£250 available for BME and faith groups in Whitehawk, Manor Farm and Bristol Estate

19/08/2015

Due East have launched a new grant for BME and faith groups in the Whitehawk, Manor Farm and Bristol Estate area.

Grants of up to £250 are available for projects that help meet the following objectives :

  •   Enable new community activity to take place involving residents from cultural , ethnic and faith groups who have  previously not carried out community activity in the DueEast area.
  •   Bring together people from different cultural ethnic and faith backgrounds in inclusive and accessible activities so that  these differing traditions can be celebrated and better understood in the local community

To apply, you need to complete a short application form and make a 1 minute YouTube video about your project idea. You will also need to attend a public voting event in September or October, before being awarded a grant.

Deadline for applications is 17th September 2015. You can download an application form from the Due East website.

If you want any help or support in developing your project ideas or making your application contact the Serendipity community development team: [email protected].

 

Chairs available for free

18/08/2015

Brighthelm Church and Community Centre has over 100 chairs available to give away. If you are interested, please contact them directly on 01273 821512.

Free food safety courses

12/08/2015

Are you volunteering for a community group, or receiving benefits and hoping to work in catering?  This one day free course run by Community Learning at Brighton & Hove City Council will provide you with a Level 2 Certificate in Food & Hygiene. There is a multiple choice assessment at the end of the course.

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Brighton

This is a one-day course
Course date: Wednesday 30 September
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square. BN1 1JA
Tutor: James Aldcroft

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Hove

This is a one-day course
Course date: Wednesday 11 November
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Vallance Community Centre. 2 Conway Court, Clarendon Road. Hove. BN3 3WR (Next to Honeycroft café).
Tutor: James Aldcroft

For more information or to book a place on a course call: 01273 810210

Free places on their courses are for anyone who is:

  • Unemployed (and in receipt of income related benefits)
  • On a low income
  • Have 5 or less GCSEs

Funding for mid-life mental health projects

12/08/2015

Deadline: 4 September 2015.

For more information go to: www.bupaukfoundation.org

Why Mid-Life Mental Health?

Mental health underpins health and wellbeing and impacts everyone. For many people mid-life, from the late 20s to early 50s, can be a time of increased challenges, responsibilities and pressures, in their working lives, family lives and relationships.

The Bupa UK Foundation is looking to fund projects that aim to support and improve people’s mental health at this critical life-stage.

What kind of projects is the Bupa UK Foundation looking to fund?

The Bupa UK Foundation welcomes expressions of interest from practical projects or initiatives which will have a direct impact on people’s health and well-being, fall clearly into theme of mid-life mental health, and focus one of the following priority areas:

  • Prevention – equipping people with the skills they need to monitor, maintain and improve their own mental health.
  • Early intervention – enabling people to access effective support directly and as soon as they become aware of their needs.
  • Integration – addressing the link between physical and mental health.

It is expected that projects receiving funding are likely to be delivered within 12 to 18 months.

How many grants will be available and at what level of funding?

The Bupa UK Foundation expects to make around 20 grants split across the following levels:

. Larger grants – over £50,000. For projects that have a broad reach and the potential to deliver a sustained impact.

. Medium grants – up to £50,000. For distinct one-off projects, which might include pilots of new models of care or initiatives designed to benefit clearly defined groups.

. Small grants – up to £10,000. For smaller projects delivered at local level to directly benefit a specific group.

New equipment at the Resource Centre

29/07/2015

Thanks to a generous grant from the Argus Appeal, we now have the following new equipment available for groups in Sussex to hire:

  • A smaller popcorn machine – easier to fit into your car but the popcorn is just as tasty!
  • Skipping ropes – for solo and group skipping, and french skipping, ideal for street parties
  • Hula hoops – a set of six, good quality colourful hoops
  • Giant Twister – a new addition to our range of giant board games

Just get in touch if you want to book any of these items.

Governance Network Meeting

22/07/2015

Date: Wednesday 16 September, 2015
Time: 6.00-8.00pm
Venue: Rose Room, BMECP Centre, 10 Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE

This second themed meeting of the new Community Works Governance Network is aimed at any trustee or management committee member who wants to improve their knowledge and skills around managing change as well as to meet others in the same role. The session content will be negotiated with participants on the night and is likely to cover:

* Governing structural change in your organisation

* Identifying and managing cultural change on your committee

* Identifying gaps in skills, knowledge and diversity on your committee

* Recruitment and induction processes.

For more information or to book your place, please visit:

http://bhcommunityworks.org.uk/governance-network-meeting/

Table tennis at your community centre?

22/07/2015

Table Tennis England are offering free table tennis tables to community centres in Brighton & Hove.

The person to contact about this is Keiron Pelling on [email protected] or 07972 222068.

Keiron said:

“I am a table tennis development officer working for Table Tennis England and I have been working with the Brighton table tennis community to increase the opportunities for people to play. This work includes the summer Ping! festival and putting funding towards creating table tennis sessions.

Table tennis is a sport that can be enjoyed by everyone, and most people I speak to say they enjoy playing – but don’t have opportunities to play. It truly is an inclusive sport, attractive to the young and old, able bodied and disabled alike.

To maximise the opportunities to play I have a small budget that allows me to place table tennis tables into places that can make use of them.

How the table gets used is up to you. Whether it is just making it available to use by the community groups that use your venue or organising specific activity around it, I’m happy to work with you to make it work.

