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Jargonbusters - simplifying language
Jargonbusters is a brand new website from CES (Charities Evaluation Services) and the Jargonbuster group dedicated to providing clear and simple definitions to the third sector around the key terms usually used to describe what organisations are doing and the difference their work is making. It is a great, FREE, go-to resource for third sector organisations to help them to understand, plan, review and develop their projects in a systematic way and become more effective at what they do. Click here to find out more.
The Get Money Savvy Campaign
The Get Money Savvy Campaign wants personal financial education to be taught in all schools. They are looking for young people who have struggled managing their cash in the past and who are willing to speak up about this issue to the media, and their story would be used to get media coverage about financial education. If interested please email Richard at NCB (National Children's Bureau) and go to their facebook page to sign the petition.
Your Value!
Community Matters has developed a tool online to help your organisation demonstrate your social value contribution . The tool aims to help you understand terms associated with social value, make the connection between social value and key public policies, and gather and store the necessary information about your activities to demonstrate this. Click here to download.
Youth Work Resources: Bereavement
Please find below a round-up of resources for youth workers running sessions on bereavement.
From Children & Young People Now
Talking Point - How do young people deal with the pain of bereavement? Ideas to kickstart discussions on the emotions young people may feel then they lose someone close to them
Activities
Cruse Bereavement Care - Activity ideas that can help young people cope with their grief
Winston’s Wish: Skyscape of Memories - A virtual night sky where children can add stars to share memories of their loved one with others
Videos
Child Bereavement Charity - Advice, videos and useful links for young people coming to terms with the loss of someone close to them
Winston’s Wish - Young people talk about how their behaviour changed following the death of a parent
YouTube - Children and young people talk about their experiences of bereavement
Podcasts
Winston’s Wish -Six young people who have lost a parent talk about their feeling and thoughts on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
Other
RD4U Personal - A host of interesting resources, including a timeline where young people can read about others’ feeling surrounding bereavement
Mind: My Name is Zac - A comic-style downloadable booklet aimed at young people aged 13 and over
Funding Central
Is Funding Central a part of your fundraising toolkit? If not then register today to get immediate access to the FREE, comprehensive funding search as well as a weekly update packed with relevant opportunities. Funding Central lists over 4,000 grants, contracts and loans and last year £73m was secured by our users. There are also extensive support resources to help with all aspects of financial management. The advanced search allows you to tailor your requirements for each of the projects you're raising funds for and then receive automatic alerts as relevant funds or contracts are added.
FREE resources from FRANK
As part of FRANK's new campaign partners and practitioners are able to order campaign resources to give to young people and parents about drugs including:
- A range of merchandise such as pens, bags and badges
- The Truth About Drugs: Know The Score. An A to Z booklet of drugs for young people
- Does Your Child Know More Than You? Drugs information booklet for parents and carers, with information about drugs and young people
- Campaign posters
Email FRANK@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk to request the order form.
Preparation for birth and beyond: a resource pack for leaders of community groups and activities
This resource pack has been developed to help the NHS, local authorities and the voluntary sector in planning or leading preparation for parenthood groups and activities. It aims to improve outcomes for babies and parents through a refreshed approach to antenatal education. Download here.
25 Social Media Tips on How to Engage Your Followers
Please find attached a 2 part toolbox of expert tips, tactics and nuggets of wisdom for winning social media followers and keeping them engaged. Click below to download:
Community Toolkit
Zurich Insurance plc has created Community Toolkit, a FREE online resource for people who want to get involved in organising smaller, straightforward community activities. The site offers tools, tips and information on some of the key areas of responsibility when setting up a community group or activity. Click here for more information.
FREE online guides to help get the most out of computers and the internet
Digital Unite's Learning Zone provides a FREE online resource offering over 200 easy-to-use learner guides for people at all levels. Topics covered include getting started and how to email, to using social networking sites and downloading music and films.
BT Community Web Kit
In just a few simple steps you can have an easy-to-build website to help promote your charity or community group, with the help of BT's Community Web Kit, FREE of charge. Find out more here.
Pre-teens body confidence teaching pack
A new 'media literacy' teaching pack to help children understand how the media often alter images and the impact these have on self esteem, has been launched by Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone. Aimed at Primary School teachers, but available to all to download, the materials are specifically tailored to the 10-11 age group. Click here for full details.
BT Internet Rangers
Internet Rangers is all about encouraging and enabling young people to share their digital skills with older generations safely and confidently. There is a Toolkit for Rangers to get young people started, and a Toolkit for Teachers to enable them to help young people become Internet Rangers through the classroom. Click here to fd out more.
