Red-Cross Job Opportunity
Service Development Manager – Health & Social Care Salary: £22,746 pa Location: Worcester Hours: 35 hrs per week Ref: WW105 We are looking for a skilled and experie...

The South Worcestershire Hate Incident Partnership Event 2008
Date : Friday 21 November 2008 Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm Venue : The Swan Theatre, Worcester Now is your chance to find out and to discover what The South Worcestershire Hate I...

Training in Collaborative and Partnership working
Worcestershire Infrastructure Consortium Winter Training Programme 2008 Collaborative and partnership working Wednesday 3rd December, 9:30am – 4:00pm Wyre Forest Community ...

Intermediate Care Refresh Project Stakeholder Event
As part of the System Reform Older People work programme we are seeking to provide a new and refreshed approach to intermediate care guidance. Since the publication of the 2001 gui...

Social media surgery for community groups and voluntary organisations
Please see the below invite from Birmingham Bloggers Group & Third Sector Assembly. Further details are one the web-pages at http://birminghamvolorgssocialmediasurgery2.eventbr...

The latest edition of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Magazine
Dear WAVOCC member Please see the below link for the most recent edition of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Connect Magazine. http://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/pdfs/connect_35...

“Train the Trainer” workshops
Please find attached advance information about the “Train the Trainer” workshop to be held on Tuesday 10th February 2009. This training is for specifically for developm...

Training in 'COSTING AND BID WRITING'
WIC are now recruiting for the Worcestershire Infrastructure Consortium Autumn Training programme. The first course in the programme is COSTING AND BID WRITING 19 November 2008 10a...

Final Workshop Details for the VCS Conference 18th November 2008
Please note, the attached reply slip includes the opportunity to sign-up to one of the five afternoon workshops which include: The Signposting Service - How this could work for yo...

Job Opportunties with
Please see the below PDFs for a Community Arts Administrator job opportunity with KAJANS

The Worcestershire Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) newsletter
The CYPSP newsletter highlights issues which have been discussed at the recent Joint Commissioning Board and the Partnership Advisory Body meetings. Please see the below PDF for th

Books on Prescription
Books on Prescription is aimed at helping people with mild to moderate psychological problems. The scheme involves a GP, practice counsellor, or community health worker prescribing...

Autumn Training Programme from WIC
Please see the below PDF with details of WIC's training programme for the for the paid and volunteer workforce of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire voluntary sector.

WIC Representatives Listening Event - 10.09.08
There was a solid turn-out for WIC's VCS Representative's Listening Event (please see pictures) One VCS Representative attendee's testimonial stated 'The programme was well concei...

A WAVOCC member for the Grassroots Funding Appraisal Panel
Please see the below PDF giving details of a request for a WAVOCC member to sit on the Grassroots Funding Appraisal Panel.

WIC Annual Conference for the VCS - Tuesday November the 18th 2008
WIC (Worcestershire Infrastructure Consortium) Annual Conference for the Voluntary and Community Sector Worcester Rugby Football Club Sixways Premier Suite Upper Tuesday 18th Novem...

£10,000 funding for the VCS in North Worcestershire
What is it?  The North Worcestershire Division of West Mercia Constabulary is running a pilot project to offer funding to voluntary and community groups in North Worcestershi...

The next round of County Council VCS Grants
The second round of County Council grants has been launched – September 8th, 2008. To find out more online: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/voluntary There are two kinds of grants ...

Worcestershire Assembly Invite
Please see the below invitation to the Worcestershire Assembly, which takes place on Thursday, 6 November at Worcester Racecourse. Please send all replies to Worcestershire Partn...

Worcestershire Accessibility Partnership - funding opportunities
Worcestershire Accessibility Partnership. The Partnership was set up to facilitate improvements in access to services for people in rural areas, for example the Workwise scheme whi...

A new addition of Community First's Newsline is now ready for download
Please follow this link NEWSLINE for details of edition 76.

A series of marketing workshops for social enterprises
Marketing Workshops Social Enterprise West Midlands is holding a series of marketing workshops for social enterprises from across the region. The workshops are free to attend for m...

Comment on the PCT Strategy for Health
Please follow the link http://hub.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-cs-lads-agendas-hosc-200808-healthstrategy.pdf to view a copy of the PCT Discussion paper 'Emerging Issues.' Views that ...

Details of the NHS Constitution
Please see the below PDF for the quick guide on the proposed NHS constitution

MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - have your say!
Community Development Workers are here to support Communities and give information about MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES available in Worcestershire. We want to know about...

Wychavon Community Plan Core Group - 'Communicate'
The attached bulletin is to keep a wide range of people up to date with news from and decisions taken by the Wychavon Community Plan Core Group, three area-based LSPs and

Good Practice in Safeguarding
Is it important to your group or organisation  that it operates in a way which makes it as safe as possible for all the children, young people and adults that take p...

Fundraising Summit
The Center for Nonprofit Success is pleased to invite you to the Fundraising Summit series taking place in Leeds on 23 September and London on 24-25 September, 2008. The Summit off...

Launch of the Countywide 'The Voice' newsletter
Please see attached a copy of the first edition of ‘The Voice’; which is the new cross-sector quarterly newsletter produced as part of WAVOCC’s lead on the WIC in...