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Dan Do Môn - Issue 10
The newsletter for voluntary organisations on Anglesey
Volunteers and Insurance Charities have to have buildings and contents insurance because charity trustees have a legal obligation to safeguard the charitys assets.If a volunteer is injured or becomes ill as a result of the organisation's negligence, he or she can bring a claim against the organisation. The organisation must check with its insurer, to be sure claims by volunteers are covered under the organisation's employer's liability or public liability insurance. Such cover is not automatic. In addition, the organisation might want to take out: Professional indemnity insurance, to cover claims against the organisation or a volunteer arising from negligent advice or services provided to a member of the public; Fidelity insurance to protect the organisation from dishonest acts by volunteers; insurance for special events, especially those such as fun runs which involve risk; personal accident insurance, to cover accident or death arising from volunteering; insurance to protect volunteer drivers' no claims bonus; Trustee liability (or trustee indemnity) insurance, to protect committee members from some, but not all, liabilities they face as committee members. North West Wales Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Line The above are looking for women who would like to become volunteers. They may or may not have experiences of abuse themselves but want to support those who have. There are a number of different ways in which women can help out e.g. publicity, or fundraising or of course, directly helping women survivors by listening to them. Helping someone who has survived sexual abuse may sound tough, but it relies on many everyday skills and they learn new skills along the way. They provide women with training to work as volunteer counsellors on the telephone help-line (which covers the whole of North Wales). Women may decide to go on to become face to face counsellors as well. They also believe that it is important to give volunteers the right levels of support in dealing with any issues that arise for them so they can get the most out of their commitment to helping survivors. Being a volunteer with Rape Crisis can often be difficult, often challenging. Yet, all of us who work here find it is very rewarding. The demands may at times be high but the support, commitment and friendship within the group is equally so. If you want to volunteer or want more information contact or write to: Abbey Road Centre, Bangor, LL57 2EA. Helpline Number: Computer Virus If you receive the following e-mail with an attachment "Win a holiday" "Returned" "Unable to deliver" "Get more money" Dont open them - they can cause serious damage to hardware and software. The Nationwide Foundation A new £1,000,000 foundation has been set up by the Nationwide Building Society. The Foundation has identified two areas for donations: Community Support - helping communities to help themselves. Realising Potential - helping people to fulfil their potential. In all cases the overall aim is to enable communities and people achieve goals and improve the quality of life. Most donations will be made on a one-off basis but in some exceptional cases consideration will be given to funding core costs. The Foundation will not subsidise the statutory provision of any form of care, accommodation or service nor give grants for fundraising events, advertising, medical research, individuals, animal welfare, conservation, religion, politics, overseas activities, loans or expeditions. Most donations are between £500 and £10,000 made to charitable organisations. Applications, on official forms only, available from:
The Nationwide Foundation
New Directions for the Lottery A new National Lottery Act is now on the statute book, which brings in revised directions for existing lottery operators and introduces a sixth good cause the New Opportunities Fund. The Directions contained in the act specify the issues that the individual lottery distributors should take into account when processing applications for grants. In short, they set out how the Government expects the distributors to respond to applications. Copies of the Directions are available from the Public Enquiry Unit, Dept of Culture, Media & Sport. Tel: or www.culture.gov.uk. New Opportunities Fund (NOF) The NOF is charged with distributing funds to projects which promote the public good under three specific headings: Healthy Living Centres Out of school hours learning and childcare Information and Communications Technology (ICT) training and content creation. In common with the other distributors, projects will also need to further the objectives of sustainable development and reduce economic and social deprivation. The Dept. of Culture, Media and Sport recently announced that it was publishing a consultation paper on potential new NOF initiatives soon, seeking the publics views before seeking Parliamentary approval. There are 3 major new initiatives proposed: Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities Cancer prevention, detection, treatment and care Community Access to Lifelong Learning. VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES ON ANGLESEY 1. Caernarfon Court Witness Service - Volunteers required to give support, advice and information to victims/witnesses and their associates to enable them to deal with the experience of attending a court and giving evidence. Full training programme, to start mid January. 2. Priory User Forum - Volunteers required to support users at their group meetings with activities. 3. Beaumaris Festival - Volunteer fund-raisers required for their annual Festival. 4. Motor Neurone Disease Association - Urgently require a Chairperson. Minimum of 4 committee meeting per year, plus 4 - 6 open meetings as well as fundraisers etc. Full training and support will be given. 5. The Prince's Trust Volunteers - Are currently recruiting employed and unem-ployed volunteers between the ages of 16 and 25 in the Holyhead area, to join a team of 15 people on a 12 week 'development programme'. You will be helping the community, the environment and people in need and having fun in the process! Ynys Môn Local Health Group Mrs Barbara Hotchkiss has been appointed to represent the voluntary sector on the Local Health Group, which will be operational from 1st April. The group will be responsible for developing health services to meet local needs, and in the long term, commissioning local health care. Mrs Hotchkiss is involved with Crossroads, and has vast experience of health structures. Ynys Môn Voluntary Services will be working closely with her to ensure effective support to undertake this important post of representing the voluntary sector on the Local Health Group which includes Doctors, health and local authority representatives. Counselling Skills -
Certificate Level Centre for Continuing Education in conjunction with Medra
acquire basic counselling skills? learn more about the process of counselling? explore an interest in how people relate to each other and respond to circumstances?
