CAS - Community Action Southwark | We equip Southwark's voluntary and community organisations with the tools and information to make a difference in the communities they serve.

Small Charities Week Day 4: Volunteering Day

Celebrating volunteering at Southwark Star awards

Thursday 6th of June saw Volunteer Centre Southwark’s yearly volunteer awards take place in the atrium at Southwark Council on Tooley Street. After an opening speech by Simon Hughes MP, 93 people from 36 local groups were given Southwark Star awards by the Mayor of Southwark in recognition of their hard work. Collectively, they have volunteered for over 18, 100 hours in the last 12 months!

Small Charities Week Day 4: Volunteering Day

The Mayor of London’s Healthy Workplace Charter

The Mayor of London’s Healthy Workplace Charter is a framework that supports organisations to self-assess their activities in relation to the health and well-being of their workforce.

Job Advert: Sustainability Officer

We are seeking a Sustainability Officer with experience in providing strategic support to voluntary and community sector organisations in order to increase their resilience and sustainability.

Children and Adults policy Forums meeting in July

Come to our July Forums on Adult Health & Social Care and Children & Young People. You’ll connect with other groups, hear the latest policy developments and give your concerns and comments to sector Reps.

Children and Adults policy Forums meeting in July

Small Charities’ Week: 17 – 22 June 2013

Southwark is bustling with voluntary activity. It has a vibrant voluntary and community sector of which 8 out of 10 are small charities.

Small Charities’ Week: 17 – 22 June 2013

Getting to Grips with Community Premises

A series of exciting training and events coming up in the next month to support groups looking for or managing community premises.

Getting to Grips with Community Premises

CAS Members’ Day: The Changing Funding Climate

A FREE members’ event helping bridge the gap between funders and and the organisations they fund, through information, debate and discussion on key funding issues.

CAS Members’ Day: The Changing Funding Climate

Approved List of Voluntary Sector organisations

Southwark Council invites registered voluntary organisations based in the London Borough of Southwark that provide services for Southwark residents to apply for inclusion on the Southwark Approved List.

Approved List of Voluntary Sector organisations

Healthwatch Southwark

Healthwatch Southwark is the new health and social care consumer champion. Find out more about how CAS and its partners are developing this new and influential body.

CAS Sustainability Surgery-Outreach 2013

Our one – to – one support is now available in all parts of the borough: in Camberwell, Bermondsey/Rotherhithe, Blackfriars, Peckham, Dulwich/Crystal Palace. Check out the dates for 2013.

CAS Sustainability Surgery-Outreach 2013

Welcome to CAS

We equip voluntary organisations and community groups in Southwark with the tools and information they need to help them make a difference in the communities they serve. We provide training and support on a wide range of topics to empower our members to develop and grow, and we represent the voluntary and community sector to local government and more widely.

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Latest news

News from the CAS team.

Small Charities Week Day 4: Volunteering Day

Posted on 20 Jun 2013

Celebrating volunteering at Southwark Star awards Thursday 6th of June saw Volunteer Centre Southwark’s yearly volunteer awards take place in the atrium at Southwark Council on Tooley Street. After an opening speech by Simon Hughes MP, 93 people from 36 local groups were given Southwark Star awards by the Mayor of Southwark in recognition of their hard work. Collectively, they have volunteered for over 18, 100 hours in the last 12 months!
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Southwark Youth Service summer small grants

Posted on 20 Jun 2013

Applications are now open for Southwark's Youth Service summer small grants scheme - Deadline 28th June
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Small Charities Week Day 3: Policy Day

Posted on 19 Jun 2013

Charities will take new opportunities to deliver services in partnership with councils if they can show the value of their work.
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Commissioning: the voluntary sector & the Criminal Justice System

Posted on 19 Jun 2013

CAS has secured a small pot of funding from Clinks for a yearlong project to develop the commissioning relationship between the statutory agencies, prime contractors and voluntary and community sector (VCS) in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in Southwark. Find out how you can get involved.
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Small Charities Week Day 2: Big Advice Day

Posted on 18 Jun 2013

It's Big Advice Day. Take alook at some words of wisdom from the CAS staff team...
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Important dates

Upcoming events in Southwark.

Jul 03

Member’s Day: The Changing Funding Climate

The funding world can be a complicated one: grants, loans, gifts, gift aid, restricted, unrestricted, crowdfunding, events, who to apply to, for how much, jargon, what are funders looking for... This special Members' Day aims to support our members to find out more about what funding is available, who from and how to get it.

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Jul 04

Children, Young People & Families forum 4-7-13

Come along to learn about the council's new Children and Young People's Plan, hear the latest policy developments from voluntary sector Reps and connect with other organisations supporting children and families in Southwark.

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Jul 10

Premises Training 1: Understanding leases

An opportunity to get to grips with your lease, get to know the law around leases, your rights and obligations as tenants and how to make savings on the costs of occupying commercial property.

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Jul 11

Adult Health and Social Care forum meeting 11-7-13

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Jul 12

Master class: Telling your organisations story

Through the use of storytelling techniques the session aims to show how different formats can reach different audiences and how the way you tell others about your organisation, its impact and what you do can affect the response.

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Jul 16

Introduction to Research for Development Workers

Research, particularly for development workers, can be a tricky concept: it refers to a wide range of activities and as development workers, we may not be experienced in research, yet expected to manage and carry out the research, alongside your 'day-job'.

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Funding

Funding News

Southwark Youth Service summer small grants

Posted on 20 Jun 2013

Applications are now open for Southwark's Youth Service summer small grants scheme - Deadline 28th June
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June Funding Bulletin now available

Posted on 20 May 2013

This month's bulletin includes: Award opportunities such as the Unltd social entrepreneur level 1. Opportunity from Southwark Council: the approved list of providers And over 50 grant opportunities! with May, June, July and rolling deadlines.
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