One East Midlands
A Spotlight on Community Learning
Contract Delivery Group Meeting
One East Midlands - Health and Social Care Bulletin
Welcome to our monthly e-bulletin for the England Volunteering Development Council (East Midlands) on regional and national news and policy developments for volunteering. If you have any comments, please get in touch by emailing information@one-em.org.uk.
Revised guidance on the National Minimum Wage indicates that if a volunteer receives any payment, excluding genuine expenses, or a benefit in kind, this will change their status from volunteer to worker.
NCVO has published its UK Civil Society Almanac 2013, which includes statistics on how many people regularly volunteer, who volunteers and what volunteer work they do.
Volunteer centres are struggling to pull in funding, according to NCVO, with 63 percent of those that responded to an annual survey reporting a fall in income last year.
The Centre for Social Action’s £14million Innovation Fund has opened for applications for innovative ventures and programmes that use social action to achieve impact in four areas, including impact volunteering.
Bidders wishing to run the Do-it volunteering website have until 8 July to submit their applications.
The Give More campaign has been extended until the end of the year after it gained only 14,547 pledges as of the end of April, against a target of 500,000.
Welcome to our fortnightly news e-bulletin, which includes updates from One East Midlands and other news and job vacancies, which we hope will be of interest to VCS organsisations from across the East Midlands.
As part of One East Midlands role in supporting the Closer Links project, we are organising informal and interactive visits to organisations throughout the region and would love your nominations for whom to visit.
Regional Voices, the partnership of regional networks including One East Midlands, is pleased to announce it has been awarded funding from the Department of Health (Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund) to support VCS influence on health and wellbeing boards.
This joint workshop organised by the Institute of Fundraising East Midlands and EMFAN (East Midlands Funding Advice Network) will provide delegates with an introduction to corporate fundraising.
Would you like to support VCS organisation to access contracting/partnership bidding opportunities with FE colleges? Want to find out more about contracting processes, sub-contractor/partner compliance requirements, and how to access tender opportunities?
Self Help Nottingham is recruiting for an Operations Manager for 30 hours per week, on an initial 12 months contract with potential for extension subject to funding, and a salary of £24,324- 25,946 (£30,000-£32,000 pro rata).
On Thursday 2 May local elections took place across the East Midlands at Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire County Council.
The Charity Commission has announced that they will be holding their regional event on Wednesday 3 July at Nottingham CVS, a member of One East Midlands, and will be giving the VCS a say in what goes on the event agenda.
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is working to develop a UK Community Partner Network between universities and the community.
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has published new guidelines outlining the new gift aid claiming process for charity shops, which aims to simplify claims.
NCVO is predicting that public funding for charities could drop by 12 to 15 percent by 2017/18, losing the VCS an estimated £2.1billion.
Please find below a link to the useful Community Learning Spotlight supplement to the BIS FE and Skills newsletter, published last week. It gives a succinct introduction to the Community Learning Trusts with pen portraits of each one, an explanation of where they sit in BIS community learning policy, and a bit about other related policy areas, such as social justice and tackling homelessness.
According to the web site it ‘Explains what community learning is. It looks at how policies support activities funded through the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) community learning budget. It includes case studies from the Community Learning Trust pilots and looks at progress in other areas of community learning. ‘
Link to report:- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spotlight-on-community-learning-supplement-to-the-bis-further-education-and-skills-newsletter-april-2013
Oddfellows Building, 32 Charnwood Street, Derby
10.00am - 12.00pm
These meetings are open to the whole membership of DLDC.
Part of the focus for the next meeting will be news on the NLDC fund 13-14.
If you would like to book a place please contact hilary.slater@consortium.org.uk
Welcome to our monthly e-bulletin for the East Midlands Health and Social Care Network on regional and national news and policy developments for health. If you have any comments, please get in touch by emailing information@one-em.org.uk.
The 21 voluntary sector organisations that will be part of the new Health and Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme for 2013/14 have been announced, including the partnership of nine regional networks, including One East Midlands.
Local Healthwatch, the new watchdog organisations set up as part of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, came into being on 1 April to hold health and care services to account.
