Our News

Listed below are our latest news and information items. News items are frequently added, please check back for updates.

Funding & Organisational Toolkits

We have two toolkits which have been developed in conjunction with Fenland District Council.  These toolkits will be useful to Fenland groups to develop their organisations and help them to submit good quality funding applications.

If you would like a photocopy of the toolkits then please contact us, or alternatively, these are now available to download from either the resources page of this website or from Fenland District Council website www.fenland.gov.uk.

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Cambridgeshire COMPACT

A COMPACT for Cambridgeshire has recently been launched.  To download a copy of the COMPACT, please click here 

For further information about the Cambridgeshire Compact, click here.

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Funding

• Funding Alert Bulletin
  Providing member groups with the details of up to date funding opportunities.
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• Funding Insert
  In addition to the funding alert (above), to view our latest funding insert from our newsletter.  Click here.
   

• Jargon Buster
  A list of some of the more common terms used, and an attempt at the definitive explanation for them. Click here.

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Grassroots Grants Programme in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

The income threshold for the Grassroots Programme has recently been increased to £30,000 per annum (averaged over the last three years).  The Programme offers not-for-profit voluntary and community organisations in Cambridgeshire grants of between £250 and £5,000 for projects that address local needs.  Full details about the Grassroots Grants are available in the Grassroots Grants Guidelines, which can be downloaded from the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation web site at:

http://www.cambscf.org.uk/grant-guidelines.html

A new online application form is also now available at http://www.cambscf.org.uk/grant-applications.html

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Vetting & Barring Scheme

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 laid the foundation for a new Vetting and Barring Scheme, phased in from 12^th October 2009. This scheme aims to stop unsuitable people from working with children and/or vulnerable adults by improving screening procedures for potential employees or volunteers. 

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will be responsible for deciding who should be placed on barred lists and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) will run the application process.  Many more organisations will be under a legal obligation to carry out checks on employees and volunteers.  No distinction is made between paid and unpaid work and all rules will apply to both volunteers and employees.  Organisations may need to update their Safeguarding Policy in view of these changes.  Click here for Children England's fact sheet, which includes information about the timescales for implementing the scheme, or visit the Directgov website: www.direct.gov.uk/vetting.

For more detailed information, visit http://www.isa-gov.org.uk.  We will let you know as more information becomes available.

Contact Centre Now Live

The Vetting and Barring Scheme contact centre is now live. If you have any questions or queries about the Scheme please call the team on 0300 123 1111. Operators staffing this Lo-call service will be available to deal with your queries Monday to Friday between 8.00am and 5.30pm.

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Fenland CVS Library

The Fenland CVS Booklist is now available to view online.  For further information, Click Here.

To reserve, or renew, a book please call Anne on 01354 659772.

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NHS Cambridgeshire: Results of Consultation for Five Year Plan

For further information, click here.

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Heritage Lottery Fund Surgery

• Wednesday 3^rd March – Whittlesey

Jonathan Latchford, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, will be available (by appointment only) to offer funding information and advice on the whole range of funds administered by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF.)  Appointments will be on a first come, first served basis.  To book an appointment, please contact the FCVS office on 01354 659772. 

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is the UK’s leading funder of our diverse heritage, and funds the entire spread of heritage – including buildings, museums, natural heritage and the heritage of cultural traditions and language.  They help groups and organisations of all sizes with projects that help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage.  Projects must also do one, or both of the following:

• Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy

• Help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about heritage

Heritage includes many different things from the past that we value and want to pass on to future generations. Heritage projects might include:

• people's memories and experiences

• histories of people, communities, places and events

• cultural traditions

• historic buildings and townscapes

• archaeological sites

• collections of items, archives or other materials

• natural and designed landscapes

• habitats and species

• sites and collections linked to our industrial, maritime and transport history.

Whether you have a specific project in mind, or are in the early stages of planning a project that may be of interest to HLF, Jonathan would be more than happy to meet you to discuss your ideas.  If you would like to discuss your ideas with a member of FCVS staff before arranging a meeting with Jonathan, please contact us on 01354 659772.

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Fenland CVS Annual Report 2009
 

To download a copy of our Annual Report for 2009, click here.

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