The newsletter for Sutton’s Voluntary and Community Sector December 2014

In this issue: SCVS’s year 2013-14, keep well this winter and

the future of The Grove

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Susanna’s column

Welcome to the last edition of the Networker for 2014

and it’s been another busy year for us supporting

Sutton’s voluntary sector. We’ve delivered training

courses, administered the Sutton Community Fund,

run the Voluntary Sector Forum and other networking

events, kept you informed about news in the sector and

funding opportunities, helped organisations with their

PQASSO accreditation, celebrated Trustees’ Week and

Small Charity Week, Run Payroll our CPS clients and

secured some funding to help us develop The Grove for

the voluntary sector among other things!

Looking ahead to 2015 we’ve some exciting times

coming up. As well as continuing with the work to

transform The Grove into a hub for the voluntary sector

in Sutton, we’ll be starting a new programme of

training courses in the New Year—don’t forget to check

what is coming up in our e-bulletins and on our website

as a little extra knowledge can make all the difference

to your funding applications!

If you are looking for some additional funding don’t

forget that the deadline to apply for the next round of

the Sutton Community Fund is Tuesday 20th January

2015 - find out more at www.suttoncvs.org/

communityfund. We are also still accepting applications

for the ASSHH (Adult Social Services, Housing and

Health) small grants - find out more at

www.suttoncvs.org.uk/asshhgrants.

In the meantime we would like to wish you all a

wonderful Christmas and New Year, and we look

forward to working with many of you again in 2015.

The SCVS offices will be closed from 1pm

Wednesday 24th December and we will open again on

Monday 5th January but in the meantime don’t forget

you can also follow us on Twitter (@SuttonCVS) and

Facebook (SuttonCVS) so follow us on both for the

latest news and events from Sutton’s voluntary sector.

Susanna Bennett

Chief Executive SCVS

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In this issue Page 3 - news

Sutton Together and staff

changes

Pages 4-5 - news

Sue Robson and Sutton Compact

Pages 6-7 - news

Trustee of the Year and

highlights from 2013-14

Page 8 - news

Grove House

Page 9 - money

Staying Afloat

Pages 10-13 - Healthwatch

Sutton

Making a complaint in the NHS

and keeping well this winter.

Pages 14-15 - What’s On

Things to do in and around

Sutton

Cover pic: - Fun at Sutton

Mencap’s Christmas Grotto

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Staff changes at SCVS

Sutton Together Sutton Together, our voluntary sector consortium, was launched in July this year.

We set up the consortium so that voluntary organisations in Sutton would have formal arrangements and agreements in place to work together more effectively and efficiently. The voluntary sector needs to work together because collectively we are more likely to win the larger contracts the public sector is developing, and because by working together we can deliver better, more streamlined services for local people. Some voluntary sector consortiums are set up as new organisations, we have decided not to do this due to the time and expense involved in setting up and running an additional organisation. We wanted to build on our strong track record of working together, choosing the best local organisation to lead on a piece of work or contract, and creating the most effective partnership of organisations to deliver each service. This enables us to respond flexibly and creatively to any new opportunities bringing together the organisations best able to meet the need.

Sutton Together has now grown to 13 full members having been joined by Off the Record and Sutton Mental Health Foundation. We also have 5 associate members. We would welcome any other local organisations wishing to join us. Since the launch we have been incredibly busy - we have already responded to two tenders and will know the outcome of both by January. We have also carried out a significant piece of work, in partnership with LBS, to look at the additional work voluntary organisations in Sutton might be able to deliver in response to the Care Act. There are now two further opportunities we have started to work on. For further information or to find out how to join Sutton Together please contact Susanna at SCVS (020 8644 2867) or email her at susanna@suttoncvs.org.uk.

As many of you will know Tom Strannix who has

been the Development Manager for Children,

Young People & Family Services at SCVS for the

last 3 years left at the end of November for a new

role with a national charity for young people.

