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Community First and Malvern Instruments Announce Five Year Partnership Agreement.

As part of a continuing commitment to support local communities at its sites around the world, Malvern Instruments in the UK has entered into a five-year strategic partnership with Community First.

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Fundraising Support

Community First, through the Changing Futures Fund, is now able to support organisations in Worcestershire with their fundraising efforts. If you’re looking for information about where to get funding, support developing an application or help diversifying your income streams then we can help.

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Cheaper Energy Together

The Cheaper Energy Together partnership, led by not-for-profit the Peoples Power, will provide a collective and instant energy switching service to get households a better deal through the power of group buying, and will also offer free energy saving advice and support.

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Co-operative Enterprise Hub

Find out how a dedicated group of enthusiastic book lovers created a Co-operative to open a new book shop in Malvern. Not willing to see Malvern without a place to buy new books and specialist titles this band of bibliophiles conducted a Community Share Issue to finance the opening of the Malvern Book Co-operative. Click here to find out how Community First can help you develop your own co-operative through the Co-operative Enterprise Hub.

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Changing Futures Fund

Worcestershire County Council has launched their new voucher scheme ‘Changing Futures Fund’. It will enable voluntary and community sector organisations in the county to access funds to purchase specialist business and organisation development advice focused specifically on your needs. We want our Community First members to benefit first: Take advantage of Community First’s professional advice and support.

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Community Oil Buying Scheme

Community Bulk Buying Scheme. Community First has set up a Community Bulk Buying scheme aimed at saving money on heating your home/office/school or village hall. An oil buying scheme offers people and businesses the chance to come together to negotiate lower prices for their fuel. Communities making the most of joint buying power can make significant savings.

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Ecohere

Ecohere is a unique partnership project that will work with rural communities on sustainability issues. The evidence we have found suggests that there is a real willingness from many individuals and organisations to become more sustainable: reduce their energy use, reduce their carbon footprint, save money on fuel bills and to become more sustainable in their everyday lives, but that the support, advice and guidance on this is not always easy to access.

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Our Services

Community First offers a wide range of specialist information, advice and support to voluntary organisations and to people wanting to benefit their local community - from self-help groups to social and community enterprises. If it’s a model document or specific information you need for your group or organisation, a person to talk to on the phone or a meeting to discuss your situation, then we can help.

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Social Enterprise

Social Enterprises are trading businesses with a social or environmental purpose and a ‘greater than profit’ approach to commerce. There are lots of different businesses from shops and café’s to care services and manufacturers, from architects to zumba classes, all run as social enterprises and delivering social as well as economic value.

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Community Led Planning

What is Community Led Planning? Supporting community engagement in rural and urban communities. Community Led Planning (CLP) provides a way for local people (parishes or neighbourhoods) to put together a plan for improving their local community. Despite the name it isn't really about planning in the usual sense. Supporting community engagement in rural and urban communities

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Community First and Malvern Instruments Announce Five Year Partnership Agreement.

Fundraising Support

Cheaper Energy Together

Co-operative Enterprise Hub

Changing Futures Fund

Community Oil Buying Scheme

Ecohere

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Social Enterprise

Community Led Planning

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