A fraction of the cost of similar national conferences and right on your doorstep

12th October 2016 Coaver Club Exeter, EX2 4PS

Conference Supported by:

Conversations that Matter Conference

9.30 Registration & Coffee

9.50 Welcome:

Co-Chair of Devon Voluntary Action

10.00

Keynote speaker: Stephen Dunmore, Chief Executive

Fundraising Regulator

“The Value of the Social Sector”

10.45 Refreshments and Networking

11.00 Morning Learning Sessions

Options A, B, C, D, E or F

12.00

Lunch Exhibition Stands - explore new opportunities and services

Networking: making new and refresh existing contacts

On the spot advice

1.00

Keynote Speaker: Tim Jones

Chair of Devon and Cornwall Business Council

“What can the Business Sector teach us?”

1.45 Refreshments and Networking

2.00 Afternoon Learning Sessions

Options G, H, I, J, K or L

3.00 End of Conference

ProgrammeProgramme

Organisations that are part of the Conference:

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Speakers and PresentersSpeakers and Presenters

www.dcbc.co.uk

Tim Jones Chair of Devon and Cornwall Business Council

Tim Jones is a Board Member of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (having served as Chairman from its inception) and Chairman of Devon & Cornwall Business Council. He is also involved in a number of other organisations including the executive of the HoTSW Business Forum, Board Member of Water Share Panel, Board Member of Plymouth Chamber, Vice Chairman of Plymouth Area Business Council and Board Member of North Devon +. Board Member of the Local Transport Board and Tim is the national lead for the LEP Network on the Great Food Plan (a Defra initiative).

Outside business related activities, Tim is also involved in a wide range of Criminal Justice Issues being a Special Advisor to HM Prison Services serving on the South West Regional Offending Board, is Chairman of Broadreach which deals with a wide range of Drug and Alcohol Services and is a Patron of Tomorrow’s People. Trustee for the Dartington Hall Trust, Trustee for the Outset Foundation and Trustee for Fort Bovisand. Tim also served for 22 years as Chairman of the Princes Trust for Devon & Cornwall and as a South West Regional Board Member.

Tim has active business interests and has been involved for over 30 years in a wide range of property issues. Tim is now extensively involved in Commercial Property Development across the South West Peninsula and is a Director within Belstone Fox Project Management Ltd and Wessex Investors Ltd.

@DCBC_voice

Stephen Dunmore Chief Executive at Fundraising Regulator

Stephen Dunmore was appointed as Chief Executive of the Fundraising Regulator in December 2015. He was previously Chief Executive of the New Opportunities Fund and the Big Lottery Fund.

Since leaving the Big Lottery Fund in 2008, Stephen has been Interim

Chief Executive of the Responsible Gambling Fund, The Diana Princess of

Wales Memorial Fund, the Lumos Foundation, the National Consumer

Council and the Family and Childcare Trust. He was Chair of

Capacitybuilders, National Family Mediation and the BBC’s Awards

Advisory Committee; and served as a member of the Office of the Third Sector’s Advisory Body.

Stephen is also a trustee of The Prince’s Countryside Fund.

@FundrRegulator www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk

ProgrammeProgramme

AM Learning SessionsAM Learning Sessions

Option B

Taking Your Marketing to the Next Level

Social Media, your website and your blog all rely on great quality content. We will take you through the world of content showing you how to make your images and video look professional using free tools to take your marketing to a new level. This session is being facilitated by Get Up to Speed.

Option A

Meet the Speaker: Stephen Dunmore, Chief Executive at the Fundraising Regulator

Opportunity to hear more from Stephen Dumore and the chance to ask questions.

Come along to this session to also hear more about the new Fundraising Regulator which was set up in July 2016 and the impact it will have on the sector.

