WCVA Update - 26 November 2018

This week's updates from WCVA 26 November 2018 Hello and welcome to this week's newsletter At WCVA we are focused on making a difference, and love sharing what we're doing to help us achieve our vision of a thriving third sector in Wales. Our Annual Report for 2017-18 was launched at our Annual General Meeting and Lecture last week, and is now available to read on our website or to watch as an animated summary. Please have a look and let us know what you think! International Volunteers Day falls annually on 5 December and is a great chance to celebrate the impact and values of volunteering worldwide. The theme this year is Building Resilient Communities ( a theme close to our hearts) with a special focus on local community volunteers - who contribute to making their communities more resilient against natural disasters, economic stresses and political shocks.  If you have stories to share we will be happy to share them, or why not tweet our volunteering team @VolWales using #IVD2018 #resilientcommunities. Thanks for reading, we'll see you again next week. Volunteering International volunteering and IVD 2018 Your organisation may be interested in involving volunteers from overseas, or maybe you are more interested in enabling young people to volunteer overseas. If so, one or other of these new developments may be of interest to you. Volunteering to tackle loneliness A Welsh Government consultation document, ‘Connected Communities: Tackling Loneliness and Social isolation’, has been published and WCVA will be making a response. WCVA general WCVA Annual Report 2017-18 At WCVA we are focussed on making a difference - have a look at some of the things we’ve been doing to help us achieve our vision for the third sector in Wales Fighting mental health stigma with The Arts Factory For mental health awareness day last month, some members of the Active Inclusion team visited the Arts Factory in Ferndale, who are running an Active Inclusion project, funded by the European Social Fund, called ‘Changing People, Changing Lives’. Third sector general Meet the innovators set to improve Welsh public services Grants totalling £150,000 have been awarded to seven organisations in Wales through Innovate to Save. Funding Landfill Disposals Tax Community Scheme (LDTCS) – Nationally Significant Project WCVA is delighted to announce the launch of the Nationally Significant Grant for the Landfill Disposals Community Scheme as of Monday 26th November. Masonic Charitable Foundation Later Life Inclusion Grants Local and national charities supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable older people over 50 years old can apply for funding, with the next rounds of funding opening in 2019. Funding available for hospices A total of £300,000 is available to develop bereavement support for underrepresented local people. Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust funding for 2019 The 2019 round of funding will focus on organisations working with children and young people. Training and events Designing and delivering engaging presentations Make your presentations matter – learn how to design and deliver dynamic presentations with ease. An introduction to GDPR for the third sector GDPR for the third sector – an introduction Policy and politics More funding for local authorities Welsh Government has announced extra funding for local authorities as part of its 2019-20 Budget. This week’s consultations Looking at the future of Transport for Wales.