This youth work and arts sharing practice event is an opportunity to develop skills and knowledge, as well as share their experiences and best practice.

It will be an innovative, forward thinking event with a range of workshops and table discussions focussing on specialist areas of work, transferable music skills and sector development.

Lunch will be free of charge, followed by a networking activity and a music performance from young people.

Join us for a free event on Wednesday 20 November at Trinity Community Arts Centre to find out more information about local membership and community services that can help you to strengthen your own organisation and to build resilience. You can drop in and chat to us, and any of our following partners any time between 11am and 2pm. Please book your place so that we know you are coming!

Are you interested in leasing a building or land from Bristol City Council and want to find out about Community Asset Transfer (CAT) and understand the application process? Have you already started on the process and want help to make it successful?

This event is for VCSE organisations interested in finding out about CAT - whether you have little understanding of what it is or are already in the application process.

At this event you will:

Following on from the first Safeguarding Community Conversation event in June (notes attached), Felix Road Adventure Playground and Voscur, would like to invite groups and community members from East Central to join us to continue the conversation.

Is your group trading or interested in developing your income in this way?

Are you ready to kick start enterprising changes in your community?  Do you have an idea for a new project, social enterprise or community business and need help to get it off the ground? 

If so, Kick Start could be just what you need. It will help you to:

This event is part of an NHS England project, to consider how the VCSE sector could develop good working relationships. It is for decision-makers and leaders in the VCSE sector and the statutory health sector.
 

Changing gears for 2020

Our 2020 project has reached its half-way point, so we're planning to use the December network meeting to review what's happened so far - and plan how best to use the second half of the project in the new year.

Here's an outline of the session on Tuesday:

A business plan that people want to buy into

Is your business plan inward-looking or outward-focused? Does it explain what you do internally so it's clear to the team, or the impact you create in the community so it's clear to investors and funders? (Or both?)

Is it ambitious but not unrealistic? Is it practical but not pedestrian?

This session will focus on what an investable business plan really looks like.

(Further details to follow.)