LONDON FUNDERS EVENTS

• Chris Pond – Vice Chair - End Child Poverty Campaign / C.Executive of One Parent Families / Gingerbread
• Hilary McCollum – Director of Social Policy & Grants, London Councils
• Rushanara Ali - London Child Poverty Commissioner

Agenda Highlights:

• Resources and influence: End Child Poverty challenges for funders
• Case Study: ‘One Large Intervention to Make Families Prosperous’ - Simon Deakin, London borough of Enfield
• Panel discussion / plenary session
• Information Session promoting the work of our Project Groups

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December Members Meeting - Equalities

 The last London Funders members meeting for 2007 is being held on December 6th at The City Marketing Suite, Guildhall and will focus on Equalities, and the impact of the new Commission for Equalities and Human Rights (CEHR). There will also be a presentation from Jean Ellis, Charities Evaluation Services, on CES research into monitoring and evaluation in the third sector, including responses from funders. Further details will be available soon, please contact the secretariat for advance bookings.

Forthcoming Project Group Dates for your diary

 Olympic Project Group
The next Olympic Project Group will take place on 28th September 2007, 10am - 12noon at London Funders
Guest Speakers:

• Simon Edwards, Head of Policy 2012 for London – Update on London Councils Plans
• Caroline Deihl, Chief Executive Media Trust, Outline of strategies for funders on the impact of the Olympics.

Attendance: Open to all London Funder Members. Please contact the Secretariat to join this group.

London Funders Infrastructure Project Group
The next IFDPG meeting will take place on 11th October 2007, 10am - 12noon at London Funders. This group continues to act as a forum for information exchange between funders om voluntary sector infrastructure, including discussion of current policy issues and their implications for infrastructure services

Attendance: Open to all London Funder Members. Please contact the Secretariat to join this group.

Refugees and Asylum seekers in London: a new project group for London Funders
The first meeting of this new project group, open to all London Funders members, will be held on 23rd October, 10 am – 12noon at London Funders, and will be chaired by Rachel Billett from Comic Relief.

This first meeting will include a discussion with GLA staff undertaking the consultation on The Mayor’s Draft Strategy for Refugee Integration in London. The purpose of the group is to take an ongoing practical approach to sharing knowledge, identifying gaps, responding to new needs and proposing solutions to improve funding for the refugee and asylum seeker sector in London.

If you are interested in joining this new project group please contact Belinda Birch, tel 020 7755 4488.

Effective & Efficient funding Project Group
The Next EEFPG group will take place on 9th November, 2-4 pm at London Funders with a Session on ‘Equality Matters’ led by Anne Flyn of The Big Lottery Fund.

Attendance: Open to all London Funder Members. Please contact the Secretariat to join this group.

London Funders Research & Evaluation Project Group
The next REPG will take place on 15th November 2007, 10am - 12noon at London Funders and will include an update from Jean Ellis, Charities Evaluation Service, on her research into monitoring and evaluation in the third sector and survey of funders.

Attendance: Open to all London Funder Members. Please contact the Secretariat to join this group.

EXTERNAL EVENTS

NAVCA – Conference Breaking the exclusion cycle: can the voluntary and community sector help build a more equal society?
11-12 September, Keele UniversityMore details and booking information
Price: from £299 (bursaries available)

Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith will address delegates at this year's NAVCA conference, which will focus on how the voluntary and community sector can help build a more equal society. Other speakers include Tom MacInnes from the New Policy Institute, Compact Commissioner John Stoker and Sandra Turner from the Third Sector European Network.

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ACF Conference & Networking Event 2007 - Sharing Our Knowledge
Thursday 20 September 2007, The Institute of Child Health, Bloomsbury

The one day format of this year's ACF Conference provides an opportunity for those in grant-making trusts at all scales to attend, share experiences, and discuss current issues. The plenary sessions offer insightful external perspectives on our role, with the wide range of concurrent sessions providing space for reflection on present practice and to draw inspiration from new developments.
The ACF Conference is open to ACF members and other grant-making trusts and foundations.

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Social Enterprise Conference 2007
Tuesday 9th October 2007, Venue: British Museum, London WC1B 3DG

Social Enterprise London’s one-day conference – Social Enterprise is the Business - supported by London Development Agency is taking place on Tuesday 9th October 2007 at the British Museum, London WC1. With a keynote address from the Mayor, Ken Livingstone, the event brings together high-calibre speakers, key politicians, policy-makers, journalists, private businesses and social entrepreneurs to discuss how to grow and develop London’s leadership status in social enterprise.

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London Councils Conference: Building strong local communities: delivering community cohesion in London
16 October 2007 -  Clothworkers’ Hall, London EC3

The conference takes place against a backdrop of a national debate about identity, integration and the increasing diversity of our communities examining how London councils and their voluntary sector partners can help build strong, cohesive communities across the capital. It is aimed at elected members, senior borough officers and decision makers from public, commercial and voluntary sector organisations.

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ESRC/NCVO Public Policy Seminar 'Human Rights, a Tool for Change'
Wednesday 31st October 2007 -NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL

This seminar organised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) will explore how individuals can use the Human Rights Act to secure improvements in services and how public authorities are using a human rights approach to achieve change.

It will be led by two leading figures in the field; Stuart Weir, Director, Democratic Audit at the Human Rights Centre & Visiting Professor, Government Department, University of Essex and Katie Ghose, Director of the Institute for Human Rights.

Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, NCVO will chair and Belinda Pratten, Senior Policy Officer, NCVO will provide a policy response followed by a questions and answers session to continue the discussion. A briefing of the latest research will also be published to accompany the seminar.

Places on this seminar are limited. Please e-mail to knowledgetransfer@esrc.ac.uk before 1st October 2007 for more information and to book

Croydon's Beacon Open Day - Increasing VCS Delivery of Public Services
7th November 2007- Fairfield Halls Croydon

Croydon’s Beacon Open Day will focus on some of the key areas of best practice that were recognised as part of Croydon’s recent Beacon award for Increasing VCS Service Delivery.

Workshops will be held on key themes and there will be an opportunity to network and learn from other colleagues working in this field.

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Bassac workshop on ChangeCheck
27th November 2007 - London Resource Centre, North London

Bassac is running a workshop to introduce the new ‘ChangeCheck’ approach. Developed as part of bassac’s Community Impact Programme, ChangeCheck is designed especially for community-based multi-purpose organisations and centres or community anchors.

Using ChangeCheck can help:

• assess the impact the organisation is having – or not having – on local issues and the local community
• show funders and key agencies what the organisation is doing and how it is changing lives
• promote the organisation and the work it is doing

The workshop provides practical guidelines on how to assess impact using this and other means, including information on survey methods and how to present and use the findings. You will be provided with a free copy of the ChangeCheck handbook and access to a range of resources and tools.

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BBC Children in Need

BBC Children in Need is recruiting for a Regional Support Assistant.  This is a 12 month contract based in London.