KCSC Link - Autumn 2012

These are urgent questions thatneed addressing at a time whenthe Institute for Fiscal Studiespredict a steep rise in childpoverty rates over the next fewyears.This is why the Social Council is

pleased that our partnership workwith the voluntary sector forums,the council, NHS officers andPoverty Watch has led to us beingawarded £60,000 over 18 monthsto deliver the Change for Childrenproject.Through this award we aim to

support local organisations toensure that what is happening tofamilies is understood. This willlead to exploring ways resourcescan be used differently to helpresidents maintain hope andaspiration during this era ofausterity.The work will support

organisations working withchildren and families to respondto needs as they develop andproduce evidence that might helpwith raising funds to deliverenhanced services to families.The project will be rolled out

from September onwards and willseek to work with 35 organisationsto capture evidence of the issuesthat are affecting local familiesboth in and out of work. We wantto support organisations to gather

Delivering Change for ChildrenTo what extent is poverty affecting the lives of children andfamilies locally? How can the local voluntary and communitysector contribute to help combat poverty?

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as much evidence as possible sothat we can begin to identifygaps, shape services, lobby forchange and campaign for socialjustice.

Influencing changeEvidence will tell us many thingsabout what people areexperiencing. It will highlight thestruggles that people go throughas well as the great things thatpeople do to help themselves andothers. From the evidence we willsee where there are gaps andthen work with groups to see ifthose gaps can be filled.This work is of vital importance forlocal children but you can play

your part easily. We will supportyou to ask questions. We willcome and help with any doorknocking you may wish to do. Wewill write the reports with you andsupport you and your families tospeak to decision makers.To find out more about this

project and how to get involved,visit our new Change for Childrenweb page. Whilst there you canalso read more about ourCommunity Voices project andPoverty Watch.

More info: Ambika [email protected] 020 7243 9800

www.kcsc.org.uk

KENSINGTON & CHELSEASOCIAL COUNCILLondon Lighthouse111-117 Lancaster RoadLondon W11 1QT

020 7243 [email protected] no 1087457Limited company no. 4146375

C O N TA C T U S

Mary Gardiner 020 7243 9803Chief [email protected]

Harjit Dhaliwal 020 7243 9801Office [email protected]

Organisational Development Team

Siobhan Sollis 020 7243 9807Head of Organisational [email protected]

Brenda Nambooze 020 7243 9807Development [email protected]

Katie Steingold 020 7243 9800Events [email protected]

Business Development Team

Lev Pedro 020 7243 9809Business Development [email protected]

Ian Harvey 020 7243 9809Monitoring and Compliance [email protected]

Policy Development Team

Angela Spence 020 7243 9802Deputy Chief [email protected]

Mohammed Miah 020 7243 9808Development Officer –Partnership and [email protected]

Ambika Sharma 020 7243 9804Campaigns & Development [email protected]

Kuldip Bajwa 020 7243 9805Information & Communications [email protected]

The views expressed in Link are notnecessarily those of KCSC.

Kensington & ChelseaSocial Council (KCSC)works to support locally focusedvoluntary and communityorganisations serving local residents.

The Community Leadership Schoolis comingDon’t miss this opportunity to influence your own future andthat of the local sector.

Between September and December 2012 we are piloting a newCommunity Leadership School. The pilot will pave the way for the fullimplementation of community leadership courses, workshops and toolsfrom early 2013.If you are interested in joining the Future Leaders Support Group, just

want to network or receive training in dealing with stress or improving yourproblem solving skills, make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to attendworkshops and events this coming autumn.Sign up to the pilot by contacting Angela Spence and we will keep you

updated on all the progress.

Do you need help with a business plan?Are you thinking about incorporating as a company?Do you need help with your financial managementsystems?As the voluntary sector is moving more towards formal contracting, charitiesneed to be thinking more about these important aspects of running a smallorganisation.If you need advice on any of these topics then please get in touch to

discuss your needs.The Social Council is working together with CaSH to deliver these

services to local organisations.

