Sutton CVS Networker - September 2014

thenetworker The newsletter for Sutton’s Voluntary and Community Sector

In this issue:

Online Fundraising, 10 websites to get to know and mastering the digital jungle with Age UK

September 2014

In this issue Page 3 - news The latest from SCVS and Sutton Council Pages 4-5 - news More news from Sutton’s voluntary sector Pages 6-7 - Local organisations Sutton Mencap on the scrapheap challenge and Age UK Sutton get digital.

Pages 8-9 - Technolgy 10 really useful websites you should be using Pages 10-11 - Fundraising Maximise your online fundraising over the festive season Page 12-13 - Healthwatch News and events from Healthwatch Sutton Page 14-15 - Spotlight on...

Rape Crisis South London Page 16-17 - VCS More on MAPS and the timebank and news on Do-it Page 18-19 - What’s On Things to do in and around Sutton

Susanna’s column Welcome to the September 2014 edition of the Networker.

This month’s edition is all about making the most of technology, and what technology can do for your organisation. 13th - 19th October is Get Online Week and the ideal tine to try something new digitally.

Not got a presence on the web yet? Maybe think about setting a basic website up (see page 4). Want to make your organisation’s communications better? Try some new free online tools (pages 8 - 9) Want to boost your online fundraising? Get a strategy in place in the run up to Christmas (see pages 10 - 11).

If you’re looking for some additional funding don’t forget that the deadline to apply for the next round of the Sutton Community Fund is Wednesday 17th September - find out more at www.suttoncvs.org/ communityfund. We are also accepting applications for the ASSHH (Adult Social Services, Housing and Health) small grants - find out more at www.suttoncvs.org.uk/asshhgrants.

We’ve also been planning for Trustees Week which takes place again this November - watch this space for news of events for trustees, and if you’ve ever thought about being a charity trustee get in touch with Razia as she’s looking for some new trustees with certain skills for some of our local organisations. Also, if you’re already a trustee and would like to tell people about the role and what you have been doing, please do get in touch.

Now, we know we’re only in September, but we’ll soon be starting to pull together our December issue of the Networker, so if you have any Christmas events you would like us to promote in there, and on our social media, please send us details.

Don’t forget you can also follow us on Twitter (@SuttonCVS) and Facebook (SuttonCVS) so follow us on both for the latest news and events from Sutton’s voluntary sector.

Susanna Bennett Chief Executive SCVS

Cover pic: - Sutton Mencap supporters on their Go Nuts challenge

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news The annual digital inclusion campaign is run by the Tinder Foundation and wants to engage 50,000 people – inspiring them to get online and do more with digital skills.

Hundreds of Get Online Week events take place across the country during October, from post offices to mosques, cafes to community centres, Get Online Week is coming - will you supermarkets to town halls, challenging people to be taking part? see what they could do online to make life that bit easier.

From 13th – 19th October, the eighth national There are plenty of ways that organisations Get Online Week will take place, and we’d love to can get involved – from holding an event see more of Sutton’s local organisations embrace yourselves, to volunteering to help out, to simply the internet and social media and start using it to spreading the word about the campaign. generate some of that much needed income!

To find out more visit www.getonlineweek.com

Want to be on stage?

Are you a dancer, actor or musician? There's still time to be part of Sutton Council's Imagine Festival, as the Secombe Theatre becomes your stage for 3 dates in October.

5th October: Have you ever wanted to walk the boards and fill the theatre with applause? This is your chance to perform at the Drama performance day. Show off your dramatic talents in a routine of not more than 10 minutes (up to 10 performers) 12th October: Do you like to sing? or play an instrument? A Music performance day on the 12th will give local groups the chance to perform alongside inspiring groups such as the British Clarinet Ensemble (Any age group or style; show what you can do!)

18th October: Dance your socks off... …at the Dance performance day. Are you a single performer or dance group looking to show your piece on stage? Perform for up to five minutes. (up to 20 participants per group)

ASSHH Small grants Are you a voluntary or community organisation?

Are you based in the London Borough of Sutton?

Do you support vulnerable adults or older people?

If so then small grants to a maximum of £500 are available for work in the London Borough of Sutton that supports the funding criteria.

