Notes summarising training for officers at Grangetown Community Concern, given by Sally Fowler of Voluntary Action Cardiff, Clydach Street Day Centre, Grangetown, Cardiff, 1998

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Three pages of typewritten notes summarising training given by Sally Fowler of Voluntary Action Cardiff to officers of Grangetown Community Concern, on 12 August 1998. This was the first of three evening sessions arranged for that August, intended to help the officers understand what was required of them.

The first page details the aims of the session, including:
- to prioritise what Grangetown Community Concern seeks to provide
- short/medium/long term objectives
- to write a business plan
- policies, and roles and responsibilities of trustees
- funding strategy
- governing instrument
Outcomes included employment issues (Christine Davies is a paid employee, the others were volunteers), negotiation, contract of employment, job description, health & safety, accountability for funding, management (supervision and support), and confidentiality.

The next two pages outline a workshop looking at three questions:
1. Why are we on the committee?
("Belief in community", help Grangetown "to thrive, become a better place to live and bring young and old together", "to help people of Grangetown enjoy a better standard of living in the area by assisting the elderly, the infirm and to establish a more caring society")
2. What skills can we bring to the committee?
3. Skills essential to the running of the committee.

Grangetown Community Concern is a voluntary group, partly funded by Cardiff Council but almost entirely run by volunteers. It was established in 1977 and is a registered charity. The group was set up as an umbrella group for other voluntary organisations with its aims and objectives to provide and encourage services for all age groups, with a particular focus on older people.

The group organises the week-long Grangetown Festival in June. It also organised lunches and trips for older people, and produced a quarterly local newspaper. The organisation has awarded community cups to children from local primary schools who have shown community spirit and has also been responsible for arranging an annual carol service.

The group was renamed Grangetown Community Action in 2014.

Glamorgan Archives, D1070/93
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