The 21st March Forum meeting on “Stronger Voice and Representation for SE15 Residents” proved very successful, with lively contributions from PVSF members and some inspiring presentations.

Draft minutes of the meeting, featuring key messages from the presentations, can be found via this link …… PVSF Forum Meeting minutes 21 03 2013 draft .

The workshop sessions engaged Forum members in discussion about four important questions if Voice and Representation is to be strengthened:

• Who Do You Need To Influence?
• How And Where Can You Influence?
• What Messages Do We Want Those People To Hear?
• How Do We Organise Ourselves To Ensure This Can Happen?

The points made in response are briefly dealt with in the minutes, but a more detailed list was prepared from all of the workshop notes in order to provide the next meeting of the SE15 Consortium Steering Group on 26th March with a more comprehensive document on which to plan its work over the next year. This can be accessed via this link …..  PVSF Forum Meeting workshop feedback

Forum Meetings are held quarterly, the next is due to be held in June 2013. The date, time and subject will be confirmed shortly.

For those of you that attended the PVSF  spring Forum Meeting -  ‘Funding Matters’ on 8 March 2012, as promised, here are the presentations shown on day.  PVSF members must use their usernames and passwords to access these presentations which are not available to the general public.

Topics and speakers :

• ‘How are Funding Applications Assessed?’ by Barbara Billey – London Community Foundation (Funding_CapitalCommunityFoundation_080312)
• ‘Available Funding for Community Groups’ by Steve White – SGW Consulting (ESFFunding_SteveWhite_8March2012)