Visit our website at www.suttonvs.org.uk/ asshhgrants to find out more.

Trustees’ Week is coming This year Trustees’ Week will take place from 10th-16th November and we’ll be celebrating with a special trustees’ event on Tuesday 11th November - save the date!

We want to hear from trustees across Sutton.

Why did you become a trustee? Why did you choose your organisation? What has been the best thing about being a trustee? Contact Razia Sattar on 020 8641 9544 or email her at Razia@suttoncvs.org.uk and tell us about your experiences.

Alongside these opportunities to perform, there will be workshops and live performances. Participation is free for both performers and audience members, so come and enjoy the show! To apply email joanna.steele@sutton.gov.uk by Friday 26th September (noon).

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Happy birthday to us...

Did you know that next year Sutton Centre for the Voluntary Sector will be celebrating its 50th birthday?

To help us mark the occassion we want to talk to anyone that remembers the organisation when it was first set up in 1965.

You may have worked for SCVS when it was first formed, or been working for one of Sutton's Voluntary organisations supported

by SCVS. Maybe you were our next door neighbours when we first opened. Whatever the reason you remember us, we want to hear from you and we're after any photos you may have, and most importantly, your memories!

We'd also love to talk to anyone that remembers SCVS in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s - if that's you, get in touch! You can call us on 020 8644 2867 or email info@suttoncvs.org.uk.

Get your organisation on the web voluntary & community organisations in Sutton a way of setting up a free website that is easy to edit with no previous website editing experience, or for those that want something a bit more complicated, a website that can be developed to offer lots of useful features. VOICE is ideal for setting up a basic website, but can produce a more sophisticated site if that is what your group needs, and one of the biggest advantages is that you can build a website that looks as good on a mobile phone or tablet as a desktop computer, with no complicated programming needed at all.

Sites built in VOICE can be edited from any You don’t need a huge complicated website – for computer with an internet connection and require many small organisations half a dozen pages is no specialist web design or programming plenty; who you are, what you do, where you are knowledge. We can offer you a VOICE website for and how to contact you, how to donate and any free, and the only cost would be buying a domain news or events coming up. Then you just need a name (can be as little as £2.99 a year) and couple of people that know how to update the site training on how to use the system. and you’re off and running.

If you’d be interested in building a website for Sutton CVS has recently joined the VOICE your organisation using VOICE, email system (our new website is a VOICE one – have a claire@suttoncvs.org.uk and we’ll be running our look and see what sort of thing you could get – first VOICE training session at the end of www.suttoncvs.org.uk). We can now offer October.

Want a free website for your community organisation? In today's technology-led world it's vital that voluntary and community organisations, no matter how small, have their own website. Having a web presence means that people can find out about you, find out how to contact you, and most importantly - support you!

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local organisations

Supporters go nuts On Sat 30th Aug, 22 of Sutton Mencap's supporters got very muddy for them completing The Nuts Challenge.

The challenge wass to complete a 7km muddy assault course which included over 100 obstacles with names like Hell River, Kamikaze and Rats Tunnel! Everyone stepped out of their comfort zone and worked hard to make it round. The girls stuck together and finished in just over 4 hrs, the boys were... quite a bit quicker! Congratulations also to Jason and Farley who also completed the Junior 1km course.

The team would like to thank everyone who has sponsored them as knowing they have raised approx ÂŁ2.5k is helping with the aches and pains. You can see more photos on the Sutton Mencap facebook page and you can still donate to the team at www.justgiving.com/SuttonMencapGoNuts/

The Go Nuts team raring to go

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On the Scrapheap Sutton Mencap has had a very busy summer! Not only have they raised around £2,500 by taking part in a ’Go Nuts’ challenge (see page 5), their supporters have been busy making the most of a pile of rubbish…

Sutton Mencap would like to say a big thank-you to everyone who has donated time, materials and

their talents to help them give our children’s playground a bit of TLC as part of their Scrapheap Challenge. Using mainly recycled/ donated materials and volunteer time they have been able to create some great new play stations which have made a huge difference to the area.

Most resources came from a community re-paint scheme, freecycle and supporters homes it’s amazing what you can do with a bit of guttering and some imagination!

Thanks to Doug Jackson from Norden Plumbing for donating plumbing materials for our water play station and to Shane for putting it together.

