Welcome to the Barnet Together newsletter featuring news, grants, training opportunities and much more...
 
And the much more this week includes the offer of free seeds from Incredible Edible as part of their project to get more people growing food to eat and/or donate across Barnet. Get in touch now, as they'll need planting soon.

On the topic of food, two shopping retailers have announced new funding streams. These are just two of the many funders out there, do get in touch if you'd like me to do a funding search for you.

Ellen Cheshire, Voluntary and Community Sector Support Lead ellen@inclusionbarnet.org.uk 

Ocado Foundation for Good (UK)

Ocado has launched the Ocado Foundation for Good with BizGive, to support charity and fundraising activities across the UK. The programme will support ‘the many rather than the few’ by providing grants of up to £1,000 to charities, community organisations, community interest companies, academic institutions, and local authorities for community projects which focus their efforts on three core areas:

• skills for the future
• natural resources
• responsible sourcing.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, for volunteering, only applications for digital volunteering will be accepted.

Applications can be made at any time until the 31st December 2021.

Great news for Churches, Christian and Jewish organisations

Barnet Together has recently taken out a subscription for Church Grants, an online search engine specifically for churches and Christian organisations and Jewish Grants, and online grant search engine with over 500 UK and US grant-making Trusts & Foundations who want to support Jewish charities, schools, NGOs and the wider Jewish community each year.

If you are a Church, Christian or Jewish organisation looking to fund a project, book in for a 1:1 and I can start looking for appropriate funders for you.

Email ellen@inclusionbarnet.org.uk

Tesco Community Grants

Tesco Bags for Help has been given a re-brand and make-over. Tesco Community Grants will fund local good causes that focus on supporting children and families.

Grants will be awarded to voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), schools, health bodies (e.g. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), NHS Hospital Trust, Foundation Trust), Parish/Town Councils, local authorities and social housing providers.

Application deadline: Ongoing

Are you looking for new trustees?

Lloyds Bank Foundation's Trustee Programme introduces Lloyds Banking Group staff who are interested in exploring charity trusteeship to charities looking to recruit new trustees.

If you are a current grant holder  get in touch with Kay Cameron, Projects and Employee Engagement Manager, to explore whether there may be a suitable match for you.

Lived Experience Spokesperson Training Programme

This new FREE nine-month training programme aims to diversify the voices we hear in the media and make it more representative of the society we live in. Sound Delivery Media's aim through this programme is to equip a new network of 14 leaders with the skills and confidence to share their experience, have their expertise heard more widely and ultimately drive change. The successful participants will be united in using their lived experience to create a positive change in and for their communities.

Deadline:  Friday 30 April, 10am 

MASH-VCS Safeguarding Lead Forum

Barnet Together have launched a quarterly Forum to provide a regular, informal, open space where VCS Safeguarding Leads can ask questions and discuss challenges or ideas with the Adult MASH team from Barnet Council and each other, to promote better communication and confident best practice.

Future meetings will focus on:

• Training and information about safeguarding theory and practice
• Feedback from VCS to MASH and MASH to VCS about ways of working
• Discussion of anonymised complex cases for general learning (brought by VCS attendees)
• Sharing of best practice examples
   

If you are interested in joining or would like more information contact Rebecca Sare at Inclusion Barnet.

Bringing Londoners Together Toolkit 

The Mayor’s Bringing Londoners Together Toolkit for civil society organisations builds on experiences of groups bringing Londoners together in the pandemic to build more resilient communities.

It aims to help organisations in their response to the pandemic; support new ways of working & continue to build relationships between Londoners.

Sector Spotlight: New Citizens’ Gateway

The Barnet Refugee Service has changed its name to become New Citizens’ Gateway (note that the legal name and services provided will remain the same).

Over 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers are supported each year through their ‘Integrated Holistic Model of Support’.

Their services help reduce social isolation, increase community cohesion and increase mental wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers. 

Vacancy: Supporter Engagement Officer

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years – more children supported, more major hospitals partnered with, and more supporters donating. They’ve transformed from being an enthusiastic start-up, to a serious player delivering major impact.

And now they are seeking a new permanent full-time team member to help look after their supporters in an engaging and reliable way, strengthening their trust of the charity and fostering their loyalty.

Closing Date: Monday 10 May

Free Seeds
For Barnet's Community Groups

Incredible Edible Barnet will be growing a few culturally diverse food plants for the first time to try and make our community garden more accessible. People from ethnic minorities in our community may cook with these plants - Amaranth, Dudi, Luffa and Sharks Fin Melon - but they are hard to buy in the shops. If you have space to try and grow any of these plants get in touch and Wendy will happily send you some seeds.

The Heritage Seed Library kindly provided the Amaranth and Dudi seeds so there are lots of these in particular to go around.

And if you have any growing tips or recipes Wendy would love to hear from you!

Get in touch with Wendy.

Sign up to Barnet’s voluntary sector Manifesto

Barnet Together is calling for community, voluntary and faith groups as well as statutory organisations and businesses operating in the borough of Barnet, to sign up to the Barnet Voluntary Sector Manifesto.

The aim of the Manifesto is to create better understanding and deeper cross-sector collaboration between organisations working within Barnet. By signing up to the Manifesto, groups and service providers agree to adhere to the values within the document. 

If you are a representative of a group, service provider or business based in or serving Barnet, then you can sign up to the Barnet Voluntary Manifesto.

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Communities Together Network 

For more information about local events, national campaigns and updates from Barnet Council, drop Danusia an email and ask to be added to the Communities Together Network bulletin.
Danusia.Brzezicka@Barnet.gov.uk