RedbridgeCVS News
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We are offering free online training to help community organisations during the pandemic this also includes staff that have been furloughed.
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Our Fit for Fun project has gone online. Keep fit and have fun!
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The Redbridge Social Prescribing Service has been recognised by the Social Prescribing Network & Social Prescribing ESTEEM 2020 for taking on new responsibilities and developing new skills to deliver their activities and projects in innovative, safe ways during COVID-19.
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We're providing 12 FREE online training sessions to help community groups through the pandemic.
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Speakers from Redbridge Council's public health department will speak at an extra meeting of the Voluntary Sector Network and answer questions.
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IT can help groups deliver your services and stay in touch with the people who use them.Tell us what help you need with IT.
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Redbridge used to be one of the London boroughs with high rates of TB - but rates have fallen by a third in the last five years. Partnership working involving the Council, the NHS, RedbridgeCVS and the Welcome Centre has helped.
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IT is crucial to the work of charities and community groups. The Covid pandemic has highlighted that - groups with robust IT have been much better placed to carry on working. But IT can be expensive and complicated.
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It's really important to be active at the moment – it helps with both your physical health and mental well-being. We've changed our Fit for Fun project so it's safe in the pandemic.
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The Community Cancer Champions Project co-ordinated by RedbridgeCVS offer on-line cancer awareness sessions to community groups in the local area in a number of different languages.
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We've put together a 10-minute survey - please complete it so that RedbridgeCVS can better represent and support local voluntary groups.
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Our online meetings will continue through August.
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The meetings will allow people from local charities and community groups to keep in touch, and to hear from colleagues from the local public sector.
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RedbridgeCVS's Social Prescribing service supports local people feeling isolated or anxious, or who have type 2 diabetes, by putting them in touch with community groups. They have continued working, though in new ways, through the pandemic.
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The local children's hospice can't do fundraising and may lose £500,000 in income.
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We can help you with fundraising and planning changes to your services
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If you’re volunteering, it’s important to take precautions to ensure your own safety and the safety of the people you’re helping during the coronavirus outbreak.
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The government has not made any specific commitments to the sector so far - we've signed a letter to the Prime Minister
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Information is available about funding, management and using technology
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Volunteer Centre staff will be linking up organisations and volunteers
