Highland Third Sector Partnership

23rd June 2013

The third sector or voluntary sector can be a confusing place if you do not know your way around it.

The Highland Third Sector Partnership draws together a number of groups in Highland with partner groups able to give anyone information about whati s on offer and asssit with community planning in their onw area.

In Caithness the functions are carrid out by Caithness Voluntary Group.

The Highland Third Sector Partnership has web site at www.htspinterface.org.uk/

The web site gives information about their function as follows-
The Highland Third Sector Partnership is the Third Sector Interface for Highlands. Formed from a partnership which involved eight existing members from across the Highland region it formalised in 2012 and launched on the 4th of March 2013 officially. As the Third Sector Interface it works together with the eight partners to deliver, amongst other services, four specific themes of work as agreed with the Scottish Government.

Volunteering development
Social Enterprise development
Supporting and developing a strong third sector
Building the third sector relationship with community planning

At the HTSP we co-ordinate the regional work, specifically strategic involvement with the public and private sectors, while supporting the locally delivered work of our partners. The delivery of the interface functions through trusted local partners, some with an extensive history and community connection, allows it to be tailored to local need and for local diversity and adaptation, recognising the large expanse of geographical and community differences within the Highland Region.

Caithness Voluntary Group
We offer support to groups on whatever they require. For funding this may be one-to one support throughout the funding process, from the initial enquiry, helping groups identify funders for their project to checking over the application before submitting it.

We have the latest publication on the major trusts and access to online funder information which we use to help groups identify funders that may offer grants to their projects.We also offer advice on constitutions, and help groups update and make amendments to their constitutions if necessary. With new charity legislation in place it is important to check your constitution to ensure that it reflects the activities and aims of your group.

We organise training workshops throughout the year that have been identified as needed by the voluntary sector. If your group has identified a training need then we will try and deliver a training workshop or advice on the issue.

Also separately from these services Caithness Voluntary Group also offers a range of services to community groups or individuals, including word processing, typing, duplicating, reports, newsletters, programmes, paper, envelopes, photocopying, faxing, laminating, mailing list/labels, whist and other tickets and acetates, all with a reduced rate for members, the membership fee is £6.00 yearly. This includes a free lending service for publications, display boards, flipchart easel with pens, collecting cans, lectern, and overhead projector with screen.

Contact details
Telephone:01955 603453 (Yvonne Hendry - 01955 609960)
Fax: 01955 609379
e-mail, yvonne[AT]cvg.org.uk niall[AT]cvg.org.uk helen[AT]cvg.org.uk
Address: Telford House, Williamson Street, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5ES
Web: www.cvg.org.uk

For other areaqs check the web site - www.htspinterface.org.uk/