| Welcome to Kent CAN's newsletter giving you a brief outline of what's going on in and around the county. If you have any news that you would like to share across the county please email
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Can you inspire Leaders of the Future?
Supported by the Big Lottery Fund, Kent CAN is looking to fund 200 training places for people in positions of responsibility. Read more...
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Kent CAN AGM
Join us on the 15th September 2010 and share in the celebration of the work we have achieved over the past year and learn what the next year has in store for Kent CAN. Click here to register your interest in attending, please note due to the volume of our membership we only have the capacity for one person per organisation to attend. Click here to view the draft agenda for the day.
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RAISE consultation on Big Lottery funding allocation changes
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is consulting on plans to change how the National Lottery good causes money is divided between arts, heritage, sports and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG).
Currently BIG receives 50% of the total money obtained from the National Lottery good causes allocation. The proposals may change the way that money is distributed and reduce the proportion allocated to BIG to 40%. Funding from BIG is an important source of income for many voluntary and community organisations and so the proposed changes will impact on the sector.
RAISE will be submitting a response to the consultation and would like to hear your views on the proposals.
Click here to read the RAISE briefing paper on the consultation.
Click here to read the DCMS consultation documents. If you would like to contribute your views on the consultation, please contact Abby Lee before Friday 30th July on
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or telephone 01483 885271
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Raising Awareness of Mental Health Issues
It is surprising how many people have a poor understanding of mental health. If you are interested in learning more then come along to a workshop run by the Sevenoaks Mental Health Awareness Group. Please click here for more details.
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Events - dates for your diary
15 Jul Dover District Network Meeting, St Margaret's at Cliffe
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Last chance to apply for Level 3 volunteer management bursaries
Capacitybuilders is offering volunteer managers across
England
a final opportunity to apply for a bursary to pay for an approved Level 3 skills development package ahead of the closing date on 30 June. Please visit www.capacitybuilders.org.uk/vmpskills for full information.
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Training Contract Review Workshop for Domiciliary and Community Based Care Providers
East Kent Adult Social Services and The Kent and Medway Care Alliance are holding workshop on 23rd July 2010 Read the flyer and view the agenda
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Representation
Kent CAN represents the VCS on a number of groups, meetings and forums across Kent & Medway. Please click an item on the following table for further information.
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Kent & Medway Social Enterprise Network
Kent & Medway Social Enterprise Network (KMSEN) has launched a new website. The new site covers information about KMSEN, current projects, information about local social enterprises. Click here to visit the website
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Are you looking at your organisations development?
Looking at the skills of staff, management committee and volunteers is an important part of organisational development. It is also something that many organisations in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector feel they need support with. Ladder4learning have prepared a useful briefing sheet click here to view
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Do you work with children and young people in Kent? Are you a mum, dad, carer, or grandparent? Do you have family members that are children and young people? If so, hopefully you are aware that the Kent Children's Trust are currently developing the next Kent Children and Young People's Plan 2011-2014. This plan will build on the progress made from earlier plans in terms of improving outcomes for children and their families. To find out more about the ongoing development of the plan please click here
Get Involved! - Kent Children's Trust are working hard to raise the profile of Kent's third Children and Young People's Plan and to seek assistance in its development
Where relevant, please share the information from the website through existing forms of communication including meetings, e-bulletins and intranets.
Have your say! - In the Autumn, Kent Children's Trust will be formally consulting on the draft plan. The plan will be available at the website above alongside a survey for responses.
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Make A Difference - Become Campaign Ambassadors
The MBF are currently launching a campaign to actively promote the benefits of mentoring and befriending nationwide.
They are looking for service users, volunteers and practitioners who would be interested in representing their sector within the region to be ‘Campaign Ambassadors’.
This is a great opportunity to recognise, celebrate and promote the successful work that is being done in your area, and also to build understanding of what mentoring and befriending is and the impact it has on people’s lives.
Training on how to raise awareness of the campaign in your region is provided.
For more information on what the role entails please click here. If you think you would be interested please contact Ruth Morris
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Recruitment
Manager (2 days per week, 2 years)
St Aidan's Church, Gravesend
Accommodation Advice Scheme Advisor
Hope (Kent) Ltd.
37 hours per week, county-wide project
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Lawyers working free for the public good
LawWorks for Community Groups is a project providing free legal advice to small charities, not for profit, voluntary and community organisations and social enterprise in England and Wales using volunteer lawyers.
Find out more....
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