cvsnwk august/september newsletter 2013
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CVSNWK August/September Newsletter 2013TRANSCRIPT
Elderly and disabled people in North-West Kent are set to benefit from a van donated by electricity company UK Power Networks.
The company, which distributes power to the East of England, London and the South-East, including Kent, has handed over a Peugeot van to CVSNWK.
Marilyn Keating said: “I was so pleased to hear that not only were UK Power Networks willing to help us by locating a suitable vehicle that they no longer needed but they were also donating it to us with tax and MoT.
“It is so good to know that there are businesses out there that do
want to help and be involved with the community – so a big thank-you from us.”
The organisation’s Linked Services Project aims to help elderly and disabled people to stay in their own homes within their communities and live as independently as possible. There is a Home Support Scheme, running for 20 years, which helps them do this.
One of the services run in the project is a Handyman and Gardening scheme. The van will be used by the Handyman/Gardener, who had been using his own vehicle.
Chris Pascall, UK Power Networks’ head of transport,
said: “We are only too pleased to help out the charity and the people of Kent in this way.
“We use our vehicles to their maximum potential and when we no longer need them we usually sell them on. But when we heard about the CVSNWK’s need for some wheels for their Handyman/Gardener, we were delighted to step in. We even got it taxed and MoT’d for them before handing it over.”
One of the company’s aims is to be a “respected corporate citizen” serving the communities in its distribution area.
For more information on UK Power Networks please visit:www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk
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NEWS2
Blue LampThe Blue Lamp Trust provides funding to community groups, charities or other organisations with a project in line with their aims and objectives around crime prevention and reducing the fear of crime.
http://www.bluelamptrust.org.uk
Youth MusicGrants of up to £250,000 are available to support projects that provide music-making activities for children and young people, especially those young people in challenging circumstances.
Deadline: 3rd October 2013
http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/funding
PRS for Music FoundationPRS for Music Foundation have launched new funding schemes. They hope to attract a broad range of projects which make a real difference to everyone involved - music creators, performers, organisations and audiences across the UK. Funding priorities for organisations and groups are: to support the creation and performance of outstanding new music in any genre to develop artists to their full potential to inspire audiences.
Deadline: 23rd September 2013
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nt4q635
Henry Moore FoundationThe Foundation supports all aspects of the arts in which Henry Moore himself was engaged, e.g. sculpture, drawing and print-making, and awards grants in six categories:
• New projects • Collections • Research and development • Fellowships for artists • Conferences, lectures and publications • Post-doctoral research fellowships
Deadline: 4 September 2013
http://www.henry-moore.org/grants
Walk Tall are running a two week Summer Theatre workshop, giving youngsters the chance to create, prepare and star in a show to be held in the Old Metal Refinery Theatre.
Rehearsals for those aged 12 -17 will start on the 29th of July and continue until the show dates of the 9th and 10th of August.
Rehearsals for those aged 7 – 11 will start on the 29th of July and continue until the show date of the 2nd of August.
Walk Tall also host an Open Mic Night on the 4th Tuesday of every month from 8:30pm at Monty’s Theatre Bar in the Walk Tall Village.
PLUS - on 11th August, there will be a Cabaret Night at the Old Metal Refinery Theatre.
For more information on all these events:
Tel: 01474 560834
www.walk-tall.org.uk
GRAVESHAM PLACE
Gravesham Place is an integrated Social and Health Care Centre providing a range of services to meet social and health care needs of male and female service users aged 55 years and over. They also provide an alternative to hospital admission for people in crisis in the community and facilitate discharges from acute hospital beds.
In addition, Gravesham Place provides a safe environment for people experiencing a dementia who are no longer able to live at home. The Centre provides a proactive services for them to maintain as much independence as possible.
They are holding a Summer Sponsored Walk in aid of their Amenity Fund on 27th July.
If you would like to take part, or make a donation - please contact 01474 360711 or email [email protected]
Thank you to all our Members who completed and returned our Survey Form. As promised all returned Surveys were put into a hat and the winner of the bottle of Champagne went to Julia Limbirons of MCCH Society Ltd. Well done Julia!
CVS Survey Winner!
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HANDYMAN SERVICEWe are able to undertake a variety of basic handyman jobs and provide DIY Support if needed.
