SCVS Networker - December 2014

thenetworker The newsletter for Sutton’s Voluntary and Community Sector

In this issue:

SCVS’s year 2013-14, keep well this winter and the future of The Grove

December 2014

In this issue Page 3 - news Sutton Together and staff changes Pages 4-5 - news Sue Robson and Sutton Compact Pages 6-7 - news Trustee of the Year and highlights from 2013-14 Page 8 - news Grove House Page 9 - money Staying Afloat Pages 10-13 - Healthwatch Sutton Making a complaint in the NHS and keeping well this winter.

Pages 14-15 - What’s On Things to do in and around Sutton

Susanna’s column Welcome to the last edition of the Networker for 2014 and it’s been another busy year for us supporting Sutton’s voluntary sector. We’ve delivered training courses, administered the Sutton Community Fund, run the Voluntary Sector Forum and other networking events, kept you informed about news in the sector and funding opportunities, helped organisations with their PQASSO accreditation, celebrated Trustees’ Week and Small Charity Week, Run Payroll our CPS clients and secured some funding to help us develop The Grove for the voluntary sector among other things!

Looking ahead to 2015 we’ve some exciting times coming up. As well as continuing with the work to transform The Grove into a hub for the voluntary sector in Sutton, we’ll be starting a new programme of training courses in the New Year—don’t forget to check what is coming up in our e-bulletins and on our website as a little extra knowledge can make all the difference to your funding applications!

If you are looking for some additional funding don’t forget that the deadline to apply for the next round of the Sutton Community Fund is Tuesday 20th January 2015 - find out more at www.suttoncvs.org/ communityfund. We are also still accepting applications for the ASSHH (Adult Social Services, Housing and Health) small grants - find out more at www.suttoncvs.org.uk/asshhgrants.

In the meantime we would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and we look forward to working with many of you again in 2015.

The SCVS offices will be closed from 1pm Wednesday 24th December and we will open again on Monday 5th January but in the meantime 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: - Fun at Sutton Mencap’s Christmas Grotto

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Sutton Together

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Sutton Together, our voluntary sector consortium, was launched in July this year.

We set up the consortium so that voluntary organisations in Sutton would have formal arrangements and agreements in place to work together more effectively and efficiently. The voluntary sector needs to work together because collectively we are more likely to win the larger contracts the public sector is developing, and because by working together we can deliver better, more streamlined services for local people.

Some voluntary sector consortiums are set up as new organisations, we have decided not to do this due to the time and expense involved in setting up and running an additional organisation. We wanted to build on our strong track record of working together, choosing the best local organisation to lead on a piece of work or contract, and creating the most effective partnership of organisations to deliver each service. This enables us to respond flexibly and creatively to any new opportunities bringing together the organisations best able to meet the need.

Sutton Together has now grown to 13 full members having been joined by Off the Record and Sutton Mental Health Foundation. We also have 5 associate members. We would welcome any other local organisations wishing to join us.

Since the launch we have been incredibly busy - we have already responded to two tenders and will know the outcome of both by January.

We have also carried out a significant piece of work, in partnership with LBS, to look at the additional work voluntary organisations in Sutton might be able to deliver in response to the Care Act. There are now two further opportunities we have started to work on.

For further information or to find out how to join Sutton Together please contact Susanna at SCVS (020 8644 2867) or email her at susanna@suttoncvs.org.uk.

Staff changes at SCVS

SCVS’s Hilary Chisnall and Razia Sattar

As many of you will know Tom Strannix who has been the Development Manager for Children, Young People & Family Services at SCVS for the last 3 years left at the end of November for a new role with a national charity for young people.

Tom made a significant and really positive contribution to our organisation, the voluntary sector, children’s services and the partnership with the local authority. He is already missed by everyone who worked with him!

Razia Sattar, who was the SCVS Organisational Development Officer, has taken on the Children and Young People’s role on an interim basis from 1 December until 31 March 2015. Razia was already supporting some of the children and young people’s organisations and has lots of experience of this work from her previous roles. This is an interim appointment because of the potential changes in SCVS funding from April 2015.

