NVSC - Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium
March 10, 2004
NVSC Workstreams Helping to Change Agendas
The first week of February saw the start of our work stream meetings.
These meetings had been established at the request of the Voluntary sector, who knowing they had lots to contribute to the renewal agenda, felt as though they had been excluded from the NRF process.
For whatever reason, either as a result of workstream 'champions' inability to recognise the sectors value or because those organisations who had been invited to the table did not feel able to participate, NVSC organised these meetings.
There intention - to facilitate partnership working, networking and in the hope that the sector would be able to put together projects to deliver the LSP's agenda.
A total of 8 meetings were held - there were no takers for some of the streams, and with the exception of one everyone felt the meetings were productive and worthwhile.
You didn't disappoint! The ideas flowed. Some were innovative, some just plain common sense, others quite challenging, but most importantly all were positive.
All the ideas will be forwarded to the work stream appraisal panel, who will ensure they are, if at all possible, passed on to the "champions" for further work.
Summit
The Barriers to Employment theme group will be invited to a summit being convened by the Chair of the Civic Partnership. There, they will be able to share their ideas. The groups looking at Young People, Crime and Anti Social Behaviour are continuing to meet.
The best outcome of these targeted meetings will be greater communication between us and hopefully sustainable partnerships.
If you would like further information on NVSC's work streams contact Sarah Ruiz for details.
NVSC is Moving Offices
Yes, that's right, from Monday April 5th, NVSC will be based at 1st Floor, 11 Buford Road, Stratford, London E15. Our email addresses, telephone and fax numbers will not change, they will all remain the same. Only our postal address will change.
As it will take a day or 2 to unpack, we will be operating a limited telephone answering service between Friday April 2nd to Tuesday April 6th. Normal service will resume on Wednesday April 7th.
Successful Community Chest Awards
Complete list of awards follows.
CORECOG
£4,900 ESOL classes
Eastside Community Heritage
£4,800 Publish stories and experiences of people of North Woolwich
London Tamil Sangam
£2,000 Celebrate a community event
Mayflower Centre
£3,500 After-school reading club
Tamil Welfare Ass. (Newham) U.K
£2,400 Modernise IT system
Tamil Welfare Ass, (Newham) U.K
£2,500 Feasibility study & planning permission
Newham Action Against Domestic
£3,811 64.50% of salary costs to employ part Violence
time counselling coordinator
Community Links
£5,000 Work with children and young people in the travelling community
Shed 22
£4,068 Photographic reminiscence project
Trinity Community Centre
£954 Computer
African Healthcare
£3,700 Pilot project to improve provision of advocacy for young
people
Fellowship House Children's Centre
£975 Summer outing to Walton-on-the-naze
Soundbase Training
£1,000 Recording and promotion opportunities for local musicians and performers
Hibiscus Housing Project
£2,500 Re-design and development of gardens
London Somali Community Alliance
£5,000 Health and dietician seminars
Malayalee Association of the UK Trust (MAUKT)
£1,400 Cultural entertainment and drama event
Peace in Millennium
£2,000 Rasing cardiovascular diseases Awareness Refugee Project
amongst women
Impstart Trust
£2,290 Safety and protective equipment for the motorcycle display
team
Newham Manic Depression group
£520 Meeting programme
Hammers Bowls Group
£275 AGM/Social Event
Patiko Bakers Fort Project
£3,400 Newsletter/Magazine for youth by youth
Forest House Counselling
£5,000 Improvements to building
Riverhawks Football Club
£2,446 Football Kits & Affiliation costs
Chandos Community Centre
£900 Pre-Christmas community event
Newham Alzheimer's Support Group
£250 Support group for sufferers of Alzheimer's and their carers
Sikh Study Forum
£2,015 Sikh Youth Festival
Tam Tam Tales Trust
£985 African storytelling project
Mabe Ya Mbila
£685.03 Purchase of a computer
Mabe Ya Mbila
£960 Esol-Lingala audio recording
Inter-African Women's Development Organisation
£2,400 Mental health & stress management
Roma Music Dance & Cultural Group
£2,900 Weekly dance class for Romany children
Bonny Downs Community Association
£2,500 Community cafe project
St Edmunds Music Group
£1,540 Live music for all
Home-start
£2,100 New telephone system
Home-start
£1,126.25 Exhibition stands
Joe's Community Sewing Club
£1,740 Fashion show
Volunteer Network Centre
£4,970 Develop 'good practice' handouts
Designer Saturday School
£3,474 Premises Hire
WMB Film, Video and Drama Assoc.
£2,390 Community screening of video
Ascension Community Trust
£5,000 Supporting primary school children in Custom House with
early literacy intervention
Small Fry Toddler Group
£1,040 Swimming Lessons
Church Ministries
£3,446 Capacity building project
Central African Youth Support Group
£3,140 Football activities project.