Unfortunately we cannot undertake Plumbing or Electrical Work
GARDENING SERVICEWe offer a basic gardening service compromising of:
• Grass Cutting • Edge Trimming • Weeding and Planting • Garden Tidy Up
HOME SUPPORT
Offers a range of services which includes household cleaning, shopping, and running errands to the local Community in the Dartford, Swanley and Gravesham Areas.
The new Linked Services Project (LSP) comprises of 3 main services.We particularly focus our service on supporting the elderly and disabled helping people to remain living independently in their own homes. All of our staff are fully vetted and trained
CVSNWKLinked Services Project
Please call 01474 566172
or email [email protected]
Arts & Older People in Care
The £1 million three-year programme aims to provide access to quality arts experiences for older people in residential care, as both participants and audiences. It will be implemented by partnerships or consortia led by residential care providers or arts organisations, and it is envisaged that around four proposals will be funded.
Deadline: 14th August 2013
http://preview.tinyurl.com/o3mvt6d
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants are available to charitable and not for profit organisations. Funding is directed towards projects that fall within the Foundation’s priority areas:
• Health and Disability • Community Support • Arts Education and Heritage.
Funding (up to £30,000) available for revenue or capital costs.
Deadline: Continuous rolling programme
www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Rayne FoundationThe Rayne Foundation supports projects relating to the arts, education, health and medicine, and social welfare. In 2013 it expects to invest about £1 million.
http://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
Ironmongers’ Company Registered charities that work with disadvantaged young people under the age of 25 can apply for funding of up to £10,000. In particular the company wants to support projects that provide opportunities for young people to fulfill their potential and educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills. Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be disseminated to a wider audience.
Deadline: 31st August 2013.
http://www.ironmongers.org/charity_organisations.htm
GOLF DAYWe are very fortunate to have the support again this year of A.D. Construction on Friday 27 September at our annual golf day.
The event will be held at Sundridge Park Golf Course.
For further details, please contact our Fundraising Team on 01322 425984 or visit our website:
www.dgsmyourchoice.org.uk
yourChoiceDGSM
Transforming Rehabilitation
The £10 million Investment and Contract Readiness Fund, being delivered by The Social Investment Business Group on behalf of the Office for Civil Society is looking to help social ventures get ready to deliver rehabilitation services contracts that can effectively reduce reoffending.
Ambitious social ventures looking either to become prime providers or to work within the rehabilitation supply chain and bidding for public service contracts valued at £500,000 or more can apply for grants up to £150,000.
The grants will help social ventures to partner with one of the Fund’s 32 specialist providers of a range of professional services including law, financial management, corporate finance and public service commissioning to become investment or contract ready.
Deadline: September 2013
http://www.sibgroup.org.uk/beinvestmentready/
QUALITY TRAINING FOR ALL!We are committed to quality training - specialising in all aspects of staff training for a wide variety of organisations, from
voluntary organisations, the public and private sector, multi-nationals to small businesses.
With a pedigree of delivering top-quality training, in a wide range of subjects, at a sensible price. We are experts in understanding the needs of
individuals, businesses, voluntary organisations and local communities, therefore we pride ourselves on our delivery innovation, quality service and
partnership arrangements in all that we do.
We sometimes due to funding are able to offer subsidized courses – look out for information
on this throughout the year.
We would like to say a massive thank you to Skills Funding Agency and North West Kent
College for funding the NLDC project from September 2012-July 2013.
NLDC was a great success and it was a privilege to train 230 learners!
CVS NWK Training are looking forward to what September 2013 will bring!
Well done to all learners!
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Employment & Training Forum
The initial Forum was a great success attended by over 35 people and the next one is already booked for 1st October 2013 at 10am at the Veterans Club, The Hill, Northfleet (lunch supplied)
CVSNWK wanted to resurrect the Employment & Training Forum that used to take place monthly at the Civic Centre in Gravesend. This forum was a great platform for sharing who was offering what training. This enabled the groups who attended to be pro-active and try to limit duplication.
The other side of this sharing platform was what training others were looking for - this gave groups, and the voluntary sector, a great insight on what they could access - not only for staff and volunteers, but also from the service users they were looking after. It enabled them to access free, subsidised and paid for training within, and mainly supplied by, the voluntary sector; therefore they could spend more time (which is always money) on further support, guidance and coaching of service users - with the main aim once all learning barriers are broken down - into employment or a voluntary position that empowers them as individuals and grows their confidence and social skills.
