ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013

BEXLEY VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT
2012/2013

BVSC Executive Committee
BVSC is managed by an Executive Committee whose members are directors of the company and trustees
of the charity. They are responsible for the overall management of the organisation, determining policy and
ensuring that it is implemented by the staff through the Chief Executive.
President
The Mayor of Bexley, Cllr Alan
Downing
BVSC Staff Team
Chief Executive Janet Smith (to March ‘13)
PA to Chief Executive
Kim Rabe
Directors/Trustees 2012/13
Chair: Mrs L Whitby
Vice Chair: Mr D Lonergan
Treasurer: Mr B Jones
Mrs N Berwick (to March 2013)
Mrs P Crawford
Mr G S Dhesi
Ms P Giles
Mr A S Hundal
Mr K McLaren
Dr A M F Rashid
Mrs F S Rashid
Mrs B Seeley
Mr T Murphy (co-opted)
Mr R Hudson (co-opted)
Observers
Bexley Borough Nominees:
Cllr Val Clark
Cllr D Hurt
Cllr J Slaughter
Citizens Advice Bureau:
Ms B Minhas
Central Administration and Information
Administration Manager
Administrative Assistant
Offi ce Assistant
Book-keeper
Volunteer Centre
Centre Manager
Volunteer Support Worker
Administrative Support
Volunteering Drop-In Co-ordinator
Database Administrator
Development Team
Development Manager
Community Accountant
Team Secretary
Small Groups Development Offi cer
Small Groups Administrator
Partnership Team
Partnership Manager (Health & Social Care)
Administrative Support
Pam Sloan
Sharon Allen
Tammi Baker
Carol Wilkinson
Lynne Regan
Sharon Williams
Melanie Shepherd
Jennie Branch
Olwyn Sinclair
Louise Jossa
Kim Rabe
Carol Britnell
Tracy Pettey
Julie Bristow
Melanie Shepherd
Children, Youth & Families Partnership Offi cer Rebecca Jones
Administrative Support
Melanie Shepherd
BVSC Volunteers
With many thanks to all our volunteers
Office volunteers: Jean Ball Pat Coe Maureen Duhan Joyce Ramsey Magda Torok Doris Wakefi eld Ann
Whatson Sharon Carter Linda Ashwood Linda Roberts Ron Clayton Pat Brasier
Volunteer Centre volunteers: Frances Owen Beverley Treece Elaine Rafter Lesley Snashfold Alison
Smedmor Vicky Baker
Admin Volunteer: Joy Field
Volunteer Design Professional: Caroline Kirsop
Development Team volunteer: Debbie Hall
The Friday Volunteers’ Group: Carol Jeavons Winnie Higgins Sharon Carter Ruth Field
Front cover: clockwise from top left: Lining the route of the Bexley Torch Relay where the Volunteer Centre provided Volunteer
Stewards; Bexley Torch Relay bearers; Hip Hop Dance at the Link, Thamesmead, Torch bearer at Erith by the Thames
Back page: Peter Weston, RAF Air Cadets President with Leaders Award from Jack Petchey Foundation

CHAIR’S FOREWORD
This year, Janet Smith resigned as Chief Executive of BVSC after 28 years with us, firstly, for 11 years as
Volunteer Bureau Manager and then as Chief Executive for 17 years. During this time, Janet helped
to develop new organisations, expanded BVSC and played a key role in partnership working. There
were many highlights, particularly Janet’s involvement in setting up a number of organisations
including: Homestart, Carers Support Bexley and Bexley Accessible Transport Scheme; the partnership
with the William Kendall’s Charity and, in 2006, securing pension payments for employees in the
voluntary sector. On behalf of all the trustees and staff at BVSC, I would like to thank Janet for all
her hard work, not only over the last year, but over all her time with BVSC and wish her well for the
future.
So one chapter ends but we were very pleased to welcome our new Chief Executive, Sakthi
Suriyaprakasam, who joined us this summer and who will now lead us as we begin the next chapter
at BVSC.
Sadly one of BVSC’s trustees, Nell Berwick died on 15
March, having served on our Executive Committee since
2001. Nell was a very well-known figure in her community
and became the champion of North Cray estate
having lived there since the early 1960s. Nell was involved
with the Residents Association for North Cray and
was Chair of the Cray Meadows Community Forum for a
number of years. She will be very much missed.