Option C

How to Create an Effective Brand

This masterclass will look at what branding is (hint: it’s a lot more than a logo) and examine traits of a successful brand. It will also give you a chance to consider different types of relationship a brand can have with your target audiences (e.g. donors, volunteers, service users) and how to develop key messages and what to do with them. This session is being facilitated by Lathwells & Associates.

@GUTS_SW www.get-up-to-speed.co.uk

@LathwellAssoc www.lathwell.com

Niki Lathwell is Director at Lathwell & Associates. Her marketing career has spanned three decades and four continents. Today, she is working with businesses as diverse as retailers TK Maxx and John Lewis, developer AXA REIM through to local kebab seller and garden shed maker! In the social sector she works for a range of international organisations such as Care International and local groups like Calvert Trust Exmoor and Assist Teignbridge. She is committed to helping smaller businesses and voluntary groups to plan their marketing effort cost-effectively.

@FundrRegulator www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk

Verity Baum comes from a corporate financial background with extensive experience in training, digital, portfolio and business management. She is able to assess individual and business needs to find solutions. As an IT Trainer Verity is able to provide one to one support and workshops to a variety of audiences helping both individuals and businesses achieve their goals by raising awareness of all aspects that are associated with digital technology.

Stephen Dunmore was appointed as Chief Executive of the Fundraising Regulator in December 2015. He was previously Chief Executive of the New Opportunities Fund and the Big Lottery Fund.

AM Learning SessionsAM Learning Sessions

Jenny Fish is a Funding Officer (Local) for the England Early Contact Function of the Big Lottery Fund providing support and services across Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth, Dorset and Torbay. Her role is to promote Big’s demand led funding portfolio, primarily Awards 4 All and Reaching Communities and apply local knowledge of the area to comment on applications prior to assessment. She delivers learning and information to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector on Big Lottery funding strands and engages with local stakeholders in order to inform funding programmes.

Option E (limited to 10 people)

Conversation Hub with Big Lottery

This is an open conversation session looking at building skills in an organisation. It will look at what support needs organisations require to help them become sustainable

and will include case studies and local learning. You will have the chance to debate local perspectives and provide feedback into the new strategic direction of funding and support from Big Lottery.

Option D

Pros, Cons and Risks: Which organisational structure is right for your group?

Are you a constituted charity but wondering whether your group would be better off being a Community Interest Company? Does your group or organisation have an interest in trading for income generation purposes, but are unsure on opportunities and restrictions? This session will look at charitable and social enterprise legal structures and is being facilitated by Tozers Solicitors.

Option F (limited to 6 people)

Conversation Hub with Voluntary Voice

This is an open conversion with an elected Voluntary Voice Representative for one of the seven countywide Strategic Partnerships. This session will examine the role the voluntary sector plays in strategic partnerships, how it can influence decisions made and can help deliver services to meet strategic priorities. This session is facilitated by Voluntary Voice.

This will be delivered by an elected Voluntary Voice Representative.

@BigLotteryFund www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Richard King, a partner at Tozers for over 30 years, is well known for his expertise in charity law, featuring in the Legal 500 and Chambers law directories. A member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and of the Charity Law Association from its inception, he advises all types of charity, both local, regional and national. Richard also has great experience in setting up new charities and trading companies, as well as academy schools.

www.tozers.co.uk @TozersLaw

PM Learning SessionsPM Learning Sessions Option G

Meet the Speaker: Tim Jones Chair of Devon and Cornwall Business Council

Opportunity to hear more from Tim Jones on what voluntary and community groups can learn from the business sector. You will also get the chance to ask questions.

Option I

Free APPS that Save You Time

We will show you our favourite free apps for saving time in life and in business. All apps shown during this session are free and available to download in both the play store and Apple Store. This session is being facilitated by Get Up to Speed.

@GUTS_SW www.get-up-to-speed.co.uk

Jenny Fish is a Funding Officer (Local) for the England Early Contact Function of the Big Lottery Fund providing support and services across Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth, Dorset and Torbay. Her role is to promote Big’s demand led funding portfolio, primarily Awards 4 All and Reaching Communities and apply local knowledge of the area to comment on applications prior to assessment. She delivers learning and information to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector on Big Lottery funding strands and engages with local stakeholders in order to inform funding programmes.

