Salford Community

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Salford Community Voluntary Services
November 2009
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Generic Salford CVS Development Team support

• Representation -Basis and VOCAL
• Refugee Community Organisations
• Communities Of Identity
• Funding
• Health-check
• Training
• Plus.....
• Information and communications
• Volunteer centre

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Be Commissioned to Provide Services

• Organisational Health Checks
• Quality Assurance Systems
• Approved Providers Register
• Third Sector Investment Fund
• Support to become commission ready
• Service delivery consortia development

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The Quality Counts Project

• To support voluntary and community organisations
  to implement and achieve measurable standards of
  delivery
• A five year project
• Annual opportunity

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The Quality Counts Project continued

• Year 1 Mind in Salford, Binoh, Lower Kersal
  Centre, Greater Manchester Neurological Alliance
  and Alberts of Salford
• Year 2 Pro-Contact, Autistic Society Greater
  Manchester Area, Salford Disability Forum,
  Salford Being Heard and 42nd Street

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Approved Providers Register

• Manage the on-going development of the Register
  including
• Evaluation
• Promotion and Marketing
• Coordinating the application process
• Facilitate the Panel process
• Update the Register

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APR Case study Pro-Contact
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Thriving 3rd Sector Investment Fund

• Investments available to support and strengthen
  the infrastructure of Community and Voluntary
  Organisations.
• Money to enable groups to be considered for the
  Salford Approved Provider Register and further
  tendering opportunities
• Workshop in December, deadline end of January,
  money in February 2010.

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Funding Advice

• Guidance and support planning, where to source
  funding, ready to submit?
• Access to Grantfinder a web based programme with
  over 6000 schemes listed.
• Identify alternate and diverse income generation
  sources

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Consortia Development

• Increase Successful Tendering Opportunities for
  3rd Sector organisations in Salford.
• Develop 3 sustainable Consortia over the next 18
  months
• Implement the Voluntary Action Sheffield Model
• Provide designated development support
• Funding available for Expert Consultation

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Get in Touch

• Salford CVS 0161 787 7795
• Volunteer Centre Salford 0161 707 7067
• Website www.salfordcvs.co.uk