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		<title>Changes to CN4B e-Bulletins</title>
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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>
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		<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>O2 Think Big Programme for Young People</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young people aged 13-25 across the UK have the opportunity to apply for a cash grant of £300 to support a project of their choosing in their local community.]]></description>
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		<title>Part-time Finance Manager &#8211; HALOW (Birmingham)</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/part-time-finance-manager-halow-birmingham/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/part-time-finance-manager-halow-birmingham/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A part-time Finance Manager is sought (up to 2 days per week equivalent, based on a 7.5 hour day). Salary pro rata to £30,000 per annum. Self-employed applicants welcome. Post requires vision and significant management experience at senior level.]]></description>
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		<title>City of the Future &#8211; Public Debate Birmingham 20th March</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/city-of-the-future-public-debate-birmingham-20th-march/</link>
		<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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		<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>Regional Growth Fund opens for applications</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/regional-growth-fund-opens-for-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/03/regional-growth-fund-opens-for-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding & Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is now a £2.4bn fund operating across England from 2011 to 2015. It supports projects and programmes that lever private sector investment to create economic growth and sustainable employment.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: The Future of Localisation &amp; Devolution – 20th March</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/the-future-of-localisation-devolution-20th-march/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/the-future-of-localisation-devolution-20th-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Active Citizens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the Chamberlain Forum, Councillor John Cotton (Birmingham City Council Shadow Cabinet member for Local Services and Community Safety) and other guests for a discussion of the future of localisation and devolution in Birmingham.]]></description>
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		<title>Free Women Only Event: Women Making It 2012</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/free-women-only-event-women-making-it-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/free-women-only-event-women-making-it-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Including Women! in partnership with the Balsall Heath Children Centre is organising Women Making it 2012 In Celebration of International Women’s Day. Supported by: Ashiana CP, Go-Woman! Alliance, Ort, Saheli and Balsall Heath Church Centre.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Change grants fund &#8211; now open for applications</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/time-to-change-grants-fund-now-open-for-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/time-to-change-grants-fund-now-open-for-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to Change grants fund will make awards to approximately 75 community projects across England between May 2012 and March 2015. It funds projects that tackle stigma and discrimination by bringing people with and without mental health problems together. ]]></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>
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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>Only responsible public service reform can deliver us greater equality</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/only-responsible-public-service-reform-can-deliver-us-greater-equality/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/only-responsible-public-service-reform-can-deliver-us-greater-equality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a decade, we have seen the development of an equality and human rights framework across the UK that has been concerned with delivering equality of opportunity, fair and equal services, and anti-discrimination.]]></description>
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		<title>Sport England announce new fund</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/sport-england-announce-new-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/sport-england-announce-new-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sporting Equals is pleased to announce that Sport England has now opened its second funding round for applications as part of a £50million programme to refurbish and improve up to 1000 community sports projects through The Inspired Facilities fund (part of the Places People Play legacy programme to bring the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the country).]]></description>
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		<title>Future of Health and Social Care in Birmingham</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/future-of-health-and-social-care-in-birmingham/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/future-of-health-and-social-care-in-birmingham/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next Chamberlain Forum meeting features Councillor Steve Bedser (Birmingham City Council Shadow Cabinet member for Adult &#038; Community Services) and other guests for a discussion of the future of local health and social care services in Birmingham.]]></description>
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		<title>Double donations by joining Localgiving.com today!</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/double-your-donations-by-joining-localgiving-com-today/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/double-your-donations-by-joining-localgiving-com-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The race is on from the 1st March 2012 Localgiving.com will be matching any donations made through Localgiving.com pound for pound. So if your group raises £200 with the Localgiving.com March Match Fund challenge, your donations will double and equal the amount of £400!]]></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>Empty Homes Community Grants</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/empty-homes-community-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/02/empty-homes-community-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neighbourhoods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 24th January, Communities Minister Andrew Stunell invited community and voluntary organisations to apply for a share of £100 million that will help revitalise communities and bring the empty homes blighting their areas back into use.  It is expected that up to £30 million will be given over to community groups.]]></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>Community Rights Guide published</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/community-rights-guide-published/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/community-rights-guide-published/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Locality, the organisation for community anchors, has produced a quick guide to the Community Right to Bid and the Community Right to Challenge, which are part of the new Localism Act. Locality manages the Assets Transfer Unit, which can provide assistance on take on a local asset.]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntary sector is &#8216;failing its women&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/voluntary-sector-is-failing-its-women/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/voluntary-sector-is-failing-its-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability & Equality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven in ten voluntary sector employees are female, yet just over four in ten charities are led by female CEOs or chairs. And in charities with turnover of £10m or more, women are in the top jobs at just 27 per cent of them. These are just two of the damning statistics contained in Rowena Lewis’s explosive new report, the culmination of her research into women leaders in the sector as part of her Clore Social Fellowship.]]></description>
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		<title>Changemakers is looking for young leaders from Newtown, Aston and Handsworth</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/changemakers-is-looking-for-young-leaders-from-newtown-aston-and-handsworth/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/changemakers-is-looking-for-young-leaders-from-newtown-aston-and-handsworth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participants will have access to 6 compulsory leadership training modules, along with dedicated 1:2:1 support from our staff team. The programme aims to unlock the leadership potential of young people by giving them skills development training and real-life leadership experiences that allows them to prepare for leading positive change in their communities.]]></description>
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