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Campaign Workshop

Date: 
Friday, 1 February, 2013 - 09:45 to 16:00

The Sheila McKechnie Foundation, in partnership with One East Midlands is running a one-day introductory level campaign workshop in the East Midlands to equip people with the skills to bring about change at a local or national level. The programme is supported by the Tudor Trust.

Awards for All England regional pilot

The Big Lottery Fund has announced that projects throughout England now have the opportunity to apply for repeat and on-going activities under Awards for All in a pilot scheme running until the end of March 2013.

Lloyds TSB Foundation encourage charities applications

With a guaranteed income of £25million for 2013, the Lloyds TSB Foundation is encouraging registered charities looking for support, particularly towards core costs, to visit www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk for further information on applying for to the Foundation funding and to check eligibility via the short online questionnaire.

New CRB checking body launched

The Disclosure and Barring Service, a new organisation formed from the merger of the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority, has been launched.

Details of online gift aid filing scheme published

More than 18 months after announcing the move to online gift aid filing, the HMRC has published details of the new scheme at www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/online/index.htm.

Government responds to Lord Hodgson’s recommendations

The government has rejected Lord Hodgson’s recommendation to allow large charities to pay their trustees without authorisation from the Charity Commission and will also not abolish National Exemption Orders for house-to-house collections before an alternative system is devised.

£306million deficit of small and medium-sized charities

Small and medium sized charities reported deficits of more than £300million in 2011, compared with an overall surplus of £325million in 2007, according to an analysis of the latest accounts by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

Secondary legislation on Charitable Incorporated Organisations

Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd MP has published a Written Ministerial Statement, which can be downloaded here, setting out the proposed timetable for implementation of the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO), subject to Parliamentary approval of the draft Statutory Instruments.

Closer Links

Funded by the LSIS Regional Response fund, One East Midlands are once again teaming up New College Stamford, this time on the Closer Links project, which will take forward some of the key recommendations from the LSIS funded Forward Communities project; to develop more effective collaborative working across the Further Education sector.

LSIS Regional Response Fund

One East Midlands are pleased to announce their role in the successful partnership bid to the LSIS Regional Response fund. Teaming up once again with New College Stamford, Closer Links will take forward some of the key recommendations from the LSIS funded Forward Communities project; to develop more effective collaborative working across the Further Education sector.

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