The newsletter for Sutton’s Voluntary and Community Sector July 2016

In this issue: Free cakes, Happy birthday Healthwatch

Sutton and lots of training opportunities

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Susanna’s column Dear Colleagues, It is time for me to say my goodbyes. I am

leaving SCVS at the end of July after more than thirteen

years with the organisation and five years as Chief

Executive. I have loved working in Sutton, and especially

being part of SCVS, but we have always planned to move

back to the South West when we could and live in Devon. So

we are off to reside in the country, pretty much in the middle

of nowhere, and where my friends assure me the earth spins

more slowly. I’m really looking forward to that!

Despite being excited about the move there are many

things I will miss about Sutton. Having lived here for

almost twenty years and worked here for much of that time I

know it is a great place and I have made many good friends

from across all sectors. It goes without saying that we are

living through extraordinarily difficult and challenging

times, especially if you work in the voluntary or public

sector. However, there are so many positive things about

the voluntary sector and the local partnerships which put

you all in a strong position to both survive and thrive over

the coming years.

I was new to the voluntary sector when I joined SCVS in

2002/3 but what impressed me then is still as evident today

– the voluntary sector is driven by local people who care

about their community and want to improve the lives of

other local people. The work carried out by trustees, staff

and volunteers is delivered with passion, enthusiasm and

tireless energy, and it makes a real difference. Sutton has a

fantastic voluntary sector and it is both able and willing to

play an even greater role in over-coming the challenges

ahead.

The partnerships in Sutton are strong and built on a

long commitment to working together - even if they are

being strained by the current operating environment. There

are many examples of excellent voluntary sector

partnerships within and outside the consortium, and I know

there is a real determination to continue working in this way

to share scarce resources and deliver maximum impact. The

partnerships with the public sector are also strong compared

to many boroughs, and again there are opportunities to

strengthen these through the (award-winning) Compact and

the development of the Sutton Plan.

I am also really pleased to confirm that the SCVS Board

has appointed Alison Navarro as the new Chief Executive. I

will let her introduce herself in due course but she comes

from Community Links Bromley (a partner CVS), has

significant voluntary and public sector experience, and was

the unanimous choice of both the stakeholder and trustee

interview panel. Alison is starting on 1 August so there will

be no gap and we will have some hand-over time together

before I leave.

So finally, thank you to everyone I have worked with in

Sutton and I wish you all the very best for the future.

Susanna Bennett, Chief Executive SCVS

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In this issue Pages 2 - Susanna’s Column

Susanna Bennett is moving on to

pastures new

Page 3-4 - news

ISCBF update and results of the

SCVS annual survey

Page 6-7 - local organisations

We meet Free Cakes for Kids and

info on the new local giving

scheme coming to Sutton.

Pages 8-9 - Healthwatch

Sutton

Healthwatch Sutton is three

years old!

Pages 10-11 - children and

young people

We take a look at safeguarding

and private fostering

Pages 12-13 - training

Learn something new this

Autumn

Pages 14-15 - What’s On

What’s on this July and August in

Sutton

Cover pic: - Happy birthday

Healthwatch Sutton!

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news

ISCBF update The Infrastructure Support and

Capacity Building Fund (ISCBF)

commissioned by Sutton Council to

provide support to voluntary

organisations in Sutton, completed its

first year in March 2016. We take a

look at what has been achieved so far.

The work was delivered by SCVS in partnership

with Volunteer Centre Sutton, and additional

training and forums provided by Age UK,

Bioregional, Sutton Carers Centre and Sutton

CABx.

The targets have been met for the year, and

in many cases exceeded, with the highlights as

follows:

Communications targets have all been surpassed

e.g. 55 e-bulletins against a target of 24 and 79%

of respondents to the annual survey indicating

that they feel well-informed through our

communications.

Several major marketing events/campaigns were

delivered – June 2015 Volunteers Week and

Volunteers Big Breakfast ; June 2015 Small

Charities Week; #votelondon campaign in

partnership with GLV for London to be named as

the European Volunteering Capital in 2016; One

Planet volunteering; August 2015 Launch of

Sutton as Social Enterprise Place; August 2015

50th Anniversary Tea Party; November 2015 –

Trustees Week (including trustees event on 15th

Nov and the trustee of the year award); December

2015 Giving Tuesday.

Network targets have all been exceeded with 22

meetings held and 313 attendances. Good

examples of impact e.g. detailed feedback on HWB

strategy and Care Act consultation; carers and

carers’ organisations enabled to contribute to the

commissioning process for the Carers Support

tender: development of an online referral facility

for partner agencies to refer clients to SBCABX

for debt advice; links made between small groups

working with older people and Ramblers Group to

encourage walking; successful bid to track health

impact of volunteering.

