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Funds Online – the all-new funding website

Why subscribe to Funds Online?

  • Over 8,000 funders giving £8 billion, all on one website. Funds Online will have data from our current four funding websites – Trustfunding.org.uk, Governmentfunding.org.uk, Companygiving.org.uk and Grantsforindividuals.org.uk – all on one website. If you subscribe to more than one of our current websites, you’ll have access to all your subscriptions in one place!
  • New user dashboard that will help you keep track of applications.
  • Improved search function; a quicker and more intuitive experience, helping you to connect with your funding like never before.
  • Find your funding on the go; access your funding on a range of mobile devices.

Same great team behind the data – we have a team of researchers updating the data to help you save time in your search.

Go to Funds Online now to find out more.

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Introduction to Community and Events Fundraising

 

 

Community and events fundraising combined can be very effective and produce a fruitful relationship if thought through strategically.

If you are lucky to have a pool of community supporters you would be missing a trick by not engaging them in events and not using your community as volunteers.

Please click here to see full information regarding this training.

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H&F Civic Honours 2019 – don’t forget to nominate your local hero!

There are just three weeks until nominations close for the H&F Civic Honours 2019.

 

Nominations have been coming in from across the borough, so make sure your local hero doesn’t miss out on the chance to be recognised for the great things they do.

We are looking for nominations in 10 different categories:

  • Most dedicated volunteer
  • Acts of courage
  • Bringing people together
  • Acts of compassion
  • Contributions to art, culture and heritage
  • Sporting achievements
  • Community organiser
  • Improving our environment
  • Contributions to health and wellbeing
  • Lifetime achievement.

 

You can nominate anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in H&F, or a local community organisation.

Your nominations will go forward to a judging panel and the finalists in each category will be invited to a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Town Hall in King Street on Wednesday 12 June.

To send us your nominations, visit: www.lbhf.gov.uk/community/hf-civic-honours and remember that the final date for nominations is Sunday 31 March.

If you have any queries about making a nomination, please email civichonours@lbhf.gov.uk

 

Click here to see full post on Sobus website.

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Digital transformation: a question of technology?

Interactive breakfast seminars which provide a unique forum for open debate and an opportunity to connect with your peers.

Said Dajani, head of digital at Diabetes UK will open the event discussing the power of personalisation when investing in new technology and share some of the struggles and successes involved in the process.

Tori Ellaway, service design programme manager at CAST and Julie Bishop, director at the Law Centres Network will unpick the process behind developing a new product, discussing how clearly defining the problem and going through an iterative process that responds to service users’ real needs and behaviours is the key to successful technology design and implementation.

Nathan Baranowski, managing director at ojo solutions will explore some examples of charities applying new technologies and the wider scope for our sector.

Please click here to see full programme.
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Managing data protection in the voluntary sector

Managing the lawful processing of data on a daily basis might be seem a daunting task but is essential if reputational and financial risk is to be avoided. This advanced course is designed specifically for the person designated to lead GDPR compliance or the Data Controller of the organisation.

This advanced course is designed specifically for the person designated to lead GDPR compliance or the Data Controller of the organisation.

 

Mark Burnett is an NCVO associate and a fully qualified Data Protection Officer. He is an experienced fundraiser and marketer and has worked with over 500 charities of all types and size to help implement the GDPR and the PECR.

He offers a unique insight into how GDPR is impacting on the voluntary sector along with a practical and proven interpretation of the law.

 

Click here to get more informations

 

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NCVO Annual Conference 2019 programme

This is a time of transition and charities must be prepared to adapt. The political environment looks to be uncertain for months. As a leader it’s important for you to navigate through major changes and identify trends and tools that can support your organisation.

With many difficult issues ahead, it’s more important than ever to learn from each other so that you can continue to best support your beneficiaries.

Join us and be inspired to shape the future of the voluntary sector.

We will consider how future trends and tools can strengthen your charity and support you to develop as a leader.

 

Who should attend?

This event is aimed at chief executives, directors or senior managers of voluntary organisations. It will also be useful to trustees, chairs and anyone working closely with an organisation’s management team.

 

Click here for more informations!

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Hammersmith and Fulham Diabetes Education & Support Group

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The Group is affiliated to Diabetes UK and sponsored by Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. It comprises Type 1s and Type 2s, both newly diagnosed and those with many years of experience, together with partners, other family members, friends and carers. Membership is drawn from Fulham, Hammersmith and the surrounding areas.

The purpose of the Group is both educational and to provide a place where you can meet other people with diabetes and share experiences. The Group meets 8 times a year. The 2019 programme is set out on the next page. There is an informal talk on a specialist subject from a wide and exciting panel of speakers with lively questions and discussion.

If you would like to find out more, call the secretary, Carole Michaelides,

on 07733362387, email hfdiabetesgroup@outlook.com, or just come along to the next meeting.

Click here for a document containing the above info and dates of meetings

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Breaking Barriers | Volunteers in Hammersmith

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Breaking Barriers is a small organisation which supports refugees into employment and education. At the end of March, we are launching a new Delivery Centre in Hammersmith, and we are looking to recruit volunteers to provide 1:1 advice and guidance to our refugee clients in this centre. Ideal candidates for volunteers are local people who have experience working in London, and are able to share this knowledge with refugees from a range of countries. The commitment is a couple of hours each week or fortnight.

Click Here to view the leaflet for the Delivery Centre, and you can see more details of the role here. Interested people are invited to attend our group screening induction event on Wednesday 27th March at 10am.

Anybody interested should email volunteer@breaking-barriers.co.uk or complete the application form.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via this email address.

Sarah Collings
Breaking Barriers | Volunteering Enquiries
Contact: 07741642321

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Bright Ideas Fund now open!

The Bright Ideas Fund supports new community business ideas through the start-up and planning stages with tailored business support, to the implementation stage with grants of up to £15,000.

The Bright Ideas Fund is funded by Power to Change, the independent trust supporting community businesses in England, and delivered by Locality, the national network for community organisations, in partnership with Co-operatives UK, the Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK.

The Bright Ideas Fund application is now open and will close on Tuesday 9 April 2019.

How to apply for funding?

Click here for more informations.

 

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