If so, contact: Marian Roberts,
Agoriad Project Would you like your group to be listed on a national database? If so, and if you have experience of working in community architecture, then the Agoriad Co-ordinator would like to hear from you. Ultimately the project will provide information to Community projects about architects, surveyors, planners and other professionals who may be involved in the development of community led schemes. Groups wishing to build a new community centre or design a playground and so on will eventually be able to find out about who can help from their Directory or the Internet. If you or your group would like more information, or if you would like to be involved in a regional advisory group looking at community design projects in your area, please telephone the Agoriad Project Co-ordinator, Mr Michael Goode on . Launch of NACRO Cymru In recognition of their commitment to continued development in Wales, and to respond to any new structures or agreements that may be developed by the forthcoming Welsh Assembly, NACRO has established NACRO Cymru. NACRO Cymru became operational on Monday 4 January 1999.
Address: 35 Heathfield, Swansea SA1 6EJ
Business in the Community North Wales Tom Barham has been appointed Deputy Director based at their office in Llandudno. Business in the Community have 4 programmes. Professional Firms Group . 25 professional firms in North Wales can provide their services free of charge to some community projects. Computers in the community. Computers can be donated to small voluntary organisations although at present demand outstrips supply. Team Challenges. Team working skills are developed within large companies such as Marks & Spencer and Hyder Group through working on a specific community project. Typical projects include painting & decorating landscaping, organising events. BITC in North Wales will be developing a range of Team Challenges in the near future. Development Assignments. This involves an employee of a local company working with a voluntary organisation offering help to develop project management; interpersonal, business and administrative skills, e.g. developing P.R. material. BITC will be in direct contact with voluntary sector organisations to arrange projects. Contact: Tom Barham or Tina Williams on . Safer minibuses - thanks to lottery money! Are you involved in a voluntary group which owns a minibus? Is your group set up for charitable purposes? Does your minibus meet the new safety regulations on seat strengths and seat belts? If it doesnt, you could get a lottery grant to meet the costs of making your minibus safer. Telephone the Lotteries Board for a safer minibus application pack on 0345 273273 or visit their web site: www.nclb.org.uk The forms are also available at Ynys Môn Voluntary Services offices. Lloyd TSB Foundation for England and Wales The new address for the Foundation is:
P O Box 81
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Local Agenda 21 Working together on our island today to safeguard the world tomorrow. Anglesey's Local Agenda 21 encourages local action with all sections of the community to improve the quality of our lives today, whilst striving to ensure that the earth's natural resources can still meet the needs of future generations. Sounds too good to be true doesn't it! However, Agenda 21 was an action plan originating from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. For those of you who don't remember the occasion, over 170 world leaders, thousands of Non-Governmental Organisations and groups of indigenous people gathered to discuss the environment and reached agreement about the need for change. Agenda 21 was created and as a sub-chapter Local Agenda 21 was produced, dealing with global issues on a local scale. Local Agenda 21 is one way of changing the world on a local basis, not trying to tackle world peace in one go but starting at home and working outwards. After all "if you want to change the world, you can, you just do it a day at a time". "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" Mother Teresa. Agenda 21 however is not just another environmental initiative, it deals with many issues which all contribute towards a better quality of life.
If you require any further information relating to Local Agenda 21 contact:
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