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Frome Vale / Yate Locality

Geographical Location

Yate Locality is one of three geographical localities within the County of South Gloucestershire. The locality stretches from Winterbourne taking in Villages such as Iron Acton, Earthcott Green, Frampton Cottrell, Cromhall, Wickwar and Yate. The Locality from Yate stretches towards the Gloucestershire boarders taking in the three Sodbury’s, Hawkesbury Upton, Horton, Marshfield and Badminton. Towards the Bath & North East Somerset the Locality ends at St Catherine’s. Communities such as Wick near Kingswood also fall within the locality. Yate locality is primarily rural but does include towns excluding Yate these towns are “market towns” predominantly within the Cotswold edge

Developmental Support

CVS South Gloucestershire provides developmental support to community and voluntary sector groups within the Yate Locality. Examples of support provided would be advice and support on sourcing funding, advice and support of governance issues, starting your group/organisation, forming a charity, developing your business plan, marketing and strategy, and organisational sustainability. We currently provide support to a wide range of organisations across the locality and our service is flexible to meet the needs of each organisation/group that we work with. Work is often on-going but we do provide one off sessions and telephone or e-mail support as required.

If you would like more information on this service then please contact Paul Davenport, Development Officer (Yate Locality), CVS South Gloucestershire youthdevelopment@cvs-sg.org.uk

Fit for the Future and Sustainable Funding

CVS South Gloucestershire offers organisational health checks “Fit for the Future” this is a tool that enables organisations to explore the current health of their organisation identifying strengths and weaknesses. Support is provided through developmental support to build on identified strengths and develop strategies to address any weaknesses. The process takes no longer than an hour depending on the size of your organisation and is recognised as a valuable tool by groups who have completed the process

“I had no idea that we needed to have some form of reserves as we were such a small group”

Sustainable funding is a tool that encourages organisation to explore their current funding sources and financial sustainability. The aim is to enable groups and organisation to become less dependent on funding from funders such as South Gloucestershire and take more responsibility for generating their own income (for example) The process will enable your organisation to move away from a culture of constantly having to apply for funding and make your organisation more secure. This is especially important if you employ people

For more information on Fit for the Future or Sustainable Funding Plans please contact Paul Davenport, Development Officer (Yate Locality), CVS South Gloucestershire youthdevelopment@cvs-sg.org.uk

Frome Vale Locality Network

Frome Vale Locality Network is a network open to all Voluntary sector organisations and groups within the Yate locality. Currently members represent all sections of the sector both large and small. The network meets on a quarterly basis and venues alternate. The forum usually invites a guest speaker for the first part of the meeting and the second half of the meeting is open to groups to raise issues faced by the sector. Dates for 2012 will soon be released. For more information on the forum please contact

Paul Davenport; youthdevelopment@cvs-sg.org.uk Or Carol Zorzo: volunteeringyate@btconnect.com

Training

CVS South Gloucestershire provides regular training for groups and organisations within the Yate Locality. This training is currently in the main free of charge but there is a small fee for some courses. All training is geared towards the needs of the voluntary and community sector and current training opportunities can be found on the “Training” page of the CVS website or contact: Sarah Buckle, Training Officer, CVS South Gloucestershire email: sarah.buckle@cvs-sg.org.uk

Volunteering

If your organisation or group needs volunteers or you yourself would like to volunteer please contact Volunteer Centre Yate

Volunteer Centre Yate is the Volunteer Development Agency serving Yate and surrounding districts, as far afield as Pucklechurch and Downend, including the many rural villages in the area. The centres overall aim is to promote support and develop opportunities, to help people become involved in their own communities.

The Centre is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10.00am to 3.00pm at Volunteer Centre Yate, Yate Library, West Walk, Yate South, Gloucestershire.  Telephone Number: 01454 324102.  Email: volunteeringyate@btconnect.com.  Website: www.yatevolunteeringlink.org.uk

Promoting Your Organisation or Events

To promote your organisation or event online ‘My Yate’ is a website that enables groups and organisations to promote both their services and events. To view the website go to www.myate.co.uk.  The website is open to any group or organisation within the Yate locality. To find out more and how it works contact: Claire Jaggard; Claire@clairejaggard.com

You can also use the CVS website to promote events or employment opportunities. This is subject to approval and in some cases there is a small charge. To find out more contact please contact: Rachel Lucy; rachel.lucey@cvs-sg.org.uk