Russell Cooke – Charity Law Update

Please click on the links below:

• Electronic signatures – is this a way out of lockdown difficulties?

• The wrong kind of publicity – your charity and social media

• What is incorporation and why should a charity incorporate?

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Carers Service Manager Maternity Cover Required (1 Year)

Job description

We are seeking a Carers Service Manager to cover maternity leave for up to one year.  This exciting opportunity will provide the right candidate with a chance to develop their leadership and management skills in a well-established carers charity in Central London.  The successful candidate will have previous experience of managing teams in a social care setting and will have extensive knowledge of the Social Care Act 2014 and experience in carrying out carer’s assessments.

  • Salary: £31,000 per annum
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Job Type: 12 months maternity contract
  • Location: Homeworking and City of Westminster and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London
  • Application deadline: 21st July 2020
  • Interviews: w/c 3rd August 2020

For further details, click here.

 

 

 

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Charity Guidance Updates from DSC

Charity Commission says AGMs can be pushed back to September

The Charity Commission has updated it’s guidance to allow charities to push AGMs back to September due to COVID19. Find out more

 

Regulation guidance places ‘undue burden’ on volunteer Trustees

There is an “undue burden” placed on trustees by the volume and tone of Charity Commission guidance, according to members of the Charity Law Association, Civil Society Reports. Find out more

 

Updated Charity Shop Reopening Pack

The Charity Retail Association has updated its Charity Shop Reopening Pack to include the very latest government guidance. Find out more

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Covid-19 School Holiday Activity Fund (London)

Grants of up to £6,000 are available to registered charities and mainstream state schools to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays in accordance with Government Covid-19 Guidelines. Activities must take place in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, and the City of London. The funding is being made available through the John Lyon’s Charity’s Covid-19 School Holiday Activity Fund. Applications can be submitted at any time until the 1st August 2020. Click here

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Finance Job Vacancy

Head of Finance and Resources

Merton Voluntary Service Council’s mission is to support, enable and champion the voluntary, community and faith sectors in Merton. Delivering capacity building, training, financial management and assistance with good governance, we help the third sector recruit volunteers, win hearts and minds, and above all make things happen to transform the lives of the borough’s 211,000 people.

We are currently seeking a Head of Finance and Resources to join our team. The purpose of the role is:

  • Provision of strategic advice to the CEO on all matters of Finance, IT, Performance Management policy and strategy
  • Preparation of the Annual Budget with the CEO and the Treasurer
  • Preparation of quarterly management accounts, forecasts and cashflows
  • Preparation of Final Accounts and Financial Statements and liaison with the External Auditor, ensuring compliance with all statutory reporting requirements
  • Review and development of financial, investment and risk management policies
  • Ensuring the efficient provision of MVSC’s computer-based accounting systems and security of prime documents
  • Working with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to manage timely reporting against contract and grant funding requirements
  • Management of MVSC’s Human Resources function, liaising with our contracted external adviser
  • Management of MVSC process and systems and how they support general office functions and robust management of grants and contracts
  • Development of a practical and effective MVSC performance measurement regime
  • With the Head of Development and Volunteering, advising Borough voluntary organisations on best financial practice and procedure.

  Link

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SASH Peer Mentoring

The peer mentor training is for women who identify as Black, Asian or an ethnic minority of any kind and Gay and Bisexual men living with HIV.

There can be barriers which make it harder to connect. This is an opportunity to use your own experience to inspire, motivate and provide emotional and practical support for others.

This training might be for you if you:

o   Want to learn more about sexual health

o   You already have an interest in sexual health and want learn more to support your community

o   You are living with HIV

o   You have experience if navigating sexual health clinics and services

o   You have experience of reproductive health such as periods, menopause, contraception etc

The benefits of the programme include:

  • Receive training
  • Receive a personal development plan to support you to achieve your goals
  • Develop communication and workshop giving skills
  • Gain valuable experience working alongside sexual health professionals
  • Connect with community

The training will be delivered by Ella Frost and Jose Tovar who are peer mentor coordinators and will cover:

¨      An introduction to SASH

¨      Sexual well-being

¨      Communication skills

¨      Who peer mentors are and what they do

¨      Safe-guarding

 

Please reply to this email to book, limited spaces available! Email us if you have any questions and we can organise a phone call, we are happy and open to questions.

