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Quality of Life in Yorkshire and Humber: What matters?

This report summarises the results of a national survey carried out in July 2009 by Acxiom Limited. The aim of the survey was to find out what aspects of quality...

 
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Footsey 2010 - The Social Economy Trade Fair
Thu, 02/12/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

Doncaster racecourse

Footsey 2010 - The key fixture of 2010 for the UK’s social economy and beyond Presented by Yorkshire and the Humber Forum, the Development Trusts Association, and SEYH The 9th annual Footsey trade fair is the key social economy event of 2010 and the largest social enterprise trade fair in the UK. JOIN several hundred delegates and exhibitors to trade, learn and network at Footsey 2010. Footsey 2010 will feature:

 
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Big Society Unplugged
Thu, 11/11/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

St Mary's Centre, Sheffield

An unmissable conference! Big Society may be the defining idea of the Coalition government. It looks certain to affect the way the voluntary and community sector works, is funded, how it's structured, and the way it delivers services. This is a unique opportunity to find out the very latest news and thinking, and to tell one of the key people in the design of Big Society how you think it will affect the lives of the VCS and of communities in Yorkshire and the Humber.

 
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Hear by Right ‘Bite Sized and Badgeable’ – Half Day Training
Thu, 14/10/2010 - 09:00 - 17:00

Priory Street Centre, York

** Do you want to map your current service-user participation, produce a strategic plan for improvement and have the whole thing accredited? ** Hear by Right ‘Bite Sized and Badgeable’ will show you how to build participation throughout your organisation using the sector standard Hear by Right framework. The half day training events will introduce participants to: 1) the Hear by Right Framework, used widely across the young people’s sector to map current work and plan for improvement with young people themselves;

 
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"How Yorkshire works" - Yorkshire & the Humber Forum information session
Thu, 14/10/2010 - 13:00 - 16:00

Octagon Centre, Hull

Come to this interactive session in Hull to help demystify the jargon, find out about the new governance arrangements, and track the implications for the voluntary and community sector as we go through a period of rapid change. * What do we mean by Yorkshire & the Humber? * How are decisions taken? * How does the voluntary and community sector fit in? * What does Yorkshire & the Humber Forum do? Cost: £25.00

 
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Welfare reform: what will the new coalition government do to support vulnerable people to be economically and socially independent?
Wed, 22/09/2010 - 10:00 - 13:00

Aspire, Infirmary Street, Leeds

Crisis’ WILLOW Project (Welfare Influencing and Lobbying: Learning Opportunities and Work) is a national programme that is investigating how the Government’s welfare to work strategies are either helping or hindering vulnerable people into employment and/or training. As part of a national programme of events, Michael Fothergill, the WILLOW Project Manager, will be holding an event at Aspire in Leeds to look at the new administration’s proposals to support people who are furthest from the labour market into suitable and sustainable employment.

 
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Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events
Sat, 11/09/2010 (All day) - Sun, 12/09/2010 (All day)

Copenhagen

Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events is the next in the Journeys of Expression series. Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector.

 
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Just Act - Third Sector Delaration on Climate Change

JustAct is a new website (currently in beta) that supports Third Sector organisations to help each other create, implement and review their action plan on climate change.

 
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