Working with Community Groups and Voluntary Organisations
There are extensive networks of voluntary groups and organisations in every community. Each is a potential partner in a Speakers’ Corner event and many are actively seeking to raise their profile or promote their cause and will welcome the platform a Speakers’ Corner project can provide.
So, one of first steps any Speakers’ Corner Committee should consider is to compile a list of local organisations, perhaps with the help of the local authority and/or Council for Voluntary Service (CVS), and email them to let them know about the project and encourage them to participate.
Here’s a fairly standard email which you can adapt and below that is the initial list of groups which Nottingham Speakers’ Corner contacted. It’s about 130 strong and growing all the time.
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African Carribean Education and Training Services (ACETS)
African Carribean Family Support Project
Afro Carribean and Asian Forum
Afro-Carribean Women’s Group
Age Concern Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
Al Mustafa Trust International
Alzheimers Society
Asian Women’s Project
Aspley Community and Training Associates
AWAAZ Asian Mental Health Resource Unit
Bangladesh Centre
Barton Lane Community Association
Base 51
Beechdale Community Association
BEGIN
Bells Lane Community Association
Bestwood Directions
Bestwood Estates Community Association
Bestwood Park Community Association
Bilborough Community Association
Birchover Sports & Community Group
Black Families in Education
Bobbersmill Community Centre
Bridgeway Luncheon Club
British Pakhtoon
Broxtowe Partnership Trust
Bulwell Community Toy Library
Bulwell Vision
City Hospital / Queens Med PALs
Clifton Boys / Girls Club
Clifton Community Association
Community Accounting Plus
Cooperative Community Action
Crabtree Farm Community Association
Creative & Community Launch Pad
Crime Concern
Disabled People’s Advocacy Nottingham
Dunkirk & Old Lenton Community Centre
Dunkirk & Old Lenton Partnership Forum
Edwards Lane Community Association
Elizabeth Fitzroy Support
Emmanuel House Day Centre
Extra Care Charitable Trust
Faith in Action
Family Action Nottingham
Federation of Mosques Nottinghamshire
FIANN – Federated Irish Associations Nottingham and Notts
First Enterprise Business Agency
Forest Fields Neighbourhood Centre
Forest Fields Play Centre
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Good Companions Visiting Scheme
Guru Nanak Sat Sang (Sikh Temple)
Highbank Community Association
Homelessness Mediation Service
Homestart
Hostels Liaison Group
Hyson Green Community Centre
Hyson Green Youth Club
Imaani Project
Irish Social Centre
Leen Valley Community Association
Lenton and Radford Neighbourhood Association (LARNA)
Lenton Care Link
Lenton Community Centre
Meadows Muslim Action Group
Mens United Fathers Network
Monty Hind Youth Club
National Autistic Society
National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
NAVO Black and Minority Ethnic Project
Nottingham Council for Voluntary Service (NCVS)
Neighbourhood Development Company
New Art Exchange
New Basford Community Association
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Lesbian & Gay Switchboard
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Racial Equality Council
Nottingham Action Group on HMOs
Nottingham Afghan Community Association
Nottingham Asian Arts Council
Nottinghamshire Coalition of Disabled People
Nottingham Community Network
Nottingham Community Transport
Nottingham Counselling Service
Nottingham Elders Forum
Nottingham Interfaith Council
Nottingham Law Centre
Nottingham Mencap
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Advocacy Alliance
Nottingham Pride
Nottingham Women’s Centre
Nottingham YMCA
Nottinghamshire Black Partnership
Nottinghamshire Chinese Community Association
Nottinghamshire Chinese Welfare Association
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum
Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind
Nottinghamshire Vietnamese Project
Nottinghamshire Clubs for Young People
Nottinghamshire Youth Organisation Network (NYON)
One Nottingham
Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research
Oxfam Nottingham Campaigns Group
Pakistan Forum
Partnership Council
PATRA East Midlands
Project Rahnama
Queens Walk Community Centre
Real Life Options
Refugee Action
Relate Nottinghamshire
Self Help Nottingham
Shelter
Shiefton Youth Group & Supplementary School
Silverdale Community Association
Snapewood Community Association
Somali Community Centre
Southglade Access Centre & Bestwood Children’s Centre
Tennyson Street Play Centre
The Vine St Stephens Chuch Centre
The Zone
Top Valley Community Association
Vale Community Centre
Victim Support in Nottinghamshire
Volunteer Drivers Unit
West Indian Cavaliers Cricket Club
Wollaton Park Community Association
Working Links
YMCA International Community Centre