Other Services
- LawWorks - Free legal advice
- Yorkshire Planning Aid
- VAC Price list
- PERS: Redundancy Toolkit
- PERS - Basis 2 Service

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

Framework Report March 2010

The Calderdale Compact is a collaborative project which has been developed by a Compact Steering Group.

Click here to download the Calderdale Compact Toolkit.

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.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

CLICK HERE FOR LAW WORKS INFO LEAFLET

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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.

click here for YPA website

click here for YPA press release 3 Nov 08

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PERS PAY AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SERVICE

 

                                   PERS Redundancy Toolkit                                               

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 at Text Box: http://www.pers.org.uk/redundancytoolkit.pdf.

                               

 

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PERS     PAY AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SERVICE

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.

 telephone symbol01924 428030 - Advice Line
(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 PERS website:

www.pers.org.uk

NEW

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.

 

Coming Soon!

  • “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.

01924 428033/ admin@pers.org.uk

 
 

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