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CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS back to top
DTA SCOTLAND EVENTS PROGRAMME 2009-2010
DTAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2010
The dates for the 2010 DTA Scotland Annual Conference have now been confirmed as 13-14th June. The conference will be held at the MacDonald Highland Resort in Aviemore. This is the main opportunity in the year for new and existing development trusts to get together at a national level, share information and expertise and generally inspire each other, so make sure that you don’t miss out on the conference by putting the dates in your diary now. A full programme will be made available within the next few weeks.
BUILDING DESIGN PROJECTS STUDY TOUR
Date: Saturday 20 March 2010
Venue: Glasgow
DTA Scotland and the Glass -House (a national community led design organisation) are organising a FREE study tour to two inspiring community buildings in Glasgow. This is a one day event for development trusts who are at an early stage in developing building projects in their neighbourhood. The study tour will visit The Castlemilk Stables which have been converted from semi derelict stables to a fantastic community facility and office space by the Cassiltoun Housing Association, and The Hub, which is a new build conceived by Wellhouse Community Trust. During the tour you will hear from the host groups about their experiences with their building projects and have the opportunity to take away design ideas, ask questions and gain insight into the design process. There will also be an independent architect on hand to answer any of your design queries. The session is free, however because it involves transport places are limited.
If you would like to attend, please register your place by visiting The Glass-House website. If you have any questions regarding the event, please get in touch with Hannah Gibbs on 020 7490 3136 or hannah@theglasshouse.org.uk
ACQUIRING BUSINESS 4 GOOD – GETTING READY TO BUY
Date: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Venue: Fort William
Social Firms Scotland, in partnership with the DTA Scotland, are running this seminar for existing and emerging social businesses and community enterprises. It will introduce the acquisition of an existing business as a method of growth and achieving community benefit/social impact. It is part of the Acquiring Business 4 Good Programme, a programme managed by Social Firms Scotland and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. This is a national pilot programme working across Scotland to facilitate the purchase of privates businesses and their conversion into social or community enterprises.
For more information or to book a place click here.
BASICS OF BEING AN EMPLOYER
Date: Thursday 29th April 2010
Venue: Oban
DTA Scotland is offering basic employment related training for Board and staff members from development trusts and other social economy organisations. This training session will cover topics such as building your team, legal requirements and best practice, terms and conditions of service, recruitment, managing staff performance, and dealing with conflict in the workplace.
For more information click here, or to book a place download the booking form.
DTAS is a member-led organisation and if your development trust has any suggestions for training sessions you would like to see take place (new sessions or re-runs of previous sessions) please contact Wendy or Tom on 0131 2202456 or email info@dtascot.org.uk
OTHER EVENTS ACROSS THE SECTOR
Sink or Swim: The Future of Community Owned Leisure Facilities
Argyll & Bute Social Enterprise Network
Date: 11 & 12 March
Venue: Oban
Sink or Swim is the first ever national conference for community enterprises that run swimming pools or leisure centres. An increasing number of community enterprises are running swimming pools and leisure centres; but with cutbacks in local authority spending, a squeeze on other funders and high energy costs, what does the future hold for these community-based organisations?
This event will include a range of topclass speakers, training workshops, case studies and a visit to Atlantis Leisure (a community enterprise) as well as exhibitions and displays from national agencies which can help you in different ways with the development of your social enterprise. Plus, of course, the chance to talk to, exchange ideas and network with others running similar ventures.
The Conference is FREE to social enterprises representatives, (£20 per day for local authority and publicly funded agency delegates). For those social enterprises that need some financial assistance, bursaries are available to cover some travel and subsistence costs.
For further information email Mike Geraghty
CRNS 5th Annual Conference - More Than Recycling 2010
Community Recycling Network Scotland
Date: 17 March 2010
Venue: Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor
This year’s CRNS conference brings together speakers from around the world to share their stories and lend a compelling international perspective to the issues of environmental and social justice, and managing resources. Inspirational, practical, vital – More Than Recycling 2010 promises to pack a punch for everyone working with people and resources in the third sector and beyond.
