Archive for August, 2011

Newham Key Statistics factsheet

The ‘Newham – Key Statistics’ factsheet produced by Advance to Deliver (A2D) brings together statistics about the borough, which organisations may find useful when planning activities or applying for funding. Sources are provided to enable accurate referencing, further exploration and so you can check for the latest updates. It is available in Rich Text (RTF) and Acrobat (PDF) formats and members of the A2D team can also advise groups on finding and using statistics.”

For a pdf version click Full Newham Profile March 2011

For a word document please click Sources for Local Statistics March 2011

Working With Volunteers

For Everyone Who Works With Volunteers

When considering whether or not to volunteer there are a
number of questions that potential volunteers may ask
themselves. Your organisation needs to consider how to
answer them.
This booklet can help you to consider why and how you
might extend your reach to potential volunteers, and how
you can overcome the barriers that are stopping them
from volunteering. It also suggests how you can support
volunteers once they are in place and ways of recognising
and rewarding their contribution to your organisation.

Download the PDF file for more information-Guide to Writing a Volunteers Policy

Setting Up a Community GroupThis pack contains the following factsheets that we hope will help you to set up a community group effectively:
Flowchart : takes you through the main steps from having an idea about a project to being ready to
apply for funding for your first activity
Choosing a legal structure: information about the most common legal structures for community groups
Rules for your group: questions to prepare you for sorting your governing document
Proving a need for your project: helping you to make sure the activities you provide are really needed
Management committee basics: a beginner’s guide to management committees
Checklist: a list of steps involved in setting up a community group
You are probably doing all this for the first time. The strong message from this pack is to get help from people
who’ve done it before – you will find a list of where to get help at the end of the checklist.

Download the Starter pack on PDF file Starter Pack

Launch of Team London’s Small Grants Programme

Team London’s Small Grants programme opened for applications on 15th July, with a closing date of 15th August.
Worth £0.5 million, the programme targets small charities and voluntary and community organisations which use volunteering in order to create high social impact in their communities.
Grants of up to £10,000 per organisation are available to fund activities that support one or more of the following three objectives:
• Increasing youth opportunity,
• Contributing to cutting crime,
• Improving quality of life
Applicants will need to be able to:
• demonstrate they have the capacity to use volunteering to support small community projects
• deliver activities that will continue beyond the life of the grants programme and
• spend the Team London grant by April 2012.

Organisations that would like to express an interest in applying for a grant can register this on the Team London website.