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Florida teens give back during Youth Service Leadership Summit [Video]

Twelve different nonprofits were involved in the youth volunteer event.

TAMPA, Fla. — On Monday, the Youth Service Leadership Summit was held in Tampa for the third year in a row. The Ryan Nece Foundation, Community Tampa Bay and Frameworks of Tampa Bay helped put on the youth event.

The groups partnered with 12 different non-profits in the community where teens could spend a few hours giving back. More than one hundred students signed up to participate. After volunteering, the students then met up at Zoo Tampa to listen to speakers.

“We want to show the community and also these teens that there’s so much to do within the community to help one another,” Melissa Neeley with the Ryan Nece Foundation said.

One volunteer named Tristan Stavish sayid he spends a lot of his weekends volunteering. He has been a part of the Ryan Nece Foundation for a year now.

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Charities webinar - Contract exposure: managing risks in legally binding agreements [Video]

On Wednesday 11 May, Edward Bouckley delivered the next webinar in our charities bite size series. In the webinar Edward looked at some of the key aspects of managing risk when entering into commercial contracts. He discussed:• What risk management is.• What risk is and why properly managing it is so important to charities.• Some of the ways risks can be managed in contacts.Edward also looked at some of the steps that you can take to better protect your charity when entering into contractual arrangements.Here are the timestamps to help guide you through this webinar:0:52 Birketts at a glance1:18 What we will cover today2:09 What is risk management?3:07 What is risk and why is it important?3:59 Contractual risk5:58 Identifying risk10:05 Written contracts11:34 Assessing Risk13:10 The danger of "pre-contractual" agreements14:27 A cautionary tale16:21 Rights and obligations17:51 Risk - allocating and controlling18:48 Transferring risk: indemnities20:00 Controlling risk: limitation of liability21:29 Practical tips23:18 QuestionsThe webinar ended with a Q&A. Disclaimer: The content of this webinar is for general information only. It is not, and should not be taken as, legal advice. If you require any further information in relation to this webinar please contact us in the first instance. Law covered as at May 2022. Meet our expert, Edward Bouckley: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/norwich/edward-bouckleyContact us at: https://www.birketts.co.uk/contact-usSign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events​​​​ To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register