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An event for voluntary and community sector o rganisations within the city of Manchester.
You are invited to join us to Have Your Say on F riday 2nd December 2011 at Whitemoss Youth Club.
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Light lunch will be served from 12:30pm.
Agenda
1pm till 2pm - Baroness D'Souza, Lord Speaker
There wil l be a presentation and a Question and Answer sess ion
The Lord Speaker will be addressing ho w you can influence and get involved with the work of the Parliament and how the democratic process could be more engaging.
Participants are familiar with the requiremen ts of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to:
The new approach to "protected chara cteristics" and the aspects which have chang ed;
Changes and extension to all the de finitions of discrimination;
The new pr ovisions relating to disability and pre-employment questionnaires
The opportunities for po sitive action and other exceptions
The r equirements relating to Equal Pay
The pu blic sector duty: whats expected
The workshop is split into two (1 hour) sessi ons.
The first session will cover the followin g:-
Introduction to GRANTnet
Registering to use GRANTnet
Accessing GRANTnet
How to conduct a comprehensive search
Refining search results
Manchester Community Central - what we can do
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The second sessi on concentrates on offering helpful hints and tips when making an application for funding and covers :-
What makes a successul funding ap plication
From an anonymous trustee
I got involved with a local forum because of lots of changes in my area that I wanted to be kept informed of. I wanted to see what was happening and what other people thought so that I could consider things and form my own opinions.
That was great for about 18 months then I was asked to put myself forward to be a trustee at the AGM.
Name: Beth Plant
Organisation: Macc
Macc was formed in 1981 as an alliance of voluntary and community sector organisations; seeking to challenge inequalities in health and social care. Since that time, it has evolved to become a specialist development agency which works with voluntary and community sector organisations.
I have been a trustee / Board member with Macc for about two years.
Name: Robert Ritchie
Organisation: Big Life Group
There is more to being a trustee than attending meetings.
By now you will have realised that your ideal team of trustees is working well, the project is on track, its managing its resources and its making the difference it intended. What could possibly go wrong?
Have you considered what might happen if one of the trustees decides that they no longer wish to continue? Have you identified the ideal replacement? Have you got a job description, have you identified skill sets that you might need? Have you got a clear plan for working with trustees?
We all know how difficult it can be to find the “right” people to join a governing body. We have often heard people say, “We’ve asked people, but no-one is willing to do it”, “People join but they don’t put the time in”, or “Our Trustee board has had the same people in it for many years and new people just don’t seem to fit in”.
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