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		<title>Quality Awarded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the AGM proceedings on the second day of the conference seven Local Infrastructure Organisations (LIOs) were were formally awarded their Quality Award from NAVCA.
This externally evaluated award recognises the quality of the outcomes achieved by the LIOs that are delivering services to groups in their area. They are not a test to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=247&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sherwood CVS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, we didn&#8217;t create a new CVS at the conference, well not a real one (that would have caused a stir). As part of the &#8220;NAVCA projects, NAVCA projects riding through the glen&#8221; workshop, Bill Freeman, the NAVCA Director of Development painted a picture of a staff meeting at a fictional (Sherwood) CVS.
After working through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=217&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 17th &#8211; Social Media Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firstly the AGM and the business of the day for NAVCA, then off to various workshops &#8211; I&#8217;m off to listen to Jude Habib from Soundelivery talk about Podcasting &#8230;.
&#8230;. which turned out to be a lot more than just Podcasting in fact!
The session covered the whole range Social Media tools that are available for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=171&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greg Clark &#8211; Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greg Clark, who is also a Facebook user, but a little more anonymous as there are 155 others to choose from!
Key points from the Green Paper on the 3rd Sector (which can be dowloaded from the site)

Communities are not &#8216;hard to reach&#8217; if you are working closely with them.
Lightly specified contracts focussing on outcomes rather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=156&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://navca.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/greg-clark-shadow-minister-for-charities-social-enterprise-and-volunteering/</link>
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		<title>Peter Wanless &#8211; Big Lottery Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Wanless from Big Lottery Fund, who I&#8217;m pleased to hear is a Facebook user and fan of &#8216;Dogs die in hot cars&#8217; &#8230; and it seems Dolly Parton !
Really keen to stress the fund and the regional officers are there to help the 3rd sector in submitting quality applications that make recipients able to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=150&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 16th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Nottingham, or ey up m&#8217;duck !
Just getting ready for the welcome and first part of the programme introduced by Helen Voce the Chief Execeutive of Nottingham CVS.
All about Nottingaham, including the Goose Fair, the Football teams and the technology of Nottingham, the &#8216;Games City&#8217; conference and the Homeshoring Project &#8211; which is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=119&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://navca.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/september-16th/</link>
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		<title>Rabbit rabbit rabbit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello development workers, small groups advisors, forum co-ordinators, organisational support workers, BME capacity workers, neighbourhood project advisors, community engagement officers &#8211; in fact, anyone whose job involves giving hands-on support to groups&#8230;
I&#8217;m running the peer group session on development. We&#8217;ve got an hour to talk about pretty much anything, so I&#8217;m really very keen to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=61&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://navca.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/rabbit-rabbit-rabbit/</link>
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		<title>NAVCA projects, NAVCA projects riding through the glen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News has reached me via the Sheriff of Nottingham that this session at 2pm in the programme on 16th September is going to be a &#8220;little different&#8221;. The last thing anyone wants after a hearty lunch is a dull slide presentation just going through  &#8220;here&#8217;s what we do and how you can use it&#8221;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=54&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://navca.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/navca-projects-navca-projects-riding-through-the-glen/</link>
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		<title>Peer Group Session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chief Officers of NAVCA members have a ‘peer group’ session on Tuesday 16th September from 12 noon to 1pm. Only an hour so we need to be focussed to use the time well. Please use this blog to suggest the topics you would like to raise with your peers. If you prefer to be confidential [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=47&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wish you were there ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts of a summer break are no doubt much more exciting than planning what you will do at the NAVCA Conference. Although it is still just under two months away there is already interest here from people wanting to meet-up and network (OK informally chat!) to others with similar interests.
In the Open Space slot Stefan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=navca.wordpress.com&blog=3968614&post=45&subd=navca&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://navca.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/wish-you-were-there/</link>
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