William Dudley Trust

If you are a smaller local charity in Birmingham working to alleviate need, hardship and distress for residents and where a proportion of the work is undertaken by volunteers, your charity is a priority for William Dudley Trust.

The average grant is about £200 – ideal if you need equipment or other resources that directly benefit your work.

Trustees particularly welcome letters of applications from charities that work with older people – those who are frail, housebound, experiencing ill health, poverty, disability or disadvantage – or disadvantaged families, children or young people.

If your turnover is greater than £250,000 your charity is no longer eligible for a grant.

Please read the Guidance Notes for Applicants before applying as they have been revised.

Closing dates for 2012:

February meeting:  31st January 2012

May meeting: 30th April 2012

September meeting: 31st July 2012

November meeting: 30th September 2012

Guidance Notes for applicants 2012

www.williamdudleytrust.org.uk

Call the Trust on 0121 753 0706 if you would like to discuss your application.

Filed under: Funding Alerts, Older People Matter

Time for a Spring Clear-out!

Birmingham Community Recycling now offer an additional service to existing and new customers.

We can collect your textiles recycling from your workplace – clothes, paired shoes, handbags etc

Now is the time to have a clearout and you don’t have to worry about which charity shop and how you will drop it off – just take it to work and we will pick it up.

Better still – Try and organise for your work colleagues to do the same.

We are making it easy for you and at the same time you will be supporting a social enterprise that offers employment to disadvantaged members of our community.

Don’t worry if you are not one of our existing recycling customers – we will still collect your textiles for you  and make you aware of our fantastic cost efficient recycling services

All enquiries in the first instance to Simon or Haroon on 0121 328 2020 email info@bcr-cic.co.uk

Filed under: Environment

Computers Needed for VCOs in Birmingham

A number of organisations have approached the Digbeth Trust requesting our help in obtaining second hand computers for use by their organisations.

If anyone has a PC / laptop they no longer need, or knows of any organisations or individuals who are looking to recycle any computer(s), please contact us at the address below.

We would also be interested if anyone has any office desks, chairs or filing cabinets. Please contact us if you have anything that may be of use to us.

Thank You

John Shannon or Kieran Clarke

The Digbeth Trust

0121 753 0706

johnshannon@digbethtrust.org.uk

A Big Thank You to Eddie at Aquarius for donating some computers to us.

Filed under: Community News, Digbeth Trust News, Free Resources

Are you looking for offices & activity premises?

Are you looking for offices & activity premises?

Are you a small to medium-sized community group or organisation looking for space for offices and / or activities? We may have a solution for you!

Birmingham New Communities Network and The Digbeth Trust are seeking to convene a meeting of such groups / organisations to explore whether the pooling of collective resources may assist in finding and securing shared offices / activity space in Birmingham.

In addition we would also want to explore the sharing of reception, administrative, stationary and supply ordering etc.

NCVO statement…
‘Organisations can use collaborative working to share premises and/or back office services: the supporting functions which enable organisations to carry out their charitable activities. Sharing back office services can mean they are delivered more efficiently than if each organisation were to provide these services themselves in-house’.

If you are interested in meeting to discuss this proposal further please contact:
Tippa Naphtali – tippanaphtali@digbethtrust.org.uk
or: Danielle Marks – daniellemarks@digbethtrust.org.uk
or call The Digbeth Trust on – 0121 753 0706

Filed under: Community News, VCS Matters

Relate Birmingham 2 x Service Manager Posts

Relate Birmingham is an independent charity and lead provider of relationship support.  We work to help individuals, parents and families build better relationships by delivering a range of services, including counselling, groups, education and training and professional development.

We are now recruiting for two new senior posts in our leadership team.   We are looking for experienced, self-motivated individuals to manage some existing services but also work with the Management Team to drive forward service development, generate income and help us deliver on our aims.

Service Manager – Children, Young People and Families

Salary: £ 27,000 p.a.
Full Time (37.5 hours)

You will be responsible for the leading the marketing and development of Relate services for children, young people and families in the centre, schools and community and managing the Time for you Team.

The successful applicant will have experience of working in this field, managing projects and budgets, bid writing and a track record of service delivery or development.  With excellent communication and organisational skills you’ll lead, develop and motivate a practitioner team to achieve agreed targets, ensure that good practice and legal requirements are met and develop networks and new partnership opportunities.

Service Manager – Education and Training

Salary: £ 27,000 p.a. pro rata
20 hours per week

We are looking for a confident and creative communicator to lead the development and expansion of our Education and Training Services.  You’ll be responsible for marketing Relate courses to a variety of audiences, managing the training team, external contract delivery and developing programmes and services to meet customer needs.

The ideal candidate will have experience of service delivery within education or training, project and budget management and a record of generating income.  You’ll have staff management or supervisory experience and be able lead and develop a multifunctional team.  Experience of delivering training and knowledge of the voluntary and statutory sectors would be a distinct advantage.  A relevant qualification is desirable but not essential.

For an application pack for each post call 0121 643 1638 or emailinfo@relatebirmingham.co.uk

Deadline for applications: 1.00pm on 1st February 2012 (CVs will not be considered)

Interviews will be held during week commencing: 6th February 2012

Filed under: Uncategorized

Birmingham BOLT

The NIA and the ICC are working together to bring you The Birmingham Bolt, a Sports Day for Midland businesses to compete against each other whilst raising money for charity! 100% of the £250 entry fee will go to the NIA and ICC’s chosen charity of the year, The Birmingham Civic Society’s Next Generation Awards, an award scheme that has worked with over 13, 000 young people in Birmingham which helps them to become active citizens that contribute positively to the future of our city.

The event will consist of a number of different challenges including: jumps, sprints, long distance, throws, relay and novelty rounds so everyone can get involved! You’ll get the chance to compete at the NIA on the professional athletics track used by some of the world’s best athletes.

The day will end with a closing ceremony and drinks / networking session in the ‘NIA’s Olympian Suite’ where both the team with the most points after the competition and the team who have raised the most amount of money for charity will be awarded the use of one of our swish hospitality boxes at the NIA for any event of their choice (subject to availability).

Visit www.birminghambolt.com for more info and feel free to share the attached invitation.

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Filed under: Community News, Events & Conferences