ODEF’s Community Support workers are available to provide advice and practical assistance to groups in Ollerton and District. Many successful local organisations have been supported over the years, including Recycling Ollerton and Boughton, the Friends of Boughton Brake, local tenants’ and residents’ groups and Ollerton Youth Project. The team has also been involved in organising and fundraising for community events, such as the Ollerton Gala, Planning for Real and Warm, Well and Wise.

A variety of services are offered by the team – from helping to write constitutions to applying for funding and recruiting volunteers. If you run a group or community organisation, you will find some their services valuable. The areas they cover are:

• Organisational structure and legal matters
• Business plans, finance and book-keeping
• Fundraising
• Administration services, e.g. minute-taking, report-writing
• Marketing, publicity and campaigning
• Volunteer recruitment and personal development
• Preparation for AGMs and Annual Reports

Volunteering
ODEF helps to promote volunteering as a means of community engagement with the aims and objectives of ODEF. To find out more about how the team can help recruit volunteers, please visit our volunteering page.

ODEF Forum meetings
The Forum meetings offer a chance for members of different local organisations to network and exchange information.

Community Register
The ODEF Community Register – a local index of community and voluntary organisations - has been updated and edited for this website. Visit it here.

Free faxing service
Thanks to the Chad Challenge Fund, ODEF is pleased to offer a free faxing service to community and voluntary groups in the ODEF area. To use the service, please drop in to our offices on Forest Road, New Ollerton.