My thanks go to the Mayor of Bexley, Cllr Alan Downing,
who was our President this year and has been very
supportive of the voluntary sector and of BVSC and to
all our funders, including the London Borough of Bexley
and Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group.
I would like to thank our Board of Trustees whose support
I value greatly and, in particular, congratulate our
Treasurer, Brian Jones, for receiving the Borough’s Civic
Recognition Award. Lastly I would like to thank all of
BVSC’s staff for their hard work and ongoing commitment.
Linda Whitby
ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S INTRODUCTION
With continuing pressure on budgets throughout the voluntary sector, the commissioning process
for the Performance Reward Grant was particularly welcomed as was the fact that the voluntary sector
was rewarded for its innovative approach with the majority of the funding going to eight of its
projects. Presentations on these projects throughout the year at the Voluntary Forum have clearly
demonstrated the valuable contribution they are making to the Borough.
BVSC’s bid to the Performance Reward Grant to establish a Voluntary Sector Resource Centre within
the new Tesco Community Unit on the Civic site was one of the successful bids and Janet Smith
worked with the Council for over 18 months to progress the idea. Planning permission for the store
has been agreed and a 106 agreement signed between the Council and Tesco. A design for the layout
of the Centre was developed, initially through volunteer, John Roberts using a Computer Aided
Design package and then subsequently with a second volunteer design professional, Caroline Kirsop,
who was referred to us by BVSC Trustee, Ray Hudson. We thank John very much for all his hard work
and Caroline for her on-going support.

ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S INTRODUCTION
2012 was of course the year of the Olympics and Lynne Regan created the Torch Relay Steward volunteering
role which enabled successful applicants to both contribute and enjoy the torch procession
and celebrations held in Danson Park.
The Partnership Team assisted children and young people’s groups to obtain the Safer Bexley Mark,
awarded to them by Bexley Safeguarding Children’s Board for demonstrating good safeguarding
practice and also assisted groups to engage with the commissioning process for the new Prevention
and Early Intervention Fund now in progress through the new Integrated Commissioning Unit. The
Development Team arranged training to help groups through this process and was pleased that work
with small groups was continued, even though on a reduced basis because of the change of funder.
The Information Team held sessions in GP practices at ‘flu clinics, in partnership with other voluntary
groups, that were very successful in raising the profile of the sector within health about the services
we provide.
BVSC has benefitted from the excellent work by the staff team and the valuable contributions from
both volunteers and its Board of Trustees. Particular thanks are due to the Chair of BVSC, Linda
Whitby, and the Chair of the Voluntary Forum, Ian Lindon, for their support and guidance during the
last year.
Julie Bristow, Acting Chief Executive
PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
This year Pam Sloan, Administration Manager, together with Sharon Allen and Tammi Baker have
worked hard to produce and support:
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6 editions of our bi-monthly Spotlight Newsletter
our website www.bvsc.co.uk 38,996 page views
regular e-bulletins
a range of fact sheets
our Information Desk which responded to 130 information enquiries
our Community Directory which is available on our website
Printing Service
Our photocopying service for member groups is very competitively priced, and we have printed a
variety of 83 flyers and newsletters for the groups over the year.
GP Surgeries
In October Pam organised Information stands at Barnard Medical Centre, Plas Meddyg, and Albion
Road surgeries to coincide with the flu vaccination programme. This gave BVSC and other voluntary
organisations an opportunity to highlight their services. Three sessions were held at different times
during the week at Barnard Medical Centre which was an excellent way to meet and engage with
patients of all age ranges. Pam was able to show them how to access the Community Directory, which
lists many voluntary organisations, and also how to find out
about volunteering opportunities.
The photo (right) shows Lynda Munns, Crossroads Befriending
Scheme Coordinator, Pam Sloan, Administration Manager at
BVSC, and Teresa Macfarlane, Co-ordinator from Advocacy for All
Befriending Scheme, at the information sessions.
Other groups taking part were Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice,
Carers Support (Bexley), and Age UK Bexley.

BRINGING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR TOGETHER
BVSC organised a range of networks and forums to enable groups to come together, receive information
and take collective decisions on issues that affected them.
