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This website provides information about support services for the Southend-on-Sea community, running your own community group,ways to get involved. Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9am- 5pm Contact: 29-31 Alexandra St, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1BW Tel: 01702 356000 Email: Economic Impact Assessment
Submitted by savsadmin on Fri, 16/12/2011 - 16:43.
The positive impact of the sector is vast but difficult to quantify. Consider for example the social value of someone with mental ill‐health volunteering at a lunch club for the elderly; his health improves because he has a focus to his day and is making a difference to someone’s life; as a result he needs less medication and visits to mental health professionals. Additionally, the elderly people at the club benefit from reduced isolation, social interaction and a hot meal.
In the summer of 2011 SAVS carried out a short online survey amongst its 297 members to help identify the economic value of the Third Sector in Southend. Click on the attached document to check out the results.
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Home Safety Fire Service Project
Submitted by savsadmin on Wed, 14/12/2011 - 16:16.
Turning Tides have started working with Essex County Fire & Rescue Service, again with a team of volunteers. These Volunteers have been trained by the Fire Service to deliver more capacity around home fire safety visits in Southend. The pilot of this project runs from October to March and all trained Volunteers will receive uniform and equipment. For more information on the project please go to www.savs-southend.org/turningtides
Big Society
Submitted by savsadmin on Thu, 29/09/2011 - 14:51.This paper aims to decipher what the Big Society means to the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Southend. We review the political context and
highlight the commitments the Government is making to improve the prospects of the VCS.
We look at how the VCS can help Southend Borough Council and other public
sector bodies deliver the Big Society agenda and how we can help them
deliver more (or the same) for less funds as they deal with the impact of their
cuts.
What can the VCS offer? What opportunities are there for us? What do we
need to do to take advantage and ensure our survival and growth in the years
ahead? What does the public sector need to do to support the VCS and
make the best advantage of what we have to offer?
Volunteering is at the heart of the Big Society but has been under-funded for
many years. What can volunteering bring to Southend and how can we
sustain voluntary activity?
The VCS in Southend has really felt the impact of the recession and our
survey carried out in September 2010 gives us a flavour of what is happening
at the very local, grassroots level.
ESSEX STARTS ITS SEARCH FOR OVER 450 'ESSEX AMBASSADOR' VOLUNTEERS FOR THE LONDON 2012 GAMES
Submitted by savsadmin on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 09:18. ESSEX STARTS ITS SEARCH FOR OVER 450 'ESSEX AMBASSADOR' VOLUNTEERS FOR THE
Welcome
Submitted by savsadmin on Wed, 27/04/2011 - 21:05.Welcome to the SAVS website - on here you will find all you need about the voluntary and community sector in Southend - if you have any suggestions or content please contact me at info@savs-southend.co.uk - Thanks - Dan