Tom made a significant and really positive

contribution to our organisation, the voluntary

sector, children’s services and the partnership

with the local authority. He is already missed by

everyone who worked with him!

Razia Sattar, who was the SCVS

Organisational Development Officer, has taken

on the Children and Young People’s role on an

interim basis from 1 December until 31 March

2015. Razia was already supporting some of the

children and young people’s organisations and

has lots of experience of this work from her

previous roles. This is an interim appointment

because of the potential changes in SCVS funding

from April 2015.

From December we have welcomed Hilary

Chisnall back to SCVS to take on the

Organisational Development Officer role for 2.5

days a week until March 2015. Hilary will be

working with organisations on fundraising and

governance, mentoring VCOs to achieve PQASSO

quality standards and delivering training e.g. our

monitoring and evaluation masterclasses with

Razia. These are all areas in which Hilary has

considerable expertise having worked as a

freelance consultant for the last few years

supporting a wide range of VCOs in these areas of

activity.

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At the beginning of November we were incredibly sad to hear our good friend Sue Robson had passed away following a long illness. SCVS’s Chief Executive says a few words about this amazing woman. Many of you will have known Sue as a friend, and many more will have met her as a champion for Sutton’s Voluntary Sector. Sue worked at SCVS from 1997 to 2007, although she never really left and continued to be fully involved with the organisation and staff that meant so much to her. I first met Sue when she appointed me as her Deputy in 2002, she was immediately a great boss but she also became a great friend whose company, advice and support over the years has been fun, wise, wonderful and inspiring. Thinking of Sue’s impact and legacy at work there is probably no better place to start than the building we are standing in – Granfers Community Centre - because it was Sue who worked with the Granfers Committee and other local organisations in 2002 to put the plans together and raise the funds to turn (what I hope the Granfers Committee won’t mind me calling) their ‘ramshackle old hut’ into this vibrant centre providing a venue for a range of community services. It wasn’t originally meant to be a home for SCVS but I clearly remember how delighted Sue was when we moved into Granfers in 2008 after she had left, she felt it was absolutely right that SCVS (which was always her organisation) was moving into the building she had created. Granfers is not the only building in Sutton in which Sue played a significant part, she was also involved in setting up the Riverside Community Centre (on what was then Durand Close in Carshalton). Created out of an underground car park it might not have won any design awards, but it provided a really important focus for the local community and a hub for much needed services in an area which was at the time one of the most needy in Sutton. The underground car park was replaced by a bright new building on Culvers Avenue in 2012 when Durand Close was re-developed, and again I remember how delighted Sue was at the opening of that new centre to see the long term success of her original vision and the benefits for the local community. Then there are the buses – if you see a Sutton

Community Transport bus that is also part of Sue’s legacy because she was involved in setting up Sutton Community Transport too. And just in case you think Sue’s impact was confined to Sutton her influence stretched wider than this - she was instrumental in setting up the South London Learning Consortium in 2005/06 to enable voluntary organisations to deliver training to the people who used their services. That organisation has gone on to become the London Learning Consortium. Apart from starting voluntary organisations Sue was also really good at sorting them out, and if ever there was an organisation in trouble she was the first there – getting everyone together, calling them to account, sorting out the issues, finding the funding and making sure they kept going. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to mention them all but I know for sure that there are dozens of voluntary organisations in Sutton, who owe their survival to Sue. And I don’t think she did all this because she particularly liked buildings or buses or organisations even, but because of her passion for the voluntary sector and her total belief in the power of community action to improve the lives of local people for the better. It seems to me that this is what drove her, it shone through everything she did, it inspired all of us who worked with her, and it is why she was able to achieve so much. But, although Sue was brilliant at buildings

Sue Robson

Compact Winners again!

