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Benefits of the Merlin For more information Introduction to the
Good Practice Review Please Contact BVS Merlin Good Practice
Review
The Merlin Good Practice Review can offer an extensive
array of information and Support Services including:
ۥ Up-to-date information on voluntary matters within
Basingstoke and Deane
€‚ Help to assist liaison between groups
€ƒ Provision of reports to voluntary and community groups
€„ Provision of statistics to help with funding applications
€… Ensuring the sector is kept up-to-date with relevant
information
۠ Details of the voluntary contribution to community well
being
€‡ Mapping the huge variety of services provided by the
sector
€ˆ Identifying unmet needs Registered Office:
€‰ Enabling BVS to provide services identified by its The Orchard,
members White Hart Lane, Basingstoke. RG21 4AF
Tel: 01256 423816 or 423800
€Š Supporting the voluntary and community sector to meet Fax: 01256 423825
good practice email: bvs@voluntaryservices.com
web: www.voluntaryservices.com
€‹ Assessment of organisational need and support in
Basingstoke Voluntary Services is a company registered in
developing good practice within your organisation
England and Wales No. 3802713 Charity No. 1077442. The professional help and advice centre for voluntary and
€Œ Provision of a mechanism to measure the value of community organisations
BVS is assisted by Basingstoke and Deane Borough
volunteers
Council and Hampshire County Council.
ۥ and much, much more Merlin stands for: Millennium, Entities, Relationships, Local, Information, Network.
What is What is the BVS Membership and
Merlin? Merlin Good Practice the Merlin Good
Review? Practice Review
Millennium · Entities · Relationships · Local · Promotion of Good Practice
Information · Network All organisations should complete a Merlin Registration
During the Merlin Good Practice Review a development Form - Please use contacts overleaf to obtain one.
The voluntary and community sector is a diverse,
adaptable, caring and independent group of organisations worker will visit your organisation and ask you a series of Non Member Registered on Merlin
dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people questions about your group. These questions are A statutory or commercial organisation offering a free or
and the communities in Basingstoke and Deane. Until now designed to: 1. generate statistical information to help discounted community service in Basingstoke and
there has been no way of measuring their contribution to capture the voluntary and community contribution to Deane.
community well being. community wellbeing; 2. Assess your organisation’s
support needs to help develop your organisation, should Associate Member
Merlin will enable us to capture/measure the voluntary
you wish to. A voluntary or community organisation (VCO) that is not
and community sectors contribution to community
based in Basingstoke and Deane or a VCO providing a
wellbeing and provide a central contact management Examples of support needs are:
service in the Borough that does not want to become a
system for the voluntary and community sector to
€Ž Finding additional funding full member.
facilitate effective partnership working. Additionally it
provides a Directory of organisations services being ۥ Developing policies or procedures
delivered in Basingstoke and Deane for the public to ۥ Helping updating or review your constitution Full Member
access. A VCO based and providing a service in Basingstoke and
€‘ Helping you find more volunteers
After eighteen months of extensive research, consultation Deane, that has completed both the Merlin Registration
Once the Merlin Review is completed and full membership Form and the Merlin Good Practice Review. Full
and development the Merlin database was ready and
criteria is met your organisation will be submitted to the membership is approved by BVS Trustees.
Merlin was launched (September 2001). Since then we
BVS trustee board for approval. Once approved you
have met and surveyed hundreds of voluntary and The full membership criteria reflects good practice in
become a member of BVS and are entitled to some
community organisations which enables us to annually organisational management. The minimum being: a
discounted BVS services.
produce a State of the Sector Report detailing this governing document appropriate to the size of the
research. How to register with Merlin organisation; a non-paid (volunteer) management
It is our intention to visit or make contact with every There are 3 levels of BVS membership that enables your committee; the correct policies and procedures in line
voluntary and community organisation within Basingstoke organisation to register your details on the Merlin with Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Children
and Deane who use volunteers to provide a service. This database. Only full members go through the whole Merlin and Vulnerable Adult legislation; a bank account in the
includes everyone in the sector such as Charities, Good Practice Review. Please see overleaf for contact organisation’s name with at least two signatories and
Community groups, School Governors, Self-Help groups, information. public liability insurance. Full members have voting
Community Associations etc, who give up their time. rights at the BVS Annual General Meeting
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