Dan Do Môn - Issue 8

The news letter for voluntary organisations on Anglesey
Charity number Issue No.8 October 1998

National Grid Community 21 Awards offer up to £5000 to local authority initiatives working
with community groups as part of Local Agenda 21. Applications must come from council
Local Agenda 21 co-ordinators. Contact:

National Grid Community 21 Awards,
Calverton House,
2 Harpenden Road,
St Albans,
Herts
AL3 5AB.

Tel. .

National Lotteries Charities Board - Small Grants
Programme

All community groups and voluntary organisations with an income of up to £15,000 per annum
can apply for grants between £500 - £5,000. You do not have to be a registered charity.
The application form is much simpler than the main grants programme and one out of two
applications is successful. Average grant awarded is £2,000. Funding has to be used within
six months of the receipt of the grant.

Application Line:
General Enquiries:

The New Data Protection Law

The UK must implement the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). A Data Protection Bill
is currently going through Parliament. While elements of the Bill are similar to those of the
current Act, there are differences. In particular, the new legislation will extend to some manual
records where they are part of a ‘relevant filing system’ where specific information relating to
an ‘individual is readily accessible’

Data already held in manual filing systems will not need to be brought into line with certain
requirements of the new law until 2001. This will give a breathing space on, among other
things, conformity with the data quality standards demanded by the Act.

The Bill provides that data controllers who hold register entries under the 1984 Act will not
need to notify until the end of their current registration.

A fundamental difference between the existing Act and the Bill is that under the new law even
those who are exempt from notification will have to comply with the Data Protection
Principles. Data users are beginning to think about the likely requirements of the new law.
You can keep abreast of latest thinking by

visiting The Data Protection Registrar’s web Home Page at:-
http://www.open.gov.uk/dpr/dprhome.htm

If you do not have Internet access but wish to receive written advice, when this is available,
please write to:
‘New Law Advice Section’
Office of The Data Protection Registrar
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Future of Pension Provision is Debated by
Citizens Juries

In the Millennium, there will be more older people and less younger people. The demographic
changes projected for the Millennium years mean that we, as a society, need to re-think many
of our social policies in order to accommodate our future needs.

Citizen Juries held in various regions and comprising people of all ages voted a resounding
‘No’ to compulsory private second pensions because, it was said, that not everyone would be
able to make the contributions.

This verdict will be contributed to the Prime Minister on the run-up to the Government’s Green
Paper on pensions, as well as being fed into the ‘Agenda for the Age’, the report being
presented to the Government in Spring 2000.
Other views expressed by the juries include:

‘Yes’ to a pension income of £170 - £190 a week for a single retired person;

‘No’ to the tax payer footing the bill;

‘Yes’ to paying more tax or national insurance to increase the basic state pension;

‘No’ to profit-making private pension schemes without Government controls.

In Wales, a Citizen’s Jury comprising young people from Swansea has recently met to
discuss what sort of community they want in the future. The theme included issues around
housing and transport.

For an opportunity to vote on the key themes of the Debate, use the Freephone number
or go to the website: www.age2000.org.uk .

Organisations are invited to become partners in the Debate and to contact the programme
co-ordinator for Wales,

Margaret Dennis on or Fax .

The Millenium Timebomb

The Charity Commission has issued a note about the Millennium Timebomb and the
responsibility of charity trustees and management committees. If trustees do not deal with the
possible problems and as a consequence the charity suffers a loss through failure to
complete a contract, or loss of investments, then the trustees could be personally liable for the
loss. The Commission recommend that trustees act quickly to ensure that they protect the
assets of the charity. Advice includes: conduct an audit of all existing equipment and systems
– this includes telephones, faxes, franking machines, lifts, boilers alarms etc as well as
computers – including software. Compile a list, check records and suppliers to see if they are
‘2000 compliant’. Check insurance policies, especially personal indemnity insurance.

For further help seek professional guidance phone (Taskforce 2000) for an
information pack for smaller organisations.
For a copy of the Charity Commission guidance contact them on 0.

Age Concern

A Royal Commission on Long Term Care of the Elderly has been established to consider the
options for a sustainable system of funding the long term care for elderly people in their own
homes and in other settings. Age Concern Cymru have a questionnaire in which they are
seeking a wide range of views. If interested, contact .

Community Transport

From 1st August almost all minibuses, buses and coaches with more than eight passenger
seats and with seat belts fitted to forward facing passenger seats, will be required to undergo
special once only MOT tests to check that the passenger seat belts have been safely
installed. For an information leaflet phone .

