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29 January 2018
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Hello, and welcome to our newsletter.
WCVA needs your help to decide the training programme for September 2018 - July 2019. We know that financial pressures mean organisations are looking for cost effective ways to ensure staff learning and development remain in focus. It's vital that we're responsive to your needs, so please take 5-10 minutes to complete our survey, and be entered into our prize draw for a Buy One Get One Free training course of your choice!
We've been getting excited for gofod3 2018 by looking through all the photos of last year's joyful faces buzzing around the exhibition hall - so we thought we'd share them with you! From now until the big day we'll be posting photos from last year's event over on our Instagram page so you can join in our nostalgia trip and remember what made it such a special experience. If you want to be a part of this year's festivities, please remember to register for free at the gofod3 website.
Enjoy the newsletter and we'll see you all again soon.
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Volunteering
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Neath Port Talbot Volunteer Centre share this story.
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Wales Millennium Centre volunteers gave an incredible 5,000 hours of their time in 2017.
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WCVA general
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WCVA is looking for someone with digital, communications or marketing skills to join our board of trustees. Previous board or trustee experience is not necessary.
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On the WCVA blog: Sally Rees, Delivering Transformation Grant Co-ordinator at WCVA, introduces initial findings of a project to engage the third sector with the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales), 2014.
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Third sector general
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Join in the conversation around the future of EU Funding in Wales
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Environet’s new toolkit is packed full of ideas for getting involved in environmental volunteering and celebrates fantastic projects making a difference in Wales through people like you...
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The Charity Finance Group (CFG) has published a free guide to help voluntary organisations comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force in May.
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Since its conception by PAVO and Powys County Council back in 2008, the online directory of third sector services has gone from strength to strength and now has in excess of 3,500 registered services.
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Funding
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The Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) programme was set up in September 2016 to help deliver a key strand of the Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy. The programme aims to promote and strengthen positive mainstream voices across Britain.
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Spirit 2012’s Youth Advisory Panel of 10 young people is looking to fund up to £75,000 for a 2-to-3-year youth-focussed project for community organisations based in Wales or northeast England.
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Applications are invited for up to £200,000 to fund a single project in England and Wales which offers sport or physical activity to an under-represented group.
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The Big Lottery Fund in Wales has launched Helping Working Families, offering grants up to £500,000 over four years for projects working with families affected by ‘in-work’ poverty to improve their lives.
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Research
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Barod Community Interest Company announce new lottery funded research project 'The Bridge' to help people with learning difficulties secure well paid work.
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Training and events
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Data protection laws are set to change with the introduction of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
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Is your organisation’s data protection up to scratch?
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Have your say on our next training programme!
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Who’s responsible for fundraising in a charity with no fundraisers? You are! But it isn’t as terrifying as you think!
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While you might be confident that your organisation is fully compliant with the laws as they currently stand, do you know what practical steps you'll need to take to be GDPR ready?
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Do you want to strengthen governance, better identify risk, deliver better services for users, improve operating practices and better demonstrate outcomes in your third sector organisation?
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Trustees and governance
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The Charity Commission has announced new automatic disqualification rules, which will come into force on 1st August 2018.
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Policy and politics
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The Additional Learning Needs Bill and Welsh language and the workforce topped the bill for the sector’s meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning.
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A review of the town and community council sector has been ongoing, with the aim of giving everyone the chance to shape the future of the role of councils.
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