What’s in store? Patrick Harvie MSP from the Scottish Green Party will be our keynote speaker for the day. He is currently Convenor of Parliament’s Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee, giving him the opportunity to help lead the scrutiny of the Climate Change Bill. Patrick will be able to set the context for the bigger picture into which we all fit.
More Than Recycling 2010 will welcome Leslie Wilson, a leading environmentalist from Carver County in Minnesota who will be sharing her experiences in promoting and implementing a model of product stewardship (also known as extended producer responsibility) in the US.
Other speakers include:
* Sepp Eisenriegler, President of RREUSE and General Manager of R.U.S.Z. Vienna
* Javier Mendoza, Atarataco Enterprise, Tenerife
* Dr Rachel Dunk, Director of Education, Crichton Carbon Centre
This year’s event will also provide a variety of opportunities for delegate interaction including a focused set of facilitated workshop sessions to target topics that require further discussion.
For more information, e-mail Emilia Coverdale
Web Workshop Series
White Cherry Consulting
Date: 25th March & 22 April 2010
Venue: The Melting Pot, Edinburgh
Three half-day workshops to help you make your not-for-profit website and social media sites really effective:
Effective websites 2: Measuring results, tools and visibility (25th March 2010, 9.30am-1pm)
Effective social media (22nd April 2010, 9.30am-1pm)
Prices from £65 for one workshop. Visit the White Cherry Consulting website for more information.
Community Energy Conference
East Renfrewshire Community Enterprise Trust & Community Energy Scotland
Date: 31 March 2010
Venue: Carswell Hall, Montgomery Street, Eaglesham
This conference will focus on the various support mechanisms – available both locally in East Renfrewshire and nationally – that may be available to communities to develop their projects.
But, most importantly, the day will be brought to life through presentations from communities throughout Scotland who have undertaken, or are presently undertaking, their own community renewable energy projects and who have kindly agreed to share the benefit of their experience.
You can also register in advance to attend a surgery on the day with a CES representative: this is available for anyone who has been thinking about a community energy project, and who feel they need specific support or advice to take their idea forward.
The conference is FREE to community groups (and those who support them) and you can register to attend at www.community-energy-conference.org.uk
Marketing, promoting and following up – sales & show techniques
HISEZ
Date: 8 April, 12-3pm
Venue: 81a castle Street, Inverness
HISEZ is offering an event on marketing, promoting and following up - sales & show techniques. This networking lunch offers an opportunity to share experiences if you are a seasoned trade show attendee or learn some tricks of the trade if you are doing this for the first time. With advice from Lucy Morrison – who runs Ness Soaps – it will be a fun way to find out how to pitch your products, talk to potential customers and then follow up your contacts after the event to secure those sales! HISEZ can discuss how you present your stand, what you take, how to you price yourself, and anything else which you think would be useful.
To sign up for this free event, contact Lindsay on lindsay.dunbar@hisez.co.uk or call 01463 715533 or sign up online.
Financial Management Training
CEiS and partners
Various dates and venues (see below)
CEiS and partners are running free of charge financial management training workshops across Scotland, to address the varying needs of:
• Senior managers, trustees and board members of Third Sector organisations with little or no finance training
• Senior staff working in Third Sector organisations who may manage budgets but have limited financial training
• Those within Third Sector organisations who have significant financial responsibilities
The aim of the training is to significantly improve the capacity of Third Sector organisations to control finances and engage in high quality financial planning.
These interactive workshops will use a participative process with worked examples based on previous experiences in the sector, appropriate learning from the wider commercial sector and the experience of the Business Advisers involved in the training delivery, allowing the participants to contribute and share ideas and experiences. They will offer a mixture of class based activity, participative learning exercises and peer learning. Alternatively courses 1 & 2 are available online.
The training will be offered at three levels to ensure the expectations and needs of each participant are addressed.
