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Tell us what you need & win Prosecco (non-alcoholic too) & choccies 🍫

AVA would love to know how we can help you to help your organisation's beneficiaries. These questions take around 3 minutes of your time only (please click here 👈or on image above).

We want to know how best to mold our support to your organisational needs.

Your name will go into a hat to win yourself a sparkly
bottle of Prosecco & luxury chocs to celebrate! Worth the 3 minutes we think!

Thanks in advance.

Adur Voluntary Action - Paid Drivers Needed

This is a great opportunity to join our friendly team, you will driving groups to their social clubs and helping people break their isolation, make and meet friends and improve their mental health for more info contact sarah@adurva.org

Take a look at the new West Sussex Transport Plan

Check out the new West Sussex Transport Plan for 2022-2036 which is now available to read on the Your Voice Engagement Hub.

It's the main policy on transport and supports delivery of the WSCC Council Plan and its priorities.

Funding Opportunities

LANCING PARISH COUNCIL

Lancing Parish Council are offering local organisation's serving the residents of Lancing a chance to apply for our annual grant aid, up to £5000.

To be eligible for a grant, your project will need to meet one or more of the key areas of focus:

Biodiversity

Carbon reduction

Climate resilience

Energy

Food

Transport

Waste reduction and

Water

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 31st August 2022

For an application form and eligibility criteria please see here:

https://lancingparishcouncil.gov.uk/parish-council-grants/

Sussex Health and Care Mental Health Collaborative - funding opportunity

Sussex Health and Care Mental Health Collaborative - funding opportunity:
http://www.headsoncharity.org/news/sussex-health-and-care-mental-health-collaborative-funding-opportunity/index.html

The Sussex Health and Care (SHC) Mental Health Collaborative have made available a total of £600,000 to fund projects, delivered by VCSE organisations, that address the recommendations of the national Suicide Prevention strategy and support the transformation of community mental health services for adults in Sussex.

Deadline for submission of your application: 31st August 2022 5pm.
Successful projects will commence October 2022.

Guidance: funding available, eligibility criteria and assessment process
For any queries, please email: GrantsHeadsOn@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

Last chance to apply for funding for mutual aid groups!

The Social Change Agency have a small grant fund available to provide grants of between £1500 and £5000 to local mutual aid groups who are facing a transition or trying to adapt to new roles and challenges. Applications are open until 22 July.

For more information see: https://thesocialchangeagency.org/what-we-do/support-for-groups-and-movements/changing-ideas-mutual-aid-fund/

Volunteer and paid opportunities

Age UK - telephone friends

Right now, more than 1,000 older people are waiting for a regular call and we don't have enough volunteers to match them with.
If you have 30 minutes a week for a chat that makes a big difference, we’d love to hear from you.
https://bit.ly/3G1Izc1

Out And About In Adur

This month is Plastic FREE month 1st-31st July

It is all about making plastic-free choices where you can so we have cleaner streets, oceans and communities!

Keep an eye out over the month as we share some tips and ways you can get involved!
For more information, visit https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

Adur and Worthing Councils’ park rangers

The Councils’ park rangers team are running a series of events for all the family throughout the school summer holidays.
Starting on July 26, there will be fun days every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm with frisbee golf, art in the park and Forest School skills on offer.

They will be held at:

Lancing Manor on Tuesday July 26

Homefield Park on Thursday July 28

Southwick Recreation Ground on Tuesday August 2

Pond Lane on Thursday August 11

Adur Recreation Ground on Tuesday August 16

Victoria Park on Thursday August 18

Sompting Recreation Ground on Tuesday August 23

Tarring Park on Thursday August 25

Here families can immerse themselves in a fun day of citizen science and meet the Councils’ park rangers, as well as staff members from South Downs National Park Authority, Worthing Museum, Shoreham Ornithological Society, the local PCSO, Findon Valley Residents’ Association and many more.

There will also be both guided walks and self-guided walks, soap arrow-making, a bug hunt and ID challenges where children try to identify the different species of wildlife.

For more information GreatOutdoorsAW - Adur & Worthing Councils (adur-worthing.gov.uk)

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