'Meet the Funder' - Lloyds TSB Foundation

The Lloyds TSB Foundation funds local, regional and national charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. Their focus is on supporting small and medium underfunded charities that can make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to play a fuller role in the community.

Come and hear what they are looking for and have your questions answered directly.

10am-12noon on Thursday 25 March, at the Jubilee Centre, 2 Cathall Road, E11 4LA.
(in the grounds of Cathall Leisure Centre).

For further details contact Mutmahim Roaf: mutmahim@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk

The Tendering and Commissioning Process

27 April, 4 and 11 May (three day course) at Voluntary Action Waltham Forest, Upper Ground, Churchill Business Centre, 6 Church Hill, Walthamstow, E17 3RY. Light lunch included.

£85 for VAWF members, £120 for non members. Accredited by the National Open College Network at level 3. For more details and a booking form click here

Join Voluntary Action Waltham Forest

Membership is free if your organisation or group's income is below £10,000 a year.

And it starts at just £15 if it is above £10,000.

Get help with writing funding applications, maintaining your financial accounts, and applying for quality standard marks. We can help you to strengthen your organisation and support your applications for funding and contracts.

Talk to us if you want to know more, call 0208 521 0377 or Click here to join.

Meeting Room for Hire

Central Walthamstow Location. Reduced rates for Voluntary Sector. Room capacity: 20 people

For more details please click here and scroll down

The 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games - and the Voluntary Sector

7pm on Wednesday 24 March at the Voluntary Sector Forum.

There will be presentations by:

Jennifer Kelly, Waltham Forest Council's 2012 Project Manager,

Andrea Chott who is co-ordinating third sector input into the Olympic Host Boroughs’ Strategic Regeneration Framework which sets out how the five host boroughs intend to work together to tackle the challenges of entrenched disadvantage in East London.

All members of the voluntary and community sector in Waltham Forest are welcome.

For more details click here

Safer Workforce Forum - Safeguarding Children

4-7pm on Tuesday 27 April at Epicentre Leyton, 41 West Street, London, E11 4LJ

Organised by the Children and Young People Service Providers Network (CHYPPS) in association with the Waltham Forest Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)

Please click here for a flyer with more details. Please click here for a booking form.

All voluntary and community groups in Waltham Forest are welcome.

Youth of Today Leadership Fund - Scaling Up scheme

Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available for third sector groups offering youth leadership opportunities to disadvantaged young people and marginalised groups across England.
Deadline for applications: 23 April

Phone: 020 8980 6263 Web:http://www.theyouthoftoday.org/how-apply

Grants for the Arts

Grants for individuals, arts organisations and other groups who use the arts in their work. The Arts Council has a webpage here that will tell you if you can apply for this grant.

Council Grants for Local Sports Groups -

Deadline: 31 March. To find out more or to ask for an application pack, email Melanie Summers: melanie.summers@walthamforest.gov.uk or call her on 0208 496 3695.

The Mustard Seed Grant Programme

This programme provides grants of up to £5,000 to enable churches and faith-based organisations to engage in social action by supporting them to initiate or develop community work.
More details at http://www.cuf.org.uk/funding.aspx or call 020 7898 1647

The People's Millions

The application form and further details can be found at www.peoplesmillions.org.uk
Deadline: 12pm on 14 May.

First Light - Grants for making a short film

More on their website: http://www.firstlightonline.co.uk/funding/

Funding Central

Over 4,000 contracts grants and loans: http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk

For general help with finding funding and filling out applications contact Mutmahim Roaf at VAWF on 020 8521 0377 or mutmahim@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk

If you have received funding as a result of information seen in this e-bulletin please let us know on 0208 521 0377 or email Barbara at barbara@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk

Help improve our local Heath Services

The Waltham Forest Local Involvement Network (LINk) exists to give people a say on how their local health services can be improved.

Their next meeting will take place from 6 - 8.30pm on Thursday 25 March at The Paradox Centre, 3 Ching Way, Chingford E4 8YE.

Topics under discussion will include the new Polyclinic and the patient experience at Whipps Cross hospital. More details about the LINk are on their website here.

Advertise YOUR voluntary sector events, training, job vacancies and rooms for hire.

Members can advertise here for FREE.

The deadline for our next e-bulletin is 16 April. Send to sarah.kinson@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk

Community Council Funding - Please tell us your experiences.

One of our member organisations is challenging The London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) regarding unreasonable reporting requirements that are not in proportion to the value of the grant.

In order to help influence a change in policy at LBWF on reporting requirements for small grants to voluntary organisations, they would like examples from our other members of unreasonable, unrealistic, irrelevant, inappropriate or impossible reporting requirements when receiving funding from LBWF.

