NAVCA News - posted in April 2012
The following news articles were posted in April 2012.
Joe Irvin looking forward to his first CORE
The programme has been announced for CORE 2012, NAVCA’s residential event for Chief Officer’s and senior managers. The event is being held at Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire on 13/14 June. Details of eight workshops have published, which include ‘New approaches to strategy formation’ and ‘Making links with local businesses’. CORE 2012 is also the first opportunity for Joe Irvin, NAVCA’s new Chief Executive, to address a national NAVCA conference....
NAVCA response to the Charities Act review
NAVCA has published our response to the consultation on the review of the Charities Act 2006, being led by Lord Hodgson....
BIG set out their aims and priorities up to 2015
The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has published its strategic framework refresh. This sets out the principles that will inform BIG's work and the funding priorities that will guide them up to 2015. The refresh document includes BIG's fundamental principles, their key priorities for funding and new and emerging issues. The document follows on from the new policy directions for BIG, published by the Cabinet Office recently. It also includes how BIG reduce admin costs, as all lottery funders have been asked to reduce their core admin costs to five per cent by 2014....
NAVCA welcomes launch of Big Society Capital
NAVCA has welcomed the launch of Big Society Capital, the wholesale bank that aims to make £600 million of loan finance available to the voluntary sector over the next four years. NAVCA is pleased that funding from dormant bank accounts and high street banks is being made available to charities and voluntary organisations to help local communities. However, NAVCA warns that Big Society Capital needs to value social impact to realise its potential. If interest rates are set with only the financial return in mind, many small charities, which could benefit from loan finance, will be priced out....
New policy directions for the Big Lottery Fund
The Cabinet Office has published its new policy directions for the Big Lottery Fund (BIG). The new policy directions follow a consultation held last year....
