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Working in criminal justice? Visit the Clinks Sustainable Funding Road Show
Adult Social Care: Delivering Quality Standards of Care
Improving Public Health working in partnership

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Working in criminal justice? Visit the Clinks Sustainable Funding Road Show
Adult Social Care : Delivering Quality Standards of Care
Improving Public Health working in partnership
The Third Sector in 2011: Funding and Delivering the Big Society
Making Commissioning Work – Collaboration to deliver patient outcomes
Discounted entrance rate - 2 day social media conference
Tri Together, a triathlon uniquely designed for disabled and non-disabled people to swim, bike and run together
Recession mapping – BAME Children and Young People

Working in criminal justice? Visit the Clinks Sustainable Funding Road Show

Date: Monday 4 July 2011, 9.30am-4.30pm
Venue: Voluntary Action Islington, 200a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP
Cost: £25.00, bursaries are available

Budget cuts, new and evolving government policy, uncertainty over future funding
These are challenging times for the Sector. But you are not alone - the Clinks Sustainable Funding Road Show, delivered in partnership with LVSC, is here to help. For VCS organisations working in criminal justice, this will provide:

Improving income-generation and exploring your funding potential
The current commissioning landscape
How to initiate and improve partnership working
Exploring Payment by Results and other finance models
Measuring your impact to promote your work
Innovative ways to reduce costs

There will be presentations, workshops, facilitated networking, surgeries,
one-to-one surgeries with specialist advisors on income-generation, business planning and partnership working, booked in advance on a first-come, first-served basis.
To book your place, request a booking form from Michelle Curtis at LVSC: michelle@lvsc.org.uk or tel: 0203 349 8935

Adult Social Care: Delivering Quality Standards of Care

Date: Tuesday 13 September in central London

Wokingham Borough Council has become the first local authority in the country to hand over the reins of adult social care to a limited company.
The Council is handing over control of day centres, the supported employment service, home care, residential care, supported housing services and sensory needs services in the hope that this move will cut costs, allow services to continue effectively and result in services being more accessible to people.
With this type of change at local level soon to be common practice, Inside Government is providing an informative and interactive forum on 'Adult Social Care: Delivering Quality Standards of Care,' taking place on Tuesday 13th September in central London.
The government’s adult social care legislation highlights the need for a partnership approach in delivering good quality care and the importance of personalised care for service users and their carers. The challenge facing the sector is delivering these changes under financial constraints.
Book TODAY and secure a HALF DAY rate for this FULL DAY event by clicking the following link: http://insidegovernment.msgfocus.com or call 0845 666 0664.

Improving Public Health working in partnership

Date: Thursday 13 October
Venue: The Barbican
Cost: £295 + VAT

The public health white paper 'Healthy Lives, Healthy People' was published by the Department of Health towards the end of 2010 and set out the government's long-term vision for the future of public health in England. Directors of public health, now employed by local authorities and jointly appointed with the new 'wellness service', Public Health England, will lead on driving health improvement locally. A focus on joint working – encouraging collaboration for health and wellbeing – is vital. A strong partnership between the NHS and local government is essential if further improvements in healthcare, social care and public health are to be delivered.

Improving Public Health: working in partnership will offer insightful and practical sessions on what is being done now, with lessons to be learned for all.

Read more... and select this link to Register to attend using Marketing Code SYS4
Get expert advice on your campaign planning.

Now's your chance to get your campaign off to a flying start this summer with Campaigns for Good competition, in partnership with JWT London.

The winning charity campaign will receive a planning session with award-winning JWT London executives to help build their brand strategy and develop 'starter for ten' campaign ideas.

To enter, all you have to do is tell the Media Trust about your charity and your forthcoming campaign ideas, including areas about what you hope to achieve and what your timescales are.

Find out more and apply here. Closing date - Friday 8 July.

The Third Sector in 2011: Funding and Delivering the Big Society

Date: Tuesday 5 July,10am - 4.15pm
Cost: Special Third Sector Rate - £150 per place
Venue: Westminster, London

For full details of the forthcoming Westminster Briefing Conference, hosted by the House Magazine, visit the Westminster Briefing Website

Making Commissioning Work - Collaboration to deliver patient outcomes

Date: 6 July 2011, The Barbican, London

At ‘Making Commissioning Work’, the case for multi-professional involvement in commissioning will be discussed and analysed as to how effective it can be in improving patient care and health outcomes. Chaired by Tim Ringrose, representing the UK's largest network of medical professionals and a programme of excellent speakers including doctor representative groups, health and social care professionals and commissioning leads, this event is an essential for all those involved with and affected by the new NHS commissioning model. This event is fully supported by Doctors.net.uk Read more... or Register to attend here using Marketing Code SYS2.

Discounted entrance rate - 2 day social media conference

Two days of engaging, inspiring and ‘must have’ knowledge for the third sector covering all aspects of innovation, developments, leading practice and strategy in digital communications and social media. Over 50 speakers including journalist and broadcaster, Jon Snow, and Media Trust founder and CEO, Caroline Diehl MBE who will chair the event. Over 300 delegates, 50 speakers and 40 presentation choices and how to workshops. View full programme.

Small Charities Coalition and Charity Trustee Networks are partners of the Third Sector Digital Communication and Social Media Convention, and through this partnership, they are able to offer some charities free or heavily discounted places to the 2-day conference in June.

If you represent a charity that has an annual income of less than £50,000, thanks to funding from Google, you are eligible for a free place at the convention. Follow this link, complete the registration and enter the bursary code 'google'.
If you represent a charity with an annual income of less than £250,000 then you are eligible for the exclusive Small Charities Coalition and Charity Trustee Network members rate of £100 (normal rate £349). To apply for a discounted place, follow the registration process, select the Two Day Convention Pass (first option), and enter the code SCC. Hurry because there are only 50 discounted places available.
If your charity has an income above £250,000, check out the Third Sector Digital Communication and Social Media Convention website for their very competitive rates.

Tri Together, a triathlon uniquely designed for disabled and non-disabled people to swim, bike and run together

Date: Sunday 11 September 2011
Venue: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Entry fee: £30 per person

Leonard Cheshire Disability launches Tri Together. Triathlon is not only the fastest growing sport in the world but the ideal way to create a fully inclusive sports event that aims to bring together people from all walks of life and raise funds for a great cause.

The Sprint distance triathlon is perfect for everyone from the novice to the seasoned triathlete. Indoors there is a 400m swim, a 15km cycle in Crystal Palace Park and a 5km run finishing in the Jubilee Stadium. Individuals and teams are welcome to enter and take on the challenge on their own or shared. It is an accessible triathlon with hand cycles, sports wheelchairs and tandem bikes welcome. Participants are asked to raise £220 per person or £600 for a team of three to fundraise for Leonard Cheshire to continue to provide innovative, life-changing services for disabled people to live life their way.

You can sign up for Tri Together online at www.lcdisability.org/tritogether or:
Text TRI to 80878 (standard text rates apply) or call 0203 242 0294 or email tritogether@lcdisability.org

Recession mapping – BAME Children and Young People

AFRUCA and MiNet have opened a short survey to map any emerging patterns and funding cuts on organisations delivering to children and young people in London, and the impact of each. Information gathered from the survey will be used to inform a report to be presented to children and young people commissioners and funders. Get more information or take part in the survey here.