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Networks at Community Southwark
Networks facilitated by Community Southwark are member-led and for the benefit of Voluntary and Community organisations in Southwark. They aim to provide a space to build connections, promote collaboration and be a voice for change.
During 2025 we are working to reshape and refresh the way in which Southwark’s voluntary and community groups and organisations come together to speak authoritatively on behalf of the whole sector and influence the decisions that matter.
We are moving away from a rigid format of one meeting per quarter and we plan to focus our network activities on shared projects where we can add value.
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Networks for 2025
Children, Families and Young People Network
Focussing on a pilot in Rotherhithe for mapping youth services and working with funders and the council to fill any gaps.
Mental Health Network
Focussing on a project to form a consortium of groups working to prevent mental ill health, with a view to the possibility of applying for joint grants or contracts, or seeking to co-design services with statutory partners.
Older Peoples Network
A network, training and peer support for those providing services for older people in Southwark. The network will focus on shared learning events.
Disabled Providers Network
A network, training and peer support for those providing services for disabled people in Southwark. The network will focus on shared learning events.
Grassroots Project
This project came directly from the State of the Sector report and has been designed with 89 grassroots groups. They plan to meet every 1-2 months offering each other peer support.
Race Equality and Cultural Heritage (REACH) Alliance
The Alliance has held three successful ‘Journey to Better Health Outcomes’ events and will aim for two further events in the next year to continue the work on sustainable funding and relationships with health decision makers.
Latin American Network
The Network’s project will continue to be realising the Cultural Centre that has been promised by the council.
Safeguarding Network
A network, training and peer support for those involved in safeguarding in Southwark.
Southwark Volunteering Network
A network, training and peer support for those involved in supporting, organising or managing volunteers in Southwark.
Southwark Voice
Brings together the Chairs of all the VCCS networks in the borough (including the ones which are not facilitated by Community Southwark). This group meets once every three months online to monitor progress on the State of the Sector recommendations.
How Do I Join a Network?
You can join our networks and sign up to our regular e-bulletins by using our online network sign up form.
Can I Share Information With a Network?
We’ve put together a guide on sharing information with networks. If you have any questions not answered in the guide, or need the information in any other format please contact info@communitysouthwark.org or call 020 3848 6540.
We ask statutory or non voluntary and community sector engaging with our networks to follow the network’s principles of engagement.
How Are the Networks Run?
Networks facilitated by Community Southwark are member-led and for the benefit of VCS organisations in Southwark to build connections, promote collaboration and be a voice for change. Each network has a chair (from a VCS organisation in Southwark) who works with the one of the team at Community Southwark and other network members to agree how the network operates, areas of focus, agenda planning and action points.
