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CSV Make a Difference Day - posted 02.8.2010 deadline: 30 October 2010
On Saturday 30 October make sure you take part in CSV Make a Difference Day, the UK’s biggest day of volunteering! Every year tens of thousands of people across the country take part through anything from creating community gardens to helping out isolated neighbours with their shopping, teaching financial literacy or renovating community centres.
Free resources include a Handbook packed with ideas and advice and an Action Pack containing t-shirts, posters, certificates (and free chocolate!) to help publicise your activity and thank volunteers.
This year the campaign is encouraging more families to volunteer together for the day, and a range of brilliant family friendly volunteering How-to Guides is available for inspiration. Events for the campaign can take place between 23 October and 7 November, and anybody who wants to get involved can find an event on the campaign website, get in touch and go along on the day!
To request any of the free materials, email difference@csv.org.uk or call the team on Freephone 0800 284 533. To find out more about this year’s campaign, visit www.csv.org.uk/difference
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service - posted 26.7.2010  deadline: 30 September 2010
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work done in their local communities. Find out what work the award is given for, who decides on the nominations, and when the announcement of winners is made.
You can nominate any volunteer group if you know about the work they do. However, you can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a volunteer or a staff member.Any group of two or more people doing volunteering work that is a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the award. In order to be nominated, volunteer groups should do work that:
• provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
• is supported, recognised and respected by the local community and the people who benefit from it
• is run locally
Also, volunteer groups should have been running for three years or more. Any member of the public can nominate a volunteer group working in the local community, even if you benefit from its work. You can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a volunteer (including trustees) or a paid staff member.
More: www.direct.gov.uk
Film Nation opens for competition entries - posted 29.6.2010  deadline: 1 October 2010
London 2012’s short film competition for young people is now open for entries. The interactive website where films can be uploaded, viewed and commented on is also live - www.filmnation.org.uk.
The first round of Film Nation is now open for young people between the ages of 13 – 25, with prizes available for the film that gets the most votes each month by viewers. The closing date for the first round of Film Nation: Shorts is 1st October, with a star-studded red-carpet awards ceremony taking place in December 2010. In 2012 the best films from the 2 year programme will win the chance to be shown in iconic sporting venues during the Games in 2012 as well as at high profile screenings around the country.
To view films, find a favourite, and upload your film to share with your friends go to www.filmnation.org.uk
New Music 20x12 - posted 24.5.2010  deadline: Friday 1 October 2010
The PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF) has launched its new Cultural Olympiad music programme, New Music 20x12.
New Music 20x12 will support 20 12-minute, specially-commissioned works of music to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The selected works will premiere in 2012 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Winning composers and musicians will also benefit from networking and professional development opportunities.
A panel of experts, chaired by Roger Wright - Controller BBC Radio 3 and Director, BBC Proms, will be announced later this year. Music organisations, festivals, ensembles, promoters and venues from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to submit ideas for new work, in any musical genre, that they would like to commission from a UK-based composer by Friday 1 October 2010.
For information on New Music 20x12 and how to apply visit www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20x12/index.htm
Minimum wage rates from October 2010 - posted 17.5.2010
From 1st October 2010, the adult minimum wage rate starts at age 21 rather than 22 and there is a new minimum wage for apprentices. The adult rate will be £5.93 per hour, with £4.92 per hour for 18 to 20 year olds and £3.64 per hour for 16 to 17 year olds.
source: Volresource Free legal help to individuals and community groups - posted 12.4.2010 
LawWorks is a charity which aims to provide free legal help to individuals and community groups who cannot afford to pay for it and who are unable to access legal aid. In the last year LawWorks helped provide free legal advice to over 40,000 people and around 350 voluntary sector organisations.
They work with just under 100 member law firms and teams of in-house counsel, as well as mediators, law students and solicitors who have been made redundant involving them all in pro bono work.
www.lawworks.org.uk
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