Richmond upon Thames

Council for Voluntary Service

Richmond Children's Fund

Children's Fund is a central government initiative with funding coming via the Department of Education and Skills. It supports children and families in their localities and targets a range of needs including young carers and children with special needs.

At a local level the fund is managed by Richmond Council for Voluntary Service and is targeted at children aged 8-13 living and going to school in five wards- Mortlake, Castelnau, Heathfield, Ham and Petersham Riverside and Hampton North.

The work of the Children's Fund supports the five outcomes of the government white paper Every Child Matters

• Be Healthy
• Stay Safe
• Enjoy and Achieve
• Make a Positive Contribution
• Achieve Economic Well-Being

For more information about Every Child Matters and downloadable guides about the government plans for changes in the delivery of Children's services informed by the Laming report please go to the Every Child Matters website

http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/ [opens in a new window]

New Section

Richmond Children's Fund Voluntary Sector Digest

This is a monthly e newsletter with information about funding, events and resources that support and inform providers of services for children. If you would like to be added to the e-mailing list please contact me at heatherm@richmondcvs.org.uk

• Current issue 30 kb
• September 06 30 kb
• August 06 28 kb

1. Safeguarding Children	Word document
Effective recruitment practices	download now
2. Children Centres and the VCS May 2006	PDF Document
Report into opportunities for voluntary Sector involvement in Children's Centres locally	download now
2. Informing Children's Services	Word document
A briefing on the local development of integrated children's services and the emerging structure of the Children's Trust. [opens in a new window]	download now
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4. Executive Summary 2005	Word document
For details of projects supported and developed by Richmond Children's Fund, and our planned investment 2005-8. [opens in a new window]	download now
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5. Future work	Word document
Development work for Children's Voluntary sector	download now

Go Bonzo Website

The Richmond Children's Fund website www.gobonzo.org.uk has been launched. [opens in a new window]

Designed by one of the RCVS volunteers and aimed at children and young people aged 8 - 11 and their parents and carers, this is an invaluable source of regularly updated information on places to go, things to do, discounts, and free events locally. There is also a children and parents help area, homework help, games and competitions.

Participation

The voice and views of our service users is important to us, and we ensure that service development and monitoring is informed by participation events and ongoing consultation.

What our users and saying?	Word document
An extract from a local evaluation report (2004-05) that focuses on what our service users say about our services. [opens in a new window]	download now
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Service Providers

Services commissioned by Richmond Children's Fund ?	Word document
A complete list of the service providers with contact details. [opens in a new window]	download now
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Contact Details for the Children's Fund

The programme is managed by

Heather J Mathew
Children's Fund Programme Manager

email: heatherm@richmondcvs.org.uk

March 2006

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