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Guernsey Community Foundation Voluntary Sector and Social Policy Newsletter October 2016
The Guernsey Community Foundation's Voluntary Sector and Social Policy newsletter is now available. This update covers the next three States debates in November - with topics ranging from the 2017 Budget, Phase 1 of the Policy and Resources Plan, the minimum wage and the [...]
Fundraising for your charity? Volunteers needed? Look no further…
Fundraising? Check out the Association of Guernsey Charities website https://www.charity.org.gg/Volunteer Could you use corporate volunteers? We now have over 100 registered volunteers looking to help voluntary organisations. We are also getting enquires from businesses looking for opportunities to partner with local [...]
Newsletter • October 2016
October’s newsletter is now available to download. You can view all of the latest updates from the GDA You can view it here - gda-october-newsletter-2016-final PLEASE NOTE: We will be running the next GDA member charity meeting (before the Association of [...]
Contact Points for Questions
We have drafted a contact sheet for anyone on the island with a disability and would welcome your feedback and extra information you would like to see. Please email: karen@disabilityalliance.org.gg gda-contact-points-for-questions-draft
Two companies open for applications for Charities that are fundraising
For all our member charities that are fundraising please note that these two organisations, Saffery Champness Guernsey and Amalgamated Facilities Management, are currently open for applications:- www.saffery.com www.amalgamatedfm.com Please go to the Association of Guernsey Charities website: https://www.charity.org.gg [...]
Message from Policy & Resources (P&R) to our GDA members
Further to the presentation on phase one of the Policy & Resource Plan at the Guernsey Disability Alliance meeting on Monday 5 September, please find attached the final version which has been submitted for debate at the States meeting on [...]
Tax Relief on Charitable Giving
Deputy Jane Stephens has asked that the letter below, be circulated to you all, so that you have more information on the recent decision made by the Policy and Resources Committee, announced in the 2017 Budget, regarding tax relief on [...]
Minutes of the meeting from our GDA Members meeting on 5th October 2016
The first member-only meeting (not including member charity reps) was chaired by Peter Hill Smith and had 20 attendees. Some of the topics discussed were: the purpose of the GDA, feedback, legislation, exchange information, contact point flyer, Guernsey Employment Trust, [...]
Disability Officer Update • October 2016 by Caroline Mullins
DisabledGo came over to Guernsey in September specifically to share how they undertake access surveys and to give individuals the opportunity to shadow and to survey some of the smaller shops in St Peter Port. Janina and Peter were very [...]
"Inclusive" plan for future of Guernsey published
The first stage of Guernsey’s new Policy and Resource Plan ("Future Guernsey") is now up on the States website at www.gov.gg/policyandresourceplan. It will be debated on 15th November. The aim of the Plan is to “give Guernsey direction and a [...]
Disability Awareness Training • Free Online Training
Training for disability awareness is now available and Free for everyone. The States of Guernsey now have available Disability Awareness Training through an on line tool. The training was developed by a number of charities and disabled people in Guernsey [...]
Come along to a talk at Les Cotils by Joanna Sharpen from AVA
Please come along to a public presentation at Les Cotils, for Mental Health Week. The speaker is Joanna Sharpen, the Policy Manager at AVA (Against Violence and Abuse). The presentation will look at the impact of domestic abuse on children [...]