ELN
About the network
Strategically poised in the heart of the London Thames Gateway and based in the host borough of Newham, the East London CVS Network (ELN) is a dynamic partnership bringing together the ten Councils for Voluntary Service in the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, and the City of London.
East London is an area of fantastic opportunity and home to half a million people in the largest regeneration area in the United Kingdom. The redevelopment of the Thames Gateway, as well as the social, physical and economic regeneration of the Olympics and Paralympics Games, is drawing in new investment and new business, taking advantage of the development of new infrastructure and communities, and building on the success of London Docklands.
Through our borough based and sub regional partners, ELN is actively engaged in creating opportunities for third sector organisations and communities. We are strengthening and shaping relationships and networks working with our partners to deliver innovative systems and focused activities, helping develop a more robust and better functioning third sector.
Plan for Success
Funded by Capacitybuilders Resilience grant, financial contributions from 7 of the sub-regions CVS and the North London CVS Partnership, the CD-ROM ‘Plan for Success’ is packed with useful tools and information to help voluntary and community organisations during the economic downturn.
Section headings include Plan your Business, Plan your Money, Plan to Evaluate, Plan your Image, Plan for Change, and Plan for the Future. Users of the interactive CD-ROM can link directly to online strategic planning, full cost recovery, and business plan writing tools and more, as well as being able to use the resources contained within the CD-ROM itself.
Contributors to the toolkit include organisations such as the Tool Factory, the Charities Evaluation Service, the Voluntary Arts Network and the Media Trust.
If you are based in the boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Enfield, Lewisham, Greenwich, Haringey, Redbridge, Newham, Tower Hamlets , Waltham Forest, or the City of London contact your local CVS to find out how you can get hold of a free copy of Plan for Success.
ELN Toolkit
The ELN Toolkit to support Trustees to make Strategic Decisions about Delivering Public Services is now available on a CD-Rom for you to amend and adapt to suit your local need.
