Venue: Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9XZ
Date: 22nd March
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm (registration from 9.15am)
Cost: The training provided and all delegate materials are free of charge to FSI Small Charity Members and Associate Members. However we require a £50 deposit to secure your booking, £40 is refunded to you on attendance and £10 is retained as a booking fee.
For more information go to http://www.thefsi.org/services/training/brighton/
If you are shopping in Tesco before 6th March, you can vote for one of three local projects to receive a grant from the Bags of Help grant scheme.
For this scheme Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork. It will result in three community groups/ projects in each region awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge. So the good news is that every project will get some money, but it is up to the public to choose how much.
The local finalists are Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, Fishersgate Residents Association and Milner & Kingswood Tenants Association.
You will need a token to vote – make sure you ask for one when you pay for your shopping.
Bags of Help funds projects that are about green spaces in local communities. See Groundwork’s website for more information and how to apply.
The Brighton and Hove City Council Community Learning team are delighted to be able to offer a free first aid for babies and children course for your community group. The three hour course is an opportunity for you to feel more confident about what to do in an emergency situation with children. The course is offered by a qualified Red Cross approved tutor, and a resource booklet is also available at the end of the course to support the learning.
The course covers:
We offer the course on a Thursday and the session runs for three hours. Feedback from people completing the course has highlighted that this is a vital course for anyone who wants to increase their confidence in emergency situations.
If you are interested in booking a course, or have any questions, please email: [email protected]
The course is currently free to community groups who have parents/carers who are from any one of our priority groups below:
Community Works free training for small organisations: Getting to Grips with Monitoring and Evaluation and the Community Insight Tool
Date: Thursday 10 March 2016Time: 9.30 – 1.00pm
Venue: Community Base Conference Room
Trainer: Paul Bramwell (training consultant) and Kate Gilchrist (BHCC Public Health)
Cost: This training is free, but will be prioritised to Community Works members
This training is aimed specifically at groups:
This half-day course is a back to basics for anyone who is involved in or new to monitoring and evaluation, or who wants a refresher to improve the quality of their work. It will also include a demonstration of the Community Insight Tool (http://brighton-hove.communityinsight.org/), which allows you to find, explore and use a wide range of facts and figures at different geographic levels for Brighton and Hove. By the end of the course you will be able to:
Techniques covered will include record keeping, questionnaires and evaluation forms, focus groups, interviewing and other participatory methods of collecting information about your activities or services. There will also be an opportunity to talk about building relationships with your funders.
To book on:
For more information and booking through Eventbrite please visit:
“Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate to make a better Brighton”
Brighton City Lab is a free, community-led collaboration session. The idea is to build on the work already taking place in the city to make Brighton better.
After the event Brighton City Lab will help ideas to become actions through a series of ‘Make It Happen’ sessions.
9.30am – 1.00pm
9th March 2016
Wagner Hall
Regency Road
Brighton BN1 2RT
Book your free place at:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/brighton-city-lab-tickets-21360039453
Brighton City Lab is a community collaboration by:
Care Co-ops, BHSEN, Leading the Change, Community Shares Company, Connecting
Brighton, Purpose Lab, and Interreg
Community Engagement Breakfast With Cllr Emma Daniel/ Chair of New Neighbourhoods, Communities and Equalities Committee
The Dialogue Society will host Cllr Emma Daniel/ Chair of New Neighbourhoods, Communities and Equalities Committee at its premises (201a Church Road, BN3 2AH – entrance from Sackville Road) on Thursday 3RD March at 11am. The purpose of the meeting is to strengthen connections between the politicians and local people such as Brighton & Hove residents, students and businesses operating in the city. The meeting will enable participants to air any concerns or views they have about, local governments, local and national policies which affects them.
Note: Due to limited space please RSVP to join by 1st of March 5pm to the [email protected] mailto:[email protected] .
Mediterranean Breakfast will be served
Grants of up to £1000 available from the Stuart Read Legacy Arts Fund for projects that promote the arts amongst young people under 17.
Next deadline is March 25th.
More details on our favourite funders page
Just over £2,500 is available for grants of up to £500 per application from the Healthy Neighbourhood Fund, London Road.
The fund is being managed by Serendipity – [email protected], and applications must be returned to them by 18th March 2016. For further information also contact Serendipity.
The overarching theme for grants is to support projects that impact on the health and well-being of the community within the London Road area of Brighton (the area boundaried by New England/Viaduct Road, the Level, and Trafalgar Street). There are also the following public health priorities for applications:
Applications can be made by groups and organisations in the voluntary and community sector, groups of individuals, or individuals, but not from statutory or private organisations.
The applications should be no more than 2 sides of A4 and cover the following points:
Many Cultures, One City event on Tuesday 19th April 2016 at the Brighthelm Centre.
For everyone from a minority ethnic background or community group in Brighton & Hove – a place to connect, give, be active, take notice & keep learning about health and wellbeing.
There will be workshops, discussion, activities & time to eat and talk
For more information or to get involved contact [email protected] or 01273 262220
Community Works Governance Network meeting
Thursday 25 February 2016: 6.00-8.00pm
Rose Room, BMECP Centre, 10 Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE
Recent events have sparked debate on this issue has shed a current spotlight on this activity. This session will be the chance to hear from local organisations, legal and fundraising experts with experience in this area.
For more information, and to book your place, please visit:
http://bhcommunityworks.org.uk/governance-network-meeting/
Please note that places will be prioritised to members of Community Works