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April 2008
Deaf Awareness
Festival Wednesday 7th May 2008
To be held at The Forum, Norwich, from 10 am until 4 pm.
Come along and see…….
Information stands
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Equipment Information
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Services available for adults and children who are Deaf and Hard of
Hearing
●The Norfolk Deaf
Association’s Listen Here! Minibus
●Face
Painting
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Story Telling
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Competitions
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BSL Taster
● Deaf children’s
Presentations
ISA Announcement
of go-live date and fee level
The Home Office announced
that from 12 October 2009 individuals will need to register with the
Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) if they are to work or
volunteer with children and/or vulnerable adults in a regulated
activity. The cost for an individual to apply to register with the
ISA will be a one-off, lifetime fee of £64.00. You will be able to
check an individual’s ISA-registration status online or as part of
an Enhanced CRB check. The Criminal Records Bureau welcomes the
launch of the new ISA service as it will enhance the current level
of protection afforded by CRB checks. The ISA will remove the most
dangerous people from the children and vulnerable adults’ workforce
and the CRB will continue to provide you with the person’s criminal
record and other relevant information through the CRB check. The CRB
will provide you with a one-stop-shop for access to both of these
checks. When used together, a CRB and ISA check will provide you
with the most comprehensive vetting and checking service on offer in
the world today. For the latest information coming out from the ISA
and its new service please visit the ISA’s website
www.isa-gov.org where you can register to receive regular
updates.
Norfolk
Jobcentre Mail Opening Unit addresses
The Department for Work and Pensions has been implementing a
modernisation and efficiency programme to improve the services delivered
by the Department and its Agencies, including Jobcentre Plus. As part of
this review a number of changes will be introduced. Whilst the majority
of the changes will remain unseen by customers, a few will not;
including changes to the way in which incoming mail will be handled. The
new arrangement will involve all incoming mail being opened and sorted
by Royal Mail in secure areas within a network of Mail Opening Units
across the country. Royal Mail will extract mail and send it to the Mail
Opening Unit, where it will be opened and sorted before delivery,
diverting any mail that is addressed to the Jobcentre Plus office to the
appropriate Mail Opening Unit. Norfolk Jobcentre Mail Opening Unit
addresses are as follows:
Great
Yarmouth
Jobcentre,
Thorpe Road,
Norwich, NR99 1AL.
King’s Lynn Jobcentre,
Papyrus Road, Peterborough,
PE99 1AF.
Norwich Jobcentre,
Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR99 1AW.
Latest Gift Aid news from the Inland Revenue
Charities would have been facing a drop in Gift Aid income due to the
reduction in income tax from April 2008. However in his budget speech on
March 12th the Chancellor announced a transitional rate of relief of 22%
for Gift Aid claims over the next three years to cushion the effect of
the drop in income tax rates. The new transitional relief means that
Gift Aid will continue to be worth 28p in the pound for the next 3
years.
Walking for Health and Fit Together Spring
Programme
Would you like to boost your
energy levels, improve your health and meet new people? Lloydspharmacy
and Active Norfolk have developed the ‘Fit Together’ programme, to put
people in contact with physical activities and sporting opportunities
across Norfolk.
As part of the programme, braches of Lloydspharmacy are offering
customers the opportunity to get involved in Fit Together programmes
such as walking, cycling, aquafit and dancing as part of existing health
and lifestyle advice. For more information and to find an activity near
you, please ask in your local Lloydspharmacy Store, visit
www.activenorfolk.org/fittogether or alternatively call one of our
area contacts:
North Norfolk – Melanie Brown tel.
01263
516029
Breckland & Brandon – Kirsty Webber-Walton: tel.
01362
656894
Central Norfolk – Carrie Kerry: tel.
01603 423377
King’s Lynn – Dominic Spurrier: tel.
01553 778673
To find a Lloydspharmacy
near you call 0800 389 2578 or visit
www.lloydspharmacy.com
Do you involve volunteers in the
running of your organisation?
If you are a voluntary or community organisation
and would like some support in creating new volunteer opportunities for
young people aged 16-25 then the vinspired project is here to help.
Also as part of the Vinspired, there is
funding available for young people to set up their own projects: please
see vinspired.com for more details on the v cashpoint funding. If you
already involve young volunteers or would like to discuss involving a
more diverse range of volunteers then get in touch - it would be great
to hear from you.
Lucinda is working from the WNVCA base in
King’s Lynn between Monday-Wednesdays and can be contacted
through WNVCA, tel: 01553 760 568, email
lucinda.leonard@nvs.org.uk
or by mobile phone 07500 240 365 for further information.
Opportunities for Improving your productivity
through technology
NCVO and Microsoft
UK
are hosting an interactive conference combining case studies, workshops
and keynote speakers to explore the potential of ICT (Information and
Communication Technology) for small and medium sized charities.
Understanding that complexity, resources and finances can hold
technology development back, Microsoft and NCVO aim to introduce you to
ways of accessing the latest technology through the help of a special
donations scheme, enabling your organisation to achieve more. The
conference will include case studies from charitable organisations that
demonstrate how they are already reaping the benefits from using the
latest technology. The event will close with an informative session on
ICT funding and how you can access technology donations through
Microsoft UK.
This full day event is free of charge to all charity employees on a
first come first served basis. Online registration will be open
from 23rd April 2008 at
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032376570&Culture=en-GB
Child
Issues CPD Seminar: 3 - 5 pm Thursday 15th May 2008
Accredited by the Law Society & Bar Council for 2 hours CPD it will be
held at the Kent
Room, Assembly House,
Norwich. The Speakers are Katharine Bundell,
East Anglian Chambers on
“The Recalcitrant Contact Parent:
What More Can We Do?
And Wendy Bainham, Norfolk Family Mediation
Service on “It’s Good to Talk: Improving Parental Communication”. Handouts will
be provided plus tea and coffee. Places for the CPD seminar are at a
cost of £50 + VAT per person (£58.75). To book or for more information
please contact email
admin@norfolkmediation.co.uk or Tel. 01603 620588
Public Benefit Guidance
New public benefit requirements are an important issue for all existing
and potential charities. WNVCA’s Development Officer,
Ian Francis, has provided an explanation of Public
Benefit Guidance and how to find more information on the WNVCA’s
website. You can find the article at
www.westnorfolkvca.org/development.htm. If you don’t have access to
the internet, not to worry, we will be printing the article in full in
next month’s newsletter.
Little Known Campaigns:- Be
Nice to Nettles Week 14 – 25 May
2008 Highlighting that the stinging
nettle plays a very important role for both rural and urban wildlife
supporting over 40 species of insect including some of our most
colourful butterflies.
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