Advice
- New Group start-up
- Search for source funding
- Guidance on grant application forms
Community Development
- Development of local strategic groups
- Promotion of good practices eg quality standards and monitoring and evaluation
- Support for local groups towards independence
- Support for local strategic groups
- Delivery of projects to service unmet need
Fundraising
- Participation in community charity fairs and charity markets
Information
- Quarterly newsletter/fact sheet the VOICE with information about training, publications, and local and national issues affecting the voluntary sector
- Seminars and topics on current topics eg charity law
- Database of voluntary groups and services
Networking
- Community Networking Lunches facilitating information exchange
- Maintaining contact with local CS groups
Partnership and Representation
- Encouragement of partnership working
- Active participation in partnership projects
- Enabling representation of the voluntary/community sector
Resources
- Office space
- Display boards and collecting boxes
- Desktop Publishing and Design Service (annual reports, advertising material, leaflets, posters, tickets and programs)
- Office support services: photocopying, fax facilities, scanning documents to disk
Training
- Increased awareness courses for volunteers running groups
- Tailored courses to address identified needs and wishes
- Computing courses designed to suit individual’s requirements