Latest News and Information

The RCC collates information from a wide variety of local, regional and national sources to help keep local voluntary and community organisations informed of policy issues, funding opportunities, training and events etc.

A few of these are listed below and in the Funding News and Training and Events sections and all the information is available in the RCC News and Information Sheets available via the link below.

Potential new grant making process

The Island's new strategy for creating a thriving third sector is being rolled-out in a number of areas. This week, a new webpage has been published that will tell the story of a major part of the strategy; how a potentially new grant-making process is being tested in 2 service areas. If successful the pilots will lead to broader grant making arrangements between the IW Council and the Island's third sector organisations. It will also help the Council and its public sector partners invest more in the delivery of more of their mainstream local public services by voluntary groups and not-for-profit organisations. The webpage will be of interest to Council staff who commission services and the many third sector organisations that have an interest in future grant funding and commissioning arrangements. The page will be regularly updated and  can be found here

For further information, contact martin.johnson@iow.gov.uk

Equals IW are looking for volunteers

Equals came together to celebrate equality and diversity on the Isle of Wight and to raise awareness and actively promote anti-discriminatory practises and attitudes.
Equals is looking for volunteers: do you know anyone who could help us with the following? Treasurer - for the Equals Management Committee. Website support - the website needs someone who will find relevant news and calendar event items related to diversity and equality and who may write short news items.
Be-friender - for the Friendship Group members: we need a volunteer to assist individual members for whom English is an additional language and who need support with official forms etc.
To apply, or for more information please contact us: Tel: 07554038716 - PO Box 51 Ventnor PO38 9AD. Email: eqinfo@equalsiw.org.uk Website: www.equalsiw.org.uk
Further details about the friendship circles and Equals can be downloaded here

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