Workshop 1: Finance for Senior Managers, Trustees and Boards Formal training workshop (1 day):
Glasgow 21st April 2010 Edinburgh 3rd June 2010
Dumfries 14th Sept 2010 Aberdeen 2nd Nov 2010
Workshop 2: Finance for non-finance managers - Classroom based workshop (3 days):
Inverness 28th April, 16th June and 29th Sept 2010
Glasgow 5th May, 26th Aug and 10th Nov 2010
Dundee 26th May, 18th Aug and 17th Nov 2010
Edinburgh 23rd June, 22nd Sept and 24th Nov 2010
Workshop 3: Advanced finance for managers - Residential workshop (2 days):
Perth or Stirling 4th and 5th Nov 2010
For more information and to apply, click here to take you to the online application and questionnaire. This will allow us to match you to the appropriate course and venue. Alternatively call 0141 425 2945.
Participatory Appraisal Workshops
The University of Edinburgh
Dates: 26th – 30th April 2010 or 6th – 10th September 2010
Venue: Edinburgh
Participatory Appraisal (PA) is highly regarded as a valuable tool for providing structures and processes to enable local people to identify their own priorities and make their own decisions about the future. There are many applications of PA, including natural resource management, programmes for the poor, health and food security in both rural and urban situations.
The workshop consists of 5 intensive days of training concentrating on the practical applications of PA and include a placement towards the end of the week to put the skills learned into practice. Previous placements have taken place with the Bilston Wood Community Project and the Woodland Trust Scotland. You can also read about another earlier (and very successful) placement at www.fifedirect.org.uk (search for "Food Access in Dysart"). The September 2009 workshop placement will take place in a community setting in South East Edinburgh.
The cost of the workshop is £575 (volunteer rate £375 by special application) which includes all tuition costs, in-course transport, documentation, refreshments and light lunch on four days.
You can find full information on the University website at http://www.lifelong.ed.ac.uk/cpd/courses/geosciences where you can download the registration form and course flier and also book online.
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PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE back to top
So You Want To Set Up A Development Trust
DTA has published this useful short guide which outlines what a development trust is and takes you through some of the key steps involved in setting one up. Available free of charge. This guide is no longer available in hard copy, to obtain an electronic copy e-mail katrina@dtascot.org.uk
Inspiring Change
The next step from "So You want to Set Up a Development Trust", this new learning resource is for communities who are motivated and ready to take action but need inspiration and information to take their first steps towards making their ideas a reality. The inspiration comes from charting the birth and early years of Comrie Development Trust. It includes a booklet, DVD and timeline wallchart and is available free of charge to community organsiations. For information on how to obtain your copy e-mail katrina@dtascot.org.uk
Start- Up Toolkit
The DTAS Start-up Toolkit is designed to help communities set up an effective legal structure for a development trust. It comprises modules on: identifying the most appropriate legal structure, b) establishing a company limited by guarantee and deciding whether to take charitbale status, and c) the roles and responsibilities of company directors and charity trustees. DTAS staff can also run workshops for your group based around each module. See contents. For information or to obtain a pack contact katrina@dtascot.org.uk
Demystifying the use of the term 'Trust'
This guide has been produced in an attempt to pin down more precisely what is and is not a trust in the legal sense of the word, and just as importantly, to explore what legal restrictions, implications, or advantages there are of having the word in an organisation’s name. If you would like to obtain a hard copy contact katrina@dtascot.org.uk Click here to download
Cultivating Enterprise
A resource designed to lead you through the various stages of planning a successful development trust or community enterprise. By working through each of the suggested activities, your group will gather all the information needed to write a business plan. The guide can be used in conjuction with the DTAS Start-Up Toolkit. Cost £10 (members) or £20 (non-members). To order a copy, e-mail katrina@dtascot.org.uk
Community Share and Bond Issues
This DTA publication provides an introduction to how community organisations can use share and bond issues to raise finance and galvanise support from their community. For further information on how to obtain a copy katrina@dtascot.org.uk
To Have and To Hold
The DTA guide to asset development for community and social enterprises. Essential reading for any development trust that is considering becoming involved in the development of a physical asset. A hard copy can be purchased from DTAS (£10) katrina@dtascot.org.uk or to downlad a PDF version - Click here.
The Green Asset Guide
This DTA guide offers a summary of approaches you can take to reduce the environmental impact of your community building, whether you are looking to develop a new building or improve an existing building. To downlad a copy Click here.
Setting Up a Trading Subsidiary
This guide has been produced for development trusts that are registered charities and are planning to become involved in trading activities that are non-charitable. Written by Stephen Phillips, a specialist in charity law, the guide is designed to to take a development trust through each step of the set-up process and thus avoid the costs of engaging a solicitor. If you would like to obtain a hard copy contact katrina@dtascot.org.uk or click here to download a copy.
Guide to Employing People
EVH (Supporting Social Employers) have produced a breif guide to employing people for DTAS Scotland. This light read highlights the main areas of importance to watch out for when employing people, and is available to DTAS members only. For a copy contact katrina@dtascot.org.uk
Community Matters Information Sheet - Trading and Community Associations'
An information sheet which aims to clarify the types and extent of trading that may be conducted by community associations without infringing their charitabe status or incurring a tax liability.
Community Matters Information Sheet - Community Buildings & Taxation
An information sheet telling you something about each of the taxes that may be levied by HM & Revenue and Customs upon those managing community buildings.
To puchase either of these information sheets (£1.50 per sheet) go to the Community Matters website.
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NEWS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY SECTOR, JOB VACANCIES, AND FIND A VENUE back to top
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY SECTOR
Ore Valley Housing Association and partners win “Excellence in Regeneration” Award
12th February 2010
Ore Valley Housing Association and its subsidiary Fife HARCA Ltd. have been awarded the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland's Excellence in Regeneration Award for 2010.
Along with partners Fife Council, Dearle and Henderson Architects and the Lochgelly Regeneration Forum, OVHA has been heavily involved in the regeneration of Lochgelly including the provision of new mainstream and amenity housing, new sheltered housing and the refurbishment of existing stock. The regeneration also includes a major community project housed in the former Lochgelly Miner's Institute as well as a new Business Centre for start-up businesses.
The Award will be presented by Alex Neil MSP, Minister for Housing and Communities at the CIH Scotland Annual Conference and Exhibition in Glasgow in March.
Andrew Saunders Director of Ore Valley Housing Association and its subsidiary Fife HARCA, commented: "In all of our work in Lochgelly we have tried to address the issues which are important to local people. It has been a pleasure working with the dedicated community in Lochgelly and we look forward to working with local people in the years to come on the continuing and emerging challenges facing the town."
Alan Ferguson, Director of CIH Scotland and part of the judging panel said: "This project demonstrated a series of well connected projects dealing with housing, employment, business and community concerns. There is evidence of mature partnership working with strong community input and leadership across all activities. Lochgelly is a well deserved winner and has been successful in improving quality and choice of housing through to community facilities to the public realm."
Eileen Eisdeal wins Scottish Gas Green Streets award
December 2009
Eileen Eisdeal (Easdale Island Trust) has made it to the final shortlist of projects that will receive a slice of a £2 million funding pot as part of the Scottish Gas Green Streets programme. Nearly 100 projects submitted detailed applications for funding. Easdale Island is one of 14 projects from across the UK who made the shortlist and one of only two in Scotland. The project crowned Britain’s greenest community after a year stands to win a further £100,000 in funding from Scottish Gas.
The Trust has applied for funding to install a wind turbine adjacent to the Community Hall and Folk Museum, and a ground source heat pump that will use sea water to power several community buildings. It plans to engage with all the residents in the village on the project, and carry out both energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy installations. The first community consultation event, to be held on 15th January, will include amongst others Jim Mather, MSP for Argyll & Bute, as speaker.
