It’s under a month until Volunteer’s Week which starts on 1st June and this year marks a particularly special year given the week falls within the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Grants up to £300 are available to groups and organisations who are planning to host Jubilee themed celebration events and commemorative activities (including those that have a long-lasting impact) throughout the month of June 2022.
On Friday 22nd April, Merton Connected's CEO, Simon Shimmens will be taking part in St Raphael's Hospice's inaugural I'm A Director Get Me Out of Here fundraiser.
Grants of up to £500 are available to youth providers, including tenant and resident associations, that are passionate about empowering the next generation.
Each year Merton’s Safer Neighbourhood Board receive funding from MOPAC (Mayor’s Office of Policiing and Crime) to give grants to small scale projects delivered in the local area that may help prevent/reduce crime and/or increase community engagement.
Association for Polish Family, a locally based charity, has been working with Poles and other Eastern Europeans in the borough and neighbouring boroughs of Sutton and Wandsworth since 2007.
Merton Council is looking for a Public Health Apprentice who will join the public health team in Merton to work with the council, partners and local communities to improve health outcomes and address health inequalities.
Building on the heart-warming generosity from our community last year, this festive season Merton Giving is partnering with Centre Court Shopping Centre to encourage local people and businesses to donate a Christmas Gift to some of our local residents who
We are delighted that the Merton Social Prescribing service has been chosen by the University of Oxford to be part of a Social Prescribing evaluation and are one of just six sites selected from across the UK.
Volunteers needed on 'Silver Sunday', 3rd October, to assist at the The Mayor of Merton's 'Afternoon Tea', to celebrate older people and their contribution to the local community.
After a year like no other, the 2021 MBBAs are back to recognise and celebrate Merton’s incredible business community. A new set of award categories has been designed which includes the Breakthrough Charity Award
Wimbledon Guild, the community charity that supports people across Merton, has announced that this year’s Waggy Walk will take place on Saturday 2 October on Wimbledon Common.
Merton’s Safer Neighbourhood Board receives funding from MOPAC to give grants to small projects delivered in the local area that may help cut crime and boost public confidence. Applications for 2021 are open now. Deadline: Monday 16th August
Applications are now open for the 2022 GSK IMPACT Awards. This is also the 25th anniversary of the awards and, to mark this milestone, funding has been increased and the new GSK Grow Programme, to support smaller charities, has been launched
The State of the Sector Report 2021 has been released today. This report, the first since 2016, reflects on the challenges that the entire sector has faced and continues to face as a result of the current pandemic.
The Royal British Legion is looking for volunteers to help support members of the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, veterans and their families. Every poppy makes a difference to the lives of our Armed Forces community.
PCN Social Prescriber’s are the new addition to our successful social prescribing service and will support each one of the six local Primary Care Networks to assist local people to access appropriate services.
Sustainable Merton, Merton’s local environmental charity, is excited to be hosting its first ever local exhibition to showcase the stunning, heart-warming and thought-provoking legacy that has been created by Merton residents as part of its Loving Earth
Loneliness Awareness Week will take place from 14 - 18 June. Hosted by Marmalade Trust, it's a campaign that raises awareness of loneliness and gets people talking about it.
London Sport have a multi-year partnership with Chipotle Mexican Grill which will see the global healthy-eating restaurant company support London Sport’s ambitious vision of making London the most physically active city in the world.
Volunteers Week takes place 1-7 June every year. It's a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say thank you.
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK. Created in 2002, it is the MBE for volunteer groups and is awarded for life.
Merton Council is asking Merton residents, students, commuters and businesses for your views on the future of your area as part of the borough’s biggest-ever community conversation.
The purpose of the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund is to ensure that families or campaign groups can get access to small grants to provide practical domestic assistance, to further the work of their own campaigns, events and initiatives.