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		<title>Vetting &amp; Barring Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2010/03/vetting-barring-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is some confusion surrounding the change to the rules regarding those who work with vulnerable people.  In summary, the new ISA requirements will set up a list of people registered to work with vulnerable people, that will exist alongside the CRB checking system.
From November 2010 the Independent Safguarding Authority (ISA) has said that all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VCSlough launch Volunteer Management Programme</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2010/03/vcslough-launc-volunteer-management-programme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TheVolunteer Management Programme is well under way at Volunteer Centre Slough. This Capacitybuilders funded project aims to improve the quality of volunteer management. The project has the same broad aims for all 25 funded projects nationally however in Slough emphasis will be put on supporting and improving the skills of those who work with volunteers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feel Good News</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/12/feel-good-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though we don&#8217;t always submit regular blog posts to the site we do share a lot of information via the SV in the News page here on the site. That&#8217;s where you can find links to various bits of relevant news from across the UK. We do this by monitoring online mentions of  volunteering + [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunities for Volunteer Managers to learn on the horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/12/opportunities-for-volunteer-managers-to-learn-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/12/opportunities-for-volunteer-managers-to-learn-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capacity Builders&#8217; Volunteer Management Programme&#8217;s Strand C is now open for Expressions of Interest. That&#8217;s great, but just what does it mean? First, you need to understand just what the VMP is and Volunteering England have been kind enough to provide a 1-page outline of the thinking behind it. In a nutshell, it is a programme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Volunteering Grants</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/12/access-to-volunteering-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Access to Volunteering Grants Pilot has been established by the Office of the Third Sector at the behest of the Commission of the Future of Volunteering. The plan is to distribute £2 million of grants across three test regions - Greater London , West Midlands &#38; North West) &#8211; to increase the capacity of recipient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop notes &#8211; looking at the mechanics of SV</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/11/landscape-of-supported-volunteering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/11/landscape-of-supported-volunteering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the presentation we used during the Creating Chances4Volunteering workshops held in Guildford and Slough this past summer. We had 33 attendees sign up for the two days representing over 20 volunteer-engaging organisations &#8211; many those were fellow members of the chances4change consortium. The workshop was aimed at organisations who either did not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few new treats!</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/11/weve-been-cooking-up-a-few-new-treats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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No doubt those of you who check the site regularly will have noticed our recent down time (nearly two weeks!). The situation was initially caused by what became daily attempts by spammers to hack the site for their own purposes and the problems this caused not only for us but for our host service providers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shape of Volunteering</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/07/shape-of-volunteering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/07/shape-of-volunteering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many national surveys and much research in the UK and abroad that seek to define volunteering (here are just a few links) but we're going to try and start from a simple common sense approach and try not to get too caught up in these definitions - there will be plenty of time elsewhere to consider policy and funding agendas and the role they play.]]></description>
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		<title>Middleton Park</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/03/middleton-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[barriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning difficulties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video tuesday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another clip from the Volunteer Films project on the Community Channel. I realise that this is a somewhat sheltered situation in that it brings together two organisations &#8211; MPEC and Mencap &#8211; who each have their own mission to support disabled people but it seems such a simple yet productive idea. If you have not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News round up for 30 March</title>
		<link>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/03/17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chances4volunteering.org/2009/03/17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sv news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex offenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning difficulties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest bits &#38; bobs that we find in our work &#8211; some about supported volunteering, some about other related issues. As always thoughts and observations about any of these stories are welcome below in the comments section  
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This goes beyond just volunteering but the Paisley Daily Express gives us a enlightening story about Graham [...]]]></description>
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