More info: Angela Spence [email protected] 020 7243 9802

More info: Mary Gardiner [email protected] 020 7243 9803or: Siobhan Sollis [email protected] 020 7243 9806

More info: Siobhan Sollis [email protected] 020 7243 9806

Mentoring for senior workers andtrustees, advice to boardsIn addition to the new Community Leadership School we already offer somementoring to senior workers and trustees as well as advice to boards.So if you feel that some extra support could help you in your management

or governance role why not get in touch to discuss your needs?

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A recent report produced by Kensington & ChelseaCommunity Enterprises CIC concluded that peoplefrom certain demographic groups experience barriersin trying to save money by switching household energytariffs.The report was based on research carried out with

three local partner organisations; A Moveable Feast,Age UK Kensington & Chelsea and Nucleus LegalAdvice Centre. It highlighted a need for independentadvice to help people switch tariffs. This was due tothe complexity of the markets and the informationgiven by suppliers. The findings supportrecommendations from the Government, Ofgem andAge UK on empowering consumers by providinginformation, advice and advocacy, particularly incomplex markets such as energy.NHS public health managers will be taking the

recommendations forward as part of their strategy toreduce fuel poverty.You can read the report online or download your

copy from the Social Council website.

New research highlights barriers to switchinghousehold energy tariffs

Staff changes at theSocial CouncilThis summer we were pleased to welcome KatieSteingold as our new Events Officer. Katie has takenover the role formerly occupied by Ambika Sharmawho has been promoted internally to CampaignsDevelopment Officer. Ashna Sharma who joined us asan Administrator will continue in her role until the endof the year but last month we were sorry to saygoodbye to Ava Williams, our Events Volunteer. Ava isreturning to University to complete the second year ofher studies.

More info: Brenda Nambooze 020 7243 [email protected] www.kcsc.org.uk/getonboard

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Ambika, Ashna and Katie.

More info: www.kcsc.org.uk/news/energy-tarriffs

Have you got what it takesto be a trustee?The Get on Board Kensington and Chelsea project isrecruiting people to volunteer as trustees of localvoluntary and community organisations. If youcurrently work in the voluntary sector you may havethe skills and experience that localorganisations are looking for.Being a trustee is a great

responsibility that enables you tobecome part of the overall managementand decision-making team of anorganisation. The role will help you develop your skills inareas such as team work and strategic thinking.If you are interested in becoming a trustee we want

to hear from you.

Upcoming events for trusteesNew Trustees Training SessionThursday 11 October 6.15pm 8.30pm,Kensington Town Hall.This session will provide an overview of the roles andresponsibilities of being a trustee.

Trustee ConferenceSaturday 20 October 10.45am- 3.20pm,Kensington Town Hall.A conference for trustees to come together to network,learn and share perspectives on good governance.

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New Public Health Outcomes Framework SeminarTuesday 9 October, 10am - 1pm – with Pete Westmore, Senior Public Health Manager,Inner North-West London Primary Care TrustsThis half-day seminar is for voluntary organisations in Kensington & Chelsea that are interested in acquiring NHScontracts to deliver health improvement work in the community.The seminar will enable you to understand the new public health outcomes framework, relate it to your

organisation’s work and identify ways in which voluntary organisations can support local authorities to meet theirnew public health responsibilities.Places can be booked via the Social Council website.

More info: www.kcsc.org.uk/publichealthseminar

CensusThe first results from the 2011Census were published in July andthey showed a surprising drop inthe population of the RoyalBorough of Kensington andChelsea.The figure of 158,700 was 0.6%

down on the 2001 total when thelast Census was conducted butperhaps more importantly it wasalso down on the mid-yearestimates produced by the Officefor National Statistics (ONS) whichestimated a population of just over169,000. Across London, thepopulation has grown by 12% overthe last decade.The population figures are

important because they affect thecentral government formula grantfor the coming years. For the 2001 Census, Kensington and Chelsea had the worst rate ofreturn in the country and this could partially explain the low total this time.The first release of Census data included focused on population figures and gave a

breakdown by age groups and sex. Further key and quick statistics will be released in late2012 /early 2013 and local characteristics will be released in the spring of 2013.

