This is a fixed term contract until August 2014 funded by the Big Lottery. Educated to GCSE (Grade A-C)/NVQ3, with excellent administrative skills and a good working knowledge of IT systems and databases essential. Welsh speaker desirable.

For further details/application pack email: homestartcarmsllanelli@cccpartners.org.uk or phone 01554 770808

Closing Date for Applications: 30 May 2013 Interview Date: 14 June 2013.

Home-Start Carmarthen-Llanelli is committed to equality of opportunities and diversity.

Registered Charity No 1113572. Company Limited by Guarantee No 5687455.

The interactive five day course covers key issues around good practice including:

• Planning to involve volunteers in your organisation – being volunteer ready.
• Policies and procedures
• Recruitment and selection
• Volunteer retention
• Conflict resolution
• Support and supervision of volunteers

This course will lead to 6 credits at Level 3 and will require some home study each week.

This training is designed for anyone who has the responsibility of involving and looking after volunteers in their organisation:

• Those who are new to the role
• Those who have been in the role for some time and would like to build upon and refresh their skills.
• Those who would like support in incorporating volunteering into their organisation as part of their overall sustainability.
• Those who would like to gain a recognised qualification for their skills and knowledge

This training will also provide useful opportunities to network and problem solve with other volunteer coordinators.

Dates:

• Thursday June 6th 2013
• Thursday June 13th
• Thursday June 20th
• Thursday June 27th
• Wednesday 3rd July

**Attendees must be able to commit to attending all 5 days.**

The fee for the whole course is £95 and includes the cost of Agored Cymru accreditation and lunch and refreshments on each of the 5 days. The fee is payable at the time of booking and is not refundable.

We anticipate very high demand to attend this training and therefore will only be able to accept 1 application per organisation.

Application forms must be returned by noon Friday 24th May 2013 and you will be notified whether or not you have been successful in securing a place, shortly afterwards.

All decisions regarding applications will be made at the discretion of the Collaborative Communities Project Manager.

Please contact Helen Martin for an application form on 01554 785950 or helen@cavs.org.uk

It will be opened with a ministerial address with expert speakers including:

• The Fawcett Society
• Bron Afon Community Housing
• Chwarae Teg
• Citizen’s Advice Cymru
• Disability Wales
• Gwent Police
• Shelter Cymru
• The Bevan Foundation
• Wales Co-Op Centre
• Wales TUC
• WEN Wales
• Workers’ Educational Association

Friday 14th June 2013, 9.30am to 4.30pm

University of South Wales, Newport, City Campus, Usk Way NP20 2BP

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Lunch and refreshments will be provided for delegates.

Any special dietary requirements can be confirmed when you book your place.

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Tickets are priced at £75 plus VAT per delegate.

37 hours per week, £18,221 – £22,061 per annum (dependant on experience and probation period)

Ref: 130610/SM/CARM

We currently have an opportunity for a Service Manager in the Carmarthen area. The role of the Service Manager is to ensure the implementation of support plans, assessments and related recording systems, ensuring the required staffing levels within the Services are maintained and that all staff are properly supervised and supported to enable them to provide a high quality support.

To be eligible to apply for this post you must have management experience, be computer literate and hold a valid driving licence. An NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or an equivalent qualification is desirable.

Your knowledge and experience of working with people with, complex needs and learning disabilities will ensure that service attitudes and practices are person-centred and outcomes-focussed, whilst your organisational and IT skills will enable you to complete administrative and budgetary tasks to a high standard. It is essential that you have a full clean driving licence and a car with Business Insurance for this role.

As part of our comprehensive benefits package we offer:

• all necessary training
•  individual support
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years service
•  5% non-contributory pension.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please download an application form from our website www.cartrefi.org.

Please return your completed application form to the Human Resources Department either at recruitment@cartrefi.org or 5 Coopers Yard, Curran Road, Cardiff, CF10 5NB. Please quote reference 130610/SM/CARM on your application form.

• Closing date: 12.00pm on 31st May 2013
• Short listing date: 3rd June 2013
• Interview date: 10th June 2013

The Institue of fundraising qualifications

The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) is the professional membership body for fundraising in the UK. The IoF supports fundraisers through leadership, representation, standards-setting and education. It also champions and promotes fundraising as a career choice.

At WCVA, we are working closely with the IoF to make IoF Academy training and qualifications accessible to third sector organisations in Wales.

Are you in a fundraising role and want to consolidate your skills and develop as a fundraising professional? The Certificate in Fundraising gives front-line fundraisers a solid grounding in the theoretical concepts and principles behind fundraising, helping you to be the best you can be.

To gain the qualification you need to attend four consecutive days of intensive training, and successfully complete a series of four work based and case study assignments over a period of approximately nine months.

