Welcome to VAC
Voluntary Action Camden is an independent voluntary organisation that exists to support, encourage, defend and develop voluntary and community action in the London Borough of Camden.
VAC works with voluntary and community groups to support their activities through co-ordination, liaison, representation, advice and information. VAC also provides a range of direct services to groups such as a payroll service, advice on employment policies and procedures and use of the GrantFinder™ database.
Take a look at What We Do.
What's new at VAC
Rent Reform: A Free Event for Camden Groups
Monday 20 July, Learn How to Reduce Your Rent or Renegotiate Your Lease
This free event will offer VAC members the chance to look at cutting overheads and in particular the possibility to significantly reduce rents, even mid lease, through re negotiation. With property prices stalling and buildings lying vacant, the shift in power between the landlord and the tenant has allowed struggling voluntary organisations to open up rental negotiations. The presentation by Yonni Abramson of Rent Reform Community Solutions, will provide both background information on the key property issues affecting the charity sector and practical advice through a question and answer session at the end. Places at this event must be booked in advance. To register your interest, contact Kevin Nunan at VAC: T: 020 7284 6557 Typetalk: 18001-020 7284 6557 E: knunan@vac.org.uk Click to register your interest by email
Modernisation Fund Grants Programme
During June and July organisations in Central London (Wandsworth, Camden, Islington, Westminster, Southwark, Lambeth and Kensington and Chelsea) delivering services that meet the needs of communities affected by the recession will be able to apply for £1,000 bursaries to pay for initial advice to explore how they can become more resilient and increase their impact by working more closely with others. More…
Carbon Confident - Creating Carbon Confident SMEs in Camden
For whichever reason your organisation wants or needs to cut its carbon emissions, it can be difficult to know where or how to start. Carbon management is a new challenge requiring technical, environmental, and leadership skills. It can be confusing, especially for smaller and medium sized organisations that do not have inhouse environmental expertise. However, carbon management is painless if you know how and with training and support your organisation could see measurable reductions within months. Find out more here…
Better Governance Project : FREE training for management committee members or trustees
Wondering how to improve the leadership and governance skills of management committee members so your organisation can run smoothly.
Next rounds: May to December 2009
Enrolling now. More Information…
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Do you need a website?
Building on the successful partnership established between Voluntary Action Camden and Birkbeck College, we will soon be starting another round of volunteer recruitment from final year Birkbeck Foundation Degree in IT and the IT Applications Diploma students who need to complete a work based module. More …
VAC takes seat on new Camden Climate Change Alliance Advisory Board
A new multi sector advisory board has been formed in Camden to take forward the climate change agenda. More…
Consortium Development Workshop
As part of London LSC and London Councils' commitment to the development of the third sector to deliver public sector services, a programme of practical consortium development support has been commissioned by London LSC. More…
Membership
VAC's membership rates are changing. Since April 2008 some services are only be available to members. More…
Mental Health Network
Your Chance to Influence Mental Health Service Provision in Camden. More...
From Grants To Commissioning.
The move from grant aid to commissioning is a policy being driven by central government. It is closely connected to the increasing role expected of voluntary and community groups in the delivery of public services, and a government vision that sees the promotion of voluntary and community activity as a vital factor in enhancing the quality of community life. More…
VAC held a conference in May 2007 that aimed to support Camden’s Voluntary and Community Sector in responding to the challenges of a commissioning culture.
You can download the full report from the conference here.
Baseline Mapping of the Sector
This report, commissioned as part of Change Up, gives a baseline mapping of the sector, it’s support use and future need. You can download the full report here.
Assessing the Economic and Social Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Camden
Want to find out how to measure the social and economic value of the work you do? Then have a look at the report produced by the Office of Public Management, on behalf of the Camden Change Up Steering Group, by following this link.
Free ICT CLAit Certification for VAC groups
Voluntary Action Camden will be providing full sponsorship to two members of each group to attend classes at the Mary Ward Centre for the New CLAiT certification More...
Fundraising Training and Events
Your chance to improve your fundraising skills and meet the funders. More...
Funding Surgeries at Community Centres
Funding advice sessions are being offered throughout 2009 at various community centres to help hard-to-reach/ marginalised small groups within their neighbourhoods to develop their ideas or projects by accessing funding opportunities. Please follow this link for more information.
Page last updated: July 1, 2009
