Dudley CVS is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Place of registration: England Company Number: 1998105Charity number: 517766

DUDLEYCOUNCILFORVOLUNTARYSERVICE

ANNUALREPORT2013-14

Availablein large print

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SUPPORTING COMMUNITIESACROSS ALL OF THEDUDLEY BOROUGHDuring the year Dudley CVS has clocked up more than 13,000 miles, putting sta� on the ground in many of our borough’s communities.

Here are just a few examples of where Dudley CVS sta� have been this year. heritage and environment

faith

arts and sport

volunteer support to statutory partners

young people

older people

business supporting the community

communities

health & disability

EAST COSELEY AND WRENS NESTSupporting communities to achieve positive change.1

JUST STRAIGHT TALK CIC (Coseley)Enterprise and funding support. Accessed funding of £45,000 through Supporting People, which helped JST to unlock a further £10,000 from UnLtd. Support with governing, business planning and policies meant the organisation was also awarded the Building Blocks kite mark.

2

UPPER ETTINGSHALL METHODIST CHURCHFunding support for refurbishment works to the group’s church and community facilities. Awarded £11,000 by two funders.

3

BLACK COUNTRY NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE(covering all Dudley borough and the Black Country)Support provided through Dudley CVS’s Small Groups Route Map programme, which included helping the group to get its committee into place, providing training on being on a committee and �nancial management, and helping the group to develop appropriate policies and procedures. The group had help to develop a fundraising strategy, and support with funding applications led to a successful bid to Awards for All for £5,520.

4

FRIENDS OF SYCAMORE ADVENTURE (Upper Gornal)Support in areas such as funding, governance and volunteering.  Through funds raised by the Friends group and support given by a range of volunteers and professionals Sycamore Adventure won the National Playwork Award for ‘Outstanding Playwork Provision’.

5

DUDLEY CHARIOTS (Gornal and borough-wide)Set-up assistance provided to this new wheelchair basketball club, including access to a small grant of £2,670 from the Improving Physical Activity Fund to kick start its project.

6

Enterprise development support for young people outside mainstream education.

BLACK COUNTRY WHEELS (Dudley and Brierley Hill)7

DUDLEY MBC (Dudley and borough-wide)Helped the Directorate of Adult, Community and Housing Services with good practice in managing and supporting volunteers and in developing volunteer-management systems to ensure high quality volunteering opportunities.

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DUDLEY LITTLE THEATRE (Netherton and borough-wide)Provided intensive assistance on governance, business planning, policies and procedures and helped the group bring its constitution up to date. This led to the group being awarded the Building Blocks kite mark.

17

SPORTS NETWORKBrought together 10 sports clubs with o�cers from Dudley MBC, Public Health Dudley and Black Country BeActive Sports Partnership to discuss future priorities and work, provide a place for sharing and learning from each other’s experiences and promote cross-sector collaboration.

18

INTERNATIONAL HOUSING GROUP (Brierley Hill)Built links with this business, culminating in sta� members doing a team challenge cleaning up Wrens Nest Nature Reserve.

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BLACK COUNTRY FESTIVAL(across Dudley borough and beyond)Set-up support to help the group to become grant-ready and to run its events and activities.

20

TOP CHURCH TRAINING (Brierley Hill)Business planning and funding support culminating in a grant of £10,000 to support its work with vulnerable young people.

21

BLACKHEATH MOSQUELiaising with the Charity Commission and the local police to give intensive support on the transition to a new board of trustees to govern the Mosque.

22

BANGLADESHI DEVELOPMENT GROUP (Halesowen)Funding support for summer activities for young people, resulting in a grant of £3,709 from Awards for All.

23

24LYE AND WOLLESCOTE CHAPELSSupport to save this historic building, culminating in a £1.15m grant from Heritage Lottery Fund.

25

BREAD2SHARE  (Stourbridge and borough-wide)Social enterprise support on business planning, setting up and �nance to this therapeutic arts project. With help from Dudley CVS, the business has secured £10,000 from a range of funders and expanded its operation. 