Fees:

• £1,485 for IoF individual members
• £1,584* for non IoF individual members who are WCVA members
• £1,600* for individuals that are not members of either the IoF or WCVA

*If you are not yet an individual IoF member your first year’s membership is included with the non-member rates. This gives access to a range of benefits which should assist your studies and wider professional development. You must hold a valid IoF individual membership while studying for a qualification.

As an additional benefit for WCVA members signing-up to this course we have negotiated a discounted individual IoF membership rate of £99** for the first year of IoF membership.

To find out more about the course and to book your place, follow this link to the IoF’s website.

** Standard IoF individual membership £121 (including the joining fee)

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Closing date: Thursday 30th May – Interviews: before 7th June 2013

For informal discussions about this opportunity, please contact:

Dr Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby

Email: S.Hillcoat-Nalletamby@swansea.ac.uk

Phone: 01792 295783

They are an overarching set of principles aimed at Public Service organisations across all sectors in Wales. They aim to offer a consistent approach and good standard for public engagement across Wales. The principles were endorsed by The First Minister of Wales, The Right Hon. Carwyn Jones AM on behalf of the Welsh Government in March 2012.

CAVS has signed up to the national principles, and will use them as a guiding document in public engagement work. See the list of organisations which have signed up to the national principles.

Download the ten principles

Download guidance on the principles

Further guidance on the National Principles can be found at www.participationcymru.org.uk

By joining our mailing list, we will send you e-newsletters to:

• Provide updates from representatives that attend planning group meetings etc
• Recap and provide catch up opportunities on third sector events
• Give news, development and updates
• Inform and invite to forthcoming events

Don’t miss out.

Join our Mailing List here and be part of your Third Sector in Carmarthenshire.

Kelly Price

Swyddog Datblygu Prosiect Creu’r Cysylltiadau | Making the Connections Project Officer

Phone 01267 245565 | Email kelly.price@cavs.org.uk

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WCVA has drafted the attached response and would welcome comments and feedback to be sent by noon on Thursday 16 May 2013 to 3SET@wcva.org.uk.

Download WCVA Draft response

Alternatively please submit your comments directly to WEFO by 20 May 2013, in any of the following ways:

Email: Wefo-eia@wales.gsi.gov.uk 

Post:

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Team, Welsh European Funding Office, Rhydycar, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 1UZ

This new introductory course will focus on how to use artistic skills with others. Students will learn about the different needs of client groups, how to plan accessible workshops, develop their teaching/facilitation skills, and experience new practical creative skills relevant to their professional development.

Working with Others is accredited at Higher Education Level 2 (NQF level 5) of 30 credits and will be run part-time (in 3 hour slots) over 7 months.

The course will be based at Carmarthen Library, Friday mornings from 11th October 2013. The course will be delivered by Rose Thorn, a practicing drama therapist and artist. Guest tutors will cover other areas of the syllabus to make the student experience more diversity. Each guest tutor has an education background but are also specialists in their specific subject areas.

• Course Code: CC104 Tutor: Rose Thorn
• Fee: £250 (£220 Concessions / £40 Fee Waiver Fee)
• Venue: Carmarthen Central Library
• Dates / Time: Fridays, 10am-1.30pm from 11th Oct 2013
• Pre-Enrolment is advisable.
• £30 Early Bird Discount. To qualify you must pre enrol and pay your fee by 23rd Sept 2013.

If you would like to learn more about this unique course, please contact Alison Pierse, Arts Co-ordinator at Aberystwyth School of Education and Lifelong Learning: chp@aber.ac.uk

30hr/week Post, Salary Scale £22,777- £24,301 pro-rata plus employers’ pension & travel expenses

A new post funded through the Big Lottery Fund Community Voice Portfolio in Pembrokeshire to be responsible for delivering the ‘Clywed’ project, working with community forums, action planning participants, staff and representatives from intermediary agencies (statutory and third sector) to increase the scope and quality of community planning at a local and strategic level.

Closing date 21st May 2013 at 12 noon.

Interviews will be held on 5th June 2013.

For further information please email sarahe@planed.org.uk

or visit our website www.planed.org.uk/job-opportunities

Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development

A community led development organisation with 20 year’s experience of delivering projects across Wales and Europe, as well as Pembrokeshire.

Phone 01834 860965

information@planed.org.uk

www.planed.org.uk

Pembrokeshire x 1, Carmarthenshire x 1

• Fixed term contract to June 2014, 26 hours per week
• Salary £20,858 pro rata + pension contribution
• 30 days annual leave pro rata

The successful candidates will provide outreach into communities, train and assess an Agored Cymru substance misuse unit and help participants take steps towards employment and to become economically active. The Community Outreach Project is funded through WCVA Engagement Gateway.

For informal queries please contact Charlotte or Rob on 01970 626470.

Whilst these posts are subject to a criminal records bureau disclosure, having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of your offences.

Application packs available from: 01970 626470 or adults@recovery.org.uk.

