Job Vacancy: National Health and Domestic Abuse Manager

The Position
This exciting role will involve leading on Standing Together’s health and domestic abuse response nationally. As part of this you will project manage an innovative piece of work with five partner agencies aimed at establishing comprehensive health practice in relation to domestic abuse in hospital trusts, mental health trusts and in GP practices. You will also be responsible for managing Standing Together’s Children and Health Team.

Salary: £36,000 (includes ILW)
Location: West London
Interview date: Wednesday, 30th August 2017

For further details and to apply please click here

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Office Space Available at Elgin Close Resources Centre

Approximately 23 square metres of office space, accommodating up to 6 desks is available at Elgin Close Resource Centre, 3 Elgin Close, W12 9NH (off Goldhawke Road). For rates and further information please call Murdo Maciver on 020 3815 2187 or email murdo.maciver@nhhg.org.uk

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Free Workshop Developing Volunteer Roles

Wednesday 13th September 9.30am – 1pm at HFVC Offices, 148 King St; W6 0QU
Learning Outcomes
Identifying your organisation’s needs
Motivations of potential volunteers
Identifying new volunteer roles and developing existing roles
Writing role descriptions
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-workshop-developing-volunteer-roles-tickets-36859385414

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Mental Health 2017

Implementing the Five Year forward View
20th September 2017 – RSM, London

Govconnect are delighted to announce that our inaugural Mental Health – Implementing the Five Year forward View conference will be held on the 20th September 2017 at the RSM, London.

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health has made an unarguable case for transforming mental health care in England, a single programme, but one which includes numerous different, related elements across the health system for all ages.

Implementing the Five Year Forward View published in mid-2016 was a welcomed and timely roadmap. This conference will outline the core elements of the implementation plan and will review and assess the actions for each of the key objectives.
Request to attend by clicking here

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Drug & Alcohol Relief Fund

Drug & Alcohol Relief Fund
We are delighted to offer this one-off programme for 2017-18, thanks to a generous donation from the Drug and Alcohol Service for London (DASL) following its closure. For 35 years, DASL’s core work focused on providing community services to meet the health and social needs of local people, valuing the capacities that individuals and communities have to be able to develop resilience and find solutions to challenges. The Drug & Alcohol Relief Fund will enable DASL’s work to continue and we encourage applications from small organisations which are firmly rooted in their local communities.

The Fund is available across London for work which supports people affected by drug and alcohol addiction, and their families. We know that there are a number of factors which lead to an individual developing an addiction and that this can have a negative impact on every area of their life. This fund will therefore support all work which will help a person to achieve and sustain recovery, as well as preventative work to help individuals identify risky behaviour that might lead to a later addiction. The fund will also help families to cope with the stress of addiction and to support their family member’s recovery process.

Fund Themes
Applications must address at least one of the following Themes:
1. The prevention of alcohol problems, substance misuse and related diseases – in particular but not exclusively, through support with finances, employment, relationships, health and housing.
2. The provision of support services for people with substance misuse problems and their families – such as therapy, information, advice and guidance (IAG) and if necessary, treatment.
3. Social inclusion – helping people with drug and alcohol problems to feel part of their community and preventing people from becoming socially excluded. This can include support for individuals, families and communities affected by drug or alcohol addiction.

Grant size                                          £2,500-£10,000 for projects of up to one year
Income threshold                           Priority will be given to organisations with an annual income of less than £1m
Deadline for applications             5pm on Friday 22nd September 2017

Click here for further information: http://www.londoncf.org.uk/grants/available-grants/overview.aspx?showgrants=all#grant-81

Please contact Donna Yay on donna.yay@londoncf.org.uk or 020 7582 5117 for further information.

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Need Help Finding Trustees?

Notum has been helping place managers from companies like Talk Talk and GlaxoSmithKline with charities in Hammersmith and Fulham. Two local charities have already benefited from the services of Notum and they are looking for more charities to help and best of all the service is FREE for charities.

For more information read here or email support@notum.co.uk

Further information

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Brand new, free books

Sobus have received a large donation of brand new books for both adults and children in a variety of genres and languages to give away. If you are interested, please call 020 7952 1230 and arrange to come and browse!

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FSI’s Series of 1.5 Hour Fundraising Webinars

Following our recent announcement of the launch of the Small Charity Training Programme, supported by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, we are excited to offer our series of 1.5 hour webinars. These online learning opportunities will focus on a variety of essential fundraising topics to help support your organisation. Please note, spaces are limited to 20 attendees per session.

For more information and to book your places, follow the links below:

Topic: Developing Your Fundraising Strategy
Date: Thursday, 10th August 2017
Time: 9.30am-11.00am
Venue: Your desk!
Booking: Follow this link to book your place

Topic: Fundraising from Trusts & Foundations
Date: Thursday, 10th August 2017
Time: 12.00pm-1.30pm
Venue: Your desk!
Booking: Follow this link to book your place

Topic: Developing Your Case for Support
Date: Thursday, 10th August 2017
Time: 2.30pm-4.00pm
Venue: Your desk!
Booking: Follow this link to book your place

17th August 2017

Topic: Developing Corporate Relationships
Date: Thursday, 17th August 2017
Time: 9.30am-11.00am
Venue: Your desk!
Booking: Follow this link to book your place

Topic: Major Donor Fundraising
Date: Thursday, 17th August 2017
Time: 12.00pm-01.30pm
Venue: Your desk!
Booking: Follow this link to book your place

Topic: Community & Events Fundraising
Date: Thursday, 17th August 2017
Time: 2.30pm-4.00pm
Venue: Your desk!
Booking: Follow this link to book your place

Cost: On booking you will pay a deposit of £15 per delegate place.  £10 of this will be refunded to you after you have attended the webinar in full and completed the surveys. Deposits will not be returned in cases of partial attendance or incomplete survey responses. We will refund the deposit, retaining £5 which contributes to deposit and refund processing and administration costs.

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Our Services, Our Stories

Healthwatch Central West London is holding an event on Wednesday 18th October, from 11:00am – 3:30pm at the Irish Cultural Centre to bring together people that use or might want to use mental health services in Hammersmith & Fulham, their carers, and those that provide those services.
This will be an opportunity to explore what support services are available, how to access them and if they met our needs. There will be free lunch and refreshments. Help us make this a great event. Get involved by answering our survey by Sunday 6th August to enter a raffle.

Take Our Survey

If you wish to attend this event or if you require a paper version of this survey please contact the Engagement Lead for Hammersmith and Fulham,  eva.psychrani@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org or 07734 962 255

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Care Quality Commission (CQC) Maternity Campaign 2017

In September, CQC will be launching a maternity campaign, which focuses on women who are pregnant, are looking to be pregnant, or have recently used maternity services in England. Last year there were over 663,000 births in England. All women have the choice to have their baby at home, in a midwife led unit or in hospital, however, some women are not aware they have a choice when it comes to giving birth. Through the campaign we will be raising awareness of our independent inspection reports which can help women make an informed decision – to help make the right choice in where they give birth. We will also be encouraging people to share their experiences of care – good or bad, as this information supports our monitoring, inspecting and rating of services.

We are looking to be recruiting 3-5 people to take part in video cases studies, plus extra we’ll use on online channels and broadcast media.

Click here for more information

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