This is where we’ll post third sector news and important updates that are useful for your organisation.
Essex County Council is appreciative of the ongoing commitment and support from their valued supply chain partners, to maintain services and supplies to the Council during the COVID-19 outbreak.
They want to remind you of a page on their website which is designed to support businesses during the current situation: www.essex.gov.uk/support-for-employers-and-businesses
Content originally by Antonia Swinson, Chief Executive of Ethical Property Foundation
Today’s new normal came upon us all Henny Penny fashion and everyone in the voluntary sector is still reeling for the realities and consequences.
The everyday work of the Ethical Property Foundation centres on supporting the UK voluntary sector with their property issues. Just a short time ago, many voluntary organisations had to face en masse, the sudden isolation of working from home while leaving behind empty properties. Not surprisingly numbers of enquiries to our free property advice have sky rocketed, but instead of the usual enquiries about negotiating a new lease or how to assess space required when moving we have been receiving calls about water hygiene, blocked loos and of course about those ever unwanted other tenants, rats and mice, with their penchant for chewing vital wires. Read more…
Content from CVS Tendring
The Charity Commission has issued new guidance about coronavirus (COVID-19) related financial difficulties in charities and how to work through them: www.gov.uk/guidance/manage-financial-difficulties-in-your-charity-caused-by-coronavirus
The Tendring VCS Covid-19 Emergency Group will be meeting at 2:30pm every Tuesday afternoon until the current situation improves. If organisations wish to join the meeting, please email to request meeting details lisa.andrews@cvstendring.org.uk
If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive the minutes of these meeting please contact admin@cvstendring.org.uk These minutes include the latest information from our partners and colleagues about the services they are providing.
Content from UK Fundraising
TikTok has introduced donation stickers, an in-app donation feature that lets creators add a call to donate to charity in their videos and livestreams. The video streaming company will be matching donations made via these clickable buttons from today until 27 May 2020.
Donation stickers join various other stickers on TikTok. When a user clicks the donation sticker, they’ll be taken to a window where they can quickly and easily submit a donation without having to leave the app.
Content from CVS Tendring
Under the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant (RHLG) eligible businesses in England in receipt of the Expanded Retail Discount (which covers retail, hospitality and leisure) with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will be eligible for a cash grants of £10,000 or £25,000 per property.” The guidance explicitly includes charities that meet this eligibility criteria. So if your organisation qualifies, you should be getting this grant. As examples: sports clubs or grounds, public halls, museums and art galleries. Word of caution, it is at the discretion of the Local Authority.
ACL Community and Family learning team are launching some online support and services for new and existing learners, in order to help support families with children who are struggling to keep them occupied during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more…
Our Project Lead, Emma Wardall, attended a free webinar from The Ethical Property Foundation around how charities can work to reduce their spend on property during the COVID-19 crisis.
The slides and Q&A from this webinar can be found here: Covid-19-Webinar-PPT.pdf
The Ethical Property Foundation will be hosting a number of training webinars in the coming months, to help third sector organisations with the most important topics around property management. Upcoming webinars include:
Content from the Directory of Social Change
The work charities do isn’t “nice to have”, it was critical two months ago, it’s critical now, and it’s absolutely critical to whatever comes next for all of us.
For the last 5 weeks we’ve been desperately campaigning for adequate support for charities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Working with others across the sector, we’ve been pushing government relentlessly for a £4.3bn stabilisation fund to ensure the millions of people whose lives are enriched, made easier, and saved by charities, are still around to help them when this crisis abates. Many of you wrote to your MPs and shared your stories.
In response, they “gave” £750m, which is £3.5bn short of what is needed. Read more…
Third Sector Lab and SCVO Digital are working together to build a playbook for charities needing to quickly build out digital services.
A survey has been produced to find out the top priorities and issues being faced in regards to digital support during the COVID-19 crisis. To provide your feedback, please click here.
Third Sector Lab and SCVO Digital are also offering weekly Zoom calls for non-profits, community groups, social enterprises and other voluntary organisations. These calls are focused on helping the third sector think about how they can deliver information, support, and services using digital tools.
For more information on all of this, please click here.