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NHS England wants to support the involvement of people with a learning disability who are given the least chance to have their say. This is so that people: have their experiences listened to; can be involved in improving healthcare; and can tell NHS England about the issues and challenges that make it harder for them to get the same quality of healthcare as everyone else.

FareShare FoodCloud is a new scheme which helps charities and community groups like you to access the free, unsold, surplus food from a day’s sales at your local Tesco supermarket. Using the simple mobile technology FoodCloud, FareShare have already helped 60 UK charity groups to access over 20 tonnes of fresh, good quality, free food.

Anyone with enthusiasm is welcome to apply but Birch Community Centre are particularly looking for people who are local and/or with management experience or skills in the voluntary sector; early years; HR; accounts; and/or policy making.

The trustees meet every month currently on Wednesday evenings and sometimes some of us have to spend extra time inbetween meetings on Birch business such as forming policies; liaising with staff; following up proposals.

Sandy Adirondack, Governance and legal training and consultancy for the voluntary sector provides legal updates for voluntary organisations. In Sandy’s latest update you can find information on changes to the statement of recommended practice for charity accounts (SORPs) and an increase in the audit threshold.