Voluntary Forum
In May 2012, Ian Lindon was elected as Chair of the Voluntary Forum after previously serving as Vice
Chair. Steve Davies from Bexley Mencap was elected as Vice Chair. In 2012, using Bexley’s Performance
Reward Grant, which the Council and its partners received for successfully meeting targets set
down in their 2008 Local Area Agreement, a bidding process was initiated and grants awarded to
a number of voluntary organisations to address key community priorities. During the course of the
year, the Voluntary Forum has had a rolling programme of presentations from those organisations
that were successful in bidding for the Performance Reward Grant which were of great interest to
members and enabled them to gain valuable information about new projects in the Borough. The
Forum also held elections to the Health and Wellbeing Executive Group to which Dave Baker of Carers
Support (Bexley) and David Palmer of Mind in Bexley were elected and for the Children & Young
People’s Partnership Executive Board, Carol McCall of Bexley SNAP and Anne Bennett of Bexley Moorings
were both re-elected.
The full range of BVSC’s Networks are as follows:
Voluntary Forum: for any group in the borough to join and send 2 voting representatives
Health and Adult Social Care Network: for groups who work within the field of Health and Social
Care.
Children and Young People’s VCS Network: for groups working with children, young people and
families.
Chief Officers’ Group: for chief officers of staffed organisations.
Small Groups Network: for representatives of small groups in the Borough.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
Voluntary Sector Funding Group
The Voluntary Sector Funding Group has continued to meet to discuss local commissioning processes,
including the Preventative and Partnership Fund. These two funds have now been aligned and will
be commissioned during the summer of 2013 so that projects will be ready to start on 1 October 2013.
New leases for the voluntary sector were discussed but these have not yet been provided by the
Council and the likelihood is that they will not be issued until after the commissioning process has
been completed.
Partnership Team
As the changes to health and social care continued apace this year, Julie Bristow, Partnership Manager
(Health & Social Care), Becca Jones, the Children, Youth and Families Partnership Officer, together
with administrative support from Mel Shepherd and Liz Cutajar (to July 2012), have focused on supporting
the voluntary sector to understand and meet the new challenges ahead.
As the Care Trust moved towards becoming a Clinicial Commissioning Group, increasing engagement
with General Practitioners (GPs) was important. In addition to the locality presentations, Julie organised
a Health & Adult Social Care meeting to which Dr Howard Stoate was invited along with Elizabeth
Deeves from Bexley Council who was responsible for the brokerage service within social care.
To make the meeting more interactive and promote the voluntary sector, groups were invited to
bring along displays and information and, after the main business, they were able to talk with both
speakers about their organisations and the services they provided.

WORKING IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Julie has also appreciated the invaluable help she has received from the communications department
within the Clinical Commissioning Group. They provided a link to BVSC’s Community Directory within
the GP zone and promoted it within their newsletters and staff bulletins as well as ensuring information
sheets Julie produced during the year listing services provided by the voluntary sector for cancer
care and helping to reduce isolation were widely circulated.
Another important piece of work for Julie was the Welfare Reform Group which began meeting at
the end of 2012 to try and anticipate some of the effects the changes to the benefits system would
bring. She produced a further information sheet on voluntary sector provision relating to welfare
benefits and debt advice and organised a briefing for the voluntary sector about these changes which
was delivered by Roland Haigh of Erith Citizens’ Advice Bureau.
Preventative and Partnership Fund
These two funds were brought together as the new Prevention and Early Intervention Fund and
commissioning undertaken by the newly-formed Integrated Commissioning Unit involving both LB of
Bexley and Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group. Although the Fund was not due to open for bids
until April, a series of workshops was organised to support groups with the process and gain feedback
from them as it progressed. Julie, together with Olwyn Sinclair, participated in these workshops
to outline the support available from BVSC.
Shadow Health & Well-being Board
As the shadow Board moved towards becoming ‘live’ in April 2013, the voluntary sector was pleased
that its place was confirmed and would be taken by the Chief Executive of BVSC.
Children & Young People’s Network
The Children & Young People’s Network met four times and agenda items included: Troubled Families;
Bexley’s Children and Young People’s Plan; changes to the Disclosure and Barring system; LB
Bexley’s Ofsted Inspection of Safeguarding; Meet the Funder - o2 Think Big; Managing Allegations;
and commissioning updates.