Food for a Penny
£5,000 Food awareness amongst refugees
Urban Expression
£2,362 Conversation classes
Pallisa Outreach Ltd
£2,562 IT equipment
Oliver Thomas Nursery School
£3,400 Wooden Gazebo
Saiva Munnetta Sangam (U.K.)
£520 Promotion of health among elders
Beckton Activities Centres
£4,932 Training to build and repair computers
Mental Health User Survivor Group
£4,670 Arts and crafts material
Church of God Reform and the Community Church of God
£1,500 Christmas dinner for people alone homelessness at Christmas
As Sulh Was Salaam
£2,137.40 Extra day a week for a worker to help the group become independent
The Empower Black Women's Support Group
£4,187 Job club to target black refugees & migrant women
Age Well Singers
£1,600 Setting up of a singing group of older people who will tour Newham
Newham Refugee Allotment Group
£4,259 Cultivation of allotments by refugees working and learning
from each other
The FULL SP Unpackaging the Community Chest
When Newham was allocated The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, it was also awarded the Community Chest and the Community Learning Chest. Both are grant programme that give grants of between £50 and £5,000 to small voluntary and community sector groups.
The main aim of the fund is to encourage small voluntary and community sector groups to become more involved in community activities.
Who can apply?
The grants are only for small voluntary and community sector organisations, and especially those groups who are working to benefit people who are in hard-to-reach groups. The fund can also assist groups with training for individuals that will have direct benefit to communities in Newham. Priority is given to the smallest organisations with 2 workers or less and groups with a turnover of under £50,000. It can also assist groups who have been unable to attract mainstream funding.
What can it pay for?
Examples of things the grant could pay for are: Management committee training, carers can take part in local activities, a sports day or other community event, printing a community newsletter, hiring a room for a meeting, essential IT equipment for your group, training or exchange visits to other projects, maintaining playgrounds, renovating disused premises, start up costs for a new group, a small pilot project and much more. Overleaf are a list of groups that have received Community Chest grants over the last year, how much they received and the grants purpose. These are just examples, the grant is very flexible and can be used to pay for anything which contributes to the aims. Applications must demonstrate value for money. The golden rule is to ask for what you need, rather than trying to spend as much money as you can.
How do I apply?
If you want to know more or for an application form and details of how to apply, contact Deb Cozier at Newham Training Network on 020 8503 5933 or email at mail@ntn.org.uk.
Is there support to help me with my application?
If you need help or advice about planning a suitable project, or filling in your form, contact Deb Cozier for a list of workshop dates.
Fashion Show Bonanza
Joes Community Sewing Project has received a grant from the Community Chest to assist with the costs of putting on a fashion show. The show will exhibit the student's work, which they have completed over the last year, with the clothing being modelled by the students themselves.
Project founder Dejoel Sanga a qualified tailor, designer and pattern cutter, is the projects full time Co-ordinator. Dejoel informed me 'JCSP was established is to relieve poverty and financial hardship amongst refugees and the unemployed living in Newham and the surrounding boroughs. This is achieved through training that provides them with skills on garment fashion design techniques, garment making, freehand cutting and other sewing techniques.'
With no mainstream funding Dejoel volunteers his time enabling student's to progress into a career in the fashion industry, start their own business or progress onto further studies.'
In 2003, 90 students completed the training programme and this academic year will see the project offering City & Guilds qualifications having just received their accreditation.
Tickets for the fashion show can be bought for a donation of £2.00 and a small financial contribution will get you fed and watered too.
The fashion show will take place in April (date to be confirmed) 2004 and bookings can now be made by contacting Dejoel on 0208 555 0133.
Funding Workshop
The Institute of Fundraising London Region presents a day of seminars and workshops by fundraisers for fundraisers.
A 1-day programme of relevant and varied workshops and seminars run by professionals. Suitable for fundraisers working for any size of organisation and at any level. Workshop topics to include Fundraising and the Law, Working with Celebrities, Fundraising from outside the UK and more, followed by a free drinks reception and networking opportunities.
Date and venue: Wednesday April 14th in Britannia Street conference centre (N1), a 5 minute walk from Kings Cross station. Cost from £40.00 including all refreshments with a 10% discount for bookings taken before 1st March. For information and a booking form please email Sue on Sue@hindwoodward.com, Nicky on nshellens@hotmail.com or call Sue on 01442 241891.
Grantsnet
Grantsnet is a new no cost online grant locator for UK business and charities. As well as a search facility you can also submit your own schemes and sign up to an email alert service. For more information see the Grantsnet website
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March 08, 2004
March Newsletter available
NVSC news for March is now out. You can read it in PDF format.