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The Westway Development Trust is inviting localvoluntary and community organisations to sign up asmember organisations.The Trust was formed in the 1970s, to take on the

challenge of regenerating and managing derelict landunder the A40 flyover. It now provides a host ofservices including training, recreational and sportsfacilities, member capacity and skills development andthe promotion of community arts.The Trust works closely with its member

organisations to deliver it’s wide range of projects.Members also play an important constitutional role,electing half of trustees and having the right to

Westway Development Trust – SEEKING NEW MEMBERSnominate candidates for trustee election.To be eligible for membership, organisations must

have aims that are compatible with those of the Trustand be currently providing charitable activities inKensington and Chelsea which serve the interests of asignificant number of residents.If your organisation is interested in membership you

can find out more by contacting Westway DevelopmentTrust directly.

More info: [email protected] www.westway.org 020 8962 5720

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Corporate ServicesInnovation FundingA desire to support voluntary and communityorganisations develop more creative and sustainablefunding models is behind a £1.5m injection ofcouncil funding that is part of the Royal Borough’sCorporate Grants Programme.Applicants have until midday on Friday 5 October

2012 to bid for funds from the Corporate ServicesInnovation Fund 2013-14.

Organisations that either:

• want to offer a new service in the Royal Borough• are not currently funded via the Corporate GrantsProgramme

• want to reach a new client group

can apply for projects that they believe willbecome sustainable with little or no publicsector subsidy within three years.

A minimum grant of £10,000 can be awarded forup to three years. Funding will be available fromJanuary 2013.

More info:www.kcsc.org.uk/funding/corporate-services-innovation-funding

Silver Sunday – celebrating the lives of older people

More info: www.silversunday.org.uk

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Sunday 7th October will see anumber of events taking place tomark the first ‘Silver Sunday’ – aday of activities to celebrate thelives of older people.Events will take place across

the tri-borough area of the RoyalBorough of Kensington andChelsea, Westminster CityCouncil, Hammersmith & Fulham.Local organisations are being

encouraged to take part byarranging their own events andactivities to take place on the day.You can send in details of any

activity you are holding in thisborough [email protected] and itwill be included in councilpublicity for the day.All events will also be

publicised on the Silver Sundaywebsite.

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What is happening to oIn the last two years, a number of changes to a range of socia l support systems haor even middle incomes. The cost of living has risen whilst support is being cut.

We need you to tell us if this is the rightcombination of approaches. We need to alsosee whether you would like to join thecampaign or the support projects. Would youjoin a letter writing group or attend PovertyWatch? Can you send in evidence basedstories so they can become part of the proofof what is happening across our communities?

with central government to stopthis people drain.As a sector we are not standing

still whilst this is happening. Weare collecting evidence to take todecision makers at the BVOAG, thequarterly meeting body that bringstogether voluntary and communitysector representatives withcouncillors, lead officers andhealth directors. We are running across sector group called PovertyWatch, and we are supportingorganisations working with morevulnerable groups and childrenand families to work together toboth collect evidence, supportthose in hardship and to rememberwhy we are doing what we do.As well as Poverty Watch and

the Credit Union we are supportinga food bank which is going to belaunched from St Luke’s Church,Redcliffe Gardens in September.We also plan to work with ourmember groups to start a clothesswap. Although some of thisseems Dickensian, the SocialCouncil is supporting theseprojects as practical support mustdevelop alongside lobbying.Both activities can point out the

injustice of the effects ofreductions on those who are morevulnerable than many of us. It isvital to also show that we doconsider that we, as a set ofcommunities, are all in thistogether.

through the Localism Act in 2011which gave local authorities andsocial landlords greater freedomand flexibilities will reinforce thisdamaging trend. Social landlords(not the council, yet) applyingaffordable rents at 80% of themarket value will put ‘affordability’out of reach for many in theborough. Offering time limitedtenancies will take homes awayfrom many low income andvulnerable people.Already the vast majority on

housing waiting lists have nochance of accessing socialhousing and those housed intemporary accommodation outsideof the borough face long andexpensive journeys to hold downtheir jobs, to keep their children inlocal schools and to maintainsocial ties.The hope we had for vibrant,

mixed communities will not berealised if this strategy is notimplemented with good planning,an understanding of what a healthycommunity should look like andlots of common sense.The social economy is as