Local Healthwatch gives communities a stronger voice by influencing and challenging how health and social care services are delivered as well as providing or signposting people to information to help them make choices about health and care services.
On 1 April 2013, Public Health England went live, bringing together a wide range of organisations and functions into a single body.
The NHS England Board has agreed Putting Patients First, its business plan for 2013/14-2015/6. A full set of organisation structure charts for NHS England have also been published.
NHS England has published a number of interim generic policies, ensuring fair and consistent decision-making across its direct commissioning function.
The Department of Health has published that ring fenced grants for 2013-14 and 2014-15 provide local authorities with £2.66 billion and £2.79 billion to spend on public health services for their local populations.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), which regulates and inspects all health and care services in England, has announced that it will introduce bigger, more expert inspection teams that will spend longer in hospitals talking to people, led by a Chief Inspector who will also oversee performance ratings.
Compassion in Practice, NHS England’s joint strategy, will aim to help transform the care provided, in all care and support settings, throughout England every day and for everyone.
Wherever and whenever people receive care it should meet national standards of quality and safety.
Shaping Our Lives, the national network of service users and disabled people, has launched of a series of resources offering a detailed insight into inclusive service user involvement.
The Guardian has launched The Healthcare Innovation Awards, a new initiative to celebrate outstanding service delivery for patients across the NHS and wider healthcare sector.
Carers UK is carrying out a survey to capturing carers experiences of social care services, the NHS, the benefits system and technology.
This training course, taking place in Nottingham on Wednesday 9 October, is based on the new Level 2 Award in Independent Advocacy which was launched by City & Guilds in February 2013. It will give participants the choice to either just do the training course, or to go on and get the Level 2 qualification.
Skills for Care work to ensure the adult social care sector has a modern, flexible and highly skilled workforce to deliver quality care. They are committed to working with employers and other key stakeholders to ensure they are supporting their needs and those of people who use services and carers. Their latest newsletter is available atwww.skillsforcare.org.uk/news/newsletters/04_April_2013.aspx.
Welcome to InFocus, our monthly policy e-bulletin, which includes regional and national policy developments. If you have any comments, please get in touch by emailing information@one-em.org.uk.
As the regional VCS organisation for the East Midlands, One East Midlands is here to support our members work. To help us improve the service we offer we are now running our 2013 members survey.
Following the success of our first two annual MP guides, we have now published our One East Midlands Guide to MPs 2013, which contains updated information on all 46 MPs covering the East Midlands.
As part of the Closer Links project, VCS and third sector organisations are being invited to put forward ideas of specialist/niche Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities that could be offered to college staff.
One East Midlands Chief Executive Rachel Quinn has been quoted in a press release, issued by NCVO on Monday 15 April, campaigning for local charities to have a say in European Funding priorities.
Would you like to support VCS organisation to access funding/partnership opportunities with FE Colleges? Want to find out more about the type of opportunities that might be available and the sub-contractor/partner compliance requirements?
Navca has published its analysis of the 74 successful Transforming Local Infrastructure bids.
The Charities Aid Foundation has launched a year-long cross-party Parliamentary inquiry into Growing Giving in a bid to source ideas on how to boost young philanthropy, workplace giving and giving in older age.
The Budget statement announced on Wednesday 20 March 2013 has included that from April 2014, every UK business and charity will be entitled to a £2,000 Employment Allowance towards their bill for National Insurance contributions.
The government is to publish improved guidance to make it easier for people to organise voluntary events in their communities, removing inconsistencies and confusion highlighted by a review of existing guidance.
Charities have been granted an exemption from the annual tax on high-valued enveloped dwellings in the recently-published Finance Bill 2013.
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has published a preliminary document that gives a preview of how Charities Online is likely to look and operate prior to its launch on 22 April.
The Ethical Property Foundation, with support from the Charity Commission, has carried out the largest survey of its kind looking at the key property issues charities are facing, with a view to identifying solutions and affecting change.
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations and services company Serco have produced a joint code of practice to support the VCS and private sector in working together to deliver public service contracts.
A High Court judge has ruled that local authorities are allowed to consider the extent of a charity’s charitable use of a private landlord’s empty building before deciding whether to grant mandatory rate relief.
