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Toc H

Supporting Community Action
Toc H - a Prospectus for Action

Toc H is a national organisation, with strong, local expression through

branches
projects
centres

Toc H exists in local communities by

offering an inclusive forum or network, sometimes called a branch, or unit
providing a physical hub as a base for community action - in Toc H these are called Talbot Centres
supporting local action through a national team supporting local participation and community leadership
accessing and providing local funding in support of local activity through initiatives, projects, services and academies

Toc H has a strategic presence in nine regions in the UK, Wales and Scotland

North East - Newcastle and Middlesbrough
North West - Cheshire, Runcorn, Leigh, Manchester
Yorkshire and Humber - Bradford
East Midlands - Cosby, Leicester, Long Eaton, Matlock
West Midlands - Birmingham, Worcester, Wolverhampton
Mid East - Bedford, Lea Valley
London - Ilford, Mill Hill, Rickmansworth, Academies, Tower Hill
South East - Tunbridge Wells, Croydon
South West - Lindridge, Exeter

Branch activity, local membership, projects, residential centres, community hubs and other expressions of Toc H variously represent this presence.

Toc H activity is delivered locally by members co-ordinated through a growing team of County Co-ordinators managed by a national staff team supported by a national development team.

Toc H activity is organised generally around:

Projects - four current themes: youth mentoring, family support, individual support, refugee asylum seekers.

This expression is known as inTOuCH.

Places - residential centres in the Lake District, North Yorkshire, Matlock, Cheshire, Rickmansworth, Devon. Non-residential centres in North Yorkshire, Cheshire, Leigh, Bradford, Nottinghamshire, Leicester, London, Croydon, Kent

These centres are known as TalbotCentres.

Participation - encouraging active communities building community capacity through

a network of County Co-ordinators
training in community leadership
a developing website - www.tochparticipation.org.uk
an active network of local branches and projects

Toc H also sponsors two City Academies

People - through a general consultancy offering support to the voluntary and community sector

chances - developing community support
in NE in partnershin with Durham RCC and Durham University
in Wales in partnership with Toc H Cyrmru
in Scotland in partnership with Toc H Scotland
in the South East working in various London Boroughs; (work is also developing with Veterans (MoD) and young offenders (Prison Service)

Toc H International - national Toc H in Australia, Europe, USA, Africa, India