Growing Up in the West Midlands is conducting two audits and needs responses from infrastructure organisations. The results will be published. The training audit will be used to develop a regional training and workforce development plan and the Quality Standards audit will be used to create a self-assessment toolkit for VCS CYP organisations.

The two surveys - both brief - are attached.

Thank you for your assistance.

Please return to alistair.fountain@wayc.org.uk

A local environmental group is running a poetry competition with a chance to win £50.

The Warwickshire branch of The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is holding the competition to celebrate the wonderful countryside in the area.

If you are a budding poet and think you can capture the essence of rural Warwickshire, then send your poems to:

CPRE Warwickshire
41A Smith St
Warwick
CV34 4JA

or email: poems@cprewarwickshire.org.uk by Monday 15 February 2010.

Terms and conditions:

October is Black History Month and events celebrating the diverse cultural history of people of African and Caribbean heritage are taking place up and down the country.

Why not take part and use the attached quiz to test the knowledge of your young people, compiled by Solihull Youth & Community Services.

Communitybuilders provides a mix of loans, grants and mentoring support to community groups to improve long-term financial stability and move away from grant dependency.

The three investment packages administered by Communitybuilders are: