Voluntary Action Calderdale

Free VCS Resources

Law Works-Free Legal Advice|PERS:Redundancy Toolkit

Yorkshire Planning Aid|PERS-Basic 2 Service|PERS Mediation Service

Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Forum

VCS Resources

Please click on the link below to see a copy of the latest Third Sector Framework Report

Framework Report March 2010

Climate Change Advice

If you are a community organisation and would like to find ways to save money on your energy bills please click on the link below for more information.

BEAT - Climate Change Advice

BEAT- Bradford Environmental Action Trust

As part of the Community Cascade project, BEAT (Bradford Environmental Action Trust) have developed an Energy Funding Information pack for Community Centres.

The information pack can be downloaded below:

Download as PDF

Download as MS Word

If you require any further information or support in applying to any of the Trusts, please contact Mary Vadaie. mary.vadaie@cvac.org.uk

Tel: 01422-348777

Calderdale Compact Toolkit

Calderdale Compact is an agreement between the private, public and VCS sectors to aid working in partnership.

All partners in Calderdale recognise that community leadership is a shared responsibility.

The main aim of the Compact is to improve the way that partners work together to contribute to
improving the social, economic and environmental well being of everyone who lives in, works in and visits Calderdale.

We recognise that it will take time for us all to meet the high
standards of the Compact, but signing up to the Compact and
using this toolkit will help you work towards achieving these
aims.

The pack also contains information on what you can expect
from partners, and information on how you can get help to
implement the Compact in your organisation.

Free Legal Advice for Community Groups

LawWorks for Community Groups provides quality legal advice to those in the voluntary sector free of charge.Thanks to a national network of volunteer lawyers, free business law advice can be provided to community groups, small charities and social enterprises who do not have funds to pay for legal fees.

Free legal advice for community groups

Law Works info...

Yorkshire Planning Aid - Free Advice

Free and independent planning advice. Planning Aid provides free independent and professional help, advice and support on planning issues to people and communities who cannot afford to hire a planning consultant. Planning Aid complements the work of local authorities, but is wholly independent of them.

YPA website

YPA press release 3 Nov 08

Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Forum

The Yorkshire and Humberside Forum has published a new version of the Key Agencies Guide . This guide provides details of a wide range of public bodies working at the Yorkshire & Humber and sub-regional levels.

Please note this is a large file and the download may take some time over a slow connection.

We are presently working to produce a more download-friendly version and we will release this as soon as possible.

Pay and Employment Rights Service

PERS, with support from WYLDA and Voluntary Action Calderdale, has created a new redundancy toolkit for voluntary sector organisations.

The Redundancy Toolkit is now available on the PERS website.

Basis 2

West Yorkshire VCS Pay and Employment Rights Service

The aim of the project is to strengthen the voluntary and community sector in West Yorkshire by providing high quality, professional HR services for groups who do not have in-house HR specialists.

Services will include:

Telephone advice service to individuals, managers and trustees on all matters relating to pay and employment. From October 2009 our service will extended to Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale and continue in Leeds and Wakefield.

Advice Line-01924 428030
(Open Mon and Fri, 10am-1pm, Tuesday, 10am-4pm and then 5:30pm-7:30pm, Wed and Thurs, 10am-4pm).

Training on employment practice

User-friendly publications giving advice and guidance on employment issues free of charge to voluntary groups across the region. We provide information on an extended range of topics which are regularly updated. Model Policies and step by step HR toolkits also available.

For further information about our training courses and to access our publications visit the PERS website.

PERS Mediation Service

For voluntary sector organisations and employees in West Yorkshire.

This new service aims to resolve issues in the workplace without the need to resort to more formal procedures. PERS will mediate to help the parties to come together and agree the way forward. It is suitable for situations where communication has broken down, whether between colleagues, worker and manager, or manager and trustee.

For more, contact:

admin@pers.org.uk

“Health check” of HR policies and procedures delivered on a consultancy basis to individual organisations, to ensure legal compliance and make recommendations on best practice.

- Free Health check from NAVCA