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Dan Do Môn - Issue 9
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The newsletter for voluntary organisations on Anglesey
The Bower Trust
The Bower Trust is a small trust which supports charities connected with the Third World and charities with activities in Wales. For further details contact Roger Harriman, Trust Administrator, New Guild House, 45 Great Charles Street, Queensway, Birmingham B3 2LX or
The Laura Ashley Foundation offers discretional financial support to individuals and group projects. You can apply for grants from £1,500 to £10,000 for projects with an educational bias (for those aged 25 to 60 years). Details available from the Foundation, telephone . Age Concern Millennium Awards are grants of between £2000 and £4000 (or £10000 for a group) available to people aged 50+ to enable them to use their skills and experience for the benefit of the community and the younger people (under 25 years of age) who live in it. Millennium Awards, set up by the Millennium Commission, enable individuals to fulfil their own personal aspirations and put something back into their local community.Further information is available from Helen Owen, Age Concern Cymru, Ffordd Santes Helen, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 2YD, . Or phone the Millennium Awards Office on . Gifts In Kind Gifts in kind was set up at the end of 1996 as an initiative of the Princes Trust and Business in the Community along with Gifts in Kind in the US. Gifts in Kind UK is acting as a clearing house for surplus goods generated by industry, channelling them to the voluntary sector. These goods include computers, stationary, office equipment, clothing, cots, prams, sports equipment, books and toys and much more. Last year, the first year of operations, over one million pounds worth of goods was donated by more than 60 companies. A grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation means that voluntary groups in Wales with incomes under £500,000 can register for £25 + VAT. In addition each organisation will receive £75 worth of credits to be used against items ordered from the Goods Available List.
For more details contact
The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund The Fund has now published its priorities and the themes will be: displaced people, including children and adults who have been made homeless, deprived of rights or who are displaced for other reasons; socially excluded people, including jobless, homeless people, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people who are ill, have mental health or disability problems and those suffering addictions; and care of the dying and those bereaved. Grant giving is expected to be between £4-£5m a year when the fund is operational. An application form can be obtained by sending an A4 SAE (39p stamp) to:
The Grants Department
Holyhead and District Citizens Advice Bureau. Following the opening of the new offices in Llangefni in October the CAB are holding an Open Day on Tuesday 1 December 1998 between 10am-2pm. At present the office is open for appointments and telephone enquiries on Wednesday 10-2 and an open door system operates on Thursday 10-2. The CAB are hoping to recruit new volunteers so that the office can open every day of the week. The office has been very busy since the opening and a wide variety of problems have been dealt with by staff transferred from the Holyhead office. For more information contact Gareth Rowlands . As well as advising clients, CABs also lobby for change on issues and/or legislation which are causing many of their clients distress. This month their most common problem has been about the treatment of clients by the gas companies, considerable unnecessary distress has been caused to customers. Many elderly people who have never been in debt in their lives have received huge bills. The problem exists because gas companies are encouraging British Gas customers to change suppliers but then British Gas are sending out estimated final meter reading quite out of proportion to normal usage. British Gas have very little regard for their lost customers. The new companies have shown that they are not prepared for the changeover and if customers want to change back, which is their right, they find they are being ignored by all parties. Without the CAB negot-iating, phoning and writing on their behalf many more customers would be receiving letters from the debt collection agency. If you have any queries on this subject or any other issue please get in touch with the CAB either in person or by phoning: Holyhead - Llangefni - Llanfaelog - or Amlwch - , during CAB opening hours. An Invitation to Contribute The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 places a statutory duty on Chief Officers of the police and Local authorities to work together to develop and act on a strategy to reduce crime and disorder. The strategy must be on an Unitary authority area, such as the Isle of Anglesey. In addition to the above the Act places a statutory responsibility on the police, probation service and health authority whose area lies in the strategy area to co-operate fully Additionally, it gives the Secretary of State the powers to denote other bodies or agencies that the responsible authority must invite to take part in the process. Before forming the strategy the police and local authority must jointly carry out an audit of local crime and disorder problems and consult widely with the local community and other key partners; prepare an full analysis of the responses; publish a report of that analysis and invite comments on that analysis report.The strategy must be based on the audit findings and to be valid for a three year period. The strategy will be reviewed as necessary and any following strategies will also be for a three year period. As part of the consultation and audit process the voluntary sector on Anglesey are invited to contribute by sending any relevant information applicable to the services of their organisation, either statistical or anecdotal to the address below. To assist in this process, members may also use the questionnaire which is included with this issue. Yours faithfully
Maldwyn Roberts
Free Training for Voluntary Arts Organisations in Rural Wales
Do you run a voluntary arts organisation in rural Wales? Are your members involved in the organisation for the love of drama, music, poetry, dance, crafts, painting or any other art or craft form? Does your organisation need help with planning, marketing, writing your newsletter, working with committees, managing time, equal opportunities or working more effectively with rural communities? If the answer is yes, then contact:
Sue Campbell has been appointed as the first regional development officer for Wales of the Charities Network. It aims to promote charities in the workplace, encouraging employees both to gain help from charities and to help charities. For information phone . Pledge 2000 is a scheme to encourage large companies to help small businesses become millennium compliant from 2000. Launched recently, details can be obtained from . The DfEE has grants of up to £1300 to train people for small and medium sized employers to tackle the Millennium bug problem. Available via TECs, or try http://www.open.gov.uk/dfee/y2k/train.htm Euro-funding Help on the Web Information on European Structural Funds in Wales is now available on the Internet. The Welsh European Programme Executive (WEPE) which administers the funds has launched a new website, aiming to make a complex subject more easily understandable. Basic information about how to apply and dates of bidding rounds are included on: www.wepe.co.uk The Camelot Foundation
Community Support Foundation
seeks to help organisations involved with helping disabled and disadvantaged people. Projects are aimed at people over 16 years of age. They award grants of between £500 and £5000. The Foundation is looking for applications from North Wales. For further information contact: -
OUR ADDRESS IS: Ynys Môn Voluntary Services Room 20, Môn Training Pen Yr Orsedd Industrial Estate Llangefni Ynys Môn LL77 7JA Tel: Fax: or visit our Web site at: http://www.menternet.org.uk/ymvs/index.htm E mail:
The Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF) has published its draft strategic plan. Towards a Strategic Plan Lottery Funding for the Heritage sets out HLFs priorities and programmes for the next three years. The plan considers proposals for new objectives against the background of, for example, new policy directions and assessment of need. HLF is keen to consult widely and copies of the document are available on request from the Information and Publications Team,
SNAP Cymru is a registered charity, which offers information and support to families of children and young people with special educational needs. For further information, contact Mair Read on or Karen Lewis on 01222 388776.