important as the formal economyand we believe it is a rareKensington and Chelsea residentwho doesn’t want to mix withpeople from all backgrounds.We need a new approach that is

not solely market driven and onethat sees local councillors work

Evidence collected by voluntarysector advisors that supported thedevelopment of Your Credit UnionKensington & Chelsea tells us thatmany households in this wealthyborough struggle with high levelsof debt.People simply do not earn

enough or receive enough inbenefits to pay for school uniformsfor their children, to provideadequate diets for their families, toeat a regular hot meal orsometimes pay their fares to work.Recent changes to housing

benefit have seen, at the lastcount, more than 900 householdsof all ages and backgroundsforced out of their homes to other,cheaper parts of London andbeyond. Homelessness isincreasing by an average of 25families per month. We fear farworse changes when the universalbenefit cap is introduced next year.We are losing children from

local state schools, volunteers fromlocal community organisations,long term older residents and hardworking families. As the benefitchanges affect more residents, weare seriously concerned that notenough consideration is beinggiven to the widening equality gapin this borough. If not thoughtthrough, we may be creating areasthat, once more, becomepolarised.The reform of social housing

DO YOU AGREE WITH OUR APPROACH? MAINTAINING OUR MISSION

Keeping our spirit and mission alive as asector at the moment is so important. Ourapproach to the future for the residents weserve is rooted in why we developed and theway we have always delivered our mission.This is what we have to remember in thecoming months as we understand moreabout the effects of austerity.

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ur mixed Communities?ve had a detrimental impact on the lives of those residents locally who are on lowOur Chief Executive Mary Gardiner looks at the future of our communities.

Save the Children highlight extent of national child poverty problemNew research from Save the Children hashighlighted the extent of child poverty nationwide.It says children are going without hot meals, newshoes and winter clothes, and missing out onschool trips, toys and treats because their parentscannot afford the rising cost of living.This includes families with a household income

of up to £30,000 a year but those below thepoverty line with a household income below£17,000 are worst hit. Shrinking incomes, soaring

food and energy costs, and cuts to welfarebenefits and public services are cited as reasons.

Save the Children has launched an appeal withthe slogan ‘It Shouldn't Happen Here’ to raise£500,000 to help those most in need. This is thefirst time it has launched an aid appeal for peoplein Britain. Money raised will be spent on providingcookers, beds and other essential householditems to families living in poverty.

More info: www.savethechildren.org.uk

HHOOUUSSIINNGGOver 8,000 households are on the social housing waiting list inKensington and Chelsea. Nearly a quarterof them are considered high priority. In 2010-11 there were only 473 newlettings. The average wait for threebedroom properties is 7 years.

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The way the media portrays it,you’d think that every person outof work and claiming benefits ishappy to just sit just watching

Jeremy Kyle, growing progressively more obese and lesslikely to get gainful employment. But it’s simply not true. People on benefits make a huge contribution to the

local voluntary sector and wider community by givingtheir time as care assistants, classroom assistants innursery schools, administrators, drivers, gardeners and awhole range of other activities. Without their efforts, theVolunteer Centre wouldn’t be able to fill many of thevolunteering placements that we offer. By their nature,most local groups need people who are available

Monday-Friday, 9-5 which precludes those “hard-working taxpayers” from being able to help them. Thankheavens then, for people on benefits who are able tostep in. The Volunteer Centre is also, not coincidentally, a

sub-contractor for the Work Programme, and again wesee people every week who are desperate to work, tomake a contribution, to be a part of society. They takeup placements in local organisations and make a hugedifference to the community of Kensington & Chelsea.The most important thing in all this, though, is that

this is strictly VOLUNTARY. None of these people areforced to take part in this activity or are penalised if theydon’t. They do it of their own free will because they

Stop the victimisation of people out of work!Kirsty Palmer – Chief Executive Volunteer Centre

