Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2025
Community Links Bromley

Quarterly Impact Report Jul to Sept 2025

Community Links Bromley (CLB, charity no. 1045255) is the integrated Council for Voluntary Service and Volunteer Centre for the London Borough of Bromley, established in 1965. This quarterly impact report covers July to September 2025, highlighting 130 organisations supported, £56,297 in successful bids, 15,000 website visitors and the 16th Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony celebrating CLB's 60th anniversary.

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Volunteering: volunteer placement and management, corporate volunteering outreach events, Volunteer Management Training (Essential Quick Guide to Volunteer Management), five-borough volunteer managers forum (with Crystal Palace Park Trust), two Volunteering Drop-In Sessions, Bromley Fire Station Open Day, Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony. Funding & Investment: bid writing support (Bitesize Fundamentals of Bid Writing, Using Copilot for Fundraising workshops), KTR Environment Fund (second round, £32,000 available for environment and conservation projects, 9 applications under consideration), Connected OSB Group with Leonard Cheshire for practical volunteering day (painting care home shed). Voice & Partnership: Strategic Partnership and Board meetings, Tackling Loneliness Strategy Action Group, Strategic Co-Production Working Group (principles for lived experience in governance and decision-making, due October 2025), sector job vacancies in e-bulletins (34 promoted during quarter), Community Connections Day (28 August, sponsored by Vistry Group, 13 local charities showcased)

📊Key Metrics

Total income £746,120 and total expenditure £533,440 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1045255); £2.5 million cumulative total of successful bids secured under current contract; £56,297 in successful bids during Q2 2025-26 Key Metric 1
130 unique organisations provided with advice, support or assistance during the quarter; 20% of registered volunteers placed in volunteer roles; 15,000 website visitors in the quarter (2,812 to Volunteer Centre pages) Key Metric 2
16th Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony celebrated 60 years of CLB; 74 nominations received from 46 organisations; Lifetime Achievement Award and 60th anniversary medal presented by Deputy Lieutenant Deidre Barr Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Community Connections Day showcased 13 local charities and groups; OSB Group volunteering day enhanced wellbeing of Leonard Cheshire care home disabled residents; Strategic Co-Production Working Group developed principles document for co-production in local governance
  • CLB celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2025, previously known as Bromley Centre for Voluntary Service; over 260 voluntary and community groups in membership; KTR Environment Fund second round opened with focus on environment and conservation themes
  • 7 strategic partnership and board meetings attended in the quarter; 34 sector job vacancies promoted; DBS workshop delivered alongside Volunteer Management and Copilot for Fundraising training; volunteer forum hosted across five boroughs in partnership with Crystal Palace Park Trust

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