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FUNDING

 
Surrey County Council Community Improvements Fund
 
This is a new fund to support local community-based initiatives. Bids are welcomed between £10,000 up to a maximum of £50,000. The funding is intended primarily to cover capital costs linked to community infrastructure projects. In certain circumstances limited revenue support of a one-off nature may also be available.

The fund will be open to bids from the start of the New Year, with decisions on the first successful applicants being made after 1st April 2012. The Panel will meet on a quarterly basis throughout the year, or as required.

For bid criteria and guidance for applicants go to www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/voluntary-community-and-faith-sector-vcfs/community-improvements-fund-leaders-initiative2

TRAINING
 
Understanding and Working with Self Injury
(A Grassroots Training workshop)
 
Thursday 1st March 2012, 1.30 to 5pm, Guildford
Cost: £50 per attendee

VASWS is pleased to host this high-quality workshop from Grassroots Training, a leading provider in the field. Areas addressed in the workshop include:attitudes and preconceptions toward self-harm and injury the dynamics, meaning and functions of self injury causes and triggers cycles of harm helpful and unhelpful responses to people who self injure alternative coping strategies opportunities to bring specific issues (organisational and clinical)
The workshop is informal in style and includes an experiential exercise, small group and pair work and whole group discussion.

For more information and to book, email info@vasws.org.uk
 
SURREY NEWS
 
Surrey Bus Review
The county council has been consulting on the third phase of a bus review, which aims to save millions of pounds on spiralling subsidy costs.

This final phase covers services in Guildford and Waverley, Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley. You have until 31 January to give your views. If agreed, any changes in phase three of the bus review would take place from September 2012.

The full details of the proposals and information on ways for people to give their views can be found at www.surreycc.gov.uk/busreview Information is also available in Surrey's libraries or by calling 03456 009009.
 
HEALTH
 
A reminder from the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) that employers are under a legal duty to notify the ISA of relevant information, so that individuals who pose a threat to children or vulnerable adults can be identified and barred from working with these groups. According to the NHS Information Centre, 96,000 of the most vulnerable members of our society suffered alleged abuse in the last year. If your organisation dismisses or removes a member of staff/volunteer from working with children and/or vulnerable adults (in what is legally defined as regulated activity) because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult you have a legal duty to inform the ISA An organisation which knowingly employs someone who is barred is breaking the law. A person barred from working with children or vulnerable adults is breaking the law if they work/volunteer or seek to work/volunteer with these groups.

or more information on the process of referrals to the ISA, see their website at: www.isa.homeoffice.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=379

AND FINALLY…
 
A clear and concise factsheet has been produced by Hawsons Chartered Accountants that gives the who, what, how and why of charity trustees.

Read the factsheet at http://www.hawsons.co.uk/pages/factsheets/11_1charities.htm

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