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Dan Do Môn - Issue 11
The Newsletter for voluntary organisations on Anglesey
Grants To Voluntary Organisations 1999/2000 Applications are invited for grants to voluntary and other organisations during 1999/2000 from The Isle of Anglesey Charitable Trust, the Anglesey Welsh Church Fund and from the Councils own funds. These include funds administered under the Local Authority Rural Scheme and those formerly administered under the Strategic Development Scheme. In order to streamline administration and simplify the process, application forms are available for all funds to be administered by the County Council within the same timetable and procedure. Once the relevant information has been provided, the application form shall be referred automatically to the fund or committee within whose guidelines it falls. This year, the Isle of Anglesey Charitable Trust is additionally inviting applications for projects costing up to £5000 to mark the Millennium. Copies of the guidelines are available.
Two
completed copies must be returned by
*end of April 1999
(actual date on form). Late applications will not be accepted.
Director of Finance
*** STOP PRESS! *** - above date was changed after printing Welsh version!! Children in Need The next closing date for grant applications from BBC Children in Need is 30 March 1999. Organisations who missed the November 98 closing date can still apply in March for projects to take place from September onwards. Applicants must demonstrate how they will use the money to make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children. Clear guidelines and simple application forms in English and Welsh are available from:
BBC Children in Need,
McDonalds the fast food company has set up the Ronald McDonald Childrens Charities to provide grants to childrens charities, schools, and hospitals. The aim is to support projects that benefit children. For further information contact Ronald McDonald Childrens Charities, 11-59 High Road, East Finchley, London N2 8AW, tel. . Rose Sellers The Charity Commission held a conference to address the problems posed by rose selling organisations raising funds on behalf of charity. The conference was a pilot bringing together representatives from a number of organisations including Local Authority Licensing Departments, the police, the Benefits Agency and charities. All the organisations represented at the conference recognised the problems posed by dubious rose selling companies and the enormous scale of their operations. Collectors can raise between £30 and £40 in about 5 minutes and some of the larger organisations send out 30 teams a week. Multiplying that by the number of pubs and clubs visited will give some idea of the amount of money being raised, and largely lost to charity. The Charity Commission have decided that the most cost effective way of dealing with these companies is to get their message across to licensees, encouraging them to refuse access to rose sellers who claim to represent a charity but cannot prove it. They are launching a poster campaign and, in conjunction with Breweries and Police Licensing Sergeants, advising licensees how they can prevent their customers and charities from being deceived. If the pilot is successful, the Charity Commission will be looking to expand the project to other areas. Millennium Festival of Wales is encouraging organisations to apply for funding of up to £5000 for events to celebrate the Millennium. Grants are available to assist grass roots projects and events taking place which involve volunteers and which leave a lasting legacy within the community. For further information contact:
Jo Coles
Lloyds TSB Fund Lloyds TSBs three main objectives are social and community needs, education and training, and medical research. In addition there are several areas of special interest which the trust will consider. These include: advocacy, opportunities for disabled people, crime prevention, family support, homelessness, independent living and the needs of carers. For more information contact Mike Lewis on . The Nationwide Building Society has set up the Nationwide Foundation, with £1 million, and with two areas for priority. These are community support - helping communities to help themselves, and realising potential - helping people to fulfil their potential. Donations will range mostly from £500 to £10,000. Forms and details are available from the
Nationwide Foundation,
Tel. The Greencard Charitable Trust has been set up to assist local, regional and international environmental charities to purchase equipment and materials for environmental projects. For further information contact:
Suzie Lawrence,
National Spring Clean In April the Tidy Britain Group will be running their annual spring clean. Clean Up Kits and further information is available - phone . Child Protection Procedures An important milestone during the year was the publishing of the procedures. After months of hard work the new procedures became operational on 1 July 1998. The procedures are a public document and can be seen at local library, borrowed from any of the member organisations or seen on the Internet at http://www.anglesey.gov.uk Many presentations have been given on the procedures. If your organisation would like to have a presentation, please ring the Social Services Department on . Child protection is everyones business. If you have reason to think that a child or young person is being neglected by his/her parents or by other people looking after him or her, or is being ill-treated by anyone, the Social Services hope that, for the childs sake, you will share your concerns with them on during office hours or after hours. Shelter has launched Shelterline, a 24 hour 365 day freephone housing helpline, .
