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48 Hours of Action against New Coal - 28/29 Nov

The Climate Camp people invite you to join them in a campaign against new coal power stations.

An Evening with John Lockley, 4th Dec 08

Transition Chester event - John Lockley is an Africa-trained healer/medicine man.

BTCV volunteering and courses

BTCV Cheshire programme of volunteering and training opportunities up to March 2009, including in their Kitchen Garden.

Friday, 21^st Nov: NCFE Intro to Riverside Revetments: Willow Spilling.

Carbon Challenge Calculator

Work out your household's CO2 emissions. A small, no frilly graphics, quick to download spreadsheet. Have a go!

Cheshire Landscape Trust documents

CLT offer free trees for public places and schools. NOT for private land/gardens.

Cheshire Nightstop

Short-term accommodation for young people without a bed - hosts sought.

Editing your CommunityKit website

Know-how from an old hand

EPNAVCO newsletter

Ellesmere Port's voluntary sector newsletter.

Summer 2008 issue: Antivirus advice from MACAW; useful websites, eg funding, charities, volunteers; training opportunities

Friends of Anderton & Marbury 2008 programme

Talks and activities - butterflies & moths, nestboxes, tree ID, medicinal plants, dawn chorus, local history, photography, bushcraft, fungi, arts

(Revised programme attached 26/11/07)

Funding and European Matters

the February issue of the newsletter from Cheshire ’s External Funding & European Unit

Funding Bulletin

Latest funding news from Ellesmere Port & Neston Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations (iss April/May 08)

Habitats and Hillforts

Events, Training and News from the Sandstone Ridge

King Street Energy pipeline maps

  King Street Energy, planning natural gas storage in 10 tanks set in the salt caverns south-east of Northwich, have plans also for 2 water pipes through Cheshire countryside.

Learning Together Newsletter and Calendar

This issue of the newsletter includes a big feature on Furniture Finders of Winsford, In Kind Direct – suppliers of surplus stock to charities, Skype for cheaper phone calls, Auction of Promises for fundraising, Charity Effectiveness courses (p11), and more.

The Calendar features fundraising, working with volunteers and being a chairperson.

Now includes training info from Chester

Local Economic Development in an era of Resource Constraint and dangerous Climate Change

9.30 to 5pm on 17th December at the Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool
http://www.foresightcentre.co.uk/location.html

Manchester Low Carbon Exchange Event

A business-focussed low-carbon innovation gathering, Thursday 20 November 2008, Manchester Central

National Community Empowerment policy - training

6 modules, each optional, at the Trafford Centre.

They're to enlighten the community and voluntary sector on the National Community Empowerment policy.

Newsletters

Here are our newsletters, from Summer 2004

PPS: Bangladesh Charity

Vale Royal resident running Bangladeshi charity

Quick Carbon Tally

A one-page easy reckoner: a few figures off the top of your head, and you're away!

Safeguarding Resource Pack (8/10/08 local launch)

A new resource pack for voluntary groups in Cheshire is now available! Small Steps... big difference will help you to make sure your organisation is working safely and that you know what to do in times of need.

Sustainable Cheshire Forum 2008

10th December at Crewe Alexandra's ground, easy walking distance from Crewe Station

Apply ASAP - first come, first served.

Tetrapak® Wallet

DIY wallet made from a Tetrapak®

Transition Chester Newsletters, etc.

Transition Chester is a group of people intending to reduce their carbon footprints and help others do likewise. They started in Spring 2008

Urban Forum 8+9 Dec 08

The Urban Forum in Manchester on 8+9 December, on poverty, offers free places to unpaid activists/workers.

Vale Royal Organic and Wildlife Gardeners

Our programme of meetings and other documents

Voluntary Action Vale Royal documents

Newsletter, featuring grants, events and training for the voluntary sector

AGM - 13th Oct, and Annual Report