From December we have welcomed Hilary Chisnall back to SCVS to take on the Organisational Development Officer role for 2.5

days a week until March 2015. Hilary will be working with organisations on fundraising and governance, mentoring VCOs to achieve PQASSO quality standards and delivering training e.g. our monitoring and evaluation masterclasses with Razia. These are all areas in which Hilary has considerable expertise having worked as a freelance consultant for the last few years supporting a wide range of VCOs in these areas of activity.

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Sue Robson At the beginning of November we were incredibly sad to hear our good friend Sue Robson had passed away following a long illness. SCVS’s Chief Executive says a few words about this amazing woman.

Many of you will have known Sue as a friend, and many more will have met her as a champion for Sutton’s Voluntary Sector.

Sue worked at SCVS from 1997 to 2007, although she never really left and continued to be fully involved with the organisation and staff that meant so much to her. I first met Sue when she appointed me as her Deputy in 2002, she was immediately a great boss but she also became a great friend whose company, advice and support over the years has been fun, wise, wonderful and inspiring.

Thinking of Sue’s impact and legacy at work there is probably no better place to start than the building we are standing in – Granfers Community Centre - because it was Sue who worked with the Granfers Committee and other local organisations in 2002 to put the plans together and raise the funds to turn (what I hope the Granfers Committee won’t mind me calling) their ‘ramshackle old hut’ into this vibrant centre providing a venue for a range of community services. It wasn’t originally meant to be a home for SCVS but I clearly remember how delighted Sue was when we moved into Granfers in 2008 after she had left, she felt it was absolutely right that SCVS (which was always her organisation) was moving into the building she had created.

Granfers is not the only building in Sutton in which Sue played a significant part, she was also involved in setting up the Riverside Community Centre (on what was then Durand Close in Carshalton). Created out of an underground car park it might not have won any design awards, but it provided a really important focus for the local community and a hub for much needed services in an area which was at the time one of the most needy in Sutton. The underground car park was replaced by a bright new building on Culvers Avenue in 2012 when Durand Close was re-developed, and again I remember how delighted Sue was at the opening of that new centre to see the long term success of her original vision and the benefits for the local community.

Then there are the buses – if you see a Sutton

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Community Transport bus that is also part of Sue’s legacy because she was involved in setting up Sutton Community Transport too. And just in case you think Sue’s impact was confined to Sutton her influence stretched wider than this she was instrumental in setting up the South London Learning Consortium in 2005/06 to enable voluntary organisations to deliver training to the people who used their services. That organisation has gone on to become the London Learning Consortium.

Apart from starting voluntary organisations Sue was also really good at sorting them out, and if ever there was an organisation in trouble she was the first there – getting everyone together, calling them to account, sorting out the issues, finding the funding and making sure they kept going. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to mention them all but I know for sure that there are dozens of voluntary organisations in Sutton, who owe their survival to Sue. And I don’t think she did all this because she particularly liked buildings or buses or organisations even, but because of her passion for the voluntary sector and her total belief in the power of community action to improve the lives of local people for the better. It seems to me that this is what drove her, it shone through everything she did, it inspired all of us who worked with her, and it is why she was able to achieve so much.

But, although Sue was brilliant at buildings

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local organisations and buses we all know what Sue was most brilliant at, and that was people. I think the term ‘people person’ is totally over used but Sue really was the most ‘people person’ I have ever meet.

We all know she loved being with people, she was truly interested in everyone and what made them tick, and she brought out the best in pretty much everybody she met. So Sue’s impact also extends to the many people she came across through her work in Sutton (and beyond) who are where they are today because she supported them, believed in them, developed and nurtured them.

And in the last few years since I became Chief Exec of SCVS it has been rare for me to go for more than a couple of weeks without meeting someone who would ask after Sue, quickly followed by an example of a time she helped them or their organisation and then usually a funny story as well.

And because Sue was brilliant with people she was also brilliant at relationships, and she put huge amounts of energy into making them work – within voluntary organisations (including SCVS), across voluntary organisations to make

sure we all just got on and worked together, and between voluntary organisations and the local authority. Her predecessors did a lot of good work building the relationship with the London Borough of Sutton, but Sue worked tirelessly and I think incredibly effectively at it. I don’t believe it is an exaggeration to say that in large part we owe the good cross-sector relationships we have today, and the fact that we have a local authority that values the work of the voluntary sector, to the work that Sue did in her 10 years at SCVS. For this reason, when we won a National Compact Award in early November (see below) we dedicated it to Sue. It is an incredible legacy but Sue was an incredible woman. Those of us who worked with her and became her friends know she was special, and that she enriched our lives and our community. She was the brightest of lights and so her light will always shine in the people and places she cared about.