27

SENIORS LUNCHEON CLUB (Stourbridge)Helped the group to plan its activities, become more sustainable and access £4,490 from Awards for All to fund them for one year.

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PHASE TRUST (Halesowen)Funding support culminated in successful bids to Reaching Communities for £290,508 and Lloyds Foundation for £31,040 to continue work with young people.

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HASBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONWorked with local residents who wanted to secure the future of the empty Wall Well Sons of Rest building for the community. Support provided included business planning and registering the organisation as a company, resulting in the building being transferred from the local authority to the community association.

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PRESTWOOD HOUSE (Kinver) Supported this business with legal and good practice issues to enable it to set up a volunteering programme to challenge isolation of older people.

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UNIT3SIXTY  (Stourbridge)Supported planning and development of this urban recreation centre. To open at the end of August 2014, this venue will boast a state of the art indoor skatepark for BMX, scooter, skating and skateboarding.

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WALL HEATH TENNIS CLUBProvided guidance and hands-on support to change the club’s legal structure in preparation for the refurbishment of its facilities.

12

DUDLEY AND DISTRICT MS SOCIETY(Kingswinford and borough-wide)Support with volunteer issues, good practice and recruitment led to an increase in the number of volunteers for the group and an improvement in their volunteering experience.

13

BROMLEY TABLE TENNIS CLUBIntensive work to support the club’s move into a new home, leading to the club accessing £3,000 to aid that transition.

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RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL(supporting residents and carers of Dudley borough)Urgent Care Consultation carried out here and at the nearby Walk-in Surgery by Healthwatch. Dudley CVS Carers Co-ordinator held regular drop-ins to help people �nd out more about the role of carers and the support available to them and their loved-ones.

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HOPE CENTRE (HALESOWEN) AND WOODSIDECOMMUNITY CENTRESupported to become two of the �rst purely volunteer-led organisations in England to be awarded `Investors in Volunteers’.

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DISABILITY IN ACTION (Dudley)10 Development of committee and the group’s business plan enabling the group to achieve the Silver Quality mark from Dudley MBC.

HELPING HANDS WALL HEATH CICLegal and good practice support in volunteer management. The CIC was also supported with �nancial management and cash�ow forecasting and had help to develop its small grants programme and application procedures, allowing it to make a di�erence to local good causes.

11

KATES HILL AND SLEDMERE CHILDREN’S CENTRE Volunteer-management support through the Dudley CVS Volunteer Centre toolkit.

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PROVIDENCE OUTREACH GROUP (Cradley)This informal group was supported to become constituted in order to allow it to be an independent, grant-ready organisation.

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wellbeing

CHAMPIONING POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE

PIONEERING INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION

CONNECTING AND DEVELOPING RESILIENT ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALSBARBARA’S STORY REIMAGINING COMMUNITY

SPACESaccess to

support for her husband

Traditionalcommunity

model ...

based on service

provision

can make the

community the passive recipient

of services

leaving a few

volunteers

has been

enabling residents

to transform

where they live

andmaximise

use of community

spaces

a model where membership

becomes a tool to pay for itself

in order to

rethink ...

everyoneis now a co-builder

of a resilient community action

that bene�ts:

with alot to do

continues with artclasses

joined Facebook tostay in touchwith family

and support

when her husband passed

away

encouraged Barbara to take

part in an annual arts project

especiallyher daughterwhose artistic

background

with her newcon�denceBarbara ... volunteers

to supportother carers

came to us in crisis, unsure

where to get help with caring for her

husband

Barbara

this led to

stronger family relationships

CVS Carers Co-ordinatorhelped her �nd

whereBarbara met

another recently bereaved

carer

APR MAY AUGJUN SEP OCT NOV FEBJANDEC MAR

Improving Physical Activity projects brought together to

co-design further projects and activities

Moving Forward Together event focussing on: assets and how the local

authority and the sector could work together to maximise the use of

community assets; collaborating to draw external funding into Dudley borough; and busting myths about

