Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum
Building Community & Voluntary Organisations
Are you 16 – 18 years old and looking for employment?
Young Southwark Works will be running a weekly drop in session for young people who would like to find full or part time work.
Date: Starting on Thursday 11th August 2011
Time: From 12pm – 2pm
Venue: Southwark Works, Unit 239, 1st Floor, E&C Shopping Centre, London SE1 6TE
For more information, please call 0800 052 0540
Community Outreach Grant Fund are inviting applications from organisations wishing to develop their outreach activity, reach new audiences or communities. Grants are available both for revenue and capital expenditure, with projects taking place between September 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Amount: up to £5,000
Deadline: 19 August 2011
For further information about the programme and to apply click here
The Home Office is inviting applications to the Choices programme, which is a £4 million programme aimed to tackle and prevent substance misuse and related offending - amongst young people aged 10 – 19.
The programme aims to encourage national voluntary and community organisations to deliver targeted prevention and early intervention programmes.
Grant: unspecified
Deadline: 18 August 2011
For further information click here or contact the Integrated Offender Management Team at the Home Office on 020 7035 3051
A partnership of the infrastructure organisations in Southwark will be submitting a bid for the national Transforming Local Infrastructure fund.
Infrastructure organisations are being asked adjust to difficult financial times by working together to rationalise and transform the support they provide.This support could be advice, resources or a service that you use regularly e.g. going to a networking meeting, getting advice on funding, training or recruiting volunteers.
We are keen to hear the views of members to understand what infrastructure support your organisation values and requires in the future.
Please can you complete the online survey that will feed into out bid
Little Peoples World is organising a range of summer activities for children. The theme will be ’Inside & Outside with Nature’ it will include arts& crafts, messy play, story telling, dancing, kickboxing, etc.
Date: Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Time: 11am -2pm
Venue: St John’s Community Centre, Meeting House Lane SE15
Cost: £1 per child and you will need to bring a pack lunch
For more information please contact: Nike 07961053577, Erica 07903110809, Latifat 07735320159 or Pam 07725 818 283.
SE-Village exists so that you, your friends, and your neighbours can have fun doing what you’d like to do, and help to make the community a better place to be.
There will be ‘Village Carnival Style Celebration’ which will befull of fun, theatrical/musical entertainment and lots of special guests.
Event: Peckham Settlement – SE Village Launch
Date: Friday 9th September 2011 (3:30pm -9pm)
Location: Peckham Settlement, Goldsmith Road, London, SE15 5TF
For further information, please call Janet Bowens on 0207 639 1823 or email janet.bowens@peckhamsettlement.org.uk.
Have your say
This planning document sets out the vision and policy options that will guide the development of Peckham.
Have a look at what the plans means for you, fill out a questionnaire and have your say at www.southwark.gov.uk/futurepeckham
The workshop outline is as follows:
Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum (PVSF) is running a Website Development & Social Media workshop on Tuesday 6 December 2011 (10am – 1pm) as part of its innovative Making Connections Marketing Project aimed at community and voluntary organisations. Topics will include:
Making Connections is a pioneering marketing communications project, that helps community groups and charitable organisations in Peckham and Nunhead promote the good work that they do. This innovative project empowers organisations to implement low cost high impact marketing communications tools which will help to attract volunteers/trustees, raise funds, find potential partners, and increase the number of users of their services.
To book or for further information, please contact Lydia Edwards, PVSF, Marketing & Communications Project Officer, Email: lydia@peckhamforum.org.uk, Tel: 020 7732 2220
The Migrants Resource Centre are running a free Video and Photo Editing Workshop for migrants and refugees. Do you have computer skills and are associated with an organisation, campaign or social project related to migrants or refugees? If the answer is yes,
Date: 6 Aug 2011
Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm
Venue: Migrants resource Centre, 24 Churton Street, London SW1V 2LP
For further information or to book a place, please contact on 020 7834 2505 ext: 102 or email: Sylvia@migrants.org.uk.