Many would agree that educationshould be based on fairness,opportunity and good practice.FOG in other words. The trouble

is that these terms are contested and actually what weget instead is fog.Fairness is about helping every child to overcome

obstacles to learning. That might mean breakfast firstthing in the morning for some or a grant to buy a schooluniform. It could mean a maintenance allowance forthose over 16 so they don’t have to work. Opportunity means a rounded experience in and out

of school. The big advantage that public schools,grammars and the best of the maintained sector offerstudents is a rich out of school experience.Team sportsplayed at weekends. After school and weekend danceclasses, chess, science and maths activities, circusskills. Day trips, residential stays and trips abroad.Something for everyone. The profile of a successfullearner is one who works hard in school and hard out ofschool on enjoyable life enhancing activities. Good practice is about providing good teaching first

and we know the early years and primary education isthe bedrock. It’s expensive. Its labour intensive. Withoutgood teaching, we are forever trying to compensate forthe effect of a poor start. This is even more intensive

and more expensive. And doesn’t necessarily work!Good teaching is about understanding how learning

happens. It’s about keeping a focus on the needs ofthe learners and a vision of the transformational powerof learning. It’s about each child finding out how to bea good learner and developing a love of learning.Learning is a social activity. It is collaborative. It is theproduct of the integration of many different strands —time, money, energy, commitment. It depends on inputfrom parents, grandparents, teachers, governors,community members, external agencies. It is where weshould all be in it together.This means that schools should be local and

community minded. The pressure on school places atpresent has put an intolerable pressure on parentsstruggling to find a school place for their children.The pressure once seen at secondary level has

come down to the primary phase where each child isno longer guaranteed a place in the nearest mostappropriate school. Parental choice is no longer anoption for many. Competition for a place for 5 year oldsseems to be the order of the day. I would love to haveperformance indicators for education based on FOG. I think as a nation we might find we are rated as red onevery count.

Improve life chances for chi ldren through educationDanielle Stone – ex Golborne ward resident, teacher, and community ad visor.

What are the main challenges facing communities today and what can we do about them?

More info: www.kcsc.org.uk/agm2012

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understand the advantages that it will bring them. It hasbeen our overwhelming experience that when people aretreated like responsible members of society they willbehave exactly in that way. We offer compassion andunderstanding, and make every effort to make sure theirvolunteering placement fits in with the rest of their life(children, managing illness, training etc) and they stick atit. We also know that a significant proportion of them findpaid work as a result. In the last year at the Volunteer Centre, we registered

almost 5,000 brand new volunteers, well over half ofwhom were hoping to use their volunteering experienceas a way to help them towards a job. This does notsuggest a sub-culture of idleness.

Not-for-profit banking services will shortly be availablefor people who live and work in the Royal Borough ofKensington and Chelsea with the launch of theborough’s very first Credit Union.Services will be available both

online and within communityoutlets across the borough inthe North (Kensal Road),Central (Earls Court) and South (Worlds End).Members will be able to take advantage of a

range of savings, loans and other ethical financialservices that will offer benefits to local people and thewider community.Your Credit Union is a mutual which means it will

be owned by everyone who joins, and each memberwill have a say in how it is run. It will provide an ethicalalternative to subprime lenders such as payday loanproviders, home credit companies, pawnbrokers andillegal loan sharks who prey on local families, helpingresidents avoid these extortionate interest rates.Currently, as many as 24,500 of the borough’sresidents are excluded from the mainstream banksand struggle with their finances.

Register your interest NOWDon’t miss out. Be one of the first to benefit from itsnew financial services by registering your details withYour Credit Union today. You can find out more by ringing 020 8356 5663

or visiting www.yourcu.co.uk

Stop the victimisation of people out of work!Kirsty Palmer – Chief Executive Volunteer Centre

Improve life chances for chi ldren through educationDanielle Stone – ex Golborne ward resident, teacher, and community ad visor.

What are the main challenges facing communities today and what can we do about them?

Your Credit Uniongets set for launch

More info: Kuldip [email protected] 020 7243 9803

Both of these articles appear on theSocial Council website as blogs.

We would welcome your comments onwhat the author has to say.

Whether you agree or disagree please jointhe discussion at www.kcsc.org.uk/blog

If you have an opinion that you would like toshare in answer to the headline question wewould love to hear it. Why not send it in to

us and be our next guest blogger?

Submissions should be no more than 400 words (but please feel free to

submit a shorter piece). We will not publish anything that is party political and please state yourconnection to the Royal Borough of

Kensington and Chelsea.