Susanna Bennett, Chief Executive SCVS

Compact Winners again!

We are absolutely delighted that the Sutton Compact has, for the second year running, won a Compact Award, the national awards from Compact Voice, highlighting Sutton as one of the best examples of local Compact work in the country.

We were nominated in two categories; Innovation and Impact, and we took home the Impact Award for our work on infrastructure support and the capacity building fund.

Find out more about the Compact Awards 2014

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Trustee of the Year Sutton Trustee of the Year 2014 Congratulations to Mavis Peart who this year won the SCVS Trustee of the Year Award.

commitment to making a difference to the lives of people with a learning disability, leadership, excellent chairing skills, knowledge, clarity of thought and fundraising skills, whilst being hugely supportive to everyone fortunate enough to work with her in any capacity.

Active in the local voluntary sector since early 1970s when she first moved to Wallington (local Federation of University Women), Mavis's involvement with SCVS and the wider voluntary sector goes back to this time, she was a trustee for a number of years and still Chairs the Voluntary Sector Forum + Health, Wellbeing & Social Care Forum and she was also actively involved in developing the new consortium – Sutton Together.

In 1981 Mavis joined the Board of Carshalton College, has been the Chair and has remained as a board member to this day and in1994 she became Chair of Sutton Mencap, a role she has now held for over 20 years. In 1998 she was instrumental in enabling Mencap to raise the funding to secure the lease on the house at 8 Stanley Park Road and to refurbish it as a base for Sutton Mencap and they are still based there today and deliver their activities from the building. She has seen the organisation through significant change.

Throughout her time at Sutton Mencap, Mavis has demonstrated the qualities of an outstanding trustee, including passion and SCVS’s Razia Sattar caught up with Mavis at our event for trustees to find out how she feels about winning such a special award.

Razia: How do you feel Mavis?

Mavis: I feel deeply honoured by it because I know that there are hundreds of trustees who are just as effective as I am and I think that’s why I feel very touched by this particular honour and I think we are very fortunate in Sutton as there are so many people who are willing to work in charities not for what they can get out of it but because they want to be useful and do some helpful work in the community.

I particularly think the effectiveness of the trustees in Sutton is because we are all involved with SCVS and their amount of

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Mavis Peart receives her award from Councillor Simon Wales at the annual SCVS trustee event

knowledge and advice helps us to be effective when we run our charities.

Razia: what advice would you like to give any other trustees, either new or existing, from your years of experience?

Mavis: I think you benefit a lot personally from it and at the moment I’m getting old and have been a widow for 25 years and I have the time and I think that is important, it does take time, but it is an enormous benefit to one personally to be so involved, brings you friendship, brings you a feeling of knowing that you are useful in the community and I think it is a very worthwhile thing to do.

Razia: congratulations again on becoming Trustee of the Year.

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2013-14 - a busy year!

453 one to one advice sessions, 16 training sessions and over ÂŁ100,000 in grants distributed - just a couple of SCVS's highlights from 2013/14.

Find out more about our achievements during another challenging year in our SCVS Annual Review 2013-14.

Read the SCVS Annual Review 2013-14

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A new chapter for Grove House A new chapter is about to begin for Grove House, a house at the centre of Carshalton with a long history of giving to the community.

We were delighted to learn last week that we have successfully passed the first round of the Heritage Lottery Fund application process for our project at Grove House, Carshalton. This means that we now have funding for the development work needed to submit a full bid towards the end of 2015.

The development work will involve full surveys, drawing up detailed plans for the building, drafting a business plan, researching the history of the house and the voluntary sector to produce exhibitions, consulting further with the community and putting a heritage programme together.

