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It has been a busy time here at CHYPPS as we endeavour to support and represent the children and young people’s voluntary sector.    Our members will remember one of our Support and Development Workers, Neil Randall, requesting contributions to a CHYPPS newspaper to inform Politicians and Elected Members of the activities in Somerset that relate to the ‘BIG SOCIETY.     This newspaper, called “The Community” is currently being printed and will be sent out far and wide early next week.  If anyone would like a copy, please let me know.

 We are also on the move again – back to Langport!    We will be leaving Westonzoyland at the end of the month and will be taking an office at The Town Hall which is where ViSTA is based.    Our new address is shown at the end of this news circular – we have not had our new telephone number confirmed yet.

Although we are leaving The Old School, we are very pleased to say that another local voluntary organisation (and CHYPPS member) is moving in – Ups and Downs South West.  See below and attached details of their 2010 Conference.

We have also said “Goodbye” to Vivian Upton who stepped down  as Chair of CHYPPS on 31st August.    We are all very grateful for the unstinting support Vivian has given to us over the years and hope she enjoys her retirement from CHYPPS.     We are, however,  very pleased to welcome Pat Parker who is taking over as Chairman and look forward to working with him.

NCVYS has produced a Funding Update for August, which brings together the funding opportunities mentioned this month in the bulletin, and additionally includes local funding opportunities left out of the bulletin for space reasons.

http://ncvys.org.uk/funding_update.html (Opens in New Window)

What is it?

The NCVYS Young Partners Award (YPA) is a celebration of young people’s involvement in decision making within voluntary and community youth organisations or projects. It provides an opportunity for such organisations and projects to demonstrate what young people and adults can achieve through working in partnership, sharing ideas and inspiring each other.

NAVCA have surveyed their members to gauge their understanding, expectations and reservations about the proposals around the Big Society. They found their members are generally positive about the Big Society principles and exhibit a genuine interest in contributing in practical ways. However, the fairly high proportion of ‘don't knows' may well reflect a lack of clarity in the proposals and NAVCA members' own uncertainty about the Government's intentions.

http://www.navca.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C83DA66E-52E4-4560-A802-9C27E50F8E3C/0/BigSocietySurveyResults.pdf (Opens in New Window)

Revolving Doors Agency, a charity working to improve services for people with multiple problems, has published Key principles of the Coalition Government. It explores and highlights the risks and opportunities these principles pose to people with multiple needs and covers Big Society, Localism, Freedom, Fairness and Responsibility.

http://www.revolving-doors.org.uk/policy--research/policy-briefings/key-principles (Opens in New Window)

The public affairs and public relations agency Insight PA has published Big Society - A briefing An overview on the themes, policies, structures and people driving the Coalition's big idea.

http://www.insightpa.com/InsightPA_bigsociety.pdf (Opens in New Window)