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Risks to charities linked to business rates relief

Full business rates are due on empty commercial properties that remain unoccupied after three months, including lower value properties such as small shops. However, charities occupying commercial property qualify for a mandatory 80% discount on business rates, provided the property is used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes. Local authorities also have the discretion to grant the remaining 20% as a further discount.

The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, is aware of cases where charities are being approached by retailers and landlords of hard to let property to enter into tenancy agreements that would relieve the landlords of the requirement to pay full business rates. Equally, some charities are actively marketing their willingness to enter into tenancy agreements with commercial landlords.

Funding available for Voluntary Youth Worker training.

Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire has a small number of training grants available to groups that provide activities for children and young people in the local area. If you want to develop the skills and knowledge of your volunteers, in line with the common core identified in the Children’s Workforce recommendations, and need financial help to achieve this, then please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to request a Community Pot application form. Please mark your completed application “Children’s Workforce Grants” and we will do our best to help you.

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All wrapped up!!

By Trudy Norris VANL

Have you ever really thought about wellness and what that means to you, members of your family, friends or others in our community?

Recently a group of people came together to do just that – to consider their own experiences of recovery and Wellbeing and how they could support others also wanting to do this. Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) is a 'self-management' tool used in many countries around the world to help individuals take more control over their own wellbeing and recovery. It emphasises that people are the experts in their own experience and it is based on the premise that there are no limits to recovery.

‘WRAP’ was developed in the United States by a group of people with mental health problems and has been successfully shared, both in the United States and internationally, by Mary Ellen Copeland and the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery. WRAP has been particularly well developed in Scotland via the Scottish Recovery Network and it was from here that the group identified a Copeland qualified trainer that was able to offer the full training package to enable them to become accredited facilitators.

Consortia ‘increase access to funding for charities’, new research shows

Working in consortia helps charities increase their access to funding and build capacity through peer support and sharing resources and experience, new research has found. However, trustees are being reminded to be aware of both the opportunities and the risks associated with working in consortia that bid for and deliver public services.

The messages emerge from a new research report; Consortia for the delivery of public services: the issues for small and medium-sized charities, published by the Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities. The research looked at five consortia formed to deliver public services. The consortia featured are diverse in size and focus, and include consortia with both formal and informal structures.

EU e-Privacy Directive

Risks to charities linked to business rates relief

Funding available for Voluntary Youth Worker training.

ACAS

All wrapped up!!

Consortia ‘increase access to funding for charities’, new research shows