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		<title>Changes to CN4B e-Bulletins</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/changes-to-cn4b-e-bulletins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Items published to the website and our email subscribers will be intermittent from April. There may be several a week or none at all. News will be posted as and when it arises or when volunteers are available to manage the website.]]></description>
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		<title>Charities hit by triple whammy of financial pressures during the recession</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/charities-hit-by-triple-whammy-of-financial-pressures-during-the-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/charities-hit-by-triple-whammy-of-financial-pressures-during-the-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charities faced a &#8220;toxic mix of circumstances&#8221; over the past year, with increased demand for services, rising costs and an unprecedented fall in income, our Chief Executive said today. New figures from NCVO depict a charity sector struggling with the worst recession for fifty years. The figures, released today for the first time, show that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of the Future &#8211; Public Debate Birmingham 20th March</title>
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		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/city-of-the-future-public-debate-birmingham-20th-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[What's On]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people have some kind of opinion about 'where our economy is' at this moment. Birmingham Friends of the Earth is hosting an event which takes those opinions and directs them into a discussion on action for a sustainable future which works for everyone.]]></description>
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		<title>The City Wide Community Cohesion Programme</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/the-city-wide-community-cohesion-programme/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/the-city-wide-community-cohesion-programme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Inclusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The city wide Community Development Service is funded by the PCT joint Commissioning Team and Public Health. service is hosted by Birmingham Mind and managed by Common Unity. The Community Development Service is supporting the delivery of seven strands of activities known as the Community Cohesion Programme (CCP).]]></description>
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		<title>BVSC announces Infrastructure funding success</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/bvsc-announces-infrastructure-funding-success/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/bvsc-announces-infrastructure-funding-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A partnership led by BVSC The Centre for Voluntary Action and consisting of a range of Birmingham-based voluntary sector support providers, has been awarded close to £600,000 in the government’s Transforming Local Infrastructure programme.]]></description>
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		<title>Chamberlain and CN4B say goodbye to Tippa Naphtali</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/chamberlain-forum-and-cn4b-say-goodbye-to-tippa-naphtali/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/chamberlain-forum-and-cn4b-say-goodbye-to-tippa-naphtali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CN4B Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chamberlain Forum and CN4B are very sadly saying goodbye at the end of January to our project manager, Tippa Naphtali. He has been part of our team for nearly two years, and has worked closely with us to develop and deliver Resident University, as well as CN4B programmes.
In particular, Tippa has transformed Resident University Online learning, as well as setting up a highly successful mentoring project, which we aim to find a way of continuing in the future. ]]></description>
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		<title>18 years on: reflections on the Stephen Lawrence verdict</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/18-years-on-reflections-on-the-stephen-lawrence-verdict/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/18-years-on-reflections-on-the-stephen-lawrence-verdict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[History will recognise that the indefatigable campaigning of Stephen Lawrence’s parents has done more to change this country than a mountain of race relations legislation. brap chief executive Joy Warmington reflects on the lessons of the Stephen Lawrence murder.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to 2012 from CN4B</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/welcome-to-2011-from-cn4b/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/welcome-to-2011-from-cn4b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wish all our readers, supporters and subscribers all the best for 2012! We will continue to bring you news, events and updates on a regular basis throughout the coming year.