Child Poverty Training
The Children's Workforce Development Council has published a new child poverty training resource. Issues covered include: how to recognise signs and risk factors of child poverty and how agencies can support families to move away from poverty. Click here to download.
The Professionals Online Safety Helpline (POSH)
The Professionals Online Safety Helpline (POSH) has been set up by the South West Grid for Learning, as part of the UK Safer Internet Centre. The Helpline is a FREE resource which has been set up specifically to support professionals and volunteers who work with children and young people, who are experiencing issues relating to digital technology and e-safety. The Helpline aims to resolve issues professionals face about themselves, such as protecting professional identity and online harassment by pupils or their parents, as well as the problems young people may be facing, for example cyber-bullying or sexting. It launched in April this year in the South West region, however due to demand it has just become a national service. For more information, please visit their website.
Co-Operative UK Launches Support Resources for Community Enterprises
The ‘Simply Suite’ offers governance and legal advice resources for community enterprises, in partnership with Making Food Local. The FREE services include advice on:
- Simply Finance: financing a community enterprise
- Simply Governance: understanding the processes involved in running a sustainable community enterprise
- Simply Legal: information on legal structures
- Online governance audit: online tool allowing enterprises to assess their organisational standards
- Online select-a-structure: online tool allowing start-up enterprises to identify the appropriate structure for them
Click here for more information.
Ready for Change
Ready for Change is a FREE tool developed by Rocket Science to help third sector organisations measure their readiness to adapt and respond to change. Click here to download.
FREE Tool for Voluntary Organisations
Rocket Science Lab has launched a new online tool to help organisations approach and adapt to change. Ready for Change is a free tool developed by Rocket Science to help organisations measure their readiness to adapt and respond to change.
Rocket Science Lab has extensive experience in developing the capacity of third sector organisations to develop a positive approach and readiness to embrace change, which is the key to successfully implementing a plan for sustainability. Click here for more information.
How to set up Microvolunteering Projects
Click here for a useful resource produced for the VCS by Help from Home, showing how to tap into the huge potential of the microvolunteering market.
New advice launched to help safeguard children
The National Childminding Association (NCMA), in partnership with the Department for Education, has published guidance on how Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) can support registered childminders to safeguard children. The new resource promotes the key role childminders can play in identifying and preventing abuse or neglect. Download here.
Safeguarding self-assessment tool
Safe Network has produced an online self-assessment tool to help organisations to strengthen their safeguarding practice. Click here to download. Also available is a new toolbox of resources which includes simple guidance and templates on good staff recruitment, selection and management. Click here to download.
Step-by-step guide for engaging in sport
NAVCA, in association with Sport England, have released the Step by Step Guide: for local support and development organisations who want to engage with community sports clubs and organisations.
This FREE resource has been developed by NAVCA to act as a guide for local support and development organisations wanting to engage with community sports clubs and organisations. Click here to download.
Partnership Check and Challenge Tool
The NSPCC has developed the Partnership Check and Challenge Tool, a FREE resource, for any organisation working in partnership to provide sport activities for children and young people. Click here to download.
Internet Safety materials for children
Materials from the Zip it, Block it, Flag it campaign are available FREE to all those who work with children. Click here for ordering details.
Are you supporting a family?
Giving families the right support has never been more vital.
From early years to vulnerable families, Family and Parenting Institute's in-demand publications and resources can help you and those you work with support families more effectively. Concise, well written information for you, and reasonably priced materials for parents could be just what you need to support your families right now.
Click here for the 2011 catalogue and more information.
Supporting Services to work with Dads
The Fatherhood Institute published Dads included, a toolkit for developing father-inclusive services. The pack outlines how services can be shaped so that they work for Dads as well as Mums and, most importantly, for children, for whom a good relationship with dads is so important.
Presented as a series of 12 pull-out cards in an A4 wallet, the Dads included toolkit offers – for practitioners and managers in any setting – practical, tried and tested solutions to the challenges of engaging with fathers and father-figures, including:
- Getting Dads through the door
- Knowing what to do with them once they're there
- Supporting up the workforce to work with Dads
- Keeping the right records
- Finding out what services Mums and Dads really want
Click here for full details.