Becca compiled weekly e-bulletins with information on national and local developments and events,
funding, training, and resources.
Following elections at the Voluntary Forum in September, Becca continued to work with the elected
representatives who attended the Children & Young People’s Partnership Executive Board to ensure
information flows between the network as a whole and the Board. Becca also attended a number of
other multi-agency strategic meetings, including the Youth Strategy Partnership and sub-groups of
the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board (LSCB).
Some highlights this year have included:
• The Safer Bexley Mark, a certificate awarded to groups by the LSCB for good safeguarding practice
following an assessment of evidence by Becca, has been used as a case study in a national
evaluation of the Safe Network conducted by the Charities Evaluation Service.
• Becca worked with Bexley’s Youth Strategy Partnership to develop a new action plan, taking into
account the contribution of the voluntary sector.
• She has also liaised with LB of Bexley’s Disabled Children’s Service to ensure groups are able to
participate in relevant meetings, and to help groups adapt to the personalisation agenda
• Together with LB of Bexley’s 14-19 team, Becca helped voluntary organisations to develop a partnership
bid for a project working with NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) young
people. Also with LB of Bexley, the pan-London Project Oracle and voluntary organisations, Becca
helped to develop training and support around evidencing and measuring impact, which will be
delivered next year.

DEVELOPING ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY
Development Manager
Training courses held in 2012/13 were:-
The Development Team supported a variety of
• Submitting Winning Tenders for comvoluntary
and community groups throughout the year,
missioned services
addressing their various development needs, including
• Property Matters - Negotiating a Lease
fundraising, governance, legal status, and financial and
• Property Matters - Managing Property
management issues.
• Developing Social Enterprise (series of
10 courses)
Development Manager, Olwyn Sinclair, worked with 57
• UnLtd “Meet the Funder” session
groups on a one-to-one basis, as well as organising a
• Legal Structures for Voluntary Organiprogramme
of training and “meet the funder” events.
sations
Support and training courses focussed on building the
• Running and Chairing Successful Meetcapacity
of groups to prepare and bid for commissioned
ings
services, including Bexley Council and the CCG’s Prevention
and Early Intervention Fund. Other courses includ-
• Minute-taking (3 courses)
• Presentation Skills
ed: diversifying income; developing social enterprise;
• Applying to Small Grants Programmes
managing property, which was important for those
• Diversity and Inclusion
groups bidding to take on the running of community
centres in Bexley. Courses for small groups focussed on
running more successful meetings, in preparation for
groups to take over the running of the Small Groups Network following the reduction in hours of the
Small Groups Development Officer when Lottery funding ceased in November.
Small Grants Programmes: The William Kendall’s Charity (Wax Chandlers’ Company)
Olwyn continued to operate a small grants programme on behalf of the William Kendall’s Charity.
Groups in Bexley can apply for small grants of up to £2,000 to assist with their development, help
deliver services better or run new activities. Two funding rounds were advertised in BVSC’s Spotlight
and 16 groups assisted to make applications. Thirteen of these groups were successful and received
grants totalling £20,393.
Bexley’s Corporate Small Grants Scheme
From April 2011, the administration of the Corporate Small Grants Scheme transferred to BVSC to
carry out on behalf of Bexley Council. Olwyn organised a funding round for 2013/14 and was a member
of the panel to assess the applications, together with officers drawn from council directorates.
Recommendations were then made to Members. 24 applications were received and 12 were awarded
grants totalling £20,589.
Big Local Programme
The Lottery’s Big Local had £1 million to spend over 10 years to 150 areas across England considered
to be in need of improvement, that were not previously recipients of their fair share of Lottery funding
and the Slade Green area was one selected to benefit. Local people played a key role in deciding
how to spend or invest this money to improve the area and create lasting change. The Development
Team supported this initiative, together with the Big Local representative, who was leading the
programme. A series of ‘open days’ to inform and involve local residents were held and many were
trained as ambassadors able to pass on information to other residents. An audit of the area and a
local area action plan were completed and a committee of local people is now ready to take on
management of the programme.
