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Big Society Unplugged
Thu, 11/11/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

St Mary's Centre, Sheffield

An unmissable conference! Big Society may be the defining idea of the Coalition government. It looks certain to affect the way the voluntary and community sector works, is funded, how it's structured, and the way it delivers services. This is a unique opportunity to find out the very latest news and thinking, and to tell one of the key people in the design of Big Society how you think it will affect the lives of the VCS and of communities in Yorkshire and the Humber.

 
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Hear by Right ‘Bite Sized and Badgeable’ – Half Day Training
Thu, 14/10/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

Priory Street Centre, York

** Do you want to map your current service-user participation, produce a strategic plan for improvement and have the whole thing accredited? ** Hear by Right ‘Bite Sized and Badgeable’ will show you how to build participation throughout your organisation using the sector standard Hear by Right framework. The half day training events will introduce participants to: 1) the Hear by Right Framework, used widely across the young people’s sector to map current work and plan for improvement with young people themselves;

 
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ACEVO Regional Conference - Stronger Together
Thu, 16/09/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

Leeds

The Association of Chief Executives of Third Sector Organisations (ACEVO) Regional Conference In an age of austerity, our ability as third sector leaders, to work with organisations within and beyond our sector will be crucial. Now, more than ever third sector organisations must look carefully at current and potential partners to continue to deliver a more innovative and cost effective solution. Topics Covered

 
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Communities Assets Enterprise 2010 - DTA National conference
Sun, 12/09/2010 - 09:00 - Tue, 14/09/2010 - 17:00

The Quad and Assembly Rooms, Derby

Communities Assets Enterprise 2010 - DTA National conference Inspiring places: the art of the possible

 
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Big Society - consultation
Mon, 06/09/2010 - 10:00 - 12:00

St George's Centre, Leeds

Yorkshire and the Humber Forum is organising a conference - 'Big Society Unplugged' - in Sheffield on 11 November, at which Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, will be the key speaker. We need your input to produce a Big Manifesto for the Big Society, to present to the Minister at the conference. We are holding a consultation session in Leeds on 6 September when you will be able to input ideas, opinions, suggestions, and concerns about the Big Society, and learn more about how the Forum is engaging with it.

 
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Royal Statistical Society - Statistics User Forum Annual Conference
Wed, 27/10/2010 - 10:00 - 16:30

Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL

Recession and recovery - hard times or smoke and mirrors? "In good times, economic and social development comes slowly. In bad times, things fall apart alarmingly fast." Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, ahead of the G20 summit in April 2009

 
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First steps to sustainable procurement - North Yorkshire Green Business Club
Mon, 06/09/2010 - 07:30

Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, HG5 9AY

Sustainable procurement is fast becoming a big issue for business, but what does it really mean? Could it reduce costs and make a difference to your performance? From stationery to machinery, every organisation procures goods and services and sustainable procurement is a topic that is relevant to all sectors and business types.

 
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How best can we deliver regional economic growth in a period of deficit reduction?
Wed, 15/09/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

Queen's Hotel, Leeds

Key seminar on a key aspect of policy by the new coalition government on devolving powers from the centre: How best can we deliver regional economic growth in a period of deficit reduction?

 
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Know your Heritage Champion - Yorkshire and Humber

The key objective for the Heritage Champion is to ensure that the historic environment plays a central role in the development of all the authority’s policies, plans, targets and strategies....

 
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