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Library Resources

Members of CVS South Gloucestershire are able to borrow any of the resources listed below. For further information please contact us.

Community Engagement

Engaging Young People in Your Community Organisation
Getting it Right Together: The South Gloucestershire Compact
Code of Good Practice
Implementation Handbook
Development Workers: A common agenda
Empowering The Voluntary Sector

Funding

A Guide to Loans For Social Enterprise
Big Lottery Fund
England and UK Programmes 2006 -2009
Reaching Communities
Young People’s Fund
The Giving Campaign
Making Giving Go Further - a fundraiser’s guide to tax-effective giving
It Pays To Give - a guide to payroll giving
Opening Doors for Charities -toolkit for payroll giving
Taken For Granted - why local communities need small grants
Apply Yourself - lottery funds for community groups
Please Give Generously
Tried and Tested Ideas for Raising Money Locally
The Fundraisers Guide to the Law
Avoiding the Wastepaper basket - a practical guide for applying to grant-making trusts
Promoting Your Cause
The Complete Fundraising Handbook
Writing Better Fundraising Applications
From Asking to Earning - Experiences of Trading
Intoductory Pack on Funding and Finance for Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations
Volunteering
Sport England’s Education & Training Programme for Volunteers
Young Volunteers: Making a difference to sport in England
Volunteers and the Law
Service Providers to the Voluntary and Community Sector in South Gloucestershire

Governance

The Essential Trustee: What you need to know
Setting Up for Success; a practical guide for community organisations
Running Sport:
Fundraising Grants and Sponsorship
Taxation and Sport
Organising Fixtures & Competitions
Developing Your Sports Action Plan
The Role of the Secretary / Chairperson / Treasurer
How to Communicate Effectively
Volunteers
Managing Events
Trustees: when the going gets tough
The Treasurers Handbook - a guide for small voluntary organisations
The Charity Treasurers Handbook
So, now you are on a committee now ….
Collaborative Working and Mergers
Intoductory Pack on Funding and Finance for Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations
the Good Management Guide

Children and Young People

Engaging Young People in Your Community Organisation
The Yellow Book: A guide for parents and carers of children with additional needs who live in South Gloucestershire
Taking a Leading Role a good practice guide for all those involved in role model schemes aiming to inspire young people about science engineering and technology
Creating Independence and Inclusion - youth personal assistance support scheme
Young People as Citizens Now
Young People, Offending and Local Action
A National Framework for Youth Action and Engagement
Children and Young People Plan
Experts in their field -Listening to rural children and young people
Youth Matters:Next steps
Letting the Future In - a celebration of innovative projects for children and young people

Equal Opportunities

Human Rights Act: an introduction
Anti-Discrimination Training Pack: Developing good Equal Opportunities practice in rural areas
Governance and Participation Development Toolkit
Tolerance in Diversity the video documentary of an exchange programme
Equalities Toolkit
Ethnicity Guidelines

Other

Pathfinder an accreditation and networking guide (for voluntary and community organisations)
Local Area Agreement
The Effiective Delivery of Training Using NLP
Practical Time Management
Managing for the first time
The Complete Guide to Creating and Managing New Projects
CVS South Gloucestershire Annual Survey Summary Report

Developing Your Organisation

ICT tools to support collaborative working
First Steps in Quality
Mastering Spreadsheet Budgets and Forecasts
The Employee Handbook for Organisational Change
Voluntary but not Amateur - a guide to the law for voluntary organisations and community groups (7th edition)
Managing Voluntary and Non-Profit Enterprises Book 3 Managing Activities and Resources
Book 4 Evaluation and Effectiveness