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NEW - On Demand Training in Northern Ireland

Volunteer Now & Volunteer Now Enterprises Ltd have brought all their on demand courses together on one page.  Once registered, you can complete them in your own time, on any device, anywhere!On Demand Courses include: Adult Safeguarding Champion: Meeting the Requirements Attracting & Selecting Volunteers Keeping Adults Safe: See Something Say Something Keeping Children & Adults Safe: An Introduction for Management Committee Members Keeping Children Safe: Reporting Concerns and Managing & M...

Doing More with Less

The webinar brought together experts from the voluntary sector to discuss the most cost-effective strategies for recovery, such as:  Upskilling staff and volunteers Doing leadership differently Building on digital transformation Read a full report and watch the webinar                                                                ...

CRNet Coronavirus Update - July 2021

Covid Restrictions Guidance England: The Government has updated the Primary Guidance for businesses in various tourism-related sectors. They have also added a preamble that applies to all the sectors which states: From Step 4, 19 July, legal restrictions are lifted, all businesses can open and the government is no longer instructing people to work from home. To support businesses through this next phase, the ‘Working Safely’ guidance (here) will continue to provide advice on sensible ...

Out of School Guidance

The Department of Education has published a new guidance document for providers of activities, holiday or after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school settings offering provision to children. The document, COVID-19: Action for Out-of-school Settings, applies from Step 4 and removes restrictions such as: keeping children in consistent groups (bubbles)wearing face coveringslimits on parental attendancerestrictions on group sizes for residential visits. It also includes information ab...

A Free Funding Database for Your Website?

Maximise your impact, improve funding and save your charity money.  The free, easy to use, digital toolkit, funder database and one huge resource base, give you everything you need to respond to the crisis, in one place. 50 funder lists 8 online assessment questionnaires 7 recovery toolkits the funder database, its huge resource base and the Quality Mark everything is free. To find the help and funding you want - register/login now...

Conferences/Courses/Webinars

FREE Virtual Conferences/Webinars  Watch the 'Managing Risk' webinar - if you missed it - the webinar recording is available by clicking the link and registering. Whatever stage of your risk management journey you are at, and regardless of the size of your organisation or the industry sector you work in, HSE aim to help you control the risks in your workplace.  An Introduction to Hybrid Working - 28th July  - Research shows that a more flexible approach to working pract...

Jargon Buster - Contention Ratio

Think of a contention ratio as a road with traffic; the higher the ratio, the more cars on the road, and vice versa. Now imagine you have somewhere really important to be and suddenly you're stuck in a huge traffic jam which has slowed down to a halt (we've all been there!). Well the same can actually be said for broadband - the more devices connected to your line the slower the speed will be, meaning it can be a great deal more difficult to get the important stuff done.2Circles Consulting are d...

Work from Anywhere

To support organisations across the UK, Banner has introduced a range of new products for all working environments. Wherever your workplace is, Banner can supply the products needed to protect employees and enable your company to be productive and efficient.Their extensive range includes cleaning solutions, fully certified personal protective equipment, office partitioning, ergonomic furniture, video conferencing equipment, social distancing signage, thermal infrared technology and lots more.Wor...

10% off Office Furniture

Premier Office supplies are currently offering 10% off their comprehensive office furniture range gives you everything you need to furnish your office, breakout and reception areas or home working space.Hurry while stocks last.To access this offer please contact us at buy@cscbg.org.uk or signup as a member for free at https://www.memberscscbg.org.u... https://cubemarketing.net/view... Get 10% OFF your nextpurchase by using NEWSLETTER10 at checkout! ...

Scaling your print infrastructure to your needs in these uncertain times

Predicting your future office printing requirements has never been more difficult.  With the advent of the hybrid office, you may be unsure how many people you will have working in the office simultaneously.With ASL Flex you can scale up and down your print requirements as business demand changes – with no increased financial implications.  Don’t get locked into a contract that may not suit your future needs. Flexible Managed Print from ASL For more information on the savings that ...

Don't Sweat the small stuff

With temperatures on the rise and staff returning to the work place check out the great range of fans that Premier office supplies have on offer.HERESign up to CSCBG for free https://www.memberscscbg.org.u...or contact us at buy@cscbg.org.uk to get discounts off Premier Office Supplies products....

