T3SC - Tameside Third Sector Coalition

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The need for leadership to redress inequalities

In her report, ‘Close to Parity: challenging the voluntary sector to smash the glass ceiling’, Rowena Lewis sets out to demonstrate how well the voluntary sector is doing on women’s representation in the voluntary sector, to inspire debate and to celebrate the rich diversity of women leaders that drive the sector. She explains that the harsh reality is that voluntary sector women are simply not making it into leadership in the numbers we would expect.

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Hate crime survey

Tameside Hate Incident Panel (THIP) are a group of local partners (Police, Housing Associations, Tameside Council and Victim Support) who meet every 6 weeks to look at Hate Crimes within Tameside. THIP are in the process of launching a new campaign to look at all aspects of Hate Crime such as race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and disability.

This will focus on supporting victims rather than targeting the perpetrators. They are asking members of the public to help them understand what the focus of the campaign should be. Fill in the survey online.

Deadline: End of May 2012.

For more information: Email: shain.miah@tameside.gov.uk Tel: 0161 342 2412.

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T3SC satisfaction survey

If you are part of a voluntary, community or faith group/organisation in Tameside and have used any of our services in the past year, we would be grateful if you could spare a few minutes to complete our satisfaction survey. Your use of our services could be something relatively small (e.g. accessing our website) or much more intensive (e.g. accessing development support for your group). Complete the survey:

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National consultations

Neighbourhood planning regulations: Consultation - Summary of responses- this document provides a summary of the responses to a consultation exercise that ran between 13 October 2011 and 5 January 2012 on new regulations.
Closing 3 May 2012 - Ofsted: A Good Education For All
Closing 14 May 2012 - Ministry of Justice: Transforming Bailiff Action
Closing 21 May 2012 - Department for Education: Consultation on School Funding Reform: Next steps towards a fairer system.
Closing 25 May 2012 - Department for Education: Consultation on Draft Revised Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities on services and activities to improve young people's wellbeing.
Closing 1 June 2012 - Department for Education: Consultation on Revised Sure Start Children's Centres Statutory Guidance
Closing 14 June 2012 - Home Office: Equal Civil Marriage Consultation
Closing 26 June 2012 - Inspection of secure training centres
Closing 3 July 2012 - Department for Education: Review of Regulations and National Minimum Standards for Residential Family Centres

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Drop the charity tax

The cap on income tax reliefs that George Osborne announced in the Budget will negatively affect many charities, both large and small, by discouraging the major donors that give large, one-off donations. Today's gifts are tomorrow's grants - these donors are behind many of the grant-giving trusts and foundations that support frontline organisations.

A coalition of national charities believe the Chancellor must reverse this decision – add your voice to theirs as an individual and/or organisation at Give it back George. More information on what the problem is.

So how can you show your support?

Add your backing for the campaign
Raise awareness of the campaign among your supporters, staff, your local MP and any other of your political contacts.
Add your comments on Twitter - they will be campaigning using the hashtag #giveitbackgeorge

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Cuts action

NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations), ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) and NAVCA (National Association of Voluntary and Community Action), have written a letter to all local authorities (http://tinyurl.com/lettertoauthorities ) reminding them of the government's official advice of a three month notice period for any funding cuts. If you are expecting funding cuts in April, you should use this guidance as a basis for conversations with Tameside Council. Also see their guide to challenging funding cuts.

NCVO are trying to build up a picture of where the cuts are hitting the sector hardest. By sharing information we can better work together to make sure the voluntary sector is treated fairly when public bodies are trimming their budgets.

Report your experiences and see the impact of cuts region by region using their cuts website

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The big conversation – proposed council savings

As a result of the government’s deficit reduction plans, Tameside Council is facing unprecedented cuts to funding. This year (2011/12) the council expect to deliver £35million of savings and they have now developed ideas to start to address the £31.4million of savings needed for next year (2012/13). Everyone is invited to become involved in the ‘Big Conversation’ to have a say on these ideas. The webpage is grouped into five areas: ‘Current Consultations’; Corporate and Back Office Services; Adult; Children; Place – to help you can find the proposals most relevant for you to comment on. There is also a helpful link to a rolling programme of decisions which the Council expects to take over the next four months and reports of decisions taken.

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