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local organisations

We are absolutely delighted that the Sutton Compact has, for the second year running, won a Compact Award, the national awards from Compact Voice, highlighting Sutton as one of the best examples of local Compact work in the country. We were nominated in two categories; Innovation and Impact, and we took home the Impact Award for our work on infrastructure support and the capacity building fund. Find out more about the Compact Awards 2014

and buses we all know what Sue was most brilliant at, and that was people. I think the term ‘people person’ is totally over used but Sue really was the most ‘people person’ I have ever meet. We all know she loved being with people, she was truly interested in everyone and what made them tick, and she brought out the best in pretty much everybody she met. So Sue’s impact also extends to the many people she came across through her work in Sutton (and beyond) who are where they are today because she supported them, believed in them, developed and nurtured them. And in the last few years since I became Chief Exec of SCVS it has been rare for me to go for more than a couple of weeks without meeting someone who would ask after Sue, quickly followed by an example of a time she helped them or their organisation and then usually a funny story as well. And because Sue was brilliant with people she was also brilliant at relationships, and she put huge amounts of energy into making them work – within voluntary organisations (including SCVS), across voluntary organisations to make

sure we all just got on and worked together, and between voluntary organisations and the local authority. Her predecessors did a lot of good work building the relationship with the London Borough of Sutton, but Sue worked tirelessly and I think incredibly effectively at it. I don’t believe it is an exaggeration to say that in large part we owe the good cross-sector relationships we have today, and the fact that we have a local authority that values the work of the voluntary sector, to the work that Sue did in her 10 years at SCVS. For this reason, when we won a National Compact Award in early November (see below) we dedicated it to Sue. It is an incredible legacy but Sue was an incredible woman. Those of us who worked with her and became her friends know she was special, and that she enriched our lives and our community. She was the brightest of lights and so her light will always shine in the people and places she cared about. Susanna Bennett, Chief Executive SCVS

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Trustee of the Year Sutton Trustee of the Year 2014

Congratulations to Mavis Peart who

this year won the SCVS Trustee of the

Year Award.

Active in the local voluntary sector since early

1970s when she first moved to Wallington (local

Federation of University Women), Mavis's

involvement with SCVS and the wider voluntary

sector goes back to this time, she was a trustee

for a number of years and still Chairs the

Voluntary Sector Forum + Health, Wellbeing &

Social Care Forum and she was also actively

involved in developing the new consortium –

Sutton Together.

In 1981 Mavis joined the Board of Carshalton

College, has been the Chair and has remained as

a board member to this day and in1994 she

became Chair of Sutton Mencap, a role she has

now held for over 20 years. In 1998 she was

instrumental in enabling Mencap to raise the

funding to secure the lease on the house at 8

Stanley Park Road and to refurbish it as a base

for Sutton Mencap and they are still based there

today and deliver their activities from the

building. She has seen the organisation through

significant change.

Throughout her time at Sutton Mencap,

Mavis has demonstrated the qualities of an

outstanding trustee, including passion and

commitment to making a difference to the lives of

people with a learning disability, leadership,

excellent chairing skills, knowledge, clarity of

thought and fundraising skills, whilst being

hugely supportive to everyone fortunate enough

to work with her in any capacity.

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Mavis Peart receives her award from Councillor

Simon Wales at the annual SCVS trustee event

SCVS’s Razia Sattar caught up with Mavis at

our event for trustees to find out how she feels

about winning such a special award.

Razia: How do you feel Mavis?

Mavis: I feel deeply honoured by it because I

know that there are hundreds of trustees who

are just as effective as I am and I think that’s

why I feel very touched by this particular

honour and I think we are very fortunate in

Sutton as there are so many people who are

willing to work in charities not for what they

can get out of it but because they want to be

useful and do some helpful work in the

community.

I particularly think the effectiveness of the

trustees in Sutton is because we are all

involved with SCVS and their amount of

knowledge and advice helps us to be effective

when we run our charities.

Razia: what advice would you like to give any

other trustees, either new or existing, from

your years of experience?

