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Swale Council For Voluntary Service and Volunteer Centre

Swale Council For Voluntary Service and Volunteer Centre. ‘Supporting the Voluntary Sector for 40 years’ Sarah Williams. 3 distinct towns Faversham, Sheppey, Sittingbourne 140 square miles - 133,400 people

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Swale Council For Voluntary Service and Volunteer Centre

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  1. Swale Council For Voluntary Service and Volunteer Centre ‘Supporting the Voluntary Sector for 40 years’ Sarah Williams

  2. 3 distinct towns Faversham, Sheppey, Sittingbourne 140 square miles - 133,400 people The average Swale neighbourhood is slightly more deprived in most measures than the National and Kent averages especially in areas of health and crime The Swale Context

  3. 100 organisations interviewed • Annual turn over of groups £8million • 28,664 volunteer hours per year • 2120 volunteers • Equivalent to £1.5 million in salaries • 74% CVS members • 70% access CVS services • 285 organisations are members of SCEN The VCS in Swale

  4. Generic support • Starfish and Spiders • Pitch Perfect CVS support

  5. One to one support Group support Technical workshop Development of voluntary and community sector strategy in partnership with the Borough Council – the pledge Charter for engagement Commissioning Support

  6. Rod Beckstrom and Ori Brafman, authors of The Starfish and The Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organisations Decentralised and Centralised Organisations A way of illustrating that whilst we may have different approaches, ways of working & language there are also commonalities and relationships. Working together, creating an understanding finding common ground to deliver services within our local communities. StarfishandSpiders

  7. Helping organisations to become ‘commission ready’ The commissioning cycle: NAVCA Governance: Community Matters Performance Management: Continuum Social Value: Contiuum Business Planning: Kent Invicta, Chamber of Commerce Quality Assurance: Community Matters Collaborative Working: Community Matters ‘Pitch Perfect’

  8. Is it making a difference ? • VCO’s feel more confident with the requirements • 1.5 out of 10 – 7.5 out of 10 • Much better understanding of the processes involved • some participants might be less likely to enter into a tendering process following their learning The ‘So What’ factor

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