Join the Southwark Can. network and receive updates and information on social action in Southwark, as well as invitations to free training events run by our team and partners around Southwark and London Read more
Do you need FREE digital support? (Call out to small charities and community groups!) Then apply for our Talent Works Programme. call-out-to-small-charities-and-community-groups-do-you-need-digital-support Read more
Book a 30 minute, 1:1 appointment with our Social Action Advisor. Open to people living, working or volunteering in Southwark, looking to be more active in their community. Read more
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Apply to become a partner organisation to Community Southwark for our Catalyst Grants Programme. Read more
Sport England has launched a new fund that will support groups, clubs and organisations that have been impacted by restrictions brought in to tackle Covid-19. Read more
Blue Spark Foundation - £2k-£5k grants for children & young people. Read more
On this venues page we have transferred all the venues which we had listed on our old website. Read more
If you have a venue in Southwark with a space to hire that you would like listed on our venues page, please fill in the details on this form below. Your venue will then be added automatically to our directory. Read more
2019/2020 represented another busy year in the life of the charity. We can look back at this period and what impact we made in our 2019/20 Impact Report. Read more
Southwark residents have three elected representatives that represent them in national government Read more
In each multi-ward forum, a Councillor will be a community champion and will chair these meetings, ensuring they operate effectively. Read more
The Empowering Communities Development Officer works with the local councillors and community to organise ward meetings. They also organise the multi-ward forum meetings for their area. Read more
Twice a year, the council hosts a multi-ward meeting for residents across several wards. These meetings are mainly for funding programmes information, process, and announcement of decisions. Read more
Join the Community Health Ambassadors Network to help and inform your community during the pandemic and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Read more
Information on local democracy in Southwark, including councillors, MPs, Empowering Communities, and more. Read more
Empowering communities is a community engagement programme run by Southwark Council. Read more
Information on how we represent the local VCS outside of Southwark. Read more
Partners of Partnership Southwark work together to better join up services and support, tackle the causes of inequality, and improve the health and wellbeing of Southwark residents. Read more
An important role for us as the local council for voluntary services is to represent the sector effectively. Here we explain how we go about doing it. Read more
The Southwark Local Access Partnership (LAP) is a newly formed partnership between local and national organisations based in the borough. It will support charities and social enterprises in Southwark to tackle local issues using a mix of support, grant funding and repayable investment from Access Read more
Local Authority is, without doubt, the biggest partner of the local voluntary sector in Southwark. Here we present the range of council forums and groups where the VCS in involved. Read more
Southwark Voice (Voice) is a network of networks; a gathering of representatives/chairs of networks representing the voluntary and community sector in Southwark who are elected by their peers and have the mandate to speak on behalf of the sector. Read more
Our monthly State of the Sector survey has been gathering the needs of charities and groups in the borough, during this difficult time. Fill in our December survey and read the responses here... Read more