Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum
Building Community & Voluntary Organisations
The Office of Communications (Ofcom) funding application for Community Radio Fund has opened. These not-for-profit radio stations have a social purpose, and work to involve their target community in running the service. Under the fund, Community Radio Stations are being invited to apply for funding to support their core running costs.
Deadline: 5pm on 16 Nov 2011
Grant: £5,000 -£17,000
Click here for more information or visit www.ofcom.org.uk
A group of local businesses and residents have organised a post-riot Community Painting event to clean up and paint Parkstone Road, just
off Rye Lane South.
Donations of paint and brushes are needed; come and help us to paint new stunning designs.
Date: Sat, 29 & Sun 30 Oct 2011
Venue: Parkstone Square, Peckham, Off Rye Lane South, SE15
For further details or to donate paints and brushes please email: peckham-painting@hotmail.co.uk
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - 8 Dec 2011, PVSF Forum & AGM Event “ Show and Tell” for updates visit: www.peckhamforum.org.uk
Theatre Local Peckham – Half Term Drama Workshops
PVSF’s LEAFLETS, POSTERS & ANNUAL REPORTS WORKSHOP
PVSF is running a Leaflets, Posters & Annual Reports workshop. This is the final workshop (for 2011)will cover the ‘best practices’ for content and design of leaflets, posters and annual reports.
- Marc Green, Freelance Designer at EdBus.com, will give a talk about how to print newsletter in-house on a minimal budget using Microsoft Publisher.
- David Reid, Coordinator for PVSF will also discuss what the required contents of an annual report are.
- We will outline the elements required to create successful marketing printed material e.g. the ‘marketing message’, essential information and a call to action.
- Date/Time: Wednesday 26 October 2011 (10am to 1pm)
- Refreshments: Tea & Coffee Provided
- Address: PVSF, 48 Willowbrook Road, London SE15 6BW
- Cost: Free to PVSF Members & Volunteers (£15 to non members).
To book, please contact Lydia Edwards, PVSF, Marketing & Communications Project Officer, Email: lydia@peckhamforum.org.uk, Tel: 020 7732 2220.
Community Council Meetings:
Peckham - Mon, 31 Oct 2011 @ 6pm – Oliver Goldsmith School, 83 Peckham Rd, SE15 8UH
In celebration of National Older People’s 2011 (keeping warm, BP Checks, benefits advice, etc.Nunhead – TBC
For further information please contact, Nadine James on 020 7525 5503 or email: Nadine.James@southwark.gov.uk. For a complete list of the Council’s meetings and activities visit: www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/CouncilDiary/
Funders of PVSF services: Southwark Council, Big Lottery, Wates Foundation, City Bridge Trust
PVSF has taken all reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of the information included in this bulletin. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressd, do not necessarily reflect our views
Southwark Offending Services would like to assist with any community carpentry or painting projects that you may have.
If you know of any relevant projects or require further details, please contact Martin Kelly on 0207 5257895/07983 330970 or email: martin.kelly@southwark.org.uk.
The Home Office has announced a new grant fund to encourage creative new approaches to tackling crime – the Community action against crime: innovation fund.
Deadline: 1 Dec 2011
Grant: Small: upto £15,000 Large: upto £50,000
For further details or to apply, please please click here. Please ensure to use the correct application form for small and large grants
Do you want a chance to get involved in David Cameron’s big society? As part of the government’s Community Organisers Programme, you can join the 100-200 of organisations and hundreds individuals that will be recruited from now until 2015 .
This programme is run by Locality, which was formed through the merger of Bassac and the Development Trusts Association to create the country’s leading network of community owned and led organisations.
To get an overview of the Community Organisers Programme go to – http://locality.org.uk/projects/community-organisers/ . You will find full details about how to become a ‘Community Organiser‘ helping to influence change in your community or a ‘Host Organisation‘ where Community Organisers are based and trained.
New ‘Host’ organisations are recruited every three months and the next closing date is 4 November 2011.
Applications are now open for the second year of Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum’s innovative Making Connections project where we will help even more organisations achieve their marketing objectives.
As part of the Making Connections Project, we provide free marketing help to member organisations that are based in Peckham & Nunhead or those that serve the community in these areas. Through a variety of interactive worshops and one-to-one mentoring sessions we will cover a wide range of topics including Photography, Websites, Annual Reports and Public Relations.
Download the Making Connections Application Pack – Apply NOW!
Marketing Workshops (November – December 2011)
The REVISED workshop schedule and topics include:
All run from 10am – 1pm (tea & coffee available)
FREE Marketing Consultancy (to organisations accepted onto Making Connections project)
We have established a one-off £1million fund to support capacity building activities that will help people to prepare for applying to be recognised as a Local Nature Partnership later in 2012. Anyone can bid for the fund, but the fund is competitive and not everyone who applies will be successful. Details of how the bids will be assessed are shown below.
This fund has two objectives:
Deadline: 31 Oct 2011
For further details please call 08459 335577 or email: LNPs@defra.gsi.gov.uk. Replies may take up to 5 working days.
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - 8 Dec 2011, PVSF Forum & AGM Event “ Show and Tell” for updates visit: www.peckhamforum.org.uk
PVSF’s LEAFLETS, POSTERS & ANNUAL REPORTS WORKSHOP
PVSF is running a Leaflets, Posters & Annual Reports workshop. This is the final workshop (for 2011)will cover the ‘best practices’ for content and design of leaflets, posters and annual reports.
- Marc Green, Freelance Designer at EdBus.com, will give a talk about how to print newsletter in-house on a minimal budget using Microsoft Publisher.
- David Reid, Coordinator for PVSF will also discuss what the required contents of an annual report are.
- We will outline the elements required to create successful marketing printed material e.g. the ‘marketing message’, essential information and a call to action.
- Date/Time: Wednesday 26 October 2011 (10am to 1pm)
- Refreshments: Tea & Coffee Provided
- Address: PVSF, 48 Willowbrook Road, London SE15 6BW
- Cost: Free to PVSF Members & Volunteers (£15 to non members).
To book, please contact Lydia Edwards, PVSF, Marketing & Communications Project Officer, Email: lydia@peckhamforum.org.uk, Tel: 020 7732 2220.
Community Council Meetings:
Peckham - TBC
Nunhead – TBCFor further information please contact, Nadine James on 020 7525 5503 or email: Nadine.James@southwark.gov.uk. For a complete list of the Council’s meetings and activities visit: www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/CouncilDiary/
Funders of PVSF services: Southwark Council, Big Lottery, Wates Foundation, City Bridge Trust
PVSF has taken all reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of the information included in this bulletin. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressd, do not necessarily reflect our views
