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All community, voluntary, public and private sector organisations can now access this practical guide to improve their knowledge and work in relation to Equality and Diversity, which in turn, will help organisations target services more effectively...Continue

A mobile film studio for disadvantaged young adults, football skills for the homeless and university lectures for older people are among the 18 projects which have won Government funding, kicking off a £20m scheme that will see creative learning...Continue

Skills - Third Sector, the new independent skills body for the Third Sector, will be underway by September 2009.

The site's address will be www.skills-thirdsector.org.uk - this currently contains a holding page, which provides an overview...Continue

Hidden Talents is the Local Government Association's (LGA) new project to look at the issue of young people who are not in education, training or employment. Their first publication, examining the issues of the group of young people called NEET, is...Continue

The possibility of a Group Training Association (GTA) for the Third Sector took a significant step forward with the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) approving the Sector's submission for development to go forward to the next stage.

The GTA...Continue

The Community Development Foundation (CDF), working with the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) is delivering the new Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund will provide grant support to third sector organisations in England delivering front-line services...Continue