PVSF’s Forum Meeting: 
Funding Matters

Date: Thurs, 8 Mar 2012
Time:   10am- 1pm
Venue: Sojourner Truth, Sumner Road, Peckham, SE15
Speakers: 
      Barbara Billey, Capital Community Fund - How Funding Bids are Assessed?
       Steve White – Available funding for community Groups

For further details please contact Marcia Gregory on 0207 6357000 or email: marcia@peckhamforum.org.uk

FUNDING

•  Southwark Council has established a sustainability fund for third sector organisations in Southwark, it is aimed to help organisations which deliver high quality public services adapt to a changing and challenging funding environment.  Deadline: 23 Mar 2012. Grant: £25,000
• The Southwark EnviroGrant scheme is offering funding for community projects .  This will be the 2nd second year that Veolia Environmental Services has managed this funding opportunities. Grant: up to £1000. Deadline: 31 Mar 2012.

TRAINING

• PVSF’s Bid Writing Workshop, as part of the Making Connections project is pleased to invite you to an interactive 1-day course for organisations that need to prepare bids for funding.  As we all know, in these difficult times it is essential to make sure your grant application stands out from the rest! Date: Thurs, 15 Mar 2012
• Creative innovation is running an e-Business start-up training and is specifically designed to equip those who wish to start a business on the Internet.  The training will teach you all you need to know about starting your first internet business.  Date: 27 & 29 Feb 2012.  Time: 10am-3.30pm
•  Community Action Southwark (CAS)  will shortly be delivering our annual course of Trustee Inductions.  These sessions are a great introduction to trusteeship for new trustees, and a skills refresher for experienced trustees.

 EVENTS

• Revitalise help us to shape Peckham – Help up shape the future of Peckham and Nunhead, as we are now consulting on the Area Action Plan ‘preferred option’.  This planning document sets out the vision and policies that will guide the development of Peckham and Nunhead for the next 15 years.
• SAF Professional Development Day – this is a great opportunity to gain advice from professionals on new and innovative areas, as well as to benefit from Southwark Arts Forum services.  Date: 1 Mar 2012
• Come and join us to share your ideas and celebrate Peckham Settlement’s innovative and exciting SE-Village project.  Find out more about how to start your project in the community or join projects and clubs that interest you.
• Starlight Music Academy is hosting a free anti gangs/knife/guns event open to young people aged 13- 25 who want to succeed in life. Lots of entertainment and fun packed activities. Date: 25 Feb 2012  Time: 12 noon
• Peckham Town Centre will be having a celebration event, to celebrate the results of some of the  hard work over several years to improve Peckham town centre. Date: 14 Mar 2012.  Time: 7pm-9pm.

SE15 NEWS

The Ashbourne Centre is providing free Counselling and Lifeskills Training - a short term practical, confidential service for people on a low income living in Southwark.

Community Council Meetings:

Peckham: To be held on 24 Mar 2012, venue TBC

Nunhead:  To be held on Thurs 15 Mar 2012 at 7pm at Rye Lane Chapel, 59A Rye Lane, SE15 5EX

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 expressed, do not necessarily reflect our views.

PVSF’s Forum Meeting: 
Funding Matters

Date: Thurs, 8 Mar 2012
Time:   10am- 12.30pm
Venue: Sojourner Truth, Sumner Road, Peckham, SE15
Speakers: 
      Barbera Billey, Capital Community Fund - How Funding Bids are Assessed?
       Steve White – Available funding

For further details please contact Marcia Gregory on 0207 6357000 or email: marcia@peckhamforum.org.uk

FUNDING

• Southwark Youth Commissioning and IAG department is inviting applications for grant funding to voluntary and community organisations whose provision is based in Southwark, to provide a programme for young Southwark residents aged 13-19.  Grant: £10,000-£50,000. Deadline: 1pm, Fri, 24 Feb 2012.
• The Southwark EnviroGrant scheme is offering funding for community projects .  This will be the 2nd second year that Veolia Environmental Services has managed this funding opportunities. Grant: up to £1000. Deadline: 31 Mar 2012.