Community Accountancy Project
During the year the Community Accountant, Louise Jossa, has provided a service, two days per week,
to 39 eligible groups. She provided advice and support on a range of financial issues including:
robust financial stewardship and financial controls, setting up book-keeping systems, preparation
and layout of year-end accounts, constructing accounts from incomplete records following an incident,
preparing budgets and claiming gift aid. Louise also reviewed financial information provided
by groups applying for funding under the William Kendall’s Charity and other schemes, and assisted
groups with budgeting for their applications. She also held 4 training courses covering basic bookkeeping
and year-end accounts and one-to-one training on a range of topics, along with follow-up
support where required.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Small Groups Project
In November, the funding for BASIS Small Groups Development Project led by Carol Britnell came
to an end but she then moved on to start the ‘L&Q Residents’ Moving on’ project in December. This
project, funded for a year by the housing association, was aimed at engagement with L&Q residents
and provided them with training and CV workshops which also included two free places for volunteers
from the small groups. The aim of the project fitted with L&Q’s target of reducing worklessness
amongst their residents. The training focussed on qualifications employers are legally required to
have for their workforce and will therefore would help to make participants more attractive to employers.
The project is advertised to all residents in Bexley four times over the year. The CV workshops
will also assist residents move into employment and participants will be encouraged to volunteer so
Carol will liaise with the Volunteer Drop-In to identify possible opportunities.
Carol has been working with small groups one day each week since December, combining this with
any free time from the ‘Residents Moving On’ project. She has worked with 17 groups since December,
of which 5 were new and 12 returning groups, giving a total of 32 for the year. The work has
involved a number of areas from initial set-up to charity status to funding and other development.
Carol has also continued to support the Big Local and Community First Programmes in Slade Green.
Bexley Small Groups Network
Network membership continued to grow and Carol hosted a total of four meetings with subjects covered
ranging from: the Localism Bill; safeguarding; applying for funding.
Training
In addition to the ‘Residents Moving On’ training: First Aid, Health and Safety, Food Safety and Fire
Marshall, Carol also ran minute-taking, monitoring and evaluation and project budgeting for volunteers
from the small groups.
RUNNING A VOLUNTEER CENTRE
For the London 2012 Olympics, Bexley was selected to be part of the Torch Relay and to host the
flame overnight following an evening celebration in Danson Park. Lynne Regan, Volunteer Centre
Manager, was a member of the Olympic Torch Relay Steering Group set up to plan this event and she
created the bespoke volunteering role ‘Torch Relay Steward’ to enable residents to get involved. This
role involved helping to ensure that the Olympic Flame had a safe passage through the borough and
being a point of contact for the public in respect of general and tourist information to give them a
positive experience. She took the lead in promotion and recruitment for the role, individually interviewing
135 people who lived or worked in Bexley and then helping to deliver training to 120 volunteers
who were then deployed on the route.
One Torch Relay Steward, Colleen Stedman, stationed in Bexley Road, Erith said:
“....I had a fantastic day at Erith, and the crowd in Bexley Road were great. I can’t thank them
enough for all of their support in making my volunteering experience a day to remember!!!”
Another, June Williamson, stationed near Hall Place said:
“Thanks for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a historic event..... I was very proud to be a
Bexley Torch Relay Volunteer”.
Volunteering Drop-In
The Volunteering Drop-In, funded until March 2013 by City Bridge Trust, offered potential volunteers
the option of ‘dropping in’ or pre-booking a half hour session to find out information about current
volunteering opportunities. They acccessed the ‘Do-it’ website or browsed information with the
assistance of the Drop-In Co-ordinator Melanie Shepherd and volunteer advisors.

VOLUNTEER CENTRE
During the year, 138 Drop-In sessions
were held, which met the annual
target while the target for the two
years of continuation funding for the
project was exceeded by 3 sessions.
Repeating the pattern seen last year,
monitoring showed that more potential
volunteers became active volunteers
after using the Drop-In, so in
June 2012, 39.1% of the prospective
volunteers who attended the Drop-In
went on to volunteer.
Drop-In sessions were held on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings at BVSC’s
offices in Brampton Road and on
Wednesday mornings at the Central
Library in Bexleyheath.
Throughout the year, Melanie was
fortunate to be supported by a
fantastic team of volunteer advisors in
the Drop-In: Alison, Beverly, Elaine and
Vicky, the Drop-In administrator.
A total of 2428 enquiries for this year:
• 1769 general ‘do-it’ website enquiries
• 270 ‘new’ people who opted to come in and use the
Drop-In facility
• 74 additional enquiries via telephone or email
• 83 volunteers receiving one-to-one support from the
Volunteer Support Project
• 97 volunteers signposted to the Centre from our Trust
Thamesmead Initiative
• 135 people living or working in Bexley received Torch
Relay Steward information
plus:
• 295 attended a one-to-one signposting session in the
Drop-In Facility
• 19 additional enquiries to the Volunteer Support
Project that were not taken forward
• 973 “do-it” enquiries from outside Bexley and neighbouring
boroughs who were signposted to their local
Volunteer Centre
This is an increase on last year’s total and is the 6th
consecutive year there has been a rise in demand for
information about volunteering.
Volunteer Support Project
Led by Sharon Williams, the Volunteer Support Project has helped Bexley residents who have a l
earning disability or mental health issue to access supportive volunteering roles within local organisations.
Last year, there were 125 referrals to the project which resulted in support being provided
to 83 residents. The project worked with a wide range of organizations,which offered a variety of
volunteering opportunities, including: Second Chance charity shop, Irish Community Services, Animal
Protection charity shop, Greenwich and Bexley Distribution
Centre, Sense, Bexley Moorings, First Step Trust, Foal
Farm, BCU Lifeskills Centre, Shopmobility, Hall Place, The
Red House, British Heart Foundation, The Red Cross, KAB
(Kent Association for The Blind), Reinstate, Bexley Accessible
Transport Scheme, Thames 21, Queen Mary’s and
Queen Elizabeth Hospitals.
Debbie Kelly volunteered at the BCU Life Skills Centre
in Bexleyheath, which offers counselling, guidance and
courses for unemployed people or those low incomes.
Supported by Sharon into this placement, Debbie has
settled in well and 19 months later is still really enjoying
her volunteer role and commented: “it has been a great
stepping stone that will lead to getting back to work”,
and “volunteering has helped her confidence grow”.
Photo: Debbie Kelly volunteering at the BCU Life Skills
Centre

As at 31st March 2013 BVSC had
155 member groups
BVSC MEMBERS
Active Horizons
Advocacy for All
Age UK ( Bexley)
All Saints Footscray & St James Northcray Churches
Alzheimer's Society ( Bexley Branch)
Archway Project Ltd (The)
Arthritis Care ( Bexley Branch)
Arts Council of Bexley
Association of Bexley Charities '78
Avante Care and Support
Avery Hill Christian Fellowship
Bangladesh Welfare Association
BASIC (Bexley Autism Support & Info Centre)
BCU Lifeskills Centre
Belvedere Community Centre
Belvedere Community Forum
Bexley & Dartford Parkinson's UK
Bexley Accessible Transport Scheme (BATS)
Bexley African Caribbean Community Assoc (BACCA)
Bexley Amateur Boxing Club
Bexley Archaeological Group
Bexley Bangladeshi Womens Association
Bexley Blind Bowling Club
Bexley Borough Neighbourhood Watch
Bexley United Charities
Bexley Voice for Special needs Children
Bexley Women's Aid
Bexleyheath & Crayford Waterside Women's
Institute
Bexleyheath & District Club for the Disabled
Bexleyheath District Scouts
Blessed Generation
Both Parents Forever
Bridging the Gap South East
British Polio Fellowship (NW Kent Branch)
Cadz Productions
Carers' Support (Bexley)
Christ Church Bexleyheath
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Bexleyheath
Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance
Cold Blow Crescent Residents Association
Complementary Cancer Care Trust
Cross Street Law Centre
Crossness Engines Trust
Crossroads Care Bexley
Cruse Bereavement Care (Bexley & Bromley
Area)
Danson Youth Trust
Deepdene Seniors Learning Skills Club
Individual Members Representatives of the Ex-Offi cio Members
