From Hanna...
CYPP
2010 - working better together
National
Children's Bureau
(NCB) has awarded us a grant to assess VCS engagement in the planning,
strategy, delivery and evaluation of services for children, young people and
their families. This opportunity has come as a result of a NCB's Celia
Watson's presentation at the November conference, where (once the dust settled)
there was overall agreement across all sectors - local authorities, health,
commissioners and the VCS - to undertake the process using a joint approach.
To keep the
consultation real we will focus on Children and Young People's Plan - CYPP -
2010. It means that a nationally agreed protocol linked to a well renowned
national agency NCB acts as a framework for good Children's Trust VCS practice
and how that can be embedded in the arrangements.
Find out what it means to get involved - contact Hanna and have
your input in the process
Look at the toolkit
Evaluating VCS Engagement
Assessing Engagement with the Voluntary and
Community Sector: A Mini Self-Evaluation Toolkit
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Children & Young People's Plan (CYPP) 2010
What can the VCS do to get involved?
- Cascade
information about the plan to others: e.g. to colleagues, other
parents/carers, other agencies
- Attend
stakeholder events and encourage others to get involved
- Tell
us how we
can best access the views of the various groups/ communities you
represent
- Help
us to find the most effective way of ensuring the plan is informed by and
linked to local initiatives, plans and priorities; and/orJoin
one of the working groups
Please contact Hanna for further information, and see the January CYPP 2010 Essential Update here.
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Diary Dates for 2009
Workshops - Using Play as a development tool 10 March; 20 June; 12 August. For more information contact Julie.
Open Day & Activity Taster Day
25 April
Email Lodge Hill Centre for more information.
WSCVYS AGM at The Limeburners, Amberely Chalkpits Museum,
Tuesday 2 June - all affiliated members and our partners are welcome - more details nearer the time.
South of England Show 11-13 June 2009
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STOP PRESS!
Please note that the BME-CS conference on 26 February 2009 which we mentioned in the January e-bulletin has been changed - detailsto follow.
We would like to draw your attention to a BME-CS and WSCC Harm Reduction Team event on 24 April. Details for this will also follow.
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Play, Extended Schools & Positive Activities Event
Tuesday 3 March 2009 at Lodge Hill Centre 9.30-4.40 (lunch provided)
There are some places remaining on this jointly hosted (WSCVYS & WSCC Youth Service) FREE conference which will develop the foundation for:
- the West Sussex Play Strategy
- Extended Schools Core Offer for secondary schools
- Promotion of Positive Activities
The day will provide excellent opportunities for discussion and sharing of knowledge and positive experiences. Highlights will include:
- Workshops to explore, discuss and review best practice in the field of 'play'
- managing challenging behaviour through positive activities
- learning about the role of the voluntary sector in supporting early intervention and transition activities
Please contact Isabelle King at WSCVYS for further information and to reserve a place - and insert the words PLAY EVENT as the subject of your email - thank you.
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SOUTH of ENGLAND SHOW - June 11- 13 2009
South of England Showground, Ardingly
Are there any young people in
your organisation who would like to perform at this year's South of England Show?
Once again West Sussex Youth Service and WSCVYS are working in partnership and we are looking for young people aged 12-18 years who can sing or dance or act or DJ/MC or....??
They will need to be available during the daytime on the Friday or Saturday, and would get:
- Free entry to the South
of England Show for the day
- A chance to perform in
front of an audience
- A chance to find out
what else is available for young people in the area
Thursday is sports, activities and workshops day.
We recognise that the Friday of the Show is a school
day and the young people might require an official letter to give to their
School's Head to gain permission to perform at the Show. If this is required please contact Sally Blackmore.
For further information or if you have any questions please contact either Sally or Trevor England at WSCVYS, or download the application form here.
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Aiming High for Disabled Children
Do you work with families who have disabled
children? Do you
think their needs may
be missed in the Aiming High Agenda?
The
VCS is an important stakeholder in this consultation and we need to ensure as
many organisations as possible are included to enable our families to have a
voice. What does your organisation
do? Who do you work with? We want to highlight the existing services
for disabled children against the priorities identified by parents andcarers in a
recent West Sussex Survey.