Whilst 3 VCOs closed in Sutton during the year

the percentage with business plans (83%),

fundraising strategies (67%) and marketing plans

(47%) has increased (percentages taken from

Annual Survey, April 2015).

Sutton Together membership has increased to 16

full and 9 associate members and two contracts

(Information and Advice plus Carers Support)

were secured from four bids.

SCVS supported at least 50 organisations to work

in partnership to develop projects/bid for funding.

10% of Sutton VCOs attended SCVS governance

training (two training sessions and the

conference) and in addition 33 one-to-one

governance support sessions were provided.

A new health-check was developed by SCVS and

one more organisation achieved PQASSO

accreditation.

The Sutton Community Fund considered 37

applications and funded 18 at a cost of £94,765.

£28,459 was secured to develop a local giving

scheme.

26 training sessions were delivered to 334

participants (183 VCOs).

19 VCOs attended specialist safeguarding

training, 5 One Planet Sutton training, 21 digital

capacity building and 7 Developmental Assets

training.

Small voluntary organisations have been

supported by SCVS with 43 one to one

development sessions and two small groups

forums (14 VCOs attending) covering funding,

quality standards and book-keeping.

SCVS has taken over the running of the BME

Forum following the closure of Sutton Centre for

Equalities, this has involved visits to 8 small

BME organisations and a forum meeting attended

by 30 people. A new network has been

established and joint work with LBS started on

developing a race equality scorecard

Volunteer Centre Sutton managed 2194 volunteer

registrations (76% of volunteers are accessing

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news

SCVS Annual Survey - the results are in! Back in April we asked you all what

you thought of our service, which ones

you used and how you see your future

in Sutton’s voluntary sector. We take a

look at what you told us...

We asked which SCVS communications you

read? You told us 91% of you read our e-bulletins and

69% of you read this newsletter—The Networker.

Only 14% of you follow us and read our updates

on social media though, so if you don’t already see

what we are up to on social media, we are on

Facebook as SuttonCVS and on Twitter we are

@SuttonCVS.

Our forums… Through our forums 96% of you feel better

informed, with 95% of you thinking they offer

better opportunities to network. In addition 75%

of you feel that through the forums you are more

able to influence strategies and services, and 68%

of you feel better able to apply for funding after

the forums. You can find out more about our

forums on our website at http://

www.suttoncvs.org.uk/news-events/forums

Our services… While some of our services are well used—for

example 60% of you feel you benefit from SCVS

making sure VCOs are consulted on local

developments, there are many other services we

provide which are less well used . Only 12% of you

use our admin services and 16% use our

community accountancy service. Take up for some

of our free services id slightly better, but more of

you could be taking advantage of some of the

expertise we can offer: 19% have received support

to achieve a quality standard, 38% have received

support towards securing a sustainable income

and fundraising and 35% of you have benefited

from help writing and implementing policies and

procedures.

Don’t forget you can receive up to 14 hours of

free support as a member organisation of SCVS

every year—find out more on our website at

http://www.suttoncvs.org.uk/join-us/your-scvs-

membership

Quality Standards 33% of you currently have a quality standard. We can help you get your PQASSO accreditation for free—get in touch and find out how.

Volunteer recruitment 48% of you feel that your volunteer recruitment needs will increase over the next year. Don’t forget, if you ever need help recruiting volunteers, to get in touch with the Volunteer Centre - www.vcsutton.org.uk As an incentive for completing the survey we entered all those who gave us their feedback into a draw to with £100 for their organisation. The winner of the prize draw was Sheila Heard from Transitions - well done!

services digitally).

476 volunteering opportunities were available

through Volunteer Centre Sutton in 2015/16 - 110

new opportunities created and 136 opportunities

available for young people.

52 organisations received volunteer good practice

support and training from Volunteer Centre

Sutton.

30 strategy/commissioning consultations were

disseminated, 16 discussed at networks and 6

responses submitted.