Mavis: I think you benefit a lot personally

from it and at the moment I’m getting old and

have been a widow for 25 years and I have the

time and I think that is important, it does take

time, but it is an enormous benefit to one

personally to be so involved, brings you

friendship, brings you a feeling of knowing

that you are useful in the community and I

think it is a very worthwhile thing to do.

Razia: congratulations again on becoming

Trustee of the Year.

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2013-14 - a busy year! 453 one to one advice sessions, 16

training sessions and over £100,000 in

grants distributed - just a couple of

SCVS's highlights from 2013/14.

Find out more about our achievements during

another challenging year in our SCVS Annual

Review 2013-14.

Read the SCVS Annual Review 2013-14

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£100,078

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The Grove, Carshalton 1923

A new chapter for Grove House A new chapter is about to begin for

Grove House, a house at the centre of

Carshalton with a long history of

giving to the community.

We were delighted to learn last week that we

have successfully passed the first round of the

Heritage Lottery Fund application process for our

project at Grove House, Carshalton. This means

that we now have funding for the development

work needed to submit a full bid towards the end

of 2015.

The development work will involve full

surveys, drawing up detailed plans for the

building, drafting a business plan, researching

the history of the house and the voluntary sector

to produce exhibitions, consulting further with

the community and putting a heritage

programme together.

If our full bid is successful we will:

1. Repair and refurbish The Grove House; restore

and make public the main heritage features/areas

(staircase, fireplaces and main downstairs rooms);

create meeting/exhibition/heritage space for

community use (including the drawing room/

Council Chamber); create space for local heritage

organisations/archives; create space for voluntary/

community organisations to use in order to

generate income to sustain the building.

2.Open up approximately one third to one half of

the ground floor to the public on a daily basis. We

plan to create a large reception area by opening

up the current hallway/stairs, this will contain

interactive exhibitions on the history of the

house, its owners and the voluntary sector. In

addition the drawing room/Council Chamber,

which will have a picture exhibition about the

house, will be used for community events,

meetings, training and heritage activities (e.g.

training for the heritage volunteer programme

and a base for the tours). There will be a room

for local heritage organisations (Friends of The

Grove) to use as a base for their records and

activities.

3.Develop a Trust of local community

organisations and people to take on the lease,

management (and potentially ownership) of

The Grove House. SCVS will support the

development of The Grove Trust which will, by

the end of this project, manage the building, the

heritage space and activities and rent out space

as accommodation for voluntary organisations to

generate income to ensure the sustainability and

care of the building by local people and

community organisations.

4.Open Grove House to the public through access

to meeting/exhibition/heritage space; use by

community groups with large number of visitors

(e.g. Volunteer Centre Sutton and Sutton CABx)

bringing a new audience to the Grove, not

normally considered as ‘heritage visitors’; tours of

the house and park by heritage guides (and in the

park self-directed); and inclusion of The Grove

House in the Carshalton Heritage Programme/

Tours (which also include Honeywood, the Water

Tower and Little Holland House).

5.Provide a programme of heritage activities – an

exhibition/oral history telling the story of the

house and it’s people; an exhibition/oral history

telling the story of philanthropy, volunteering

and voluntary organisations in Sutton; a heritage

volunteer programme run by the Volunteer

Centre; development of a leaflet/map/app about

the house/park to facilitate heritage visits to the

house and park (guided and self-directed); the

house will become part of the Carshalton heritage

programme/tours; training for VCOs in archiving

their history and creating oral histories; and the

Respect project, an inter-generational oral history

project.

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money

Staying Afloat Do you ever wonder how your

organisation is going to keep going?

Are financial issues the biggest worry

you have when running your

organisation?

At our recent event for trustees, SCVS’s

Community Accountant Helen Varley gave some

useful tips on how voluntary organisations can

best use their Company accounts to keep abreast

of the financial position of their charity in today’s

challenging financial times.

Rising costs, funding cuts, falls in individual

donations and greater competition for the grants

that are available means that many organisations

in the voluntary sector are now struggling to stay

afloat, however, by being smart you can keep your

head above water.

