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Respond to Cornwall Council’s Green Paper for Culture

Sep 1

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Cornwall Council is asking for feedback on its recently-published Green Paper for Culture.

Writing in the Foreword to the Green Paper, Cllr Joan Symons states, “We have set out in this paper the rationale and framework for a five year culture programme for Cornwall, inviting comment from funding partners, the cultural sector (organisations and individuals), businesses and the wider community…. This is a significant opportunity to have your say in expanding on Cornwall’s already rich cultural heritage and further developing its strong sense of identity. I hope to hear from you and to work with you to make our aspirations a reality.”

The Council is seeking responses from culture sector practitioners, stakeholders, employees, volunteers and members of the public. To respond to the Green Paper click here for to complete the online survey.

Visit the Cornwall Council website for more background on the Green Paper.

The consultation period closes at 12pm on Friday 15 October.

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Free Marks & Spencers voucher for completing Big Society survey

Aug 26

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CommunitySense is offering a £5 Marks and Spencer voucher to senior professionals across the country who complete its online survey about the Big Society.

The survey takes just three minutes to complete, and focuses mostly on what the priorities of the Big Society should actually be.

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Cornwall Heritage Strategy 2011-14 consultation

Aug 23

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Heritage Kernow has launched a consultation on Cornwall’s Heritage Strategy 2011-14.

Heritage Kernow is the sector partnership representing museums, archives and historic environment, including voluntary, private and public sectors. The new Strategy replaces the previous Heritage & Culture Strategy, which was produced by Cornwall’s seven district councils in 2000. It will feed into the Cultural Partnership and Cornwall Strategic Partnership, making it an important document to express the impact, needs and potential of the sector to a wider audience.

The consultation draft of the strategy, and the response form, are available online at www.heritage-kernow.org until Friday 17 September.

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Last chance to have your say on the proposed Local Enterprise Partnership

Aug 19

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Today (Thursday 19 August) is your last chance to respond to Cornwall Council’s consultation on the make-up of the proposed Local Enterprise Partnership.

Local Enterprise Partnerships are set to take on some of the responsibilities of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) by the time the RDAs are wound down by March 2012.

The consultation is an opportunity to make the value of voluntary sector organisations and social enterprises known, and to specify whether functions should be delivered in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, a wider south west region, or nationally.

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Welfare reform consultation

Aug 18

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The Coalition Government has issued a consultation entitled 21st Century Welfare, encouraging feedback on its plans to reform benefits and tax credits.

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Read our rep reports

Aug 6

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Cornwall VSF nominates representatives to sit on many public sector boards and partnerships, representing the views of the sector to decision-makers at Cornwall Council and other large organisations such as the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust.

Sitting on partnerships including Environment Kernow, Inclusion Cornwall and the Cornwall Strategic Partnership Executive Board, reps undergo specialist representative training, and have an important role in developing the relationship between the public and voluntary sectors.

They also report back to the sector via the Cornwall VSF website. You can read their latest reports at http://cornwallvsf.org/representation.

Opportunities to become a VSF representative often become available. Check the website for details and contact Lydia Billson on 01872 241584 or lydia.billson@cornwallvsf.org if you are interested.