Employer Sponsored Volunteering: Workshop at UCLAN 23rd May

 

Employer Sponsored Volunteering:

Realising the Potential

Monday 23 May, 12pm – 4.00pm

University of Central Lancashire. Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in collaboration with the Cabinet Office (Office for Civil Society), Universities of Hull and Sheffield, Business in the Community and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations invite you to a workshop examining the challenges and opportunities of engaging with Employer Sponsored Volunteering (ESV). Lunch will be provided.

Speakers include:

Lynn Saggerson, CEO, Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde.

Russell Hogarth, Community Ambassador, UCLan

Stephen Sloss, CEO, Salvere Social Enterprise CIC

Background:

This event forms part of a series of regional workshops across England exploring the challenges of maximising the impact of ESV. Building on indepth research, the event will offer participants from the public, private and third sectors the chance to explore the challenges of building effective and sustainable partnerships. 

We know that when employee volunteering works well, it can add huge value to businesses – from engaging potential customers, clients and suppliers, to developing staff and building morale. The workshop is about unlocking the value for everyone involved.; encouraging cross-sectoral dialogue and asking participants to consider what models of engagement, infrastructural support and brokerage can be developed in order to:

• create an effective model for businesses to utilise ESV engagement within employee skills and learning development.

• help infrastructural organisations to successfully adopt a sustainable brokerage role , in order to support relationships between the third sector and business

• direct available business resources and expertise through volunteering, and potential infrastructural funding to the third sector, maximising impact

• find ways to extend SME participation in this area

In addition, a member of the Office for Civil Society's Local Intelligence Team will also be providing details of the Government's Skills Exchange Campaign and outlining ways in which local organisations can gain support to take it forward.

Further details and online registration is available at:

http://management.sheffield.ac.uk/employer-sponsored-volunteering/

If you would like to reserve a place in advance please email J.Burchell@sheffield.ac.uk

Updated list of community kitchens etc in Blackpool

Here is the latest Food support information for Blackpool for May 2016

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/Food%20support%20in%20blackpool.pdf

 

Kind regards

 

Nikki Hart

Blackpool Food Partnership Project Manager

Churches Together in Lancashire with the Lancashire Theological Society Ecumenical Convention

Churches Together in Lancashire with the Lancashire Theological Society

Invite you to take part in an Ecumenical Convention

Monday June 20th – Friday June 24 at 7pm

& Saturday June 25th 10.00am-2.00pm

Venue: Cardinal Newman College Preston (TBC)

Each evening will be hosted by a leader from one of the Christian denominations in Lancashire and joined by a prominent speaker to explore:

When the common good becomes the common harm

Professor David Cook 20th and 22nd

Oxford University & the University of Chicago.

and Radio 4's Moral Maze

Ethics and Environmentalism –

Dr Claire Foster-Gilbert Tuesday 21st

Faith and Fanaticism – Evangelist for Extremist?

Dr Philip Lewis – Thursday 23rd

Is Christianity Dying in the West?

Dr Elaine Storkey – Friday 24th

An invited panel will respond to the key speaker and engage with the audience in open debate and question time

Saturday will be a day of workshops and practical activities based around each of the topics examined in the week in addition to a discussion about the Management & Leadership of Church as an organisation

The day will close with a gathering of the denominations across the County.

For details visit www.ctlancashire.org.uk and go to Ecumenical convention

This week of events is aimed at all those with an interest and concern for the ethical engagement of church and faiths in the community.

Ideal for students engaging with school or college based Philosophy and Ethics

Essential for Christians seeking to put faith in contemporary context

There will be 100 places per evening and 200 places on the Saturday

To register an interest email: admin@ctlancashire.org.uk

Commons Chamber debate on the contribution of faith organisations to the voluntary sector in local communities

 

For information, please see web link, and please can you cascade across faith-based networks.

 

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/backbench-business-committee/news-parliament-2015/chamber-debate-on-the-contribution-of-faith-organisations-to-the-voluntary-sector-in-local-communities/

 

On Thursday 5 May MPs will take part in a general debate in the Commons Chamber on the contribution of  faith organisations to the voluntary sector in local communities. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee following a representation from Fiona Bruce MP and Stephen Timms MP.

·        Watch the representation to the Committee

This debate will be opened by Fiona Bruce, Conservative MP for Congleton.

Watch the debate and read the transcript

·        Watch Parliament TV: Chamber debate on the contribution of faith organisations to the voluntary sector in local communities.

·        Transcripts of proceedings in the Commons Chamber are available three hours after they happen in Today's Commons Debates.

 

 

Acts345 - Giving to anyone who has need

 

 

Acts345 are currently experiencing amazing waves of generosity from donors and are looking for more churches and charities to get involved and bless people with grants for small everyday items they otherwise cannot afford. They've asked me to spread the word across the network in case you know of individuals and churches who could get involved/ benefit from being linked up.

Acts 435 is a Christian Charity to bring immediate help to people in financial need. It works by matching up those who want to give with those in need. Here's a little more about how Acts345 works: www.acts435.org.uk/how

And here's Acts345's recent press release about the wonderful growth in giving they've seen recently: http://www.archbishopofyork.org/articles.php/3450/local-churches-deliver-fast-financial-help-with-acts-435

Amy Page  E  amy.page@cuf.org.uk