Please email Debbie Marshall at debbie.m@wfda.org.uk (Or she can send you a short survey which she would like returned by 30 March).

E17 Art Trail - Job Vacancies

The E17 Art Trail team has been able to create two new posts thanks to Grass Roots Grants funding and is looking for one or two people to be responsible for:

• Publicity
• Advertising sales and corporate sponsorship

For more details please see their website: www.e17arttrail.co.uk

Office to Rent in Walthamstow

at the Limes, William Morris hall, 6 Somers Road, E17 6RX.

For further information see VAWF's website here and contact the admin team and ask for Lara, Hayley, Sarah or Eddie on admin@thelimes.org.uk or phone 0208 509 8985.

Vacancy for a Play Worker - The Limes Community & Children's Centre

Play worker(s) - £8.47 ph – zero hours as and when contract. Closing date is 5pm, 24th March.

For further information and to download an application pack, please go to www.thelimes.org.uk

Kreative Culture Klub (KCK) Awards

A Leyton based group honoured those who have performed well at school, at the annual Young, Gifted and Black awards. More on the Waltham Forest Guardian website here.

Community Transport Waltham Forest wins award

Community Transport Waltham Forest beat off strong competition in the hotly contested category of Best Urban Community Transport scheme at Access 10 the national Community Transport Conference in Manchester, to be voted one of the top three urban community transport schemes in the country. More details

Age Concern Waltham Forest - Help & Advice

The Metropolitan Police Service [MPS] website has information on personal safety, which Age Concern thought would be good to bring to your attention. There is a lot of other information on the MPS website concerning personal safety, including specific personal safety advice for women.

www.ageconcernwf.org.uk/personal_safety.html

We want YOUR news for our printed newsletter

The next edition of Voluntary Views will be out in May. Please send your content now.

Contact Sarah Kinson with your news, opinions and events at sarah.kinson@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk or call 0208 521 0377 (Monday to Wednesday)

Fellowship group - All welcome

The News From Nowhere club meets on the second Saturday of each month.

7.30pm at the Epicentre in West St, Leytonstone E11 4LJ.

They have a programme of forthcoming events listed here:: www.newsfromnowhereclub.org

Love Your Borough Awards - 1 July 2010.

These recognise the efforts of local people, businesses and groups that make a difference to residents, local neighbourhoods and to Waltham Forest as a whole.

Any individual, group or business who live or are based in WalthamForest. Individuals, groups or businesses can even nominate themselves and more than one category can be entered, if appropriate.Go to: www.walthamforest.gov.uk/love-your-borough

William Morris Gallery Consultation

Wednesday 17th March 6pm - 7.30pm and Sunday 21st March 3pm - 4.30pm.

More details on their website:www.friendsofthewmg.org.uk

Lea Valley Federation – open meeting

The Lee Valley Federation is a new group bringing together organisations working in the Lee Valley Park with the aim of joining to protect the Lee Valley as a green lung for London.

They are holding their first open meeting at: The WaterWorks visitor centre, Lammas Road, off Leabridge Road, Leyton, E10 7NU on: Sunday 25th April 2010, 11:00am until 12:30pm (latest).

www.leavalleyfederation.org or enquiries@leavalleyfederation.org

East London Organic Gardeners (ELOG)

ELOG have a new website here: www.elog.org.uk

College Operatic Society - Quiz Night.

7.30 pm, June, 7.30 pm at Waltham Forest College, Forest Road, London, E17.
www.collegeoperatic.co.uk

Create 10 - Arts Festival

Submissions will be considered for the Create publication and local (Waltham Forest) promotional materials. Deadline: 19 March 2010 More details here.

Metropolitan Police Newsletter

London Gets Safer is a monthly e-newsletter for anyone interested in the work of the Metropolitan Police Service. www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/safety/wfcsb/policing-news.htm

Social Enterprise Workshop for women's organisations - 23 March 2010

More details on this workshop are on the Women's Resource Centre website here.

There also have other training courses for women's organisations click here.

Government funding reporting demands are excessive, says New Philanthropy Capital

Half of charities that receive government grants or contracts believe the reporting requirements attached to the funding are out of proportion to the value of the funds, according to new research by think tank New Philanthropy Capital.

By Kaye Wiggins, Third Sector, 16 March 2010

Merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern - 'Age UK' logo revealed

Age UK's long-awaited logo has made its debut on the charity's election manifesto, in advance of the new charity's formal launch in April.

By Tristan Donovan, Third Sector, 16 March 2010