Community Noticeboard
Community News items are listed below on this page. If you are a registered member of the website, you can contribute news about your voluntary or community group. Just follow the simple instructions below.
- Sign in, by clicking the blue button on the top-right of the screen
- Click on Newsroom in the red menu (if you aren't aleady in the Newsroom area)
- Click Admin near the top-left of your screen
- Click on 'Create COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD (& how to post...'
- Fill in the title of your news item, a short and catchy summary, and then the news story's full details
- Click on Finish at the bottom of the page
- That's it! But if you need any help please don't hesitate to email linzi@onevoice.co.uk.
 | County Durham LINk Elections County Durham LINk is getting bigger. We are increasing our management committee to help us work more effectively and are looking for new district representatives to give your local area a stronger voice in Health and Social Care. (Last updated 06/07/2010) |
| OVN Conference Presentations Additional presentations from the One Voice Network Conference which was held on 19th November 2009 (Last updated 29/11/2009) |
| Stronger Communities-understanding NI 1 and NI 4 in the north east The Stronger Communities research was commissioned by the North East Empowerment Partnership (NEEP) with the aim of understanding why people in our region responded in the way that they did to the NI 1 and NI 4 questions in the Place Survey. (Last updated 19/10/2009) |
| Updated National Guidance for CAF Practitioners & Lead Professionals [Voluntary Sector Academy] The DCSF [Department of Children, Schools and Families] & CWDC [Children's Workforce Development Council] updates guidance on the CAF and LP [Lead Professional/Practitioner] process. (Last updated 24/08/2009) |
| County Community of Interest Update 20th August Weekly newesletter containing details of funding, training, and events (Last updated 21/08/2009) |
| Safeguarding & CAF “E” Learning Support [Voluntary Sector Academy] Support and guidance for voluntary and community children & young people’s workers in gaining initial qualifications in both Safeguarding and CAF [Common Assessment Framework]. (Last updated 18/08/2009) |
| County Community of Interest Update - 14th August Weekly Newsletter containing details of training, conferences and funding news (Last updated 14/08/2009) |
| County Community of Interest Update 7th August Weekly news and update. All attachments mentioned are also uploaded. Any difficulties obtaining please contact cheryl.hunter@disc-vol.org.uk between Wednesday pm and Friday and I will forward to you. (Last updated 07/08/2009) |
| County Community of Interest Update 2009 Information on funding, training and events. Should you require information that may be on one of our attachments please contact cheryl.hunter@disc-vol.org.uk and I will try to send you the necessary information. (Last updated 24/07/2009) |
| 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. (Last updated 11/06/2009) |
| Stronger Communities Survey The North East Empowerment Partnership is undertaking a short piece of research analysing in more depth individual perceptions of their communities and taking two of the 2008 Place Survey indicators as a starting point. We are particularly interested in feedback from people living in County Durham,Redcar & Cleveland,Gateshead and Northumberland but all contributions are welcome.The only qualification is that you live in one of the 12 regional local authority areas. (Last updated 03/06/2009) |
| Website Changes Just to keep you all up-to-date on the website changes. (Last updated 20/05/2009) |
| County Community of Interest Update Update form the Couty for Week Ending May 1st (Last updated 01/05/2009) |
| County Community of Interest Newsletter Newsletter for Week Ending 17th April (Last updated 23/04/2009) |
| Guide to Registration on Pro-Contract System The Community of Interest have developed a guide for organisations explaining how to register on the Pro-Contract system. (Last updated 02/04/2009) |
| Community of Interest Newsletter - March 19th Weekly Newsletter containing information for voluntarty community groups working with children and young people. (Last updated 19/03/2009) |
| HALLMARK 'A quality standards scheme for Village Halls' The Hallmark scheme was launched by ACRE on 30 March 2007 and currently operates in 19 counties. It promotes the delivery of effective and well-managed village halls through a quality standards scheme which is backed up by a system of peer visitors. The trained peer visitors use a system of checklists to identify performance and provide an external validation of achievement. (Last updated 04/02/2009) |
| Training in the Common Core of Skills & Knowledge [Gordon Jones] The Voluntary Sector Academy has been delighted with the response to our Common Core Modular Course since it was first rolled out in August'08. We have successfully worked with participants from the Voluntary, Private and Statutory Sectors. (Last updated 12/01/2009) |
| Draft Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) for County Durham The County Durham Partnership has been working over recent months to prepare a draft Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) for County Durham. This sets out our shared long-term priorities, the outcomes we want to achieve by working in partnership over the next 15 years and how we will deliver those outcomes. (Last updated 14/07/2008) |
| Common Core of Skills & Knowledge Training [Gordon A Jones] The Voluntary Sector Academy [VSA] has developed an exciting and relevant course for all practitioners within the Children and Young People's Workforce, including the very many volunteers involved throughout Durham. (Last updated 25/06/2008) |