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Local & Voluntary Sector News
Lone Working - Are You Protecting Your Staff Adequately
Solicitors Anthony Collins have a short item on some implications for reviewing lone worker policies and procedures.
Not Strictly Dancing
Ballroom and Latin American dancing lessons in Kingston.
Charity Awards 2010
Recognising exceptional leadership and management.
Full details here.
Office Space Available in Siddeley House
Great location
for voluntary & community organisations.
Full details here.
Bespoke Project: Shared Back Office Services
South London CVS Partnership
requires organisations to contribute
Full details here.
Survey of Local Voluntary and Community Organisations
Assessing the local sector.
Eco-op Office Snack Box
Fairtrade snacks delivered weekly
Details of how to order here.
Bookkeeper vacancy
Merton CVS
Further details.
Meeting Room available
Noble Centre
Further details
KVA receives NAVCA Quality Award
Presentation made at AGM.
Read full story and see photographs of the event here.
Call for Local Survey
At the recent Voluntary Sector Forum, Kingston's Voluntary and Community Organisations' main response as to where we go next with National Indicator 7 was a call for a local survey. Many of the organisations who attended the Forum agreed that the initial survey was flawed and did not reflect their views.
Read full news story.
Governance
Strengthening Governance
Support available for trustees and management committees
Full details here
Community Development
Community Development South of the Borough
Following the Participatory Needs Assessment recommendations the following activities were set up at the St. Mary's Centre Chessington.
Read full article
Communitybuilders £70m Investment Fund
The fund is designed to help empower citizens and communities by strengthening multi-purpose community-led organisations through a mixture of financial and advisory support.
Read full item
Health & Social Care
Kingston's Local Involvement Network
Update January 2010
The Personalisation Agenda
System to give people their own budget to buy services they need.
Read full article
Brokerage Consortium
Kingston Centre for Independent Living's innovative nw scheme.
Read full article
Towards a strategy to support volunteering in health and social care'
Read full item
DisabledGo - Kingston
DisabledGo.com is an online access guide that aims to empower disabled people to make their own informed decisions as to the usability of a venue based on their own particular access requirements.
Read full item
Accountancy & Finance
Update January 2010
VAT and Charity Accounts
Volunteering & Kingston Volunteer Centre News
Volunteering in a recession - Opportunties or Threats
Read the full story
January 2010 edition of the KVC newsletter
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Autumn 2009 edition of the KVC newsletter
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Focus On
Focus on - LGBT Forum
Being Out in Kingston
Read full story.
Focus on - Mayor's Charity
Update on homeless shelters
Read full story.
Focus on - Euphonix
Community Choir with a Difference seeks new members
Read full story.
Focus on - Oxygen
New Friday Night Project
Read full story
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