TRAINING

• Creative innovation is running an e-Business start-up training and is specifically designed to equip those who wish to start a business on the Internet.  The training will teach you all you need to know about starting your first internet business.  Date: 27 & 29 Feb 2012.  Time: 10am-3.30pm
• Sickle Cell & Young Stroke Survivors invites individuals who are affected by sickle cell to a Sickle Cell Nutrition workshop which aims to help people with this condition gain improved knowledge about  eating healthier .  Date: 16 Feb 2012.  Time: 11am – 3pm
• Community Action Southwark (CAS)  will shortly be delivering our annual course of Trustee Inductions.  These sessions are a great introduction to trusteeship for new trustees, and a skills refresher for experienced trustees.

EVENTS

• Southwark Arts Forum (SAF)  will be hosting the Creative Solidarity Network Event, this is a series of events where people come together to discuss developments in the art world, share experiences from their respective practices and learn from peers.  Date: 16 Feb 2012.  Time: 6pm-9pm
• Starlight Music Academy is hosting a free anti gangs/knife/guns event open to young people aged 13- 25 who want to succeed in life. Lots of entertainment and fun packed activities. Date: 25 Feb 2012  Time: 12 noon
• Peckham Town Centre will be having a celebration event, to celebrate the results of some of the  hard work over several years to improve Peckham town centre. Date: 14 Mar 2012.  Time: 7pm-9pm.

Community Council Meetings:

Peckham: TBC

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 expressed, do not necessarily reflect our views.

FUNDING

The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides funding that will offer practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects directly benefiting children and young people ( including children with disabilities) living in local communities.  Grant: £400-£5000.

Starbucks Youth Action provides grants to help young people aged 16-24 run community change projects in their local area in greater London.     Starbucks aims to  encourage and inspire a generation of young people to take action and create positive local change. Grant: £2,000 Deadline: 5 Mar 2012.

TRAINING

PVSF will be running a 1 day Project Evaluation Framework Workshop on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 (10am – 4pm),  so if you would like to learn how:

• Demonstrate impact – how your project will benefit your participants
• Show progression of beneficiaries – what your participants will go onto after your project.
• Evidence track record – how past work has shaped your new project.
• Convince funders why they should fund you in the future.
• Produce an evaluation that reflects your achievements.

Then call PVSF today to book your space on 0207 732220  or 0207 6357000

• SAF Professional Development Parlour is launching the first of two events aimed at helping artists with fundraising. Date: 2 Feb 2012
• The London Apprenticeship Company have a number of opportunities working in the NHS.  If you are aged 16-24 year you can earn a wage and gain both Business Administration and IT qualifications.
• The London Apprenticeship Company have a number of opportunities working in the NHS. You will earn a wage and gain both Business Administration and IT qualifications.  Are you aged 16-24,
• then apply today.
• Elevating Success is hosting ‘Business Enterprise’ for people aged 18+.  Have you ever thought of starting your own business and wondered what was involved?

EVENTS

• Black Business Initiative is running a Using Social Media Networking Event which will explore the various types of Social Media and how to use them for marketing and business development. Date: 20 Feb 2012
• The London Bubble Theatre Co. (LBTC) will be running a number of FREE drama workshops for young people aged 16+.

SE15 NEWS

URGENT: FAMILIES NEEDED – Are you a  Black and Minority Ethnic family with children, in full or part time and in receipt of a low income, or  in receipt of working tax credit and would like to illustrate what a cut to this benfit support would mean to your family?

Boris Johnson is calling on Londoners to nominate their top volunteers for the first annual Team London Achievement Awards by 1 February 2012.

Ileto Caribbean Peoples Network is currently conducting a community based research into the use of skin lightening products by the African and Caribbean born African community.

Community Council Meetings:

Peckham

Nunhead

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 expressed, do not necessarily reflect our views.