The Voluntary sector was represented on all key

strategic boards and partnerships e.g. Health and

Wellbeing Board, Children’s Trust Board and

adults and children’s safeguarding boards.

Sutton was shortlisted for a National Compact

Award and a special meeting organised to address

issues in the VCS/LBS relationship.

finance

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Just like your car, every now and then

your finances need an MOT. We can

help take the stress out of keeping on

top of your finances — our community

accountant Laura explains why...

Even the smallest charity needs good financial

management - the responsibility for managing

finance needn't fall on one person's shoulders, it

could be shared among different people with

different skills in the organisation – they could be

a trustee, a volunteer or staff member. Is this you

or someone you work with? Perhaps it’s time to

consider the following:

Are you sure you know about the up to date

legislation on presenting your accounts?

Trustees have legal responsibilities to keep

accounting records, and to prepare an annual

report and accounts in the necessary format.

Do you know if you need an Independent

Examination of your annual accounts?

All charities (whether registered with the

commission or not) must prepare accounts and

make them available on request but, if your

income is more than £25,000 in a financial year,

you are required to have your accounts

independently examined.

If a funder asked to see your financial policies

and procedures could you confidently present

them?

Internal financial controls are just one part of a

charity’s overall control framework. The aims of

internal financial controls are to safeguard the

charity’s assets and take steps to ensure the

charity is protected against financial abuse.

Can you produce financial performance figures

easily for your organisation?

Are your paper and computer systems set up to

provide this information easily? Trustees of

charities of all sizes need access to accurate and

up-to-date financial information to enable them to

make proper decisions that affect their

stakeholders.

Here at SCVS we can help you with your

financial management. If you are a member of

SCVS you may be entitled to up to 14 hours of

free advice, or you could join us for a morning’s

Financial Healthcheck training session on

Thursday 8th September at Granfers Community

Centre (see page 12 for booking info).

How healthy are your finances?

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local organisations

Five minutes with Free Cakes for Kids Sutton Free Cakes for Kids Sutton is a

community project donating

delicious home baked cakes to

children whose families are unable

to provide one.

The organisation is part of Free Cakes for

Kids UK — the network of Free Cakes for

Kids groups in England, Wales, Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Their service is free,

friendly and confidential.

Its a pretty simple idea, Free Cakes for

Kids Sutton matches local enthusiastic home

bakers with families in need. Their bakers

bake a cake in their own kitchens, donating

their time and the ingredients. They are not

professional bakers, but will do their best to

bake a cake with the child's favorite theme or

style. Most of their cake requests come via a

'partner' organisation, such as Sutton

Women's Aid, the Young Carers or the Rainbow

Trust.

We had a chat with Lynne from Free Cakes

for Kids Sutton, and found out a bit more about

the organisation in Sutton and how it came about.

Why did you decide to start free cakes for

kids? My sister lives in Oxford where the first group

was set up in 2008 by Henriette Lundgren. She

knows I love baking so she sent me an article in

the Oxford paper about Free Cakes for Kids and I

got in touch. I always love baking my own kids a

nice cake for their birthdays and thought it would

be a lovely way of using my time and skills to help

less fortunate families to celebrate their child's

birthday.

And when was that? I started the Sutton group in 2011, we baked our

first cake in October of that year.

How many bakers do you have? I have about 20 bakers on my list

What is your favourite cake Free Cakes for

Kids has baked so far? Tricky one! Some of the cakes are just so amazing

its hard to pick one out. Having said that the

simpler sponge and buttercream cakes are just as

special. I will attach pics of a few of my favourites

and let you decide!

Are you a Great British Bake Off fan? Of course!

And who is your favourite judge? I don't really have a favourite.

Do you just bake cakes for kids? At the moment yes, however I am considering

expanding to also offer cakes to vulnerable adults,

such as lonely older people. I think it would be

lovely to cheer someone up on their birthday

however old they are. Also at the moment most of

our cakes go to younger children, just because the

organisations we work with tend to be those

working with younger families. I would love to get

more referrals for teens, even big kids like to feel

special on their birthday.

local organisations

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You may have heard of ‘Local Giving’, a

campaign that is spreading across

London, aiming to bring communities

together to tackle local issues and

make a positive impact.