If our full bid is successful we will: 1. Repair and refurbish The Grove House; restore and make public the main heritage features/areas (staircase, fireplaces and main downstairs rooms); create meeting/exhibition/heritage space for community use (including the drawing room/ Council Chamber); create space for local heritage organisations/archives; create space for voluntary/ community organisations to use in order to generate income to sustain the building.

2.Open up approximately one third to one half of the ground floor to the public on a daily basis. We plan to create a large reception area by opening up the current hallway/stairs, this will contain interactive exhibitions on the history of the house, its owners and the voluntary sector. In addition the drawing room/Council Chamber, which will have a picture exhibition about the house, will be used for community events, meetings, training and heritage activities (e.g. training for the heritage volunteer programme and a base for the tours). There will be a room for local heritage organisations (Friends of The Grove) to use as a base for their records and activities.

3.Develop a Trust of local community organisations and people to take on the lease, management (and potentially ownership) of The Grove House. SCVS will support the

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development of The Grove Trust which will, by the end of this project, manage the building, the heritage space and activities and rent out space as accommodation for voluntary organisations to generate income to ensure the sustainability and care of the building by local people and community organisations.

4.Open Grove House to the public through access to meeting/exhibition/heritage space; use by community groups with large number of visitors (e.g. Volunteer Centre Sutton and Sutton CABx) bringing a new audience to the Grove, not normally considered as ‘heritage visitors’; tours of the house and park by heritage guides (and in the park self-directed); and inclusion of The Grove House in the Carshalton Heritage Programme/ Tours (which also include Honeywood, the Water Tower and Little Holland House).

5.Provide a programme of heritage activities – an exhibition/oral history telling the story of the house and it’s people; an exhibition/oral history telling the story of philanthropy, volunteering and voluntary organisations in Sutton; a heritage volunteer programme run by the Volunteer Centre; development of a leaflet/map/app about the house/park to facilitate heritage visits to the house and park (guided and self-directed); the house will become part of the Carshalton heritage programme/tours; training for VCOs in archiving their history and creating oral histories; and the Respect project, an inter-generational oral history project.

The Grove, Carshalton 1923

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Staying Afloat Do you ever wonder how your organisation is going to keep going?

Are financial issues the biggest worry you have when running your organisation?

At our recent event for trustees, SCVS’s Community Accountant Helen Varley gave some useful tips on how voluntary organisations can best use their Company accounts to keep abreast of the financial position of their charity in today’s challenging financial times.

Rising costs, funding cuts, falls in individual donations and greater competition for the grants that are available means that many organisations in the voluntary sector are now struggling to stay afloat, however, by being smart you can keep your head above water.

Maximise income

Manage staffing costs Make sure that you’re not spending a fortune recruiting new staff by making every effort to keep the staff you have – invest in them, make them feel valued and support them – replacing a member of staff can cost hundreds, and that’s before you take into account the cost of losing their knowledge, and experience.

Keep overheads as low as possible Consider switching energy provider and check that you are making the best use of your assets, especially property.

Remember that your charity or other not for profit organisation is just that – not for profit.

That doesn’t mean that the money doesn’t matter, just that any profit you make must be used for the charitable objectives of the charity – you still want to make as much profit as possible so that your charity can grow and continue to do great work in Sutton!

How to fundraise effectively is a huge topic in itself, but there are a few things to make sure you Use your financial accounts have clear before you start.

You also need to make good use of your management and annual statutory accounts  What are you fundraising for? Is it a specific they should be the tools for trustees to manage project or general running costs? Be clear their organisations effectively and not just sets of and people will be more willing to donate. figures to be signed off at the quarterly meetings. 

Can individual givers donate online? Is it easy for them to donate online?

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Put your time and effort into bidding for grants which really compliment the work you do – don’t just bid for everything and hope some applications are successful!

Make sure you have: • A 3 year outline plan • A budget for the financial year • Quarterly management accounts • Annual statutory accounts

If you know where you are financially it is much easier to see any problems that may arise, and  Evidence your impact – make sure that identify any problems before they become funders have the hard evidence that you can insurmountable. deliver what you say you will, and your If you’d like more advice on managing your grant applications are much more likely to charities’ finances, SCVS will be running a course be successful. in the Spring looking at how to use financial information to help your charity stay afloat – watch this space!

