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Camden Disability Action and the Centre for Independent Living; Celebrate Trustees’ Week; Citizen-led hubs: building the ecosystem together; Lead Walks in your local area; Broadening the Appeal of Your Volunteering Programme; Free Courses at West Euston Partnership; Long Term Conditions Survey + funding, jobs, volunteers, events, training, offers and resources.
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Feature
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Camden Disability Action and the Centre for Independent Living |
In September, 2017 Camden Disability Action was the organisation chosen, with its voluntary sector partners, to run the new Centre for Independent Living that is being built at this very moment at Greenwood Place. |
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NEWS & POLICY
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Event to Celebrate Trustees’ Week: Making the most of your Committee Citizen-led hubs: building the ecosystem together Lead Walks in your Local Area Broadening the Appeal of Your Volunteering Programme Free Courses at West Euston Partnership Long Term Conditions Survey Office Space to Rent in Kentish Town Camden Health Kick Hopscotch Asian Womens’ Centre, Kings Cross Story Palace, Camden Giving, Kentish Town Community Centre, Camden People’s Theatre, VAC, Camden Council and Kings Cross Jobs are recruiting. See Jobs and Volunteers section below. Listen to stories about the Camden Community at Camden Community Radio. You can join in on Facebook. Like us if you like us. Follow all the Camden Voluntary Sector news on OneCamden on Twitter. The council’s Capacity Building Bulletin is available here. You can read more about all of these stories on our news page at www.vac.org.uk/new |
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FUNDING |
See the Funding pages on VAC’s website for all the latest information. Government Invites Bids for Knife Crime Community Fund Camden Giving KX Employment Fund £4m fund widen volunteering opportunities for over 50s Bags of Help for local projects Meet the Funders Clarion Community Grants Programme £1 million to make your area greener |
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VAC EVENTS |
Healthy Minds Programme with Mind in Camden Event to Celebrate Trustees’ Week: Making the most of your Committee More details on the VAC website: https://vac.org.uk/events/ |
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OTHER EVENTS |
Sense Activities Thinking about transition for young people with SEND aged 16-25? Camden Active training workshop for organisations involved in sport and physical activity Learning and development opportunities – Working with Camden’s children, young people and families Autumn 2017 Going Cap in Hand: Charities in the Age of Austerity An Evening of Faith Recognition and Celebration Don’t forget that Camden TDS run a full programme of course which are subsidised or free for voluntary sector partner organisations. There is a link to a list of partner organisations on the home page. Find more Training Opportunities at www.vac.org.uk |
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JOBS AND VOLUNTEERING |
Camden Giving seeks Trustees LB Camden seeks Volunteer Co-ordinator Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre is recruiting for an Employment Advisor for the Big Lottery/ESF funded employment project, Building Better Opportunities (BBO). King’s Cross Story Palace seeks Volunteers Kentish Town Community Centre “Connecting and Inspiring Kentish Town” is looking for more Trustees to join its Board Camden People’s Theatre seeks Executive Director Youth Employment Project Volunteers are needed in GP practices Kings Cross Jobs Find Jobs and Volunteering opportunities at https://www.vac.org.uk/ For all things volunteering contact Volunteer Centre Camden. You can read the latest VCC news here. |
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OFFERS, RESOURCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Office Space to Rent in Kentish Town Local Charity offers use of Top Spec Photocopier if You Can Give it a Home Sheltered Housing Allocation Points Survey online now Join the NW3 Community Land Trust Call For Patients to Share Experiences Camden Consultations FREE VAC Membership for Unfunded Groups: Voluntary Action Camden Small organisations with no paid staff and a turnover of less than £1,500 can now for FREE. To take advantage of this offer just fill in the membership on the online form here. Camden Carers Service |