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Engaging Communities Voluntary Organisations Forum

Our Community... Our Heritage...

The Engaging Communities Voluntary Organisations Forum (VOF) aims to:

• Support for groups that engage in community work
• Particularly community groups, BME and micro organisations
• Move towards more practical and peer to peer support through networking

Our Community, Our heritage…

• To develop a better understanding on what the needs of the community are and

how the museums and cultural institutes can cater for them

• To remove barriers and make services offered by the institutes more accessible
• To strengthen relationship between the institutes and VCS to take a collective

approach to community engagement

The grants have been allocated as follows:

• Action Disability Kensington & Chelsea [£500]
• Advice Support & Development Ltd [£1,489]
• Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s Centre [£711]
• Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA) [£908]
• Karima’s Cuisina [£392]
• Latymer Christian Fellowship Trust [£1,000]
• Response Community Projects [£1,000]
• Women’s Association for African Networking and

Development UK [£1,000]

• Setup to assist local community organisations with their activities
• To benefit residents of the Royal Borough
• Voluntary and community organisations with charitable objectives
• Two tranches of the Corporate Services Small Grants Fund.
• This year a total of £14,000 has been made available (£7,000 each round)
• The first round has just taken place and has been allocated
• The second round will be allocated in October 2013.

Corporate Services Small Grants Fund

• Each ward is allocated £20,000 (per year)
• The three ward Councilors allocate these funds towards community projects
• Applications come through a simple budget approval form
• Issues are identified through surveys and engagement
• Projects must help to address these local issues
• Campden Ward Isolated Older People’s Project
• Life Coaching and Training in St Charles and Golborne Wards
• iAm: The ‘Hanging Around’ Tour – A Drama Project for Younger People
• Portobello Land Community Website

Kensington Palace:

Outreach & Community Involvement

… a palace for everyone

Upholstery Project The Reading Group ‘Book Break’ Family Fun Day Tea Party ‘Victoria Revealed’ curtains, Al Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s group Wildflower garden, Jigsaw mother & toddler group Kensington Palace Party

Free ee event nts, s, worksh kshop

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s and d act ctivit ities ies fo for everyone yone

• Meet artists, designers and makers
• Discover our collection of 1,180,172
• bjects and our temporary exhibitions
• Learn new skills
• Make your own designs
• Gain support for your career

development in arts and design

• Get involved in projects
• Help shape the museum’s programme
• Soak up in the atmosphere of our

garden and

Enjoy

Black Heritage - Janet j.browne@vam.ac.uk Young People - Filipa f.alvesdesousa@vam.ac.uk Families - Lucy l.walker@vam.ac.uk

• Welcoming and free
• Advance help with visit
• Complimentary entry
• Flexibility
• Onsite support
• Specimens handling

workshop

For more information visit:

Voluntary Organisations Forums (VOFs): http://www.kcsc.org.uk/networks-forums City Living Local Life: www.rbkc.gov.uk/citylivinglocallife Kensington Palace: http://www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/ Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Science Museum: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ Victoria & Albert Museum: www.vam.ac.uk/

Thank You