The purpose of the resurrection is to create a calendar of learning of all training courses available throughout the area listed in one place. This will be accessible by all members of the forum from direct website links, enabling networking between training providers and learning support workers. This will cut down on duplication and thus enhance the services being delivered, offering more informed choice of training and job coaching.
This also helps to assess demand for training topics and skills required for work.
The forum will offer a joined up approach to Training & Employment via a centralized resource. The foresight of enabling this forum to be reborn will be reflected over time, as we aim to encourage local people who want to upskill and put into practice what they have learnt; be it by employment or volunteering within their community and other initiatives.
This offers the learner and training support team the choice from one direct source, enabling access to training throughout the year.
All previous attendees will be invited, with an additional open invite to anyone that they feel may wish to be part of and support the forum – this will help with its growth and profile raising.
The forum will be liaising with local employers to secure work experience places for learners
It also became apparent from this initial Forum that other things could be done, ie: the sharing of resources (venues), Apprenticeships, Work Placements, Events (Job Fairs/Open Days), Volunteering Opportunities etc. Support and Training was also available for people working with people with learning disabilities, mental health and parents to name a few. CVS could set up a page on its website for the Forum where all of the above could be listed along with the Training Calendar.
If you are interested in joining this Forum or would like more details please either telephone Gemma at the office on 01474 354479 or email: [email protected]
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CEMEXCommunity Fund: grants between £1,000 and £15,000 to provide or improve community facilities, including public parks and the restoration of some historic buildings and structures.
Deadline: 9th September 2013
http://www.cemexcf.org.uk/index.php
Temple Hill TrustThe Screwfix Foundation The Screwfix Foundation is a new charity set up by the trade retailer Screwfix, to support registered charities in the UK with projects that involve fixing, maintaining or repairing buildings or facilities for people in need.
There is, at the moment, no set limit. Grants are determined on a case by case basis, and funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. The grants can be used for a range of projects whether it’s repairing a run-down building in a deprived area or decorating the home of a family living with illness and disability.
Deadline: Continuous rolling programme
http://tinyurl.com/prkc5cr
European Commission: Eco-Innovation
The Eco-Innovation call for proposals is now open with a total budget of €31.6 million. Eco-Innovation supports projects that reduce or pre-vent environmental impact and maximise use of resources. In addition, more specific priorities have been identified for this round including re-cycling of materials and sustainable building products. Priority will be given to small and me-dium-sized enterprises.
Deadline: 5th September 2013
http://preview.tinyurl.com/dbd958
Kent Charities Survey Big Society Co-operative aims to support and enable the civil society sectors by making voluntary, community, social enterprise and SME organisations more sustainable. As part of this, they want to ensure that charities in Kent are able to access support that is efficient, self-sustaining and fit for purpose.
To help them do this, they would appreciate it if your organisation could spend 10 minutes participating in a short online survey about the support you receive currently and the support you would ideally like to see provided in the future.
To continue to the survey, and find out how you could win an iPad mini for your organisation or you personally, please click on the link below:
http://survey.euro.confirmit.com/wix/p1389935110.aspx
For more information about the Big Society Co-operative:
http://www.bigsocietycooperative.com/
Viridor CreditsNon-profit making organisations with constitutions are able to apply for grants of between £200 and £160,000 to fund capital projects with a community, heritage or biodiversity focus. Deadline: Applications considered quarterly.
http://www.viridor-credits.co.uk
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August Gravesend Promenade
Now in its 167th year(!) The New Shrimpers Regatta is the event that traditionally brings the Gravesend regatta season to a close. With a fun fair, river racing and live bands it always draws the crowds to the Riverside Leisure Area in Gravesend.
Stalls are available for local & community groups. If you are interested please contact Mike Fitzsimmons on 01474 321329
New Shrimpers Regatta
Temple Hill Trust has been working for the residents of the Temple Hill Estate since 1996; constantly striving to improve the environment and the lives of all residents.
The Trust owns and maintains three and a half acres of land on the Temple Hill Estate – “The Enchanted Woodland” - providing a beautiful, peaceful woodland which can be used by everyone.
They also run programmes such as the Forest School, which is an inspirational learning process that offers children regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence through hands-on learning in a woodland environment.
