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If you are involved in one of County Durham's voluntary and community groups this is your website.
Want to make your group more successful?
- Get advice on funding, recruiting volunteers, and all of the nuts-and-bolts procedures that keep your group running smoothly. Go to our Advice Shop. Or view a list of all the agencies offering free support in County Durham.
- Find out about events and training.
- Get free online publicity. You can join our online Directory of voluntary and community groups in County Durham. And you can add your group's news and events to this website. Find out how.
Want to keep up to date with the issues facing the voluntary and community sector in County Durham?
Procurement? ChangeUp? Local Area Agreements? The Compact? Government throws baffling new initiatives at the voluntary sector seemingly every week. One Voice Network works to extract what it can from them to help County Durham's voluntary groups thrive. To learn more about them:
- Look at our special Themes Pages (These are also available from the left-hand menu bar)
- Visit the One Voice Network Newsroom
- Go to our Publications page and search in the category that interests you
| Latest News | |
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 | Criteria for the new £16.7m Hardship Fund announced This year's Budget saw the announcement of a £16.7m Hardship Fund for the sector, building on the £42.5m Real Help for Communities action plan. |
| New £3 million Government fund to boost volunteer management over the next two years Capacitybuilders released details of a new grants programme to provide support to people who manage volunteers, helping to ensure that volunteers get the best possible experience. |
| Integrated Teams for Children with Disabilities Durham County Council are looking to explore ways in which Integrated Services for Children/Young People with Disabilities could be developed. |
| Safer Homes Fund The Home Office have launched a new fund to increase home security and reduce burglary rates. |
| Health Innovation Partnership Pilot Scheme The Health Innovation Partnership is looking for INNOVATIVE ideas and will contribute up to £50,000 for you to run a 6-month pilot scheme |
| Recently Posted Events | |
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 | Long Term Conditions North East- How do we really make a difference? (23/07/2009 at 09:30 to 23/07/2009 at 16:30) What skills do I need to support people to self care more effectively? What do we really mean by personalisation or integration? How can we prevent unnecessary admissions? Personalised care plans for all 15 million people nationally with LTCs – what does this mean in practice? (last updated 22/06/2009 at 13:28) |
| Ageing Matters: Making the Policy Connections (23/07/2009 at 10:00 to 23/07/2009 at 15:00) Years Ahead: the North East Regional Forum on Ageing Annual Event (last updated 22/06/2009 at 13:22) |