There is no catch to this offer, so there are not any hidden costs to you – other than perhaps replacing bats and balls when they need to be replaced in the future.

If you are interested in this offer and would like to find out how table tennis can work for you, please contact me by phone or email and I can provide further information.”

Meet the Chair of the Neighbourhoods, Communities and Equalities Committee

22/07/2015

Cllr Emma Daniel, Chair of the Brighton & Hove City Council Neighbourhoods, Communities and Equalities Committee, is offering up surgery-type sessions for any voluntary and community sector groups that would like to meet with her (1:1 or as a group of organisations working on a particular theme or issue). Her next surgery day is 15th September 2015. Meetings will take place at Community Works’ office in Community Base.

To book your appointment, please contact [email protected]

New HOPE group offering sessions on awareness of domestic violence & abuse among women in BME communities

17/07/2015

HOPE is the new BME Women organisation providing BME Engagement in relation to Domestic Violence/Abuse across Sussex. HOPE will be launching it’s first Drop-in service on Monday 20th July from 12-2pm at the BMECP Centre, 10a Fleet Street, BN1 4ZE.

They are a multi-lingual group of Black and Minority Ethnic women trained to raise awareness of domestic violence and abuse among women in BME communities across Sussex. They also offer facilitated sessions to community groups.

HOPE stands for:

Help, Open, Protect & Empower BME Women and Girls

  • Help raise awareness and educate BME women/girls.
  • Open to promoting joint approaches to the issues of violence against women and girls and help in the formulation of interagency responses to the various forms of abuse and violence.
  • Protect BME women and girls who are victims/survivors of violence against women and girls by providing help, advice, support and information on national and local available services with the aim of breaking the barriers which result in BME women being excluded.
  • Empower BME women and girls who have been affected by violence and abuse by providing capacity building, training and development which will enable them to become more than just survivors.

For more information please contact the BME Engagement Project Coordinator by email, [email protected] or call 07494330011 (mobile) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Due East grants for local groups in Whitehawk, Manor Farm and Bristol Estate

16/07/2015

Due East have announced the following grant programmes for groups in Whitehawk, Manor Farm, and Bristol Estates:

1.Piggy Bank – Youth Fund

Youth Funding – bids for share of £6,000.00 for Youth projects in and/or benefiting young people in the Whitehawk, Manor Farm, and Bristol Estates.

2.Community Health and Wellbeing Fund

Just over £2,500 is available for grants of up to £500 per application. The overarching theme for grants is to support projects that impact on the health and wellbeing of  the community.

3.Cancer Champions Project Community Chest

Applications are invited for grants of up to £500 for projects that contribute to the Cancer Champions Project goals:

  • Increase knowledge about cancers amongst all the diverse groups and communities in the DueEast neighbourhoods
  • Recruit and train volunteer Cancer Champions from across the three neighbourhoods
  • Raise awareness of the importance of cancer screening and early symptom awareness and increase rates of attendance at screening
  • Identify barriers local people face in accessing cancer screening and taking other preventive measures and provide practical actions to help break these barriers down
  • Help local people feel more comfortable talking about cancer
  • Improve knowledge in the neighbourhoods of  DueEast about services to support people living with cancer

4.Challenge 2015 ! Community Chest

Applications are welcome primarily from individuals or groups of people who have  signed up to take the Challenge 2015! already this year, but applications will also be considered from  groups of local residents and community groups for projects that help meet the goals of the DueEast Challenge 2015 ! initiative :

  • Provide local people with a chance to get together to take part in  new activities that will help them to feel better about themselves and especially to improve their  mental health and wellbeing.
  • The activities can be anything that contributes to the 5 Ways to Wellbeing :
    • Connect – get together with other people to do something. Seek out someone you enjoy spending time with.
    • Get Active – take part in a physical activity even if it is as simple as a walk near your home or somewhere you love .
    • Keep Learning – Have a go at something different , learn something new or pick up a fresh skill.
    • Take Notice – Take a minute to look around and find a moment of calm and stillness and take a fresh look at your surroundings.
    • Give – Do something new for someone else or that will be of benefit for your friends, family or wider community.
    • Grants of up to £200 are available to fund activities that local people set up as part of Challenge 2015!

NB : Projects funded by the Challenge 2015! Community chest should be completed by end of December 2015 .

5. DueEast Multi-cultural , Minority Ethnic and Inter-Faith Project Community Chest

Applications are  welcome from  groups of residents from  cultural , faith  and BME ( Black and Minority Ethnic ) groups in the neighbourhoods of the DueEast area.

Grants of up to £250 are available for projects that help meet the following objectives :

  • Enable new community activity to take place involving residents from cultural , ethnic and faith groups who have  previously not carried out community activity in the DueEast area.
  • Bring together people from different cultural ethnic and faith backgrounds in inclusive and accessible activities so that  these differing traditions can be celebrated and better understood in the local community

How to Apply ?

Decide which pot of funding you want to apply for.

Complete the simple two sides A4 application form for each funding source to be returned by 5pm 17th September  along with a one minute youTube video detailing the project, and a commitment to attend one public voting event in late September/ early October.

Application forms available from http://dueeast.org.uk/downloads/category/4-grants – email [email protected].  – Text/voicemail 07974571300.

If you want any help or support in developing your project ideas or making your application contact the Serendipity community development team: [email protected]