WCVA Update - 22 October 2018

This week's updates from WCVA

22 October 2018 Hello and welcome to this week's newsletter Members can now book a spot at WCVA's Annual General Meeting, which will take place at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay on 22 November. This year's theme is governance and leadership, which are extremely pertinent to the sector in these challenging times. The speakers for the day have been announced, including WCVA's President Michael Sheen who will deliver the Annual Lecture. Join us to explore how we can demonstrate the enormous value and contribution we make to society in order to secure the trust of the public.  In other news, we're delighted to announce that the second round of the Wales for Africa small grants scheme is now open! We had some amazing applications last year, and it feels great to be able to reach out and help diverse projects on the other side of the globe. There's £53,865 available to apply for so better get going on your applications - visit the website for more guidance. Thanks for reading, we'll see you again next week.

Volunteering Investing in Volunteers - assessor training Do you have what it takes to be an Investing in Volunteers Assessor? WCVA is running training in the autumn for those who would like to consider undertaking this work in the future. Sporting A Passion For Volunteering Have you heard of young ambassadors? They represent children and young people in meetings and events, making sure that their voices are listened to when making any decisions. Learn more about the Volunteering Wales Grants - the roadshows are here! The Volunteering Wales Grants Team have started their tour of Wales and are likely to be in a location near you in October or November.

WCVA general WCVA Annual General Meeting 2018 This year’s AGM takes place at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 22 November – featuring our Annual Lecture delivered by WCVA President Michael Sheen.

Funding Variety Youth Club grants Variety, the Children’s Charity, is running a small grant fund for youth clubs to purchase equipment with. Big Lottery Digital Fund to open shortly The Digital Fund is a new UK wide £15 million funding programme to support charities and community organisations. Healthy and Active Fund - full details announced Following the announcement of the Healthy and Active Fund in September full details of the fund and how to apply have now been published. Wales for Africa Grant Scheme – Small Grants Round now open WCVA is delighted to announce the second round of the Wales for Africa Grant scheme for Small grants between £500 - £5,000 is now open as of 18th October 2018.

Training and events The Fertility Information & Wellbeing Day – Wales Christmas can be an especially difficult time of year for those facing fertility issues; that is why this December, Fertility Network UK brings you the Fertility Information & Wellbeing Day – Wales. Evaluating and monitoring outcomes Measure your impact using the key principles of evaluation Introduction to Full Cost Recovery Understand and calculate the true costs of running an organisation

Trustees and governance Automatic disqualification - Do you know the law has changed? The Charity Commission is reminding Trustees that the charity automatic disqualification rules changed on 1 August 2018.

Policy and politics Amendments to legislation on non-domestic rates Following consultation, Welsh Government have announced some changes to tackling avoidance of non-domestic rates.