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 | Baby Data Handbook for Young Parents (Children and Young People) Welcome to the Baby Data Handbook which is a packed mini-guide designed to make your life as a new parent a little easier and a lot more fun. |
| ChangeUp and CapacityBuilders Management/Delivery Group: records of meetings (ChangeUp) The ChangeUp Management/Delivery Group met regularly to ensure that the six ChangeUp projects in County Durham were well-coordinated with one another and delivering on target. Its successor group, the CapacityBuilders Management Group continues to meet and manage CapacityBuilder activities which are the continuation of ChangeUp. |
| ChangeUp Business Plans (ChangeUp/Open forum) Extensive research led to nine proposed ChangeUp-funded activities for the improvement of support services to County Durham's voluntary & community sector. These were combined into six projects, whose business plans you can read by following the links below. |
| Chester-le-Street Adult Learners Week 2009 |
| Chester-le-Street Map of Course Provision 2009 Courses on offer from 15 providers in the Chester-le-Street area from September 2009. Please click on each provider spreadsheet for their course offer and contact them direct if you wish to join a course. |
| Children and young people's plan (Children and Young People) |
| Community Buildings Toolkit (Quality Assurance) Durham Rural Community Council (DRCC) has devised flowcharts which take you through all of the decisions that you need to make to help your community building and the activities in it run as smoothly as possible. |
| Competitive tendering for local infrastructure funding—a NAVCA checklist (Procurement) Here is a list of the questions and requirements typically contained in tender documentation. |
| County Durham Capacity Builders Buisiness Plan (ChangeUp/Funding) County Durham Consortium has now completed it's Business Plan & Capacity Builders have agreed we are now 'Fit for Purpose'. If anyone is wanting to apply for BASIS funding please refer to this Business Plan. |
| County Durham Community Buildings Forum Strategic Workshop on Service Level Agreement Design |
| County Durham Compact (Compact) Agreement between County Durham's statutory sector and its voluntary & community sector. With codes of good practice on fundng and on community groups. Published 2004. |
| County Durham Compact Plus consultation feedback (Compact) Report of workshops at the Compact Plus consultation event, 'More Impact for the Compact', 11 July 2005. Submitted to Active Communities Unit, Home Office. |
| County Durham Health and Wellbeing Partnership Briefing for those wishing to revise or develop existing PRG bids or submit new bids |
| County Durham Local Area Agreement (Local Area Agreement) This is the Local Area Agreement iself, published 16 March 2006 and formally approved by government |
| Design Document: The Children’s Trust and the Children’s Services Authority (Children and Young People) This document is very important in setting out the direction of travel in establishing the Children’s Trust and was discussed with colleagues at the inaugural meeting of the Shadow Children’s Executive Board recently. It builds on our earlier work and consultation on the functional model for Every Child Matters. |
| Engaging the VCS within the Children Trust Arrangements The COI on behalf of the VCS working with children, young people and families submitted to the Shadow Children's Executive Board, in March, a report for consideration requesting resources to enable effective engagement of the VCS within the Children Trust Arrangements. The report was endorsed in principle and a meeting was arranged in April to discuss ways forward. |
| Getting involved in Local Area Agreements (Local Area Agreement) NACVS guidance for local voluntary & community organisations |
| Infrastructure Development Plan (ChangeUp) Proposed expenditure under the ChangeUp scheme, based on research contained in the One Voice Network publication, 'Shaping the Future'. Published 2004/5. |
| Introduction to Every Child Matters in County Durham (Children and Young People) Introduction to the Children's Act 2004 and the new 'Every Child Matters' structure for the delivery of services to children: what impact will it have on the voluntary & community sector? Powerpoint presentation delivered by Eva Alexandratou, CYPSP Partnership Development Officer. |
| Jargon Decoder The voluntary & community sector has new government buzzwords, technical terms and nasty acronyms thrown at it daily. Our jargon decoder aims to help you cope with these. |
| June e-bulletin A copy of the e-bulletin circulated in June 2010 |
| Key documents from the LAA Safer and Stronger Communities (SSC) Block Champions (Local Area Agreement) Agendas, minutes and other key SSC documents will be added here as they become available. Choose which document to view by clicking on its link in the list below. |
| Local Area Agreement Toolkit (Local Area Agreement) A government resource for anyone involved in the development of an LAA, based on the experience of the first 20 pilot LAAs. |
| Local Area Agreements Guidance (Local Area Agreement) Guidance from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| Local Area Agreements: the ABC of LAAs (Local Area Agreement) Local Area Agreements (LAAs) are three-year agreements between central government and a local area that set out priorities for the area. It is claimed that they offer increased local choice about expenditure and reduced bureaucracy. |
| Making Local Area Agreements work: A VCS Perspective (Local Area Agreement) Several voluntary & community sector support organisations came together to develop a third-sector view of LAAs. Their view is largely positive but with some imporatant concerns. |
| May E-Bulletin A copy of the e-bulletin circulated by One Voice Network. |
| Mini-Compact poster (Compact) Want a quick way to learn more about the County Durham Compact? We've brought out a short-and-simple poster summarising the Compact's key principles. |
| Mini-Compact text (Compact) Below is the text of our mini-Compact, which is also available as a poster which you can order from One Voice Network or download from the foot of this page. |
| One Voice Network Conference 2009 What We're Made Of: A Celebration of the Voluntary and Community Sector in County Durham |