Mental Health Grants Scheme

For information about the Mental Health Grants Scheme, the purpose of which is to ‘support
and enhance the voluntary sector contribution to the care of people experiencing mental
health problems, and their carers and families, in Wales’, contact :
Cath Lindley, Mental Health Grants Officer at WCVA, on .

Media '97: Volunteering and the Media in Wales

This is a report of a day seminar held jointly by WCVA and BBC, as well as a list of useful
resources and contacts. Available from Kathryn Price, WCVA.
No charge, but please send a SAE with a 39p stamp.

New Deal for Lone Parents

The New Deal for Lone Parents is a new service to help lone parents back into work. Getting
a job is an important step towards a better future for parents and their children.

For further information contact Freephone ,
or Gwilym Williams on .

WCVA Insurance

In association with a leading insurance company and broker, WCVA can offer members
access to cost-effective and flexible insurance cover that meets the specific requirements of
voluntary and charitable organisations, and volunteers.

The comprehensive package which has been developed is called Encompass, and provides
a range of cover from employers’ and professional liability insurance to contents and
buildings cover on offices, shops and other premises, personal injury, engineering, legal
expenses, project development, theft by employees or volunteers - and much more.

Members seeking an initial quotation and advice on relevant cover, should contact
the brokers, Keegan and Pennykid, direct on their Freephone number:

Tel: Fax: .

Is This You?

If you’re under 35 and looking for a challenge, join UK charity CSV as a full-time volunteer. No
specific skills or qualifications are required – we guarantee a placement where your help is
needed most - working with homeless people in a hostel; young people leaving care;
students with disabilities attending university; carers needing a break; and many more in 800
settings UK-wide.

Projects are: full-time and away from home; throughout the UK; 4 to 12 months; valuable
experience. Volunteers receive: free accommodation; free food or food allowance of £29.50;
weekly allowance of £24; on-the-job support and references.
For further information call anytime on : Freephone .

Congratulations to Hyfforddiant Môn on being approved as a Centre for the delivery
of the Community Work NVQ. The course emphasizes a co-operative approach to community work.
For further information contact Liz Moyle on .

The Welsh Language Board is inviting applications for its main grants scheme for
1999/00. The scheme provides funding for activities which increase or facilitate the use of
Welsh in Wales.

For information about the Welsh Language Board’s various grant schemes to help in
increasing the use of the Welsh language,
contact the Board’s Grants Department on .

The Anglesey Community Health Council (CHC) is about to
establish a new Health Watch Group in Amlwch. It is looking for volunteers to join this group.
The Chief Officer, Dilys Shaw can provide you with more details, but essentially all that is
needed is an interest in health matters and a couple of hours to spare once a month. It is an
opportunity for participants to learn about what is available and to help identify what is
needed and what needs to be changed, so that this can be passed on to new local health
groups which will be responsible for commissioning health care for the residents of Anglesey.

For further information please contact the CHC Office at
8A High Street, Llangefni or by telephoning .

National Lottery Charities Board -
Feedback to unsuccessful applicants

From August onwards, unsuccessful grant applicants should find it easier to understand why
their applications have failed. The NLCB has agreed to explain in general terms why an
application has been turned down so that applications may be revised satisfactorily.

From October, the NLCB will seek applications for a new programme, Poverty and
Disadvantage. This aims ‘to improve the quality of life of people and communities who are
disadvantaged by poverty or who are at risk of poverty, e.g. projects working with low income
families and households particularly in deprived areas’. Like the ongoing Community
Involvement programme, there will be no closing date for applications, and there will be a
common application form for both programmes.

For details and forms, phone or (Welsh).

The Diageo Foundation has been established to provide charitable giving and
matching, and longer term social investment. The overall policy of the trustees is to support
charitable organisations under the theme of one of Diageo’s core values: ‘Freedom to
Succeed’.

Support from the Foundation concentrates on the following: Water of Life - Diageo’s
international humanitarian and environmental initiative supporting projects with a water
theme; Skills for Life - giving people of all ages and cultures practical opportunities to gain
skills which enable them to fulfil their potential and improve their life prospects; Local
Regeneration - where the trustees feel they are able to make a difference on issues such as
homelessness, unemployment and disability; Culture - with emphasis on local community arts
initiatives; and Our People - concentrating on employee involvement and matched giving.

Preference will be given to: excluded and disadvantaged people who, with support, can help
themselves to transform their own lives; partnerships with community groups, rather than
individuals; where the found-ation’s involvement can make a difference.

For further information contact:
The Administrator, Diageo Foundation,
Tel: .