Temple Hill Trust organises a regular quarterly meeting for all organisations who have an interest in Temple Hill called Working Lunch. It provides an arena to discuss and partner with others on various projects.
Plant a Tree and Grow a Memory In the Enchanted Woodland
In honour of your loved one we will plant a beautiful tree, preserving their memory into the future with a growing gift. Your lasting tribute will benefit the community as our children will enjoy its beauty while keeping its significance close to your heart
We plant native species trees, so you will be helping us to enhance the diversity of the woodland – creating a better green space that not only looks good to us but also supports our wildlife.
Please consider buying something special, giving a tree the opportunity to live on into the future which has been supported by your kind donation of £35 per tree.
For more information, please contact Debbie Fryer on 07833 469 485 or email her at [email protected]
www.spendandraise.com/cvsnwkYou can help us raise valuable funds by shopping online
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The forum was set up about 3 years ago with funding from KCC and support from AgeUK and Gravesham Borough Council. The committee is run by volunteers who try to find out about new things happening in the borough and invite speakers to attend the quarterly forums to update us. We provide an informal meeting place so that people can socialise and make new friends as well as hearing about what is available to meet their needs.
We currently have about 120 members who reside in the Gravesend area and people can apply to become members by contacting Jackie Denton at GBC on 01474 337725 or email [email protected] As members, people will find out about all the events happening in the borough and will be able to book their places at the forums. The forums are held in Woodville and a buffet lunch is provided at the end of the meeting. Speakers range from the serious to the entertaining and we usually have a range of exhibition tables to provide information and leaflets for people who want to take up the services on offer.
To join the committee, please contact Peggy Lawlor, Chair on 01474 834462 or email [email protected]
GRAVESHAM 50+ FORUM A social morning with AgeUK on Saturday 10 August at the Fleming Resource Centre, Clarence Row,
Gravesend, DA12 1HJ.
The meeting will start at 11.00 am with a speaker from the RNLI - Royal Lifeboat Institute giving a film presentation about coastal rescues, which is very interesting and a hot lunch will be supplied at 12.00. We will have a bingo session with prizes before we close at 2.00 pm. Places are limited to 50 so please book with Jackie quickly. There is no charge. Tel: 01474 33 77 25 or email: [email protected]
Gravesham 50+ Forum
As part of the projects organised by the Northfleet North Big Local the wall around the old fountain at the Hive in Northfleet was decorated with tiles designed by talented young artists from Northfleet School for Girls.
NNBL organised a Mini Fun Day with a bouncy castle and free barbeque, popcorn and candy floss. Local children were invited to affix the tiles and to take part in the festivities.
A copy of the NNBL Plan was distributed to all the attendees, publicising the work and projects that will be undertaken by NNBL over the next two years.
CVSNWK are the Local Trusted Organisation (LTO) for Northfleet North Big Local and will administer the distribution of the £1m award.
We are pleased to be working with the Northfleet North Big Local community, not only as the LTO, but also in a supportive role to assist with new projects and events where we can and to create new partnerships. We are thoroughly enjoying being part of the changes taking place and to be able to watch this exciting Big Local grow.
First Aid for Families
What does it Cost?
The course is provided free to parents and carers of children under the age of 12 months or who are on benefit. For those who do not meet this criteria the cost is £20 per person. ALL Attendees will be asked to pay a deposit of £20 to secure a place on the course, for those eligible for a free place, this deposit will be refunded after the course.
Why do I need to pay a deposit?
Unfortunately all attendees are asked to pay the deposit, this has been due to the high number of people who have booked vacancies and then failed to turn up, costing the Charity money and depriving others of a place. To reduce the Charities costs, please choose to pay by ‘PayPal’ where possible when making payment at the checkout.
What will you learn?
The course has been designed to cover many of the types of illnesses and injury’s you may come across in the home or whilst out with other members of your family. As well as dealing with First Aid, we will also look at the contents of First Aid Boxes in the Home. The course includes life support practice on adult, child and infant resuscitation manikins as well as general first aid. We will also deal with questions and queries regarding specific illnesses where possible.
Course content:
• Basic Life Saving Skills • Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) • Recovery position • Choking • Febrile convulsions • Meningitis • Injury and illness assessment • Wound treatment • Head and eye injuries • Nose bleeds • Allergic reactions • Drowning • Common age specific illnesses & injuries • First Aid Kit
Certification: All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
Course Location: All of our courses are run at venues that have kindly been donated free of charge to Millies trust to enable these courses to take place.