| One Voice Network Reports Please find attached the Rob Macmillan report Shape of things to come, Reviewing Co Durham's Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure. There is a full report attachment and an executive summary attachment. Also attached is the One Voice Network (OVN) Action plan which has been developed by the OVN Steering group in response to the recommendations contained within the report. Moving forward the Action Plan highlights the need for various partners to be involved in further developments, and detailed planning. |
| Procurement – it affects us all (Procurement) Peter Schofield, of the North East Centre of Excellence, explains the current procurement challenges and opportunities for the Voluntary Sector as well as the implications of the new “Framework for the 3rd Sector” and, perhaps more importantly, how the North East Centre of Excellence can help. |
| Public Consultation Document An exciting opportunity to transform current secondary school provision in the Spennymoor Area by providing schools for 21st century learning. Durham County Council wants to hear your views |
| Public Law Project: Empowering the Voluntary Sector (Compact) Public law is the set of legal principles governing the exercise of power by public authorities. Public law remedies are those procedures by which citizens can challenge the fairness or legality of their decisions. A new project, 'Empowering the Voluntary Sector' is making resources available that will help the voluntary sector to make effective use of public law as a means of ensuring a fairer working relationship with public bodies. |
| Quality Assurance Checklist (Quality Assurance) Key points to remember to keep your group running smoothly. |
| Readiness for Children and Young People’s Trusts: A Self Assessment Framework for Voluntary Youth Organisations (Children and Young People) The aim of this framework is to provide voluntary youth organisations with a tool to help assess your own readiness for engaging with Children and Young People's Trusts. It is likely to be of most benefit to voluntary organisations that have at least some paid members of staff, rather than those run exclusively by volunteers, as the former have more capacity to engage with this agenda. |
| Report from Community of Interest Group For Children and Young People October 2005 (Children and Young People) Based on workshops concerning Voluntary and Community Sector Engagement in Every Child Matters in Co. Durham held during autumn 2005 |
| Report of the Compact Annual Review 2005 (Compact) The fourth Compact Annual Review was held during National Compact Week at Craghead Village Hall on 4 November 2005. It saw the appointment of a new chair, a presentation on the new Local Area Agreement in County Durham, and some lively workshops aimed at determining a workplan for the County Durham Compact in 2005/6. Read on for news of these developments. |
| Report of the Compact Plus Consultation July 2005 (Compact) County Durham's response to the Home Office’s consultation on the proposed evolution of the Compact into ‘Compact Plus’ |
| Report of the County Durham Compact Implementation Group Spring meeting, 2006 (Compact) The County Durham Compact needs to give greater recognition to our county’s largest minority group – people who face discrimination because of their sexuality. This was one of the major outcomes from a well-attended meeting of the County Durham Compact Implementation Group held at the County Durham Health Authority Headquarters, Appleton House, Durham, on 7 March 2006. |
| Report to Cabinet on Voluntary and Community Sector Involvement in Every Child Matters, Jan 2006 (Children and Young People) The purpose of this report is to inform the Cabinet of the progress made in engaging the voluntary and community sector and to seek endorsement for proposals to establish effective arrangements for the engagement in the Every Child Matters agenda of voluntary and community sector (VCS) partners in County Durham. |
| RURAL ROOTS A Local Development Strategy for East Durham 2008-2013. Prepared by Jo Laverick, Liz Charles & Russell Hayward of Durahm Rural Community Council on behalf of the East Durham LEADER Shadow Local Action Group. The overall aim of the Strategy is: 'To implement a programme of community-led sustainable rural development, producing economic, social and environmental improvements and benefits for the rural communities across the defined territory of East Durham'. |
| Safer and Stronger Communities, Local Area Agreement (Local Area Agreement) Minutes of meetings of the Safer and Stronger Communities block champions |
| Service Level Agreement Development Paper Feb 2006 (Compact) The Strong Healthy Safe Community Partnership is working with the County Durham Compact Implementation Group to develop standardised Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and contracts in the spirit of the County Durham Compact to provide a practical application of the Compact to make it easier for the community and voluntary sectors to work effectively with the statutory sector in providing services and facilities. |
| Shaping the Future: the development of voluntary & community sector infrastructure in County Durham (ChangeUp) Report of research and consultation conducted during 2004 designed to map the support needs of County Durham's voluntary & community sector. |
| Small Business Friendly Concordat, March 2005 (Compact/Funding/Procurement) Voluntary code of practice which sets out what small firms (including third sector suppliers) can expect when tendering for Local Authority contracts. |
| Sustainability Toolkit: (Funding) This simple-to-use toolkit, produced by a consultancy called Rocket Science, can help organisations assess their future funding options. |
| Visions for Compact Plus (Compact) Reseach into quality standards and accreditation schemes, 2006 |
| Workforce Development Report (ChangeUp/Volunteering) Details the findings of research into the human resources and future skill needs of the voluntary and community sector in County Durham. Commissioned by the One Voice Network, the project aimed to establish current and future skill shortages, skill gaps and other recruitment difficulties in order to inform workforce development strategies for the sector. |
| Youth Opportunities and Youth Capital Funds: Guidelines and application forms (Children and Young People/Funding) |