CVS Arunwide

If you make a donation to a Sussex charity or community group via www.localgiving.com from 9am next Monday 14 May, your donation will be matched £1 for £1, effectively doubling your donation!

The Localgiving.com May Match Fund will continue until £15,000 is alloated to Sussex charities.

The beauty of it is its simplicity. Go to www.localgiving.com/sussex and search for a charity in your neighbourhood. Then click the ‘donate’ button to make a donation from £5 to £1,000 and that will be ‘matched’ by the website. So donors can double their gift and the charity receives twice the support. Gift Aid adds another 25% so a £20 donation to your local charity can become over £45 in an instant.

Please help us to make sure that Sussex charities benefit from this great opportunity by visiting www.localgiving.com/sussex on Monday 14 May from 9am and donating to a charity of your choice.

If you would like to know more, please call Kate Kirkham on 01273 409440

The Spirit of Community -
Focus on Fernhurst

An Open Forum with opportunities to share ideas, ask questions and celebrate achievements, Thursday 17th May 2012 at The Fernhurst Parish & Community Room, St Margaret’s Church, Church Road, Fernhurst, 10am to 12 noon. Visit our events page for more information.

ADC have issued their plans for watering the floral displays in and around Littlehampton when the hosepipe ban kicks in.

Voluntary Action Arun & Chichester
The Fundraising Hub Volunteers, Senior Fundraiser and Development Worker will be hosting three Funding Surgeries at Bersted Green Learning Centre during the Spring. Groups will be invited to Drop In on a first come served basis.

From the 1st April 2012, CVS-Arunwide and Voluntary Community Action Chichester District will merge to become
VOLUNTARY ACTION ARUN & CHICHESTER
VAAC contact information

Following the closure of the Chichester office, we are now looking for a hot desk in the city centre from 1st April 2012 to use on an ad hoc basis. We will need to plug in a laptop and have Wi-Fi connection available. If you think you could offer us some space, please contact Carol Grove on admin@vcacd.org.uk and let us know how much you charge per session

Volunteers’ Week (1st – 7th June) will be here before we know it and of course the Queeen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration falls within this week.

This is an opportunity to say thank you to our volunteers and make a special presentation at one of our thank you days.

Our Chichester support group meets on the first Thursday of each month at the Judith Adams Centre, St. Pancras, Chichester from 6.00pm – 8.00pm. 
We offer support, advice, speakers and social occasions to both survivors of Acquired Brain Injury and their carers.
New members are always welcome, so if you would like to join us, why not come along to our next meeting on Thursday 5th January when Louise Spong from the Carers Support Service will be talking to the group.
If you would like more information then please contact Gwyneth Sangster on 07531 146 516 or email gwynsangster@btinternet.com

There are an estimated 950,000 trustee positions in the UK, so there are plenty of diverse and interesting opportunities for first time trustees.

‘They are people like you, sharing their passion, skills & experience for just a few hours – and getting a real buzz back’

The following pack has all the information you need to find out about becoming a Trustee and those all important frequently asked questions.
Trustees leaflet Dec2011 

FIND SKILLED VOLUNTEERS

Skillshare West Sussex is a new web based tool to complement the volunteer centre service. This new service is aimed at those wanting to give a small amount of time, between 1 and 10 days.

Are you looking for volunteers with a particular skill for your voluntary  and community organisation or social enterprise?

Visit the Skill Share West Sussex website today- the gateway to hundreds of skilled volunteers in your area!

Whether you need legal or PR skills or just someone to get muddy in a community garden register for FREE today: www.skillshare-westsussex.org.uk

Before advertising the site to companies and individuals in the community we would like to fill the site with opportunities, we would like your support to register opportunities. Please don’t register an opportunity with a start date before the 1st December as we will start the publicity campaign to find volunteers over the coming weeks.

Remember to think what skills a business or skilled individual could bring to your organisation…do you need support with marketing, web design, business planning…it only takes a minute to register and already we have several large companies with 100s of professionals signed up to this scheme.

This is a project of the West Sussex CVS Network, funded by West Sussex County Council.