Where Next for Localism?

Where Next for Localism?

Developing a Southwark Community Response
Workshop on: Tuesday 30th May 2017
6.30 to 9.00pm
At: Cambridge House, 1 Addington Square,
Camberwell, SE5 0HF

More Workshop Details and Booking Your Place
For more details about the Localism Act, the Commission on Localism, and this workshop; please visit http://www.southwarkcan.org/where_next_for_localism , where you will also be able to book your place.

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Swing Patrol Peckham

Swing Patrol Peckham

Fun, friendly swing dancing classes in Peckham. No partner needed!

For more information: http://www.swingpatrol.co.uk/class/peckham

John the Unicorn, 157–159 Rye Lane
London, United Kingdom

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Spring Reign: A story from the Syrian conflict. Based on real-life accounts of refugees, aid workers, activists, and journalists.

Spring Reign: A story from the Syrian conflict. Based on real-life accounts of refugees, aid workers, activists, and journalists.

 

A story from the Syrian conflict: based on real-life accounts of refugees, aid workers, activists, and journalists.

In the besieged city of Aleppo, Salah and Aisha have lost control of their lives and are falling headlong into an uncertain future. The Syria they hoped to change is gone. In its place there is only violence and destruction. How will they survive as they fall further away from hope, from what they know and from what they used to be?

Compelling and moving contemporary theatre, based on real-life stories. 

Post show talk Wednesday 24 May.

To book and more info, click HERE.

£14 / £10 concs. Or £5 with an ARC (Application Registration Card).

Buy 10 tickets get the 11th FREE.

 

Ages 15+     

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Pond life

Pond life

Pond life

Saturday 11th June

10-12pm

Centre for Wildlife Gardening,

28 Marsden Road, SE15 4EE

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Nature Mash Up

Half term activities

Nature Mash Up

Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd June

11am-4pm

Centre for Wildlife Gardening,

28 Marsden Road, SE15 4EE

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Mother Goose Nursery: Build your own Portable Solar Charger

Mother Goose Nursery: Build your own Portable Solar Charger

Mother Goose Nursery: Build your own Portable Solar Charger

Saturday 10th June 10am – 5pm

www.mothergoosegarden.co.uk

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Free Cookery Workshops

Free Cookery Workshops

You are invited to take part in our free Cookery Workshops at the Albrighton Community Centre, as part of Camberwell Waste less, Save more!

Join our top chefs to discover how fermenting can help make your food go further and learn how to make the most of parts of the animal or vegetable that would otherwise go in the bin.

Fermenting your favourite fruit or veg:

24 May 1 – 3pm

24 May 6:30 – 8:30pm

25 May 1 – 3pm

25 May 6:30 – 8:30pm

 

Root to Shoot: Nose to Tail:

1 June 1 – 3pm  (vegetables)

1 June 6:30 – 8:30pm  (vegetables)

14 June 1 – 3pm  (meat)

14 June 6:30 – 8:30pm  (meat)

 

Email Katie to save your space:katie.purell@sainsburys.co.uk

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Plane hell

PLANE HELL: TOO EARLY, TOO LATE, TOO NOISY, TOO LOW… TOO MANY!

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#VolunteersWeek is coming: Southwark needs you!

#VolunteersWeek is coming: Southwark needs you!

2017 Volunteers’ Week is 1-7 June and we’re planning a few things during the week which we’d like you to join us with. Please do pass this on to your communications team to use.

Southwark needs you!

Share all the amazing ways in which you give back to the London borough of Southwark this volunteers week by encouraging your volunteers to tweet using the hashtags #Southwark #volunteer #iamthedifference to help promote volunteering in Southwark. 

This will be a great way to celebrate the impact volunteering makes in the borough and to create a conversation about the mutual benefits of volunteering. 
Ensure your organisation helps promote the celebrations by tweeting about your volunteers and those in our wonderful Borough by using the hashtags too – let’s see if we can get it trending! 
Our Twitter Campaign #iamthedifferenceShare your images and quotes!

We’re creating images with quotes like this one for Shakespear’s Globe. So if you send us a picture and a quote we can turn it into this and share it. Please send these to: jo@communitysouthwark.org

Share your volunteer stories!
We’re collecting stories about why people volunteer, what they do in their role and what volunteering means to them. We’ll put these on our website through Volunteers’ Week and tweet them. Again, please email these to: jo@communitysouthwark.org

Our mass Volunteer Drop-In Day – Wed 7 June
On Wed 7 June we’re holding a mass volunteer Drop-In from 10.00am to 4.30pm at Cambridge House. If you have any roles that you would like us to promote please do send these through to: marissa@communitysouthwark.org Plus please do pass this on to anyone who might be interested. 

