Latest update: 06/11/2009
News
Funderthon 2009
19 November 2009, 10am - 4pm
The Wynd Centre, 6 School Wynd, Paisley ,
Funderthon 2009 boasts a wide range of funders visiting Paisley to provide advice and support to voluntary organisations and community groups so they can find new funding and achieve their goals. This special event is completely free and open to everyone.
An open Showcase will run throughout the whole event giving you the chance to browse through the funders’ stalls, engage with funding organisations directly and network with friends and colleagues in the sector.
Two workshops will also be held:
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Making Successful Funding Applications
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Building on Success Workshop
A Booking Form is available HERE.
For further information please contact Anne Keir on 0141 587 2487 or anne.keir@rcvsweb.co.uk.
Development of a Single Interface
Support for Renfrewshire
Next year heralds big changes in the way that funding will come to the two main organisations who support Volunteers and Voluntary Organisations in Renfrewshire. RCVS and Volunteer Centre Renfrewshire (VCR) are affected by these changes.
As strategic partners, we have been sitting down together to discuss how to make the most of the resources to deliver services in the future to volunteers, community organisations, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.
Part of the change requires developing something called a 'Single Interface' where instead of having two separate organisations we make arrangements for much closer levels of joint working or forming some type of joint body.
It is hoped that working together in this way improves how we represent the sector’s views at local and national level, and provide better services, opportunities and outcomes for participants.
As part of this process we want to understand your needs and aspirations to make sure the third sector and volunteering is properly represented within Community Planning and has the local support services which are most useful to you.
Please visit THIS SURVEY to tell us about your organisation's activities and support needs. It will only take a few minutes and we warmly welcome any additional comments.
FREE Report on Renfrewshire's Third Sector
RCVS was funded during 2008/2009 to investigate and map the local third sector in Renfrewshire to determine its current scale and scope as well as identify its needs. This enabled us to explore the current and future needs for support services, to influence future plans in the local area and help make the third sector a more thriving, connected and self-sustaining environment.
The NEW & FINAL report can be downloaded HERE.
A summary can be found HERE.
To give feedback on the report please go HERE.
It’s important for this and future mappings of Renfrewshire’s third to hear your thoughts and views so we ask you to please take a few minutes to provide feedback.
Our Strategy for the Local Sector
RCVS aims to provide support, information, engagement, research and resources for all community groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises in Renfrewshire.
Our short, informative business plan can be found HERE.
Interested in New Ways of Gathering Information? We Can Help!
Looking to gather valuable information or feedback? RCVS can help you create an online survey – the fastest and most adaptable way to gather info.
RCVS has purchased a license for SurveyMonkey: an online survey tool that enables people of all experience levels to create their own surveys quickly and easily. You’re given complete creative control over the design of your survey and can analyze your results through a range of tools to create reports.
Further information on SurveyMonkey can be found HERE.
Anyone interested in having RCVS help them put together an online survey should contact our Chief Executive
Renfrewshire Infobase
The Renfrewshire Infobase is a new information service about the voluntary and community services in Renfrewshire which will be easily accessible by everyone.
For the first time, a core information service for the Third Sector will be readily available, providing a comprehensive contact register of all the groups and organisation. Anyone will be able to access the InfoBase over the internet. It will provide up-to-date contact information such as location, services provided, opening times etc. It will also allow for the collation and analysis of reliable information within the sector itself and by public agencies although that information will not be public facing i.e. accessible to everyone.
RCVS are currently gathering the information of the groups and organisations within Renfrewshire to populate the InfoBase dataset. To do this we need to gather information from each of the groups and gain permission to put these details online.
If you are a community group or voluntary organisation based within Renfrewshire and would like to be included in the InfoBase then please fill in THIS PERMISSION SLIP or alternatively email info@ rcvsweb.co.uk with the contact details of your organisation.
Any queries please contact
How is the Credit Crunch Affecting Renfrewshire’s Voluntary Sector?
As part of the Voluntary Sector Mapping Exercise carried out by RCVS during 2008/09, participants were asked to comment on the actual or anticipated impact of the current economic climate on their organisations and client groups.
A report detailing the findings can be found HERE.
Mapping Renfrewshire's Social Enterprise and Social Economy Organisations
RCVS’ report on ‘Mapping Renfrewshire’s Social Enterprise and Social Economy Organisations’ is now available.
RCVS was commissioned by Renfrewshire Workforce Plus to carry out research on the contribution of the social economy (SE) to employability in Renfrewshire. Specifically, there was a need to map, assess and co-ordinate the provision of the social economy’s employability services so that individuals have the best support and opportunities to get into work.
The outputs of the research are:
- Complete report outlining findings and recommendations to partners
- Database accessible to partners able to be updated annually
- Network of SE organisations that can contribute to the Employability Action Plan
The report is available in both print and CD formats.
If you would like to receive a copy please contact Morag O’Donnell at 0141 587 2497 or morag.odonnell@rcvsweb.co.uk.
Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and East Renfrewshire Social
RIERSEP is a partnership of support agencies and social enterprises across Renfrewshire that aims to help the local social economy sector grow and develop.