STAYING STRONG KCSC CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL

GENERAL MEETINGWED 14 NOVEMBER

9.30AM - 3PM LONDON LIGHTHOUSE

How can the local voluntary sector maintainits strength in the current climate? Does theneed to change and adapt to new challengesconflict with our values?

Discuss the future with invited panelguests and RBKC Chief ExecutiveDerek Myers.

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Collecting this information is vital for you to be ableto plan any new services and make sure they aremeeting the current needs of the people that useyour services. It also comes in handy whencompleting that tricky question on fundingapplication forms ‘what is the need for yourproject and how do you know there is a need’.Furthermore, it can provide you with data to build anevidence base if you wish to campaign for changeon issues effecting your users.

Focus groupsIn this edition, we are taking a look at Focus Groups.These are discussions led by a facilitator with onaverage six to twelve people on a topic set in advance.The idea is for people to meet together to shareopinions and experiences surrounding that topic.

Pros Focus groups are a good way to explore topics indepth and the discussion generated can encouragepeople to share attitudes and experiences as people‘bounce off each other’ in the conversation. Theyare particularly useful for consulting your users onwhat they think of your services and gatheringsuggestions for improvements or developments.

ConsFocus groups are not suitable if you need to gatherconfidential or sensitive information or if people lack

confidence to share their opinions in a group. In such a case one-to-one interviews orquestionnaires would be better. Also you need toconsider that only a few questions can be asked ina focus group due to the time taken up bydiscussion and sometimes it can be hard to recordwhat people say as they may talk over each other.

Top tips on running a successful focus group

• Consider arranging your focus group to coincide with another activity so you alreadyhave people physically there

• Prepare a short list of questions,starting with a general one to getthe discussion going and thenmove into more specific questions

• Use ‘open’ questions (i.e. without ayes or no answer) and prepareprompts to help encouragediscussion where needed

• When inviting people to a focusgroup consider it’s make up so thatyou have a good cross section ofthe people you want to gatheropinions from

• Hold the focus group in a venuethat is welcoming, comfortable andaccessible for people

• Have both a facilitator and an observer/recorderpresent

• Set ground rules at the beginning of the focusgroup

• Ensure the facilitator does not get involved in thediscussion but does intervene to help keep thetopic on track and to ensure that everyone in thegroup gets to have their say and no one personis dominating

If you deliver services for children and families in the boroughof Kensington andChelsea and want tolearn more and getsupport on gatheringevidence then readmore about the Change for Childrenproject on page 1.

To coincide with the launch of our new Trust for London funded project – Changefor Children (see front page) this article will focus on one of the ways in whichinformation about the needs of your users or community can be collected.

Evidencing needs

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Previous editions of LINK have described the workof the Kensington and Chelsea InfrastructureConsortium, (a partnership between us, theVolunteer Centre, CASH, K&C Foundation and theMigrant and Refugee Communities Forum). In thisedition we are bringing you up to date on theChange Programme that forms one part of thisprogramme.With the overall aim of making support services

for voluntary and community organisations “morestreamlined, effective and accessible”, we havebeen gathering as much information as possible onwhich to base our solutions for the future.We have defined infrastructure services as “the

support that helps groups achieve their aims”. Thisdefinition covers a wide range of services, includingadvice on running your group, funding advice,working with volunteers, empowering the sector tohave a “voice”, policy and information work andrepresentation.We have run three sessions for voluntary and

community organisations to give them anopportunity to feed in their views and there is alsoan online questionnaire (see the box below). Theinformation that we have obtained has shown uswhich of the current services groups use, how highlythey rate them, and what new services would help in

the future. We have also talked to council officersand other external stakeholders to gather theirviews. We have mapped the infrastructure services that

are currently provided by the five partner groupsand are currently assessing the impact that thesemake.Of course, we can’t ignore the fact that this

project is taking place in a period of immensechange for the voluntary and community sector itselfand how we take this work forward must be firmlyrooted in this new era of reduced funding, squeezedpublic services and a need to do more with less. The consortium realises that now is the ideal time

to “modernise”; to provide you with the support andhelp that you need in this new environment so thatyou in turn can provide the services that yourbeneficiaries require. The partners have agreed thatthe identified needs of the groups must be at theheart of the reconfiguration of services.Our next step in the process is to involve the

Chairs and Trustees of the Consortium Partners andto discuss what “form” the future provision ofservices might take.For updates on the Kensington and Chelsea

Infrastructure Consortium’s work you can visit theSocial Council’s TLI web page.

