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Capacity Building

3D Voice is an exciting project that aims to empower small VCS organisations, particularly those supporting our most excluded communities. The project aims to ensure the voice of residents is heard through the trusted community organisations who support them. 3D voice will help organisations get involved, be heard and build their skills, networks and capacity to help shape local services and inform local decisions. The project will focus on organisations that are not already involved in local forums, meetings and networks, but who are supporting some of our most excluded communities. 3D Voice can develop and grow your organisation and connect with others. 3D Voice will empower the voice of the voluntary and community sector in Hammersmith & Fulham. Have your voices heard!

3D Voice aims to tackle the underrepresentation of BAME-led voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations in local service development and engagement in Hammersmith & Fulham. The project builds skills, confidence, and capacity for these organisations to participate strategically, while improving local engagement practices through a replicable toolkit.

What 3DVoice can provide

Capacity building support – helping your organisation to register for charity, CIC or CIO status
Develop appropriate policies and procedures
Develop your organisation’s leadership and resilience
Identify suitable grant funding and support you with your application
Outline current engagement opportunities, how they might impact your organisation or the residents you support, and support your engagement in these processes
1-2-1 support to help your organisation get involved in key local opportunities
Facilitate connections with other organisations and individuals
Provide you with news, resources and information to help your organisiation to grow

Key Achievements

Contacted 171 groups, with 80 actively engaged.

Completed 40 needs assessments and developed 25 organisational development plans.

Supported new organisations to register as CICs/CIOs and provided one-to- one help with funding applications, governance, and social media presence.
Participated in forums such as POPs, Mental Health Stakeholder Group, and ICB Mental Health Partnership.

Shared engagement opportunities and supported VCS representatives to attend relevant meetings.

Developed Terms of Reference for the VCS Engagement Forum, though uptake remains low due to time/resource constraints.
Gathered feedback from VCS groups to shape an Engagement Toolkit.

Identified barriers such as short notice for engagement, strategic focus over practical outcomes, and staff turnover in statutory bodies.

Collected insights for improving accessibility and effectiveness of engagement.
Challenges

Limited interest and availability among VCS groups for strategic engagement forums.

Time and resource constraints for both VCS and statutory partners.

Structural changes in local authority and health services affecting continuity.

Next Steps

Finalise and publish the Engagement Toolkit with good practice guidance.

Continue outreach and capacity building, focusing on fundraising and governance.

Strengthen partnerships to ensure timely, meaningful engagement opportunities.

“3D
Voice is an exciting project that aims to empower ethnically diverse organisations
through supporting and empowering organisations to speak up and make a
meaningful difference. Our aim is to strengthen the voice of VCS organisations in
order to strengthen your local community.
3D Voice aims to empower small VCS organisations, particularly those supporting
our most excluded communities. The project aims to ensure the voice of residents is
heard through the trusted community organisations who support them.
3D voice will help organisations get involved, be heard and support with confidence
building, connecting with organisations and capacity to help shape local services
and inform local decisions. The project will focus on organisations that are not
already involved in local forums, meetings and networks, but who are supporting
some of our excluded communities.
It’s important to have your voices heard.”

Oumayma
3D Voice Project Officer, Sobus