Charity Commission
Funding - EU The latest edition of WCVAs Euronetwork gives details of a variety of EU funding schemes of interest to the voluntary sector, including 3 small grants schemes. For details, contact Lisa Morris or Kathryn Thomas. . Free Training Free training is available to groups, projects and voluntary agencies in Wales as a result of a grant from the Baring Foundation. The training is being offered to staff, volunteers and management committee members. Eight free Achievement Workshops are on offer. The purpose of each Workshop will be to help with team building, morale and cohesion; identify successes and problems; define assets and weaknesses; set goals and priorities; produce a work plan and mission statement; and identify the critical factors needed to make the plan a success. The Workshop lasts for 2 days. There needs to be a minimum of 5, and a maximum of 10 people from your agency, group or project. The Workshop can be held in your premises or somewhere else of your choice. If you would like to bid for one of the free Workshops, then please write to the address below enclosing details of the issues and problems you would want to work on in the Workshop; the number of staff, volunteers and committee members who would attend; and how your group/agency and its users would hope to benefit from the Workshop.
For further information contact:
David Thomas is an independent trainer and consultant. He is the originator of Achievement Workshops. He was formerly Chief Executive of the Community Development Foundation. A Conference by Changing Attitudes Project. Title:- Promoting Inclusive Youth Work For Young Disabled People in North Wales. Venue - The Royal International Pavillion, Llangollen. Date - Saturday 27 March 1999. Speakers/Workshop Facilitators - Margaret Clemence, Alison John, John Kelly, Mik Standing and Courtney Taylor. Conference fee (including lunch) is £10.
For further information please contact:
VOLUNTEER OR EMPLOYEE? There are two aspects to the boundary between volunteer and employee. One relates to the individuals tax position, and the other to his or her status in relation to employment law. For both, it is essential to understand the distinction between: Reimbursement: repayment for genuine out-of-pocket expenses, e.g. travel, materials, services, clothing, meals, child-minding. Reimbursement is not taxable, does not create an employment relationship, and will not affect state benefits. Remuneration or earnings: payment given in return for work e.g. honorarium, sessional fees, ex-gratia, pocket money, lump sums. Remuneration is taxable, may create an employment relationship, and will affect some state benefits. Other payments which are not reimbursement, and which may or may not be legally considered to be remuneration, e.g. training, accommodation. Other payments are likely to be taxable, may in some situations create an employment relationship, and will affect some state benefits.
PERKS
Healthy Living Centre The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) will focus on the needs of those who are most disadvantaged in society and will allocate funding for the development of healthy living centres throught the UK. The healthy living centres are intended to promote health in its widest context and help people of all ages to maximise their well being. They are intended to focus on social exclusion, mental health, poor access to services and economic aspects of deprivation. The Community Health Trust, Health Promotion Unit, the Leisure and Heritage Depatment of the County Council and ourselves have been working together to put forward a bid to the NOF to establish a healthy living centre on Anglesey - probably in Plas Arthur Llangefni. If your organisation could make use of such a facility as a meeting place, to provide information or advice or to provide services to members of the public or other groups, please let us know. Ynys Môn Citizens Advice Bureau I am halfway through my training as a CAB adviser. It seems such a long time ago since I was interviewed at the Holyhead office. Time has just flown by. How did I become a volunteer? My youngest child started full-time schooling in September 1998 and a few weeks later my son started university. How quiet it was at home! Peace at last you might say. I found it too quiet. My husband works during the day and I work evenings at a local factory. I could only do so much housework, shopping etc. so I felt that I needed something more to do to fill the time during the day. I heard about CAB volunteer work through the Job Centre. I decided to find out more to see if it would fit in with my job and school holidays. I spoke to the volunteer recruitment officer about training and commitment. Everything worked out fine! I could go into the CAB while my daughter is in school and during any holidays she goes to the local kids club for which I claim expenses from the CAB. Six volunteers started at the same time as I did. Once a week we all get together with our guidance tutor. We have come on in leaps and bounds due to her teaching. After a period of observing the interview process and attending a five day course spread throughout January in Bangor I can now interview clients. There is always someone on hand to help and support me. The problems that clients bring to the bureau are varied but we dont have to learn information. That would be impossible. The secret is knowing where to find the information using the index. At the training course I met other trainees from all over North Wales and Im looking forward to meeting up with them again during the second and final six course days in March. When I have completed the training I will spend six hours a week in the bureau and I will be gaining more experience as I go along. It is very rewarding and interesting work and I would recommend being a CAB adviser to anyone who has the time to give. Jackie Knight, CAB trainee volunteer adviser. The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund This trust was established in the 70s to aid both the research into the causes of mental disability and mental illness and the care and relief of those so affected by making grants to voluntary organisations which are registered or are associated with a registered charity. The trust does have an application form with accompanying notes so it is advisable to get these before making an application. The trustees usually meet twice a year and applications should therefore be submitted no later than 1 May or 1 October for consideration at the relevant meeting.To obtain an application form and notes contact :-
Mr G R Mean,
The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales has donated £625 to the Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Line for North West Wales. The donation is specifically to enable the Rape Crisis Line to build up a library of books and journals about counselling/supporting women who have been raped or sexually abused as children. The library will also contain fiction; stories and poetry, which have been written by survivors of abuse. Although the library will be used primarily by counsellors working with Rape Crisis and their clients- counsellors from other agencies wanting information/material about sexual abuse will be welcome.
