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Weekly Newsletter for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in Milton Keynes

Welcome to our weekly newsletter

In Our News this week, we are really looking forward to seeing some of you at our networking event tomorrow - the event has now sold out, but if you are keen to join, please email us at info@communityactionmk.org, so we can let you know if any spaces are released! 

This afternoon (2nd March) we are holding our community pop-up event on Apollo Green, near Fairfields Primary School (MK11 4BA):  2.00-3.30pm. Come along and chat to Camille and Sue, Our Community Development Officers, and find out about volunteering opportunities and other activities in the local area, and to share any feedback too. We are busy planning more pop-up events, so look out for updates. In the meantime, you can get support through our online sessions (book on here). 

As we are mentioning community engagement, our friends at the Open University are looking for young people living within the Woughton estates to take part in their community research as part of the CHILL (Children’s lives in changing places) project. See more here - please help to spread the word!

In Mental Health Alliance news, a monthly meeting of the Mental Health Alliance is taking place (online) next Thursday 9th March 4-6pm. This is a brilliant network of local groups working together  to implement the Community Mental Health Transformation Plan for MK. We will be joined by Ukraine Appeal CIO to talk about the mental health needs of the Ukraine Refugee Community in MK and have general updates from the existing collaborative projects. These include the Primary Care Network, Complex Emotional Needs Peer Support Group and the Health Inequalities projects! We always welcome new groups - if you are interested in joining , please email networks@communityactionmk.org, so we can send you a joining link.

Here  you can also find out about the BLMK (Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes) regional Mental Health Summit on Friday 31st March. A great opportunity to find out about the mental health services across the region as well as to share feedback / experiences. The event is open to people with lived experience to help mental health care planning and delivery across BLMK.

Lots of interesting Events are taking place next week to mark the International Women’s Day (8th March) and this year’s theme - #EmbracEquity. Voices of Women MK via the MK Doughnut Economics group have a drop-in at MK:U and Women in Enterprise MK have teamed up with MK Community Foundation to deliver an event at MK Theatre. See more events, including the Community Partnership & Influence Event on Saturday 18th March about the Thames Valley Police Race Action Plan on our Events page. And - if you are holding an event, share your details here, so we can help to promote it! 

 Click on the links below to get more updates across the different areas!

Our News & Updates

The latest vacancies, information about our projects and events, and other updates from Community Action: MK.

Strengthening Communities

News from and for communities across MK, and updates from our community development work.

Strengthening Groups

Information about governance and training opportunities, and other news and updates related to running of voluntary groups and organisations. 

Strengthening the Sector

Updates about the local and national policy making and information related to networks and partnerships in MK.

Events

Information about local and regional (and national) events from and for the local voluntary sector.

Volunteering

Opportunities for volunteer managers, latest volunteering opportunities and other volunteer-related updates.

Funding

Funding directory, including funding opportunities by area of work. Updated on a weekly basis! 
 

Mental Health Alliance
Information and resources from and for groups involved in the Mental Health Alliance network. 
Have you got news and updates to share? Click here to submit!
Searching for Volunteers?
Do you need volunteers? We can support you to sign up to our free volunteering platform or we can advertise your roles free of charge through our newsletter!

Email us at support@communityactionmk.org and chat to one of our team members!
You can also join our Facebook Group:
facebook.com/groups/volunteermk
 
Share your insights
Share the insights from your work and what you have been hearing from the people you are supporting to feed in to the local policy and decision making in MK and help give our local VCSE a stronger voice about the needs of local people based on their lived experience. 
Share on: mkcommunitydata.co.uk
 
Cost of Living Support 
Access useful resources and signposting information related to the Cost of Living Crisis. If your group or organisation is offering any specific support or introducing new activities (such as starting a new Warm Place), please let us know, so we can help to promote it. 
Visit our interactive map of the warms spaces: 
bit.ly/MKWarmPlaces
 
Refugee Support
Access useful resources related to the Refugee support here
We have started a new project supporting groups that provide direct support to Ukrainian communities in MK. if you are interested in getting involved or getting support for any activities that you currently run or are part of, email us at support@communityactionmk.org.
 
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