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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, next week we are facilitating a meeting with a range of local groups and services that have been supporting the various refugee response projects and appeals in Milton Keynes over the years. The aim of the meeting is to explore what coordination of the refugee support in Milton Keynes could look like, what is needed for it to happen, and the vital role that the Voluntary Sector plays in it. This will help to inform the focus for our next networking event, which, we hope, will be the opportunity to bring the wider sector together around the topic of Refugee Support and how we can all be working together towards Milton Keynes being a City that welcomes everyone.

We also have the following events coming up: 

  • Thursday 23rd March 12-1.30pm: Community pop up outside the Lilly Cafe in Whitehouse - at  Dorset Way off, Whitehouse, Brahaman Way, MK8 1EQ. Come chat to us about volunteering, to share your feedback and find out about what else is happening in the local community. 

There are lots of other events that are happening in the coming weeks - you can see them on our Events page. Some of the highlights include: 

 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. 

Please share: Survey - Autism and the workplace (paid and voluntary)

One of the projects funded as part of the Mental Health Alliance, which focuses on tackling health inequalities within the neurodiverse community is about organising a conference on Autism for employers in Milton Keynes. Talent Unlimited and Talkback UK, who are leading on this project, have got a short pre-event questionnaire about Autism and the workplace (paid and voluntary). They would love as many people as possible to complete it. Please click here to complete. Please share as widely as possible - link to share: bit.ly/AutismAtWorkplace
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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