The ACEVO Commission on Charity Governance are inviting charities to participate in its work through an online survey and a series of consultation events to be held around the country in May 2013.
The Department for Business Skills and Innovation has prepared preliminary guidance for LEPs, which have been shared with local authorities, universities and the VCS.
The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has launched a consultation on draft regulations affecting permanently endowed trusts.
NCVO has published its UK Civil Society Almanac 2013, examining charity accounts for the financial year 2010/11, which shows the effect that high inflation had on charity sector finances in recent years.
Please find below the link for the 16th edition of Spotlight, the EMFEC and AoC East Midlands newsletter. In this issue:
University Technical College
Studio Schools
Teenage Pregnancy Project
Professional Development
We hope you enjoy this issue. Please click here to view.
For the latest ‘FE Information and Policy Update’ please click here.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting (the "Meeting") of Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium (the "Company") will be held at 32 Charnwood Street, Derby, DE1 2GU on 13th May 2013 at 10:00am to consider, and if deemed fit approve, the adoption of the draft regulations attached to this Notice of General Meeting as the articles of association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of the Company.
By order of the Board
Bob Pick
Director
Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium
32 Charnwood Street
Derby
Derbyshire
DE1 2GU
22nd April 2013
NOTES TO THE NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Appointment of proxies
1. As a member of the Company, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote at the Meeting. You can only appoint a proxy using the procedures set out in these notes.
2. A proxy does not need to be a member of the Company but must attend the Meeting to represent you. If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the Meeting you will need to appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chairman) and give your instructions directly to them.
3. If you do not give your proxy an indication of how to vote on any resolution, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his or her discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he or she thinks fit in relation to any other matter which is put before the Meeting.
Appointment of proxy using hard copy proxy form
4. A proxy must be appointed in writing that should be signed by or on your behalf. The form of proxy letter is set out as follows:
"Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium
We [NAME] of [ADDRESS] being a member of the above named Company, appoint [NAME] of [ADDRESS] or failing him [NAME] of [ADDRESS] as our proxy to vote for us in our name and on our behalf at the General Meeting of the Company to be held on [DATE], and at any adjournment.
Signed on [DATE]."
This letter should be sent or delivered to the Company at 32 Charnwood Street, Derby, Derbyshire DE1 2GU and received by the Company no later than 10th May at 12:00pm.
Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the proxy letter is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the proxy letter.
Changing proxy instructions
5. To change your proxy instructions simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out above. Note that the cut-off time for receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also apply in relation to amended instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after the relevant cut-off time will be disregarded.
Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard-copy proxy letter and would like to change the instructions using another hard-copy proxy letter, please contact Jenna Shaw.
If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will take precedence.
Termination of proxy appointments
6. In order to revoke a proxy instruction you will need to inform the Company by sending a signed hard copy notice clearly stating your intention to revoke your proxy appointment to 32 Charnwood Street, Derby, Derbyshire DE1 2GU. In the case of a member which is a company, the revocation notice must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the company or an attorney for the company. Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the revocation notice is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the revocation notice.
The revocation notice must be received by the Company no later than 10th May 2013 at 12:00pm.
If you attempt to revoke your proxy appointment but the revocation is received after the time specified then, subject to the paragraph directly below, your proxy appointment will remain valid.
Appointment of a proxy does not preclude you from attending the Meeting and voting in person. If you have appointed a proxy and attend the Meeting in person, your proxy appointment will automatically be terminated.
Communication
7. Except as provided above, members who have general queries about the Meeting should contact Jenna Shaw on 01332 265960 (no other methods of communication will be accepted).
You may not use any electronic address provided either:
• in this notice of general meeting; or
• any related documents (including the proxy form),
to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
Dear colleaguesWelcome to the April edition of my letter to Chief Executives and Principals across the FE and Skills sector.
The past month has been a busy time for LSIS and the FE and Skills Sector. BIS has published Rigour and Responsivenessin Skills which updates the strategy for the sector, and this week the FE Guild implementation planhas been released.
The skills strategy builds on New Challenges, New Chancesand indicates how the government intends to progress strengthening the sector, including regarding intervention for failing colleges, professionalism and the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (CAVTL). Whilst the approaches may be different, it is good to see that the work of LSIS, particularly in these areas where we have made a significant impact, will continue to influence the sector’s development over this next phase.
