External Links
Expert Partners: Health@work, Volunteer Centre, Mersey Network for Europe
Liverpool Primary Care Trust
http://www.liverpoolpct.nhs.uk
Neighbourhood Renewal Voluntary Sector Resources
http://www.renewal.net
Volunteer Centre Liverpool
http://www.volunteercentreliverpool.org.uk
Volunteering Liverpool
http://www.volunteeringliverpool.org
Volunteering Merseyside http://www.volunteeringmerseyside.org.uk
National Umbrella Bodies
The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
http://www.navca.org.uk/
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Useful Government websites: National and Local
The Charity Commission
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk
Government Office for the North West
http://www.gonw.gov.uk
Government Information
http://www.open.gov.uk
HM Revenue and Customs - Charities
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/index.htm
Info4local - information gateway for local public services
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/
Liverpool City Council Homepage
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit Homepage
http://www.neighbourhood.gov.uk
Neighbourhood Statistics
http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
The European Commission
Text of The Week in Europe and links to fuller texts
http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom
eGOVToolkit’s Heatmap of the Place Survey 2008/09 data http://heatmap.egovtoolkit.co.uk/
Other sector support in Merseyside: CVS's, Changeup Merseyside, Mersey Network for Europe
ChangeUp Merseyside
http://www.changeupmerseyside.org.uk
Greater Merseyside online baselining tool (GRIPP) - GRIPP is a set of five questions on each of five things that are common to VCFS organisations (Governance, Resources, Information, Projects, People).
http://www.gripp.org.uk
Liverpool Community Network
http://www.liverpool-community.org.uk
Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory
http://www.msio.co.uk
VCSMerseyside
http://www.vcsmerseyside.org.uk
Funding Sources
Community Loan Fund North West
http://www.lif.org.uk
Charitable Trusts on Merseyside
http://www.merseytrusts.org.uk
The National Lottery Charities Board is a major source of voluntary sector funding
http://www.nlcb.org.uk
Other Useful Links
AbilityNet
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/
Association of Charity Independent Examiners
http://www.acie.org.uk
BTCV’s Spring Into Action
http://www.springintoaction.org.uk
Counsellors and psychotherapists in and near Liverpool
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/region_110.html
ICT Hub Knowledgebase
http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk
NHS Centre for Involvement
http://www.nhscentreforinvolvement.nhs.uk/
RAISE Benefits Advice Team
http://www.benefitsadviceteam.co.uk/credit-unions.html
The Trustees Network
http://www.trusteenet.org.uk