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Welcome to your local E-bulletin for Bath & North East Somerset where you will find information, news and events specifically of interest to those in the B&NES area. National and regional news is found in the weekly General E-bulletin covering all service areas in B&NES and Wiltshire. Click here for the most recent issue.

Book Now for the next B&NES Voluntary Sector Forum 30 September at the Somer Centre, Midsomer Norton. As usual the timing for this meeting will be 10:00 - 12:00. Under the new format for the VSF, booking is open to Chief Officers and Chairs of Trustee Boards for each organisation. If you are unsure who should attend please contact Paula Cannings: paula@developecs.org.uk . Please book so that we have a good idea of the numbers attending See Flyer and Booking Form.

Partnership Working Advice Bursaries - Are you considering partnerships or joint working with other groups or projects? Partnership working takes planning and resources. If you are thinking of joint working with another organisation or agency from a different sector you can apply for a bursary of £1,000 to pay a consultant who can work with you to explore your ideas, and help to plan actions.The scheme is available to groups with a turnover of under £150k per year, and who have been operational for at least 2 years. There are still a number of these bursaries available to groups that are operational in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset. The application process is straightforward. For further information, including criteria for groups and an online application form, please click on the following link http://www.voscur.org/node/6345

Work Shadow Week - applications close Friday 30 July - NCVO's Forum For Change and Compact Voice are once again holding the ‘Day in the Life’ work shadow scheme, where staff from voluntary groups are paired with a staff member within Central Government for a full working day. Apply now

Would you like professional help in creating a film about your organisation? Volunteer Filmmaking is a project run by Media Trust to encourage small charities to apply to have a professional film produced about their organisation, work and impact. Applications are now open for charities or CIC's registered in England with an annual turnover of less than £2 million. Environmental and wildlife charities, in particular are encouraged to apply. Through the scheme, professional filmmakers are matched with charities to create short promotional films at a fraction of the normal cost. The short films, usually up to five minutes long, are also guaranteed a broadcast slot on Media Trust's national television channel, Community Channel. Have a look at some of the films made last year. The deadline for applications is 12 noon, 2nd August 2010. For more information go to: http://www.mediatrust.org/get-support/productions/volunteer-films/ or contact Amanda Whittington Project Manager, Volunteer Films : amandaw@mediatrust.org T: 020 7217 3628

The next B&NES Local Involvement Network (LINk) Meeting will be Tuesday 3rd August 10am – 12 noon The Somerdale Room, The Fry Club & Conference Centre, Keynsham, BS31 2AU. The Local Involvement Network is a way of supporting people to have their say on health and/or social care services. Individuals, charities and organisations that have an interest in these local services are encouraged to attend. For more information contact: 01225 445538 or e-mail: contact@baneslink.co.uk

Village Agents for the Chew Valley - Village Agents bridge the gap between communities and organisations that are able to offer help or support. For more information download the leaflet from Community Action - Village Agents. or contact The Village Agents Project Co-ordinator, Denise Perrin: denise@community-action.org.uk 01275-333700 or 07973-148699

Public Consultation Day for new Police Accommodation in Keynsham Thursday 29th July from 3 - 7 pm. It is proposed that a custody and crime investigation centre will be located at Ashmead Road, Keynsham in order to provide flexible and compliant facilities to serve Bath and parts of Bristol for the next 30 years. It will house 45 cells and enable officers to process detainees faster and return to policing the streets more quickly. The public drop-in session is being held at Drill Hall, Bristol TA Centre, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1SX. This will include a 'meet the team' session from 5-7pm.

The next Children and Young People’s Network meeting on the 13th September 2010, will now be held at the Kaposvar Room, The Guildhall Bath at 3.30 – 6.30. The meeting will be attended by Ashley Ayre (Director of Children Services) and Liz Price ( Acting Head of Commissioning). The meeting will be very relevant to those who hold contracts with Children Services as the agenda will include

If you are intending or if you are unable to attend and you have some relevant issues/ points you would like to raise, please contact Joan Cooper
joan@bapp.org.uk

Communication Using Social Media 7 October in Taunton - SKiLD Training - This workshop is part of a series being run for development workers in local support organisations and for staff in local volunteer centres that will:

An Introduction to Project Management - Tuesday 5th October (Taunton)
Tendering for Services: preparing & presenting your bid – Thursday 7th Oct (Sparkford, Yeovil)
‘Survival of the Fittest: creating a simple income strategy that works’ – Tuesday 12th October (Exeter)
Full Cost Recovery: from theory to practice - Thursday 14th October (Newquay)
‘Maximise your supporter base: membership management & retention’ – Tuesday 19 October (Taunton)
For further information and to make bookings, please visit the Cascade website or contact: lauren@cascadetrainingplus.co.uk

FREE Life Support Training Thursday 2 September 10:00 - 12:00 at the Community Safety Centre Bath. Learning emergency life support skills (ELS) can help you to keep someone alive until professional help arrives. The British Heart Foundation can help you to learn these skills through the Heartstart initiative. Further details can be found on the British Heart Foundation website. This course is aimed at workers, volunteers, service users, individuals in the wider community - open to all. Bookings for this course are being taken by DEVELOP at the Bath Office. Contact sue@developecs.org.uk or phone 01225 330090. Avon & Somerset Police are delivering this training in your community.

Are you on the Well Aware Website? This joint venture between Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire councils aims to make information about health, wellbeing and community resource providers in these areas widely available. The information is available to anyone who has access to the internet, and is also available by phone. Check whether your organisation is in the site: www.wellaware.org.uk. If you wish to be added (there is no cost) or if existing details need updating please call (freephone) 0808 808 5252 or email info@wellaware.org.uk Please note - usual administrative working days are Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays

Chief Officers Network - next meeting Thursday 23 September 9.30-12.30 at Clydesdale Bank,3rd floor, Royal Mead. Topics are consideration of £400 available funding for the network and Commissioning of services by BANES Council as well as the usual opportunity to network. Please contact sonia.hutchison@banescarerscentre.org.uk if you would like more information. Tel: 01225 330090

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	The proposed methodology and approach for making budget reductions this year and next, including the role of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
	The Councils approach to commissioning, and the need for an agreed framework that would allow the VCS to contribute to the strategic design and commissioning of services.
	The level of data requirements placed on VCS organizations delivering contracts.
	The methodology used to select representatives of the VCS to sit on various bodies.

	Help you place social media in the context of your organisation development work role,
	Consider guidelines for responsible use of social media websites,
	Give you knowledge about a wide range of current social media tools available,
	Feature a practical social media surgery to help build confidence in use of social media websites and show how you can help local groups benefit from them too. More information on the NAVCA website.

	Unresponsive or unconscious casualties
	Cardiac arrest
	Suspected heart attack
	Choking in adults & differences in infants and children
	Serious bleeding

	Theatre Royal Bath. contact Tracey Cook egg.admin @theatreroyal.org.uk Tel: 01225 823 433
	Dorothy House - The charge is £8.50 plus VAT, regardless of whether the CRB is for staff or volunteers because they have to cover costs, postage etc. Clearly there is no charge made by the CRB itself for volunteers. If anyone wants to know more please contact Sue Kirkwood at Dorothy House (01225 722988).