poverty and who it a�ects

Dudley CVS and Dudley Council's Directorate of Adult, Community and

Housing Services brought together commissioners and voluntary sector providers to consider alternative models of commissioning, based on

outcomes on people's quality of life

Social investment masterclass. 100% increase in knowledge on

how to develop enterprising solutions, 78% felt that they

were better able to implement business like models, diversify

their income streams andsustain their organisations

Developing physical assets events. Participants reported they felt more aware of asset development, local support

available and how asset transfer could be used to generate additional income for their own organisations

or as a means of saving money by sharing space

Carers Week raised awareness of carers

and 'hidden carers' and brought together

orgaisations such as CAB, Dudley Mind, Rethink and local authority services

Funding success for Phase Trust -

£290,508 from Reaching

Communities

Operation Santa campaign supported 5,430 disadvantaged

children and young people across the borough

East Coseley plan endorsed by Local

Trust. The planning stage received funding

of £3,500 and the endorsement of the

plan unlocked £210,000 to bene�t East Coseley for the

next two yearsBaking club

launched in Wrens Nest by a 7-year old

resident there

Open Hub Wrens Nest co-designed by local

residents (between August and November)

Hope Centre and Woodside Community

Centre awarded Investing in Volunteers

award following support from from the Dudley CVS Volunteer Centre

Social enterprise challenge guided participants through the early stages

of setting up a social enterprise, ending with each pitching to win

£5,000. Universal Support Project CIC received that accolade

Healthwatch Dudley launch event brought

together more than 70 people from 40 local

stakeholder organisations. The event looked at 'How can we work together to build the best Healthwatch?'

With the New Economics Foundation, Healthwatch Dudley brought together a variety of people with

di�erent health needs to consider health inequality across the borough and action that could be taken to

prevent it. Find out more at: www.healthwatchdudley.co.uk/research-report

Introduced the Mayor of Dudley (Volunteering Champion 2013) and local

decision-makers to the Recovery in Progress Team and Summit House Support to

celebrate the di�erence volunteers make, speci�cally in supporting people’s recovery

from addictions and conditions

Funding success – a consortium of 20

local organisations led by Dudley CAB received £345,335 from BIG Lottery Advice Services Transition Fund

LEADING, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATING

CREATING CONDITIONS FOR INFLUENCE

Dudley Borough Interfaith Network

visit to Westminster and speak to MP Ian

Austin

Dudley CCG recognises the key role of our

sector and invests in locally co-designed

tools and IT systems to help the sector

measure its impact

Side by Side Theatre Company and Just Straight

Talk CIC presented with Building Blocks award for

their development

Commissioning and procurement

masterclasses - 100% reported they felt their skills, knowledge and

con�dence had improved in the

tendering process

Dudley Volunteer Awards 2013

97 volunteers were nominated and recognised for their work.

There were 9 main winners and 7 highly commended for

dedication to their communities

“As an ex-carer, it was good to give something back for all the support I received. The art therapy has de�nitely given me a new outlook on life - something totally di�erent, and such a wonderful bunch of people.

What you personally do for others is much appreciated”Barbara, participant in carers' art project and supported by Dudley

CVS Carers Co-ordinator

Open Hub in Wrens Nest,

Dudley

interactions

health socialinclusion

facebook.com/openhubwrenna

Find out more at:http://bit.ly/1zRLCJj

variedappropriate for meaningful

public involvement

HEALTH ANDWELLBEING BOARD

“we should work WITH the public, not FOR

them”

“we need to engage the

public in our work”

“this is the responsibility

of all of us”

Dudley CVS workedwith them on

a collective

approach to engagement

where

open to feedback

open to evaluation

engagement activities are

the level of

engagement isSO

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Wrens Nest Trade School launched

