16 August 2019
Cyber Protect Awareness Workshops
We are helping the Thames Valley Police deliver two workshops dedicated to Cyber Security for voluntary and community groups.
The Thames Valley Police Cyber Security Advisor will be providing two short Cyber Protect awareness sessions in October 2019 for Community Action: MK in order to empower their own local voluntary and community sector groups to speak with confidence within their immediate communities of the current cyber threats that the general public may experience.
The workshops will be held on the following dates and times:
Workshop 1: Tuesday 8th October: 11am – 1pm
Workshop 2: Thursday 24th October 11am – 1pm
Venue: Grant Thornton, 199 Avebury Blvd, Milton Keynes MK9 1AU
For more information or any queries, please email info@communityactionmk.org or call 01908 661623
Community Grants information event
Do you run a project that supports local people to get on in life? If you can help people to build confidence and overcome barriers that can block them from getting into training or paid work, the Community Grants programme could help you.
The Community Grants programme offers Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations grant funding from £10,000 to £20,000 to deliver projects that make a difference within local communities in the South East Midlands.
Join the upcoming ‘Community Grants information event’ on Thursday 19 September in Milton Keynes for more information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-grants-information-event-milton-keynes-tickets-68263663455?aff=VCSENewsletters
Milton Keynes Council Open Consultations
- NEW: Draft Milton Keynes East Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document
- NEW: Draft Downsizing Incentives Policy
- NEW: Draft Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy
- Should MKC implement a borough-wide PSPO to tackle the anti-social use of vehicles associated with car cruising
- Consultation on LCTR Parish Funding
- Public Spaces Protection Order – Dog Fouling
- Proposed amendments to the existing ‘no waiting’ restrictions (double yellow lines) on Dunthorne Way in Grange Farm
See all MK Council consultations
EEH Transport Strategy Meeting
England’s Economic Heartland (EEH) is inviting comments on their Outline Transport Strategy. To facilitate engagement and increase awareness of their role, EEH officers are holding a local engagement event on 25 September where you can hear about the Strategy and their work.
The EEH is the Sub-national Transport Body for a region stretching from Swindon to Cambridgeshire and from Northamptonshire to Hertfordshire. Milton Keynes is at the centre of this region. The EEH are already playing a role in prioritising strategic infrastructure investment in the region informed by the studies and the evidence base it is developing, and in the future will play a key role in facilitating investment and improvement in local transport services.
Details of the Outline Transport Strategy can be found here: http://www.englandseconomicheartland.com/Pages/outline-transport-strategy.aspx
The stakeholder engagement event will take place on 25 September 2019 from 6:30-8pm, in the Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Milton Keynes. To assist with planning for the event, we ask anyone wishing to attend to please email Transport.Policy@milton-keynes.gov.uk and include details of any groups they represent. This is so we can manage attendance and provide more details to confirmed attendees nearer the time of the event.
Draft Milton Keynes East Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document
Milton Keynes East (MKE) has been allocated for a residential-led strategic urban extension in Plan:MK. The allocation within Plan:MK is for around 5,000 homes and 105 hectares of employment land along with a range of social, transport and green infrastructure provision.
Milton Keynes Council is consulting on a Draft Milton Keynes East Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The consultation runs from 7 August 2019 closing on 16 October 2019 at 5pm. Read more
MK Council Useful links and documents
Calendar of Forthcoming Meetings
Reporting Issues to the Council Contact List
MK Council Statement of Community Involvement
Second redesign workshop of the CNWL – Milton Keynes Adult Mental Health Community Services Model
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You are invited to join us for our second redesign workshop of the CNWL – Milton Keynes Adult Mental Health Community Services Model. Wednesday 25th September 2019.
Ridgeway Centre, Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes MK12 5TH.
Booking is essential.
Please email n.ranautta@nhs.net by 13th September 2019 to reserve your place.
Broughton and Brooklands Community Connectors – Litter Pick events
The Broughton and Brooklands Community Connectors have some Litter Picking events on the following days:
- September 1st 2-3pm
- November 3rd 2-3pm
Meet at Brooklands Play Area, Saxonia Boulevard, Brooklands
Fareshare is coming to Milton Keynes!
We are excited to announce that the food redistribution charity FareShare, in partnership with the innovative education charity SOFEA will be opening a new Regional Centre; FareShare South Midlands in September 2019. Save the date! Fareshare will be organising a warehouse open day on the 1st October 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new warehouse. . Read more
Tai Chi Classes for the visually impaired
Tai Chi is a gentle way to exercise And keep fit. It is a Chinese form of ‘meditation’ within movement, a series of movements performed in a slow, harmonized and relaxed way. It aims to improve balance, reduce stress and tension, increase energy levels, build up your immune system, loosen stiff joints, relieve headaches, neck and shoulder pain; and improve posture to alleviate back pain. It is suitable for all ages and abilities.
Bucks Vision Tai Chi classes for the visually impaired are held twice a month on Friday afternoons between 1.30 and 2.45 pm in John Lewis Community room within the Store in Centre MK. Cost is £4 per session. Transport can be arranged at a small extra cost.
For further information please call Padma on 01908 377058 or e-mail: pscheriyan@gmail.com
Volunteering opportunity of the week: Victims First Emotional Support Volunteer
Victims First Emotional Support Volunteer provides free emotional and practical support to all victims of crime, witnesses of crime and family members of victims. The service is available across Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire. They can provide help regardless of whether or not the crime has been reported to the police. Find out more
Giffgaff launches community projects initiative to boost volunteering
Mobile network Giffgaff has launched a new community projects initiative to promote volunteering after it found the concept of British community could be under threat.
