What is the Waveney Community Forum?
Did you know there are hundreds of voluntary and community groups across the Waveney area. Their work involves people of all ages, those who care for others, run allotment associations, credit unions, sports and social clubs, local public transport groups and many more.
Our friendly team is here to help community groups by offering one to one support and to provide funding information and advice, from project idea to starting up and growing your organisation.
If you would like to talk through your ideas about a new or existing community project, contact the Forum on 01502 582201 or email
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Resources
The Forum has a meeting/training room, multimedia presentation equipment for hire and an extensive library of books for loan.
Membership of the Forum is free
Sign up now to receive a quarterly newsletter and access to training and funding information.
Waveney Community Forum is a Council for Voluntary Services (CVS), a member of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) click on the link below for more information:www.navca.org.uk
PAT Testing
Waveney Community Forum regrets that this service is no longer available.
New Black and Minority Ethnic Community Development Role
Bernard joined Waveney Community Forum (cvs) on the 3rd of November 2008 in the new role of Mental Health Black and Minority Ethnic Community Development Officer, to reduce and eliminate ethnic inequalities in mental health service experience in Waveney.
Bernard will work with black and minority ethnic communities in order to better understand what help they want and need, and improve the primary care services they receive. In other words, he wants to support members of the BME communities to have a better quality of life.
He is still familiarising himself with the new post and new ideas and suggestions are welcomed. He looks forward to meeting people and working with you. Please do contact Bernard on 01502 582201 or email
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Find out more about Bernard Mukuya, our new Community Development Officer on the About Us page.
Contents of This Page
This page contains the following sections:
Success of Small Grants Scheme!
Great Yarmouth and Waveney NHS launched a small grants programme on the 4th of August 2008 in partnership with Waveney Community Forum cvs and Voluntary Norfolk. 57 local groups have been supported since the scheme started! Unfortunately the scheme's success means there will only be one more funding round, towards the end of 2009. For more information click on NHS Small Grants in the menu bar to the left of this page.
Other Local Voluntary Sector Support Agencies With Whom we Work
The Waveney Community Forum works in partnership with a number of organisations in other districts in Suffolk who deliver local support services to the voluntary and community sector. Please click on the following links to find out more about these organisations.
What is the Compact in Suffolk?
In a nutshell, the Compact is a tool for improving relationships between public sector agencies and the voluntary and community sector in Suffolk for mutual advantage.
Its purpose is to provide a framework for good and productive relationships between the VCS and public sector agencies and promote a better understanding of how each sector works.
It is underpinned by five Codes of Good Practice that aid in the implementation of the Compact, giving guidelines for both sectors to work to. In essence, it is a common sense toolkit.
What relevance does it have to me?
If you are working in a multi-agency way, for either a public sector agency, or within the voluntary and community sector, then the Compact in Suffolk is very relevant. It sets out the framework for partnership working, giving guidelines around:
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Consultation
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Funding and Procurement
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Volunteering
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BME and Diversity
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Community Groups
Even if you are part of a small voluntary organisation, the Volunteers Charter within the Volunteering Code is something that all organisations who work with volunteers should sign up to!
Download the signing form here (PDF):
Signing Sheet for Compact in Suffolk
Find out more
Contact the Compact Officer, Laura Hack:
Telephone: 01473 273273
email:
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The 4 Towns Bus Service
Contact Martyn Burnside 01502 582201or email
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VOICES - Involving Volunteers
The new best practice guide - "The Bigger Orange Book on Involving Volunteers" is now available as a download on the VOICES page of the Suffolk Volunteering Federation (SVF) website:
www.volunteeringsuffolk.org.uk
There is a hard copy available from Waveney Community Forum
East of England Development Agency...
...have launched the Cut Your Carbon Campaign.
A three-year initiative that aims to bring together communities in the East of England to cut their carbon emissions. Groups taking part will be able to measure their carbon footprint online, take action to become more energy efficient, seek up to £200,000 for carbon cutting projects in a £2.5 million funding competition.
To find out how your community can take part click here
Suffolk Estuarine Strategies
The Environment Agency proposed flood management scheme of the Blyth Estuary (including Aldeburgh and Southwold) and associated coastline.
To find out how this is going to affect the Suffolk Coastline click here.
Support Received From...
Waveney Community Forum is supported by:
Greengrow
Greengrow is a co-operative formed by local people to grow fruit and vegetables organically and to support others to do the same.
With local people’s help this year we have planted an apple orchard and erected a polytunnel in which we are growing salad vegetables
CONTACT US
If you would like to join us growing fruit and vegetables for a few hours a week or month. No experience is necessary and you do not have to be very fit.
If you are part of a group that would like to help us regularly or for a once only visit.
Contact:
Becky 01986 781789
Anne 01986 780980
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