This presentation was from a joint NCVO and RAWM event on 4 October 2013. This is entitled 'Midlands LEPS...and what opportunities exist for the VCS' Find out more about the NCVO: http://www.ncvo.org.uk

1. MIDLANDS LEPs......AND WHAT
OPPORTUNITIES EXIST
FOR THE VCS
Fri 4th October 2013
Big Lottery Fund, Birmingham
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Hashtag: #MidsLEPsVCS

2. Agenda – morning
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Hashtag: #MidsLEPsVCS
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9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Welcome and introductions - Mike Barnes, Chair, RAWM
10.05 Aims and Purpose of the event - Ingrid Gardiner, ESF
Effectiveness Manager, NCVO
10.20 The future role of LEPs in the next programme of EU
Structural Funds, 2014-2020 Speaker: Rachel Quinn, CEO, One
East Midlands
10.50 Big Lottery offer and their findings to date on talking to
LEPs Speaker: Matthew Poole, West Midlands Manager, Big
Lottery Fund
11.20 Q & A - Rachel Quinn
11.45 Break
11.50 Workshop sessions x 3
13.00 LUNCH

3. Agenda – workshop sessions (1)
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Hashtag: #MidsLEPsVCS
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11.50 – 13.00 Workshop sessions x 3
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Building VCS & LEP partnerships (1) Framing a shared
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Community led local development + Social and
economic inclusion - Rachel Quinn
Big Lottery, resourcing the sector within EU programmes
- Matthew Poole
Supporting and growing local workforce - Elaine
Kingston, RGF Project Manager, Bournville College

4. Agenda – afternoon
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Hashtag: #MidsLEPsVCS
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13.00 LUNCH
13.30 Workshops
Building VCS & LEP partnerships (2) Making it work
 What practical things do we do between now and
December / January 2014
 Building the existing VCSE working groups to be
more inclusive
14.30 CLOSE

5. Agenda – workshop sessions (2)
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Hashtag: #MidsLEPsVCS
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13.30 – 14.30 Workshops
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Building VCS & LEP partnerships (2) Making it work
 What practical things do we do between now and
December / January 2014
 Building the existing VCSE working groups to be
more inclusive