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Female* VAWG Family Support Worker (Maternity Cover)
Fixed term contract to cover maternity leave to July 2016
Salary: £20,485 per annum inc Inner London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week with some on-call cover required
Work Location: Based at Children’s centres in Westminster and the ADVANCE Hammersmith office

 

The Family Support Worker will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process specialising in working with clients who have children and are engaged with a children’s centre in Westminster or are referred either by agencies in Westminster or the Angelou Partnership. They will work within the team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children and of best practice within domestic abuse services and in working with women with children. As an experienced domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, the postholder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence, of supporting women with children, and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.
ADVANCE is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday and a non-contributory pension scheme.
Closing date: 23rd September at 12 noon Interviews: 30th September
Previous applicants need not apply
To apply: please download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/#/come-work-for-us/4550289399
Completed applications should be emailed to althea.k@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to :
Althea King, ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
Unit 6,The Lanchesters 162-164 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 9ER

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Registered Charity Number 1086873

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Building Better Opportunities

building better opportunities

Where we are

The deadline for the first round of stage one applications closed on Monday 3 August, and we received 325 applications in total across the 71 project outlines published. You can see how many applications were submitted in each area in the related documents section on our website.

We plan to launch a second round of funding opportunities in October 2015. Keep checking these newsletters and following our twitter account @BigLotteryFund for further information.

We want your views

Later in the year we plan to award an independent evaluation contract for Building Better Opportunities which will help projects share learning and improve their service delivery along the way. As part of our market testing we are inviting potential bidders to complete a short questionnaire for their views on our proposed contract.

The questionnaire can be downloaded here and should be submitted to us no later than 12 noon, 7 September 2015.

Thames Valley Berkshire project outline re-opened for applications

Big Lottery Fund would like to apologise as we made an error in the Thames Valley Berkshire ‘Project 1 of 3 – supporting families with complex needs’ project outline. This error means we have closed the competition we ran between 5 June and 3 August 2015 without accepting applications, and will re-open from 1 September 2015 with a new project outline.
Existing and new applicants have time to consider the new project outline and submit their application by 12 noon, Monday 3 November.

For further information visit the Thames Valley Berkshire LEP page

Your questions answered

We had lots of new questions in the days leading up to the deadline so we have updated our Questions and Answers to include them all, new ones highlighted in red. We hope this will be a useful tool for potential applicants in round two, but if your question isn’t already answered email esf@biglotteryfund.org.uk

Solent LEP joins us

We are pleased to announce that Solent LEP is opting in to BBO and will have a funding opportunity open in round two. We have now submitted all funding applications to the managing authority and if approved, expect to give out approximately £315 million to 134 projects across 38 LEP areas.

Further details of funding opportunities in Solent and all other LEP areas are on our website.

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Art of Cooking and Eating Healthier Makes Life Happier

Biger Healthy Food (2)

Art of Cooking and Eating Healthier
Makes Life Happier

Starts
every Thursdays and Fridays
17th September 2015 at 10am -12 pm
and
18th September 2015 at 11am -1.30 pm
at
Dr Edward’s & Bishop King’s Fulham Charity
33-35 Dawes Road
Fulham SW6 7DT

 

TO EAT HEALTHY AND FRESH FOOD
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE

 

WE OFFER YOU TO:

ENJOY YOUR FOOD AND GAIN NEW LOOK
LEARN TO SPEND LESS TIME COOKING
DELICIOUS INTERNATIONAL DISHES BY USING
FOOD FROM LONDON MARKETS
MAKE COOKING FUN AND A CREATIVE
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR FAMILY

WE INVITE YOU FOR:
INTERACTIVE TALKS AND PRACTICAL COOKING

 Introduction to healthy food properties
 Exchange of knowledge on
traditional food, spices and herbs
 Control of weight without heavy diet
 Start reading food labels properly
 Know your markets – buy food you like
and need for your wellbeing
 Receive many original recipes and tips on
healthy cooking in order to achieve the best nutritional
value of your meals
 Meet experienced nutritionists, dieticians,
traditional practitioners, chefs, psychologists,
herbalists, doctors….

TO BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE PLEASE CONTACT VESNA

Email: proartandco@aol.com

Telephone: 0207 351 7555 Mobile: 07801 130806

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Job Vacancy: PA To The Secretary to Trustees

PA TO THE SECRETARY TO THE TRUSTEES

The Hilden Charitable Fund, a small grant-making Trust, is looking for a permanent PA to the Secretary, based in North End Road, London W14 0SH. We are seeking someone with good word processing and dbase skills, experience of basic bookkeeping and a good telephone manner. 18 hours a week: salary £22,568 – £27,755 pro rata.

For further application details please visit our website: www.hildencharitablefund.org.uk or email: hildencharity@hotmail.com

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 16 September 2015
Interview date: Thursday 1 October 2015

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Co-production for Commissioning

The Co-production for Commissioning event on the 7th of September is now full, due to the venue capacity.
Only those that have booked will be able to attend. Information will be made available to those who were unable to attend, following the event.

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