| Recently Published Reports of interest to the Family & Community Services Resource Centre Programme |
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| Harvey, B. (2012) Downsizing the Community Sector: Changes in employment and services in the voluntary and community sector in Ireland 2008-2012 Dublin: ICTU Community Sector Committee |
| Irish Nonprofits Knowledge Exchange (2012) Irish Nonprofits: What do we Know? Dublin: INKE |
| Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit (2011) Cross-Cutting Paper No.1: Rationalising Multiple Sources of Funding to Not-for-Profit Sector Dublin: CEEU |
| Comprehensive Review of Public Expenditure (Nov. 2011) Report of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (see page 28 for information concerning the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme) |
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| Family Support Regional Practice Seminars, October/November 2011 |
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| Family Support Agency (2011) Strategic Framework for Family Support within the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme Dublin: Family Support Agency |
| Presentation Delivered during Regional Practice Seminar |
| Handout: History of Irish Family Support Policy |
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| FRC Work Plan Template |
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| FRC Work Plan Checklist |
| FRC Work Plan Template 2011-2013 |
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| West Training & Development Publications |
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| Resource Pack for Voluntary Management Committee Members |
| The Changing Nature and Extent of Volunteerism in the West of Ireland |
| Evaluation Report: Community Employment Scheme |
| Women, Violence and Poverty in the West of Ireland: Exploring Economic Abuse |
| National Youth Policy & The Provision of Youth Work in Counties Galway and Mayo |
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| West Training & Development E-zines |
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| E-Zine, Edition 1, October 2010 |
E-Zine, Edition 2, November 2010 |
E-Zine, Edition 3, January 2011 |
E-Zine, Edition 4, March 2011 |
E-Zine, Edition 5, April 2011 |
E-Zine, Edition 6, June 2011 |
E-Zine, Edition 7, September 2011 |
E-Zine, Edition 8, November 2011 |
E-Zine, Edition 9, January 2012 |
E-Zine, Edition 10, March 2012 |
E-Zine, Edition 11, April 2012 |
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| Templates of Policies and Procedures available |
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The following templates of policies and procedures are available to all FRCs in microsoft word format. However, to ensure that all new policies and procedures are adopted in line with best practice, West Training & Development recommend that FRCs interested in any of the policy and procedures listed below contact their designated support worker. In this way an approach will be agreed to ensure that all FRC Voluntary Directors and staff are familiarised with the content of any policies and procedures under consideration, that proposed policies and procedures are ratified correctly and that an implementation plan is put in place. Once adopted, all policies and procedures need to be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure compliance with changes in legislation.
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| Anti Racism Policy |
| Policy on Non-Attendance of Members at Committee Meetings and Functions
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| Policy on Establishing Project Working Groups |
| Policy on Meetings of Volunteer Directors without Staff |
| Policy on Conflicts of Interest |
| Code of Coduct for members of Voluntary Board of Directors |
| Complaints Procedure |
| Confidentiality Policy |
| Data Protection Policy |
| Electronic Communication Policy |
| Equal Opportunities Policy |
| Grievance Policy and Procedure |
| Policy on Bullying and Harassment - including Sexual Harassment |
| Staff Training & Development Policy |
| Time Off in Lieu Policy |
| Policy on Use of the Resource Centre |
| Volunteer Job Description |
| Child Protection Policy (Updated April 2012 to reflect amendeded Children First National Guidance and recommendations from Child Protection and Welfare Practice Handbook) |
| Policy on the Recruitment of New Members to the Voluntary Board of Directors |
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| Policy and Procedures Checklist for Family Resource Centres |
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| West Training & Development Annual Reports |
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| West Training & Development Annual Report 2006 |
| West Training & Development Annual Report 2007 |
| West Training & Development Annual Report 2008 |
| West Training & Development Annual Report 2009 |
| West Training & Development Annual Report 2011 |
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| Training Resources and Packs |
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| Media Tips and Exercises (Changing Ireland, 2003) |
| Making Our Voices Heard: A Publicity Guide for Community and NGO Activists (EAPN, 2007) |
Introduction to Data Protection (handout from Office of Data Commissioner) |
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| Poverty Definitions and Figures |
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| Definitions of Poverty (from the Combat Poverty Agency) |
| Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2005 (EU-SILC), CSO, Nov. 2006 |
| Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2006 (EU-SILC), CSO, Nov. 2007 |
| Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2007 (EU-SILC), CSO, Dec 2008 |
Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2009 (EU-SILC), CSO, November 2010 |
Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2010 (EU-SILC) Preliminary, CSO, November 2011 |
Summary of Key Findings of Survey of Living Conditions 2006 |
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| SPEAK Resources and Reports |
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| Directions and Links for uploading (and/or upgrading to) SPEAK FRC v2.75 (issued Dec 2010) |
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| SPEAK FRC Users Guide |
| SPEAK FRC Impacts Manual |
| Faciliatation Prompts for Impacts Meeting (v2.75) |
| Advice re. Emailing Completed SPEAK FRC Returns |
| Introducing SPEAK FRC (Slideshow) |
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| SPEAK FRC: National Database Users Guide |
| Instructions for Backing-up SPEAK FRC National Database |
| Training exercises for use with the SPEAK FRC National Database |
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| Page by Page SPEAK FRC Guides - Operational Environment Section |
| Page by Page SPEAK FRC Guides - Resource Audit Section |
| Page by Page SPEAK FRC Guides - Outputs Section |
| Page by Page SPEAK FRC Guides - Impacts Section |
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| Other Resources |
| Code of Practice informing FRC work with LGBT communities |
| Code of Practice on Domestic Violence: United Against Domestic Violence |
| Cód Cleachtais in Aghaidh Foréigean Baile: Aontaithe in Aghaidh Foréigean Baile |
| Employment Status Group (Updated June 2010) Code of Practice for Determining Employment or Self-Employment Status of Individuals |
| Amach!LGBT Newsletter Nov 2010 |
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