Women and Girls Network (WGN) is offering a series of short courses from December 2016 to March 2017 to support practitioners responsible for the safeguarding of women and girls at risk. This training is only available to practitioners in the Tri-borough partnership areas.
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H&F Carers Forum
A formal group to enable carers to have a stronger voice and influence local systems, supported by Carers Network.
The forum enables you to have your say on local issues for carers, informs the Tri-Borough Carers Partnership Board, and helps Carers Network plan future events and activities.
The next H&F Carers Forum will be on Friday 27 January 2017
1.30pm-3.30pm at Bishop Creighton House,
374-380 Lillie Rd,
SW6 7PH
Please call 020 7386 9417 to register.
Upfront: Online tool for carers
Upfront is a simple tool from Carers UK for carers who are new to the maze of benefits and entitlements.
Fill in your details, spend a couple of minutes answering questions and it will guide you to the information you need.
Visit Upfront here
Dementia: care, support and awareness
The Department of Health has launched its new Dementia 2020 Citizens’ Engagement Programme.
They would like to hear from people living with dementia, their families and carers as to whether policies on improving dementia care and support are making a positive difference and where further improvements may be needed to improve the delivery of local services and support.
Find out more and complete an online survey here
Monday 9th January 1.30-3.30pm
New Years Resolution Café
After the turkey has been gobbled and you’ve said cheers to the New Year, it’s time to make your New Years Resolutions…and stick to them!
We will be providing a free hot lunch, and our team of friendly volunteers will be on hand to help you find ways of achieving your New Years Resolution.
For example if you’ve decided to be more active in 2017, we will help you research local exercise classes etc.
Location: Abbey Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3BU
Wednesday 25th January 2-4pm
iTea Party
This event is for older people who would like to learn more about how to use their mobile phone, tablet, laptop etc.
You will be paired up with a volunteer with IT experience, who will be able to answer any of your questions and help you practice useful tasks on your digital device.
We also provide an afternoon tea.
Location: City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann’s Street, London, SW1P 2DE
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. Our job is to check whether hospitals, care homes, GPs, dentists and services in your home are meeting national standards.
From 7th February, our inspectors will be undertaking a inspection to look at emergency and urgent care, emergency operations centre, and resilience at London Ambulance Service. In addition to the central London area and head office, we are aiming to cover ambulance locations in the north and south west, and north and south east. The teams will inspect a number of ambulance stations, and hospitals the patients are taken to in order to review all aspects of the service.
CCQ’s last inspection
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is rated as inadequate.
You can read the report from our last inspection, which took place in June 2015.
The feedback people gave us about their experiences of care before the last inspection was important and helped us to decide what to look at during our inspection.
Give us your feedback online by clicking on the link below
Tell us about other services
You can also tell us about care from other services in your area such as your GP, dentist or care home. We’ll use this information to help us to decide when to inspect and what we should look at on inspections.
Phone: 03000 616161 Email: enquiries@cqc.org.uk Online: Click here
The Fundraising Regulator and the Charity Commission have issued a joint alert to all charities, reminding trustees that they must, in addition to following charity law requirements, ensure that there are systems in place at their charity to identify and comply with any data protection laws and regulations that apply to its activities.
Following data protection law is a critical compliance area for any charity that handles personal information. It includes, but is not restricted to, collection, use and storage of donors’ personal data. The Commission’s guidance – Charity fundraising: a guide to trustee duties (CC20) is clear that trustees are responsible for having systems and processes in place at their charity to ensure that its fundraising is compliant with this legislation.
This week, two charities have been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act and have been issued with monetary penalties by the Information Commissioner. Further charities are also under investigation.
