Creative Support – provider of social care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health and other needs – is offering people the chance to gain a Level 3 qualification in garden maintenance. An open day is being held next Friday, May 29 at the Station Hotel in Castle Hill, Dudley between 12.30 and 2.30pm for people to find out more about the free training. Further details see...

The Home Office is asking for voluntary and community sector organisations to help with its evaluation of phase one of the ‘right to rent’ scheme. Since December 1, 2014, private landlords, and their nominated agents, of properties in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham have been required to conduct checks to establish that new tenants have the right to rent in the UK. The Home Office is evaluating the scheme’s impact and will produce a final report in late 2015. The findings from the evaluation will help to ensure that the Home Office is aware of any issues that arise in implementing the scheme and identify areas of improvement. The final report will not disclose any identifiable information or individual responses. As part of the evaluation, the Home Office is conducting a number of surveys with voluntary and community sector organisations in the area of the right to rent scheme. It carried out two previous surveys which has provided information regarding the awareness of the scheme as well as any anticipated concerns or benefits from the scheme. The Home Office is now conducting its third and final survey which contains no more than 20 questions and will help understand organisations’ experience of the right to rent scheme and the impact it is having. Groups or organisations which work with, or represent, people who might be affected by the scheme can complete the survey here (by May 31, 2015). The Home Office also wants views from housing associations on the scheme, because there may be impacts on housing associations tenancies (for example where social housing tenants have lodgers or sublet their property). Find the housing association survey here Any queries to: miriam.davidson1@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or jonathan.burchell@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Source: Dudley...

Following the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner’s series of consultation events held throughout the region in 2014,  a second information event for Dudley will be held on Tuesday, June 9 at Brierley Hill Civic Hall. This free event will update progress made in commissioning services for victims of crime and aims to consolidate the commissioner’s commitment to work with the voluntary sector. There will also be information about funding opportunities for voluntary sector groups in 2015/16. To book and for more details see here Source: Dudley CVS  ...

Dudley Council for Voluntary Service is hosting a family fun day in Dudley  on Saturday June 6 to celebrate Volunteers and Carers Weeks. The event takes place between 10am and 3pm in Stafford Street and features a visit from the Fire Service and music from Bridge Radio. See...

Dudley-based White House Cancer Support has two job vacancies, one for a charity manager and the other for an assistant information officer and volunteer co-ordinator. The closing date for applications is Monday, June 8. For more information see link Source: Dudley CVS  ...