Community Notice Board

CNB (Community Notice Board)

This section is designed to provide voluntary and community organisations like yours an opportunity to publicise events, vacancies, achievements, indeed anything you want to tell Wansbeck and beyond about, on this page.

If you want to publicise anything about your organisation be it a special event, a job vacancy, or some news please contact us with the details.

New This Week

2008 North East Voluntary & Community Sector Awards - Nominate a Star! - 30 October 2008 will see the first ever Voluntary & Community Sector Awards for the North East region.  The awards are designed to recognise the work of individuals and voluntary and community sector organisations from across the region, in helping to develop our communities.

For full versions of these stories please see below.

2008 North East Voluntary & Community Sector Awards - Nominate a Star! 

30 October 2008 will see the first ever Voluntary & Community Sector Awards for the North East region.  The awards are designed to recognise the work of individuals and voluntary and community sector organisations from across the region, in helping to develop our communities.

• They will cover a wide variety of areas and activities, and will include:
• Most exciting project of the year
• Most inspiring campaign of the year
• Volunteer of the year
• Outstanding organisation of the year
• Support organisation of the year
• Outstanding leadership
• Young leader of the year

These awards can be made to any voluntary and community sector groups or individuals working in the North East region.  We all know of organisations which do fantastic work, whether they provide a local gardening scheme or a region-wide training service, day-care for the elderly, or advocacy and support.  It doesn't matter whether you work in a specific neighbourhood or across the whole region, there is an award designed to recognise and celebrate what you've given to the community.

We would like to recognise the contributions made by those who act on behalf of the voluntary and community sector, so will be making a special awards for:

• Sector champion of the year
• Compact of the year

Anyone can make a nomination for an award.  People or organisations can make as many nominations as they like, and can nominate their own staff and volunteers for individual awards, but cannot nominate themselves for an organisational or project award.

Go to www.vonne.org.uk/awards for a nomination guide and form and return it to VONNE's offices by 5pm on Tuesday 30 September. Look out for leaflets and posters coming through the post to VONNE members soon.

A small judging panel has been drawn together to decide who will receive the awards, including representatives from regional and local organisations, volunteering groups and public sector partners.

Do You Want A Local Radio Station In Wansbeck?

Here's your chance to win £50 for your group, club or organisation.

The South Northumberland Radio Group hopes to establish a genuinely accessible community radio station to serve the area. The station will be available for you to promote your services and activities.

To help them assess demand for the station, they need to find out if the community is interested in such a project. Just complete the short survey, by clicking on the link below and you will be automatically entered into the £50 prize winning draw.

Just go to www.snrgroup.co.uk and follow the directions on the home page.

Wansbeck Council for Voluntary Service
107 & 109 Station Road, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 8RS
Telephone: 01670 858 688
Fax: 01670 784160

Email: enquire@wansbeckcvs.org.uk