Surrey Quays outreach – Mon 5 June
On Monday 5 June from 11am-2pm we will be hosting an outreach session at Surrey Quays Shopping Centre. This a great opportunity to meet members of the public who you might not normally get a chance to interact with, promote your organisation and recruit some volunteers!

We’re looking for three organisations to do hour-long slots at this session. If you are interested please contact Alasdair: alasdair@communitysouthwark.org.

Peckham outreach – Wed 7 June
On Wednesday 7 June from 11am-2pm we will be hosting an outreach session at Peckham Library. This is also a great opportunity to meet members of the public who you might not normally get a chance to interact with, promote your organisation and recruit some volunteers!

We’re looking for three organisations to do hour-long slots at this session. If you are interested please contact Alasdair: alasdair@communitysouthwark.org.

Our usual Volunteer Advice sessions
We’ll be holding our Volunteer Advice sessions as usual on Tuesday and Thursday, from 10.30-1.00pm and 2.00-4.30pm, at Cambridge House. Please book an appointment here.

Charities and volunteering make Britain Great: NCVO’s manifesto for the 2017 election
NCVO share their thoughts on what the next government can do to help charities and volunteering make an even bigger difference – read it here.

Community Southwark

www.communitysouthwark.org

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Dog show of the year

Dog show of the year

Saturday 24th June2017

1-4pm at Brunswick Park, Camberwell, London SE5

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Community summer fete

Community summer fete

Community summer fete

Friends of Brunswick Park

Saturday 5th August, 1pm-4pm

Brunswick Park SE5

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Work opportunity: Key-Holder/ Office Administrator Draper Hall, SE1

Key-Holder/ Office Administrator Draper Hall, Draper Estate, London SE1

Job Description:

Key-Holder/ Office Administrator – Draper Hall, Draper Estate, London SE1

Draper Hall is a community Hall situated in the heart of Elephant and Castle, London SE1. It is run by the Draper Residents Association (DRA), a Tenants and Residents Association on the Draper estate.

Draper Hall is very busy 7 days a week, serving its local residents and the wider neighbourhood. The opening times of the Hall are between 9am and 9:30pm everyday.

A committee of volunteers runs Draper Hall but the position of Key-Holder/Office Administrator is a paid position and is being offered on a part-time, contract basis.

Salary: £15 per session, which includes opening and closing the Hall.

Deadline for applications: 11.59pm, 22nd May, 2017, interviews to take place 30th and 31st May.

Job Description for Key-Holder/ Office Administrator – Draper Hall

The Key-Holder is a very important representative of the DRA, as the ‘face’ that the customer meets first and it is of great importance that the Key-Holder has customer-care experience and presents him/herself as clean and smartly dressed with a polite and diplomatic manner.

The DRA Executive committee will provide support on the specific requirements for the role and the KH will report directly to them.

The successful candidate should live within a 3 mile radius of Draper Hall and be ready to promptly attend during the course of a hire to deal with any unforeseen problems e.g. the fire alarm going off, noise complaints from neighbours, loss of power, etc.

The Key-Holder will report primarily to the Chair of the DRA and will be in charge of scheduling the calendar of Draper Hall. They will meet with prospective hirers and inform them of the rules of the Hall.

The Key-Holder will be available to work on weekends and to open and close the Hall half an hour prior to the opening time 9am (at 8.30am) and half an hour after the closing time of 9:30pm (till 10pm).

Essential:

– needs to be internet proficient in order to deal with scheduling the calendar online and corresponding via email with both the DRA executives and the clients hiring the Hall.

– will be responsible to ensure that the Hall has been left clean and ready for the next hire and if the hire has failed to do so report the hire to the DRA committee.

– be prepared to do some basic cleaning and organising of the Hall in case this has not been done and the cleaner is not due to arrive within the day.

Availability:

– needs to be available on the phone (mobile phone provided) and online, via email to the DRA Executive committee and clients hiring the Hall, The KH will be responsible for dealing with some possibly difficult clients and challenging situations, so it is necessary that the person is diplomatic, used to mediating and finding the appropriate solution.

Additional Hours:

If available to work for additional hours, we would also like the Key-Holder to cover some administrative work a couple of hours a week in the Draper Office; filing bills/receipts and organising Hall hire contracts.

If the candidate is First Aid trained and aware of Health and Safety procedures, this would be a bonus.

To apply please enclose a two-page only CV and a one page covering letter to the following email address, with Key-Holder Position in the subject line:

events@draperestate.com

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