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		<title>Charity consortia toolkit launched</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/03/charity-consortia-toolkit-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) in partnership with Neil Coulson Associates have developed a seven stage toolkit to support charities through the process of collaboration, from formation to consolidation and expansion. The toolkit also contains advice for charities in existing consortia, including on quality assurance, contarct delivery and maintaining reputation. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation in Giving Fund investment announced</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/02/innovation-in-giving-fund-investment-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/02/innovation-in-giving-fund-investment-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet Office has announced the first 15 investments that will be funded through the £10 million Innovation in Giving Fund. The aim of the Fund is to supportive innovative ideas that promote charitable giving. The Fund is managed by NESTA, and over 430 applications were received. The applications were reduced to a longlist of 62 which in turn was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Impact Group meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/inspiring-impact-group-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Inspiring Impact Group is made up of a range of voluntary sector organisations who provide advice and information for charities on impact and evaluation.  The group aims to provide leadership in the area of impact assessment and measurement over the next ten years. The Inspiring Impact Group is currently considering whether to encourage charities to set aside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with young people good practice guides</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/working-with-young-people-good-practice-guides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/working-with-young-people-good-practice-guides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Lottery Fund has produced seven good practice guides for organisations working with young people. The guides have been produced from good practise examples taken from projects delivering the Young People&#8217;s Fund. The Young People&#8217;s Fund ran across the UK and invovled children and young people in planning and delivering youth services.   The good practice guides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community First Endowment open for donations</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/community-first-endowment-open-for-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/community-first-endowment-open-for-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Community First Endowment project is now open for donations.  Under the scheme, which aims to support community projects, the Governemnt will donate 50p for every £1 that is raised by companies and individuals. Funds will be distributed by the Community Development Foundation who will work with the Community Foundation Network. From 2015, funding will be paid out to 56 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Society funding announcement</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/big-society-funding-announcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2012/01/big-society-funding-announcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office for Civil Society has announced £3.1 million in funding from dormant bank accounts for new projects to support investment in local communities. The Big Society Investment fund which has been set up in advance of the launch of Big Society Capital (formally the Big Society Bank), will invest in four projects including supporting vulnerable young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children’s Play Programme Evaluation Report</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/12/childrens-play-programme-evaluation-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/12/childrens-play-programme-evaluation-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Children&#8217;s Play Programme Evaluation was commissioned by the Big Lottery Fund in September 2008. The final report of the three year evaluation is now available. The Children&#8217;s Play Programme was funded by the Big Lottery Fund and was part of a wider £155 million Children&#8217;s Play Initiative, with the aim of raising the profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluation Toolkit for national projects in the health and social care volunteering fund</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/12/evaluation-toolkit-for-national-projects-in-the-health-and-social-care-volunteering-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/12/evaluation-toolkit-for-national-projects-in-the-health-and-social-care-volunteering-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The health and social care volunteering fund is sponsored by the Department of Health and aims to help voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations deliver an effective role within their community. The volunteering fund provides local grants to organisations supporting volunteers, as well as to organisations with a national remit to deliver strategic or developmental volunteering projects.  The volunteering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Society Audit</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/11/big-society-audit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/11/big-society-audit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Calouste Gulbenikan Foundation have provided funding for an independent audit of the Big Society, to be carried out the think tank Civil Exchange in collaboration with Democratic Audit and DHA. A range of think tanks, government departments, academics and voluntary organisations have been sent a consultation document on the design of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Lottery Fund: Next Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/11/big-lottery-fund-next-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reachingcommunities.org/2011/11/big-lottery-fund-next-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nickismith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Lottery Fund has announced £6 million of funding for civil society organisations to support social investment proposals. Next Steps will fund proposals which improve the lives of communities and people who are most in need, through the development of robust social investment vehicles, and through learning more about social investment in practise. Social investment is described as funding that leads [...]]]></description>
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