Minimise fundraising costs Look closely at how much money you are spending on fundraising activity compared to how much money that activity is bringing in. If you’re spending more than you are raising, time to think again!

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Healthwatch Sutton

Do you know how to make a complaint?

Not happy about the health care you have received? Make sure your concerns get to the right people.

Healthwatch Sutton provides a free independent complaints advocacy service for all Sutton residents. If you need advice or support to make a complaint about your local health or social care services you can complete a short online form via http:// www.suttoncabx.org.uk/healthwatchreferral.html or call the Healthwatch Sutton office on 020 8641 9540 . Alternatively you can contact some of the following healthcare providers directly.

The GDC protects the public by regulating dental professionals in the UK. Tel: 020 7887 3800 Website: www.gdc-uk.org/ The GSCC regulates the social care workforce in England.

Tel: 01788 532 405 Website: www.gscc.org.uk/Conduct/

The GPhC is the independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain.

Tel: 020 3365 3400 Website: www.pharmacyregulation.org This council was set up by Parliament to ensure nurses, midwives and health visitors provide high standards of care to their patients and clients.

Tel: 020 7637 7181 Website: www.nmc-uk.org/ The GMC can help you with a number of issues, including dealing with doctors whose fitness to practice is under question.

Tel: 0845 357 3456 Website: http://www.gmc-uk.org/ The HCPC regulates arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dieticians, occupational therapists, orthopedists, paramedics, physiotherapists, prosthesis, radiographers, and speech and language therapists.

Tel: 020 7582 0866 Website: www.hpc-uk.org/ If you are not happy with how an NHS trust responds to your complaint, you can ask the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman to look into your case.

Tel: 0845 0154033 Website: www.ombudsman.org.uk/ You can also share your experience with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) via http://www.cqc.org.uk/share-yourexperience-finder If you have received poor care, or you know that poor care is being given somewhere, you can report it.

This is not the place to take any formal complaints.

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Primary care - GP, dentist, pharmacist, ophthalmologist and some specialist services (cancer treatments etc.)

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Keep well this winter

and make sure you look after yourself

With so many nasty bugs doing the rounds its good to know what you can do to help speed your recovery.* Flu If you’re over 65 or have a long-term health condition such as diabetes or kidney disease, flu can be lifethreatening, so it’s important to seek help early. However, if you’re generally fit and healthy, the best treatment is to rest, stay warm and drink plenty of water.

Asthma A range of weather-related triggers can set off asthma symptoms, including cold air. Covering your nose and mouth with a warm scarf when you’re out can help.

Sore throats A sore throat is almost always caused by a viral infection, such as a cold. Try not to eat or drink anything that’s too hot, as this could further irritate your throat; cool or warm drinks and cool, soft foods should go down easier

Norovirus This is also known as the winter vomiting bug, although it can also cause diarrhoea. The main thing to do to is drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration. You can also take Paracetamol for any aches, pains or fever.

Colds To ease the symptoms of a cold, drink plenty of fluids and try to rest. Steam inhalation and vapour rubs can also help. Prevent colds from spreading by washing your hands thoroughly, cleaning surfaces regularly and always sneeze and cough into tissues, throwing them away after use.

Are you protected?

Flu occurs every year, usually in the winter.

It is a highly infectious disease with symptoms that develop quickly. The most common symptoms are fever, chills, headache, joint and muscle pains, and extreme tiredness.

If you have a long-term health condition, even one which is well managed, are pregnant, or aged 65 and over, catching flu could make you seriously ill and make complications like pneumonia more likely.

The best way to help protect yourself against flu is to get vaccinated.

Flu is also an unpleasant illness for children as they experience the same

symptoms as adults. Children aged two, three and four, and those aged two to 18 in at-risk groups are eligible for the nasal spray vaccination, with no need for an injection.

Children aged six months to two years are offered the vaccination by injection.

What to do next If you have a long-term health condition, are pregnant, have children aged two to four, or you are aged 65 or over, ask your GP, practice nurse or pharmacist about the free flu vaccine.

* Guidance from NHS England

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Healthwatch Sutton

Choosing the right service If you’re not sure which NHS service you need, call 111. An adviser will ask you questions to assess your symptoms and then give you the advice you need, or direct you straightaway to the best service for you in your area.

