Please save the date in your diary for the “Building Resilience Workshop“ on Wednesday 18 July 2012. Further details and event programme to follow shortly.

The Workshop will give you a good opportunity to discuss and explore some of the major challenges and issues facing the Voluntary and Community Sector in Solihull.

Who should attend

This event will be of particular interest if you’re involved in this sector, either as a trustee, director, committee or board member of a charity, voluntary, community and not-for-personal-profit organisation. From this workshop, you will take away key ideas and solutions to best assist your organisations in being better prepared to meet many of the future challenges head on.

Please ensure this date is saved in your board members’ diaries, and we look forward to seeing you there:

This workshop will also be of huge interest to commissioners, procurement, specialists, councillors, and those with an interest in the Voluntary and Community Sector.

This event has been organised in partnership with the Voluntary and Community Sector Reference Group, Solihull Sustain and Solihull Council – all of who are members of The Solihull Partnership.  

For more information about this event, please contact Greg Harris on (0121) 704 8548 or email cvru@solihull.gov.uk

£30 Million is now available from the Community Development Foundation (CDF) to fund community projects of which:

• Smiths Wood has been allocated £68k over 4 years
• Fordbridge/Kingshurst has been allocated £34k over 4 years
• Chelmsley Wood has been awarded £34k over 4 years.

New and existing community groups operating in or for the benefit of these wards are invited to apply for a minimum of £250 up to a maximum of £2,500 to help them deliver local priorities. These have been established by local panels made up of residents and Ward Councillor, contact details of whom  have been included to in the briefing packs.

Community First is a matched fund programme, which means that every £1 provided in funding by the Government must be matched by a similar amount of in-kind donations (this means donations of cash, services, free products or volunteer time).

The deadline for submitting your proposals is Friday 1^st June 2012, 12.00 noon.

Download the Guidance Notes, Ward Briefing & Proposal documents

• Guidance Notes – How to request funds from your local panel
• Briefing Pack (Chelmsley Wood)
• Funding Proposal (Chelmsley Wood)
• Briefing Pack (Fordbridge and Kinghurst)
• Funding Proposal (Fordbridge and Kingshurst)
• Briefing Pack (Smiths Wood)
• Funding Proposal (Smiths Wood)

If you wish to discuss your application prior to submission, please contact  Janet Johnson at SUSTAiN on 0121 711 3148 or 07500 081 220 or via janetj@solihull-sustain.org.uk