 | This Strategic Plan sets out the Regional Forum's aims, objectives and activities for its next stage of development from 2006 to 2009. |
 | This guide will give you information about support services and networks
for the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary and community sector in
Yorkshire and the Humber. |
 | Many voluntary and community organisations are based on principles of user involvement and empowerment. The voluntary and community sector (VCS) can therefore offer plenty
of examples of excellent empowerment practice. The question is, does this practice affect broader indicators of community and citizen involvement?
The Yorkshire & the Humber Forum has collated and compared various data sets relating to citizen involvement and the third sector, to examine whether there are any significant connections between empowerment and the shape, ‘health’ and size of the sector. |
 | This briefing explains the concept and rationale which underlie city regions and how they are developing in Yorkshire and the Humber. It considers why they are important and what the implications are for the voluntary and community sector (VCS). |
 | The Regional Forum has responded to a request from the Office of the Third Sector for comments on their plan to support the sector in the current economic climate. The response was sent on behalf of the voluntary and community sector in Yorkshire and the Humber. |
 | Government policy, local commitment and commercial sense are all promoting cross sector partnerships, effective community consultation and implementing diversity. Yet finding ways to do this well can be challenging. This brochure sets out some key information about how to do this.
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 | The Regional Forum has submitted a formal response to the Government's Draft legislative programme 2008 - 2009 on behalf of voluntary and community organisations in the region.
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 | The Regional Forum has completed its initial analysis of the results gathered from the 2009 Health of the Sector survey.
As well as giving a breakdown of the type of work organisations do the survey also asked if the organisations had experienced any changes in the demand for their services and in terms of size and finance. The results show that a significant number of the respondents had experienced a growth in the demand for services but that rate of growth was not matched in rises in staff or volunteers.
Many organisations expected to grow in the next financial year although at the time of the survey around 15% of those who took part were still unsure about what was going to happen to their organisation.
The survey results can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
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 | HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD! Improving Support for Campaigning in Yorkshire & the Humber
This event was held in Leeds in January and this report reflects some of the ideas to come out of the day as well as drawing together some of the support already available.
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 | A list of the political control of all the authorities in our area including those covering the new City regions. |
 | The Working Together Strategy focuses on the VCS as provider of learning, as employer with skills needs and as source of extertise and communication. This Toolkit supports the partnership development of the two parties. |
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 | A list of all the MPs in our area including those covering the new City regions. Results are from the General Election on Thursday 6th May 2010 and the election held on Thursday 27th May 2010. |
 | In 2005, the Regional Forum and the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly published “Practice Makes Perfect”, a collection of case studies presenting the work of 13 voluntary and community organisations and in particular, highlighting their contribution to regional progress. The publication used the six objectives of the regional strategic framework “Advancing Together” to show how the voluntary and community sector contributes to the Yorkshire and Humber region.
“The Story Continues…” is the first in a series of updates by the Regional Forum on the work of these projects. |
 | The Regional Forum in association with the CRESR at Sheffield Hallam
University and the Economic & Social Research Council has published a
brief research paper that explores the prospects for the third sector
following the General Election.
The paper highlights the areas of continuity, whatever the outcome of
the election, but also highlights some of the major problems the sector
will face. |
 | The Regional Forum has published a response on behalf of the voluntary and community sector in the region to the Commission for the Compact's consultation Refreshing the Compact.
This response has been informed by the views of the Yorkshire and Humber Voluntary and Human Rights Equalities Network and Regional Forum members. |
 | The ‘Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector in England’ (Compact), first introduced in 1998, is a framework agreement for how the government and the third sector should work together.
Together the Compact and Codes set out a range of principles and a shared vision, along with undertakings for all sides. It applies to central government departments, Government Offices for the regions, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and to a range of organisations in the third sector.
The Compact for the Yorkshire and Humber Region was officially launched at the FOOTSEY 2007 Event at York racecourse on 18th October.
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 | Each of the signitories to the Regional Compact receives a Certificate to acknowledge their commitment to the Compact. This is the Regional Forum Certificate. |
 | This updated version of our popular Regional Structures Guide introduces readers to the agencies which make up the Yorkshire and Humber region.
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 | A questionnaire about the voluntary and community sector was sent in March to prospective parliamentary candidates across Yorkshire and the Humber who had declared their candidacy by January 2010. This is a summary of their responses. |
 | The Regional Forum has produced a guide for voluntary and community organisations on submittinng evidence to the Yorkshire and Humber Strategy. |
 | This briefing updates the Policy Briefing ‘The Single Equality Bill’ published by the Regional Forum in March
2009.
This update gives details on:
* the progress of the Bill through Parliament
* the content of the Bill
* some key Issues and Concerns |
 | This is the first report from the new voluntary and community sector quarterly confidence survey, run by the Regional Forum. The survey assesses expectations within the sector over the next 3 and 12 months. Survey findings will be published in December, March, June and September and include results across the region as a whole and across each functional sub region. |
 | The Voluntary & Community Manifesto for Yorkshire and the Humber was launched by the Regional Forum at its Annual General Meeting on 19 January 2009. Produced by the Forum following consultation with its members, it outlines how political support could decide the success or failure of voluntary and community sector organisations in the coming months. |
 | The third report from the voluntary and community sector quarterly confidence survey, run by the Regional Forum. The survey assesses expectations within the sector over the next 3 and 12 months. Survey findings will be published in March, June, September and December, and include results across Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole and across each functional sub region. |
 | The Regional Forum has submitted evidence to Yorkshire Forward for the Yorkshire and Humber Strategy on behalf of the voluntary and community sector in the region. |
 | This report provides results from two surveys carried out in 2008 and 2009 that looked at levels, types and trends of funding within the region. There is also a short section on the impact of the recession on voluntary and community organisations and a summary of the challenges and opportunities facing the sector as a result of the changing nature of funding over the past few years. |
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