South
West Foundation
Westway Farm, Bishop Sutton
Somerset BS39 5XP
England
Tel: 01275 333666
email: info@southwestfoundation.org.uk
News
New Training Programme
South West Foundation in partnership with North Somerset Council is offering free training for community members to train as community researchers in Worle, Portishead, Cleveden and Central Weston.For more information see flyer - download here
Conference for Older People
Caradon Seniors’ Forum and South West Seniors’ Network are holding a mini conference on February 18th at the Millennium Liskeard Centre Pensilva near Liskeard. The conference will look at issues that affect the daily lives of older people and there will opportunities to network with others. For more information on the conference or to receive a booking form please contact South West Foundation on 01275 33666 or e-mail info@southwestfoundation.org.ukFor more information see flyer - download here
Tea With Mrs Pankhurst - An event looking at Women and Influence
As part of the Foundation's Working With Networks Programme the Foundation has held an event looking at Women and Infleunce. The event was of particular interest to women who are active in their communities either in a paid or unpaid capacity. The event included the play Tea with Mrs Pankhurst which played to excellent reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festiival. The event took place on 7th December at the Meadway Hall in Compton Dundon near Street in Somerset. 67 people attended this event.COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAMME
List of grant recipients now available -
download hereWOMEN'S NETWORK
South West Foundation is working with the Women's Resource Centre to establish a social networking site for women involved with women's organisations and other voluntary and community sector organisations.
For more information contact the foundation
NEW RESEARCH LAUNCHED
The Foundation in partnership with Help the Aged has just launched its latest research looking at the activities and value of older people's forums in the region. Click here to download the report
NATIONAL COALITION FOR INDEPENDENT ACTION (NCIA)
The National Coalition for Independent Action celebrates the power of voluntary and community action to challenge and change the world around us. The Coalition is an alliance of organisations and individuals who have come together out of frustration and anger to object to the state of UK Voluntary and Community Sectors. The Coalition believes there is a crisis in the sector’s ability to act independently from Government and other powerful interests, and to be part of the checks we need within our democracy. They fear that the threat to independent action will, unless challenged, undermine our civil society, our political health, and the capacity of communities to get what they need for themselves.
The Coalition aims to mobilise, support and work with those who share their concerns; to combine to expose and resist the current direction of travel; to have our own agendas; and to become actively involved in dissent where this is needed. They have begun to build a strong voice to give confidence to those wanting to speak out and take action, and to create an alternative way of doing things.
The Foundation supports the need for the Sector to retain its independence and its voice. NCIA already has almost 100 members nationally and are looking to bring people together in the South West Who share their views to look at what actions are needed.
If you would be interested in a regional gathering to look at these issues please contact the Foundation or to sign up to NCIA.
You can visit their website at www.independentaction.net
NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
The Federation for Community Development Learning (FCDL) is working in partnership with LLUK (the Lifelong Learning Sector Skills Council), supported by a project steering group, to undertake the review that will result in new occupational standards that will define what is good quality community development work practice for the next five years or so. South West Foundation is working with FCDL to support this process.
More details at http://www.fcdl.org.uk/NOS_Consultation/index.htm
Ladder for Learning launched
ladder4learning supports and facilitates development and learning for people and organisations in the community and voluntary sectors and social enterprises in south west England and parts of the south east.
More details at http://www.ladder4learning.org.uk/
