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Member Support Links
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Community
Community & voluntary sector websites-
"Charity television channel you can watch on the internet
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Promotes new forms of community development. Site includes material on social inclusion, regeneration and guide to local strategic partnerships
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web portal for everyone involved in community activity.
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A New Landscape For Business
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"Focuses on the use of new technologies in communities
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Funding
Funding Information & Sources For Community Groups-
Up-to-date information on sources of funding including government, quangos and the EU
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Help with writing grant proposals
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Information about FunderFinder (which can be accessed at CVS Rochdale). The site includes Apply Yourself, a free piece of software which helps you to write a grant application
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Information about how to apply for a lottery grant from the National Lottery Community Fund. Application forms can be downloaded.
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This site contains links to a large selection of grant and funding resources
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Employment
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Search the Employment Service's nationwide database for jobs
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Housing
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Professional body for people who work in housin. Site includes information on housing policies and the Innovation into Action grants
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The national campaign defending council housing against stock transfers, PFI and arms length companies
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Vast directory of housing organisations and resources
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Online news and views from Inside Housing magazine
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Housing magazine produced by Shelter, the homelessness charity
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Voluntary & Community Sector
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Resources and news for the voluntary sector
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Working to promote tenant empowerment.
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Rochdale and District Citizens Advice Bureau Service
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Role of the Voluntary Sector In The Public Sector
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Regeneration
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The DTLR's website covering issues such as local strategic partnerships, neighbourhood and street wardens and the community task force
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The information network for regeneration partnerships
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A refernce guide to regeneration information on the internet. Contains links to over 400 regeneration related websites
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Tenants
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Trafford Hall training base for tenants and community groups. Site contains full details of training events, including running a community café, consultation, and becoming a TMO
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Advice on changes in the law which may affect those running voluntary organisations
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Information and resources about tenants' participation nationwide
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Training & Learning
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Trafford Hall training base for tenants and community groups. Site contains full details of training events, including running a community café, consultation, and becoming a TMO
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Learn Direct offers a huge amount of courses that you can study online
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For information about courses at Hopwood Hall College.
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Government
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Information on legal problems and where to go to find a local advisor
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Automatically send a fax direct to your MP, on any subject you want - for free
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Website containing news, information and links to a range of resources for local govbernment and the public sector
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Information about the House of Commons and House of Lords, including committees and research papers
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Health
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Gateway to NHS health information on the internet
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Agencies
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Useful Web Tools
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Google is generally rated as one of the best search engines on the internet. Search UK or worldwide
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Yahoo is one of the oldest and most comprehensive directories of information on the internet
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Search site that finds articles from journals around the world
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Online version of the phone book
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Automatically send a fax direct to your MP, on any subject you want - for free
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Lost? Maps of the UK by area or postcode
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Search the yellow pages on the web
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ICT
Information & Communication Technology-
Adobe Reader - Allows you to view Adobe files created in PDF
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Opera Web Browser - Alternative to Internet Explorer
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