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PNG

PNG are participation network groups

Children & young people

The group will underpin the Consortium work in recognising that the contributions of children and young people are at the forefront of life in the Lancashire Sub Region. They should be actively involved in the decisions that affect them and are supported and cared for at every stage of their growth and development.

http://www.younglancashire.org.uk/content/have-your-say-consultation-feedback-form

Have Your Say…..

Interested in making a difference to Children and Young People’s future? Complete the online survey in the attached link and have your say on the future of Children's Trust Guidance and new Children and Young People's Plan Regulations. You will find the full consultation document, along with an Executive Summary and brief presentation in the News section of Young Lancashire’s website. After reading the key proposals, please have your say by completing the online survey.

We really need you to contribute to this consultation so that we put forward a collective view to the Department for Schools, Children and Families (DSCF) by 29^th January. We will be discussing and finalizing our response to the consultation at the next VCFS Children and Young People’s Services Reference Group on 20^th January 2010.

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Sustainability

The group will promote the concept that the Lancashire Infrastructure Consortium plays its part in addressing global environmental issues and delivering environmental sustainability.

Local Councils and climate change

http://www.climatechangenorthwest.co.uk/?page_id=903

From this website you can access information on what the county and the local councils are doing to tackle the issue of climate change:

Lancashire Environment Forum

http://www.lancspartners.org/environmentforum/

Lancashire Environment Forum seeks to act as a strong unified voice for the environment in Lancashire and beyond. It aims to be a source of expertise on environmental issues, and to provide the capacity, knowledge and network to deliver on a number of environmentally related programmes. The Lancashire Environment Forum was formed from the merge of two environmental groups in the region: The Environment Forum (hosted by the Environment Agency) and the Lancashire Environment Partnership (whose secretariat was provided by Lancashire County Council).

Every action counts

http://www.everyactioncounts.org.uk

Every Actions Counts provides advice and support

to voluntary and community organisations which are looking to reduce their impact on the environment, tackle climate change and improve their local area.

By providing free access to information, action planning tools, publications and trained Community Champions they will enable a group to take simple and effective actions to:

Save Energy;
Travel Wisely;
Save Our Resources;
Shop Ethically; and
Care For Your Area.

Federation of Community Development Learning

http://www.fcdl.org.uk

Sustainable development taster sessions packs 1 - 10
As part of the Every Action Counts programme, FCDL has been getting the government's sustainable development message out to people through community groups. Following a detailed survey, they ran a series of workshops and have produced sample training material which can be used with community group members, activists, people working in the community and community development workers.

Carbon Trust

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk

Works with larger organisations to reduce their carbon footprints.

With Charity Commission support they have produced a publication specifically for charities CTV036 - Charities Sector Overview

Energy Savings trust

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

Community Action for Energy (CAfE) is a programme from the Energy savings Trust that is designed to promote and facilitate local community based energy projects.

CAfE is a network of people who share a common interest in community energy projects and ideas. Membership of the network is free and by joining you can keep up to date with news on community-based energy initiatives, as well as hearing about funding opportunities, training sessions and other news from the network.

Action for Sustainable Living

http://www.afsl.org.uk/

(AfSL) is a charity that helps people to live more sustainably, focusing on simple changes that will make the world a better place to live in. They're currently active in Manchester, Trafford and Liverpool, and are open to working in other parts of the UK.

Groundwork

http://www.groundwork.org.uk

Groundwork supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play.

Our vision is of a society of sustainable communities which are vibrant, healthy and safe, which respect the local and global environment and where individuals and enterprise prosper.

They achieve this by delivering a range of programmes of work including:

Health & Safety Consultancy Youth Work

Alternative education Legislation update service

Countryside and heritage Landscape design

Community consultation Climate change

Healthy Lifestyle Grounds maintenance

Environmental Consultancy Worklessness

Business Resource efficiency

Each Groundwork Trust is a partnership of the public, private and voluntary sectors with its own board of trustees. Find out more about your local trust:

http://penninelancs.groundworknw.org.uk/

http://lww.groundworknw.org.uk/default.asp

(National website: http://www.groundwork.org.uk)

Community Spaces

http://www.community-spaces.org.uk

Community Spaces is a £50 million open grants programme that is managed by Groundwork UK as an Award Partner to the Big Lottery Fund. The programme helps community groups create or improve green and open spaces so that the quality of life in neighbourhoods across England is enhanced.

Green Space

http://www.green-space.org.uk

Aims of the Green Space Community Network

Their aim is to create an environment in which relevant information is accessible and readily available. This will enable community groups to quickly answer problems with constructive solutions based on the experience of others.

Objectives of the Community Network

to provide an online, ‘one-stop shop’ for communities involved with green space issues;
to facilitate communication and sharing of information between community groups involved in green spaces;
to research the needs and experiences of community groups on the Network;
to relaunch Community Green Place as the essential monthly e-newsletter for community groups, with the latest news and views from around the green space sector;
to actively build the Community Network database through existing members, local authorities and other organisations.

The Charities Facilities Management Group

http://www.upkeep.org.uk/cfmg/index.htm

The Charities FM Group looks at how charities can work to incorporate the principles of sustainable development

in their day-to-day activities. Their members are very interested in all aspects of sustainability, from energy conservation to ethical purchasing. They have found that many property managers in the voluntary sector want to work in a "greener" way, but sometimes don’t have the internal support or the tools to do so.

They agreed to draft a model policy for charities to adopt. They are aiming to produce a policy that sets out a commitment to the principles of sustainable development.

They hope that charities will adopt this policy at board-level, so that they can see voluntary sector organisations start making a public commitment to address the issue of sustainability in the way they manage their facilities.

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Voluntary Sector North West

http://www.vsnw.org.uk

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