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Stay Well This Winter Guide

‘A guide to all the health services available in Hammersmith & Fulham can be picked up free of charge at local libraries, GPs, pharmacies, community centres and voluntary organisations across the borough.

Stay well: Your guide to local health services in Hammersmith & Fulham  is packed full of tips on how to stay well, take care of yourself and your family, and make the most of local NHS services.

It also includes useful health information such as how patients can get a GP appointment when their own GP surgery is closed, who is eligible for a free flu vaccine, how much alcohol is safe to drink, what painkillers are safe for children, the early signs of dementia, and much more.

The booklet also has full colour maps showing where walk-in centres, urgent care centres and hospitals are located across North West London.

Dr Tim Spicer, chair of Hammersmith & Fulham CCG, said: “Patients and members of the public often ask us to provide a guide to local services which advises them where to go and what to do if they need medical help outside of normal surgery hours. This guide explains the different services that are available, where they’re located and when they’re open. It also reminds people to visit their local pharmacy to ask for advice at the first signs of illness and that they can get a weekend or evening appointment with a doctor by phoning NHS 111.”

You can also find a download of the guide here.

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Do You Look After Someone Who Lives in Hammersmith & Fulham?

Does a friend or family member rely on you for support?

If so, you may be a carer, which means that you can get support to look after the person you care for – and to take care of yourself.

You might be looking after your brother or sister, your partner, your parents, your adult child or someone else; they might have a physical or learning disability, a health condition, mental health needs, misuse drugs or alcohol, or have become older and frail. You might have been looking after them for years, or have only just started.

Whatever the situation, if you and the person you care for are over 18, then Carers Network can help you with:

  • Carers Assessments
  • Financial grants to get a break from caring
  • The Carers Emergency Card Scheme
  • Support groups
  • Information and advice
  • Social events and activities

If you are a carer and live in Hammersmith & Fulham talk to Carers Network today!

Tel: 020 7386 9417

Email: info@carers-network.org.uk

To go to the website click here

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Homeline Volunteer Coordinator (Maternity Cover) Opportunity

  • Enthusiastic, efficient and self-motivated Volunteer Coordinator needed to join our Homeline team to cover maternity leave.  Homeline provides befriending, casework and social events through trained local volunteers to older people living alone and aims to address the detrimental effect of isolation on older people’s physical and mental well-being.  Applicants should  have a minimum of one year’s recent experience of managing, recruiting and training volunteers.  Experience of working with older people would be an asset.  

Salary: £28,156- £29,995 SCP 28-30 pro-rata for 28 hours

Contract: Temporary for 9 months from mid February 2017.

Closing Date: Friday, January 20, 2017

For full details and application pack, please click here

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Chronic Low Back Pain Seminar

Do you suffer from lower back pain and have been cared for by the NHS either in hospital or through a GP practice?

Treatments could include injections into the small joints linking the spine, steroid or anaesthetic injections into painful knots or bands and acupuncture for back pain or osteoarthritis.

We want to hear from you! We’d also like to hear from groups that represent you and from service providers

New national guidelines have made a number of recommendations which local CCGs in North West London would like to review.

We would also like to review what impact changes may have on local services.

The seminar will take place on 6th February 2017

For more information, please click here

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Case Study: Next Step Community Hammersmith & Fulham

Development of a new group using community organising at local level

Four women, Assia, Fahiya, Foos and Amina – all of East African background came together in late 2015 with concerns and issues that they identified that exist within the community of which they lived. They had experience of building support for local women and families. This led to discussions on how best to support the community they live in. This resulted in the group decision to form as a community group. They decided to form the group, Next Step Community Hammersmith & Fulham with a view to bringing communities together through open dialogue.

To find out more, please click here

Sharon Tomlin, Community Organiser

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Help Make Health & Care Services Better

Do you have an idea that could help improve health and care for you, a loved one or your community?

The more people share their ideas, experiences and concerns about NHS and social care, the more services can understand when improvements are needed.

Your local Healthwatch exists to help make care better by making sure services hear what is working for you and what is not.

However, your local Healthwatch cannot take action without evidence.

How can you help?

Join our campaign to help improve health & care in 2017 by encouraging more people to contact their local Healthwatch and #SpeakUp about their ideas and experiences.

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Disability Rights UK Care Act Guide

This guide has been written for and from the perspective of disabled people. It is intended to be used by disabled people and people with long-term health conditions who have support needs. The guide does not cover everything that is in the Act but concentrates on those parts of the legislation that are most relevant to people of working age. Links to other information are provided at the end of this guide.

Please click here: Disability Rights UK Care Act guide

 

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Automatic Disqualification

There are concerns that automatic disqualification rules being extended to cover even more criminal convictions in 2017 could have implications for charities, particularly user-led organisations.

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NAVCA Accounts Published

Third Sector published an article about our annual accounts. There was a headline about the drop in income and deficit. To clarify the 2015/16 accounts are the first year of the boards current three year strategic plan 2015-18. The strategic plan budgeted to underwrite deficits for the three years to 2018 moving towards a balanced budget. The trustees took this decision in order to continue to deliver our objectives in a climate of unprecedented austerity.

 

Neil Cleeveley, Chief Executive of NAVCA, said “We are determined to remain true to the principles we set out at our AGM. It is clear that the future is local and that national bodies need national bodies that can connect to the local in the way that NAVCA can. We are working against a difficult backdrop but in these uncertain times we must be bold in asserting the values of our movement; not least, that local infrastructure is at the heart of local social action.”

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Erasmus+ Programme

The European Commission Representation in the UK has commissioned Access Europe to deliver advice and support to promote the Erasmus+ programme.

We will help organisations across England to develop applications for European Voluntary Service and Youth Exchanges. These provide opportunities for young people to learn, develop their skills and volunteer in Europe and beyond through:

  • Full-time voluntary service for up to 12 months in another country within or outside the European Union
  • Youth exchanges during which young people meet, live and work together on a chosen topic through a mix of workshops, exercises, debates, role-plays, simulations, outdoor activities etc.

We are launching this project with two application workshops on the 9th and 10th January at Europe House in London. Further events will be organised in February for the 26th April deadline (Call 2) and in June/July for the 4th October deadline (Call 3) across England.

The workshops will provide practical information on how to develop a successful Youth Exchange and EVS project application. We will give all participants a good understanding of:

  • The Erasmus+ programme and its objectives
  • The value of non-formal education for young people
  • Working with transnational partners
  • Project’s logical framework
  • Dissemination and sharing results
  • Monitoring and evaluation

The workshops are aimed at organisations who have a project idea and need practical advice on how to fill the application form. See the agenda and briefing note for more information.

The workshops are free to attend and are open to all organisations active in the field of youth.

If you would like to attend, fill in the form by Thursday 5th January 2017 and return to info@accesseurope.org.uk.

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