We’re excited to announce that The Sutton

Centre for the Voluntary Sector, working in

partnership with London Borough of Sutton, has

secured funding to create a Local Giving scheme

in Sutton. We are keen for business people, who

are passionate about our borough’s future and are

committed to making Sutton a better place, to

become involved.

The project is very much in its infancy and

we’re currently determining local priorities to

address within our borough whilst developing a

distinct and memorable brand for Sutton Local

Giving. We are looking for members of the

business community to become Steering Group

members or Ambassadors and help shape this

initiative. We’re not asking for a huge time

commitment, simply asking the business

community to share their business skills and

acumen to make a difference to our community.

The Steering Group will meet on a monthly basis

and ambassadors will be required to support our

scheme on an occasional basis to help share

Sutton Local Giving’s story and gain support.

This is your chance to make a difference to

your local community.

To express an interest, please send an email

to Jenny O’Neill, Development Manager at

Sutton Local Giving - Jenny@suttoncvs.org.uk -

briefly outlining the skills you can add to our

Local Giving Scheme. We are looking for

representation from a cross-section of businesses

including larger players as well as SMEs,

businesses based in different areas of the borough

and from a range of market sectors.

We look forward to hearing from you

The team at Sutton Local Giving

Local businesses - we need you!

How can anyone wanting to bake with you

get involved? If anyone is interested in baking for the group or

helping out in any other way then please contact

me, the best way is via email

freecakesforkidssutton@yahoo.co.uk

And how can organisations contact you

about getting a cake? Once again its best of all if they drop me a quick

email and I am always happy to visit potential

referring organisations to give out some more

information, supply posters etc. And I often have

cake with me!

Volunteer Centre

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Healthwatch Sutton

Healthwatch Sutton is three years

old! We take a look at some of the

highlights from the past three

years, and at some of the fantastic

work Healthwatch has done in the

borough.

Enter and View visit

In 2013 Healthwatch Sutton volunteers visited the Jubilee Health Centre and spoke with patients and staff about the facilities at the new centre.

Some of the key issues patients & staff highlighted were; Poor signage The building temperature Misuse of the parking/drop off area The garden area had not been finished Read the full report http://bit.ly/jubileehealth

In 2014 Healthwatch Sutton volunteers visited 5 wards in St Helier Hospital and asked patients if they could be contacted once they had left hospital. Healthwatch volunteers contacted approximately 33 patients once they had left hospital to find out how they felt about the process of leaving hospital.

The main issues patients raised; Lack of communication Delays (transport/pharmacy) Discharge process Lack of Information

The Healthwatch Sutton report was used as part of Healthwatch England’s Special Inquiry in to unsafe discharge.

Read the full report http://bit.ly/hospitaldis

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Healthwatch Sutton

In 2014 Sutton residents contacted Healthwatch to voice concerns around GP opening days and times, the out of hours services and the appointment systems at some local surgery's. Healthwatch investigated by asking people at GP surgery’s to complete a short questionnaire. The questionnaires were analysed and showed some interesting findings.

Find out more in the full report via http://bit.ly/GPaccess

St Helier Hospital

In 2015 Healthwatch Sutton volunteers visited various Outpatient departments within St Helier Hospital. Some of the issues for patients at that time were; having their appointment changed by the hospital to a later date. having to wait more than 15 minutes beyond their appointment time to be seen and not being told about the delay. Read the full report http://bit.ly/hwsoutpatientreport

In 2014 Healthwatch Sutton held a consultation asking young people to share their health and social priorities. Body Image was highlighted as the most important issues for young people at that time. In 2015 a local film production company was commissioned to produce a short film showing young people speaking openly about body image and the effects it can have. The film was then shown to local youth groups and sixth forms students, the feedback will be used to produce a report with recommendations by August 2016. You can see the film here http://bit.ly/hwsypvideo

In 2014 Healthwatch Sutton held an event for Carers of people with Dementia. Questionnaires were sent to Carers that could not attend on the day as many had caring commitments. Following a good response to the questionnaires the Healthwatch Sutton Board agreed the best way forward would be, to meet with Carers and the people they cared for on a regular basis and collect information to produce a dairy.

This piece of work is nearly complete and a report with recommendations will be published by August 2016..

children, young people and families

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Private fostering Safeguarding children - how much do you know? Safeguarding children is everyone’s

responsibility - if you are concerned

about a child, don’t keep it to yourself -

tell somebody, is the message from the

Local Safeguarding Children Board.