The FE Guild implementation plan details the areas on which they intend to focus and confirming that BIS have approved annual funding of £18.8 million (excluding VAT) for 2013-14 (1 August to 31 March) and 2014-15 (full year) to take the Guild forward. We are working with the FE Guild development team to explore the implications for LSIS.
During March we held the last LSIS Annual Governance conference which took place on the 14-15 March in Manchester. This year’s theme focused on; ‘How do governors ensure their governance is having an impact?’
The conference was attended by 250 governors and clerks, and there was a real sense of purpose in the air and a positive attitude towards the direction for governance and discussions on tackling future challenges. Feedback from delegates has been extremely positive with comments including; “the conference offered a unique chance for all involved in governance to congregate for the sharing of good practice; the opportunity to be informed on key topical areas through the variety of workrooms on offer; and the chance to debate on the range of challenges on the horizon.”
We are pleased to have been involved in supporting governance priorities over the past six years, and we hope the sector will continue to be supported collectively and with the support from other organisations.
We sponsored a supplement in FE Week (21 March) on effective Leadership and Governance. The supplement addressed the ever changing landscape College leaders find themselves in and discussions on the key challenges on the horizon for governors.
Contributions from Principals who have benefitted and progressed in their roles as a result of LSIS support included; Esme Winch, Principal of Loughborough College, Graham Towse, who will shortly take up his new role of Principal at Hull College and Ali Foss, Vice Principal at Queen Mary’s College Basingstoke who have participated in the LSIS senior leadership and management development courses. The modules have assisted in the development of their leadership skills through practical applications and provided the opportunity to network with other colleagues at the same level and share strategies. The demand for the final cohort of modules has been very popular and is now full. We are in discussions to identify if this programme can continue to run through other routes and organisations once our improvement services have ceased.
The Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (CAVTL) launched it summary It’s about work… Excellent adult vocational teaching and learningon the 25 March at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
We have three priorities for the FE & Skills sector, of which equipping the sector to achieve outstanding teaching and learning is our number one priority. Our research and expertise was used by the Commission to help inform and shape its work and its recommendations. In addition, the Commission received organisational and administrative support from an independent team based at LSIS.
I am delighted we have provided support for the Commission’s work. This report will help shape the future of adult vocational teaching and learning, and I am pleased to see so many organisations and colleagues from the sector willing to support the recommendations put forward.
Following on from one of the main recommendations from the interim report of the Independent Review of Professionalism led by Lord Lingfield, we have published the FE Teacher and Trainer Qualifications Review. The review took part in three phases and explains the changes to regulations for teachers in the FE and Skills sector in England, and introduces the new teaching qualifications. We would like to thank employers, sector membership bodies and other stakeholders who participated in the consultation. We are very proud to have been chosen to help develop these qualifications, which are part of our legacy for the sector.
We have also developed a guide to Leading Wholescale Curriculum Redesignwhich explores some of the drivers that are encouraging providers within the sector to review and redesign the curriculum they offer. The guide encourages you to reflect on your organisation’s current curriculum offer and identify areas where change is desirable or where improvements can be made.
Internally decisions are being made around the cessation of the improvement services we currently deliver. From the 1 April 2013 it has been agreed that Skills for Justicewill take over LSIS’s responsibility for the processing of Apprenticeship certificate requests for the FE and Skills sector. The move to Skills for Justice will prevent any disruption to the service and we are pleased this area of work has found a good organisation from which it can progress.
Our focus remains on the delivery of on-going areas of work in particular the Research Conference which is taking place on the 22 May in London. We are delighted to have some key commentators contributing on the role of research in improving professional practice. A range of workshops will be on offer, delivered by participants from this year’s LSIS Practitioner Research Programme and partner organisations that support research in and about our sector. The event is now full and we are glad that so many people from across the sector will be attending.
We continue to run a number of workshops in the regions and may I remind you to make full use of your LSIS Accounts allocation, which will close on 31 May 2013, to book onto events.