Maximise income How to fundraise effectively is a huge topic in

itself, but there are a few things to make sure you

have clear before you start.

What are you fundraising for? Is it a specific

project or general running costs? Be clear

and people will be more willing to donate.

Can individual givers donate online? Is it

easy for them to donate online?

Put your time and effort into bidding for

grants which really compliment the work

you do – don’t just bid for everything and

hope some applications are successful!

Evidence your impact – make sure that

funders have the hard evidence that you can

deliver what you say you will, and your

grant applications are much more likely to

be successful.

Minimise fundraising costs Look closely at how much money you are spending

on fundraising activity compared to how much

money that activity is bringing in. If you’re

spending more than you are raising, time to think

again!

Manage staffing costs Make sure that you’re not spending a fortune

recruiting new staff by making every effort to

keep the staff you have – invest in them, make

them feel valued and support them – replacing a

member of staff can cost hundreds, and that’s

before you take into account the cost of losing

their knowledge, and experience.

Keep overheads as low as possible Consider switching energy provider and check

that you are making the best use of your assets,

especially property.

Remember that your charity or other not for

profit organisation is just that – not for profit.

That doesn’t mean that the money doesn’t matter,

just that any profit you make must be used for the

charitable objectives of the charity – you still

want to make as much profit as possible so that

your charity can grow and continue to do great

work in Sutton!

Use your financial accounts You also need to make good use of your

management and annual statutory accounts -

they should be the tools for trustees to manage

their organisations effectively and not just sets of

figures to be signed off at the quarterly meetings.

Make sure you have:

• A 3 year outline plan

• A budget for the financial year

• Quarterly management accounts

• Annual statutory accounts

If you know where you are financially it is much

easier to see any problems that may arise, and

identify any problems before they become

insurmountable.

If you’d like more advice on managing your

charities’ finances, SCVS will be running a course

in the Spring looking at how to use financial

information to help your charity stay afloat –

watch this space!

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Healthwatch Sutton

Do you know how to make a complaint? Not happy about the health care you have received? Make sure your

concerns get to the right people.

Healthwatch Sutton provides a free independent complaints

advocacy service for all Sutton residents. If you need advice or

support to make a complaint about your local health or social

care services you can complete a short online form via http://

www.suttoncabx.org.uk/healthwatchreferral.html or call the

Healthwatch Sutton office on 020 8641 9540 . Alternatively you

can contact some of the following healthcare providers directly.

The GDC protects the public by regulating dental professionals in

the UK. Tel: 020 7887 3800 Website: www.gdc-uk.org/

The GSCC regulates the social care workforce in England.

Tel: 01788 532 405 Website: www.gscc.org.uk/Conduct/

The GPhC is the independent regulator for pharmacists,

pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain.

Tel: 020 3365 3400 Website: www.pharmacyregulation.org

This council was set up by Parliament to ensure nurses,

midwives and health visitors provide high standards of care to

their patients and clients.

Tel: 020 7637 7181 Website: www.nmc-uk.org/

The GMC can help you with a number of issues, including

dealing with doctors whose fitness to practice is under question.

Tel: 0845 357 3456 Website: http://www.gmc-uk.org/

The HCPC regulates arts therapists, biomedical scientists,

chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dieticians,

occupational therapists, orthopedists, paramedics,

physiotherapists, prosthesis, radiographers, and speech and

language therapists.

Tel: 020 7582 0866 Website: www.hpc-uk.org/

If you are not happy with how an NHS trust responds to your

complaint, you can ask the Parliamentary Health Service

Ombudsman to look into your case.

Tel: 0845 0154033 Website: www.ombudsman.org.uk/

You can also share your experience with the Care Quality

Commission (CQC) via http://www.cqc.org.uk/share-your-

experience-finder If you have received poor care, or you know that

poor care is being given somewhere, you can report it.

This is not the place to take any formal complaints.

