Welcome everyone to the latest edition of the South Forum Newsletter

Featured in this edition:

• South Forum Next Monthly Meeting
• Orange Rock Corps
• Community Engagement & Participation
• Youth Music Event
• Awards for All Workshops
• Funding Event
• Save More, Pay Less Event
• Funeral Plan Event
• Retirement Event

If you require any information to be shared or circulated to our members please contact me on 0191 522 8447 or via email lorna@southforum.org.uk

Sunderland South Forum Next Monthly Meeting

The Next Monthly Meeting will be held at 1.00pm Wednesday 24th November 2010 at North Moor Fire Station , North Moor Road, Sunderland, SR3 1TJ . A light buffet lunch will be available from 12.30pm.

Speakers & Presentation:

• Karen Woods & Stevie Ellis - Pallion Action Group
• Darren Aspey - Freshwater Angling (Silksworth)
• To Be Announced

If you require any further information please contact Steph Leung direct on 0191 522 8447.

Orange Rock Corps

The ORANGE Rockcorps Collective launched nationwide in summer 2010 with the aim of celebrating volunteering in local communities. The Collective is a great way to share experiences of volunteering, and practically supports those who wish to volunteer by giving information about opportunities with local charities and organisations.

Charities can promote their projects through the  Orange Rockcorps website, and it will be possible to track volunteers’ experiences and project outcomes.

Volunteers can get involved with Rockcorps  if:

• you are aged 16 or over
• you wish to volunteer on a project advertised on Orange Rockcorps or have completed at least 4 hours of volunteering in the past 6 months

To register, go to: www,orangerockcorps.co.uk

• Click on 'Register now', fill in the registration form and submit.

Once you have done this, you'll be able to sign in to view projects available and share your story.

To share your story:

When signed in, click on the menu item labelled ‘The Collective’

Select 'Share your story'

Once you have got to this stage, you will be asked to upload a photo taken during one of your volunteering sessions, answer a number of questions about your voluntary role and give an e-mail or phone number of the person running the event or project you were involved in. Once you have completed and submitted this form, and the story is verified, you'll receive a gig voucher straight away!

For further information contact Andy Fraser, The Collective Co-ordinator for the North East –

 t:  07583 750372                e:  afraser@rockcorps.co.uk                             Twitter: Collective_NE

Sunderland CVS

The session looks at the basic of community engagement & participation and will cover the following areas;

• Different types of communities
• Different levels of participation
• Barriers to engagement to participation
• Hard to reach groups
• Engagement mechanisms (consultation)

Wednesday 27th October 2010
10:00am – 3:00pm
Sunderland CVS, Riverview House, West Wear Street
Sunderland, SR1 1XD

Cost
FREE

If you are interested and would like to book a place, or require additional information please contact
Rob Charlton on (0191) 565 1566
Lunch & refreshments included

Youth Music Workshop Event

With Gwyneth Lamb, Regional Executive Officer from Youth Music in partnership with Jessica Bell, Assistant Manager (Arts and Creative Development) at Sunderland City Council.

Between 10am - 12:30pm on Tuesday 2nd November 2010 at SCVS, Riverview House, West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD

These workshops will include informal advice sessions for you to discuss your project and ideas. Jessica Bell will provide an overview on Sunderland City Councils Music Strategy and advise on how they can support music delivery in Sunderland.

Youth Music is the leading UK charity using music to transform the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. Youth Music provides children and young people with access to a wide range of music-making projects and activities. They support music projects, develop music programmes and provide music-making opportunities for young people across the country.

This current priorities are:

• Helping diadvantaged children and young people
• Encouraging talent and potential
• Improving music leadship
• Music for under 5s

Mary Pattinson VSSO/Funding will also be present to discuss other funding you may need for your project.

Places must be booked in advance and there is a maximum of 2 places per organisation.

Please contact Mary Pattinson at 0191 565 1566 or email mary.pattinson@sunderlandcvs.co.uk

Awards For All Workshops

16th November 2010, 10am - 12pm

Awards for all makes grants of between £300 and £10,000 to organisations wanting to run pojects that aim to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.

Come Along! The workshop has been designed to help local groups and clubs find out whether their idea is eligible for funding and how to apply for a grant. The whole application process will be covered during the workshop, providing all the support needed to make an application.

Any project applying to awards for all must meet at least one of the programme outcomes:

• People having better chances in life with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
• Stronger communities with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
• Improved rural and urban environments which communities are better able to access and enjoy
• Healthier and more active people and communities

Each applicant is able to apply for a maximum of £10,000 in a two-year period, all awards for all grants must be spent within 12 months. Appilcants can only hold one awards for all grant at a time. The workshop is open to the voluntary and community sector only. All places must be booked in advance. Maximum of 2 places per organisation. Workshop held at:

Elite Family Specialists, 28/29 Chiswick Square, Hylton Castle, Sunderland, SR5 3PZ

To book a place, please contact Mary pattison at Sunderland CVS on 0191 565 1566 or email mary.pattison@sunderlandcvs.co.uk

Autumn Speed Networking Funding Event

Is your group currently looking for funding?

Would it be of benefit to talk to the funder face to face?

Want to meet other groups in your position?

Or find it hard to make the right connections?

If so this event is a MUST!

Tuesday 26th OCtober 2010, 10am - 1pm at The Hetton Centre, Welfare Road, Hetton-Le-Hole, DH5 9NE (Refreshments and Buffet lunch provided)

If you are interested and would like to book a place please contact Mary Pattinson on 0191 565 1566 or email at mary.pattison@sunderlandcvs.co.uk

Save More, Pay Less Event

Don’t be put out in the cold this winter- prepare early by coming along to our FREE event on Thurs 28th October!!

• Get Energy Saving Savvy from our Energy Saving in the home presentation- find out about the best appliances and things you can do!
• Get ready for the VAT rise by talking to our Warm Front Co-ordinator about the difference this could make to your future fuel bills
• Speak to our Energy Advisor- bring along your fuel bills and receive a free quote to see if you could save money switching to Age UK Energy, and find out how you could get £100 cash back*!!
• Take part in the Seated exercise demonstration and learn moves that can be used in the comfort of your own home to help keep you warm

Carers, families, neighbours, friends, anyone who may know someone who can’t make the day but may benefit… come along and take away some vital information that could be passed on!

Afterwards warm up with discounted soup and a roll from our café and/or a FREE piece of homemade cake with the purchase of a hot drink!!!

Everyone who attends receives FREE entry into a prize draw to win a fabulous Winter Goodies Hamper!!

A morning NOT to be missed!!

For more info and to book a place call 514 8324

Funeral Plan Event

Funeral Costs are growing fast!

Act now to beat 30th November price rise, pop into your local event and find out more.

Friday 22nd October, Friday 12th November & Thursday 25th November 2010

9:30am - 12:00pm

Bradbury Centre, Stockton Road, Sunderland (Near Park Lane Interchange)

**Receive a FREE luxury pen as a thank you for attending**

For more information you can contact Carly on 0191 514 8324

Retirement Event

Are you planning your retirement? Come and find out how the tax system works.

Our FREE event covers:

• Tax and retirement
• Benefits and basic budgeting
• Other services that are available after retirement age
• Help to complete tax forms as you prepare for retirement

Tax advice professionals will be on hand.

Venue: Age UK Sunderland, Bradbury Centre, Stockton Road, Sunderland SR2 7AQ

Tel: 0191 514 8336

Date: 27th October 2010

Time: 1pm – 3pm

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