News from Southwark Community Care Forum (SCCF) and Southwark Action for Voluntary Organisations (SAVO)

SCCF commits itself to changing its name to Community Action Southwark and to changing its constitution to allow it to carry out the full functions of a CVS.

From 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2008 SCCF and SAVO commit themselves to joint working as follows:

Bi-monthly meetings of the joint trustees

Monthly joint staff meetings

Bringing together the two sets of capacity building staff to consider future work and funding

Developing a joint database of voluntary and community organisations based on SCCF’s Signpost facility

Producing a joint newsletter

Considering together the best use of the 8th Floor at Hannibal House

Preparing one bid for the new Southwark Council single commissioned contract

Jointly investigating and developing other fundraising opportunities

Subject to financial considerations being satisfied SAVO staff will transfer under TUPE to SCCF and SCCF will consider taking on a lease for the whole of the eighth floor at Hannibal House.

On 1 April 2008 SAVO will wind up as a company provided it has resolved its current legal case.