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Healthwatch Sutton

Complaints

Person at risk of

harm or abuse

Health and social care

999 Local council

safeguarding team

Health care

Publicly funded Self-funded care

Local service provider Local council

Local government ombudsman

Self-funded care NHS funded

Local service provider Hospital &

community services

Primary care - GP, dentist,

pharmacist, ophthalmologist

and some specialist services

(cancer treatments etc.)

Healthwatch Sutton

offer free independent

support and advice for

making a complaint

Independent healthcare

advisory service Local

service

provider

Local clinical

commissioning

group

NHS

Commissioning

Board

Parliamentary & health service ombudsman

Social care

Local

service

provider

Concerns

With so many nasty bugs doing the

rounds its good to know what you

can do to help speed your recovery.*

Keep well this winter and make sure you look after yourself

Healthwatch Sutton

Flu occurs every year, usually in the winter.

It is a highly infectious disease with

symptoms that develop quickly. The most

common symptoms are fever, chills, headache,

joint and muscle pains, and extreme

tiredness.

If you have a long-term health condition,

even one which is well managed, are

pregnant, or aged 65 and over, catching flu

could make you seriously ill and make

complications like pneumonia more likely.

The best way to help protect yourself against

flu is to get vaccinated.

Flu is also an unpleasant illness for

children as they experience the same

symptoms as adults. Children aged two, three

and four, and those aged two to 18 in at-risk

groups are eligible for the nasal spray

vaccination, with no need for an injection.

Children aged six months to two years are

offered the vaccination by injection.

What to do next If you have a long-term health condition, are

pregnant, have children aged two to four, or

you are aged 65 or over, ask your GP, practice

nurse or pharmacist about the free flu

vaccine.

Are you protected?

Norovirus This is also known as the winter

vomiting bug, although it can also cause

diarrhoea. The main thing to do to is

drink plenty of water to avoid

dehydration. You can also take

Paracetamol for any aches, pains or

fever.

Sore throats A sore throat is almost always caused by a viral

infection, such as a cold. Try not to eat or drink

anything that’s too hot, as this could further irritate

your throat; cool or warm drinks and cool, soft foods

should go down easier

Colds To ease the symptoms of a cold, drink plenty of

fluids and try to rest. Steam inhalation and vapour

rubs can also help. Prevent colds from spreading by

washing your hands thoroughly, cleaning surfaces

regularly and always sneeze and cough into tissues,

throwing them away after use.

Asthma A range of weather-related triggers can set off

asthma symptoms, including cold air. Covering your

nose and mouth with a warm scarf when you’re out

can help. Flu If you’re over 65 or have a long-term

health condition such as diabetes or

kidney disease, flu can be life-

threatening, so it’s important to seek

help early. However, if you’re generally

fit and healthy, the best treatment is to

rest, stay warm and drink plenty of

water.

* Guidance from NHS England

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Healthwatch Sutton

If you’re not sure which NHS service you need, call 111. An adviser will ask you

questions to assess your symptoms and then give you the advice you need, or

direct you straightaway to the best service for you in your area.

Ask your pharmacist - Pharmacists are expert in many aspects of healthcare and

can offer advice on a wide range of long-term conditions and common illnesses

such as coughs, colds and stomach upsets. You don’t need an appointment and

many have private consultation areas, so they are a good first port of call. Your

pharmacist will say if you need further medical attention.

See your family doctor - GPs assess, treat and manage a whole range of health

problems. They also provide health education, give vaccinations and carry out

simple surgical procedures. Your GP will arrange a referral to a hospital specialist

should you need it.

Visit a walk-in centre - NHS walk-in centres offer quick access to treatment for a

wide variety of minor illnesses and injuries, including infections, vomiting and

stomach aches. Most are managed by nurses and some also have doctors. Walk-in

centres are open outside office hours and you don’t need an appointment.

Accident and Emergency - A&E departments provide vital care for life-threatening

emergencies, such as loss of consciousness, suspected heart attacks, breathing

difficulties, or severe bleeding that cannot be stopped. If you’re not sure it’s an

emergency, call 111 for advice.

