Dine with the St. John’s Hotel and they will donate 10% of the value of your menu to the charity of your choice.

• banqueting space to accommodate up to 700 guests
• a dedicated private bar and reception area
• menus designed to suit every occasion
• 180 stylish bedrooms
• on-site car parking

Contact csr@solihull-sustain.org.uk

A major employer in Solhull has offered a team of volunteers seeking a “Team Challenge”. If you need a room refurbishing or garden clearing we have some offers from local companies. Please contact June Mole on csr@solihull-sustain.org.uk.

Giving World Online (GWO) is a scheme set up to help community groups and charities access free surplus goods from businesses and organisations and to help businesses reduce the amount of goods sent to landfill sites. Items include clothing, educational materials, office equipment and toiltetries.

In the next three months GWO will be engaging with businesses in the West Midlands encouraging them to use GWO’s free service to redirect their goods to charities and groups that could make use of them for their beneficiaries.

Groups can register now to familiarise themselves with the website, see how it works and browse the goods currently available. Visit www.givingworldonline.com.

National charity LawWorks can help small charities obtain legal advice. Simply register with them and file your request for legal support, you then get matched to an advisor from a legal firm. You then become a client of that legal firm and receive free legal support. There are some conditions; animal welfare, religious and non-UK focused charities cannot apply for aid. However if you contact them they’ll try direct you somewhere that can.

Maggie Leaver at Solihull Carers Centre has recently moved to new offices in Marston Green and has advised us that David Simpson, the proprietor of Touchstone 1 and 2 Pinewood Business Park, has indicated he would be interested in doing favourable deals on office space with other charities.

If you want to find out more, contact David Simpson of Candlelight Property Ltd on DavidSimpson@jetenvironmental.com.

Charity Builder UK is a free online resource provided by Tennyson Insurance in partnership with NAVCA and beprofessional.com.

Charity Builder UK will guide you through key areas such as Human Resources and Health & Safety, but it doesn’t just signpost advice. It actually helps you produce documents such as contracts, policies and job descriptions and because the content is written by lawyers you’ll be kept up to date with any changes in legislation. You’ll also find practical guides to insurance, governance and volunteering.

The website includes guidance on CRB checks, Vetting and Barring, and Safeguarding, as well as how to get the most from the 2012 Games, community sport and a comprehensive guide to third sector jargon and terminology.

This site is a must for all charities, voluntary & community organisations of all types.

Visit Charity Builder UK now and tell them Solihull SUSTAiN sent you.

The Rock Project is a national rock / pop music teaching franchise, operating in schools since 2005.

They are offering free music workshops to groups within Solihull and East Birmingham.
The workshops give groups of children experience of playing a variety of rock instruments and opportunity to take part in our music master quiz, the winners receiving a prize of a voucher for free lessons.

See The Rock Project website

For more information, contact Richard Finlan on 0845 226 3318 or 07817289105 or solihull@therockproject.com

Plings is a website giving information about local activities for young people organised by councils, voluntary and private sector organisations. It is being piloted in twenty local authority areas and is a part of the effort to break down barriers to access. Take a look at the pilot site, 

Cherish Jewellery can support you by running a charity workshop to make jewellery for fundraising, girls night out etc. If you are interested please contact Martin Clarke martinc@solihull-sustain.org.uk

Ramada Jarvis Hotel in the centre of Solihull have offered FREE meeting rooms for organisations listed in SUSTAiN’s Third Sector Directory

Up to 8 people at any one time free of charge in a boardroom style set-up.

For more details contact the Ramada sales office quoting “Solihull SUSTAiN Community Offer”
Tel: 0844 815 9011 (conferences option 3) or email – op.solihull@ramadajarvis.co.uk

Hire charge - free for Rooms up to 8 people. £10 per head for additional people for rooms up to 12 capacity.

Download our Venue Directory and look for Ramada Jarvis