The Commission and the Fundraising Regulator are therefore issuing this alert to support trustees as well as remind them of their legal duties and responsibilities in this area. This alert should be read in conjunction with our published guidance, the published guidance of the ICO and Fundraising Regulator alongside seeking professional advice where necessary. Below we also set out key steps as regulators we expect trustees and charities to immediately take;
You can find the full alert on our website. If you have queries regarding this or any other aspect of fundraising regulation, please send us an email at enquiries@fundraisingregulator.org.uk
Hammersmith and Fulham CCG is reviewing the community dermatology GP with special interest and minor surgery service. We would like to hear your views based on your experiences of the current service. This will help the CCG shape how the service works for you in the future.
When: Wednesday 11th January 2016, 18:00-19:00 Where: St Paul’s, Queen Caroline St, London, W6 9PJ
Tea & coffee will be provided
Please get in touch with Adam Foster at Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group on adam.foster@nw.london.nhs.uk or 020 3350 4054 if you are interested in attending the feedback session or have any questions.
This new post is funded by the National Grid for 12 months initially. The aim is to work with 30 local people over 85 years of age who have recently been discharged from Charing Cross Hospital and to link them with local services in order to reduce isolation and the risk of future hospital admissions. The Project Worker will work closely with the British Red Cross who will be referring older people into the project.
The successful candidate will have experience in supporting older people and getting a project off the ground. You will have empathy, good communication skills, the ability to liaise with a range of external stakeholders and build relationships. The post is subject to DBS check and two satisfactory references.
What we offer
We are a small but friendly team of four staff, three of whom work part-time. We hope you will decide to join us and benefit from the following:
Working Hours: 18hrs per week, preferably over 3 weekdays.
Salary: £13 per hour, £12,168 actual annual salary (full time salary: £25,350)
Pension: 5% employer’s pension contribution
Holidays: 28 days per annum for full time employees
Cycle to Work Scheme and Eye Care Vouchers
How to apply
Please read the job description and person specification at www.fulhamgoodneighbours.org/jobs
To apply, please submit an up to date CV and supporting statement by email to chrismikata@fulhamgoodneighbours.org or by post to Recruitment – confidential, Fulham Good Neighbours, Rosaline Hall, 70 Rosaline Road, London SW6 7QT.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date: noon Tuesday 3rd January 2017
Interviews: Friday, 6th January 2017
The European Commission have launched the European Solidarity Corps! This allows young people between the ages of 18 and 30 to make an important contribution to society across the EU. Young people will also have the chance to gain invaluable skills and experience at the start of their career.
The Commission is presenting a series of actions to boost youth employment, improve and modernise education, more investment in skills of young people, and better opportunities to learn and study abroad.
The main goal is to improve opportunities for young people so join here and share the message!
To find out more click here.
One Westminster is looking to fill a new role of part-time Learning Involvement Project Worker. For full job description, please click here.
How to Apply
To apply please download an application pack: http://www.onewestminster.org.uk/work-us
Or email Lana Al-Waily lalwaily@portmancentre.co.uk
Applications close at 9am on Monday 09 January 2017 and interviews will take place on Wednesday 18 January 2017. Please note we are unable to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants. If you have not heard from us by 16th January 2017 please assume that your application has not been shortlisted.
Want to incorporate social value into your service but don’t know how? Having problems with allocating limited resources?
With the Social Value Act as law for over two years now, the need for measuring and demonstrating social value is ongoing. Meanwhile, services are enduring brutal public sector cuts and budgetary constraints, making value for money even more important when making tough decisions.
SROI, or Social Return on Investment, is a framework that can be used to measure, manage, report and account for social value whether you’re involved in commissioning, procurement or service delivery. It helps you to understand where social value is being created and destroyed by involving stakeholders and valuing what matters to them.
If you’re interested in learning about services through the eyes of the people they serve, and understanding where money is best allocated to create most value, SROI is for you. All training is delivered by Social Value UK Accredited SROI Practitioners and is suitable for any experience level. Training is on 8-19th January in London.
For more information visit the website: www.socialvalueuk.org/training/practitioner
For enquiries about availability, bookings or cost contact Clare Bentley: 0151 703 9229/clare.bentley@socialvalueuk.org
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.