Set up to promote and safeguard the wellbeing of

children and young people the Sutton Local

Safeguarding Children Board (LCSB) provides a

wealth of information and advice to help both

organisations and individuals keep the borough’s

youngest generation safe.

The purpose of Sutton Local Safeguarding

Children Board (LSCB) is to make sure that all

children and young people in Sutton are protected

from abuse and neglect. Children can only be

safeguarded from harm if agencies work well

together, follow procedures and guidance based

on best practice and are well informed and

trained.

The Sutton LSCB website -

www.suttonlscb.org.uk - contains a vast amount

of information to give local guidance on all of the

above and much more. Information includes:

London Child Protection Procedures

Sutton’s Escalation Policy and Referral

Form

Sutton’s Missing Children’s Protocol

Private Fostering information for

Professionals

Sutton’s Child Sexual Exploitation

(CSE) toolkit

Sutton LSCB Self-harm Protocol

Local Serious Case Review reports

Sutton’s Domestic violence and abuse

strategy

Links to free e-learning on Female

Genital Mutilation (FGM), Forced

Marriage and the PREVENT duty.

Are you familiar with

the local procedures

for reporting

concerns of a child’s

wellbeing?

If you had a conflicting

professional judgement

regarding the wellbeing of a

child with a colleague what

would you do?

How would you

identify and assess if a

young person is at

high risk of sexual

exploitation?

You are aware that a young person has

been staying with someone other than

close-family for more than a month,

what must you legally do with this

information??

How would you

respond if a young

person disclosed

self-harm?

What would you

do if you were

aware of a child

had gone missing?

children, young people and families

Private fostering Did you know that thousands of children in

the UK are looked after by people who are not

foster carers employed by the local authority,

or a close relatives. Sutton Council tells us

what you need to be aware of when working

with children in private fostering

arrangements.

What is Private Fostering? Private fostering is when a child under the age of

16 (under 18 if disabled) is cared for by someone

who is not their parent or a ‘close relative’. This is

a private arrangement made between a parent

and a carer, for 28 days or more. Close relatives

are defined as step-parents, grandparents,

brothers, sisters, uncles or aunts (whether of full

blood, half blood or marriage/relationship).

Why is Private Fostering important? Thousands of children across the UK are being

cared for today by someone who isn’t a close

relative. This includes teenagers who have had a

row with parents and gone to live with a friend,

and children who because of family circumstances

(illness, parents working away, etc) are sent to

live with friends or neighbours for a period of

time. While many of these children will be fine,

some could be at risk of abuse.

Examples of private fostering situations

include:

children living with host families while

studying in the UK

children and teenagers living apart from

their families for a variety of reasons, eg

a parent is ill, has had to temporarily

move for work, or there has been an

argument within the family

children with parents working or

studying elsewhere in the UK

children with parents overseas

Why are the local council involved? To help us keep children safe and support families

who are looking after privately fostered children,

all parents and private foster carers must notify

the local council of a private fostering

arrangement. If you are involved in private

fostering it is your legal duty to inform Children’s

Services, who can offer you and your privately

fostered child help and support (remember, if the

arrangement was made by social services it is not

private fostering).

It is an offence not to tell the local authority

about a private fostering arrangement.

What do you need to do?

You can help us keep children safe by spreading

the word and telling us if you know of a child who

is being privately fostered. Do you know of a child

who is being privately fostered? Do you look after

someone else’s child? Is someone looking after

your child?

It is vital that the local council is aware of

every private fostering arrangement so that we

can safeguard and promote the welfare of

potentially vulnerable children. Ideally

notification should come from the carer and

parent but education, health and social care

professionals may notify carers and parents that

they have a duty to notify the local authority

How to make a referral: To notify London Borough of Sutton about a

private fostering arrangement or make further

enquiries, please call the Multi-agency

Safeguarding Hub (MASH) 020 8649 0418 or you

can e-mail: mash@sutton.gov.uk

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training

Get Fit for Funding Thurs 28th July, 10am - 4pm

Granfers Community Centre

Trainers: Hilary Chisnall & Razia Sattar, SCVS

Cost: £40 per person (lunch provided)

Get Fit for Funding is a new full day training

course that combines the fundamentals of

business planning with the development of

fundraising strategy. This course has a practical

focus and utilises a number of planning tools. By

the end of the day you will not only be leaving

with new ideas, approaches and enthusiasm but

with tangible outline business and fundraising

plans for your organisation.

