{"id":39,"date":"2024-02-10T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T13:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucvo.org\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2024-09-17T08:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T08:11:19","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucvo.org.uk\/gd\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Seirbheisean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-accent-2-color has-text-color has-link-color eplus-wrapper wp-elements-ed200d74deee254ecd0e0bb9ae73d7f1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UCVO represents and supports the Third Sector in Uist by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"line-height:2\" class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Representing the voice of the Third Sector at a strategic community planning level&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Supporting Third sector organisations and Social Enterprises with organisational planning and 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class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations in Uist receive support in order to comply with the legislation, regulation and codes of practice they need to observe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector staff and volunteers in Uist have access to relevant training and learning and development opportunities that improve their knowledge, skills and confidence.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background eplus-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9a371c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#ffdf0f0f;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Role: A Central Source of Knowledge (A source of knowledge ABOUT and FOR the Third Sector in Uist)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We work towards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Decision-makers are able to hear and learn about lived experience and have a stronger evidence base to make decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations are more informed about their statutory obligations and the support that is available to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations in Uist are better able to make judgements about the quality of their work and identify areas for improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background eplus-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9a371c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#ffdf0f0f;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Role: Connect (Connecting the Sector, promoting links and relationships)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We work towards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations will have increased knowledge of each other\u2019s role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations will be better able to refer service users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations have more opportunities to work in partnership with 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eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations in Uist are actively encouraged to make representation in their own right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list eplus-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Third Sector Organisations in Uist are actively encouraged to represent their views about\/to the Government, Local Authority, Health Board, Transport providers, other agencies, utility companies and others to secure the best deals for our communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-3-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-3-background-color has-background eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Evaluation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-2-color has-text-color has-link-color eplus-wrapper wp-elements-645b8d907960aeebd66608305144dd01 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