The new play stations were a big hit over the summer with the children who have loved their new look playground.

Meet the interactive sensory robot created using all sorts including a sausage roller for a neck, a bell for a nose and brushes for eyes!

A team of girls from Overton Grange made a huge contribution to the project.

They nominated Sutton Mencap as their charity for a Youth & Philanthropy Project at school and won a competition which awarded the charity a grant of £3000.

Some of this money has been used for this project and the team have remained involved by helping to create some of the scrapheap masterpieces.

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Age UK - mastering the digital jungle...

Getting online can seem a daunting prospect for many older people.

However, Age UK Sutton has been working to get Sutton’s older population online - they tell us about their work.

It’s a jungle out there… a Digital Jungle, that is.

It’s a realm where animals have ceded to apps and where Twitter is not for the birds. Bytes (both kilo and mega) abound, as do popular

beginners to advanced learners. We offer everything from group classes to individual lessons and home visits.

Whatever your choice of classes, the focus will always be on you and your journey through the Digital Jungle. Our trained volunteers will listen to your needs, and adapt lessons according to your requirements. In the end, we want you to be a confident and smart user of digital devices

Did you know... there are as many Facebook users aged over 65 as there are aged 13-15 years.

and the Internet.

In fact, Digital Inclusion was identified as a priority by older people, specifically, members of One Voice for Age – a user engagement group run by older people, for older people and hosted by Age UK Sutton. With funding received from the Big Lottery, we developed our menu of digital options to afford older learners a flexible route through the Digital Jungle.

It’s your choice what you want to learn: be it email or Skype, online banking to setting up a programmes from Facebook to Skype. Phones are Facebook account. It’s up to you to take the first step towards learning and empowering yourself. smart, and tablets are TVs… yes, the Digital The Digital Jungle is not a scary place: a little Jungle is alive and ever-evolving, and can seem knowledge goes a long way, and we can help you quite daunting for older people. get there. Soon enough, you’ll find yourself It seems there’s so much information, so guiding others through the Digital Jungle! many gadgets, so many outlandish phrases that Call 020 8770 6960 or email sound like gobbledegook. Why bother getting a digital@ageuksutton.org.uk to request a brochure computer and getting online, when I’ve managed about our classes, and to find out more about how so long without one? we can help you.

Quite simply, your quality of life can be You may also be interested in being a Digital significantly improved by getting online.

Products, services, education, information are all Inclusion volunteer. We’re not looking for techie gurus, but computer confidence is important. If readily available online. You can pay your bills, you’re interested, call 020 8770 5360 to find out contact your local council, keep in touch with more about the role, or submit a volunteer family and friends, do your grocery shopping, application online by visiting www.ageuk.org.uk/ send a card, do your banking – all from a digital sutton device.

Age UK Sutton’s Internet and computer classes are designed to empower learners, teaching you the things you want to learn, at your own pace. Our comprehensive menu of digital services caters to various levels, from

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10 really useful websites...

While there are millions of apps and bits of software you can buy now to make your life that little bit easier, the web is stuffed full with really useful tools that you can get your hands on without paying a penny.

We’ve searched high and low and come up with ten of our favourite sites to help you when you’re

telling people about the work your organisation is doing.

You may have already heard of some of these, but some may be completely new to you. All of them are well worth looking at though, and are really useful when you want to get the word out about what your organisation is doing. All these sites are free for the basic packages which is plenty to get you started and unless you’re a huge organisation it’s unlikely you’d need any of the paid for features.

Pixlr A great way to edit your photos online. For full photo editing capacity, choose the Pixlr editor, for something simple if you just want to crop or re-size photos and tidy them up a bit Pixlr Express is fantastic and if you want to add fun effects to your photos Pixlr O-matic is worth a look. www.pixlr.com

Freepik Looking for a good picture to illustrate something but don’t want to have to resort to Microsoft clip art? Freepik is choc full of photos and illustrations you can use on your publicity materials or on your website for no cost, and without having to worry about copyrights. www.freepik.com

Canva You’ve got your photos and images and now you just need to make a great little e-flyer to promote your event, or a snazzy invitation to invite people to it – Canva is a great online tool for designing professional looking promotional materials without having to be a designer. www.canva.com

Mailchimp Want to send a monthly email newsletter round to your supporters, but want it to look good? Mailchimp is a great newsletter tool which lets you do just that. Import your email lists, put together a newsletter using one of their easy templates, and then see how many people are opening it. www.mailchimp.com

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technology Issuu If you’d like to produce a newsletter that looks more like a printed magazine, Issuu is a good site to look at. It will take your pdfs and turn them into pretty page turning publications (like this Networker) for free. Like Mailchimp you can see how many people are looking at your publication and which pages they are spending most time reading – really useful when planning future editions!

Bit.ly In a nutshell Bit.ly makes really long web addresses, short.

Very handy when you’re restricted by the amount of characters you can use in a message, like on Twitter, or when you only have a little bit of space on a poster. What’s also great about Bit.ly is that it stores your short URLS and then tells you how many people clicked on each link, and where they are clicking through from (for example, facebook, twitter etc) www.bitly.com

Hootsuite Do you have several social media accounts you are trying to keep tabs on for your organisation? Using hootsuite you can tweet and post on Facebook all from one place.

Hootsuite also allows you to schedule your tweets to go out in the future so even if you can’t login your account will still be active. www.hootsuite.com

Survey Monkey Want an easy way to find out what people think? Survey Monkey lets you create simple online surveys. You can then send them out to your customers or donators and find out what they think about all sorts of things! www.surveymonkey.com

AudioBoo Audioboo is a website and application that lets you record people talking and share the sound files. It’s great if you want to interview one of your service users, or get sound bites from people at your events. https://audioboo.fm

Toggl And finally, if you want to keep track of how you spend your time, and which tasks take up most of your precious minutes, have a look at toggl, a simple time tracking tool you can use on your computer, or on a tablet or smartphone. www.toggl.com

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Christmas is coming...

..time to think about your online fundraising

We know you don’t really want to talk about Christmas in September, but for charities it is the most important time of the year for fundraising, and doubling your fundraising efforts in December can really pay off.

Recent research by Blackbaud, the software and services firm for charities and not-for-profits suggested that many charities were receiving a large majority of their online donations in the run up to Christmas. In 2010, November and December represented on average 32% of an organisation’s total annual online donations. By 2013 this had risen to 39% of the annual total for the year.

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Blackbaud’s analysis also showed that the average online gift in December 2013 was £64.10, an increase of 14% from £56.27 in December 2010.

So how do you make the most of people’s generosity over the festive season?

Like any good campaign, you need to start thinking about your festive fundraising a few months in advance… so round about… now!

Get social If you don’t already have a social media presence for your charity or organisation, now is a great time to think about getting one.

No need to sign up to every social media channel just now - get yourselves on Twitter and Facebook and that’s a great start. Then use the next couple of months to build up your followers

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fundraising and likes, so that when you do want to start your Get support from Christmas shoppers fundraising campaign your messages are reaching Register your charity or voluntary organisation as many people as possible. on a good cause shopping site such as Easyfundraising.com, and encourage your supporters to do their Christmas shopping online through the site - they can shop at almost any Charities receive high street store and a small percentage of their spend will be donated to your charity at no cost to of their online donations them or you. in the last two months of You can also register with the Paypal Giving Fund so that anyone selling on ebay can easily the year. donate to you, and if you’ve got the time and energy you can even set up an ebay charity shop!

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Make it easy for people to donate

Send out Christmas cards

Make sure it is easy for them to donate online.

Register with an established online giving site and then make sure that your ‘donate’ button is on every page of your website, linking through to a page where people can donate.

Direct people to your donations page from social media – Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and whatever other platforms you are on. Then ask them to share your post – the more people see it, the more money you can potentially raise.

Paying for lots of Christmas cards and putting stamps on them all to send to all your supporters and volunteers can be expensive. Instead, why not send them an email Christmas card using a programme such as Mailchimp (see pages 8-9).

Tell your supporters what project you’ll be putting the money you have saved towards and they may feel they want to give a little gift to help your cause.

Be specific If you’re going to ask people for money, say how much you need, and what for – for example – ‘we need to raise £5000 to renovate our play area’ or ‘£20,000 will support one care worker for a year’.