Chair of Easdale Island, Keren Cafferty commented on the achievement:
“We think a combination of energy saving, community energy and Scottish Gas will make this project a blazing success.”
Jim Mather MSP said:
“This is yet another great example of local people coming together in common cause, making things happen and triggering resource to aid their efforts. It will do Easdale good and it can do many other parts of Argyll & Bute good by simply following the model of Easdale, Tarbert and other places, where community projects are being tackled and positive transformation being achieved."
Sleat Community Trust is finalist in Social Enterprise Scotland Awards
Our congratulations also go to Sleat Community Trust who were a well deserved finalist within the ‘Small Social Enterprise of the Year’ category at the recent Social Enterprise Scotland Awards. The presentation ceremony of this inaugural event, organised by the SSEC, was held in the Scottish Parliament.
JOB VACANCIES
Community Enterprise Ltd are looking to recruit a Social Enterprise Development Officer. For a job description click here. For an informal discussion around the post and information on the application process contact Douglas Westwater on 01506 862227 or email him at douglas@communityenterprise.co.uk
VENUES FOR HIRE - MEMBERS & OTHER COMMUNITY ORGS
DTAS MEMBERS
Coalburn Miners Welfare Coalburn Miners Welfare Charitable Society - One Stop Shop have recently launched a promotional brochure and dvd to advertise their state of the art meeting & conference venue.
It is an exciting new venture to add to the growing list of projects being run and developed by the development trust. For more information www.coalburnmw.org.uk
The Drill Hall, Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
The Out of the Blue Drill Hall is an active arts venue with exhibitions and evening events and a lively café open Mon-Fri 10am-8pm and additional hours to cater for events.
Click here for more info & prices
The Hub, Wellhouse Community Trust, Glasgow
The Hub can host small conferences, training sessions and any type and size of meeting required. Its state of the art IT Suite is also available to hire. With in house catering and a creche facility available this venue is an ideal venue on the perimeter of Glasgow.
Click here for more info & prices
Castlemilk Stables, Cassiltoun Trust, Glasgow
Castlemilk Stable can host meetings/seminars/training of up to 40 people in it's multipurpose room or smaller board room, an IT state of the art suite with 10 workstations is also availalbe. Catering can be provided, it is close to transport links and has parking on site.
Click here for more info & prices
OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
Leith Halls, Edinburgh
With a selection of function, conference and meeting rooms on offer, we can cater for any booking from small one-to-one meetings up to events for 150 delegates.
The flexibility of the space available means that the HALLS is an ideal venue to hold seminars, workshops, training days, conferences, performances, receptions and private functions.
Click here for more info & prices
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CLIMATE ACTION back to top
Community Powerdown
'Community Powerdown' is a consortium of 27 community groups brought together by DTA Scotland and Community Energy Scotland, to enable these communities to access funding, information and training to help them address climate change by reducing their carbon emissions. In January 2009, the consortium received over £1,494,000 from the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund, the largest award to date.
Following the appointment of Helen Houston as Powerdown Co-ordinator, the first networking event for all Community Powerdown consortium members was held in Birnham over the 13th and 14th May. The event was very successful and galvanised everyone involved to continue to develop and progress their own community’s plans to reduce carbon emissions. Powerdown officers have now been recruited in each of the participating communities. A Community Powerdown website is now live and can be accessed at www.communitypowerdown.org.uk
At this stage there are no firm plans for another Community Powerdown, but any interested development trusts should consider their own application to the Climate Challenge Fund - click here for more information on the Fund.
