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BVSC/Shuut Videos — harness the power of smartphone video tech in a free online workshop

December 21, 2020
by Alun Severn
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Free workshop: How To Get Better At Video Date: Wednesday 20th January 2021 Time: 10.00-11.00 Charities and voluntary organisations have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Demand for services has increased yet fundraising opportunities – especially in-person – have
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School for Social Entrepreneurs is promoting three new programmes

December 17, 2020
by Alun Severn
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The School for Social Entrepreneurs is currently promoting three new programmes of support for social entrepreneurs and we said we’d help get the word out. The programmes are as follows: Black Social Entrepreneurs Futures Programme This programme is for people who iden
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Green Paper aims to ‘transform’ public procurement

December 16, 2020
by Alun Severn
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New plans to radically reform public procurement regulations have been published in the Green Paper ‘Transforming public procurement‘ (Dec 2020, CP 353). The end of the Transition Period offers an “historic opportunity to overhaul our outdated public procurement regi
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Roots HR CIC is recruiting

December 08, 2020
by Alun Severn
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Founded in 2009, Roots HR CIC provides high quality and affordable HR services to social sector organisations. It has just announced the following vacancy: Founder and Chief Executive, Jan Golding, is leaving her employed role in April 2021 to pursue new goals, while retaining her rol
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UK Shared Prosperity Fund — £220m extra funding for ‘piloting and testing new approaches’

December 03, 2020
by Alun Severn
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With thanks to Debbie Assinder who posted this on LinkedIn. In the November Spending Review, the chancellor announced that £220 million will be allocated in 2021/22 to help local areas prepare for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). From 2022 the  UKSP
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