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A new website has been launched for those working for charities, it has been revealed.

In addition, the website provides information on fundraising legislation, forums where volunteers can share ideas and best practice guidance.

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A new initiative offering support for those operating in the voluntary sector has been launched, it has emerged.

With backing from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) and the Innovation Exchange, the Nesta Innovation Exchange Fund will provide grants of between £10,000 and £40,000.

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Those working for charities and voluntary groups operating within Wales should develop stronger links with the private sector, a politician has claimed.

Speaking at an event held for voluntary organisations and businesses, Leighton Andrews, deputy regeneration minister for the National Assembly for Wales, claimed that private organisations, local councils and charities should work as network partners more often.

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A new funding initiative has been launched for those operating within the third sector, it has been revealed.

Offering a total of £750,000, the Barrow Cadbury Trust fund will provide financial assistance to community and voluntary organisations which look to improve relations between people from different cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

It is thought the typical project receiving a fund will benefit from around £30,000 over a two-year period.

Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs, chief executive of the Barrow Cadbury Trust, said: "Some of the poorest parts of Britain are also the most ethnically diverse.

"As a charitable foundation, we need to help local communities join forces to tackle poverty and inequality, rather than compete over limited resources."

Such news may be of interest to third sector groups wishing to maintain sustainable efficiencies.

Earlier this year, Community Projects revealed it is to launch a new website aimed at helping community projects to display their services and receive press coverage.

More about sustainable efficiencies.

A new initiative has been launched for organisations operating within the third sector, it has been stated.

In the Third Sector Taskforce, launched by the Association of Chief Executives for Voluntary Organisations (acevo) and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the role in which community and voluntary organisations can play in welfare-to-work reform will be investigated.

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