DISCOUNTS, FREEBIES & FOR SALE

Luton Iveco truck for sale
 SCRATCH are selling a 6.5 tonne Luton Iveco truck.
In superb condition this vehicle is on an 06 plate and cost £28,000 just 2 years ago.
Only 36,000 kms on clock with FSH
Highest offer in excess of £12,500

Contact: Mike at SCRATCH on 02380773132 or 07768348145
 
FREE Community newswire
Community Newswire is a FREE news service which helps charities and voluntary organisations get valuable media coverage.  Press releases can be sent by email or uploaded the website. The release is then written up into a news story by a Press Association journalist - improving the chances of a newspaper or news station picking it up. These stories are then sent out via the Press Association newswire to thousands of journalists.  As part of this service, press release writing is also offered. 
 
http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/ 
or email: joannai@mediatrust.org
 
Top tips: Successful tendering - Future Builders
Jon Royle is Chief Executive of Bridge, a Bradford based charity providing drug and alcohol treatment services. In this article, he outlines his top tips for successful tendering.
 
http://www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk/content/Resources/Toptips/article_36_1488.aspx

Guide to getting your charity on the property ladder

The Ethical Property Foundation has partnered with social banking specialists Triodos Bank, charity lawyers Bates Wells & Braithwaite and commercial property agents Ashwell Rogers to produce a new resource to help charities and social enterprises navigate the complex process of buying property. It is hoped that the online resource will de-mystify the buying process and help organisations save time and money. It will accompany an existing guide on renting property. Victoria Howse, property advice manager at the foundation says “We would advise buyers to get professional help. This site is no substitute for that, but we're hoping it will help inform charities."

http://www.ethicalproperty.org.uk/register.php

FREE guide to Interim Management worth £15

Interim management can be practical, productive and cost-effective for voluntary organisations looking to manage major projects, bring heavy-weight management skills to solve a particular problem, put together bid or tender documents, or to fill management gaps due to illness or maternity leave.
This guide from interim management provider Russam GMS will help you establish whether an interim management solution could work for your organisation. 
To receive your free guide email: hq@russam-gms.co.uk putting DSC Offer in your subject line.

3 months FREE access to lower value contract opportunities within the public sector

Register before 31 July 2008 to select your free location and receive a free upgrade to the lower-value national subscription level - free for 3 months. Supply2.gov.uk is a dynamic government-backed service designed specifically to give companies easy access to lower-value contract opportunities (typically worth under £100,000) offered by the public sector. This portal brings buyers and suppliers together and aims to be the first portal of call for lower-value business opportunities.

http://www.supply2.gov.uk/

Free E telephone conferencing
Find out the benefits of teleconferencing for free.  Just quote 'dsc1' (all CRN UK Members have access to this deal organised by Directory of Social Change) when booking your free one hour conference for up to 10 people before the 30 of September. Community Network, www.community-network.org, is the only conferencing organisation solely for the not for profit sector.  Call 0207 923 5250.   

Charity Utility Initiative
The Charity Utility Initiative (CUI) has been created by Utility Aid to offer charities a high impact, low cost utility management service. The service can deliver large reductions in utilities usage and cost through the implementation of technology, expert advice and efficiency management.

http://www.utility-aid.co.uk/CUI.html

Donations website credit & debit card processing
Help.co.uk takes credit and debit card donations for any charity without charging set-up, registration or monthly fees. All eligible donations will automatically generate a Gift Aid claim, which is processed on the site. The donation will then be forwarded to the charity, minus a processing fee to cover administration costs.

https://www.help.co.uk/index.php

NVQs Environmental Conservation (Community Recycling and Environmental Conservation)

EM Solutions are able to deliver 100% funded NVQ level 2 in Environmental Conservation (Community Recycling and Environmental Conservation through the Train to Gain initiative).

Areas: North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, East Mids, West Mids, South East, East of England, Central London

To confirm eligibility contact: 01246 418 913 http://www.em-solutions.co.uk/training.html

Free Clever Communications book
The Voluntary Action Media Unit has produced this book which is free to charities, it includes articles by media and charity insiders giving an insight in to the secrets to building successful media relationships and
the Clever Communications Directory, which lists hundreds of media contacts and useful resources for charity communicators. For a free copy, email your name and address to: book@vamu.org.uk

Train to Gain
Train to Gain is the single point of access for businesses of any size including voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. The Learning and Skills Council's Train to Gain service provides free impartial, independent advice on training to businesses across England

Contact: 0800 015 55 45

http://www.traintogain.gov.uk/

Give with care leaflets
Give with care: new awareness drive to deal with bogus charity clothing collections.
The Office of the Third Sector has teamed up with the Charity Commission, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the Trading Standards Institute (TSI), representatives from the charity sector and other stakeholders to tackle the problem of bogus charity clothing collections by raising public awareness of the issue.

Leaflets for householders with top tips to help check clothing collection leaflets have been produced and are available to be printed for distribution to raise public awareness.
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories
/071203_bogus_charities_collections.aspx

Guide to turning your organisation into a volunteer magnet
The second edition of ‘Turn your organisation into a volunteer magnet’ has been published.

Forty leaders in the field of volunteer management, from Australia, Britain, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and USA share what they have learned about making your organisation attractive to volunteers. The guide is packed full of top tips and compelling case studies on topics ranging from recruitment and retention, to diversity and creative programme management.