If you can break it down even further do – what will £5 or £10 get you? If people can visualise where their money is going, they will be more likely to donate.

Advertise your Christmas events We’re sure a lot of you are planning carol concerts, Christmas fairs and Santa’s grottos among other things to fundraise this Christmas.

Make sure you promote them on social media. On Facebook you can even create events and then invite everyone you know, and ask them to invite all their friends too!

You could even make a funny video to invite people to your event, publish it on Vimeo or YouTube and then share the link on social media.

People will often share things they have been part of or that have celebrities in - so if you can get hundreds of people involved or get a bit of celebrity endorsement it can help!

Round up 2014 The end of the year is also a great time to look back on what you have achieved over the last year and tell your supporters of your plans for 2015.

Again, use an email newsletter to do this and you can add a ‘donate’ button to your newsletter linking people straight through to your online

The average online donation in 2013 was

£64.10

donations page.

And finally… don’t forget to say thank you!

Make sure that you say thank you to everyone donating to your cause. Say thank you now and they will feel valued and be more inclined to donate in the future.

You can even use your thank you message as an opportunity to get them to sign up to your newsletter, or invite them to an event you are running.

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Healthwatch Sutton

Healthwatch Sutton Annual Report published

they actively promoted Healthwatch and engaged with approximately 2000 people.

The Healthwatch Following a very successful launch event in Sutton Complaints May 2013 Healthwatch Sutton has been busy Advocacy Service raising their profile & engaging with local people provided by the to find out about their views and experiences of Sutton Citizens health and social care services.

Advice Bureaux The Annual Report highlights key areas of also had a busy work including a successful “enter and view” visit year supporting 77 to the Jubilee Health Centre in Wallington where Sutton residents authorised Healthwatch Sutton volunteers who needed advice engaged with over 70 patients to find out about and support with their experiences of using the Centre. Many of the complaints relating responses were positive with patients feeling to health and social happy with the services being provided in the care services. community.

The report also shows the Healthwatch Read the report Information Advice & Signposting service provided by Sutton Centre for Independent Living and Learning (SCILL) attended 154 events where

Healthwatch Sutton has published their Annual Report for 2013-14.

Come along and tell us about the Carers support & services you feel needs improving.

Find out more about the services available to support Carers locally at our market place.

Have your say on the Carers Strategy Consultation.

We will also be feeding back the results from the Healthwatch GP Access survey.

Market Place SCILL Admiral Nurses Citizens Advice Bureaux The Alzheimer’s Society Sutton Carers Centre Mental Capacity Act South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Guest Speakers Sutton Carers Centre The Alzheimer's SocietyCentre Sutton Carers London Borough of The Alzheimer's Society Sutton London Borough of Sutton

Lunch provided

RSVP Healthwatch Sutton sara@suttoncvs.org.uk 020 8641 9540

Thursday 18th September 2014 10am (9.30 registration) to 2pm Carshalton Beeches Baptist Church, Banstead Road, Carshalton Beeches, SM5 3NL

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Healthwatch Sutton

Healthwatch Sutton is investigating the key health and social care priorities amongst young people in Sutton.

If you want to have your voice heard and tell us what matters to you complete our online survey today www.surveymonkey.com/s/youngpeoplepriorities It only takes 2 minutes to complete.

All responses are confidential Your feedback is valuable to us as it will inform the work we carry out in helping to improve health and social care services for young people in the London Borough of Sutton.

For more information contact; info@healthwatchsutton.org.uk 020 8641 9540 www.healthwatchsutton.org.uk

/healthwatchsutton @HW_Sutton

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Rape Crisis South London Further details of these services are provided on our website (details at end of article).

The prevalence of rape or other sexual offences in the UK is difficult to estimate, with offences likely to go unreported. Recent data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (2012) suggest each year around 85,000 women experience a serious sexual assault, and around 90% of women knew the perpetrator. Within our Rape Crisis South London (the Rape and Sexual own service, over half of the women we work with Abuse Support Centre or RASASC) is an had experienced some form of sexual violence independent organisation based in Croydon, before they were 18 years old. south London, providing a range of professional Through our experience, we understand the and confidential support services to female debilitating and devastating impact rape and survivors of sexual violence. sexual abuse has on someone’s life. Survivors of Our services are for women and girls aged 14 sexual violence are often silenced by the years and over who have been raped or sexually perpetrator’s actions and by the wider beliefs and abused at any time in their lives and who live myths within our society; they have to employ and/or work in south London. We’re a womanmany methods of coping to survive the trauma of only service, both for clients and staff, in response rape and sexual abuse, with many of these to the needs of our service users and the methods staying with survivors long after the disproportionate nature of sexual violence as abuse has stopped. committed by men against women and girls.

