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Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing Ebulletin 6th April 2017

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State of the Sector

Invitation to Tender for Vital Signs Research

The Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland wishes to engage the services of a suitably qualified external researcher to assist…

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North East Economy

Voluntary sector is vitally important for economic growth says Andrew Hodgson Chair of NE Local Enterprise Partnership

As featured in The Journal, 6 April 2017. At a recent LEP Employment and Skills Board meeting, the importance of the third sector to our sustainable…

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North East Economy

Talent Match Work Experience- opportunity for VCSE organisations

Lack of experience is frequently identified by young people as a significant barrier to moving into work and by employers as a key element missing…

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Funding and support

UNW approved as a Big Potential Advanced provider

North East chartered accountants and business advisors UNW is urging VCSEs to get in touch after being accredited as a Big Potential provider.…

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Governance

VCSE Election Hustings hosted by Catalyst

Catalyst has hosted a Hustings Event for all candidates in the forthcoming Mayoral elections for the new Tees Valley Combined Authority. …

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Funding and support

Northumbria University Students offer new insight to VCSE organisations

The Business Clinic is an education scheme whereby a group of business students, participate in a ‘consultancy firm’ to provide supervised advice for…

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North East Economy

New resources and information for organisations working to support unemployed people

In recent weeks VONNE has been collating a range of information and resources which will be of interest to a wide range of VCSE organisations and…

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European Funding

Building Better Opportunities NELEP area - project updates

The Big Lottery Fund/ ESF Building Better Opportunities programme launched in early June 2015.  Further details can be found on the Big Lottery…

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Funding and support

Good causes in line for hundreds of millions more from dormant accounts

Good causes are likely to receive hundreds of millions of pounds more from dormant bank accounts than originally expected, public documents suggest.…

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Funding and support

New website launched to get North East businesses and charities working together

A new website has been launched to encourage and promote skills sharing between local businesses and not-for-profit organisations in Northumberland,…

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Funding and support

The Not for Profit Managers’ Toolkit training

What is it? A series of 6 masterclasses designed to give not-for-profit managers high level skills in people management, personal effectiveness and…

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