May 2016 news & events

Annual General Meeting: A reminder that out first AGM is on Saturday 18th June. Exeter Community Centre, St David’s Hill is hosting us. The AGM will be 10:00 -11:00 am. As well as a review of the year we’ll look forward to what we’ll be up next year and there is a chance for your Organisation to get involved on the steering group or on the grants panel.

You can see the agenda here. You will also find more about the steering group, the grants panel terms of reference and a nomination form for the steering group and grants panel on that page.

PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOUR ORGANISATION WILL ATTEND THE AGM AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WILL BE YOUR FORMAL REPRESENTATIVE

IDEAS INTO ACTION
The AGM will be followed by an open event ‘Ideas into Action!’ As we move from strategising (is that a proper word?!) to making things happen we’ll be focusing on how we’d like more community organising and more community planning to happen across the city. The priorities and ideas you have will inform future grants programmes for community organising and the commissioning of a third sector organisation to manage and develop a new role in the city to support community planning.
You can find more information and book here. Please do promote this event widely to your members and any local Councillor(s) that you may work with.

ICE – Integrated Care Exeter. This partnership project is bringing statutory and voluntary sector agencies together to work out how health and social care support can be improved across the city. Communities and community organisations are seen as really important to this. Exeter community Forum are supporting a an event (click on link to see draft agenda):
Working together – supporting people and communities to take the lead in their own and their community’s well-being to look at how this happens on Friday 1st July 2016  9.00 to 16.00 Coaver Club Conference Centre , County Hall, Matford Lane, Exeter, EX2 4PS. Exeter Community Forum has 4 places.
Please let Dawn Rivers dawn.rivers@exeter.gov.uk know if you’d like to attend on behalf of Exeter Community Forum.

YOUTH STRATEGY For Exeter: Exeter Community Forum has been invited to help  in the development of a new Youth Strategy alongside Devon Youth Service, VOYC Devon, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council. The first activity will be a survey of young people and organisations are invited to host conversations with young people about their hopes and the challenges they face.   Please let your member organisations know about the strategy development over the next 6 months. If anyone would especially like to be kept informed or get involved please email exetercommunityforum@gmail.com. Exeter Community Forum has a place on the steering group – and Diana Moore  attended the first meeting.  If someone from your organisation would like to share or take on that role please email Diana exetercommunityforum@gmail.com or ring 01392410624