Dudley CVS blog launched to celebrate the great work

going on in Dudley and to show how Dudley CVS

supports it (www.dudleycvsblog.com)

Talent Match investment of £10.3 million for the Black Country region announced

Dudley Borough Interfaith Network

'Oneness of communities' event

Led a 2-day course on empowering

leadership

HealthwatchDudley

DUDLEY CCG’S URGENT CARECONSULTATION

as part o

f

surveyed

1,074Russell’s

Hall Hospital

Dudley Walk-in Centre

in 7 days

�ndingshighlighted

problems accessing GP services for

now has a voice on an urgent care reference

group

childrenyoung people

vulnerableolder

people

UrgentCareConsultation

people at

a full reportof �ndingswas presentedto the CCGBoard inJanuary 2014

HealthwatchDudley

as a result

Dudley Clinical

Commissioning Group’s

workincludedbringing

the

BUILDING HEALTHPARTNERSHIPS

Dudley CVSwas one of them

wellbeinghealth

a tool to

measure impact of

work

to ensure a role

for our sector in health in the

future

PSIAMSDudley

CCG had invested in

by the end of the year

Only 12 learning sites in England have

worked on engagement for Clinical

Commissioning Groups(CCG’s)Dudley

CCG

to help

understand how our sector

impacts on

together with key sector organisations

an integrated

care agenda

Community Enterprise

Fund

Dudley CVS wasinstrumental insetting up

TRANSFORMING LOCALINFRASTRUCTURE

run by

Dudley CVS

otherfunders

localauthority

private sector (through

Business in the Community)

as a partnership

project between

they

receivedgrants

May2013

plus

Transforming Local Infrastructure

(TLI) wasrolled out

Bread2Share was 1 of the

136participants

participantsreceive high level support

on

procurement

assetdevelopment

socialenterprise

workshops

toolkitsand

Dudley CVS

also helped develop

Community Enterprise

Fund

got support

through the social enterprise toolkit on

business planning and setting up

joinedSynergy

“I am grateful for all the supportI have received and would

recommend others to follow”Sarah Goudie, Bread2Share

throughmasterclasses

TALENT MATCH TalentMatch

brought together

a5

year programmethrough TalentMatch Dudley CVShas

Dudley CVS also consulted

to help over1,400

unemployed young adults

in the Black Country

businesses

youngpeople

otherpartners

to work up local

solutions in the Black Country, placing young people at the

centre

youngpeople

on

what they’d look like

the environment

they’dprovide

including1 in

Dudleyborough

CommunciationsHubs

a central

Communications Hub will

distributeinformation

to 4 satellite

hubs

£10.3mof funding

WRENS NEST ANDEAST COSELEY

Dudley CVS

nurtured people to become the leaders of the

change they want

through designed,

resident-led activity

Coseley Grapevinenewslettera

Facebookpage

TradeSchool

coseleylife.netwebsite

Coseley residents

have now taken responsibility

for ...

Wrens Nestresidents

have now taken responsibility

for ...

“95% of what we want to achievewe can do ourselves”

