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October 2011
Issue no. 2011/33 - 24th November 2011
Gatwick Airport Community Trust
Applications are now open for the Gatwick Airport Community Trust funding programme for 2012. The Trust is an independent charity that has been in operation since 2002 as part of the legal arrangements between West Sussex County Council, Crawley Borough Council and Gatwick Airport Limited following publication of the airport's Sustainable Development Strategy. It awards grants annually for deserving projects within the area of benefit which covers parts of East and West Sussex, Surrey and Kent. For further information, please visit the website , email or call 01892 826088.
Deadline: Monday 12th March 2012
The Brigitte Trust: Volunteer Introductory Morning
Thursday January 12th 2012, 10am
316 High Street Dorking Surrey RH4 1QX
Help families facing cancer and other life-threatening illness. The next free training course starts in February 2012. Call Sharon Sillitoe on 01306 881816 for details or visit their website.
Community Action Against Crime:
Innovation Fund - Encouraging Creative New Approaches To Tackling Crime
The Community Action Against Crime: Innovation Fund is funded by the Home Office and delivered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF). All applications will be reviewed by a Local Funder - in Surrey, this will be undertaken by the Community Foundation for Surrey.
The Fund will encourage effective partnerships to get everybody working together to tackle crime. It will be used to encourage voluntary and community groups to work with their Community Safety Partnership to tackle local crime problems, including through co-design and co-delivery of initiatives to cut crime.
Applications from grassroots community activists who are not traditional recipients of government grants are encouraged. To find out more, including eligibility and how to apply visit their website.NYCPE - Now ‘Young Epilepsy’
Young Epilepsy are still looking for Volunteers for their Christmas events at the Belfry, so please do contact the Volunteer Centre if you can spare a couple of hours to support them. They’ve changed their name, but not their need to continue their work with young people with Epilepsy.
Dig Preston!
The archaeological dig to uncover the medieval manor house of Preston Hawe is in full swing after a busy week of excavation. Surrey's Community Archaeologists, Abby Guinness and Laura Joyner, were joined by enthusiastic sixth formers from the Beacon School last week and over thirty members of the local public over the weekend, who have so far helped to uncover the foundations of the manor house building as well as several pieces of decorated medieval pottery.
With one week of the dig remaining the pressure is on to locate the chapel building, where the star find of the 1950s excavation on the site was discovered - a pewter chalice gripped in the hands of one of the priests buried inside the chapel.
Come and see the results of the excavation at the Site Open Day on Sunday 27th November, 12pm-4pm, where the archaeologists will be giving free tours of the trenches and the finds from the dig will be on display (no booking required for this event). For further information e-mail Abby or Laura, call 01483 518737, or you can visit their webpage.
Join the Teenage Cancer Trust Christmas Collection Team: 10th & 11th December 2011
Collections are being held at Homebase for the Teenage Cancer Trust during this weekend, and the Trust is looking for volunteers who are willing to help with collecting funds for just two hours on either day. Volunteers are encouraged to wear fancy dress, bearing the Christmas spirit in mind, and to bring friends and family along to help. Those who complete 4 hours or more will be able to claim a free £30 Ticketmaster voucher for an event of their choice. For more information, contact the Volunteer Centre on 01737 762115.
Together at Christmas: Volunteers NeededTogether at Christmas, Merstham still needs volunteers to help on Christmas Day. If you know of someone who would like to help and enjoys the company of others on the day, ask them to contact us and lend a hand! Contact the Volunteer Centre on 01737 762115 for further details.
Issue no. 2011/32 -
Issue no. 2011/31 - 3 November 2011
Surrey Community Action: Monthly Lottery Fundraising
SCA sent this notice out for the attention of all members and all Charity and Community Groups:
‘It is the view of Surrey Community Action that the not for profit sector needs more money to spend on the wonderful work they are doing. All organisations are struggling to increase their income especially at a time when Local Authorities and indeed Government Departments are cutting the money available for grants.
It is against this background that we have come up with a ground breaking initiative that could potentially help all of us.
We intend to start a monthly Lottery and all charities that commit and get people signed up will receive a cut of the income. This is the initiative and therefore we are inviting you and other organisations in the not for profit sector to a meeting being held on 17th November here at Astolat. Each meeting will last from 1 hour and organisations can have a maximum of 2 people at any of the meetings. You need only to attend one and they have been spread throughout the day in order to be flexible. The meetings will be held in Conference Room 1 (upstairs in Astolat) on the following times 9.30a.m, 11.00a.m and in Conference room 2 (downstairs) at 1.30p.m 3.00p.m and 5.00p.m.
Should your organisation feel you would like to hear more details and attend one of these sessions please e mail me to make a booking. Needless to say there will be no charge and we will even find a coffee for you!! If you or other colleagues are interested but cannot make the meeting please let me know by e mail as I shall run another session to be held in January 2012’
Further information is available from Peter Gooch 01483 447142 (Direct Line) or e-mail him.Community Action Against Crime: Innovation Fund – encouraging creative new approaches to tackling crime
The Community Action Against Crime: Innovation Fund is funded by the Home Office and delivered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF). All applications will be reviewed by a Local Funder – in Surrey, this will be undertaken by the Community Foundation for Surrey.
The Fund will encourage effective partnerships to get everybody working together to tackle crime. It will be used to encourage voluntary and community groups to work with their Community Safety Partnership to tackle local crime problems, including through co-design and co-delivery of initiatives to cut crime.
Applications from grassroots community activists who are not traditional recipients of government grants are encouraged. To find out more, including eligibility and how to apply visit their web site.
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