Charities are being offered a free ride by the
AA
to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Good causes which need anything on wheels moved for a fundraising event are being invited to apply for a limited number of free lifts. Write to
The Disabilities Trust has launched the Campaign for Fair Contracts, a legal initiative which the charity sees as the re-writing of contracts without regard for mutual or two-way negotiation. Contact the Trust on . Volunteering in Wales Fund The Welsh Office makes funds available through Wales Council for Voluntary Action to promote volunteering in Wales. The aim of the Volunteering in Wales Fund is to support projects whose aims are mainly achieved by the use of volunteers; support agencies whose primary purpose is the recruiting and placing of volunteers; encourage good practice in volunteering; and encourage agencies/projects in areas where volunteering is under-developed. Awards will not normally be made for projects which are eligible for funding from other public sources. Awards can be made up to a maximum of £25,000 and may be offered on condition that matching funds are secured. Applications will be considered four times a year.
For further information contact Stan Salter,
Wales Wide Community Design Network With funding from the National Lottery Charities Board, Community Design for Gwent (CDG) have developed a project known as Agoriad (not to be confused with Agoriad Cyf, Porth Penrhyn, Bangor) that will provide information on architects, surveyors, planners and graphic designers involved in the development of community led schemes. The database will indicate the location, skills and services of each practice, and will be available to voluntary groups and community groups in the form of an annual directory of community designers and on the Internet. The project is usually sending out questionnaires to professional designers to allow the necessary information to be obtained from them. It has also prepared a questionnaire for voluntary and community organisations, that have or wish to have design input into their community project. To obtain a copy of the questionnaire or more information on the project, please contact : - Michael Goode, Agoriad Co-ordinator on . See also leaflet enclosed. Ynys Môn Volunteer Bureau's Page Volunteers and the Law was the subject at an all Wales Volunteering Forum held at Llandrindod Wells recently. The following handouts were given out: Volunteers, Tax and Employment law; Volunteers and benefits; Protecting volunteers, users, and the organisation; Safe involvement of volunteers working with vulnerable clients. Free copies on request. We are now promoting volunteering further to our members on Anglesey by sending regular monthly mailshot on current volunteering opportunities to some of the main public venues e.g. libraries, Job Centres etc. In time this will be extended to all public venues on Anglesey. The response so far has been most favourable. If youd like to be included on this list, as well as find more about our work contact us at the office. Closing date for inclusion on these monthly mailshots is on the third Friday of every month.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Volunteering Opportunities on Anglesey 1. Cruse - require a minute secretary for their monthly meetings - a) management committee - meet at the Hergest unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd b) counselling and training sub-committee at Abbey Road Centre, Bangor 2. Help The Aged - Charity Shop Bangor - volunteers to work in their shop in Bangor - no travelling expenses, but other perks include free refreshments and 20% off goods. 3. Anheddau Cyf - Volunteers over 18 required on Anglesey for their 'Befriending Scheme' with mental health problems or children and adults with learning difficulties. Training will be given. 4. Womens Aid - female volunteers wanted to establish an 'Out of Hours' service to provide an emergency telephone 'On Call' service for women and children experiencing domestic violence. Also volunteers required to work at information centres throughout Ynys Mon. Full induction training will be given for both - to start November 1998. 5. N.S.P.C.C. - are looking for young people between 16 and 25 for their Prosiect Celtaidd currently based at some schools and Youth Clubs - to listen to young peoples worries and give support and information that will assist them. 6. Cais - Volunteers to train as Alcohol and Drug Counsellors - Selection day in January 1999. Full training will be given.
HTV
has recently launched a new series on digital television called Edrych mlaen i edrych nol - a current affairs series in the Welsh language reviewing the main news of the week and taking a look back at events in the past. They also aim to include future events from local and national groups. If you would like to alert the production team of any forthcoming diary dates or fundraising event, contact Arwyn Evans on ,
Celebrating The Millenium
If you want to do something special for the Millennium, organise an event or project, then you can apply for funding up to £5000, from the Millennium Festival Fund. For more information, contact The Millennium Experience Company,
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