Ask your pharmacist - Pharmacists are expert in many aspects of healthcare and can offer advice on a wide range of long-term conditions and common illnesses such as coughs, colds and stomach upsets. You don’t need an appointment and many have private consultation areas, so they are a good first port of call. Your pharmacist will say if you need further medical attention.

See your family doctor - GPs assess, treat and manage a whole range of health problems. They also provide health education, give vaccinations and carry out simple surgical procedures. Your GP will arrange a referral to a hospital specialist should you need it.

Visit a walk-in centre - NHS walk-in centres offer quick access to treatment for a wide variety of minor illnesses and injuries, including infections, vomiting and stomach aches. Most are managed by nurses and some also have doctors. Walk-in centres are open outside office hours and you don’t need an appointment.

Accident and Emergency - A&E departments provide vital care for life-threatening emergencies, such as loss of consciousness, suspected heart attacks, breathing difficulties, or severe bleeding that cannot be stopped. If you’re not sure it’s an emergency, call 111 for advice.

Information taken from the http://www.nhs.uk website

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what’s on

December 2014 - January 2015 Aladdin 17th - 24th December Secombe Theatre Join the Secombe Theatre on a magical carpet ride when Aladdin flies in for an all singing, all dancing traditional pantomime that will take you on a whirlwind of magic, mystery and adventure.

Suitable for the entire family this well-loved tale features lamps, genies and princesses. www.suttontheatres.co.uk

especially for very young children is full of songs, music and fun. www.suttontheatres.co.uk

Dick Whittington in Pantoland 16th - 31st December Secombe Theatre The keys to the City of London have gone missing! Join Dick Whittington and his band of friends as they journey through some of your favourite fairytales, meeting characters including Peter Pan and Aladdin along the way, as they attempt to stop the keys falling into the hands of the evil King Rat. For more than half a century, the Carshalton Pantomime Company has produced traditional family pantos, all while raising thousands of pounds for local young people's charities. www.suttontheatres.co.uk

Finding Santa 17th - 24th December Charles Cryer Theatre It is Christmas Eve and all of Santa’s new toys are jumping into the sleigh and getting ready to find their new friends… As Santa flies, however, two little toys fall out into the night sky.

How will they get to their new homes?

The only way is to try and find Santa. This interactive show

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St Raphael’s Quiz Night Wed 28th January 2015, 7pm St Raphael’s Hospice SM3 9DX A fun quiz in aid of St Raphael’s Hospice.

A table of 8 is £60—please bring your own food and drinks. For tickets contact Diana on 020 8641 3540. www.straphaelshospice.org.uk

Australia Day Celebration Sun 25th Jan 2015, 2 - 5pm Honeywood Museum Celebrate Australia Day with arts and crafts with an Aussie theme of kangaroos, boomerangs and aboriginal art. Free fun for all. No booking required. All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

Big Garden Birdwatch Sat 25th Jan, 7:45am-10am Cuddington Rec pavilion.

Join Sutton’s biodiversity team to participate in the UK's biggest celebration of birds, the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2014! Join a guided walk and discuss bird I.D., birdwatching, gardening for birds. www.sutton.gov.uk

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SCVS Christmas opening Sutton CVS offices will close for the Christmas holidays at 1pm on Wednesday 24th December, and we will reopen on Monday 5th January 2015.

Wishing all of our voluntary sector organisations a fantastic Christmas, and thank you all for your support and for the excellent work you all do in Sutton. Here’s to another great year in 2015.

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 info@suttoncvs.org.uk @SuttonCVS

2015 SCVS forums Small Groups’ Forum

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

Thursday 29th January 2015 10am - 12 noon

Children, Young People and Families’ Forum

Chief Executive: Susanna Bennett

Wednesday 11th March 2015 , 9.30am - 12 noon

Communications and Admin: Claire Avery Jackie Parr

Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Forum Tuesday 10th March 2015, 10am - 12noon Please confirm your attendance for each forum by emailing jackie@suttoncvs.org.uk at least a week in advance. All forums take place at Granfers Community Centre, Oakhill Road, Sutton SM1 3AA

Development Team Toni Walsh Razia Sattar Hilary Chisnall 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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