The next few months will continue to be a busy time for LSIS colleagues as some of our improvements services come to a natural end and others complete a phased ending. We will be working with BIS and partner organisations to ensure that where possible some of the services and programmes we currently provide may continue to benefit the sector beyond the end of July 2013. Details of all the changes, finishing dates and any services which are continuing are available through the LSIS website.
I will keep you informed as we move forward.
Rob WyeChief Executive
Learning and Skills Improvement Service, Friars House, Manor House Drive, Coventry, CV1 2TE © Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) 2012 company number 06454450 registered charity number 1123636
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One East Midlands have been approved as a BIG Assist Supplier to offer support to infrastructure organisations.
Giving World Online enables businesses to redirect their surplus goods to registered charities and not for profit community projects, providing resources to help them make a difference to those they support.
The SMK Campaigner Awards 2013, which recognise the contribution of campaigners, are open for nominations.
Existing grant funding arrangements will continue to apply to anyone aged under 24 or studying at Level 2 or below.
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock said:
"These loans will help thousands of people to meet up front course fees, taking away one of the main barriers to learning.
"With students and employers investing more in skills, they will rightly demand the very best from their course or Apprenticeship, helping to ensure that standards are high across the spectrum of provision."
The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Student Loans Company (SLC) have worked closely with the further education sector as the loans system has been developed and implemented. The SLC is administering the loans, which are now available to people wanting to start a course from August 2013 onwards.
Kim Thorneywork, Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency said:
"24+ Advanced Learning Loans will provide great opportunities for those over 24, to gain qualifications that provide access to better jobs and future careers. For the first time this will give learners in further education access to financial support for course costs very similar to the support available for higher education courses.
"Individuals who are better qualified experience benefits, including increased wages. Learners can apply for a loan now for courses starting in August and, as with tuition fees for degrees the loan does not have to be paid back until earnings are over £21,000 a year.
"The Agency has been working with more than 800 colleges and training organisations to ensure they are ready to offer 24+ Advanced Learning Loans as part of their core training and skills offer to learners. The National Careers Service is equipped to provide learners with all the information they need."
Mick Laverty, Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company, said:
"I am delighted that SLC is one of the partners delivering the 24+ Advanced Learning Loans and helping learners invest in their futures. We've worked closely with our customers and colleagues throughout the FE sector to design a digital service that is customer focused and straightforward to use.
"Together with BIS, the Skills Funding Agency and HMRC, we look forward to implementing the digital delivery of this new loan for a wide range of learners."
The application form and more information on 24+ Advanced Learning Loans can be found at www.gov.uk/advancedlearningloans
Dear Member,
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New resources for VCS working with new health structures
Regional Voices, the partnership of nine regional networks, including One East Midlands, is producing a suite of resources to support the VCS work with new structures in the health and care landscape to promote the welfare of the communities the sector serves.
The NHS Commissioning Board has opened the application process for patient and carer members of its 74 Clinical Reference Groups for 2013/14.
NAVCA, the voice of local voluntary and community action, is offering a series of free half-day workshops across the country, including two in the East Midlands, aimed at those who would like to take part in their local Healthwatch but have little or no experience from a health and social care environment.
The implementation of the Health & Social Care Act 2012 required the largest ever transition programme in the history of the NHS. As clinical commissioning groups, health and wellbeing boards and Healthwatch take centre stage at a local level, the voluntary and community sector faces a range of issues and challenges.
The Department of Health and the Local Government Association has jointly published Local Healthwatch Regulations Explained, with the advice and support of Healthwatch England and NAVCA.
To support Health and Wellbeing Boards, the Department of Health has worked with stakeholders on producing statutory guidance, which explains the duties and powers of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JHWSs).
The government has laid regulations on procurement, patient choice and competition.
In its June 2011 report, Choice and competition – delivering real choice, the NHS Future Forum highlighted the role of competition in the NHS as a tool for commissioning clinical services where it serves the interests of citizens and the choices they wish to make.
Social Enterprise UK’s Health Commissioning Improvement Programme aimed to support new clinical commissioning groups to develop constructive and productive partnerships with VCSE by demonstrating the importance of partnership work, for an area’s ability to develop effective health care in the emerging health environment.
