New funding opportunities in this bulletin include: -

1 UnLtd’s Learning in Communities Award – up to £5,000 for projects engaging adults in learning

2 Sita Trust – up to £10,000 for volunteering projects owned by 14-25 year olds

3 UnLtd and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundationhave teamed up to £2,500  to individuals and informal groups to improve the social issues faced by older people in their community.

To qualify, your organisation must meet the definition of “an organisation whose principal purpose is to play a supporting, co-ordinating or development role for frontline third sector organisations.”

The healthcheck involves NCVO assessing your governance against the principles set out in Good Governance: A Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector. It includes a half day workshop for your board, and creating an action plan for improvement.

The deadline for applications is Monday 6 September, but the application form is relatively quick and easy to fill out and should be returned to governanceandleadership@ncvo-vol.org.uk.

Where demand for the Governance Healthchecks is high, NCVO will prioritise the award to small infrastructure organisations and to those from subsectors such as equalities, BME, sports, youth, religion, arts, social Enterprise and others.

For more see the NCVO website.

The newsletter is produced by East Cornwall CVS. If you would like to include any news or information in the next edition in December, please contact Zoë Griffin at ECCVS at z.griffin@eccvs.org.uk by Thursday 21 October.

Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum has produced an insert for this edition to keep you up to date on our work. It includes sections on Convergence, Take Part Cornwall and the refreshed Cornwall Compact. Click here for the digital version.

West Cornwall – contact Dugg Polman on 01736 334670 or doug@pcdt.org.uk to confirm attendance

Redruth,  Community Centre, 10am, Tuesday 14 September
Gwavas / Newlyn, The Centre, Newlyn, 10am, Tuesday 5 October
Mullion, Mullion Youth and Community Centre, 2pm, Monday 11 October 
Hayle, Disability Cornwall, 10am, Wednesday 13 October
Camborne, All Saints,  2pm,  Thursday 14 October
Helston, Carleen Village Hall, 9.30am, Monday 15 November

Mid Cornwall – contact Alison Mitchelmore on 01208 75799 or alison.mitchelmore@cornwallrcc.org.uk to confirm attendace

Falmouth, Draceana Centre, 10am, Inter-Link website & Database launch, Tuesday 12 October
Cuddra, Cuddra WI Hall, 10am, Theme to be announced,  Thursday 21 October

East Cornwall – contact Grayburn Owen on 01208 832763 or g.owen@eccvs.org.uk to confirm attendance 

Wadebridge, Wadebridge Town Hall, 10am – 4pm, Funding Fair  Tuesday 7 September
Callington, Callington Town Hall, 2pm, Thursday 9 September
Bude, Bude Tourist Information Centre, Education Room, 2pm, Tuesday 14 September

These dates may change, so please check with Grayburn.

New website

Inter-Link Cornwall has also launched its new website at www.cornwallinterlink.org.uk. The website features information about Inter-Link’s events and services, and gives your organisation the chance to register or update its information on the database.

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.

This tender is for an organisation to manage the issue of community grants in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly under Convergence from 2011. Community Grants are small grants of up to £12,000 for voluntary and community organisations to help them reach disadvantaged people who are not working.

To date under Convergence, these community grants have benefitted numerous organisations, including Cascade Theatre Company and Cornwall Film Festival.

The Skills Funding Agency is the co-financing organisation for this ESF programme. To view the PQQ and respond if applicable, providers should register on the Skills Funding Agency eTendering portal.  The closing date for this PQQ is 21 September 2010.

For further information about ESF tenders, please refer to the European Social Fund section of the Skills Funding Agency’s website.

For detailed instructions of how to register click here to go to the ESF works website.

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Highlights include: - 

1 The European Commission’s Youth in Action fund, which is calling for project proposals by Friday 15 October (details in the Friday 20 August bulletin).

2 Cornwall Health Promotion Service’s Small Grants Programme, which offers funding to local health projects promoting social inclusion (details in the Friday 27 August bulletin).

These services are funded through the Skills Funding Agency by the European Social Fund (ESF), and in Cornwall form part of the Convergence programme.

Any provider who is interested in tendering to deliver NEET provision must respond to this PQQ. It contains basic questions about the organisation, financial standing, capacity and resources, capability and quality management. 

The Skills Funding Agency then plans to issue invitations to tender  in October 2010, contracts in December 2010 and delivery should commence in January 2011.

These procurement schedules are subject to the Skills Funding Agency receiving authorisation to proceed following Treasury Spending Guidance and Divisional/Regional requirements within the Skills Funding Agency.

For detailed instructions on how to complete the PQQ online click here to go to the ESF Works website.

The deadline is Friday 3 September, so if you would like to be considered there is just one week remaining to submit your quotation.

We are happy to work with design agencies and individual designers, including recent graduates.

The designer will be required to work with a pre-existing corporate identity, but be creative in producing work that is appealing to both members of the public and people who work in the voluntary and community sector. In most cases, this will involve laying out text-heavy documents so they are attractive and easy to read.

If you would like to apply, please download and read this design tender information document.

We are interested in your ideas for Cornwall VSF’s design work. If you apply please use the logos, text, corporate colour scheme and images provided below to create an example flyer for the Cornwall VSF Annual General Meeting.

The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 3 September. If you would like to discuss the tender further don’t hesitate to contact John Holmes on 01872 241584.

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