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• Local & Voluntary Sector News
• Governance
• Community Development
• Health & Social Care
• Accountancy/Finance
  
• Volunteering & Kingston Volunteer Centre News
• Focus On - profiles of local organisations
  
  

Local & Voluntary Sector News

Our Town: a Kingston Story
Rose Theatre launches community play and looks for loca people to get involved

Voluntary and Community Sector: Apprenticeship funding for London
Questionnaire and information about apprenticeships

Coalition Government and Budget
How will it affect you?

Vetting and Barring Scheme put on hold
New Government revising safeguarding systems.

London Learning Consortium
London wide learning for the voluntary and community sector

Kingston Voluntary Sector - The Future..
KVA's vision for a thriving sector.

Survey of Local Voluntary and Community Organisations
Information about your organisation and your opinions wanted. Please complete our survey.

Portable Appliance Testing from Kingston Community Furniture
Cost-effective service.

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.

Fire Safety Message
Advice from the fire service.

Governance

Improving the Governance of your Organisation
Case study of how KVA has helped a local organisation

Community Development

Community Development Training
Series of courses aimed at the voluntary sector.

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.
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Health & Social Care

Kingston's Local Involvement Network
Update for July 2010

Health Overview Panel
Local Authorities have powers to review and scrutinise the operation of health systems in their area

Dementia Awareness
The National Dementia Strategy and details of support available in Kingston

The Personalisation Agenda
System to give people their own budget to buy services they need.
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Brokerage Consortium
Kingston Centre for Independent Living's innovative new scheme.
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Accountancy & Finance

The role of the Treasurer
Community Accountancy Advisor explains the responsibilities

Preparing for an audit or independent examination
A handy checklist

Update January 2010
VAT and Charity Accounts

Volunteering & Kingston Volunteer Centre News

July Edition of the KVC Newsletter
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Investors in Volunteers
Support for five organisations to gain this quality mark

Good Sports Project
How you can get involved

Good Practice Project
Have you had your Health Check?

Champions of the Getting People Back to Work Project
The project's success after one year

Youth Volunteering
Kingston Youth Action Team's new DVD

Volunteering England launches two new initiatives
Support for volunteer management

Volunteering England launches manifesto
The Power of Volunteering

April Edition of the KVC Newsletter
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Volunteering in a recession - Opportunties or Threats
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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 - Addison Gardens Allotment Association
How the free VOICE website system has helped this group.

Focus on - Transition Town Kingston
Community action group dedicated to tackling the challenges of climate change and peak oil
Full story here.

Focus on - Community Connected
Volunteer receives award from Mayor.
Full story.

Focus on - LGBT Forum
Being Out in Kingston
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Focus on - Mayor's Charity
Update on homeless shelters
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Focus on - Euphonix
Community Choir with a Difference seeks new members
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Focus on - Oxygen
New Friday Night Project
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