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On any given day in Hastings and St. Leonards and surrounding areas, hundreds of volunteers will be involved in a diverse range of activities to support the local community and environment. This article highlights just a few of our local voluntary, community and statutory organisations that work to benefit individuals and communities in need, and gives examples of the activities their volunteers might do on a typical day.
This article can be accessed from the left hand column in the Volunteering section of our website or dowloaded as a PDF called A Day in the Life of a Volunteer.
Posted 24th June
HVA regularly refreshes its highly popular small grants guide. You can get a copy of the June 2008 edition and also familiarise yourself with the Funding Section of our website. The latest editon of the Small Grants Guide is always available in the left hand menu of the /funding section of this site.
Posted 24th June
This small grants scheme is made available by East Sussex County Council through the Community Partnership Finance (CPF) Programme Priority 3 – 2007/2009. Details of priorities and how to apply are now available on the Seedcore Fund page in the Funding Section of our website.
Posted 19th June 2008
Hastings Voluntary Action has produced updated information on the ISA and their role as it affects voluntary organisations. The Resources section of our website contains briefing paper 29 on the role of the ISA which gives details.
Posted 12th June 2008
A series of guidance papers for Volunteer involving organisations on a range of subjects from recruiting and induction to having the right volunteer policies in place, our Volunteer Good Practice Guide provides more details.
Posted 10th June 2008
The June edition of Hastings Community News was emailed to 562 people on Tuesday 3rd June and posted to a further 490 on Friday 6th June. The most recent edition and the archive can now be viewed by going to the Hastings Community News ownload page. If you are interested in the Voluntary and Community sector in Hastings, you can ask for Community News to be sent to monthly by email,there is guidance on how to request Hastings Community News by email on our website.
Posted 9th June 2008
HVA regularly refreshes its highly popular small grants guide. To get your copy visit the funding section of our website and select the 'Small Grants Guide' button in the left hand column.
Posted 9th May
Hastings Voluntary Action is hosting training sessions on the following subjects this summer : being a chairperson, being a secretary, being a treasurer, budgeting & bookkeeping, representation, working safely, finding the funds, employment, applying for large grants, equal opportunities & diversity and quality assurance. Further details of these events and an application form to attend can be viewed by going to the main page of training section this website
Posted 9th May
The
East Sussex Children's Fund is offering an opportunity to small
voluntary organisations to apply for small grants to support new or
existing work with 5-13 year olds and their families. An
application form can be found on the Children's Trust Express
website http://www.essp.org.uk/cte/announce.htm
Please address any queries to childrens.fund@eastsussex.gov.uk
or phone 01323 769433
Posted 23rd April
You may have read in recent editions of Hastings Community News that Hastings Voluntary Action have been working in collaboration with Hastings Borough Council and the Hastings Trust to develop new accommodation for the voluntary sector. This partnership work has led to a successful £748,152 capital grant from the Office of the Third Sector (Cabinet Office), from the Community Assets Programme. This is a £30m government fund to support the transfer of public
Posted 23rd April
Marathon
Effort
Steve Manwaring, HVAs Director would like to thanks everyone who supported him in his marathon run. This raised over £500 for the Saxon Mount Youth Project to support their work with young people.
Posted 23rd April
The latest opportunities available at our Volunteer Centre have just gone up on the Current Opportunities page of the Hastings Voluntary Action website. Click here for further details.
Posted 14th April
The Children's Services Department at East Sussex County
Council are
commissioning for organisations to run Parenting Programmes as part of
the Children's Fund programme. Organisations that have the capability
to deliver specific parenting programmes can submit an Expression of
Interest to the Children's Fund Office by 18 April 2008.
Further information is contained in three MS Word documents; Parenting Funding Letter, Expressions of Interest form
and an Evaluation of Parenting Programmes
.For further information email Childrens.Fund@eastsussex.gov.uk
or phoning 01323 769433.
Posted 4th April
Hastings Voluntay Action has recently released authoritative
information about the size and role of the VCS in Hastings. Download
this document as a PDF file here.
Posted 3rd April
A particularly popular poster about the Certificate
in
Volunteering - developed by Hastings Voluntary Action -can now be
viewed here.
The
poster is part of promotional materials, together with a more
comprehensive leaflet, providing information about how to enrole for
the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority approved course based at
HVA. Click
here for the leaflet
Posted 25th March
The Local Compact
exists to achieve consistency and fairness in dealings between
voluntary organisations and statutory bodies. HVA have recently asked
for an issue to be investigated by Hastings Borough Council arising
from its recent restructuring proposals. We will be publishing their
reply when it is received. For further details click
here…
Posted 18th March
The March 08 version of the Directory of Voluntary and Community Organisations (and a separate index) can now be downloaded as two PDF files from the directory page on our site.
Posted 17th March
New information is available locally on our popular Certificate in Community Volunteering. If you work as a volunteer you can now get your achievements recognised as a qualification to help with your future plans. Click here to download details as a PDF (900K)
Posted 12th March
HVA held its AGM to review its work and consult its members about its future plans. Director - Steve Manwaring gave an overview of HVA’s role and announced several new initiatives, contained in the transcript of his presentation which can be downloaded by clicking here. Photos of the AGM and conference are presently held on our flickr album which can be viewed here.
Posted 10th March
Hastings Voluntary Action is contributing to the development
of the
Hastings and Bexhill Economic Development and Inclusion Stragegy by
highlighting the value of the Voluntary and Community Sector in
tackling worklessness and economic exclusion. A briefing paper has been
produced for this purpose and can now be downloaded in PDF format from
our website by clicking here
Posted 5th March
Hastings Community Network has produced a response to the Hastings Borough Council Restructuring Proposals. Sections of its response can be viewed by clicking on the following links - Introduction - Background - Community Empowerment - Appropriate Structures - Worklessness - Consultation Criticism
Posted 31th January
The 23rd January was the final day for responses
to consultation on the restructuring of Hastings Borough
Council.
HVA have collected their own staff views using their internal
wiki, these have then been developed and submitted as a
single Word document downloadable here.
Posted 23rd January
The HVA website now has one specific page where you can click through to the consultations being carried out by each of the statutory sector organisations working in our town. In the future this page can be found in the 'Partnerships' section of the site, or by using the 'consultations' link in the Site A-Z (top right hand button on every page).
Posted - 30th October
Reg. Charity No. 802632
