CAS – Community Action Southwark

Telephone: 020 7358 7021
Email: deborah@casouthwark.org.uk

Deborah Hayman is the new Training Coordinator at CAS. For two years prior to joining CAS Deborah worked for the Heritage Lottery Fund while studying a Masters in Education, Health Promotion and International Development. Deborah will be the first point of contact for training needs and advice. As it is important to offer the tools for individuals, organisations and communities to empower themselves, CAS sees the provision of innovative training opportunities as one way of doing just that.

CAS already provides a fantastic training service and I hope to continue this while raising greater awareness of the various training opportunities available through CAS and its affiliates, as well as helping to provide a more targeted training and information service that meets the needs of the voluntary sector for the present and future. I look forward to working with you.

Telephone: 020 7358 7022
Email: celine@casouthwark.org.uk

Celine is joining CAS as a Sustainability Officer. She will provide strategic support to ensure that local voluntary and community sector organisations are sustainable. Providing advice to organisations looking to develop their activities, needing planning, funding, legal or merger advice. She will also be continuing the work undertaken with trustees.

In the current climate, it is fundamental for Third sector organisations to be able to adapt to changes. Changing is not going to be easy and it is a crucial opportunity for the VCS sector in Southwark to engage determinatively and creatively together by encouraging long term partnerships and collaboration. New opportunities will arise such as Southwark Pathways which Celine will be leading on.

Before CAS, she worked for the British Institute of Human Rights where she operated the organisational and administrative systems of human rights training provided to third and public sector organisations in the UK. Prior to that she was an intern at Amnesty International working on a human rights education project and holds a Masters in Public International Law (specialising in Human Rights Law).

Having lived in Southwark for two years I am proud to participate in the development of the third sector in my Borough

Telephone: 020 7358 7023
Email: truly@casouthwark.org.uk

Truly Johnston has recently started as a new sustainability officer at Community Action Southwark. She will be working alongside Celine Rotcajg to offer support and advice for groups around practical issues such as good practice in governance, fundraising, HR and premises, as well as more strategic issues such as planning and collaboration. Truly previously worked at Volunteer Centre Southwark where she supported groups in developing volunteer programmes and prior to that has also worked as a volunteer coordinator at an Arts Education charity and education support at a local community organisation. 

Southwark is a thriving borough for voluntary sector activity and I look forward to working alongside groups to offer information and support that is useful and empowering.