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This section contains articles previously featured on our Current News page that may be useful for future reference. All items were entered on the site after the 1st August 2008.
07/10/08
Subsidised accountancy services for voluntary groups and social enterprises from Community Accounting North East
Community Accounting North East are able to provide subsidised accountancy services for eligible voluntary organisations and social enterprises,... Read more...
06/10/08
Governments proposed statutory right to volunteer
A volunteering charity has warned that new plans to make time off work for volunteering a statutory right could threaten employees’ career... Read more...
30/09/08
Award-winning website for Third Sector skills & training launches in the North West of England
voluntaryskills.com, the leading website for Third Sector skills and training in the North East & Cumbria, has recently extended its... Read more...
09/09/08
Revised National Occupational Standards (NOS) for managing volunteers published
Revised National occupational standards (NOS) for the Management of Volunteers have been published by the UK Workforce Hub.
These... Read more...
02/09/08
Culture change for jobs - North East Volunteers programme from One NorthEast
Opportunities with museums, theatre groups and music and sports events will help people who’ve been out of work for a long time move back into... Read more...
01/09/08
Bursaries available for the UK's first ever foundation degree in sustainable communities at Northumbria University.
The Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC) has a number of bursaries for the UK's first ever foundation degree in sustainable communities. The... Read more...
14/08/08
FREE Practice Assessor Training in October from Viplex
Have you ever thought about offering a social work student a work placement in your organisation?
If so, VIPLEX (Voluntary and Independent... Read more...
13/08/08
People and Skills: free workforce development resource from The Workforce Hub
People and Skills: Workforce Development in the Third Sector is a one-stop shop for information and resources on developing your organisation's... Read more...
06/08/08
VAT reform threatens jobs of charity staff
The Treasury has "grossly underestimated" the cost of imposing VAT on the wages of temporary social care and charity workers, locum... Read more...
06/08/08
Shell are sure of PNE
Royal Dutch Shell plc award £1m contract to NE agency, PNE Group, to develop its flagship global youth enterprise programme.
PNE Group , the... Read more...
05/08/08
Visually impaired to get employment boost
A North East scheme to help visually impaired people into work has been awarded a £215,000 grant.
Henshaws Society for Blind People will... Read more...
01/08/08
Latest research shows that Management skills gaps have greatest impact on third sector organisations
Management skills gaps have the greatest impact on the work of third sector organisations, is the key finding highlighted in Third Sector Skills... Read more...
01/08/08
Special offer from informnorth magazine to voluntaryskills.com readers
informnorth magazine was launched just over six years ago as a small social enterprise to help promote and raise aspirations in the North... Read more...