London Borough
Mrs L Whitby Cllr J Slaughter Cllr A Downing, The Mayor of Bexley
Miss J M Smith Cllr V Clark Mr J P Brokenshire MP(Old Bexley & Sidcup)
Mrs M Cooper Cllr D Hurt Mr D Evennett MP (Bexleyheath & Crayford)
Mr B Jones
Mrs T Pearce, MP (Erith & Thamesmead)
Bexley Borough Pensioners' Forum
Bexley Christian Life Centre
Bexley Churches Housing Association (BECHA)
Bexley Civic Society
Bexley Community Policing Engagement Group
Bexley Cycling & Road Safety Forum
Bexley Deaf Group
Bexley Down's Syndrome Group
Bexley Group for Therapeutic Riding
Bexley Moorings Project
Bexley Primary Schools Sports Council
Bexley Smile Club
Bexley Snap
Bexley Talking Newspaper
Bexley Tinnitus Support Group
Bexley Turkish Elderly Day Centre
Bexley Unison
Diabetes UK Bexley Support Group
Dyslexia Association of Bexley Bromley
Lewisham & Greenwich
East Wickham & Welling Scout District
Edward Alderton Theatre
Ellenor Lions Hospices
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Yarnton Way
Erith Town Forum
Erith Veterans Club
Falcon Spartak Gym Club
Family Action (Thamesmead)
Family Matters
First Step Trust (Bexley)
Friends of Carlton Centre Sidcup
Friends of Footscray Meadows
Friendship Society
Galeforce Productions Universal Ltd

Geddes Place United Reformed Church
Good Samaria Network
Greater London South East Scouts
Greener Bexley
Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice
Gujarati Samaj (Bexley)
HAVEN
Headliners (UK)
Headway SE London/NW Kent Ltd
Hill Park Autistic Trust
Homestart (Bexley)
Howbury Friends
Howbury Tumblers (The)
Inspire Community Trust
Irish Community Services
JMF Support for Unseen Disability
Kent (North) Adoption Support Group
Kent Association for the Blind Grants
Committee
Knights of Saint Columba (Bexleyheath Co 380)
Lark in The Park
Lessness & District Residents Association
Local Agenda 21 (Bexley)
Lourdes & Disabled Group
BVSC MEMBERS
Nuxley Village Womens’ Institute
Old Bexley Church of England School PTA
Pad's Army
Re-Instate Limited
Rotary Club of Erith (The)
Rotary Club of Sidcup Educational Trust (ROSET)
Royal Air Forces Assoc (B’heath & District Branch (271)
Samaritans Bexley & Dartford Branch
Seifullah Islamic Centre
Sidcup Literary & Scientifi c Society
SILA (Sarcoidosis & Interstitial Lung Assoc)
Slade Green Community Centre
Slade Green Community Forum
Smerdon Resource Centre P.S.A
Smiley Ark Kids
St Augustine of Canterbury CE Primary School
St John Ambulance - 601 Cadets
St Lawrence Charitable Fund
St Mary the Virgin Church, Bexley
St Michael's Commnity Centre Association
St Michael's Residents' Association
Thamesmead Furniture Recycle
Thamesmead Surfers
Trust Thamesmead
Acknowledgements
BVSC would like to thank the following organisations for their valuable fi nancial support:
Magpie Dance
MCCH Society Ltd
MENCAP (Bexley)
MIND in Bexley
Mothers' Union
Motor Neurone Disease Association-NW Kent
Branch
Multiple Sclerosis Society (Bexley & Dartford
Branch)
N.W.Kent Carers Support Service
National Association of Widows (Bexleyheath
Branch)
National Autistic Society (Bexley Branch)
New Community Church S.E.London
New Generation Church
Noah's Ark Soft Play
North West Kent Countryside Partnership
North West Kent Muslim Association
U3A (University of the 3rd Age) Bexley
U3A (University of the 3rd Age) Sidcup District
Voiceability
Volunteers' Information Service
Welling Town Partnership
Wellspring Pentecostal Church
Westwood & District People's Association
Woodlands Farm Trust (The)
Workers' Educational Assoc (WEA) Bexley Branch
Worx Project
WRVS
Youth Action and Diversity Trust

Peter Weston with Jack Petchey Foundation Leaders Award
BVSC
8 Brampton Road
Bexleyheath,
Kent DA7 4EY
Telephone: 020 8304 0911
Fax: 020 8298 9583
e-mail: information@bvsc.co.uk
Website: www.bvsc.co.uk
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Registered offi ce as above