Option H

How to Evidence What Matters

The majority of failures to the Big Lottery small and medium open programmes is prompted by applicants not understanding how to evidence that they know what matters most to the communities they support and what obstacles are getting in the

way of communities addressing these. This masterclass will take you through some of these consistent issues and how to overcome them. This session is being facilitated by the Big Lottery.

@BigLotteryFund www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

www.dcbc.co.uk @DCBC_voice

Verity Baum comes from a corporate financial background with extensive experience in training, digital, portfolio and business management. She is able to assess individual and business needs to find solutions. As an IT Trainer Verity is able to provide one to one support and workshops to a variety of audiences helping both individuals and businesses achieve their goals by raising awareness of all aspects that are associated with digital technology.

Tim Jones is a Board Member of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (having served as Chairman from its inception) and Chairman of Devon & Cornwall Business Council. He is also involved in a number of other organisations including the executive of the HoTSW Business Forum, Board Member of Water Share Panel, Board Member of Plymouth Chamber, Vice Chairman of Plymouth Area Business Council and Board Member of North Devon +.

Option J

Tips for Effective Marketing on a Small Budget

This masterclass will take you through how to maximise your marketing even on a small budget. It will look at the importance of the planning process as well as showing you cheap or free items to have in your toolkit. It will cover a range of marketing formats. This session is being facilitated by Lathwells & Associates.

@LathwellAssoc www.lathwell.com

Niki Lathwell is Director at Lathwell & Associates. Her marketing career has spanned three decades and four continents. Today, she is working with businesses as diverse as retailers TK Maxx and John Lewis, developer AXA REIM through to local kebab seller and garden shed maker! In the social sector she works for a range of international organisations such as Care International and local groups like Calvert Trust Exmoor and Assist Teignbridge. She is committed to helping smaller businesses and voluntary groups to plan their marketing effort cost-effectively.

PM Learning SessionsPM Learning Sessions

Option K

Micro-Volunteering: How, What and Why?

This session will investigate what micro-volunteering is and how your organisation can capitalise on this type of volunteering opportunity. Using real case studies of existing

micro-volunteering, you will look at why these examples have been successful as well as having a chance to think about developing your own micro-volunteering opportunities. This session is being facilitated by Devon Voluntary Action.

This will be delivered by a Volunteer Support Worker.

Option L (limited to 6 people)

Conversation Hub with Libraries Unlimited

This is an open conversation session on sharing experiences of building partnerships with the public sector and developing an organisation delivering a public service. This session is facilitated by Libraries Unlimited.

Ciara Eastell is the Chief Executive of Libraries Unlimited and an ex officio trustee. Ciara is currently President of the Society of Chief Librarians. She has over 20 years’ experience as a Chartered Librarian and is the former Head of Libraries, Culture and Heritage for Devon County Council. Ciara is passionate about the potential of public libraries, the value of reading and the power of information to transform lives. She is currently an advisor to the British Library, Carnegie UK and is a member of the national Leadership for Libraries Taskforce and the Children's Laureate Steering Group.

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Devon Voluntary Action (DeVA) supports not-for-private–profit groups to provide a quality service for Devon communities.

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Devon Voluntary Action

@Devon_VA support@devonva.org

www.devonva.org

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Voluntary / Community Group or Social Enterprise

£38£38£38 (groups with paid staff)

£30£30£30 (groups with no paid staff)

Private or Public Sector £45£45£45

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Booking Information

This is a significant local opportunity to access a high quality voluntary and community sector conference in Devon:

meet and share experiences with other local organisations

chance to hear keynote addresses from professionals on Social Sector

choose from a wide range of quality workshops led by experts

network and explore opportunities with a range of funders and support agencies

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