June 22nd, 2011 
Tippa Naphtali 
New document from the Institute of Fundraising and telecomms giant BT advises on etiquette for Twitter and Facebook.
The Institute of Fundraising has teamed up with the telecommunications company BT to produce a guide to fundraising using social media.
Posted in Featured, Learning & Leadership, Local, News 
Tags: Funding & Services, Social Inclusion 
No Comments » June 15th, 2011 Tippa Naphtali 
We have launched a new page on the CN4B website which lists a series of news feeds by catergory. You will always see the most up-to-date news from the sources listed.
From this page you can access real-time news feeds from a number of selected websites and blogs. These include neighbourhood and local information / updates, and government, regional or national news.
June 1st, 2011 Tippa Naphtali 
Protecting children from BME backgrounds is an increasingly pressing issue. The growing ‘diversity’ of the youth population, greater calls for inter-agency working, and the relative absence of ‘race’ in policy and guidance mean it’s important to understand what role ethnicity plays in decision making.
To help provide an overview of these issues, brap have produced ‘Child protection and BME communities’.
Posted in Advocacy, Featured, Youth & Community Tags: Children, Legal / Other Advice, Social Justice No Comments » May 25th, 2011 Tippa Naphtali 
A round up of a number of funding opportunities currently available to voluntary and not-for-profit organisations and community groups. Compiled from various sources and correct at the time of going to print.
Links have been provided to all guidelines and application pages of the funders we have listed in this article.
May 11th, 2011 Tippa Naphtali 
With a net saving of £800,000 on postage costs since 2009 Birmingham City Council (BCC) is now offering the opportunity to other public sector bodies and local businesses to share the benefits of its Royal Mail contract.