Community Energy Scotland Toolkit
Community Energy Scotland’s purpose is to build confidence, resilience and wealth at community level in Scotland through sustainable energy development. They have produced a very good toolkit for communities looking to get involved in and benefit from renewable energy. To download a copy, click here
Fintry Development Trust
Fintry Development Trust have successfully negotiated the purchase of a single turbine from within a nearby private windfarm development. They want to share their success with other communities by helping them do the same. For more information click here
Host a Green Communities Training Course
The Energy Saving Trust Green Communities service (formally CAfE) is giving community groups the opportunity to host their own training course on energy issues. Green Communities will be able to provide your group with a bespoke course enabling you to improve your knowledge of issues around energy use and develop a community energy project. Best of all it’s free of charge! For more information call 0844 848 0077 or email greencommunities@est.org.uk
Scottish Education & Action for Development
SEAD have developed a new resource on their websitefor anyone involved in community-led climate action. This provides a wide range of useful information, advice and tools to support community-level action on climate change.
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LAND REFORM back to top
Land Reform Campaign
Over 30 people recently attended the first in a series of 4 seminars being organised around various aspects of land reform, which took place in the Tolbooth, Stirling. Andy Wightman, independent writer and campaigner delivered the keynote address at the event, which was organised by Local People Leading and chaired by DTAS. An account of the meeting can be accessed via the local People Leading website. The programme of seminars is part of a campaign to: raise various issues of concern around the operation and scope of the Community Right to Buy legislation; support and extend the community ownership of land and; generally press for a review of progress on land reform in Scotland. DTAS is committed to playing a prominent role in this campaign, in addition to raising the specific issues raised by members at all available opportunities.
Land reform (Scotland) Act: Community Right To Buy
The Scottish Government's Community Assets Branch has recently published revised guidance on using Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (Community right to buy provisions). For an electronic copy click here.
The Scottish Government have also produced a Rural Communities Mapping Tool, designed to help Community Bodies identify their communities. It can be used to identify areas of excluded land, postcode units and sectors and settlement areas. The Mapping Tool is available on-line by clicking here
They have also produced a revised application form for registrations of interest under the community right to buy legislation, which is the same form for re-registrations. To download a copy visit the Scottish Government website
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DTAS RESPONSES TO GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS back to top
Department of Energy & Climate Change
Thanks to those members with operational renewable energy schemes who took time to feed into our response to the DECC's recent consultation on creating a secure low carbon electricity network for the UK. This provided a good opprotunity to raise awareness of the huge potential that renewable energy holds for community enterprise, as well as the barriers to capitalising on this across Scotland. To read a copy of the DTAS response, click here.
Big Lottery Fund in Scotland
Thanks to those members who took the time to comment on the draft DTAS response to the recent Lottery consultation. On the basis of the responses received the DTAS Board decided to submit two consultation responses – one focusing on the wider policy issues, and one focusing on GCA operational issues. These responses can be downloaded from the members download area of the website.
Disposal of public assets
In 2004 the Scottish Executive carried out a consultation to establish views on the transfer of publicly owned assets into community ownership at less than market value.Click here for DTAS response. In 2007 a second consultation was carried out to gather views on the upper limit to the 'undervalue' (the difference between market and transfer value) above which Ministerial consent must be given. Click here for DTAS response.
Planning Bill- Advice Note on Community Engagement
The new Planning Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent within the the next month. One of the most contentious areas is the removal of the third party right of appeal which means that community input around planning applications in the future will have to be much more proactive in nature than it has been to date. For this reason the current consultation on the proposed Planning Advice Note on Community Engagement which closes on 13th October is important. DTAS plans to submit the following as its formal response on that date. Members are asked either to submit any comments prior to that date or use it to assist in the formulation of their own submission. Click here.
Social Enterprise Strategy for Scotland
The Scottish Excutive has committed itself to a differentiated strategy for the way in which the social enterprise sector is supported and developed over the next few years.Click here for DTAS response.
The establishment of a Coop Development Agency
The Scottish Executive committed itself to the establishment of a coop development agency in Scotland and consulted as to what form it should take and what it should do.Click here for DTAS response.
Scottish Parliament's Enquiry into Rural Development
DTAS asked to speak to the Committee who led this enquiry but were only able to submit a written response.Click here for DTAS response.
