Workshop: Providing Health Services for the NHS workshop

Providing Health Services for the NHS workshop 12th August, The Priestley Room, West Yorkshire Playhouse - Second event to be run in September due to demand.

This event is aimed at social enterprises and third sector organisations intending to supply services to the NHS with Tracy Cannell from the Department of Health.

This is an opportunity to find out about:-

• The new standard community contract, what type of contract can you expect?
• What are commissioners looking for?
• Top tips for tendering
• Being an NHS Provider
• New Health Contracting Portal

This is event is free, however place are limited. For further details and to book please contact Debbie on 0845257 8027 or email debbie.yates@sesc.info

Events: Use ‘em or lose ‘em, Making the most of our community centres

Use ‘em or lose ‘em

Making the most of our community centres

Wednesday 8th October

9.30am – 4.00pm

The Thornbury Centre

Key speakers:

Steve Hartley, Assistant Director Neighbourhood Services (BMDC)

Jan Smithies, Community Development Strategic Manager (B & A tPCT)

Community Centres are at the heart of life in the Bradford District. They provide a fantastic range of activities and facilities at a local level, which promote and support health and wellbeing and social network and capacity building. However they need support to keep going, and learn from each other about how to improve, develop and extend the services they provide, attract more users and attract more money from funders and investors.

The “Use ‘em or Lose ‘em” conference invites community centre managers, staff, and management committee members to work together to share good practice, discuss issues and find solutions. Current and potential funders and investors are also invited along to listen to and take part in the debate. The outcome will be a “Sustainable Community Centres Strategy” that will support centres to achieve their potential and a sustainable future.

This will be an informative, interesting and interactive conference so book your place now.

For a booking form contact Alison@keighleyvs.org

Further travel details and booking confirmation will be sent out by email, week beginning 22^nd September.

Domestic Programme Fund, deadline 5 September

Domestic Programme Fund, deadline 5 September

The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) (part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) is pleased to announce a call for bids for funding from its new domestic programme fund. "The domestic programme fund will provide funding to partner agencies for projects in the UK that will help tackle forced marriage. The programme fund totals £65,000 for the 08-09 Financial Year, to be deployed in September 2008."

The deadline for applications Friday 5 September.

Guidance on how to bid and criteria for the fund are available at http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/nationals/forced-marriage-unit/domestic-prog-fund Bids can include national and regional/ local projects.

Completed bidding forms should be emailed to Wayne Ives (Head of FMU) at wayne.ives@fco.gov.uk by Friday September 5th 2008. For further information, please call 0207 008 8706 or visit their website http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/nationals/forced-marriage-unit/domestic-prog-fund

Thank you to bfunded for supplying this information