Resources - How To Do It Advice
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| GuideStar UK | GuideStar UK is an independent charity set up to promote the UK's voluntary and community sector by creating a website to provide comprehensive information about UK charities and their activities. |
| Voluntary Arts Network
(also VAE - England) |
THE place to start when looking for advice. Go to their SITE MAP to see what they have for free! VAN aims to promote participation in the arts and crafts, recognising that they are a key part of our culture and that they are vital to our health, social and economic development. VAN works with policy makers, funders and politicians to improve the environment for everyone participating in the arts, and we provide information and training to those who participate in the voluntary arts sector. |
| Governance Hub | Free factsheets and guides "Starting on the Right Track – A Guide to Recruiting and Inducting a New Chair" What Managament Committees Need to Know" plus several others. |
| The Governance Hub 'Learning to Fly' | Learning to Fly'. The leaflet deals with all the aspects of governance for voluntary and community organisations, including monitoring and delegation, and has a list of useful contacts. |
| Funding | |
| Black Fundraisers Network | Provide a forum for B(A)ME fundraisers to meet, share experiences and access professional support |
| Funding a Project
Subscribers contact SEFAN |
SEFAN Checklist No1,Information Leaflet 2005 |
| Help on funding | Information on funding and how to put together a proposal. |
| Voluntary Arts England | Funding How to...guides now available on the VAE website - |
| Bussines/Voluntary Sector | |
| Arts and Business | Information and advice |
| BT Community Website Builder | BT Community Website Builder helps charities build free websites. |
| Data Protection, marketing and electronic commerce
Subscribers contact SEFAN |
Summary if important points. |
| Directory of Social Change | Helping voluntary and community organisations to thrive through advice on: how to raise the money, manage their resources to maximum effect, influence the right people, what their rights and responsibilities are, how to plan and develop for the future. |
| Effective arts in the community | Community Arts Network (US) have collated their online tools for constructing, conducting, documenting and evaluating effective community arts programmes plus links to other useful arts toolkits. |
| FolkArts England - Resources page | Guide to New Folk Promoters. January 2007 Child Safety Policy |
| Folk Organisations with Staff or Volunteers
Subscribers contact SEFAN |
SEFAN Checklist No2, Leaflet on legal responsibilities 2005 |
| Health and Safety Information | Information and advice on various aspects of health and safety. Risk Assessment. |
| National Endowment for the Arts (USA) | Outcome-based Evaluation - A Working Model for Arts Projects. |
| HMRC Charity Helpline
Download the flyer here: |
A new helpline provided by HM Revenue and Customs has opened providing advice on all charity taxation matters matters, including VAT. |
| Musicians' Union LIVE MUSIC KIT | To help venues in staging future live music events, the Musicians' Union has created a LIVE MUSIC KIT. This includes: How to apply under the system, Matching the event to your venue, Contact details for sourcing acts, Draft gig contracts for artist, Promotional tips, Public liability insurance, Health & Safety issues, PRS / PPL requirements, A guide to the payment of artists and Temporary event information. |
| PR tips
Subscribers Contact SEFAN |
various information and advice from Gavin Akin in terms of press relations, press oficers, public relations consultants and journelists. |
| Pro Help | Professional help for the voluntary sector, ProHelp is a network of professional firms who support, free of charge to voluntary and communiy groups in their local area. members include surveyors, architects, accountants, solicitors, public relatons, marketing specialists, property consultants, engineers, IT consultants plus many others. |