Banner Dynabook Latops

Don't miss out on our range of laptops from Dynabook EMEA - AVAILABLE NOW while stocks last! 💻Find our more HERE...

Is your business protected from smartphone cyber attacks?

With remote working, mobile cyber criminality has exploded.Have you taken all the necessary steps to ensure your staff’s devices are protected enough?Clink on the following link to 2 Circles insights:How can you protect your business?...

TRADEPOINT Offers 2nd - 29th July 2021

Please click the link below for the latest Tradepoint offers.There are some good offers this month available between 2nd - 29th July 2021.The Drill of the month, 20% off Valspar and discounts on bathrooms and CSCBG members get their 10% off on top.TRADEPOINT OFFERS...

Access Insurance - Exclusive Charity Coaching Workshop: Wednesday 14th July 2021 10.00am

HiWe invite you to join us for an Access Insurance exclusive online workshop in Growth & Excellence for Charities. This free 1hr session is designed to give you the tools to help you achieve operational excellence by understanding the importance of your own energy and management. It will explore frameworks that help you facilitate sustainable growth, effectively manage day-to-day operations and promote good governance. The online workshop will be led by Gordon Bull of GD Business Coaching, a C...

CRNet are recruiting.

We are looking for a Finance Officer to join our small team in Milton Keynes to support CRNet and its trading arm, Christian Supply Chain Buying Group.See the advertisement at https://www.crnet.org.uk/job?/......

Working From Home?

Working from home are you prioritizing your health ?By following these tips you can boost your well-being while you work from home:Premier Office Supplies (cubemarketing.net)Sign up with CSCBG (UK) now to start saving money on Premier Office Supplies products:https://www.memberscscbg.org.u......

Premier Office Furniture

Our comprehensive office furniture range gives you everything you need to furnish your office, breakout and reception areas or home working space. We offer an extensive collection of quality office furniture and supplies to personalise any office space you choose. If you need any advice or would like to discuss your requirements with us directly, please give us a call and we’ll be happy to help....

Helping our Members

As many of our members are charities they may well be eligible for grants.  One such body is the Garfield Weston Foundation that  distributes over £80 million pa to eligible Charities...

Trade Point Offers

Trade Point have some fantastic offers available up to 1st July 2021Sign up as member with CSCBG at https://www.memberscscbg.org.u...  to get access to exclusive savings.Access details of the Trade Point offers via the download button below:...

Nutrition Hydration Week 14 - 20th June 2021

Lookout for next week’s podcast Talking hydration – in support of Nutrition & Hydration week In this episode, we’re supporting Nutrition & Hydration week, with top tips and support for the care sector to help residents stay hydrated. We discuss the symptoms of dehydration to look out for, food and drink ideas to increase fluids across menus, and the best way to support residents. Joining us on the episodes are two of our food development team, Pam Maclean and Wayne Wright. Available from W...

CSCBG can help you save money

Every organisation has necessary costs but like everything, the more opportunity there is for cost reduction, the more opportunity to put back in to the main business purpose CSCBG was recently asked by Nottinghamshire YMCA to review one of their major spend areas, CSBG was able to highlight that purchasing through our pre-qualified supplier covering that spend area would produce savings of £3,000 per annum. So if you need to reduce costs and generate savings please contact us at buy@cscbg.o...

World Environment Day

5th June 2021 was World Environment Day, an internationally recognised day of awareness and action for environmental protection.As well as working on our environmental sustainability strategy at the moment, Screwfix are working on some initiatives across the company which will have a positive impact, including saving paper and plastics from catalogues, and going energy neutral in stores.You can make a pledge to act to restore our ecosystem, using guidance on the official website, which is the th...

O2’s next step towards sustainability

It's great to see members of our industry and supply chain leading the way in important issues such as Sustainability.In the first week of May, the O2 network carried approximately 55% more peak hour data throughput than it did in the same week in 2020. The growing demands on the network put pressure on the data centres, find out more about how O2 are using energy-efficient technology to deliver energy savings estimated to be equivalent to one million kilograms of CO₂ every...

Bidfood Sustainability Report 2020

Sustainable practices in food sourcing and supply chains are more important than ever. As an industry, if we all work together, we can truly make a difference .At Bidfood, we've continued to make great progress on our sustainability journey.Find out more...