Some of the ways women may try to cope We’ve been working alongside female survivors of include using drugs and/or alcohol to numb the sexual violence for 28 years, supporting pain and/or block the painful memories; selfapproximately 5,000 women every year through injuring, to transfer the pain from the inside to our range of specialist services. the outside of her body; keeping very busy as a These include the Rape Crisis National distraction and to feel completely exhausted at Helpline, for female survivors of sexual violence the end of the day; staying inside, where it may aged 14 years and over in the UK. We are a feel safer; and using anger to channel feelings of British Association of Counselling and helplessness.

Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited Counselling There is no right or ‘normal’ way to respond Centre providing confidential, specialist face-toto such a life-threatening event, and yet women face counselling. We also have an Independent often blame themselves for how they reacted Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) service, which during and after being raped or sexually abused. provides emotional and practical support for The responsibility and blame for rape and sexual women/girls who have reported or who are abuse lies solely with the perpetrator, and considering reporting to the police. however she responded, then and now, as a way Additionally, our female outreach worker of coping and surviving, is a natural reaction to provides specialist support to women who are or an unnatural trauma. have been involved in prostitution. We also Women’s experience of sexual violence can provide specialist training centred on practiceoccur in many different contexts, and can ebb, based evidence to professionals in south London. flow and overlap with homelessness, prostitution, Training can range from an hour-long awareness mental health problems, experience of the session on definitions and referrals, to half or full criminal justice system, substance misuse and day workshops on the impact of sexual violence.

Jayne Bullough, Training Coordinator at Rape Crisis South London, writes about RASASC’s work nationally and in south London (including in Sutton) supporting female survivors of sexual violence.

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local organisations other forms of violence against women, such as domestic violence, trafficking and forced marriage. We believe the best approach for women who have survived any form of sexual violence is therefore tailored and holistic with empathic and empowering support at the core of all services.

Our specialist support services offer women a safe and contained space to begin talking about their experiences of sexual violence, exploring their options and choosing for themselves what they want to help them recover from trauma. We know the strength, resilience and courage it takes to survive both during and after being raped and/or sexually abused, and believe that through specialist support and counselling women can move forward with their lives.

For further information and support please phone our helpline on 0808 802 9999 (Open daily from 12-2.30pm and 7.00pm- 9.30pm) or in the office on 0208 683 3311 Full details of the services provided by RASASC are on our website: www.rasasc.org.uk

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local organisations Volunteer Centre Sutton

More from MAPS

Want to make a difference to one young person in Sutton? Have an hour or two a week to spare? Why not get involved in MAPS‌?

skills that will support you both in work and your day to day activities.

You will gain new skills such as communication, listening and conflict resolution as well as gaining a better understanding of the lives of young people and your community. You will also benefit from monthly supervisions from a dedicated coordinator and you will have the

MAPS is an early intervention programme delivering one-to-one mentoring and targeted project work in the London Borough of Sutton.

MAPS provides every young person referred with a long term one-to-one volunteer mentor who is carefully selected to support the young person for 12 months. MAPS supports each young person every week out in their local community or within the school environment. The mentor is a constant and reliable role model who listens and offers the young person a safe space to talk, unpack life, and an opportunity to engage in positive activities.

The MAPS family works tirelessly to support children and young people in the London Borough of Sutton. Their aim is clear: to improve the quality of life and long term opportunities for the most vulnerable, isolated and disadvantaged young people in our society.

MAPS has revamped and relaunched its website, www.mapsmentoring.co.uk and it is The MAPs team on a 10k fundraising run now packed full of news about MAPS, who they are and what they have been up opportunity to try lots of exciting and fun to, and importantly how you can get involved.

