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Case Study: West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service
West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is keen to use the CVS for making contact with community and voluntary groups on an ongoing basis.
They would like to source different channels to make contact with groups and individuals to help communicate their safety advice and practical help to the whole community.
Fire officers attended the recent Information Exchange event held in Burgess Hill.
As a result they made contact with several groups from the BME community and made some good networking contacts, eg; with an housing association Neighbourhood Investment Officer.
The Fire & Rescue Service have used the CVS before to help disseminate information to the Voluntary Sector Community.
This is a good example of partnership working.
As a result emails were exchanged giving further contacts to the Fire & Rescue Service to help them reach some 'hard to reach' groups in West Sussex they had not so far contacted.
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Neighbourhood Council
Submitted by sharon on 26 September, 2010 - 20:31.This organisation had recently been involved in the negotiation with the District Council of the representation of the local community's views regarding a local park. The organisation were keen to have a document setting out terms of reference for the District Council and organisation discussing the local issues together.
Polish Community Group
Submitted by sharon on 26 September, 2010 - 20:08.The Polish Community Worker approached me to discuss what support could be provided to a group of Polish individuals, who were potentially looking to set up a new local community association.
Cooking Workshops
Submitted by sharon on 26 September, 2010 - 19:40.A local parent with a background in cooking professionally had been offering her time to local schools delivering cooking activity workshops to local children. In the main this activity had received no external funding; however donations of food were made by a local supermarket.
Blind Association in West Sussex
Submitted by sharon on 24 August, 2010 - 13:00.A blind association in West Sussex wanted an evaluation of their Listening and Information Service undertaken with a report that could be used to help future direction of the service and evidence for funding.