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Events for July, 2012 »

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						1 Grassroots Tea Party Grassroots Tea Party Grassroots Tea Party July 1, 2012 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Traditional tea and fun with lawn games and raffle. Tickets are £5.00 each or 4 for £15.00 (when purchased together) All proceeds to Grassroots (reg charity 803193) Everyone Welcome Please contact Sue Hawes…
2	3	4	5	6 Grassroots Tea Party Grassroots Tea Party Olympic Torch Relay Olympic Torch Relay July 6, 2012 7:30 am – 8:15 pm Essex Sporting Challenge Essex Sporting Challenge July 6, 2012 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm Can Your Business Handle the Challenge? Quality Solicitors Fisher Jones Greenwood in collaboration with the University of Essex are hosting the ‘Essex Sporting Challenge’, a fun-filled event for local businesses to…	7	8
9	10 Essex Sporting Challenge Essex Sporting Challenge Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 1) Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 1) July 10, 2012 9:30 am – 4:30 pm As statutory bodies begin to transfer grant funding to commissioned services, CCVS has designed an intensive training course to improve skills and confidence when taking on tender opportunities. Session 1… ESSEX CARERS SUPPORT 1st AGM ESSEX CARERS SUPPORT 1st AGM July 10, 2012 11:30 am – 2:00 pm The meeting will be followed by a buffet lunch, where the board and members of the staff will be present until 2pm for general discussion. If you wish to attend, please…	11	12 ESSEX CARERS SUPPORT 1st AGM ESSEX CARERS SUPPORT 1st AGM ESSEX CARERS SUPPORT 1st AGM Mapping of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Colchester Borough Mapping of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Colchester Borough July 12, 2012 www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccvsmember The survey asks about your work, your funding, and how you make a difference. It will take 10 minutes to complete and does require some financial information. It is open until… Community Transport Excursion Trip Community Transport Excursion Trip July 12, 2012 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Toby’s Carvery and Stanway Garden Centre Visiting Toby’s Carvery for a wonderful roast lunch, then heading over to the popular Stanway Garden Centre. *Timings change subject to destination and number of passengers Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 2) Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 2) July 12, 2012 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Session 2 focuses on full cost recovery and budgets. Stuart Leader, Finance Development Worker, will demonstrate how to develop a realistic budget for projects lasting several years. Are you factoring in…	13	14	15 Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 2) Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 2) BBC Children in Need BBC Children in Need July 15, 2012 Funding deadline – work with disadvantaged children and young people, under the age of 18, living in the UK. Race For Life Race For Life July 15, 2012 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Be part of the biggest fight against cancer at Race for Life, and walk, jog, or run 5k to help beat cancer. It’s all of us versus cancer. Every two minutes…
16 Race For Life Domestic Abuse Enhanced Awareness Training Domestic Abuse Enhanced Awareness Training July 16, 2012 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Aims The aims of the full day course are: · To enable staff to carry out domestic abuse screening, risk identification and safety planning · To facilitate early identification of and intervention in…	17 Domestic Abuse Enhanced Awareness Training Domestic Abuse Enhanced Awareness Training Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 3) Commissioning and Procurement Training (session 3) July 17, 2012 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Outcomes are essential when framing grant applications and tenders. Session 3 will demonstrate how to apply an outcomes focus to your work. It will place a particular emphasis on outcomes… Person Centred Dementia Care – VST Person Centred Dementia Care – VST July 17, 2012 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Who is it For? Anyone working or volunteering with people suffering from Dementia. What is it About? Provides learners with an understanding of what dementia is and how to care for those suffering from dementia.	18 Person Centred Dementia Care – VST Person Centred Dementia Care – VST Social Return On Investment (SROI) – A Simple Introduction by VST Social Return On Investment (SROI) – A Simple Introduction by VST July 18, 2012 10:00 am – 4:30 pm Who is it For? Anyone interested in measuring and accounting for the value of your work and the social impact of their organisation What is it About? By the end of this course participants… Adult Community Learning Open Days and Enrolment Sessions. Adult Community Learning Open Days and Enrolment Sessions. July 18, 2012 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Adult Community Learning are urging people to drop into the centres and look first hand at the range of learning opportunities on offer Last year these events attracted over 500 people…	19 Adult Community Learning Open Days and Enrolment Sessions. Adult Community Learning Open Days and Enrolment Sessions. Community Transport Excursion Trip Community Transport Excursion Trip July 19, 2012 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Abbot’s Hall Farm A guided tour around Abbot’s Hall Farm so you can enjoy the views and the history of Abbot’s Hall in Great Wigborough. *Timings change subject to destination and number… Commissioning and Procurement Training Meet the Commissioners Commissioning and Procurement Training Meet the Commissioners July 19, 2012 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Following three sessions of general skills, session 4 will introduce individual funders commissioning and procurement processes. Representatives from local and regional funders have been invited and details of each attendee…	20 Commissioning and Procurement Training Meet the Commissioners British Heart Foundation – Help a Heart Grant British Heart Foundation – Help a Heart Grant July 20, 2012 Funding deadline – for organisations with a project or activity which either benefits those who have heart disease or their carers, or is aimed at people who are at high…	21	22
23 British Heart Foundation – Help a Heart Grant Have your say… Have your say… July 23, 2012 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm What should the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ priorities be for Essex? Next April when the Essex Health and Wellbeing Board is formally established, the members, (who include representatives from the voluntary sector)…	24	25 Have your say… Have you say . . . Have you say . . . July 25, 2012 10:00 am – 11:00 pm What should the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ priorities be for Essex? Next April when the Essex Health and Wellbeing Board is formally established, the members, (who include representatives from the voluntary sector)…	26 Have you say . . . Have you say . . . Community Transport Excursion Trip Community Transport Excursion Trip July 26, 2012 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Clacton Beach and shopping at Morrisons A delightful day out at Clacton beach followed with shopping at Morrisons *Timings change subject to destination and number of passengers Have your say . . . Have your say . . . July 26, 2012 10:00 am – 12:30 pm What should the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ priorities be for Essex? Next April when the Essex Health and Wellbeing Board is formally established, the members, (who include representatives from the voluntary sector)…	27	28 Have your say . . . Have your say . . . Have your say . . . Book Fair and Coffee Morning Book Fair and Coffee Morning July 28, 2012 10:00 am – 2:00 pm ALL PROCEEDS IN AID OF COLCHESTER SAMARITANS Join the Colchester Samaritans for a coffee or tea, a nibble on a biscuit and a browse through their variety of books. If you have books… Time Together meeting Time Together meeting July 28, 2012 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Monthly Time Together meeting Colne Housing – Have Your Say Day Colne Housing – Have Your Say Day July 28, 2012 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Foundry Court ‘Have Your Say Day’ A chance to have your say on the future of Foundry Court Community Centre, based on Colchester Road, Manningtree. Please see the attached invitation for…	29
30	31 Colne Housing – Have Your Say Day Anchor Foundation Anchor Foundation July 31, 2012 Funding deadline – support for Christian charities concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts.

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