Voluntary Action Calderdale

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The Community Foundation for Calderdale is a registered charity that manages and distributes funds on behalf of individuals, companies, charitable trusts and statutory bodies to meet the needs of people living in the Calderdale area.

Community Foundation for Calderdale - click here

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CCF is dedicated to providing a voice for the VCS. It will be concerned with the representation and influence of the VCS within the Borough, especially around the LAA and the Calderdale Futures plan.

Calderdale Community Forum - click here

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NAVCA is the national voice of local third sector infrastructure in England. Our members work with 164,000 local third sector groups and organisations that provide community services, regenerate neighbourhoods, promote volunteering and tackle discrimination in partnership with local public bodies.

NAVCA - click here

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NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) is a registered charity (number 225922), a company limited by guarantee, number 198344 England,which gives voice and support to civil society.

NCVO believes passionately in the voluntary and community sector. This is a sector with the power to transform the lives of people and communities for the better.

NCVO - click here

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Volunteering England Link: http://www.volunteering.org.uk/

Volunteering England

Volunteering England (VE) is the national volunteering development agency for England, committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity.

Our work links research, policy, innovation, good practice and grant-making in the involvement of volunteers. Our members and partners range from national charities to voluntary agencies across the length and breadth of England; from NHS Trusts to arts organisations; from local community projects to government think-tanks.

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KnowHow NonProfit (www.knowhownonprofit.org) is a fresh new website built solely for people working in not for profit organisations. Completely free and easy to use, it is packed with practical information and resources covering all kinds of topics from finding funding to strategy planning. Use the forums to ask questions, discuss issues and share your own experience. There are also podcasts of events, a calendar of conferences and courses stretching across the uk and our own fortnightly nonprofit story ‘Millcaster Tales.’ The site is intended to be a friendly and useful space for a community of nonprofit people and organisations to share what they have learnt and to help others.

KnowHow NonProfit is being built for you by the KnowHow Team at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School and is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Visit the site at and become part of the community!

www.knowhownonprofit.org

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“Rural Action Yorkshire is an independent charity, working with local communities to improve the quality of life for all people living and working in rural Yorkshire.

Its two main aims are:

To advise and support rural communities so they can help themselves, including:

Providing guidance on community engagement (including community-led plan development and how to run a village campaign)
Advice on running community buildings (including energy audits and building project management)
In-depth advice on achieving local initiatives

To make sure the rural voice is heard, understood and addressed by policy makers at all levels of government – we respond on your behalf to the policy developments which affect rural Yorkshire.”

For more information please visit the Rural Action Yorkshire website

www.ruralyorkshire.org.uk

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Value Volunteer Management Campaign

http://www.volunteering.org.uk/valuevolunteermanagement

A different kind of investment – what does your organisation stand to gain? Volunteering England’s Value Volunteer Management Campaign aims to increase awareness of the value and importance of investing in volunteer management. Many organisations have already shown support, including the BBC, Microsoft, Barnardo’s, RSPB, National Trust and PDSA. Find out what’s in it for your organisation at http://www.volunteering.org.uk/valuevolunteermanagement