YNYS MÔN VOLUNTEER BUREAU’S PAGE

In addition to being the main agency for volunteering on Anglesey, we also run Car Linc Môn,
a social, community transport service, for persons to make those essential journeys, where
there is no other transport available.
However, following a recent successful grant application, we are pleased to announce the
birth of a new scheme on Anglesey, namely, THE GOOD TURN SCHEME. This will allow us
to promote volunteering further at grass roots level as well as be a signpost for local voluntary/
statutory services.

Each scheme will have a register of volunteers and a group of telephone co-ordinators who
will take requests for help and match them to the volunteers offer.
For this pilot year it will be run in 3 areas, namely, Aberffraw & District, Amlwch and
Morawelon (Holyhead). Three part-time co-ordinators (10 hours a week each) are now in post
since 1st September 1998.
Should you be interested in being involved in any one of these schemes, or know of anyone
else, please contact the appropriate co-ordinator:

ABERFFRAW & DISTRICT - RUTH WILLIAMS

AMLWCH - CAROL WHITAKER 0

MORAWELON (HOLYHEAD) - JANE BAILEY

Volunteering Opportunities

1. Mind Bangor - Volunteers required for their quarterly newsletter, 'the Mind Reader'

2. Kidney Foundation - Volunteer fundraisers required for Anglesey

3. RSPCA (Anglesey) - Volunteers required for their charity shop (Monday - Friday) in Holyhead

4. Searching for a Memory - Volunteers required to assist with this project in Holyhead

5. WRVS Amlwch - Volunteers required to deliver 'Meals on Wheels' on Tuesday and Thursday between 11:30am - 1:00pm

6. Anglesey Community Health Council - Volunteers required to be members of a new 'Health Watch' group in Amlwch area

7. Oxfam Charity Shop - Volunteers required to assist in their shop in Llangefni

8. Red Cross (Transport Scheme) - Volunteers required for office work on Wednesdays

9. Leukemia Care Society - Volunteers required for several different roles such as befrienders, telephone contacts consellors, fundraisers

OUR ADDRESS IS:

Ynys Môn Voluntary Services Room 20, Môn Training

Pen Yr Orsedd Industrial Estate Llangefn i

Ynys Môn

LL77 7JA

Tel:

Fax:

or visit our Web site at:

http://www.menternet.org.uk/ymvs/index.htm

E mail:

BBC Cymru Wales - Broadcast Appeal

BBC Cymru Wales would like to hear from any registered charitable organisation who would
like to be considered for a charity appeal/feature on radio or television.
BBC Cymru Wales is offering time to Welsh Charities on the Sunday Appeal Programme
which is broadcast on Radio Wales in English and Radio Cymru in Welsh. There will also be
the opportunity of an editorial feature about your charity on Radio Wales and Radio Cymru
during the following week.
This is a free service and every calendar month the radio programmes feature an appeal by a
specific Welsh Charity. The BBC believes that these programmes have the scope to
maximize the opportunity for raising money, as well as providing valuable air time to highlight
the work of the charity.

There are also two opportunities a year for a television appeal.

Broadcast appeals aims to raise funds, but they are also excellent ways of raising the profile
of individual charities and their work. The BBC will be happy to give whatever practical
assistance is necessary to ensure you achieve a successful appeal. Those charities who are
allocated an appeal will be invited to an informal Information Meeting where they will have the
opportunity of meeting with the producers and benefiting from an exchange of views and
ideas with other organisations.

If you would like to be considered, please contact : Yvonne Pillinger on .

The Tesco Charity Trust has introduced a Community Award Scheme which provides one-off donations of between £2000 and £5000 for projects based in areas where
Tesco has stores. The criteria are charities involved with children’s welfare and educational
projects (deadline is end of February each year) and charities concerned with the elderly
and disabled people (deadline is end of July each year). Contact the Trust at:
Tesco House,
Delamere Road,
Cheshunt,
Waltham Cross,
Herts
EN8 9SL.

What Help can YMVS Offer?

Assistance in establishing new organisations

Charity registration

We can help you gain funding

Provide training workshops

Practical services such as administrative support, photocopying, assistance with publicity and much more.

Advice, assistance and completion of forms and applications

General accounting matters

Regular newsletters to keep you informed

Help with the development of new projects

Assistance with the preparation of business plans

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US ON

Investors in People

Ynys Môn Voluntary Services have been granted the prestigious Investors in People award by
CELTEC, the North Wales Training and Enterprise Council. The Award demonstrates YMVS’
commitment to staff development and training.

Congratulations!!

Wendy Flynn - YMVS’ Administrator has recently gained an NVQ Level 3 in Administration.

Well done Wendy!

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