This course is suitable for CEO's. Managers

and Trustees who are involved in the development

of your organisational plans.

Book your tickets

Sutton Community Fund Workshop Thurs 25th August, 10am - 12noon

Granfers Community Centre

Trainer: Razia Sattar, SCVS

Cost: Free

Bring your project idea to this and we will help

you to make a start on your application. The

session will cover ways to gather evidence using

different sources and the reasons why some

funding applications fail.

The deadline for the next round of the Sutton

Community Fund is 5pm on Monday 26th

September 2016. Go to www.suttoncvs.org.uk to

find out more and download the application form.

Book your place

Financial Healthcheck! Thurs 8th September, 9.30am - 12.30pm

Location: Granfers Community Centre

Trainer: Laura Corney, SCVS

Cost: £15 per person

Are you confused by updates you get sent from the

Charity Commission? Is producing a finance

report for your Board an easy process? Do you

know who your Persons of Significant Control

are? Are you sure you never miss a deadline to the

Charity Commission/Companies House/HMRC?

If a potential funder asked you to justify a budget

or to see your financial policies and procedures,

could you do it with confidence?

These and many other questions are ones

your organisation needs to think about all the

time. Whether you are a new or old organisation,

a trustee or a manager, if you're not sure of

legislation, join us for an up to date summary of

the financial compliance things you need to know.

Book your tickets

Time to learn something new... At Sutton CVS we run a number of

training courses throughout the year

on a range of subjects ranging from

budgeting to social media, and from

governance to fundraising.

With so many changes in the voluntary sector,

and ever decreasing sources of funding, there has

never been a better time to look at what you can

do make sure that your organisation is in the best

possible shape to face the challenges ahead.

We’ve courses right through the year—all the

way up to Christmas, and our sessions are

excellent value for money - we charge

considerably less that other training providers,

and many of our courses are free! Also with our

knowledge of the local voluntary sector we can

make sure that all our sessions are relevant to

you.

Have a look through our programme of

courses coming up, and book your place on one or

two today!

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training

Looking for ICT training tailored to the voluntary sector? Look no further than Superhighways who run sessions across south London, and if you are an SCVS member, you’ll get a discounted rate on charged for courses! Superhighways will be coming to Sutton in a couple of weeks time to help organisations with any ICT issues they are facing. These sessions are free so make the most of them while there are here!

Summer Surgeries Tues 19th July, 1 - 4pm

Granfers Community Centre

Trainer: Superhighways

Cost: Free

Like to know more about using social media or your website to communicate the difference you

make? You’ll be able to talk through your needs with someone who understands digital technology and can work with you to make best use of the tools you’re already using, to capture and tell your stories in a clear and effective way. We can also show you additional free and low cost useful tools too. Especially the ones that can save you time and money. All you’ll need to bring with you is your ideas, your challenges, your log in details and a couple of examples of something you’ve done really well recently that you’d like to share. Book your place

Find out more… To find out more about Superhighways and what they can do for your organisation visit their website at www.superhighways.org.uk

Introduction to Using Social Media Thurs 27th October , 9.30am - 12.30pm

Granfers Community Centre,

Trainer: Claire Avery, SCVS

Cost: £15 per person

Want to get your organisation on social media but

don't know where to start? Or maybe you already

have a Facebook account and a Twitter account

but it seems a lot of work for very little reward?

This session will look at how to use social

media effectively, and making sure that you are

getting the right message out to the right people.

Book your tickets

Getting to Grips with Good

Governance Sat 12th November, 9.30am - 12.30pm

SCILL, 3 Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, SM1 2SW

Trainer: Razia Sattar, SCVS

Cost: £15 per person

This session is aimed at both new and existing

trustees and will help them be clear about their

roles and responsibilities.

By the end of the session you will have a

better knowledge and understanding of the roles

and responsibilities of a trustee, have a better

understanding of trustee involvement within a

group and understand the liabilities involved in

becoming a trustee.

