Southend Association of Voluntary Services (SAVS).Sycamore - The Mayor's Charity
Mayor of Southend-on-Sea 2009/10 Cllr Brian Smith invites bids from local groups to run his charity “Sycamore Fund”
Sycamore is the Mayor’s charity for 2009/10, which this year aims to raise money in support of young carers of primary school age in Southend. The fund will provide a long term friend and mentor and a fun day off from their caring duties, whilst providing support to the person they care for. A Department of Health estimate acknowledged 32,000 young carers in the UK, however, the last Census found an incredible 175,000 with some 13,000 of them providing more than 50 hours of help a week
Latest Job Opportunities
Don't miss out visit the SAVS Jobs page!
Latest SAVS Training Courses
- Funding & Tendering Strategies
- Events Management
- Outcomes (Monitoring & Evaluation)
- Project Management
- Introduction to Working with the Media
- Introduction to Developing Social Enterprise
Visit the SAVS Training Page to find out more.
Consultations
To find out more about NHS South East Essex consultations click here
Community Cohesion Strategy (draft) and Executive Summary
Are you an Internet novice?
Submitted by savsadmin on Fri, 26/06/2009 - 16:05.Is the Internet a mystery to you? Never sent an e-mail? Southend-on-Sea Borough Libraries are hosting FREE Internet taster sessions at libraries in July.
- Friars Library, The Renown, Shoeburyness, 9.30-12.00, Tuesday 14th July.
- Thorpedene Library, Delaware Road, Shoeburyness, 9.15-12.40, Thursday 2nd July.
Swine Flu Information - UPDATE
Submitted by savsadmin on Mon, 15/06/2009 - 11:47.
Please find attached specific information relating to the Voluntary and Community Sector. An important leaflet is also available with detailed information and useful contacts to help keep you and your family safe. Download below or visit
www.see-pct.nhs.uk
Fun and Friendship Grant Programme
Fun and Friendship
Fun and Friendship is a new grant programme from BBC Children in Need
which is specifically targeted towards organisations working with disabled young people between 12 and 18 years. It is a three year programme and is additional to their other grant programmes.
The purpose of the grant programme is to help projects to create and enhance
opportunities for disabled young people to meet friends and have a good time, as
independently as possible, as young people of that age like to do. Disabled young people face additional constraints and barriers when seeking to establish independent social networks and they want to fund projects that empower and support them to socialise and make friends.
