Community Action held its AGM and networking event on 16 October 2014 in the Council Chamber at Derby City Council House. The networking event is for voluntary and community organisations in Derby (of which there are over 800) to have a stand and find out what is going on in the voluntary sector in the city. The AGM features the above film as a more interesting alternative to the traditional annual report.

Around 120 people attended the event which celebrated the successes of the past year but also focused on the challenges of the year ahead in the face of more funding cuts.

Community Action supports a wide range of community groups and individuals with training, advice on funding, volunteering training and recruitment and other services, to help local people in their local communities.

Over the last year we have trained 19 learners from 16 voluntary sector organisations following 12 or 28-month apprenticeships in: volunteer management, Business Administration, Fundraising and Management. Seven unemployed learners also received support through employability training.

We support organisations with the recruitment of volunteers and have placed 234 people into volunteering to gain experience and to help them with their skills development. Two volunteers explain how valuable the experience of volunteering has been for them.

Community Action has worked with and provided advice to 118 different organisations over the last twelve months, 187 people have attended our events and 317 people have attended training and funding workshops.

Citizens' Eye produced a short presentation examining the work of two organizations which have been assisted by Community Action, East Midlands Wood Recycling and Fitness, Fellowship and Fun.