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NAVCA is the national voice of local third sector infrastructure in England. We aim to ensure communities are well served by the local third sector by supporting our members and their work with over 160,000 local groups and organisations. NAVCA believes that local voluntary and community action is vital for healthy and inclusive communities.
Karen Heenan, Chair of Charity Trustee Networks talks to Kevin Curley about the work they do.
Simon Davidson, Director of One Voice Network - County Durham's umbrella network for the local voluntary and community sector, talks with Kevin Curley, reflecting on some of the changes that have taken place in County Durham, such as becoming a unitary authority.
Sinking and Swimming: Understanding Britain’s Unmet Needs. Will Norman from the Young Foundation speaks at NAVCA's Whose voice is it anyway? event, 11 March 2010, Birmingham
Erin van der Maas from the Carnegie UK Trust speeks at NAVCA's Whose voice is it anyway? event, 11 March 2010, Birmingham
Getting marginalised voices heard - Sandhya Sharma and Archana Choksi, Oxfam, speaking at NAVCA's Whose voice is it anyway? event, 11 March 2010, Birmingham
Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of NCVO speaks at the NAVCA Whose voice is it anyway? event, 11 March 2010, Birmingham
Alison Seabrooke, from the Community Development Foundation, and Kate Housden, Improving Local Partnerships Manager at NAVCA, discuss engaging people in local decision making. They discuss the Take Part programme, addressing the democratic deficit and links between participative democracy and formal democratic roles. They also talk about the all party commitment to engaging local people in decision making and ensuring that it is embedded after the election and not just political rhetoric.
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Simon Wright and Barney Mynott, NAVCA’s Policy and Communications Manager, discuss Charity Builder. Launched last year, Charity Builder is an interactive web service that you can provide free of charge to your members. Charity Builder promotes compliance and simplifies administrative tasks. Rather than just signposting advice, uniquely this service interacts with the user to create tailor-made documents such as staff contracts, handbooks and essential policies. In the podcast Simon talks about ways NAVCA members can maximise the benefit they get from Charity Builder – including increasing memberships, as local voluntary groups and community organisations can only access the site through a NAVCA member. www.charitybuilderuk.com
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Podcast – Catherine Sermon, National Community Impact Officer for Business in the Community (BITC) In this podcast Kevin Curley, NAVCA’s Chief Executive, talks to Catherine Sermon about how NAVCA and BITC can work closer together. They talk about BITC’s CommunityMark, which publicly recognises excellence in community investment by businesses and how NAVCA members can find out about Companies in their area with the CommunityMark. They also talk about how NAVCA members can get involved with BITC’s Give and Gain day, the UK's only day dedicated to employee volunteering. You can find out more about BITC, the CommunityMark and Give and Gain Day by visiting their website. www.bitc.org.uk
Stephen Hammersley, Chief Executive of Community Foundation Network, visited the NAVCA offices to talk to us about the LocalGiving website. In this podcast, Stephen talks with Kevin Curley about the endowment challenge fund, and the relationship between CFN members and NAVCA members.
