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Capacitybuilders National Support Services - additional meetings

Capacitybuilders extends support service briefing sessions - see
http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~womeninlondon/?p=420

Capacitybuilders has decided to lay on more briefing events for third
sector organisations wishing to deliver its new national support
services after a surge in demand for the sessions.

Initially, two events - one in London on 8 October and one in Leeds on
10 October - were organised ahead of next month's tender deadline. But
demand for places was so high, with the London event quickly
establishing a waiting list, that two more days have been arranged:
one in Birmingham on 17 October and another in London on 24 October.

Capacitybuilders announced last month that it would be replacing the
six ChangeUp hubs - finance, governance, ICT, performance, workforce
and volunteering - with nine national support services, whose subjects
include modernising volunteering, equality and diversity and
responding to social change.

The nine programmes have been broadly welcomed by the third sector
(Third Sector, 12 September), although some organisations have voiced
concern that work carried out by the existing Workforce and ICT Hubs
would not be effectively covered by the new arrangement (Third Sector
Online, 11 September).

Prospective service providers have been invited to submit expressions
of interest by 7 November. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by
21 November. The aim is for the new programmes to launch next April.

For information on briefing sessions, email
gill.balding at conferencesolutions.uk.com

Source
http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/DailyBulletin/743052/Capacitybuilders-extends-support-service-briefing-sessions/3B9298145A7814F8C0D0D3C3FA4D4573/

Posted on WiLT blog at
http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~womeninlondon/?p=423