Latest news and more about the Resource Centre
What's new at the Resource Centre
20 June 2008
2008 User satisfaction survey
Please take a few minutes to fill in our 2008 survey. We are asking all July visitors to the Centre and this website to fill in a simple questionnaire about how you use the Centre, what you think of our services, how your group is organised and what kind of things you do.Please download the form from our Survey page, and let us know what you think. The information provided by the survey is extremely useful to us in developing our services and proving to our funders that what we do is useful to community and voluntary groups.
22 April 2008
Price changes and new games for Summer 2008 at the Resource Centre
Thanks to a generous grant from the Argus Appeal, we are revitalising our stock of fairground games and play equiment, in time for this year's summer season. New equipment now available includes:- Milk the cow - a fun game for fetes and fairs, where players 'milk' the wooden cow, and challenge themselves to get the most water in the bucket within the time limit.
- Multi target - 2m circular pop up target, with sticky velcro balls. A large and colourful game that can be played indoors or out.
- Skittles - good quality wooden skittles
- Tug of war rope - supplied with gloves and line marking spray
- Bubble machine - adds to the party atmosphere, wherever you are
Most of our fairground games are now £5 for up to a week's hire (a few 'premium' games are more expensive), and most play equipment is a bargain £2.50 for up to a week. Drop in to the Centre for a new leaflet and price list, if you want all the details to hand.
At the same time, things are changing in our print service. Changes in paper supplies mean we have had to increase some prices and change the range of colours we have available. See our print quote calculator for full details, or contact us for a quote.
06 February 2008
Resource Centre receives funding from Argus Appeal
We are very pleased to announce a grant of £4,190 from the Argus Appeal for the Resource Centre's Fun and Funds Project.The money will be used to update and renew our stock of play equipment and money-making games for groups to use at fetes and fairs.
Watch this space for news of:
- another candy floss machine
- a range of new and exciting fairground games, including pop up goals, tug of war and skittles
- more giant games - connect four, buzzer hand, and test your strength
- a bubble machine
- banners to add colour to groups' events
15 November 2007
Professional quality video camera and editing software now available
We now have a 3 CCD mini DV video camera for hire for £15 per week for local community and voluntary groups. We also have a wide screen laptop that is particularly suitable for video editing. We have Premier Elements video editing software on all our laptops for hire, plus one of the desktop computers for public use at the Resource Centre.We would like to thank the Capital Learning Fund for their grant that has enabled us to buy this equipment.
For more details see the Equipment Hire page of our website or phone us on 01273 606160.
18 May 2007
'Raising Money from Local Trusts' Information Sheet
Our new Raising Money from Local Trusts Information Sheet gives brief details of small Grant Making Trusts that give grants to groups in Sussex. It includes contact details, the type of activities the trusts support, the geographical area they cover, and deadline details if we have them.It is intended to complement our Favourite Funders directory that gives more in depth information about funding available to local groups and our Raising Money from Local Businesses Information Sheet.
Although many of the trusts do not give large amounts of money, it is possible to raise significant sums by applying to a range of funds to cover several projects. We therefore hope that this will be a very useful resource for local groups.
01 March 2007
New books in our reference library
Here is a selection of books that we have added to our reference library in recent months.- The good employment guide for the voluntary sector
- Firstcheck: a step by step guide for organisations to safeguard children
- See it Right - making information accessible for people with sight problems
- The good practice safety guide for small and sporting events taking place on the highway, roads and public places
- Risk Toolkit: How to take care of risk in volunteering
- Charity and Voluntary Workers - A guide to health and safety at work
- Ready Steady Go - starting up and running your out of school kids club
- Applying for your project overheads: guidance for big lottery fund applicants
- Finding company sponsors for good causes
- Model constitution for a community association
- Reference Manual for Community Organisations Advisers
- First Steps in monitoring and evaluation
To view the full catalogue of books in our library just click on the Reference Library tab at the top of the page.
23 January 2007
New 'Responsibilities of Registered Charities' Information Sheet
This 'Responsibilities of Registered Charities' information sheet is a quick and easy summary of the responsibilites of relatively small registered Charities, who have an income below £100,000 and are not Limited Companies or Charitable Trusts.It has sections on: keeping your charitable status; following your constitution; accounts; trustee annual report, annual return; publicity; register of charities; and the Charity Commission.
It complements our exisitng Information Sheets on Charity Registration and Charity Reports & Accounts.
13 July 2006
Trustfunding.org.uk
The Resource Centre now has a subscription to this database of 4,400 UK grant making trusts that is regularly updated. If you would like to use Trustfunding.org.uk please phone and book a time to come in.09 May 2006
New Equipment for Hire
We would like to thank SRB for additional funding that has enabled us to buy new Digital Cameras, DVD Video Cameras and Water boilers for hire to community and voluntary groups.These will all be available for hire by the end of May. The DVD Video Cameras come with a tripod and will enable groups to record events straight onto DVD. The hire charge for these is £11.00 per week.
The Digital Camera are faster that our old ones and will enable you to take higher quality photographs to download straight to a computer or print out. The hire charge for these is £5.50 per week.
We bought two additonal water boilers to meet high demand and so hopefully there will now be one available whenever you need one!
06 February 2006
Policies and Procedures now available on our website
Writing policies and procedures can be a daunting task and it is often useful to see the framework in which other groups work. We have therefore published all of the Resource Centre policies on our website for groups to download and use.We hope in the future to add policies from other organisations. If your organisation has any policies that you think would be useful to other groups please contact us at: library@resourcecentre.org.uk
If you want view any of our policies and procedures now please click on the links below.
Web Pages
Health and Safety Policy (HTML)
Health and Safety Procedures (HTML)
Disciplinary Procedure (HTML)
Grievance Procedure (HTML)
Capability Procedure (HTML)
Equalities Policy (HTML)
Monitoring and Evaluation Procedures (HTML)
Financial Management Policy (HTML)
Financial Rules (HTML)
Equipment Hire Policy and Procedures (HTML)
PDF Format
Health and Safety Policy (PDF: 109K)
Health and Safety Procedures (PDF)
Disciplinary Procedure (PDF: 68K)
Grievance Procedure (PDF: 59K)
Capability Procedure (PDF: 64K)
Equalities Policy (PDF: 156K)
Monitoring and Evaluation Procedures (PDF:104KB)
Financial Management Policy (PDF: 68K)
Financial Rules (PDF: 76K)
Equipment Hire Policy and Procedures (PDF: 52K)