October 2011 e-news bulletin
Welcome to our monthly bulletin of news, events and updates.
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Use our bulletin to advertise your community events and important news for the City's Voluntary Sector!
Voluntary Sector Forum
If you are interested in representing your organisation on the City's Voluntary Sector Forum, please email CITY.COMM so that we can keep you informed about dates and times of future meetings.
Reward funding from the 2007 Local Area Agreement – Tranche II
Application form and guidance notes available. Deadline: end October 2011
Very cheap office space available
Near Smithfield market and St Paul's, for small to medium sized charities
Four days left to respond
General Medical Council consults on new draft guidance 'Protecting children and young people: the responsibilities of all doctors.'
See the short versons for the general public and for doctors and other professionals.
Concerts, discussion, walks and talks
Events at Bishopsgate Institute and environs, EC2M 4QH
Friday 14 October 2011, 11am-2pm
Visit the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre to see and handle some of the thousands of finds that haven't yet made it into the museum's galleries.
Go to the Museum of London's Events page
Tuesday 18 October 2011, 7pm, Museum of London Docklands
To mark Anti-Slavery Day, join experts from the Metropolitan Police Human Exploitation Unit and Anti-Slavery International to discuss how modern slavery affects London and what initiatives can combat it.
Go to the Museum of London's Events page
Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight
19 September to 15 January 2012 at the Guildhall Art Gallery
Exhibition bringing together over 50 major works from public and private collections. £5/£3 concessions.
Centre for Better Managed Health and Social Care
Annual Debate on Wednesday 26 October 2011
Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Road, London EC1Y 8TZ
More information and booking details
Help for carers in the City
Emotional support and listening ear sessions in the comfort of your own home or at the City & Hackney Carers' Centre.
Need help with fundraising, marketing and communications, graphic design, monitoring and evaluation, business planning, independent examination of accounts, or payroll services?
Voluntary Action Westminster now has a fee-based service - specialists providing you with "an extra pair of hands" for the times when you need them most.
Email Angela Wilson to consider your fundraising needs
Email Daniel Mapp to consider your web design and graphic design needs
Email Paulina Arce-Casillas, CES Outcomes Champion, to consider your monitoring and evaluation needs
Email Eyerusalem Asgedom to consider your book-keeping and payroll needs
Details of training courses from now to December are published
Provided by CITY.COMM's parent organisation, Voluntary Action Westminster
New fundraising website with a prize: Guess2Give
Free to register and benefit
Community Action Against Crime: Innovation Fund
You must involve local communities in deciding which specific crime issue to tackle. Open to applications from 5 September until 1 December 2011
Go to the website
BBC Children in Need
General grants deadline: 15 October 2011
Film London - Cultural Exhibition Fund
Ensuring London audiences can access high quality viewing experiences outside mainstream films. Deadline: 21 October 2011
Go to the website
Golsoncott Foundation
Promoting, maintaining, improving public education in the arts, particularly the fine arts and music. Deadlines: end of October, January, April, July
Go to the website
Contract to provide services for people with learning disabilities in Islington
Deadline: 9 November 2011, 12pm
Go to the London Tenders Portal (ref 1112-056 Learning Disability Discretionary Service)
Read more on the CITY.COMM website
£11.3 million European Social Fund Co-financing Programme
Match funded by 15 London Boroughs