According to a new white paper commissioned by Giffgaff, less than a quarter (24%) of the nation believe the notion of community is alive and well in the UK, with 60% placing the blame on Brexit and 72% highlighting a lack of funding by the government. Read more
We’re Hiring! Support, Development and Volunteering Outreach Worker Roles
We have two roles available, each with elements of specific focus. The purpose of the posts is to contribute to the support, development and volunteering services which are central to the work of Community Action: MK. These are focused around the key elements of:
● Mobilising communities
● Strengthening groups
● Influencing policy and decision making
The post holder will work as part of a dedicated community development team, committed to supporting the community and voluntary sector in Milton Keynes. Find out more
Fresh Start Worker (MK ACT)
MK-ACT are looking for a Fresh Start Worker to support their Fresh Start Programme. They have an exciting opportunity to work within their organisation to work with those perpetrators of Domestic Violence who are undertaking the Fresh Start Programme, as a worker supporting the service. Find out more
Complex Needs Outreach Worker (MK-ACT)
MK-ACT are looking for a Complex Needs Outreach Worker to support those who experience Domestic Abuse with additional complex needs in accessing services. (Female Applicants Only). The aim of this post is to work with those clients who are experiencing Domestic Abuse, but who are hard to engage and need support into specialist services and therapeutic services due to their additional needs, including substance misuse and mental health.
Information, Advice and Guidance Adviser (Works For Us)
Works For Us are looking for an outstanding individual to provide one-to-one advice sessions to their clients to support them in obtaining employment, education, training or volunteering. This position requires excellent communication skills and experience of working with people from a variety of social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Find out more
Sharing and Celebrating Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare
NHS England and NHS Improvement have launched the ‘Sharing and Celebrating Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare’ community grants scheme. Grants of up to £2,500 are available to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations ‘that showcase good practice around patient and citizen involvement in healthcare.’
Deadline: 23 September
Find out more
GSK IMPACT Awards
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding, training and national recognition for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000. To be eligible organisations must be at least three years old, a registered charity, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £80,000 and £2.5 million. Winning organisations will have a film made, receive support with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials. They will also be offered free training and development valued at a further £9,500.
Deadline: 23 September
Find out more
Empowering young people to improve communities
Applications for grants of up to £35,000 are open until 12pm (noon) on Friday 20 September. Co-op Foundation expect to make about eight grants in total and funding comes from a new £3 million extension to Co-Op’s #iwill Fund. You can find out if your organisation is eligible by checking out their funding page,
Planting Up permablitz
Saturday 24 August 2019
Join Planting Up in the garden for their next permablitz at Westbury Arts Centre on Saturday 24 August from 10.30am. They’ll be working up an appetite for their “bring & share” lunch from 1 – 2pm. Summer garden care is mostly about leisurely watering, trimming and weeding but they’ll also be seeing what they can pick and eat from the garden too! 🙂
Big Local Conniburrow (BLC) Treasure Hunt
30th August
10:30-11:30 am
Big Local Conniburrow (BLC) is holding a Treasure Hunt that has been designed by a resident. It will follow a route along the Redways and end in Friendship park, Conniburrow.
MK Arts Centre Summer Party
Saturday 31st August 2019
1-3pm
Milton Keynes Arts Centre warmly invites you to a launch party with artist Kitty Finer, MK College students, residents of Pritchard Court and our communities, in celebration of the intergenerational collaborations which have taken over MKAC gallery this summer.
The launch will include the drop of MY KIND; a new fashion label inspired by the elderly, designed by the young and worn by all.
Free picnic and arts activities for everyone. Free, everyone welcome.
Youth Fest – Truth For Youth
Saturday 31 August 2019
11:00 – 18:00
We are celebrating the launch of Truth For Youth, a brand new youth project in MK4. Come and join us at our free festival to see a mix of youth facilities from around MK. We will have DJs playing some soulful House and Garage, guest speakers, singing workshops, dance crew performances, a climbing wall, football skill activities, creative tent, a giant sand pit for little ones and some quality eco food & beverage vendors. This event is 100% plastic free, and the first 70 people will get a free reusable Truth For Youth festival cup!
Service Six Family Fun Day
Saturday 31stAugust 2019
12:00-16:00
Chapter House, Coffee Hall
On Saturday 31st August Service Six will be holding a family fun day at our base Chapter House, Coffee Hall. The event is 12-4, we will have a bouncy castle, low cost bbq, tomobola, raffle, games, a number of Harley Davidsons, Police Car and a range of stalls. If you would like to have a promotional stall or even if you just want to come and lend a hand we would be grateful of the support.
Contact Katie Marsh for more info: katie.marsh@servicesix.co.uk
MK Hospital 40th birthday celebration event
7 September 2019
Weaving Trust event on environmental issues
14th September 2019
Join MK Green Alliance members for lots of natters about Milton Keynes and environmental issues. The following link explains the origin and usual format of a weaving trust event.
http://www.citizensmk.org.uk/campaigns/former-campaigns/weaving-trust/
Find out more here.
Sign up today. We’d love to meet you.
Click here to register on eventbrite
Milton Keynes Hospital Charity Gala Ball
Friday 13 September
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