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Age Allies: Reflections for the Future

Come and find out how our Age Allies workshops have helped businesses and organisations to tackle age-discrimination!

 

About this Event

After three successful years the Age Allies Programme is now coming to an end – we’d love you to come and celebrate the project’s achievements with us!

 

“Age Allies: Reflections for the Future” is a one-off event to celebrate the work and share the key learning points from the Age Allies programme.

 

We will also be thanking all the volunteers who supported it and looking ahead to see how the learning from the project can be incorporated into future age-friendly projects

 

The Age Allies prgoramme has been working with organisations across the Capital to facilitate positive change in attitudes to age and ageing. We have some important findings to discuss around how businesses and organisations across London can become more age-friendly.

 

Date and Time

Fri, 6 September 2019, 14:00 – 16:15 BST

Venue:

Lumen United Reformed Church & Community Centre URC

88 Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9RS

 

To book your space and see more detail, click here.

 

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HostNation Refugee befriending

Do you work with asylum seekers or refugees who may be lonely living in London?

 

We offer a befriending service to adult refugees who are socially isolated, spend too much time alone and don’t have enough to do.

We connect them to our volunteer befrienders – all screened and checked Londoners with a passion for the city and goodwill towards refugees.

The idea is a ‘friend’ who can help them participate and experience a more positive side of the city.

They commit to meet once or twice a fortnight over 3 months but many (80%) become firm friends.

 

Our criteria is: 18+, asylum seeker or refugee, lonely, speak reasonable English, stable (mental health/housing), social and curious, keen to practice their English and experience more of London.  They must also live within the M25 as HostNation only operates in Greater London.

 

If you know someone who fits this please tell them about us. This takes about 10 minutes with a secure connection to fill out the web referral questionnaire and consent to us holding personal data which ideally needs to be done together with the personal being referred, so they fully understand what is being offered and can tell us a bit about themselves and their interests.

 

To view/ download Referrals Leaflet 2019, click here.

To read more about “What is HostNation?”, click here.

 

 

Here is the link to the online referral page https://www.hostnation.org.uk/refer

 

We have over 100 unmatched befrienders across London’s boroughs waiting for your referral!

 

If you want to contact us before making a referral email info@hostnation.org.uk and to find out more, visit our website https://www.hostnation.org.uk/

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Info for RCOs on Starbucks Employability Programme

Refugees Into Jobs team at Refugee Council have a new Starbucks Employability and Customer Service programme starting in just over two weeks’ time, in case you know any individuals who may be interested in participating.

Our next course is starting on the 8th August at Barnsbury Job Centre Plus in Angel and is running for four days (8th, 9th, 15th and 16th).

For individuals with refugee status, family reunion, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave to remain as a result of asylum, who have an interest in customer service, wish to improve their employability skills and are looking for full or part-time work in a barista role at Starbucks or alternative role, it may be a great opportunity.

Interested participants are invited to drop in at our OPEN DAY Tuesday 30th July, 10am – 3pm at Barnsbury Jobcentre Plus (1 Barnsbury Road, London N1 0EX) to meet us and register for the programme – see full info attached:

– August Starbucks employability programme

– Open day Barnsbury 30.7.2019.

 

Regardless of the participants’ locations, we pay travel expenses and help candidates apply for roles that suit them.

 

For referrals or questions, get in touch on 07778105404/020 7346 6736 or starbucks@refugeecouncil.org.uk or take one minute to fill in this simple form here.

 

Finally, if you have refugee with different career aspirations, our Refugees Into Jobs service provides 1:1 support, courses and specialist programmes e.g. ‘Building Bridges’ for healthcare professionals and Just Bread baking and catering programme, tailored for all backgrounds and career aspirations.

Get in touch on 020 7346 1047 or rij@refugeecouncil.org.uk for general employment support.

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Fulham 10K run in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital – November 17th 2019

Fulham 10K run in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, which will be returning to the area on Sunday 17th November 2019.

This mass participation running event is open to the public and held on closed roads.

Starting and finishing in Eel Brook Common, the 10km closed road route will take thousands of participants around the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

 

Due to the scale and numbers participating in the Fulham 10K, it will be necessary to implement road closures across the full 10K route to facilitate the safe passage of the participants.

The route and road closures have been carefully considered and selected through a partnership of all local authorities, emergency services and Transport for London to minimise the inconveniences of the necessary road closures.

Emergency Services will be operating as usual and pedestrian access will be unaffected across the event route, but there will be no vehicle or bicycle access on the roads closed for the event. .

 

More information regarding the exact route and timings will be distributed in due course, but it will stay within the same event footprint as per last year.

Please note that the attached map is an indication of the event footprint only, and the exact route will change.

Key roads that will feature on the event route are New King’s Road, Fulham Road, Parsons Green, Dawes Road, Munster Road and North End Road.

 

 

If you have any other specific questions or require more information with regards to the event, please contact the Fulham 10K office directly at 0207 227 0972 (Mon-Fri 09.30 – 17.00), email community@adidascityruns.com or visit the website on www.adidascityruns.com/fulham.

 

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The Charity Accountants’ Conference: 19-20 September

 

 

This is your opportunity to keep abreast of all the latest developments in the charity finance world.