Streetwise Education
The Streetwise Programme was made using the experiences of young people and professionals alike. The project to produce a toolkit for practitioner has taken 6 years to produce. The process of educating young people about the dangers of gangs and weapon crime becomes easier if we have the required resources. Streetwise is in tune with what’s happening on British streets today and has proven to be an excellent engagement toolkit for practitioners working with young people in a variety of settings. Click here to visit their website and to find out more.
Improving Support Resource Pack for distribution
Click here for an information pack. This pack contains a range of materials you can use in your own communications to let others know about www.improvingsupport.co.uk, the website which provides ways to share, connect and learn.
Charity Commission tool kit for Trustees
This toolkit has been developed in partnership with the charity sector and is a useful guide which aims to give trustees some practical tools they can use to help manage risks and protect their charity and its property from harm. The guidance aims to make all trustees aware of their legal duties and responsibilities in carrying out appropriate due diligence checks on those individuals and organisations that give money to, receive money from or work closely with their charity, and to identify and manage any associated risks.
Click here to download.
Resources to help vulnerable children to stay safe online
Children with learning difficulties and deaf young people are being encouraged to stay safe online with a set of resources launched by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop). The organisation said it believes that children with additional needs can be particularly vulnerable to abuse, citing evidence that claims children with any type of disability are 3.4 times more likely to suffer some type of abuse compared to children without disabilities. To address the issue, Ceop, along with organisations including the NSPCC and the National Deaf Children's Society, has developed two films and resources for teachers which are now available to download here.
FREE Funding Search Engine
LIVING SPORT has invested in a Funding Research tool. This is a FREE to use specialist sports related funding search engine and will help you find out about and access a comprehensive range of grant sources. After answering some basic questions about your organisation you will be able to view a list of funding for which you may be eligible. The information you search for is updated daily by a team of researchers and is fully comprehensive. To register for this fantastic new service, please click here.
Do you need feedback from Young People?
Want to know what young people think of your project but can't get them to fill out an evaluation form? This short paper sets out advice from young people in Bedford, together with useful Dos and Don'ts on how to get your feedback form just right - so now you can make improvements to your project AND show those who buy your services that you are talking and listening to young people. Click here to download.
Performance Improvement Matrix leaflet
This guide gives you essential information about more than 20 tools and methods that can help you to prove and improve your organisation’s quality and impact. You’ll find practical ways that can help you to measure your organisation’s impact, report to stakeholders, plan your strategy and improve.Click here to download.
Connect, share and learn
Connect, share and learn is a FREE, downloadable toolkit for evaluating the outcomes of inter-agency training to safeguard children and young people. It will help to evaluate training courses, develop evidence-based training and promote good practice in the field. Click here to download .
Money Aware: Developing & accrediting financial awareness through the Youth Achievement Awards
Throughout their lives young people are required to make increasingly more complex financial decisions. From buying clothes, balancing their income and expenditure, managing the payment of bills and planning for their long term financial security. These, together with the global recession, a stalling job market, government benefit and spending cuts all have serious implications for how young people plan and manage their financial affairs.
This toolkit provides youth workers, volunteers and teachers with an invaluable access point to this area of learning. It contains activity and information sheets as well as sample financial documents and challenges. The price is £25.00. Go online to buy your copy.
Delivery Training in Partnership with Young People
Participation Works has published Honesty, Commitment and Trust – Delivering Training in Partnership with Young People. This resource explores how organisations support and develop young people to work as partners to design and deliver training and focuses on involving young people aged between 16 and 25 years old as co-trainers. Click here for further information.
ArtSmart
This toolkit is bursting with practical ideas, session plans and recording sheets to help you get started in the arts. The toolkit covers the key arts themes of craft, creative writing, dance, drama, fashion,film, journalism, music, photography, poetry and the visual arts. In addition it offers some starting points for addressing additional cross-arts themes with your young people, such as diversity and inclusion, emotions and feelings, heros and heroines. Click here to buy your copy.
Equality and Diversity: What it means and how to do it Toolkit
Click here to view this document. Chapter 10 provides a very useful checklist for organisations to use.
What next? A guide for 17-18 year olds.
This guide which has been developed by the East of England Development Agency provides useful information about future destinations after school for young people aged 17 to 18. Click here to view.
BME communities CD-ROM | Helping child safety in ethnic communities | The Safe Network
All communities want to keep children safe but we know that a minority of children will be abused in any culture. In addition, certain cultural child care practices face challenges in the context of UK safeguarding legislation and guidance. The Safe Network has developed this resource to help facilitators and trainers raise awareness of child protection issues in black and ethnic minority communities.
