Articles and Publications

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Birmingham CAN! Mid-term report.

What we've done, how we've achieved it and where we are going next. This work was commissioned in the fourth year of the programme.

The Unmet Funding Needs of the Voluntary Sector in Birmingham

The aims of this research were to map the unmet funding needs of the sector in Birmingham; to examine the support needs of the sector in terms of accessing funding; and to consider how to improve the dialogue between funders and VCO’s.

Evaluation of the Birmingham Can! Small Grants Programme

The development and management of the Small Grants Programme was a key programme activity in the third year of Birmingham CAN! The programme was administered through the Digbeth Trust and applicant organisations were supported by the Birmingham CAN! Reachout & Supports workers, managed by Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC).

Mapping of Intermediary Organisations in Birmingham

This model has been developed for the specific needs of Birmingham, and is only the beginning of the process. Intermediary organisations need to be involved in the support process, the aim of the project and Birmingham CAN! is to make more effective support available to voluntary organisations and community groups.

Disability in Birmingham

A research project concerned with the further development of the Birmingham Social Exclusion Model. The theme selected was disability. The purpose of the project has been twofold. Firstly, to focus on the identification of data deficiencies. Secondly, to develop and refine the Social Exclusion Model as a practical tool to aid policy development.

Involving Service Users: A Survey of Good Practise

a resource to help the ongoing process of developing robust ways of engaging users and potential users of health and social services in the Birmingham area. In particular it is concerned with ensuring that the services provided are culturally competent, that is, that they are sensitive to the diverse communities and cultures they serve, and work with service users to reflect their requirements.

Drug Treatment and Prevention Services in Birmingham: A Culturally Competent

Cultural competence is to go beyond sensitivity and respect in serving people of diverse races and cultures, and to remove impediments to gaining service benefits for which they had a need. Most Birmingham drug treatment providers acknowledge that there are substantial issues about their current services’ appeal and appropriateness for black and other minority ethnic (BME) people.

Getting Equal

Investigating awareness within the voluntary sector of legislation around equalities and diversity; current levels of compliance; the resource implications of compliance; and the implications for representational and advocacy roles

Guidance on Developing and Implementing a Commissioning Process

The SRB4 Birmingham CAN! Programme began using a commissioning process in 1999. In order that the programme could learn from the experience and share the good (and bad) practise with other programmes interested in taking a similar approach, the programme commissioned M.E.L. Regeneration to carry out an evaluation of the design and implementation of this process.

Newsletter April 03

news and information about the programme. This issue features in-depth reports on the projects funded by Birmingham CAN!

Newsletter July 03

news and information about the Birmingham CAN! programme. This issue focuses on training and events.