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Child Health and Wellbeing Survey - North East and North Cumbria Health and Wellbeing North East and North Cumbria Child Health and Wellbeing Network – getting engagement right to design and deliver better outcomes for our children and young people (up to 18 years). 9 Jan 2019
Community Energy - State of the Sector research 2019 Community Energy This year’s Community Energy - State of the Sector research is currently underway with their online survey live until Friday 22nd February. If you are a member of a community energy organisation, please visit Community Energy England’s website and complete the survey. 8 Jan 2019
Funders Spotlight - Smallwood Trust: Women First Fund Funding and support The Trust’s mission is to enable women on low incomes to be financially resilient. It aims to achieve this through grant-making, evaluating what projects and approaches work best and partnership working. The objective of the Women First Fund is to identify and document good practice that is achieving outcomes for women on low incomes by building their skills, confidence and aspirations to enable them to enter into employment. In the 2019 funding round they are prioritising applications from the following areas: 6 Jan 2019
Discover Donate ready to launch- new tool for NE charities Funding and support Your charity can receive donations of all types from the public; money, their time as a volunteer, items or specific skills.  A painter? A web developer? A photographer? Pick and choose whatever your charity needs on your own dedicated newsfeed of live donations. It’s totally FREE to use, NO monthly fees and NO set up costs. A range of charities have already joined, including: 12 Dec 2018
Local Charities Day 2018 General News Friday 14 December is Local Charities Day, celebrating the fantastic work local charities do around the country. The North East is home to approximately 7000 voluntary, community and social enterprises, nearly half of which have a turnover of under £10,000. Find out more about the North East VCSE sector on our infographic taken from the last Third Sector Trends study. There are a number of ways to get involved: 12 Dec 2018
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report: UK Poverty 2018 Poverty This annual report from Joseph Rowntree Foundation examines the nature and scale of UK poverty and the effect of the UK poverty rate on the people gripped by it.  10 Dec 2018
New programme launches to improve third sector access to European funds General News Civil Society Involvement (CSI) will work to help third sector organisations access European Funding ahead of Brexit and to shape future legacy funds. The new programme has launched to help voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations across England access European funding for the remaining 2014-2020 programme. The project will also work to influence the shape of future legacy funds post-Brexit, including the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). 7 Dec 2018
Garfield Weston Charity Awards 2019 Launch Funding and support The Weston Charity Awards were created by the Garfield Weston Foundation to celebrate and support great front-line charities working in the fields of Community, Welfare and Youth. Applications are now open and will close on the 11th January 2019. 20 winners will receive a fantastic package of benefits: 7 Dec 2018
Clinks publish State of the sector 2018 Criminal Justice Key trends for voluntary sector organisations working in the criminal justice system Clinks has been collecting information about how voluntary organisations working in criminal justice are faring for the last six years. The 2018 report presents the most detailed information about these organisations to date. It explores what services organisations are delivering, to whom and how organisations are funded to do this. They found that: 7 Dec 2018
NE VCSE employers survey relating to post-Brexit migration policy North East Economy As part of preparations for Brexit, the Migration Advisory Committee have recommended that in order to limit immigration post Brexit the Government should adopt a salary level to decide which staff will need to seek approval to work in the UK under new visa arrangements. 6 Dec 2018

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