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, is to review the case for extending VAT rebates to external charity providers of NHS services alongside other issues recommended in a report by Monitor, the regulator of NHS foundation trusts, entitled A fair playing field for the benefit of NHS patients.
The Department of Health delivers a programme of joint voluntary sector learning events that bring together policy leads and voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises, NHS and local authority representatives at key points in the formation and development of policy.
The King’s Fund has published a report on the use of volunteers in health and social care, which highlights the vital role volunteers play in delivering services.
Freya Lock, Healthwatch and Community Action Lead, and Becca Lawther, Quality and Safety Policy Officer, from the Department of Health are doing a call out for evidence on volunteering activity in domiciliary care.
A public consultation on changes to the regulations for direct payments for healthcare has been opened by the Department of Health.
Clinks, in conjunction with NAVCA, have published a briefing explaining the links between the new local commissioning arrangements for policing and crime and health and social care.
Skills for Care work to ensure the adult social care sector has a modern, flexible and highly skilled workforce to deliver quality care.
Dear Colleague
Please find below the link for the Annual Conference special edition of Spotlight, the EMFEC and AoC East Midlands newsletter. In this issue:
EMFEC Annual Conference
Hear from the Annual Conference Panellists
Apprenticeship Showcase
EMFEC Recruit
The Year Ahead and the IfL2013 will see a number of significant changes which will affect the Further Education sector, including:
· the formation of the FE Guild (for updates see www.feguild.info)
· the closure of LSIS by August
· the introduction of the revised FE Teacher Qualification courses.
The Institute for Learning will continue to provide support for its members, and employers, as detailed in "IfL: moving forward", and the "New Year letter from IfL’s elected chair" which states that in 2013 our focus will be on:
· raising your professional status
· offering you a range of new benefits that are valuable to you in your career and your practice with learners, including WorldSkills Vocational Masterclass
· ensuring that your collective voice makes a difference.
The Institute for Learning; the membership organisation that people want to join, not have to join
A Fond FarewellThe following communication has been issued by the Institute for Learning to their Regional Advisors:
"... Following the revocation of the regulations in September 2012 we anticipate ... a further reduction in demand for regional activity which you have already seen the start of in 2012/13.
We will continue to focus on our core services to members and unfortunately this means that in 2013/14 we will not be supporting the Network ..."
Therefore my role as Regional Advisor for the East Midlands ended on 31st March 2013 and I would ask that you please direct all future enquires to CPD@ifl.ac.uk.
I would like to thank all of you who have made contact with me during the past 3 years and who have invited me to their organisation to provide briefings and support.
Regards,
Simon Waldron
Skills & Attributes—What Can You Offer an Employer?
Explore just what are your skills and abilities? Why is it important to know what you have to offer to an
employer. This workshop involves some group discussion and activity as well as the chance to identify your own strengths to use on your CV and applications and in preparation for interviews.
The session also looks at typical interview questions and what employers are looking for from your response.
CV Writing & Effective Covering Letters Workshop
This workshop will show participants how to prepare their CV, looking at the different sections, what they mean and general layout. Group discussions will help participants identify their skills, experience and knowledge to help build a comprehensive CV.
By the end of the workshop participants will leave with handouts and a CV template, which will be issued during the workshop. Participants will be given an action of completing this and to think about preparing a covering
letter to accompany their CV.
Preparing for Interviews
The workshop will include activities around employer expectations, presentation skills, selection tests and looking at different interview questions.
By the end of the workshop customers will leave with a better understanding of planning and preparing for interview and will be given an action of completing an ‘Interview Plan’ template, which will be issued during the workshop along with handouts.
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Commission has launched easy to understand advice for businesses on how to prevent discrimination and avoid costly legal challenges. 'The Equality Act: Guidance for small businesses' includes practical advice in managing important business challenges such as recruitment and promotion. 'A guide to business and human rights' helps businesses identify and manage human rights issues which may arise. For example businesses may need to consider the right to privacy and the confidential data they hold online about customers and staff.
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Peak Business for Community Action, (PB4CA) is a brand new website launched only a few weeks ago.This free service from Derbyshire Dales CVS matches charities, voluntary groups and community organisations located anywhere in the Peak District looking for specific support from a local business who might be help.
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