If you have got some volunteers supporting your organisation for a year or more, or, if they have completed more than 100 hours, please do nominate them for an award.
You get to come to a lovely, warm and encouraging certificate giving evening and meet the mayor. Honestly, it’s a lovely thing!
Residents to continue getting first class support services.
The charity ‘One Community’ will continue to offer first class services to residents living in the Fareham Borough after the Council renewed their contract.
Fareham Borough Council will carry on funding One Community to deliver a package of community services in the Fareham Borough after a strict tendering process.
The Council provides the funding to deliver the ‘Big 3’ initiative which provides a focused package of support for the benefit of individuals and local groups.
The ‘Big 3’ are:
One Community was first awarded the Council contract in 2015. The contract was awarded again this year after the service was put out to tender. Organisations submitted proposals which were assessed on best quality of service, best value for money and the proposed service being offered.
Executive Member for Leisure and Community, Cllr Sue Bell, said: “One Community have offered an excellent service and have made a difference to so many community organisations that operate for the benefit of people living in the Fareham Borough.
“We are delighted that One Community is going to continue to offer this fantastic service. There is so much evidence that people benefit from opportunities provided by volunteering and engagement with community groups, so it is of paramount importance to offer well-supported, effective community and voluntary activities.”
Anyone who wants to get help and support from One Community can contact info@1community.org.uk or for more information look at www. 1community.org.uk.
We have set up a number of new Information Sessions. You can just Drop In at Eastleigh Shopmobility.
Here is a map.
If you would like to view our poster, without downloading it onto your devices look here:
If you would like to download the poster onto your device please download it here.
Drop Ins Eastleigh May 2019
Do you have a PA?
Disabled People’s Voice in conjunction with a group of media students from Fareham College is making a film about being a PA and employing a PA. So we are looking for PAs and their employers to attend on one of two days of filming Tuesday 19th March or Thursday 28th March. You would need to travel to Fareham College, Bishopsfield Road, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1NH. (It is near Fareham’s train station and on a bus route.) We anticipate filming will start at 11am.
The media room is on the second floor but there is a lift. There are plenty of accessible toilets and disabled parking. The paths and access around the college are
good.
You will be greeted at reception at an agreed time, signed in, escorted to the film studio, where a student will ask you a series of questions about being a PA or employing a PA. You answers will be filmed. The film will be used to help recruit and train PAs.
If you would like to take part please contact me (Madeline Close, email madeline@dpv.org.uk) so I can arrange a time slot.
Are you thinking about using Day Centres or know someone who might?
Here is a short (under 3 mins) film to show you the sorts of thing we do.
Please contact us for a FREE trial day* on 023 8090 2400 or email info@1community.org.uk
We would love to see you there!
*Transport & lunch will be an extra cost.
Well? Have you?
Most people do have them and because it is EASY for many people, we have set up a mobile phone text donation system.
Never donated from your phone before and a bit unsure? Or are you always pinging across funds here there and everywhere?
You can donate to One Community via your mobile phone, by text VERY EASILY! Hurray!
Text giving is one of the easiest and most convenient ways for you supporters to give to our charity – It is perfect for those who are on the move or short of time and is very popular. Just send the word 1COM, followed by the amount you want to give to 70085.
(If you fancy a practice- just text 1COM1 to 70085 and it just costs a single pound and you can see how it all works- honestly, it is very simple.)
You can choose to donate the following amounts; £1,2,3,4,5,10,15 and £20. You do not need to put a pound sign.
Please see below;
1COM1 to 70085
1COM2 to 70085
1COM3 to 70085
1COM4 to 70085
1COM5 to 70085
1COM10 to 70085
1COM15 to 70085
1COM20 to 70085
If your donation was successful you may be asked via a text message if you would like to gift aid. We would be grateful if you could say yes (if you are a UK Tax payer, which includes people on ESA, some other benefits, as well as those with pensions and employment.) It should then take you to a page and ask you a couple of questions and then another page where you enter your name and address. It is a very easy process.
