RBKC Apprentices vacancies: IT Solutions Technician, Digital Support Technician (Level 3) – new! Children, Young People & Families Practitioner (Level 4) – new! This job ad is due to go live by end Monday 1 July. Business administration and Customer service (Level 2 and 3) Trades: Installation electrician / maintenance electrician, Advanced Carpentry and Joinery, Plumbing and domestic heating technician, Surveying technician (Level 3) Associate project management, Data analysis (Level 4) HR consultant (Level 5) Building control surveyor (Level 6) Applications for these roles close on 7 July except where indicated otherwise. RBKC expect to hold interviews during the first two weeks of August. How to apply Please go to the RBKC Careers portal to see current vacancies.
Want to enhance your neighbourhood? Do you have an idea that will help your community? The Hammersmith & Fulham Hive offers a new and creative way for the community to shape the borough through crowdfunded projects. From community gardens to pop-up markets and festivals to art installations, if you have a project idea that will make your local area better then get involved. Join crowdfunding platform Spacehive for a workshop at St Paul’s Hammersmith, where you will have the chance to develop your ideas and learn about how you can access additional funding avaliable from Hammersmith & Fulham council and other Spacehive partners, including GLL and the Mayor of London. For the next funding round (deadline 30th September), The Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation will also be offering pledges of up to £1,000 to projects that benefit young people (0-25) in the borough, so all the more reason to come along on the day and find out more. Register now to secure your free place, and fill out this project idea form so Spacehive can feedback on your idea. Whether this is your first time creating a project or you’re a seasoned community organiser, this event will tell you everything you need to know to join in and have the best chance off hitting your target. If you have any questions about this event please contact info@spacehive.com. Thu, 25 July 2019 between 14:30 – 16:30 St Paul’s Church, Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 9PJ
Health and Homelessness Project will be hosting their annual Health and Wellbeing Fair. This is an excellent opportunity for service users and people in the community to come and learn about health and wellbeing services available to them in Hammersmith and Fulham. There will be a range of physical health, mental health, substance use and wellbeing services providing informative and fun activities. The fair also serves as an excellent networking platform for staff and the general public. It is completely free of charge and refreshments will be provided. For any further queries please contact me on Richard.Banks@MUNGOS.ORG Date and Time Fri, 12 July 2019 12:00 – 15:00 BST Location Assembly Hall, Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall King Street London W6 9JU Click here to register.
A definitive, crowd-sourced guide for anyone seeking to raise or invest money in the crowd. In the last few years the crowd funding phenomenon has exploded. Entrepreneurs, business-owners, social enterprises, charities, film-makers and artists of all kinds now routinely raise large and small sums of money on crowd funding sites. Done properly, crowd funding, can be an efficient and reliable way of getting projects off the ground that might otherwise never see the light of day. But the failure rate for crowd funding campaigns is high. It can be confusing, hard work and, if things go wrong very expensive. This thorough and authoritative book is the first to look at the rapidly changing world of crowd funding from all sides. As befits the subject, much of the advice has been crowd-sourced, bringing tips and comments from experts in all aspects of crowd funding, as well as dozens of case studies of specific campaigns, both successful and unsuccessful. Click here for more information.
The Community Shares Booster Programme is a funding scheme to support community share offers. It will invest equity up to £100,000 to match community shares in societies that can demonstrate higher than average levels of community impact, innovation and engagement. The programme will also provide development grants of up to £10,000 to help societies get investment ready and meet standards of good practice. Match funding will be in the form of equity held on equal terms with other community shareholders. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with grant and investment decisions made within eight weeks of application. Click here to see more details.
The Co-op Local Community Fund supports projects that make a difference to local communities near to our stores and funeral homes. We are still accepting applications from causes in some communities. Use this form to apply to be one of our causes from 27 October 2019. Your project must either: help a local community come together to save, build, fix or improve indoor or outdoor local spaces support the mental or physical health of a community through wellbeing activities help people reach their full potential by developing their skills Click here to see more detail. Applications close on 7 July.
Petit Miracles creates beautiful bespoke furniture, at an affordable price, upcycled from hand-picked salvaged, antique and vintage pieces. They are a charitable social enterprise, teaching furniture restoration, interior design and basic DIY, to those needing help to get back into work. They are hosting an open day in their upcycling workshop for people aged 18 -25, primarily in the H&F borough. It is going to be a fun day with a DJ, refreshments, and of course, upcycling sessions. Petit Miracle Interiors Ltd would love to have a packed house and ultimately, their aim is to inspire a young person, or more, to access our work experience programme. Thursday, July 18 2:00PM – 5:00PM 1st Floor, West12 Shopping Centre, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8PP Click here to book your place.
Rock Pool would like to invite you to our free 2019 London Roadshow, which takes place on Thursday 11th July. The theme for this half-day session is Understanding Trauma, and will include interactive sessions focusing on practical aspects of our training courses and programmes which attendes will be able to use in their day-to-day work with people who have experienced trauma. Rock Pool founders Kirsty Mooney and Sue Penna will be sharing their message about trauma and trauma-informed practice An introduction to the ABC of Trauma training course Meet and chat with participants who have completed the Adult Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Toolkit Programme An interactive session demonstrating how Rock Pool’s training courses and programmes are run An introduction to Rock Pool’s newest course, Trauma Informed Educators Who should attend: Charity and Third Sector Managers, Commissioners, Service Managers, Policy Officers, Troubled Family Co-ordinators, Principle Social Workers, Directors of Children’s Services Location: Lift, 45 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PW Time: 9.30am until 1pm. Refreshments: Tea/coffee/soft drinks available throughout the day; a buffet lunch will be served. Cost: This is a free event Booking: Places are limited. Please click here to book your free place.
Civil Society Media Limited is delighted to announce the return of our Charity Technology Breakfast Briefings for 2019, a series of morning events which tackle the key issues facing charity IT leaders. The third of these events will focus on addressing the conflict between creating seamless user-journeys and the need for privacy and will take place on: – 26 June at the CIWEM Building,106-109 Saffron Hill London EC1N 8QS, The event is run in partnership with Charity IT Leaders. This event is designed to provide space for charities to debate with other charities.
Help The Homeless makes grants to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. Grants from Help the Homeless are available to small and medium-sized charitable organisations. We do not make grants to individuals. We fund capital costs of projects with grants of up to £5,000. Have a look at the Success Stories section for examples. If you think your organisation may be eligible for funding, please visit the Applying for Funding page. Deadlines for applications The quarterly deadlines for applications for funding each year are: 15th March / 15th June/ 15th September/ 15th December. You will be informed of the trustees’ decision within six weeks of each deadline.