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Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) is offering the following training aimed at the Voluntary Sector & Statutory Agencies:
 

Multi-Agency Child Protection Training Module 2:

(Excerpts from ISA news e-mail, 15.6.10 - 'July registration halted as VBS is remodelled')

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has today (15th June 2010) issued a statement to the House of Commons which confirms the stated intention of the coalition Government to review the Vetting & Barring and criminal records regimes to ensure that they are scaled back to common sense levels.
The Written Ministerial Statement reads:

Funding of up to £10,000 a year for three years available to organisations working with young people.

Children in Need is offering small grants of up to £10,000 a year for three years for third sector organisations working with children and young people.

The scheme is designed to reach organisations that have not previously considered applying for Children in Need funding.

Call for information by Wednesday 16 June

BIRMINGHAM PLAYBUILDER PROGRAMME 2009-11   -   Phase 2 UPDATE

Given that there was a short timescale in Phase 1, and most of the sites selected were based on Constituency recommendations, it was agreed that this year the process should involve the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) at an earlier stage. In order to facilitate this VCS Matters agreed to support the process and help to engage VCS organisations, inviting them to attend a workshop briefing held at BVSC, Digbeth and to submit proposals for sites. Constituencies were also approached.