Please find below recent news and information for Assembly members:

Collaboration, Delivering Public Services & TUPE (Date added 20th Jan 2012)
With public sector budgets being squeezed, third sector organisations (TSO’s) providing similar services for local authorities are being encouraged to work together to deliver cost-savings. Prior to submitting a tender document you might want to consider merging or forming a consortium to tender for the contract. For organisations that go down the route of competing rather than collaborating, it’s important that they give serious thought to TUPE as this can have serious implications. This information sheet gives more background.
 

Charity sub-contractors warn of flaws in Work Programme (Date added 18th October 2011)
The Work Programme is at risk of ‘systemic failure’ unless some significant issues are addressed, a group of over 100 charity sub-contractors is warning today.
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/news/civil-society/charity-sub-contractors-warn-flaws-work-programme

Swarm Communications have launched a FREE slideshow guide on how social entrepreneurs can make better use of PR and communications.- go to www.slideshare.net/swarmcomms/what-is-pr-and-how-can-it-help-social-entrepreneurs-8810075/>

The Social Value Foundation will invest £40,000 through its "Innovation Investment Fund" for an organisation that can deliver an innovative partnership service or programme. Your proposal must have the support of the NHS organisation as the main sponsor and demonstrate support funding in cashable or non-cashable terms (in-kind/additional support/resources). Initial expressions of interest can be sent to Julie Cheetham (0161 6257202; julie.cheetham@northwest.nhs.uk) by 30 September. Proposals nominated to progress to an investment panel stage will be notified by 10 October in preparation to pitch on 20 October or 3 November.

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Development Meeting 18th July: (Date added 29th July 2011)
Detailed Meeting Notes
Further to the report provided by Dave Bevitt, Derek Burke has drafted notes that provide detailed feedback on what the purpose of the meeting was and what outcomes there were. Click here to access the report.

Outcomes form the Team Bury Meeting (Date added 22 July 2011)
On 7th July Team Bury met to discuss the outcomes from the Team Bury meeting and how this would feed into the Annual Strategic Planning Event. The meeting was open to the public and was attended by one Councillor. The planning event was held on 14th July. The next Team Bury meeting is being planned for September 2011.
Please follow link for aims of the planning event presentation slides and Community Conference feedback

Joint Strategic Needs Assesments (JSNA) meeting - 18th July 2011 (Date added 22 July 2011)
Dave Bevitt from CAB represented the assembly, please follow the link below for more information.
Meeting report

White paper outlines plans for public services procurement (Date added 22 July 2011)
Government says a range of providers including the voluntary sector will be allowed to bid
The government will publish plans in November on how each department will open up public services to competition, according to a white paper published yesterday.
Open Public Services pledges that a range of providers from the voluntary and private sectors will be able to bid to run services.
Please follow link for more information and the White Paper

Community Development Foundation to deliver the £80m Community First programme (Date added 22 July 2011)
Following a competitive bid process the Community Development Foundation (CDF) has been chosen by the Government to deliver the Community First programme.
Community First programme will help communities come together through new and existing community groups, to identify their strengths and local priorities, plan for their future and become more resilient. Community First includes a £30m small grant programme for some of the most deprived areas in the country and a national £50m endowment match challenge.
Please follow link for more information.

Third Sector Assembly - Members Survey (date added 07/07/2011)
The Bury Third Sector Assembly was set up as a way for you and other third sector organisations to be consulted on issues that affect you; get your points of view heard by the public sector; and take collective action on issues that affect you and other third sector organisations. As an organisation who is either based in or works in the Bury area, you automatically qualify as a member.
Today you have the chance to influence how the Assembly can help your organisation. With Big Society comes big changes for the sector, and we want to make sure the Assembly is doing what it is needed to do. To do that we require your thoughts on what it should be doing, and what issues you have as an organisation. Please complete the Third Sector Assembly Questionnaire and return this by email to leanne@b3sda.org.uk by Friday 22nd July 2011. Thank you very much for your time

Changes To Greater Manchester Police & Implications for Bury and Partnership Working (date added: 4/07/2011)
Jon Rush has circulated the planned changes to Greater Manchester Police and the implications for Bury.
Please follow link below:
GMP Force Changes

Team Bury Community Conference 2011 (Date added: 23/06/2011)
The fifth Team Bury Community Conference theme was 'Working Together - Meeting the Challenge'.
Please follow link to presentation slides from this event.
N.B. This document is 3MB 

10,000 Small Businesses Programme (Date added: 23/06/2011)
Are you a social enterprise interested in a fast track to growth?
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, together with SENW invite you to apply for a prestigious place on this worldwide Goldman Sachs Foundation funded programme.
An awareness lunch for eligible and interested leaders will be held in Central Manchester:
Date: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Time: 11:45am - 2:00pm
To Book: Email Collette Morris at SENW collette.morris@senw.org.uk
For further information, please see the brochure (N.B. This document is 3MB)