Over the past year MAPS has grown, allowing activities both individually with your young person and should you wish to, you can both them to support over 50 more young people each year. To enable them to do this they rely on their participate in group activities. Group activities amazing volunteers and with the project growing are a great way to meet other mentors and are and more young people being referred for support real social occasions.

No qualifications are needed for this role. they are keen to recruit more volunteer mentors MAPS needs volunteers who have a positive into the MAPS family. It is a wonderful attitude towards children and young people and a opportunity and you will receive 16 hours of comprehensive training that will not only support desire to help them achieve their full potential. you in your role as a mentor, but are transferable Someone who is a positive role model, patient, calm, a good listener and who is non judgemental.

Are you someone who could support a young person? Do you have 1-2 hours a week spare? If you answered yes to these questions or know someone who you think would be a wonderful mentor please get in contact with MAPS either via the website www.mapsmentoring.co.uk, email: maps@vcsutton.org.uk or call 020 8661 5900 and ask to speak with a member of the MAPS team.

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Volunteer Centre Sutton

Changes to Do-it volunteers who choose to follow your organisation.

As a valued Volunteer Centre Sutton customer you will be amongst the first to benefit from this service. If you choose to Self-Serve you will still benefit from the full range of services that Volunteer Centre Sutton offer - such as The way that the Volunteer Centre Sutton will be working with do-it will be changing. If you training and advice - and we will continue to promote and market your opportunities to are an organisation that uses Do-it (via VCSutton) to recruit volunteers, then the changes volunteers that use our services.

What do you need to do? will affect your organisation, but offer more To help you decide the best option for your flexibility when it comes to managing the organisation please read the Do-it FAQ’s and opportunities we currently post on your behalf. start collating images and logo's that will help to increase your profile on the new Do-it website.

How does this affect you?

Last year IVO took over ownership of Do-it, the UK’s largest website for volunteering, and will be launching a new version of the website.

Once the new Do-it platform goes live on 25th November 2014, you will be able to opt for a ‘SelfServe’ facility. This means that you will be able to edit current opportunities posted on Do-it, post new opportunities, remove opportunities, and manage/process applications from volunteers.

You will be able to add other information, such as images and impact quotes to promote your organisation, link to your social media channels as well as download your data for reporting and analysis, and contact those

What if you don’t want to self-serve?

Self-Serve brings many benefits, however if you do NOT wish to use it then Volunteer Centre Sutton can continue to manage opportunities and volunteer applications on your behalf.

Please contact the Volunteer Brokerage Team on 020 8661 5900 or email patstanley@vcsutton.org.uk if you would like to discuss what is best for your organisation.

Join the Sutton Time bank Do you have some time to give in exchange for some time from others?

Share your skills and in return learn something new - all for free!

Run by the Volunteer Centre Sutton, Sutton Shares is a local community that shares skills, time and experience to develop community cohesion.

Individuals join the Sutton Shares timebank as members and then for every hour’s help they give to another (e.g. Spanish lesson, mending a gutter, web design) they receive one time credit which they can then spend to receive help from another member (e.g. leg waxing, bike fixing, zumba class).

Exchanges don’t have to be a give-take scenario between two people; time banking is a cycle of exchanges that continues on with many time

bank members.

Check out the website to see what’s on offer, or contact Matt Little, the Sutton Shares Timebanking Coordinator at mlittle@vcsutton.org.uk 020 8661 5926.

www.suttonshares.org.uk

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what’s on

September - October Impact Arts Festival

display as well as lots more!

13th Sept - 2nd Nov www.diamondcentre.org.uk Across Sutton Imagine is Sutton’s largest celebration of the arts and is now Moonlight Memories in its eighth year.

Walk

8770 5402.

Call my wine bluff

Sat 18th October, 7.30pm Sat 4th October, 6pm (walk St Raph’s Hospice, starts at 8.30pm) Fun, interactive wine-tasting St Raphael’s Hospice SM3 9DX evening with Ploughman's A fun walk for the whole family Supper. Tickets £15 available of 5 miles through the local area. from Lynne Palmer 07805 Fun activities on the day will 436726 palmer.lynne@gmail.com include a bouncy castle, face painting, T-shirt design station, Peiper’s Tale - the Battle bar, hot and cold food, and of the Bulge There will be exhibitions, a rusty music. orchestra, culture cycle tours, Registration is £15 for adults Thurs 23rd October, 7.30pm Honeywood Museum, Carshalton recycled puppet workshops, an and £10 for children aged 5-16 Paul Williams will give an eco themed poetry slam, drama years, Under 5s go free. illustrated talk to mark the 70th workshops and much more anniversary of the WW2 Battle spread right across the borough www.straphaelshospice.org.uk of the Bulge. Tickets £3.50, Call and at a venue near you.