This exciting and innovative CD Rom has been produced by the NSPCC to enable trainers and group leaders to take children’s safeguarding to the very heart of black and minority ethnic communities.
If you work in or with the community and voluntary sector, you can order a FREE copy of this resource by completing and returning the order form to the address provided.
Young Peoples Websites
Click here for a useful resource detailing a variety of websites with information for young people and practitoners on a number of different topics.
Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) Resource Pack
MARAC are pleased to provide you with updated documentation to assist with your agencies participation in MARAC. The MARAC referral form provides all the personal details needed to enter a referral onto Modus along with guidance on the information necessary to complete the 'Referral Form' into the MARAC. This is the section that tells the MARAC why a case is being referred outlines the risks/concerns/actions needed.
The ACPO Risk Indicator Checklist (RIC) is for your records which is used by all MARAC professionals to assess the level of risk and assist you in deciding on the referral pathways you need to take. The MARAC referral criteria document clearly outlines the criteria for making a MARAC referral and when to make a re-referral into the MARAC for a case to be reviewed. It is hoped that these documents will provide clarity to all about when a referral should be made to MARAC, whether it is an initial referral or a repeat case.
Please share these documents with your colleagues. Click here for further information on the Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire MARAC Information Sharing Protocol. If anyone has any queries about how, when or why to refer into MARAC please contact Caren Irwin on 01234 842634 or email caren.irwin@bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk.
Personal Development Portfolio
This is an extremely useful tool for your organisation and is FREE to download!
The common core of skills and knowledge describes the skills and knowledge that everyone who works with children and young people (including volunteers) is expected to have. The six areas of expertise offer a single framework to underpin multi – agency and integrated working, professional standards, training and qualifications across the children and young people’s workforce.
To support staff who work with children and young people across Bedfordshire to evidence the common core of skills and knowledge the Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) has been developed with the Common Induction Standards (CIS) at its heart. The CIS are mapped to the common core.
To download the PDP FREE go to: http://www.familymatters.org.uk/pdp and register.
All you need to do is supply the folder.
Safer Recruitment and Selection in the Children's Workforce
Section 11 of the 2004 Children Act places a duty on all partnership organisations to have 'robust and recruitment and vetting arrangements in place to prevent unsuitable people from working with children'.
Experience shows the importance of organisations that provide services to children, young people and families operating recruitment and selection procedures that help to deter or reject or identify people who pose a risk to children or who are otherwise unsuited to work with them. The LSCB has developed recruitment and selection procedures 841which will help to effectively safeguard children.
Click here to view the Safer Staffing Toolkit
Are they Safe?
The Safe Network is jointly managed by the NSPCC and Children England, and was created as a result of the Government’s Staying Safe action plan. Click here to download the step by step pack.
Working Together resources Pack
The Working Together resources pack provides user-friendly, interactive, fun and familiar tools to inform parents around the value of communicating with their child about learning and school, whilst providing the means to make homework and learning part of their family routine. Download for FREE here.
Act by Right
Act by Right takes young people through five stages of a journey to develop the knowledge and skills they need to take effective action on issues that concern them. It recognises that children and young people need the chance to develop knowledge and skills to work together to get things done and make the changes they want to see where they live. This accredited workbook, split into five units of three sections each, is designed to help this happen. Rooted in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child it is designed for use by teenagers, but can work for younger people too. Click here for more details.
Luton's Voluntary & Community Sector Safeguarding Standards Toolkit
This useful Toolkit has been produced by Voluntary Action Luton and Luton Safeguarding Children Board for organisations that have not completed a Section 11. Click here to view.
Campaign for Change Toolkit
The Campaign for Change Toolkit aims to give disadvantaged young people the skills and opportunities to speak up to shape their services, through media and campaigning activities. This toolkit is intended as a practical resource for anyone working with young people aged 11-19 involved in campaigning activities at any level. The Toolkit costs £25.00. Click here for furuther information or contact Louisa Johnson to purchase your copy.
E-Learning Tool for Forced Marriage
This e-learning tool has been developed and launched to support professionals dealing with forced marriage cases. The tool has been designed to complement the multi-agency practice guidelines that we launched last summer. Click here to use, and click here for some hand hints on how to use this tool.
Accrediting Residential Learning
This publication is a tool for anyone leading a residential with young people. It will enable them to plan and deliver Youth Achievement Award accreditation as an integral part of young people's learning experience. The guide includes a framework for planning, running and reviewing residential experience, activity & evaluation sheets (that can be copied) and discussion starters. Click here for further information or to purchase.
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