Engaging Communities Voluntary Organisations Forum Our Community... Our Heritage...
The Engaging Communities Voluntary Organisations Forum (VOF) aims to: Support for groups that engage in community work Particularly community groups, BME and micro organisations Move towards more practical and peer to peer support through networking Our Community, Our heritage… To develop a better understanding on what the needs of the community are and how the museums and cultural institutes can cater for them To remove barriers and make services offered by the institutes more accessible To strengthen relationship between the institutes and VCS to take a collective approach to community engagement
Corporate Services Small Grants Fund • Setup to assist local community organisations with their activities • To benefit residents of the Royal Borough • Voluntary and community organisations with charitable objectives • Two tranches of the Corporate Services Small Grants Fund. • This year a total of £14,000 has been made available (£7,000 each round) • The first round has just taken place and has been allocated • The second round will be allocated in October 2013. The grants have been allocated as follows: • Action Disability Kensington & Chelsea [£500] • Advice Support & Development Ltd [£1,489] • Al- Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s Centre [£711] • Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA) [£908] •Karima’s Cuisina [£392] • Latymer Christian Fellowship Trust [£1,000] • Response Community Projects [£1,000] •Women’s Association for African Networking and Development UK [£1,000]
o Each ward is allocated £20,000 (per year) o The three ward Councilors allocate these funds towards community projects o Applications come through a simple budget approval form o Issues are identified through surveys and engagement o Projects must help to address these local issues •Campden Ward Isolated Older People’s Project • Life Coaching and Training in St Charles and Golborne Wards •iAm: The ‘Hanging Around’ Tour – A Drama Project for Younger People • Portobello Land Community Website
Kensington Palace: Outreach & Community Involvement The Reading Group ‘Book Break’ Kensington Palace Party Upholstery Project ‘Victoria Revealed’ curtains, Al Wildflower garden, Jigsaw mother & Family Fun Day Tea Party Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s group toddler group … a palace for everyone
Free ee event nts, s, worksh kshop ops s and d act ctivit ities ies fo for everyone yone • Meet artists, designers and makers • Discover our collection of 1,180,172 objects and our temporary exhibitions • Learn new skills • Make your own designs • Gain support for your career development in arts and design • Get involved in projects •Help shape the museum’s programme • Soak up in the atmosphere of our garden and Enjoy Black Heritage - Janet j.browne@vam.ac.uk Young People - Filipa f.alvesdesousa@vam.ac.uk Families - Lucy l.walker@vam.ac.uk
• Welcoming and free • Advance help with visit • Complimentary entry • Flexibility • Onsite support • Specimens handling workshop
For more information visit: Voluntary Organisations Forums (VOFs): http://www.kcsc.org.uk/networks-forums City Living Local Life: www.rbkc.gov.uk/citylivinglocallife Kensington Palace: http://www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/ Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Science Museum: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ Victoria & Albert Museum: www.vam.ac.uk/ Thank You
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