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| Type | Title |
Date of ebulletin |
Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training | Community Engagement Training for the Public Sector | 19 April, 2012 | Training available to support your team or agency to be more open and responsive to community influence |
| Charities | 'Grants and contracts, Outsourcing by public sector bodies: VAT implications for charities' | 19 April, 2012 | The Charity Tax Group has released guidance explaining the VAT consequences of both grants and contracts. |
| Charities | Young Charity Trustees - new website | 19 April, 2012 | New Website for Young Charity Trustees |
| News | Key 2012 Budget announcements affecting the charity sector | 19 April, 2012 | Some are new annoucements, some confirm thatt he Government will implement decisions previously announced. |
| Charities | Further Guidance on Gift Aid declarations | 19 April, 2012 | New guidance on Gift Aid declarations: What charities need to do |
| People | National Citizen Service recruitment for 2012 | 19 April, 2012 | This summer all 16-year-olds are being offered the opportunity to get involved with the National Citizens service (NCS). |
| Resources | New guide for Neighbourhood Planning choices | 19 April, 2012 | A guide to help communities, local authority officers, councillors, developers, businesses, and others to choose the best path through the localism maze. |
| Events | Dorset Green Gathering 2012 | 19 April, 2012 | Free event for green community groups. |
| Campaigns | Give it back George Campaign - Drop the Charity tax | 19 April, 2012 | New campaign to reverse the decision to cap income tax relief which will discourage donors and affect many voluntary sector organisations, both large and small. |
| Campaigns | 'Challenge it, Report it, Stop it' - plan to tackle hate crime. | 19 April, 2012 | Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone has unveiled a cross-government action plan to tackle hate crime. |
| Consultations | The Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme | 19 April, 2012 | The Government is consulting on the proposed gift aid small donations scheme, which will allow charities to claim gift aid on £5,000 worth of small donations each year without needing to submit a gift aid declaration signed by the donor. |
| Charities | Defending against public liability risk | 19 April, 2012 | A Report on the increase of public liability risks faced by charities. |
| Consultations | VAT: Addressing borderline anomalies | 19 April, 2012 | Consultation on Budget VAT changes |
| Consultations | Two Ministry of Justice consulations; "Punishment and reform: effective probation services" and "Punishment and Reform: effective community sentences" | 19 April, 2012 | Ministry of Justice consults on reforms to community sentencing and the future for the probation service. |
| Events | Voluntary Arts Week 2012 - 12th - 20th May | 19 April, 2012 | Host a special event with your art or craft group and get other people from your community to join in or see what events are happening in your local area. |
