will be delivered on the subject of Self Organised Learning. 

Upcoming Nova Learning and Networking Sessions
Generating Income for your Organisation
28 September 2016, 10.00am - 12.00pm | St Mary's Community Centre, The Circle, Chequerfield, Pontefract, WF8 2AY 

Promoting your Organisation
17 October 2016, 10.00am - 12.00pm | St George's Community Centre, Broadway, Lupset, Wakefield, WF2 8AA
 


Funding

Funding Opportunities
There are lots of funding opportunities on the Nova website at the moment. Please see below for a selection of the funding opportunities currently available:

Postcode Local Trust
Application deadline: 5pm on 30 September 2016
Postcode Local Trust was established in 2015 to provide financial support for charities and good causes which help communities enhance their natural environment in a way that benefits the wider community. The trust will invite applications that encourage lasting benefits by bringing people together to improve local ecology and habitats, encourage bio-diversity and benefit the wider environment.

Cultural Protection Fund 2016 - 2020
Application deadline: 28 October 2016 (for large grants)
The Cultural Protection Fund is now open for small grants (up to £100K) and large grants (more than £100K) applications. The objective of the Cultural Protection Fund is to protect cultural heritage, creating opportunities for social and economic development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage overseas.

Royal British Legion's External Grants Programme
Application deadline: 11 November 2016
The Royal British Legion is offering funding of up to £50,000 for specialised projects for serving and ex-Service personnel and/or their families that are not already being provided by the Legion. Applications for projects supporting employment and training, family support, homelessness and outreach, and supporting the elderly will be prioritised.

Community Business Bright Ideas Fund
Application deadline: 30 November 2016
The Community Business Bright Ideas Fund is a new grant programme to help communities develop their budding community business ideas.The £1.85 million Community Business Bright Ideas Fund will offer community groups tailored support and grants of up to £20,000 to develop their ideas for a community business.

The Community Minibus Round Two
Application deadline: 2 December 2016
The Department for Transport has launched a second round of the Community Minibus Fund which is being administered by the Community Transport Association. The fund is open to educational organisations and community groups, including community transport operators, across England. Please note that the Government will award one minibus per organisation, and organisations that received an award from the first round of the fund will not be eligible for the second round.

Tesco Bags of Help Fund
Application deadline: Applications are open on a rolling basis and will be accepted at any time
Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme where the money raised from the 5p bag levy in Tesco stores is being used to fund thousands of community projects across the UK. Groundwork assesses all of the applications received to ensure they are eligible. This is followed up by Tesco shortlisting groups who decide which projects go forward to the in-store vote.

Jobs and Training

Jobs

Visit the jobs page on our website for full details of all the following opportunities.

Men's Community Development and Engagement Worker, Community Links
Salary: £23,698 
Closing date: 25 September 2016

Community Programme Co-ordinator, 
Rothwell & District Live at Home Scheme
Salary: £8.90 (hourly rate)
Closing date: 25 September 2016

3 x Support Workers,
The Avalon Group
Salary: £7.40 per hour
Closing date: 30 September 2016

Community Volunteer Co-ordinator
, Wakefield District Sight Aid
Salary: £8190 - £8520 (subject to experience)
Closing date: 5 October 2016

Job advertising is free for Nova members or £25 per job for non-members.
 

Training


Joint Leadership Programme
Year long programme, begins 27 October 2016 | The Art House, Drury Lane, Wakefield, WF1 2TE
Keen to develop your leadership capabilities? Willing to commit to a year’s training and development? Apply now for the Joint Leadership Programme! Nova is offering a year-long Joint Leadership Programme for leaders within the voluntary and community sector (VCS), and within the public sector who work (or wish to work) closely with the VCS.

Blast Project Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Training
27 October 2016, 9.30am - 4.30pm | Yorkshire MESMAC,12 Cheapside, Wakefield, WF1 2SD
The BLAST Project provides the specialist 'Not Just Our Daughters' course which is the country's most recognised and established male Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) training. The training is facilitated by BLAST Project staff who have significant experience of supporting boys and young men who have been, are being, or are at risk of being, sexually exploited. The training also meets the minimum standards for single agency safeguarding training highlighted by Leeds Safeguarding Children Board.

Introduction to the Third Sector
9 November 2016, 10.00am - 12.00pm Nova Wakefield District Limited, 11 Upper York Street, Wakefield, WF1 3LQ
Come along to this free session and find out about the third sector in more detail. The session will also address any specific areas of interest/queries that participants may have about the sector.

Best wishes,
The Nova Team
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