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Aston-Mansfield’s Community Involvement Unit (CIU) is a team of specialists working to strengthen local voluntary& community groups.The CIU was established in 1991 to enable these groups access services, funding& information.Our priority is new& unfunded organisations

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  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
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    Situation

    Newham is a hugely diverse borough with a wide variety of newand/or reugee communities, that often are not accessing services as effectively as they could. Many people can see a need or percieve a lack in provision fro their communities and want to workto rectify this. Many of these groups however are largely or completely unfunded and so need help so that they can be as effective as possible and help as many people as possible

    Solution

    We provide advice on organisational&financial development to community groups locally, working with almost 300 groups a year.We provide fundraising advice&support including using Grant Finder,a comprehensive database of funding opportunities.We organise events including networking lunches&upto 12 workshops annually.We provide a comprehensive Third Sector library &resource centre& host an Annual Conference allowing dissemination of information, practical workshops&opportunities for networking

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    Categories

  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Other Other
  • Beneficiaries