Closing date 10am on Tuesday 28th May

Challenging times require organisations to rethink both their partnerships and the way they work with others across a wide spectrum. Having considered options for the future of both organisations, Hafan Cymru and Carmarthen Domestic Abuse Services have decided to form a partnership with the aim of ensuring the sustainability and best quality of the services they provide.

Nikki Warrington, Director of Quality Assurance and Performance at Hafan Cymru said:

“Hafan Cymru has always been keen to work closely with others. We know this can provide the necessary added value to enable our service users to achieve their own potential and help us as an organisation strive further towards excellence. Hafan Cymru and Carmarthen Domestic Abuse Services will work closely together to tackle domestic abuse, homelessness, and worklessness in the county.”

The Manager of CDAS, Ruth Graham said:

“We are thrilled to be a part of this exciting move forward and it makes complete sense for the organisation and our service users to formalise our existing working relationship in this way. Our Service Users throughout Carmarthen will benefit from us being able to provide a seamless service when they turn to either organisation for support.”

Cathy Davies, Chief Executive of Hafan Cymru added:

“I am personally delighted as this closes a circle for me from my beginnings in domestic abuse services, running the Carmarthen refuge for Carmarthen Women’s Aid to now being able to work with them again in a new, collaborative way.”

For anyone seeking immediate Domestic Abuse support assistance please contact the 24 hr Freephone Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 80 10 800.

Terms of Reference

The Committee intends to focus specifically on sport, but within the wider context of the Welsh Government’s commitment to increase levels of physical activity more generally.

For further details, download the document linked here.

The deadline for applications is 2pm Wednesday 5 June 2013.

Please note: GwirVol will only be holding one grant round in 2013-2014. There will be no second round September-November 2013.

The aim of the GwirVol Youth Volunteering Grants scheme is to support the delivery of a wide range of new volunteering opportunities in Wales and overseas that will support the step change in access to volunteering for young people aged 14-25 and especially for disadvantaged young people. The GwirVol grant scheme offers three different strands of funding.

• Creating Opportunities: For organisations looking to create new youth volunteering projects, new youth volunteering roles or to recruit more young people into existing volunteering roles. Creating Opportunities grant applications can be for up to a maximum amount of £10,000.
• Millennium Volunteers: For organisations looking to recognise the commitment young people give to volunteering through offering the 200 hour award of excellence. Millennium Volunteers grant applications can be for up to a maximum amount of £10,000.
• International: For organisations looking to develop overseas volunteering opportunities that benefit young people and their communities in Wales as well. International grant applications can be for up to a maximum amount of £30,000.

How to apply:

You can get more information and download the application forms and guidance at http://www.gwirvol.org/en/organisations/funding/

GwirVol also runs the StreetGames grants which are open all year with no closing date. If your organisation involves young volunteers in sports activities go to StreetGames grants now!

The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) mission is to bring about real improvements for communities and those most in need. BIG funds projects that focus on health, education, the environment and charitable purposes.

The information session will be held between 10.00am – 12pm at The National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Llanarthne and will provide advice on Big Lottery Fund funding programmes and its impact throughout the constituency.

There is also an opportunity to book a half hour 1:1 Advice session in the afternoon.

If you are interested in attending either the morning session or a 1:1 Advice session in the afternoon please contact Rebeca Lewis on (01269) 597677 or rebeca.lewis@parliament.uk.

www.jonathanedwards.org.uk  / www.rhodriglynthomas.org.uk

News and Information for the Voluntary Sector in Carmarthenshire. Published by CAVS.

Email info@cavs.org.uk, Phone 01267 245555

Produced by Carmarthenshire Carers Service, phone 0300 0200 002, email carers@cavs.org.uk.

Newyddion Cynhalwyr Sir Gâr yn cael ei gynhyrchu gan y Gwasanaeth Gofalwyr Sir Gaerfyrddin, ffôn 0300 0200 002, e-bost carers@cavs.org.uk.

The workshop is being held 10.30am – 2pm on Thursday 27th June 2013 at the Coleshill Social Centre, Llanelli, SA15 3BT.

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A light buffet lunch will be provided.

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For further information or to book a place, please contact Carmarthenshire Carers Service on 0300 0200 002 or email carers@cavs.org.uk by 20th June.

This training will support staff, volunteers and trustees by:

• Increasing confidence in communicating with their deaf and hard of hearing clients and ensure inclusive practices are instilled in the day to day work in their organisations;
• Nurturing good workforce relationships – increase employee’s knowledge and understanding of deaf colleagues needs;
• Helping to reduce unintentional discrimination.

There are two opportunities to attend the training session on:

Wednesday 29th May 2013 at CAVS Mount Building, 18 Queen Street, Carmarthen SA31 1JT

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• Session 1 | 10am – 12.30pm
• Session 2 | 1.30pm – 4.00pm

Please book by contacting Helen Martin on 01554 785950 or helen@cavs.org.uk.