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		<title>Government changes law to allow charities to join credit unions</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/government-changes-law-to-allow-charities-to-join-credit-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/government-changes-law-to-allow-charities-to-join-credit-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charities, social enterprises and community groups will be able to join a credit union from next week under changes made to the Credit Unions Act 1979. Previously, only individuals were able to be members of credit unions and use the financial services they provide.]]></description>
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		<title>Funding Round-Up: Various sources</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2012/01/funding-round-up-various-sources-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Community Matters encourages community organisations to become members</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/community-matters-encourages-community-organisations-to-become-members/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/11/community-matters-encourages-community-organisations-to-become-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community Matters invites you to join us in creating a national force for grassroots community action. Our members are community organisations furthering the recreational, educational, environmental, economic or social welfare aims of their community. We also welcome local support organisations engaged in promoting or providing assistance to community organisations.]]></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>PN7’s Community Fun Day &amp; Car Boot Sale</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/pn7%e2%80%99s-community-fun-day-car-boot-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/10/pn7%e2%80%99s-community-fun-day-car-boot-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Priority Neighbourhood 7 presents this community event. Taking place on 29th October 2011. Time: 10 – 4.30pm. The event will be held at the Poolway Shopping Centre &#038; Kent’s Moat Recreation Grounds.]]></description>
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		<title>Are you looking for offices and activity premises?</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/09/are-you-looking-for-offices-and-activity-premises/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/09/are-you-looking-for-offices-and-activity-premises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Networks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a small to medium-sized community group or organisation looking for space for offices and / or activities? We may have a solution for you! Birmingham New Communities Network and The Digbeth Trust are seeking to convene a meeting of such groups / organisations to explore whether the pooling of collective resources may assist in finding and securing shared offices / activity space in Birmingham.

Birmingham New Communities Network and The Digbeth Trust are seeking to convene a meeting of such groups / organisations to explore whether the pooling of collective resources may assist in finding and securing shared offices / activity space in Birmingham.]]></description>
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		<title>Community impact: Beyond the Radar</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/08/community-impact-beyond-the-radar/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/08/community-impact-beyond-the-radar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond the Radar began with a one-day event on 8th July 2011, held by the Third Sector Research Centre and Barrow Cadbury Trust, to explore how ‘below the radar’ community activity can maximise its impact.]]></description>
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		<title>Community halls and youth clubs exempted from charge for playing recorded music</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/08/community-halls-and-youth-clubs-exempted-from-charge-for-playing-recorded-music/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/08/community-halls-and-youth-clubs-exempted-from-charge-for-playing-recorded-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CN4B Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music licensing authority PPL decides that buildings run on a not-for-profit basis won't have to pay 'specially featured entertainment tariff'. Community halls and youth clubs have been exempted from a proposed new charge for playing music at parties and social events.]]></description>
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		<title>Toolkit for smaller community activities</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/08/toolkit-for-smaller-community-activities/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/08/toolkit-for-smaller-community-activities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A free online information resource for people who want to get involved in organising smaller, straightforward community activities has been created by Zurich Insurance.]]></description>
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		<title>Support available for WM&#8217;s community energy schemes</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/07/support-available-for-wms-community-energy-schemes/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/07/support-available-for-wms-community-energy-schemes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to £40,000 of in-kind funding has recently been won by local Midlands-based organisations Marches Energy Agency and Localise West Midlands to help community renewables schemes.]]></description>
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		<title>Free office space for voluntary sector organisations</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/06/free-office-space-for-voluntary-sector-organisations/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/06/free-office-space-for-voluntary-sector-organisations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avire works with national charities such as Oxfam and NCT on projects to give them commercial space. They have recently let some offices in Halesowen to Black Country Foodbank and The Milli Foundation on rent free leases. Avire currently have a large 12-storey office block with availability - from small office suites up to complete floors.]]></description>
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		<title>Local community action at its best in Handsworth</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/06/local-community-action-at-its-best-in-handsworth/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/06/local-community-action-at-its-best-in-handsworth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Networks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local residents have been working for months with West Midlands Police, Midlands Heart, Groundwork and Birmingham City council to claim back the alleyways that run between Albert Road and Herbert Road.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Find it in Birmingham&#8217; website</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/05/find-it-in-birmingham-website/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/05/find-it-in-birmingham-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find it in Birmingham is the City Council’s website where organisations can post and find opportunities in Birmingham. The posting of grant funding opportunities onto this website will ensure that opportunities are accessible to the widest possible audience.]]></description>
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		<title>SEVEN UP Group is sowing the seeds of success</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/05/seven-up-community-group-is-sowing-the-seeds-of-success/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/05/seven-up-community-group-is-sowing-the-seeds-of-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth & Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children, the Seven Up team will tell you, do not come in boxes, nor do they fit in boxes. 

In 2005 this group of Handsworth families set about creating alternative environments and stretch to fit services to help local children and young people to flourish and grow. ]]></description>
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		<title>Take a Look: The CN4B Link Library</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2011/03/take-a-look-cn4b-the-link-library/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2011/03/take-a-look-cn4b-the-link-library/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get involved in making the CN4B website even more informative. You can quickly submit a website description and URL link which will be publicly displayed in our library. Links can be submitted by members of the website or unregistered visitors. All we ask is that submissions must be relevant to the subject matter of the website and/or conform to our statement of values.]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration for communities: giving power to partnership</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2010/09/collaboration-for-communities-giving-power-to-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2010/09/collaboration-for-communities-giving-power-to-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tippa Naphtali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning & Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grassroots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This guide is designed for anyone supporting collaborative working involving community or voluntary groups. It's the result of the learning and experiences that have come from the work of the Collaboration Benefits programme.]]></description>
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		<title>New Network Assessment Framework</title>
		<link>http://cn4b.net/2009/12/new-network-assessment-framework/</link>
		<comments>http://cn4b.net/2009/12/new-network-assessment-framework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CN4B Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Networks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neighbourhoods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CN4B is continuing to develop its new assessment framework for community networks, intended to help community networks work better for their members; with public agencies; and with each other. It is an approach to: recognising good practice; identifying areas for improvement; and measuring the progress made by community networks.]]></description>
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