THE WHEEL ANNUAL REVIEW 2008

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5 SUPPORTING COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 5.2 NATIONAL FUNDRAISING AWARDS In September, the first National Fundraising Awards were announced, officially celebrating excellence among Ireland’s dedicated fundraisers. This new annual event is aimed at improving fundraising standards in Ireland. The Wheel and Fundraising Ireland jointly developed the initiative, which has been generously sponsored by Vodafone Ireland. From left to right: Caroline Downey (joint winner, Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year), Nicola Mullen receiving the award on behalf of Legacy Promotion Ireland (winner, Fundraising Campaign of the Year - Small & Medium Organisations), Maureen Forrest of the Hope Foundation (joint winner, Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year), Angela Whyte receiving the award on behalf of Concern (winner Fundraising Campaign of the Year - Larger Organisations) and Alison McNamara of Bóthar (representing the Fundraiser of the Year, Peter Ireton). 5.3 PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS In a dramatic step towards bringing the corporate and voluntary sectors together for mutual benefit, The Wheel - in association with private and community and voluntary sector partners - organised Partnering for Success - a conference to explore the leadership and management challenges facing charities in today’s climate. The hugely successful conference - held in Croke Park in November - brought together over 200 representatives from community and voluntary organisations with leaders from the private sector. Issues explored included human resources, information technology, fundraising practices, governance and management, emphasising the sharing of best practice. Partnering for Success resulted from a symbiotic collaboration between corporate sector and voluntary sector partners including The Wheel, Carmichael Centre, GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Ltd., Microsoft Ireland, Ulster Bank Group and Vodafone Ireland Foundation. Partnering for Success: Deirdre Garvey, CEO of The Wheel; Ava Battles, CEO, Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups; Brian Gavin, Corporate Affairs Director, GlaxoSmithKline; Kate O’Herlihy, Foundation Officer, Vodafone Ireland Foundation. 7
5 SUPPORTING COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 5.4 STRONGER LEADERS We were fortunate in 2008 to be able once again to work with the Carmichael Centre - a resource group for voluntary organisations in Ireland - to further develop our groundbreaking and very successful Stronger Leaders programme. Stronger Leaders is a professional development programme for the leaders of community and voluntary organisations in Ireland, organised by The Wheel with funding from the National Training Fund made available by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The intensive programme is conducted over six months (a total of twelve full-day sessions), and is aimed at giving leaders the knowledge and skills required to guide their organisations through this period of legislative, social and economic change. If you are a CEO (or equivalent) of a community or voluntary organisation, joining The Wheel and participating in Stronger Leaders could be of enormous benefit to you and your organisation. Visit www.wheel/sectorskills/strongerleaders for more information. “I can honestly say that the Stronger Leaders Programme was one of the best, most helpful programmes I have participated in throughout my 18 years working in the voluntary sector. In my current position as Director of the Limerick Rape Crisis Centre it has equipped me with many of the tools necessary to perform well in my role. The skills and knowledge which I acquired on the course and which filter through the organisation will help to re-energise the centre and progress our work for survivors of sexual violence.” - Miriam Duffy, Director, Rape Crisis Midwest "The Stronger Leaders Programme proved to be an incredibly enriching experience for me and for my charity - I would heartily recommend it. The programme is exciting, challenging and professionally delivered. You will leave this programme with practical knowledge that will enrich you and your charity." - Mark Lloyd, General Manager, The Blue Box Creative Learning Centre 5.5 TRAINING LINKS Organised by The Wheel (with funding from the National Training Fund made available by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment) Training Links is an innovative programme designed to encourage community and voluntary organisations to unite in dedicated ‘training networks’. These networks co-operate to identify mutual training needs and to apply for funds to meet them. By working together through Training Links, organisations can take advantage of significant cost efficiencies and other benefits of networking. Training Links was launched in 2006, and the first phase of the programme concluded in 2007. The success of this programme led to The Wheel’s securing funding to run a new phase of Training Links, which launched in September 2008, and will run through mid 2010, with eleven new networks selected for funding. TRAINING LINKS NETWORKS 2008-2010 1. Ability West Training Network 2. Partners in Policymaking Network 4. Community Radio Forum of Ireland (CRAOL) Network 5. The Meath Training Links Network 6. One Family South East Family Resource Centre Training Network 7. The South West Community Development Training Network 8. West & Midland Community Development Network 9. Kerry Community & Voluntary Forum Training Links Programme 10. Safe Ireland Network 11. Integrating Ireland Network 8
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