Information taken from the http://www.nhs.uk website

Choosing the right service

what’s on

December 2014 - January 2015

Aladdin 17th - 24th December

Secombe Theatre

Join the Secombe Theatre on a

magical carpet ride when

Aladdin flies in for an all singing,

all dancing traditional

pantomime that will take you on

a whirlwind of magic, mystery

and adventure.

Suitable for the entire family

this well-loved tale features

lamps, genies and princesses.

www.suttontheatres.co.uk

Finding Santa 17th - 24th December

Charles Cryer Theatre It is Christmas Eve and all of Santa’s new toys are jumping into the sleigh and getting ready to find their new friends… As Santa flies, however, two little toys fall out into the night sky. How will they get to their new homes? The only way is to try and find Santa. This interactive show

especially for very young children is full of songs, music and fun.

www.suttontheatres.co.uk

Dick Whittington in

Pantoland 16th - 31st December

Secombe Theatre

The keys to the City of London

have gone missing! Join Dick

Whittington and his band of

friends as they journey through

some of your favourite fairytales,

meeting characters including

Peter Pan and Aladdin along the

way, as they attempt to stop the

keys falling into the hands of the

evil King Rat.

For more than half a

century, the Carshalton

Pantomime Company has

produced traditional family

pantos, all while raising

thousands of pounds for local

young people's charities.

www.suttontheatres.co.uk

St Raphael’s Quiz Night Wed 28th January 2015, 7pm

St Raphael’s Hospice SM3 9DX

A fun quiz in aid of St Raphael’s

Hospice.

A table of 8 is £60—please bring

your own food and drinks. For

tickets contact Diana on 020

8641 3540.

www.straphaelshospice.org.uk

Australia Day Celebration Sun 25th Jan 2015, 2 - 5pm

Honeywood Museum

Celebrate Australia Day with

arts and crafts with an Aussie

theme of kangaroos, boomerangs

and aboriginal art. Free fun for

all. No booking required. All

children must be accompanied by

a responsible adult.

www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk

Big Garden Birdwatch Sat 25th Jan, 7:45am-10am

Cuddington Rec pavilion.

Join Sutton’s biodiversity team

to participate in the UK's biggest

celebration of birds, the RSPB

Big Garden Birdwatch 2014! Join

a guided walk and discuss bird

I.D., birdwatching, gardening for

birds.

www.sutton.gov.uk

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Chief Executive: Susanna Bennett

Communications and Admin:

Claire Avery

Jackie Parr

Development Team

Toni Walsh

Razia Sattar

Hilary Chisnall

Accountancy Services:

Glory Sivaraja

Helen Varley

Gowri Srithasan

Creative Payroll Solutions Ltd

(CPS):

Karen Adorjan

Melanie Brannan

Healthwatch Sutton

Pete Flavell

Pam Howe

Sara Thomas

The Networker is the bi-monthly

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Sutton Centre for the Voluntary

Sector (SCVS)

Granfers Community Centre,

73-79 Oakhill Road,

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SCVS Christmas opening

Sutton CVS offices will close for the Christmas

holidays at 1pm on Wednesday 24th December, and

we will reopen on Monday 5th January 2015.

Wishing all of our voluntary sector organisations a

fantastic Christmas, and thank you all for your

support and for the excellent work you all do in

Sutton. Here’s to another great year in 2015.

2015 SCVS forums

Small Groups’ Forum

Thursday 29th January 2015 10am - 12 noon

Children, Young People and Families’ Forum

Wednesday 11th March 2015 , 9.30am - 12 noon

Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Forum

Tuesday 10th March 2015, 10am - 12noon

Please confirm your attendance for each forum by emailing

jackie@suttoncvs.org.uk at least a week in advance. All

forums take place at Granfers Community Centre, Oakhill

Road, Sutton SM1 3AA

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