From this basket of providers we will
identify gaps in services and compile a list of stakeholders for future
consultation events around Aiming High in West Sussex which will be the
starting point for the initial commissioning process.
Please contact Jane as soon as possible for further information.
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New Gift Aid Toolkit for charities
HM Revenue & Customs has sent us information about a new Gift Aid toolkit which contains an interactive repayment form with a built-in calculator to make the whole claim process simpler. It covers the whole customer journey from how to register for Gift Aid through to how to market Gift Aid with your donors and includes:
- Letter templates
- Model forms and declarations
- Printable help sheets that tell you the basics
- Posters and leaflets for distribution to donors
Toolkits are available to all charities and can be obtained by phoning the HM R&C charities helpline 08453 020203 or by emailing charities@hmrc.gov.uk
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'Awards for All' Grants to be replaced
The Awards for All England
programme will close on 31 March 2009. From 1 April 2009 each of the lottery
distributors supporting the scheme will have their own small grants programmes
up and running. Applications can still be made under the current arrangements
until 31 March 2009.
The change will mean that each
distributor can better address the needs of their applicants and the themes
they support. Overall, across all the distributors, it is anticipated that new
money available for small grants in 2009-10 will be comparable to money that
was available to community groups through Awards for All in 2008-2009.
To ensure this change will be as
seamless as possible, the distributors will each run their own small grants
programme as follows:
Big Lottery Fund will launch a new small grants programme on 1 April 2009
awarding grants of £300 to £10,000 to local communities in 2009-2010.
Sport England will provide small grants for sports ranging from £300 -
£10,000 from 1 April 2009.
Arts Council England will provide small grants through their existing 'Grants
for the arts' programme, supporting awards between £1,000 and £100,000.
Heritage Lottery Fund small grants will be provided through the existing 'Your
Heritage' (£3,000 to £50,000) and 'Young Roots (£3,000 to £25,000) schemes.
Full details of the Big Lottery
Fund programmes and grant awards are available at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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Make healthy choices- easy choices
A training event
for people who work with young people focusing on Healthy Eating, promoting
Physical Activity and Healthy Weight issues.
Wednesday 4th March
11am- 3pm at The Y Centre
Albion Way Horsham West Sussex RH12 1AH
A
great opportunity to take part in a FREE TRAINING EVENT which promotes
the benefits of healthy eating and physical activity for young people in a
youth group setting.
The
training will be run by West Sussex Primary Care Trust; community chef; Robin
Van Creveld, and members of staff from Sussex Clubs for Young People.
The
programme will include lunch as well as a cookery demonstration
by the
community chefandtwo
workshops on:
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How to and why promote physical
activity within your setting
* What
is a healthy diet and how to promote good eating habits in young people
There
will also be a FREE PACK of recipes and smoothie cards,physical activity cards and free posters for your group.
To
book a place please contact -
Ann Taylor or Yael Breuer
Sussex Clubs for Young People
20 West Street
Shoreham-by-Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5WG
01273 462006
admin@sussexcyp.org.uk
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NEED HELP WITH YOUR I.T?
WSCVYS
has recently been fortunate to work with SCIP, a not-for-profit company
dedicated to improving IT access, training and skills across the VCS, and we
would like to recommend to you our new-found friends.
SCIP's
goal is to help staff and volunteers from VCS organisations
to use IT in ways which help deliver better services and support to people
working in the VCS. We have found the staff to be very friendly,
helpful and knowledgeable - and wonderfully calm when confronted by a misbehaving
PC and a slightly hysterical WSCVYS administrator.
For
more information see www.scip.org.uk
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Andy Caldow
WSCVYS Targeted Youth Work Lead
One piece of work I'm focusing on is working with Mind in
Mid Sussex on developing a training packing involving young people on their
experiences of the Mental Health system. It is intended that this will also
include developing resources that can be used with practitioners around mental,
emotional health and resilience.
I am also working on developing services for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Sexually Unsure young people (LGBTU). Initially, with
our partners, we need the views of LGBTU young people to evaluate their needs
and develop specific services across West Sussex.
To get involved and for further information or to lend your support to either of
these projects please contact Andy.
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Horsham Youth Centre, Hurst Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2DN
t/f 01403 252139
e admin@wscvys.org.uk
Registered Charity Number 1101063
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