Many thanks to everyone who made the Community Project AGM such a
success last night, and for all the hard work that went into preparing
for it.

Three pieces of news:

1. The Community Project is a member of Voscur, Bristol's Council for
Voluntary Services. We are being asked whether Voscur should charge
membership fees, and, if so, what we think would be appropriate.

I have already responded to this, because Crisis Centre Ministries is
also a Voscur member. But I think SM&CDCP should also reply. So, two
questions:

* Does anyone have a view on this subject? If you would like to read
the brief background material,I would be happy to copy it and pass ti on
to you.

* Would anyone like to complete the short questionnaire? Ideally, this
would be one of the Directors...

2. We are also invited to a meeting on 3 November about the Compact and
the future of public sector procurement. There will also be information
about "promoting a competitive, confident and credible social economy"
from the C3 Partnership. Let me know if you are interested.

3. Finally, we have been sent an invitation from "Local Works", the
Campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill. The meeting will be at
the Elmgrove Centre, on the corner of Redland Road and Elmgrove Road, on
Friday 11 November, from 7:30 - 9:30 pm. If you want directions, do ask me.

According to their web site...

"Local Works is the campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill. The
Sustainable Communities Bill is a proposed piece of legislation that
will empower local people to improve their local communities.

"The campaign is cross-party and is constantly building up support from
individuals and organisations across the country, the support that will
be needed to see the bill made law! Currently 7000 individuals, 200
local organisations and 235 Members of Parliament support the campaign."

The basic purpose of the bill is to empower local communities - like us!
- to make the decisions that affect us. It is potentially a very
important piece of legislation, but is not likely to grab the headlines.

I have a copy of the campaign broadsheet if you are interested, or you
can download it from www.localworks.org.

All the best,

Paul.


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