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LBHF Health & Wellbeing Board, 18th March 2020

The Council’s next Health and Wellbeing Board meeting is due to take place on 18th March 2020, at 6pm.  A number of items on the agenda may be of particular interest to local third sector organisations, including:

CORONOVIRUS (COVID 19) UPDATE

The Council’s preparations and contingency planning in response to Covid 19.

COMMUNITY H&F CCG AND ICHT PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES UPDATE

A report to update on both the current community physiotherapy provision in Hammersmith and Fulham and future opportunities for physiotherapy within Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

BUSINESS INFORMATION UPDATE

A report to outline the work of the Councils Business Intelligence Unit in utilising data and key metrics to evidence and inform the development and provision of targeted and resident focused services.

CCG COMMISSIONING INTENTIONS 2020-2021

An report providing details on the North West London Commissioning Intentions and the local Hammersmith and Fulham Commissioning Intentions.  The report also includes a snapshot of the H&F ICP programme.

NWL AMALGAMATION UPDATE

The CCG will provide an update regarding plans for the amalgamation of North West London CCGs.

The agenda and reports are available on the Council’s website: www.lbhf.gov.uk/committees

The meeting is open to the public.  If you would like to attend, please contact Bathsheba.mall@lbhf.gov.uk in advance, as access to the venue (Meeting Room 2 (2nd Floor), 3 Shortlands, Hammersmith, W6 8DA) is security controlled and it will be difficult to gain entry if you haven’t informed the Council in advance that you will be attending.

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Healthwatch Job Opportunities Within LBHF

Job opportunities within Hammersmith and Fulham for our New Healthwatch Hammersmith and Fulham Service:

Volunteer and Engagement  Coordinator – Click here

Project Officer – Click here

Closing date: 05 April 2020

 

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View This Year’s Charity Accountants’ Conference Content Streams Online

New for 2020, there will be:

  • Bonus Learning Sessions in small groups

Catch the trainers from previous seminars and workshops during bonus learning sessions and ask the questions you want answered in small groups.

  • More varied breakout sessions

Attend one-hour seminars to get compact updates and overviews on a range of topics and two-hour interactive workshops to dig deeper.

Super early bird residential tickets from £499 are available

Super early bird residential rates are available until 31 March 2020 and include:

  • Both days of the conference
  • 4* en suite accommodation for one night (day one)
  • Three course dinner with wine and entertainment (day one)

We’re still fine-tuning the event and creating the sessions, but for now you can book, without making session choices, and we’ll contact you when it’s time to select your sessions.

In the meantime, you can view this year’s content streams online

Remember there are only 22 days left before super early bird expires…

Book now

 

 

 

 

 

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FREE Face-to-Face Business Support to London Based Businesses

The London Growth Hub has launched a new initiative that provides FREE face-to-face Business Support to London based businesses with the West London advisor based at WLB member Huddle in Hammersmith. The aim of the programme is to help businesses ’unlock growth, investment and make productivity improvements’.
Read more

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The Latest Tax Insights from WLB Member Bright Grahame Murray

The end of the 2019/20 tax year is approaching and Bright Grahame Murray have shared their insights for year end tax planning time and what lies ahead with the new government’s tax plans for business.

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National No Smoking Day

Every Thursday

2pm to 4pm – Central Library

3pm to 7pm – North Kensington Library

Need some support to stop smoking? 

RBKC One You has two weekly clinics in our libraries that can help. Both sessions are free and there’s no need to book, just turn up.

No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day in the United Kingdom which is intended to help smokers who want to quit. The first No Smoking Day was in 1984.

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Affordable Meeting Rooms with Further Discounts for Third Sector Organisations & Multiple Bookings!

At Dawes Road Hub, one of the services Sobus provide is affordable meeting rooms. We also offer a further discounted rate for third sector organisations based in, or providing services within H&F and on multiple block bookings.

To view the space: Use the link and then simply click inside the dotted circles on the plan to see images of that area of the hub: http://dawesroadhub.org.uk/explore-the-hub/

To make an enquiry: Call 020 7952 1230, or email reception.drh@sobus.org.uk

Special requests: email caritamagnani@sobus.org.uk

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Nominations for The SMK National Campaigner Awards are Open for 2020

Nominations for the SMK National Campaigner Awards are open for 2020, and the deadline to nominate is 13 March. Each year, SMK celebrates the best campaigns and campaigners – whether working locally or nationally, and from individuals and community groups to people working in large organisations. Our interest is in finding those who have made change happen – most effectively, creatively and courageously. The SMK National Campaigner Awards is where we bring the campaign community together to champion and celebrate campaigning, demonstrating its value and acknowledging success.

We want to push nominations as much as possible, especially as we are anticipating this year’s Awards ceremony to be the biggest so far!

If you know of any great campaigns or campaigners, please nominate them, or let us know about it and we can nominate them. If you’ve done some great work, you can even nominate yourself!

More info of the awards here

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Hammersmith & Fulham GP Federation’s Recent National Award!

Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation recently won a national award for their work in raising awareness of cervical screening as the borough was identified as one that has the lowest uptake rates in England.

The Team reached out to the community in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham by working with most GP Practices through engaging with diverse groups and organisations in the borough. The aim was to target those that have not attended appointment when invited. Since 2018, over 1000 women attended a screening appointment as a result.

The initiative was supported by working in collaboration with RM Partners, Sobus, the west London Cancer Alliance hosted by The Royal Marsden.

For more information visit:

Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation – click here

Jo`s Trust – click here

By Sharon Tomlin, Sobus Community Organiser

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Comoodle – We Believe in Sharing!

As you may know, LBHF staff are able to volunteer locally for up to 2 days a year to support local organisations in Hammersmith & Fulham. At a recent staff event with the council, Sobus was promoting Comoodle as a vehicle for staff to offer their skills to local organisations – and a number of staff are keen to sign up! For further information, click here.

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