 

Download full event brochure.

 

Thursday 19 – Friday 20 September 2019, Nottingham

 

The programme includes:

– a mix of tax,

– regulatory updates,

– sessions focussed on areas of responsibility often added to the Finance Director’s role (such as legal, employment and governance matters),

– strategic financial thinking

– opportunities for personal development.

 

This year we have an over-arching theme on the role that meaningful financial information can play in reinforcing public trust in charities.

This will be the theme of our opening plenary from Kate Lee of CLIC Sargent as well as a panel discussion on day two.

 

It is also your chance to network with other financial professionals in a friendly and informal environment.

Click here to see full post.

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The 2019 Hammersmith and Fulham Brilliant Business Awards

“An inspiration to other parts of London to recognise hard work and entrepreneurship. ”

 

The 2019 Hammersmith and Fulham Brilliant Business Awards

The Brilliant Business Awards will open to all businesses and social enterprises within Hammersmith & Fulham

There are two ways to win – by Judges’ Prize or Public Vote.

 

Public Vote in Three Town Centre Categories

Best Fulham Business

Best Hammersmith Business

Best Shepherds Bush Business

 

 

Public Vote

Residents, shoppers and customers nominate their favourite business in Hammersmith, Fulham and Shepherds Bush.
The business with the most nominations in each area wins an award.
Click here to nominate

 

Judge’s Prize

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Difficult, Disturbing and Dangerous Behaviour Training

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Aliki will be delivering Difficult, Disturbing and Dangerous Behaviour training as part of the ongoing workshop series with Healthwatch Central West London.

 

Syllabus:

  • Develop a clear mental map of the different forms and levels of difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour
  • Become familiar with the Defusing and De-escalation Skills involved in containing difficult and potentially violent behaviour
  • Explore the relation between the brain and body during moments of acute stres
  • Discover how to harness their personal resources and bodily reactions when under threat
  • Learn how to use Rapid Reaction Skills in containing highly emotionally charged and uncontrolled behaviour
  • Explore how to assess risk on site while lone-working and undertake appropriate safeguards
In this training you will learn:
  • How to identify different types and levels of violence and aggression
  • Skills to respond to those different types of behaviour
  • How to manage your own physical and emotional responses when under threat
  • Effective ways to work alongside colleagues/friends/family in a crisis
Early registration is available now, and places fill up quickly, but please be mindful that the venue is still to be confirmed.
Full details for the location will be made available soon.
Register your space here.
When?
24th August 2019 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Where?
Hammersmith, London
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Free NHS event: Patient Leadership Skills

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Come along to the free Patient Leadership Skills event in the Newbigin room, St Pauls Centre, Queen Caroline, Hammersmith W6 9PJ on Wednesday 31 July 2019 from 10am–4pm if you are interested in…

  • learning how your local NHS works and how you can make a difference to your health services
  • understanding why the NHS needs your involvement
  • participating in improving your local GP service and how to overcome barriers in accessing services
  • exploring interesting examples of patient and GP practices have led changes to NHS and inspired
    health care improvement projects
  • developing skills in chairing and managing meeting, influencing & negotiation, self-reflection and more

 

At the event, you will:
• learn about Patient Participation Groups
• discuss and raise concern with Your Practice
• share ideas with other patients and network
• Expert coaches
• Group discussion
• Lunch and drink

 

 

Anyone registered with a North West London GP is welcome*
Where: Newbigin room, St Pauls Centre, Queen Caroline, Hammersmith W6 9PJ

*Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Ealing, Hounslow, Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon

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Volunteers needed

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Volunteering is a great opportunity to make a positive impact in your community, meet new people, and expand your skills. 

 

 

There are lots of ways that volunteers get involved, for example, circulating a survey for us, representing us at a community event, or writing about a health issue for our blog.

 

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please complete a volunteer recruitment form and a monitoring form. For more information please get in touch with us at volunteer@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org

Volunteer Recruitment Form

Monitoring Form

 

 

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Free Skills Training for over-50s with St John Ambulance

 

St John Ambulance is aiming to increase resilience amongst older people in their local areas.

The goal is to offer vital skills to help people feel more confident in coping in emergency situations whilst ultimately, saving lives.

They have been running first aid sessions all over London, Birmingham and the East of England. In their next phase, they are now looking at offering their Advocate role specifically to over 50s and looking for individuals who would be able to take up this offer.

 

The Advocate role for over 50s: Unlike the usual volunteering offer at St John Ambulance, which has historically been more regimented, they are offering a flexible volunteer role with no minimum number of hours per month.

 

The only requirement is that individuals go out and share the knowledge about first aid in the form of community get-togethers and delivering First Aid Skills sessions to community groups in marginalised areas to increase confidence and knowledge of first aid to help each other when needed.

In return, St John Ambulance offer a free four hour certified First Aid Course, uniform & online Safeguarding training.

 

If you think this might suit someone in your area, your beneficiaries or if there’s a specific individual you think might really benefit from this training and this role, please email info@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org. and we can refer you to them!

The advocate role works really well for those in close knit communities / work places as well who can act as focal points for first aid knowledge in their area.

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