For further information contact North West Wales Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Line on
Austin & Hope Pilkington Charitable Trust The trustees of the above Trust are keen to support proposals that fall within the following areas;
1999: Music and the arts/overseas;
Only applications from registered charities that fall directly within these priorities will be considered. The trustees meet in November and June so applications should be sent at least a month in advance. The trust has an income of around £400,000 a year and grants range between £1000 and £5000 but may occasionally be larger. There are no published guidelines, requests for information or advice are not responded to.
Applications should be made in writing to :-
and should include a budget and latest accounts. Millennium Festival Fund
The Fund will introduce its small grants scheme in April, they will be making grants of between £500 and £15000. Only not-for-profit organisations need apply, the organisation must have a constitution and a bank account. The Millennium Festival Funds Small Grants Hotline is on
Inspire - new deal for churches This is a new multi-million pound loan scheme which aims to provide low cost loan facilities for church organisations and is available in Wales. It is expected that capital based projects will form the bulk of applications but gap-funding and working capital facilities will also be available. For information contact:
Stan Evans,
Dear Friends Amlwch Leisure Centre is holding a Nifty Fifty Plus week beginning Monday, April 19th. During the week, taster sessions are offered specifically suited to 50+ ladies and gentlemen tohave a go at various activities, including gentle aerobics, gentle circuits, swimming confidence, introduction to aquaerobics, yoga, bowls and more. Aromatherapy and reflexology sessions are also included in the programme. The Community Dietitian will be giving a healthy nibbles demonstration, a question and answer session, and giving a talk on food labelling: what is actually in our food. A nurse will also be present at certain times to discuss and advise on any health matter. For further information, contact the Leisure Centre on . If you live in the South of the island, you may like to visit the new Maes Glas Leisure Centre in Bangor who are holding two Nifty Fifty afternoons very similar to the above (no pool activities) on Tuesday, April 13th and Thursday April 15th. For further information or programme, please contact Lesley Wills on . P.S. There will be a warm welcome for all of you who are in the relevant age group, as the activities here being specifically designed for the 50+. If you feel at all apprehensive about attending, (if you are not used to Leisure Centres), youll be in good company many will be in the same boat !! Enjoy yourselves.
FALMAI JONES
Ynys Môn is one of only two local authorities in Wales to be chosen as part of the government's Charter Initiative: Better Government for Older People which aims to improve public services for older people by better meeting their needs, listening to their views and encouraging and recognising their contribution. The Steering Committee responsible for the initiative comprises of representatives of the Social Services Department, Leisure and Heritage Department, Health Authority, Gwynedd Community Health Trust, Comminity Health Council and Age Concern.
There are 6 projects - Community Network for the Elderly, Community based management of Home Care, Community based multi-disciplinary assessment, Pooled Resources - Health and Social Services, Fast-track for minor aids and adaptations, Gofal Môn - Community Alarm Systems, Healthy Living Centre.
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Relate Relate offer counselling, sexual therapy and other services to help with difficulties in marriage or in any adult couple relationship. For further information contact: Relate, Abbey Road Centre, Abbey Road, Bangor LL57 2EA Tel. . VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES ON ANGLESEY March/April 1999 1. Amlwch & District Club for the Physically Handicapped - Volunteers required to help with entertainment, tea etc., at their fortnightly club meetings. 2. An glesey A Team Volunteer Administrator/Book keeper urgently required. 3. Searching for a memory Administrator required at their base in Holyhead. 4. Womens Aid Female Volunteers required to give support, information and refuge to women and children escaping domestic violence recruiting in April. 5. Taran Volunteers to act as support for people with varying disabilities in an office situation and with social activities.
6.
W.R.V.S.
Volunteers required for their Meals on Wheels service. Holyhead Organisers required and volunteers to prepare the rota.
7.
Hospice at Home
Volunteers required, preferably with a nursing background at their:
8. Beudygwyn Farm Volunteers to support adults with special needs in work and education tasks, particularly on weekends and summer evenings Millennium bug There is some money available for small businesses to help with training. More detailed information is available, phone and ask Lisa Morris or Kathryn Thomas to send you a copy. CAF and the Arthur Rank Centre have launched a loan fund, aimed at churches and Christian based organisations in the UK. Contact for details.
The Co-operative Bank
has launched a round the clock telephone banking account for charities which find it hard to get to a bank during normal working hours. Contact
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