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	<title>Walsall Voluntary Action</title>
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	<description>Providing life support for local action across the Borough of Walsall</description>
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		<title>Representing the sector: delivering the changes you want</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re bringing in some major changes to how we represent Walsall’s voluntary and community sector, following extensive consultation with local groups. 
We will be creating five new networks, mirroring Walsall Council’s Directorates – Children’s Services, Social Care and Inclusion, Regeneration, Neighbourhood Services and Resources.  Each network will be facilitated by a member of the Walsall Voluntary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/20/representing-the-sector-delivering-the-changes-you-want/</link>
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		<title>Glass-House offers eco-housing study tour for community groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Glass-House Community Led Design is a national charity that works with community groups and regeneration professionals across the UK with the aim of promoting a wider understanding and practice of community led design.
The team at Glass-House are offering a free one-day tour of inspiring eco-housing developments in the West Midlands on Thursday 5 August.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/16/glass-house-offers-eco-housing-study-tour-for-community-groups/</link>
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		<title>Women Take Part</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A unique course aimed at women is looking for participants from the Walsall area.
The Women Take Part course aims to get women involved in their community and to learn how to increase their level of influence over the decisions that affect their lives.  The course provides opportunities for people to be more active in communities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/14/women-take-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Maximise your funding from the ESF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from the recent European Social Fund Applying to Succeed conference, Wolverhampton Network Consortium have arranged a workshop on consortia building.  The purpose of the workshop is to maximise the ability of the local voluntary sector to access ESF funding.
The session takes place at Walsall’s Forest Arts Centre on 20 July, between 9:30am and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/12/maximise-your-funding-from-the-esf/</link>
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		<title>Wanted: your views on a National Skills Strategy for the voluntary sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Government looks to expand the role played by the voluntary sector in delivering public services and building strong communities, organisations need people with the right skills in order to rise to the challenge.
Skills – Third Sector is working to develop a National Skills Strategy for the voluntary sector and would like to hear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/09/wanted-your-views-on-a-national-skills-strategy-for-the-voluntary-sector/</link>
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		<title>Meeting set for Walsall Advice Network Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walsall&#8217;s Advice Forum Network holds its next meeting on Wednesday 21 July.
Hosted by Walsall Citizens&#8217; Advice Bureau, the Network is a chance for everyone involved in advice and information work to meet colleagues from other organisations, share learning and discuss issues of common interest.
Topics on the agenda this month include the Government&#8217;s recent budget statement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/08/meeting-set-for-walsall-advice-network-forum/</link>
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		<title>Leisure and Activities Assistant &#8211; Our Lady and St. Chad Catholic Sports College, Wolverhampton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part time &#8211; approximately 16 hours per week (evenings and weekends)
NJC Scale 1, Point 4 &#8211; £6.30 per hour
Our Lady and St. Chad Catholic Sports College is a leading sport and leisure provider for local sports clubs. The centre comprises of a fitness suite and youth gym, dance studio, floodlit hard courts, sports hall and climbing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/07/leisure-and-activities-assistant-our-lady-and-st-chad-catholic-sports-college-wolverhampton/</link>
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		<title>New course explores living life as an enterprise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what you want to do in the future?  Want to find out what motivates you?  Want to make your ideas reality?  Then Life as an Enterprise could be the course for you!
Walsall Centre For lndependent Living has joined forces with Breathing Space to deliver the Life as an Enterprise course, designed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/07/07/new-course-explores-living-life-as-an-enterprise/</link>
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		<title>Addaction celebrates 10th anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Addaction Walsall has now been helping local people with tackling drug and alcohol problems for ten years.
To mark the occasion, Addaction are hosting a celebration at their offices at 231 Stafford Street, Walsall WS2 8DF on Wednesday 14 July.  Visitors are welcome to drop in between 10am and 4pm to meet with staff, have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/06/30/addaction-celebrates-10th-anniversary/</link>
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		<title>HMRC release guidance on &#8220;fit and proper persons&#8221; test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Finance Act introduces new rules governing entitlements to UK charity tax reliefs.  The new rules require charities and organisations to satisfy a “management condition” stipulating that their managers are “fit and proper persons”.
However, the legislation does not define what constitutes a “fit and proper person”. HM Revenue and Customs have now issued guidance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.walsallva.org.uk/2010/06/29/hmrc-release-guidance-on-fit-and-proper-persons-test/</link>
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