South West Stakeholders to get new constitution and expand its membership
South West Stakeholders (SWSs) was established on 10th July 2009 as the successors to the Social, Economic and Environmental Partners (SEEPs) Group of the former South West Regional Assembly. It was agreed that the membership should initially consist of those organisations which belonged to the former SEEPs Group, together with representatives of each of the [...]
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion Regional Event
Thursday 25th February 2010 (10.00am till 4.00pm) – Weston Super Mare This FREE EVENT organised by Department for Work and Pensions, Third Sector European Network, South West Action on Poverty and South West Forum will: Introduce the EY 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion and explain its purpose Raise awareness of poverty [...]
‘A fair deal’ report published
COVER and other regional networks in the East of England have worked jointly to produce a report identifying the top nine issues for the region for producing a ‘Thriving Third Sector’. These issues include funding inequalities, high growth levels, rurality, equality, governance challenges, ICT needs, recruitment and retention, skills, and partnership. The report is published by [...]