 

We are excited to meet you!

Kind regards,

Ella Frost (She/her/they/them)

Peer Mentor Lead for Black Asian Minority Ethnic Women.

SASH | Support & Advice on Sexual Health

31 Wardour Street,

London, W1D 6PT

Tel:  0207 851 2955

Mob: 07971387487

Email:  ella.frost@sashlondon.org

Website:  www.sashlondon.org

 

Think you know about sexual health? Why not take part in our study?

SASH Sexual Health Study

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Take a Tour of Hounslow’s Artists & Makers Through Virtual Studios

Artists can’t invite you into their studios right now, so instead they’re doing the next best thing—giving you an insight into their work, their process, and what motivates them on Instagram. Between 27 June and 5 July 2020 artists will be using #virtualstudioswest to post video snapshots of painting, fashion, jewellery, photography, music, and dance! There will be how-to guides, time lapses, interviews, performances, and opportunities to meet the artist.

Virtual Studios is produced by Creative People and Places Hounslow, a Watermans project, for the Creative Enterprise Zone’s (CEZ) open studios programme. Virtual studios will be followed by opportunities to see artists at work in person once social distancing measures have been lifted.

To take the Virtual Studios tour, follow #virtualstudioswest or @creativenetworkwest on Instagram from 27 June, or click here to find out more.

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Canal & River Trust Vacancy

Job Title: Waterway Operative

Permanent position – 37 hours per week

Salary: £22,323 (inc London allowance) + Generous pension + great holidays (increasing with service) + call out allowance

Closing Date:  7 July 2020

If you love working outdoors then read on….. As a Waterway Operative  most of your working time will be spent in our unique and wonderful outdoor environment on the London waterway which covers up to 70km of the canal & towpath (main base is Southall).  Your daily tasks will vary and will contribute to the maintenance, conservation and improvement of the waterway network for local communities and visitors to enjoy.  Full details can be found here.

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Support for the Homeless Charities & Hospices (England and Wales)

Homeless and Hospice charities can apply for support to help improve their buildings. The support takes the form of grants, free building materials and specialist advice such as, architects, quantity surveyors, project managers and specialist engineers. To be eligible for support organisations must be registered charities, have legal hold on the building in question, either freehold or lease for at least 5 years. The funding is being made available through CRASH the construction and property industries’ charity and applications can be submitted at any time. Click here.

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Lockdown Update

Yesterday (23/06/20) Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get back on their feet and get people back in their jobs.

From Saturday 4th July, the Prime Minister has announced that:

1) Pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines – updated guidance for all workplace settings can be found here: https://bit.ly/sectorsocialdist

2) Two households will be able to meet up in any setting with social distancing measures – updated guidance on social distancing can be found here: https://bit.ly/SDUpdated

3) People can now enjoy staycations in England with the reopening of accommodation sites – guidance on opening up the visitor economy can also be found here: https://bit.ly/sectorsocialdist

4) In order to begin restoring the arts and cultural sector, some leisure facilities and tourist attractions may also reopen, if they can do so safely – this includes outdoor gyms and playgrounds, cinemas, museums, galleries, theme parks and arcades, as well as libraries, social clubs, places of worship and community centres – guidance on opening up the visitor economy can also be found here: https://bit.ly/sectorsocialdist

Following a review, the Prime Minister has also set out that where it is not possible to stay two metres apart, guidance will allow people to keep a social distance of ‘one metre plus’. This means staying one metre apart, plus mitigations which reduce the risk of transmission.

You can find the full press release here: https://bit.ly/PMPressNotice

The Prime Minister has shared the following tweet to outline which businesses can reopen from 4th July. We would appreciate you retweeting on your own channels where possible: https://bit.ly/4thJulyTweet

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