This resource has been written by managers of volunteers for their peers and is free to download.

http://www.volunteeringmerseyside.org.uk/h...5&Itemid=61

Register your organisation for free on the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Register. A listing of charity projects, tasks and challenges that need doing. They help link projects & groups with people and businesses searching for socially responsible projects.
http://www.csrregister.com/registeraproject/index.php

Pocket Green Guides - free downloads and free copies
The green guides have been published since 1994 as regional and local directories of eco-friendly goods and services. The PDFs of each of the Pocket Green Guides are free to download from the Green Guide website at www.greenguide.co.uk print copies are available free of charge for organisations, businesses, charities, schools and local councils to distribute.
The Pocket Green Guide for Scotland and the Pocket Green Guide for Wales have been published in collaboration with WWF Scotland www.wwfscotland.org.uk and WWF Cymru www.wwf.org.uk/cymru

Info: Gavin Markham on 01945 461452 gavin.markham@greenguide.co.uk

Fundraising prizes for charities
Our Price Records has a private collection of ‘personally signed’ original LPs, gold discs and sporting Items. This collection has been made available to the Charity Support Team to help support charities and worthy causes throughout the United Kingdom. If you are holding or are involved with an event which has an auction, a raffle, or a grand prize draw and you would like to include one of the unique pieces from the Our Price Records private collection then please contact Our Price ASAP to discuss.

Contact: Lisa Bignall 0870 777 5001 lbignall@ourprice.co.uk

Free ACEVO publications
The Code of Good Governance for the Voluntary & Community Sector

Mind the Gap a funder’s guide to full cost recovery

Leading Leaders – a snapshot into the mind of CEOs
https://www.acevo.org.uk/index.cfm/display_page/publications

Free downloadable resources
Together We Can Resource Centre. Here you will find over 100 resources to help you get started whether you want to get something done in your local area, influence local decisions or get your community involved in something.

http://togetherwecan.direct.gov.uk/resource-centre/

Publication discounts
CRN UK is a member of the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) and as a member of ours you are eligible for the following discounts they have arranged with Haymarket Publications.

Young People Now - 15% off the standard subscription price of £79 - Offer price £69.70 - CodeYPNSEC07
Third Sector - 15% off the standard subscription price of £82 for charities - Offer price £69.70 -CodeTHISEC07

To access the discount either call Haymarket's customer hotline on 0208 606 7500 or go to

http://www.haymarketbusinesssubs.com/xxx and then enter the specific code.

Free NCVO Membership
NCVO extends free Community Membership which is a free electronic package tailored to organisations with an income of less than £10,000 p.a. Your organisation does not need to be a registered charity but must be a voluntary or community group based in England and not established for financial gain.

http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/membership/index.asp?id=1584

Reduced rate Software
Charity Technology Exchange CTX provides donated software, including a full range of Microsoft products to UK charities for a nominal administration fee.

http://www.ctxchange.org/ctx/getting_started/default.asp

Funding Toolkits NCVO
PDF versions of these six guides are free to download. They each contain practical information on a specific area of funding or finance and include case studies, tools, and signposts to resources to assist organisations in their search for long-term financial sustainability. The guides are designed to alert organisations to the funding options available to them, and to highlight key messages about financial management and sustainability and to provide advisors with a useful tool to use with the organisations they work with. http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/index.asp?id=3992

10 minutes of free legal advice
Hempsons can offer 10 minutes of free telephone legal advice to members of the Social Enterprise Coalition. As CRN UK is a member of the Social Enterprise Coalition then this offer is available to all CRN UK members.

10 minutes of free telephone advice is offered in the following areas:

• Contracts and Procurement
• Employment
• Environmental
• Governance and Constitutional
• Health and Safety
• NHS Pensions
• Property

Please note this helpline is available to member organisations but not to individual staff or members of an organisation, or for personal concerns.
Hempsons: 0207 839 0278 (weekdays 10.00am - 4pm only).

Quote the "Social Enterprise Coalition Legal Helpline", your unique SEC member code (available from CRN UK) and one of the above areas of law. 

This helpline is made available on the basis that no liability is accepted by either the Social Enterprise Coalition or Hempsons for any fact or error or opinion made in a call.  Professional advice should be obtained before applying the information provided to particular circumstances. 

New Sector Magazine
If you are interested in subscribing to this magazine about co-operatives community business and social enterprise CRN UK can purchase you copies at a discount price of £19 if over 25 CRN Members subscribe. Usual price is £36, visit www.newsector.co.uk for magazine details and contact pea@crn.org.uk if you are interested in this offer.

Free Low energy light bulbs
Powergen have offered to supply packs of energy saving light bulbs as part of a national initiative.   A number of authorities and voluntary sector agencies are already taking part in the distribution of these packs to service users and clients as part of their anti-poverty work. The bulbs are in packs of 4 and 2, the minimum order is 1000 bulbs. To find out more about the qualifying criteria please contact: allan.clews@powergen.co.uk

Free computers/internet access
BT Community Connections offers Community or voluntary organisations the opportunity to apply for a multi-media internet-ready PC and a contribution towards a year's broadband internet access through BT Total Broadband. Also p revious BT Community Connections award winners are eligible for the e-ffective Connection award. You can apply online for an enhanced package of IT equipment, such as laptops, printers, scanners and digital cameras.
www.btcommunityconnections.com/

Free guide: Make giving go further - A Fundraiser's Guide to Tax-Effective Giving
This practical guide for charity fundraisers at all levels explains the main features of the tax incentives to encourage people and businesses to give to charity. Insights into how it all works, what the benefits are for both you and the donor plus tips on how to successfully market tax-effective giving. FREE copies are available from:
Contact: The Giving Campaign, 020 7930 3154, admin@givingcampaign.org.uk
Download at: www.givingcampaign.org.uk/images/
uploaded/make_giving_go_further.pdf

Free Internet payroll system, which is a 100% web based payroll system. For charitable organisations that have less than 50 employees, accredited by HM Revenue and Customs. Apparently this free payroll service is very user friendly and easy to use and you will even get paid by HMRC for using it for your e-filed payroll returns.
http://www.payroo.com/