Book your tickets

Introduction to Managing Risk Wed 23rd November, 9.30am - 12.30pm

Granfers Community Centre

Trainer: Hilary Chisnall, SCVS

Cost: £15 per person

Risk is an everyday part of charitable activity and

managing it effectively is essential if trustees are

to achieve their key objectives and safeguard

their charity's funds and assets.

This session introduces risk management

tools and techniques and provides the opportunity

for you to reflect and think about your current

approach to risk management, and whether this

can be strengthened and improved.

Book your tickets

what’s on

June – Aug 2016 Take Part, Take Pride

2016 Summer 2016 - across Sutton

Sutton Council has again

produced a round up of all the

best events going on over the

summer in their Take Part, Take

Pride events guide. From history

talks to ecology workshops, from

theatre to summer fairs, there is

something for everyone going on

this summer in Sutton.

www.sutton.gov.uk/

takeparttakepride

Sutton Summer Fun

1st July - 31st Aug, from 10am

Trinity Square, Sutton High

Street, Sutton

This Summer, soak up the sun

on the colourful deckchairs or

enjoy a game of ping pong, giant

Jenga or giant Connect Four

courtesy of Enjoy Sutton.

www.enjoysutton.co.uk

Sutton Town Centre

Walking Tours Every Thursday

Sutton High Street, Sutton

Join Chas Bailey, A London Blue

Badge Tourist Guide on a free

walking tour of Sutton Town

Centre. Tours last

approximately 90 minutes. Take

in the Sights and Sounds of this

historic town and discover the

history of Sutton from the

Domesday Book to the present

day. Tours meet at the top of the

high street by the Crossroads,

just outside Barclays bank and

Caffe Nero.

www.enjoysutton.co.uk

Sutton Farmer’s and

Artisan Market Sat 18th and Sun 19th June,

10am-5pm

Sutton High Street, Sutton

Find British and continental

cheeses, Indian cuisine, Italian

cheese and pastries, Austrian

rye bread and pretzels,

handmade chocolate, artisan

bread and pastries and a choice

of meats at this monthly market.

The perfect place to shop for a

summer picnic!

www.ecolocalmarkets.org.uk

Historical walk around

Beddington Village Sunday 24th July, 2pm

The Secombe Theatre, Sutton

A guided walk led by local

historian John Phillips. Meet on

Church Rd in front of St Mary’s

Church. Please telephone 020

8770 4297 to book. Tickets are

£3.50 (£3.00 Friends)

www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

Digital Tea Party

Age UK Sutton Friday 12th August, 1-5pm

Sutton Civic Offices, Sutton

Tea with a side of Tech. Try new

digital devices including

smartphones & tablets, learn

how to use your own device and

get to grips with the internet. £3

per person.

www.ageuk.org.uk

Cheam Village Walk Sat 13th August, 2pm

Cheam Library

Join Andrew Skelton from the

Church Conservation Trust for a

gentle guided walk around the

village, focusing specifically on

buildings and locations of

historic interest. Meet outside

the entrance to Cheam Library.

Suitable for all ages. £2.50 per

person, £5 family ticket.

Carshalton

Environmental Fair Monday 29th Aug, 10.30am-8pm

Carshalton Park, Carshalton

Sutton’s biggest fantastic family

day out! Three stages with live

music, kids’ fun, 150+ stalls with

craft, local groups, farmers’

market, hot food from around

the world, drink and more!

Under 12s free, 12–16 year olds

and OAPs £3, Adults £5

www.envfair.org.uk

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More Dates for the Diary

Tuesday 12th July, 10am to 12noon - Health, Wellbeing &

Social Care Network @ Granfers Community Centre

Wednesday 27th July, 9.30am to 11am - Children, Young

People & Families Forum @ Granfers Community Centre

Tuesday 13th September, 10am to 12noon - BME Forum

Thursday 15th September - Safeguarding Event

Wednesday 28th September - Carers Forum

Thursday 29th September, 10.30am to 12.30pm -

Voluntary Sector Forum

Thursday 13th October, 3.30pm to 5pm - SCVS AGM

Monday 7th November, 5.30pm to 8.30pm - SCVS Trustee

Event

More information to follow over the next few weeks but in

the meantime please pop the dates in your diary.

Wednesday 20th July 2016 3.30pm to 5pm

Sutton Salvation Army, 45 Benhill Avenue Sutton, SM1 4DD

To book your place email:

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