Notes:

Community Works runs the following projects for the voluntary sector in Brighton & Hove:

• A network of elected representatives, who speak on behalf of the sector at council and strategic partnership meetings.


• Six-monthly conferences and other networks where community and voluntary groups can get together and share experiences, information and views


• Volunteer Centre services:
  
  
  
  • You can advertise volunteer opportunities on the Community Works website.
  
  
  • They have a good practice guide for community groups who work with volunteers. It includes sample forms and policies for groups to adapt.
  
  
  • Regular forum for volunteer managers.
  
  
  
  


• Support for trustees and management committee members


• Business skills volunteering, which brokers relationships between voluntary groups and businesses


• A programme of training courses


• A mentoring scheme


• One-to-one consultancy


• A funding bid reading service


• A bank of sample policies and procedures, to help larger organisations develop their own policies.


• Information on sources of funding


• free half-hour one-to-one advice surgeries on any topic. These run on the last Tuesday of each month, between 2pm and 4.30pm. You need to book in advance – email info@bhcommunityworks.org.uk or call 01273 234023

They have an electronic voting system which is available to hire. This consists of hand-held pads which can be used by people in a meeting to vote. The results are then displayed instantly on a laptop. They also have a wooden ballot box, which groups can borrow.