CN4B's aim aim is to support and promote the development of community networks in the city that enable communities to link up effectively.]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Birmingham OwnHealth: Consultation Survey</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/12/the-future-of-birmingham-ownhealth-consultation-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/12/the-future-of-birmingham-ownhealth-consultation-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham OwnHealth (BOH) provides telephone-based care for people with long term conditions to support them in making positive lifestyle changes to improve their health and quality of life.]]></description>
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		<title>Social investment: Not just for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/social-investment-not-just-for-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/social-investment-not-just-for-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all love new things—especially if they seem to offer something for nothing. Social investment sounds like it might be that shiny new toy we have all been dreaming of. It is a new source of funding at a time when other sources have become extremely tight.]]></description>
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		<title>Trafalgar &amp; Sampson House regeneration proposal</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/trafalgar-sampson-house-regeneration-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/trafalgar-sampson-house-regeneration-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamic Relief Worldwide (IR) is an international relief and development organisation working to alleviate the poverty of the world’s poorest people. IR has developed substantial humanitarian experience and an international network to serve the needy.]]></description>
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		<title>Charity shops spared extra accounting regulation</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/charity-shops-spared-extra-accounting-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/charity-shops-spared-extra-accounting-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Accounting Standards Board has abandoned plans to require charity shops to value their stock at the point it is received. The ASB is currently drawing up an accounting standard for all organisations that provide public benefit, including charities, universities and housing associations, as part of wider reforms of accounting standards.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Plan and Budget 2012 &amp; Public Consultation</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/business-plan-and-budget-2012-public-consultation/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/business-plan-and-budget-2012-public-consultation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council has launched the consultation for the 2012/13 budget. Local people, staff and organisations and can have their say on proposals until 8th January 2012. A series of public meetings will be held throughout late October and November.]]></description>
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		<title>New Fortnightly schedule for CN4B Alerts</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/new-fortnightly-schedule-for-cn4b-alerts/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/new-fortnightly-schedule-for-cn4b-alerts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CN4B Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The publication of our e-bulletin is switching to a fortnightly cycle with occassional alerts in between. This will be effective from 6th October 2011. This has become necessary as the CN4B development worker, Tippa Naphtali, is now employed on a part-time basis and has additional demands on his time.]]></description>
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		<title>Council chiefs have low opinion of management abilities of community groups</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/council-chiefs-have-low-opinion-of-management-abilities-of-community-groups/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/council-chiefs-have-low-opinion-of-management-abilities-of-community-groups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty-four per cent of senior local authority figures have a low opinion of the ability of community groups to manage local assets and services, according to a poll by the Local Government Information Unit.]]></description>
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		<title>Third Sector Research Centre launches research website</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/third-sector-research-centre-launches-research-website/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/third-sector-research-centre-launches-research-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Third Sector Research Centre has launched a new website designed to pull together research and evidence on a range of voluntary sector subjects. The Third Sector Knowledge Portal will gather research on subjects including policy, social and economic impact, and funding. It has been financed by £200,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Scam warning</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/christmas-scam-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/christmas-scam-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesse Gerald, Senior Community &#038; Partnership Officer for the Perry Barr Constituency has circulated a letter from PC Woods to the residents of Digbeth and Highgate. There is genuine concern that residents could be the victims of a scam. They ask that you be vigilant and inform your neighbours to be aware in the run up to Christmas.]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham BME start-up Nominated for the Shell Livewire award during Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/birmingham-bme-start-up-nominated-for-the-shell-livewire-award-during-black-history-month/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/birmingham-bme-start-up-nominated-for-the-shell-livewire-award-during-black-history-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two young entrepreneurs from the African Diaspora have been nominated for 1 of 5 Shell Livewire £1,000 Business awards in October 2011. Their idea is Sola Line, a renewable energy start up business, who’s focus is to bring access to renewable energy technologies in African rural communities, facilitate knowledge transfer and build capacity providing local employment.]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham office building to let: Acocks Green Methodist Church Institute</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/office-building-to-let/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/office-building-to-let/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute is a light spacious 1930s building on 3 floors, near the shopping centre of Acocks Green with its good bus links and 2 local railway stations. It is also not far from the M42 and the motorway network. Until recently it was the City Council Neighbourhood office.]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police &#8216;Spy&#8217; cameras sold off for £1 each</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/west-midlands-police-spy-cameras-are-sold-off-for-just-1-each/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/west-midlands-police-spy-cameras-are-sold-off-for-just-1-each/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Controversial spy cameras removed after being secretly put up by counter-terrorism officials in two predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham are being recycled for Olympics security – for £1 each. West Midlands Police has handed 22 number plate recognition cameras to the Metropolitan Police, nine to Strathclyde and two to Essex to help protect venues during next year’s Olympics.]]></description>
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