Improving our support for your organisationTransforming Local Infrastructure

More info: www.kcsc.org.uk/tli

ARE WE MEETING YOUR SUPPORT NEEDS?

As your local voluntary sector infrastructuresupport agencies, are we delivering the servicesyou require? Please do take time to complete the short

online questionnaire by visiting the link below.The questionnaire is in two parts – we ask for

your thoughts on the support you currentlyreceive and about the support services youwould like to see us deliver in the future.The more evidence we gather, the better the

new services can be tailored to your needs.

ww.kcsc.org.uk/part-1-meeting-your-current-support-needs

Contact the Kensington and Chelsea Infrastructure ConsortiumFor further information about the Change Programme, or if you would like to make comments,

you can also email Helen Hughes, Change Manager, directly.

More info: [email protected]

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UPCOMING EVENTS DAT E S F O R YO UR D I A RY

Please see below a list of currently scheduled events until the end of the year. Details of these and all other Social Council events can be found on our website. Please register for events before attending.

S E P T E M B E R

Poverty WatchMeetingThu 13 September10am - 12pm London Lighthouse

Voluntary SectorTourFri 14 September 1.00pm - 4.15pm North Kensington

Summer GardenPartyFri 14 September4.30pm - 7pmLondon Lighthouse

Child Poverty -Where’s theevidence?TrainingTue 18 September10am - 1pm Kensington Town Hall

K&C AdviceForumThu 20 September2.30pm - 4.30pm Kensington Town Hall

Health &Wellbeing VOFTues 25 September10am - 12.30pm Kensington Town Hall

Future Leaders Support GroupFri 28 September12.30pm - 2pm London Lighthouse

Big Sunday LunchSun 30 September1pm - 4pm Harrow Club

Future LeadersSupport GroupFri 26 October12.30pm - 2pm London Lighthouse

N O V E M B E R

Chief Officers Support GroupMon 5 November12pm - 2pm London Lighthouse

EngagingCommunities VOFWed 7 November10am - 12pm Kensington Town Hall

Managing StaffTrainingThu 8 November9.30am - 4pmLondon Lighthouse

CompactBreakfast BriefingFri 9 November9am – 10.30amKensington Town Hall

Staying Strong –KCSC Conferenceand AnnualGeneral MeetingWed 14 November9.30am - 3.00pmLondon Lighthouse

Older PeoplesVOFMon 26 November3pm - 5pm Kensington Town Hall

Future LeadersSupport GroupFri 30 November12.30pm - 2pm London Lighthouse

D E C E M B E R

Chief OfficersSupport GroupMon 3 December12pm - 2pm London Lighthouse

Main VOFWed 12 December9.45am - 12pmKensington Town Hall

Poverty WatchThu 13 December10am - 12pm London Lighthouse

K&C AdviceForumThu 13 December2.30pm - 4.30pm Kensington Town Hall

Visit www.kcsc.org.uk/events or for more information on any

event call 020 7243 9800

O C T O B E R

Chief Officers Support GroupMon 1 October12pm - 2pm London Lighthouse

Child Poverty –Where’s theevidence? TrainingTue 2 and 9 October5.30pm - 7pm Kensington Town Hall

Sharing LessonsLearned – SexualHealth ConferenceWed 3 October9.30am - 4.30pmLondon Lighthouse

Managing StressTrainingWed 10 October10am – 4.30pmLondon Lighthouse

New TrusteeTraining Thu 11 October6.15pm - 8.30pmKensington Town Hall

Children YoungPeople & FamiliesVOFWed 17 October10am - 12.30pm Kensington Town Hall

Public HealthOutcomesFrameworkWorkshopThu 18 October10am - 12.30pm London Lighthouse

TrusteeConferenceSat 20 October10.45am - 3.20pmKensington Town Hall

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