If you would like to learn more about donations to us, including giving in other ways to One Community as a Charity please click here.
Do you know a young person who has done some amazing volunteering? Want to encourage more young people into volunteering? Put them forward for a Youth Award!
We would love to celebrate their achievements and give them a certificate at a special award ceremony on 4th June 2019 at The Point in Eastleigh.
If you would like to nominate someone, download a form and complete it and send it in by the 26th of April 2019.
Here is a poster:
Here is a booklet and attached form for nominations to download.
Youth Awards Form & LeafletOr you can just take a look online, without downloading it here:
Second Showcase Success.
Eastleigh’s Second Community Showcase, at The Point, Eastleigh on Saturday the 2nd of February was a great success, despite freezing conditions.
45 local charities exhibited at the event, showcasing their activities and services and recruiting volunteers. Live performances were staged in the main auditorium by Ukes for All and the Eastleigh Fusion Choir.
The Showcase is a partnership event between One Community and The Point. As well as meeting the public, who arrived in their hundreds, exhibitors were busy networking and making new contacts.
Exhibitors ranged from Solent Movie Makers to Prostate Cancer Support, the Scouts to the Samaritans, The Red Box Project to Highbridge Community Farm.
Visitors included Eastleigh’s Mayor, Cllr Bruce Tennant and Eastleigh’s MP Mims Davies, both of whom were impressed by the turn out, and enjoyed the opportunity to chat to so many charities under one roof.
For further information about support to local voluntary sector groups and volunteering opportunities please contact One Community on 023 8090 2458 or email volunteer@1community.org.uk
Are you thinking of joining us for our Eastleigh Showcase?
You might be part of a performing act, local group or charity or just to come along and see what is going on in our local community.
Here are some pictures we took of last year’s event to give you a flavour of the sort of thing we do.
The details for this year’s event are as follows:
Community Showcase
Saturday 2 February, 11am-3pm at The Point, Leigh Road Eastleigh
Free Admission
The Community Showcase, a partnership event between One Community and The Point, promises an extravaganza of community life, with displays, performance and everything you need to know about local voluntary and community groups. Your chance to get involved or find support with local groups.
If you or your organisation would like to take part in Eastleigh Showcase 2019, please email volunteer@1community.org.uk
If you want to come along to look round, watch the acts and have a nice drink you would be very welcome.
The deadline to apply for grant funding to help vulnerable groups apply for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) is under a month away: 12pm on 1 Feb 2019, so here is a We’d also really appreciate it if you could remind organisations you work with about the upcoming deadline, as we’d like to use this final push to ensure as many organisations as possible have the opportunity to apply for grant funding.
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The Home Office have pledged £9 million of grant funding, available to voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to help vulnerable or at-risk EU citizens needing additional support when applying for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
Ensuring that vulnerable or at-risk EU citizens and their families are supported to obtain a status is a critical objective in the delivery of the EUSS and the grant funding. The Home Office will set out to create a network of funded organisations to ensure that a range of services are mobilised across the UK, so that support and assistance to apply for the EUSS is available to meet those who require the most support.
Extensive engagement with VCS organisations has also helped to shape the development of the grant funding. Following insight gained during the market engagement, there will be two levels of award:
· Level one – to fund grant projects from £5,000 up to £39,999; and
· Level two – to fund grant projects from £40,000 up to £750,000.
Organisations are invited to submit proposals as to how they can support the diversity of needs of a diverse EU citizen population to make their EUSS applications. The application period for bids will close at 12pm on 1 February 2019.
For more information, and to take part in the grant funding opportunity, please click this: goo.gl/zzcnEV
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Textphone 023 8090 2400
Registered Office 16, Romsey Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire. SO50 9AL. Registered Charity Number 1052978. Registered in England as a company limited by guarantee. Company Number 3132524.