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Hereford and Worcester Cuts for the VOL Sec?

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A BBC Hereford & Worcester investigation into county council cuts in spending has discovered Herefordshire Council has to slash its budget by a quarter.

Measuring Impact - Outputs and Outcomes

image of a pie chartimage of a pie chartMany funders and organisations are moving away from measuring Outputs to measuring Outcomes. There is a need for some ICT systems to help capture and report on the outcomes information. A small consortium in Warwickshire asked me as the ICT Champion to look at the options available to them and then create a shortlist of suppliers.

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Chief Officer and senior staff in the Voluntary sector funding for training

Business Link LogoBusiness Link LogoChief officers or directors in voluntary sector organisations (one person per organisation in the first instance) for the first £500 of support.

The first £500 of support is directed to the owner/manager or key director and match funding will not be required.

The Community Voices Project - FUNDING!

speakspeakThe Community Voices Project aims to inspire, engage and support disadvantaged and isolated communities across England to get their voices heard through Digital Media. Led by Media Trust, and running until March 2011, Community Voices will provide funding of up to £14,000 for 26 grassroots groups to develop media projects in their communities, alongside one major new initiative. We will also provide comprehensive tools and resources for communities to increase engagement through digital media.

Publish your podcast to ITUNES from IPADIO

Many people who carry mobile phones, MP3 Players, Ipods etc. use Itunes to help manage their music and podcasts.

Now I am not a great music fan, my phone has a the Beatles album Sgt Pepper, some Beautiful South and a few other songs.  But it does have around 50 podcasts ranging from History of Ireland, Friday night comedy from radio 4, Beekeeping and then some random stuff.

You can now publish podcasts to Itunes direct from your IPADIO account.

Newent Playground - soc media success

At the GetWithIT conference last week, your item on using Facebook and Twitter really got me thinking.

playplayI'm part of a local group of volunteers in my town who are trying to improve local play facilities for children.

We'd just heard last week that we could bid for Playbuilders but had only a week to get our expression of interest together.

Our biggest problem was how to do public consultation in such a short space of time.

Building Communications Strategies - a starting point

communications jugglercommunications jugglerThe world has changed and how we communicate within this changing environment is becoming more complex.

How many people do you know that use the methods below as a primary source of communication?
• Email
• Letters
• Fax
• Facebook/bebo
• Twitter
• RSS feeds
• SMS text messages
• Phone
• Face to face
• Meetings
• Conferences
Does your organisation have the capacity, finance and skills required to use them.

ICT Induction - essential requirements

crossroads with signpostcrossroads with signpostIt is essential that when someone joins your organisation that you provide them with an effective introduction to the ICT equipment and environment they will be working with.

 

The 5 key elements of any induction programme are

Useful links for a Vol Sec web site

Building a website for your Community? Well here is a couple of Great links you ought to have on your site.

As a Charity or Community Organisation part of your role is to campaign and to give local people a voice.  These two links will allow charities and volutary sector organisations to do just that.

Free laptop and Broadband for VCOs - BT

BT LogoBT LogoIf you are a community or charitable organisation that is looking to extend your work through use of the internet and ICT but don't have the means, apply for an award today!

What is BT Community Connections?

BT Community Connections is an award scheme which enables community and charitable groups to get online and make use of information and communication technology (ICT).

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