Contact CVS training for more information
01474 354479
www.cvsnwk.org/training
This course is run in partnership with Train2Protect and Millies Trust and is aimed at providing parents of young children with the basic First Aid skills and knowledge to respond to emergency incidents and childhood illnesses.
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CVS Staff list:
Marilyn Keating - CEO
Gemma Howard - Office/Finance Manager
Denese Osborne - Management Support Officer
Sarah Williams – Project and Partnership Manager
Jaki Farrugia - Lead Administrator
Georgie Daniels - Training Administrator
Peter Maginn - IT & Website
Gavin Mount - Admin Assistant
Graham White - Volunteer
Dr. Gordon Shumway - Editor At Large
LSP/Home Support Scheme Staff list:
Sue Wood - Linked Services Project Manager
Natalie Sutton - Linked Services Administrator
Ann Leggatt - HSS Co-ordinator
Sue Lorkins - HSS Co-ordinator
Peter Spicer - Gardener/Handyman/Minibus Driver
& 38 Home assistants.
The CVSNWK newsletter is produced bi-monthly, and is sent to over 350 local voluntary and community organisations. All newsletters will be sent via email unless you have requested otherwise, so please ensure that we have your correct email address.
You can publicise your events, news and announcements by sending material to the [email protected] If you’re not comfortable with sending material digitally, give us a ring on 01474 354479 and we’ll try to help you out.
We will always endeavour to include as much as possible, but we may have to edit due to space, layout etc.
Please note that material for inclusion in our next issue should reach us before 15th September for our October/November edition.
We hope that you have enjoyed reading this issue, and please - get involved and let us help advertise your work, events and achievements to other local organisations and members of CVSNWK.
Thanks for reading - see you next time!
To become a member of CVSNWK, please visit our website www.cvsnwk.org to download a membership form
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Grants of £1,000 to £5,000 for registered charities working to “strengthen family ties”. Applications are also welcomed from sports and health-related charities. The Trust considers capital and revenue grants and is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants.
http://www.kfct.org.uk
The Gr@nd’s Healthy Weight team will be delivering a set of Free 10 week healthy weight programmes at different venues across Gravesham.
The course supports adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 28 or above to increase regular physical activity and eat a balanced diet. A weight loss of 5-10kg can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. It can also help to reduce blood pressure and generally increase your sense of wellbeing.
The sessions are once a week and last an hour and a half and will be covering subjects including: Eat Well Plate • Portion sizes • Food Labelling
This is accompanied by a variety of exercise taster sessions.
All courses run for 10 weeks and take place at the following venues:
Cascades Leisure Centre, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LG Tuesday 1 October Time: 6.30pm – 8 pm
NRG Gym. Garrick St, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0AE Date: Thursday 3 October (Men’s Only Healthy Weight) Time: To be confirmed
Cygnet Leisure Centre, Old Perry Street, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 8BU Date: Friday 4 October Time: 1pm – 2.30pm
If you are interested in attending a course or would just like to find out more information contact The Gr@nd on 01474 32 01 23 and ask to speak to a member of the healthy weight team. Alternatively email [email protected] or text the keyword healthyweight and then your message to 07781 480 521.
The Gr@nd - Healthy Weight Events
The Woodland Trust Are offering community groups, youth groups and schools the chance to apply for packs of free trees for delivery in November 2013 and is accepting applications until 13 September. Any community group is very welcome to apply for their free packs of saplings.
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/moretreesmoregood/free-trees/Pages/free-tree-packs.aspx
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Thanks to our funders for their continued support
We offer a whole range of information, advice, resources, training and support to assist organisations to operate more effectively
We work in partnership with many other Voluntary Organisations and Statutory bodies to deliver services to the community
We provide groups and organisations with forums for networking enabling them to share good practice and expertise. We encourage them to work together to help build a stronger community
We provide information, support advice and training on topics from funding and legal issues to basic skills.
We also offer a full range of financial services
We represent local organisations, groups and agencies and work in partnership to identify and address unmet needs.We maintain a database of all the Voluntary groups in the DS&G area
Contact us to see how CVS can help you
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