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MEMBERS' BENEFITS back to top
• support and advice from DTA Scotland staff
• input to DTAS responses to government policy consultations
• quarterly e-bulletin and briefing from DTAS
• free subscription to two of the most relevant ‘trade journals’ - New Sector (6 editions per annum) New Start (weekly)
• free annual DTA(UK) in-house magazine - Networker
• free access to the Melting Pot – a new social enterprise offering hot-desking and meeting facilities in the heart of Edinburgh
• free advice on annual accounts preparation
This service has been provided by Gregor Clark & Co Chartered Accountants & Auditors. It offers free basic advice on any matters relating accounts preparation. Gregor Clark will also offers discounted rates on reporting and auditing accounts to DTAS members.
Contact details are:
Gregor Clark - 0131 225 2510 or e-mail enquire@gregorclark.co.uk - you will be asked to give your DTAS membership number when contacting them
• free legal advice
Full and provisional members of DTA Scotland are entitled to one hour of free legal advice (per enquiry) on a wide range of matters relevant to development trusts and their activities. This has kindly been made available by our partners Burness LLP. Burness has a strong track record in the legal aspects of development trusts, stretching back over 20 years. They can provide DTAS members with advice on the following areas:
• constitutional issues including memorandum and articles of association and IPS rules
• company law
• charity law and OSCR's policy / practice
• law governing IPS structures and FSA’s policy/ practice
• contracts
• funding/ finance arrangements
• structures for new projects or social enterprises
• community renewables
• property law
• employment law*
• dispute resolution*
*Advice on employment law and dispute resolution is available via a telephone helpline service only. DTAS members will be able to receive a one-off advice session (lasting up to one hour) on any particular employment or dispute resolution matter – any further advice or work relating to the same or a similar matter will be chargeable.
All enquiries must come through DTA Scotland in the first instance - please call one of our Development Officers on 0131 2202456 or e-mail info@datscot.org.uk. If our Development Officers are unable to answer your enquiry, we will pass it on to Burness and one of their solicitors will respond directly to you within 3 working days.
• free VAT advice
This service has been provided by Deloittes and offers free advice on any matters relating to VAT. Each call to the helpline will be free for approximately 15 minutes, after which a recommendation as to a way forward will be made (and a fee quote provided for any further work that is thought necessary). In addition, a free meeting with a VAT specialist is also being offered. This will consist of an initial telephone call to gain some background information on the member’s activities. The meeting will then be held at the member’s premises during which a more detailed discussion can be held as to any VAT implication or opportunities that appear relevant. Advice on the helpline and meetings would be provided by one of the Deloitte staff team who specialise in the provision of VAT advice to DTA members.
Contact points for Deloitte are:
Stuart Savage - 01223 259518 ssavage@deloitte.co.uk (Cambridge)
Gavin Needham - 0113 2921157 gneedham@deloitte.co.uk (Leeds)
• access to members insurance scheme
DTAS members are entitled to preferential rates for all types of insurance by calling Finance ReDirect who are a not for profit financial services company on 0800 652 1211 - have your membership number to hand.
To be sent leaflet contact aileen@dtascot.org.uk
• access to HR advice and materials from EVH (Employers in Voluntary Housing) at discounted rates
• free/discounted access to regional events, training and seminars
• briefing papers on relevant policy topics
• participation and voting rights within DTAS and DTA(UK)
• discounts on DTAS and DTA(UK) publications and training materials
• discounted DTAS annual conference rates and access to bursaries
• ,b>access to the Knowledge & Skills Exchange Fund – grants for visiting or hosting other members or relevant projects
• national and regional campaigning by DTAS for development trusts
• The Pool – opportunity to generate income for your Trust by becoming an associate consultant of The Pool
• access to members area of DTAS and DTA(UK) websites (www.dtascot.org.uk and www.dta.org.uk)
• use of DTA logo
• profile on DTAS website
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