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Summer Trustees' Event | Keep Funding the VCS in Cheltenham | Business Pride | Training Bursary

 

Strawberries and Cream Trustees Event
Monday 19 July, 6pm – 9pm
Cheltenham YMCA

A summer evening for Trustees – time to share experiences and learn new skills for taking your voluntary sector organisations into an increasingly challenging environment. Join us for workshops, networking and a strawberry cream tea.

For more information and to book your place, visit the Trustees Event page.

 

'Keep funding the VCS in Cheltenham’; Cheltenham VCS Forum message to Cheltenham Borough Council

‘Continued funding support for the VCS is vital’ was a key message sent to Cheltenham Borough Council as part of the draft budget consultation. Both VCS Representatives and the VCS Forum were keen to stress the additional funding and resources that the VCS brings into the town, including for work in disadvantaged communities. Letters have been sent to Cllr John Webster to ask the following of the council as they set their budget and a new corporate strategy:

  1. that developing community assets to enable community organisations to generate their own wealth, deliver services and strengthen community engagement should remain a priority in order that a locally based culture of self reliance can thrive
  2. that support to voluntary and community organisations through ‘property grants’ and ‘discretionary rate relief’ continue
  3. that the total funding currently invested by CBC in the VCS continues
    • a) at least at the current level and where opportunities exist this should be increased, and
    • b) regardless of which voluntary and community organisations receive it
  4. that there is continued investment in the disadvantaged communities within the town

 

 

Cheltenham Business Pride (a Cheltenham Borough Council Initiative)

Cheltenham Business Pride is about all of us taking pride of our businesses and the town in which we live. The scheme will develop business initiatives and bring improvements in the appearance and cleanliness of the borough by improving the economic sustainability of the town and the businesses in it through building competitive local markets. It will also provide a route for businesses to be engaged with the work of Cheltenham Borough Council, and the borough’s economic activities. As a consequence, Cheltenham Business Pride has three objectives to achieve:
  1. To listen and respond to local businesses’ needs
  2. To provide grants for local business projects that benefit Cheltenham’s economy
  3. To promote local businesses’ achievements in the local and national media

Register for business pride
By registering business pride will identify and promote you as a business who is proud of Cheltenham. Business pride will work with you to support your growth, helping you to overcome local issues and enabling you to apply for funding.

If you would like to become a member of Cheltenham Business Pride in order to be able to apply for grants and be notified of local business news and events, then you need to register. You can do this by visting the Cheltenham Business Pride website.

 

Training Bursary Available

Voluntary and Community Organisations in Cheltenham have an opportunity to apply for a bursary to attend GAVCA training courses. Cheltenham Stronger Communities Partnership has a small amount of funding available which it would like to use to help members of organisations working with communities in Cheltenham to access training courses provided by Gloucestershire Association for Voluntary and Community Action. 

The bursaries will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and organisations can apply for up to £150 towards these costs. To apply for a bursary, please contact Cheltenham Voluntary and Community Association by telephone on 01242 227737 or by emailing , providing details of your organisation, contact details, the name of the member attending the training course and the course which they intend to book. Cheltenham VCA will then confirm the bursary and the applicant can then book their place on the course, stating that they have the bursary. 

 

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