Brian GuestEast Coseley Core Group Chairman

“There’s nothing we can’t do”Dennis Harper

Wrens Nest resident

CreativeThursdays

LYE &WOLLESCOTE

CHAPELS

How-ToGuide

DudleyBoroughCouncil

wroteits

One of the �rst

projects

was a group concerned about the future of

Lye and Wollescote

Chapels

supported by Dudley CVS

Dudley CVS

the derelict

helped see the chapels transferred

to helpedsource potential tenants for the

site

and helped the Trust secure

>£1m funding

and helpedcreate an action

plan to promote and safeguard the

chapels

Asset Transfer

Policy

WestMidlandsHistoric

BuildingsTrust

AssetTransfer

Strategy

BROMLEY TABLETENNIS CLUB

threatened with

closurealternativevenues tooexpensive

Dudley CVShelped them

get support

fromBeActive

identify an appropriate

funder

secure£3,000 to help

with short term cash �ow

becomegrantready

searchfor new venue

Bromley Table Tennis

Club

loseshome of40 years

Synergya

network that enables social

enterprises to learn from existing

businesses

PIONEERING INNOVATION AND

TRANSFORMATION

LEADING, NETWORKING AND

COLLABORATING

CREATING CONDITIONS FOR

INFLUENCE

17,095views of the Volunteer

Centre blog and

22,457of the Dudley CVS

website

more than

2,000Twitter followers of

@dudleycvs & @dudleyvols

80%of people taking part in a survey in Wrens Nest said they liked helping others and

sharing skills

Unemployed volunteers

supported rose from72%

to82%

925contacts at Russells Hall

Hospital on the caring role, bene�ts and support,

mental health, volunteering and di�erent health

conditions

£10.3munlocked for the Black

Country to support young people into work

through Talent Match136

individuals and organisations supported on

enterprising solutions (enterprise development,

asset development, commissioning and

procurement)

100% reported increase in

knowledge about working in partnership or

in collaboration with other organisations

15 projects awarded a

grant or loan from the Community Enterprise

Fund, totalling£170,912.50

Brought together over

200people on areas of work such

as: health; faith; sport; young people; our

sector’s future

With Dudley Council, CAB and other partners,

Healthwatch created Dudley Community Information Point

Network, recruiting

80Information Champions to

improve access to health and social care information

Dudley CVS and Healthwatch sit on

52strategic boards to ensure local people are heard by decision-makers. Boards

include Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group; Dudley Health and Wellbeing;

Safeguarding; Prevention of Gang Violence; Tensions Monitoring; Local

Enterprise Partnership; Physical Activity; Troubled Families;

Children's Partnership; European Funding

80people’s views on the

quality of mental health services were given to Care

Quality Commission, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health

Partnership Trust and Healthwatch

England

CONNECTING AND DEVELOPING

RESILIENT ORGANISATIONS

AND INDIVIDUALS

Over

£2mof Talent Match

funding will come into Dudley

borough

CHAMPIONING POSITIVE SOCIAL

CHANGE57%

increase in the likelihood of

collaboration by spending time in the

same place

10social media surgeries

helped 41

individuals from the sector to get started on social media

12people gave their time as

volunteer social media surgeons

Dudley CVS blog

(www.dudleycvsblog.com) launched to share the great

things communities are doing in Dudley and show

how we supportthem 98

attended a suite of

9training events to develop

business acumen and enterprising solutions

to �nance the sector

100% increase in

knowledge on how to develop enterprising

solutions

Funding support has brought in grants

worth at least £2,952,046

to45

organisations

200people visited Dudley

Borough Interfaith Network's pop-up shop in Dudley's Churchill Precinct

to �nd out more or sign up as volunteers

£77kprogramme co-designed by

Dudley CCG, the O�ce of Public Health Dudley, Dudley CVS and community organisations. Over

10,000hours of physical activities across

17sports were delivered

Input into Dudley's Sports and

Physical Activity Strategy to ensure that

voluntary sector organisations were

represented

£5,637,663 unlocked by Dudley CVS and the

organisations it supports to deliver projects bene�ting Dudley

borough residents

£4,682,582 was external funding that

Dudley CVS helped to bring into the borough

Of that,

69received intensive 1-to-1 support on: social enterprise;

developing assets; commissioning and

procurement

37information and

signposting sessions at Russells Hall Hospital Health

Hub

Trained

102organisations on: business

continuity planning; collaboration; social value;

marketing; leadership; volunteering management;

individual funders

Healthwatch Dudley enabled people who use

adult social care services to shape Dudley Council's Local

Account of its work for 2012-13, ensuring it was fair, balanced

and answered questions about future challenges

over200

organisations received 1-to-1 support in

600interventions. Topics included:

setting up a charity; legal compliance; planning; marketing;

�nance; funding; volunteer management