NAVCA annual survey launched

The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) is once again inviting its members to have their say.

 

The Evaluating NAVCA Survey 2008 is intended to let you tell NAVCA how you think they are doing and comment on how they can best meet the needs of the voluntary and community sector in 2009.

 

Previous surveys have revealed that many third sector groups required more help with commissioning and procurement.  In response, this year NAVCA opened their Local Commissioning and Procurement Unit after seeking funding.

 

The survey will take less than ten minutes to complete and could bring about tangible results, sooner rather than later!

 

Don’t delay – fill in yours today:

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=yU3KGQwbcjgg_2fhB0gKYBsA_3d_3d%3C?xml:namespace%20prefix%20=%20

 

The closing date is 31 December 2008.

 

Source: NAVCA

Charity losses revealed…

Third sector umbrella bodies NCVO, Acevo, the Charities Aid Foundation, the Charity Finance Directors’ Group and the Charity Commission, have this week released figures they gathered in their September survey detailing charity losses in the Icelandic bank collapse.

 

The survey results, released following a consultation with government ministers, suggest that charities have lost between £86.6 and £200 million in the recent Icelandic banking troubles.

 

Sector representatives present at the consultation urged the government to act quickly and suggested the implementation of a loan guarantee scheme for charities that have lost money.

 

Source: Acevo

Third sector representatives present survey findings

This week will see a number of third sector representatives present survey findings to the third sector minister, Kevin Brennan and the Treasury minister, Paul Myners.

 

Leaders from the NCVO, Acevo, the Charity Finance Director’s Group and the Charities Aid Foundation will present figures outlining how much charities have lost, and still stand to loose, in the Icelandic bank collapse.

 

It is hoped the results, gathered from an anonymous survey carried out throughout October to assess the scale of the sector’s losses, will ensure that charities are afforded the same protection as local authorities and individuals and won’t lose out as a result of the struggling economy.

 

Source: Acevo

Green survey for Voluntary and Community Sector!

As a voluntary group or community organisation, how green are you?

 

Following on from a similar survey conducted in 2007, Every Action Counts are about to launch a new questionnaire which it is hoped will find out just how green the voluntary and community sector is. 

 

Interested in how voluntary and community groups are addressing the ‘green agenda’, the survey will ask a wide range of questions on a number on topics, including environmental policy and management systems and environmental resources and activities.

 

Participants must submit their completed online surveys before 28 November 2008.

 

For further information visit:

 

http://www.groundwork-surveys.org.uk/eacgreenquestionnaire.

 

And for help, advice and information on all the latest funding schemes to enable your company to become more environmentally friendly, try j4b’s Green Grants Machine:

 

http://www.greengrantsmachine.co.uk/Default.aspx

 

 

Source: Every Action Counts

14.10.08 (1)

NAVCA call for info!

 

Third Sector advice and information body, NAVCA, are urging all local infrastructure organisations and community and voluntary groups to share their experiences of the current economic crisis.

 

NAVCA are keen to hear about any issues that are impacting on your local area and the workings of your local third sector organisations:

 

•Are organisations where you are from concerned about the loss of deposited funds due to the banking collapse?  Has your organisation, or an organisation you know, lost funds?

•Are you finding that the credit crunch and the economic crisis has led to increased pressure on your organisation – especially if you run an advice service, a helpline or provide counselling?

•As a local infrastructure organisation, what are you and your strategic partners doing in response to the current economic crisis?  For example, are you considering transferring funds from lower priority service providers to frontline organisations that are currently under pressure?

 

Whatever your story, NAVCA wants to hear from you! Share information on what’s happening in your local area by emailing Kevin Curley at kevin.curley@navca.org.uk.

 

For further information visit:

 

http://www.navca.org.uk/news/economy.htm

 

 

Source: National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

03.10.08 (1)

Survey given added value

 

Yet to fill in your NAVCA member’s survey about the local third sector? [See post 17.09.08 (3)]

 

Well, perhaps the announcement of a NAVCA conference involving the Department for Communities and Local Government and its partners the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Urban Forum, Bassac, REIP, IDeA and the Local Government Association, will be the incentive you need.  The meeting will be used to discuss the survey’s initial findings – which means your opinions will be presented directly to the CLG and its partners and will directly inform a high level debate.

 

The deadline for submitting a survey is 17 October.

 

Complete yours online at:

 

 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=QxIBww28z5BzZ8Deg2AuiA_3d_3d

 

Source: NAVCA