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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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"How Yorkshire works" - Yorkshire & the Humber Forum information session
Thu, 14/10/2010 - 13:00 - 16:00

Octagon Centre, Hull

Come to this interactive session in Hull to help demystify the jargon, find out about the new governance arrangements, and track the implications for the voluntary and community sector as we go through a period of rapid change. * What do we mean by Yorkshire & the Humber? * How are decisions taken? * How does the voluntary and community sector fit in? * What does Yorkshire & the Humber Forum do? Cost: £25.00

 
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Welfare reform: what will the new coalition government do to support vulnerable people to be economically and socially independent?
Wed, 22/09/2010 - 10:00 - 13:00

Aspire, Infirmary Street, Leeds

Crisis’ WILLOW Project (Welfare Influencing and Lobbying: Learning Opportunities and Work) is a national programme that is investigating how the Government’s welfare to work strategies are either helping or hindering vulnerable people into employment and/or training. As part of a national programme of events, Michael Fothergill, the WILLOW Project Manager, will be holding an event at Aspire in Leeds to look at the new administration’s proposals to support people who are furthest from the labour market into suitable and sustainable employment.

 
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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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