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Capacity Building - Neighbourhood Renewal
 

 

Meet our Development Team

 

 

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Kishore Kanani

Senior Capacity Building Officer

kishore@hcvs.org.uk

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Kristine Wellington

Children & Families Advisor

kristine@hcvs.org.uk

HCVS can offer the following free capacity building and organisational development services.

  • one to one organisational development surgeries
  • capacity building (General)
  • specialist capacity building programme for Hackney-based community projects working with vulnerable children, young people and families.
    Download as PDF Document click here to find out more (Download PDF 300KB)
  • training
  • organisational health checks
  • PQASSO quality assurance
  • Advice on becoming registered charities
  • Budgeting skills
  • Business planning
  • Signposting to other agencies

Project outcomes:

  • better fundraising skills
  • stronger legal statuses
  • increased ability to write detailed project proposals
  • budgeting and financial management skills development
  • improved skills for regenerating communities
  • greater sustainability and independence for sector

How to book a one-to-one surgery?

Contact Zelina Kaya on 020 7923 1962 or email: zelina@hcvs.org.uk

Need to download a policy document?

The following files are all downloadable direct from Islington Voluntary Action Council's (IVAC) website to your computer. They have an excellent library of online resources for community organisations and have kindly allowed HCVS web users to access their site. Most files are in Microsoft Word format.

To download the following documents please visit www.ivac.org.uk/Downloads.htm

  • Model Contract
  • Model Harassment Policy
  • Model Health and safety Policy
  • Model Volunteer Policy
  • Model Appraisal System
  • Model Complaints Procedure
  • Job Descriptions for Trustees
  • A Guide to Discipline
  • Redundancy Guide
  • Model Finance Policy
  • Model Equal Opportunities Policy
  • Becoming a Company Limited by Guarantee
  • Model Constitution
  • Getting Started - a guide
  • Getting Started - a guide for Supplementary Schools
  • What's in a name - structures of voluntary organisations
  • Health and Safety Risk Assessment guide
  • Tackling employees' ill health
  • Grievance Guide
  • A Guide to Induction
  • NJC Scales (from April 2004)
  • ICT Audit
  • ICT Skills Evaluation Form
  • Website Development
  • Managing ICT in your organisation
  • ICT Acceptable Use Policy (guidelines)
  • Website Accessibility
  • Data Protection - an introduction
  • What all funders want to know
  • Guidance sheet 1 - planning
  • Guidance sheet 2 - budgets
  • Guidance sheet 3 - application technique
  • Guidance sheet 4 - monitoring & evaluation
  • Community Fund scoring criteria
  • Funding strategy
  • Awards for All London newsletter (Summer 2004)
  • NJC Payscales 2005 

 

 

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