WCVA Update - 10 April 2019

This week's updates from WCVA

10 April 2019

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Hello, and welcome to this week’s newsletter. We've been administering the Welsh Government's Wales for Africa fund for a while now - it's been so heart-warming reading your applications, and we've been looking forward for ages to seeing some of the funding come into fruition. That's why we were thrilled to receive this great video from Teams4U! The project will develop sanitation for 24 schools in Uganda, stopping the spread of sickness and disease and making sure the children are clued up about hand washing. Remember to apply for funding for your Wales-Africa project before 28 April! Public trust in the third sector is a hot topic at the moment due to recent safeguarding failures to fundraising scandals, we're all desperate to understand how to gain the trust of the masses. In this blog for WCVA, Menai Owen-Jones offers her take on how we can work together to make society believe in us. Thanks for reading, we’ll catch you next week.

Volunteering news

Volunteering Wales Grants WCVA is pleased to announce that the Welsh Government funding for Volunteering Wales Grants has been awarded to 34 projects to create 1,576 volunteering opportunities in Wales.

We're administering the Welsh Government's Wales for Africa grant scheme, helping fund initiatives working between Wales and Africa. Teams4U are working in the Kumi district of Uganda to give primary schools cleaner toilets and somewhere to wash their hands. Hear their story above.

Policy and projects

Survey seeks opinion of older people Age Cymru and Age Alliance Wales are in the process of gathering the opinions of those who work with older people on the impact of the Social Services and Well-being(Wales) Act 2014.

Government takes stock of feedback to loneliness and isolation consultation Welsh Government has completed its consultation on Connected Communities: Tackling Loneliness and Social Isolation and published a summary of the 234 responses.

Training and Events

WCVA: Learning and development survey 2019 We are in the process of developing our learning programme for September 2019 – April 2020 and feel that it is important that we are responsive to your needs, both for you as an individual and for your organisation.

Note taking at participative events Explore how to record data from events effectively and accurately 2 May 2019, Merthyr Tydfil

Staff supervision, support and development An extensive training programme for line managers in the third sector, endorsed by ILM 22, 23 May & 6 June 2019, Rhyl

In this podcast from gofod3, Cerys Furlong talks about her personal experiences of leadership in the third sector as Chief Executive of Chwarae Teg, Wales’ leading gender equality charity. Cerys talks about the importance of setting stretching ambitions for ourselves and our organisations, leading with passion, being prepared to fail but having fun on the way.

Funding latest

Tap Water Awards Grants are available for between £300 and £3,000 to help schools provide access to mains drinking water on campus while reducing the use of plastic bottled waters.

The Tree Council’s Tree Futures Grant Scheme Between £300 and £1000 is available to schools or community groups for projects which involve children under the age of 16.

The Worshipful Company of Weavers Up to £15,000 is available for projects supporting offenders and ex-offenders and disadvantaged young people.

What's trust got to do with it?

On the WCVA blog: Menai Owen-Jones, CEO of the Pituitary Foundation and ACEVO trustee, took part in a discussion in gofod3 last month on 'Why trust matters: maintaining public trust in charities'. In this blog she discusses how we can increase public trust in the third sector.

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