020 8773 0185 to book.

See the full programme of events

Storing and preserving Sat 20th September, 11am-4pm Wandle Valley School, Carshalton Join EcoLocal's very skilled jam and chutney specialist for an enjoyable, hands-on day making a range of jams, jellies, chutney and pickles. £35 pp, call 020 8770 6611 to book.

Diamond Centre Autumn Fair Sun 28th September, 11am-4pm Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders, Carshalton SM5 4DT A BBQ, steam train rides, a fire engine, riding display, craft stalls, dog show and farrier

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Wallington Farmers Market

Sat 11th October Old Town Hall & Library Gardens, Wallington Established in 1999, this is the borough's oldest Farmers' Market, hosting around 26 local producers stalls every month. www.ecolocalmarkets.org.uk

Mayor’s Annual Charity Quiz

www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

Spooky Afternoon Sun 26th October, 2—5pm Honeywood Museum, Carshalton Free arts and crafts, storytelling and Halloween jokes. Plus join local artist Simon Honey for a Grim Reaper Scarecrow making workshop. www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

Sat 11th October, 6.30pm Robin Hood Junior School The Mayor of Sutton, Councillor Arthur Hookway, invites you to a charity quiz night. All proceeds to the Mayor of Sutton’s charities. Tickets £10 including a fish and chip supper. Call 020

thenetworker

More dates for the diary…

2014 SCVS forums Children, Young People and Families' Forum Thursday 11th September, Wednesday 10th December (9.30 - 11.30am at Granfers Community Centre, Sutton, SM1 3AA)

contact us thenetworker The Networker is the bi-monthly magazine of : Sutton Centre for the Voluntary Sector (SCVS) Granfers Community Centre, 73-79 Oakhill Road,

020 8644 2867

Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Forum

info@suttoncvs.org.uk

Tuesday 23rd September, Tuesday 9th December.

(10am - 12noon at Granfers Community Centre).

@SuttonCVS

Please confirm your attendance for each forum by emailing jackie@suttoncvs.org.uk at least a week in advance.

Impact Aloud Conference

facebook.com/suttoncvs www.suttoncvs.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1063129

Chief Executive: Susanna Bennett

Monday, 20th October, 9.45am - 4pm Everyday Church, 30 Queen's Road, Wimbledon, SW19 8LR

Communications and Admin: Claire Avery Jackie Parr

Join SCVS and Superhighways for a thought provoking, highly practical and interactive day of expert master classes and guest speakers which include Charities Evaluation Service & City Bridge Trust.

Development Team Toni Walsh Tom Strannix Razia Sattar

You’ll get the latest advice and tips on using technology for measuring and communicating impact – and the chance to win a mobile device to start capturing your data on the go.

Space is limited - so book your place now...

Christmas Events Do you have any Christmas events you are planning and would like SCVS to advertise for you?

Email Claire@suttoncvs.org.uk with full details and we’ll publicise on our Twitter and Facebook, and on our e-bulletins and in the December edition of the Networker.

Accountancy Services: Glory Sivaraja Helen Varley Gowri Srithasan Creative Payroll Solutions Ltd (CPS): Karen Adorjan Melanie Brannan Healthwatch Sutton Pete Flavell Pam Howe Sara Thomas

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Payroll that stacks up

Get CPS to manage your payroll and see how much time you could save Focus on service delivery - getting us to sort out your payroll means that you can concentrate on what’s important for your organisation Comply with current legislation - we make sure that pay is calculated correctly, and HMRC have all the correct up to date PAYE information for your organisation No need to purchase specialist software or train staff - we are specialists in payroll and up to date with all the latest legislation

Contact us today: t: 020 8644 2867 e: creativepayroll@suttoncvs.org.uk w. www.cpspayroll.co.uk