The Postcode Dream Trust has launched its Postcode Recovery Fund which will provide funding for projects that address systemic societal issues related to the pandemic. The fund’s six focus areas are: educational inequalities; homelessness; domestic violence; health and wellbeing; social exclusion and isolation; poverty. The fund will offer a total award fund of £3 million for charitable organisations to deliver projects in Great Britain between 2021 and 2023.The stage 1 application form will be available to access from 1st October until 30th October at 5.30pm. Find out more here.
As part of Gift Aid Awareness Day Charity Finance Group is hosting a free Gift Aid webinar on 8th October, with experts from HMRC and accountancy and HR consultancy Buzzacott to answer any questions you might have on this tax relief. The webinar will also provide an update on CFG’s joint campaign to introduce emergency Gift Aid Relief. Find out more here.
Thursday 8th October
4.30pm-6.00pm
Corona and beyond … a pan-London briefing for faith and community groups
Up to date information and discussion on
- Public health update
- London’s strategic response – and other issues on the horizon; Weather, Brexit and Flu
- Adapting to changing regulations
- Funding and resourcing
- Local collaboration supporting those in need
- Spiritual support for Londoners
We will be welcomed by Fiona Twycross, Deputy Mayor of London, and joined by senior professionals from specialist agencies and asking:
Where are we now?
What have we learned?
What can we do better?
To register send your name and organisation name to convener@lbfn.org by 10.00am Thursday 8th October. Zoom connection details will be sent out one hour before the briefing. For updates on speakers and agenda look at our Whatsapp Group https://chat.whatsapp.com/JU9RxahR9MC6WKBCfiLnyu
BAME-led charities, voluntary or community groups and organisations, and faith groups across the UK can apply for funding to help them continue to respond to the needs of their community during the Covid-19 pandemic. The African Health Policy Network are making three levels of funding available of between £500 and £100,000 to help small and medium Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups and their communities build wellbeing, resilience and capacity following the pandemic. The amount awarded will be dependent on annual income for each group/organisation. Funding can support a number of things including project staff salaries, project activities, engagement activities, running costs, and equipment. The deadline for applications is 12am on the 30th October 2020. Click here
As we know, there was a requirement to put social distancing in place in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, and GP surgeries across the country were urged to undertake consultations with those exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 remotely.
With this in mind, we are looking to gain insight into your experience and get your views on the impact of accessing health and social care services remotely. That includes digitally or by telephone, focusing on access to GP services.
We will share your anonymous feedback with providers and commissioners such as the local CCG, and with Hammersmith and Fulham Council, This will help them to ensure that the services respond to what people need locally.
If you would like any assistance in completing the survey or would like it in another format, please contact us at info@healthwatchhf.co.uk. or call us on 0203 886 0386.
All responses are anonymous. Thank you for your contribution. The closing date for this survey is Monday 12th October, 2020.
Tell us about your experience to help shape future services by completing the survey here.
The Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation has made available £50,000 to be administered by the Small Charities Coalition. Small grants of £100 to £1,000 are available to small charities (with an income under £1 million) who are temporarily struggling but otherwise viable. Applications are invited from UK registered charities that have been established for at least one year. The grant scheme runs on rolling basis with applications deadlines on the 20th of each month. Find out more here.
Whether you are a new subscriber to Funds Online or a seasoned veteran, join DSC’s Funds Online expert George Knight for a 30 minute webinar exploring some tips and tricks to help get you access to the funding you need today.
The session will explore everything from completing a basic search to saving funds and search results. George will show you how to get Funds Online working for you, almost as if you had an additional fundraiser working in your team!
At this unique time, Funds Online can give you access to the grant-givers that will ensure you are able to not just survive but thrive.
There is a Q&A at the end, so please come prepared with your own questions about Funds Online.You will be sent the link to the webinar in your confirmation email from our Customer Services team.
12.30-1300, Wednesday, 14th October
Please see the Learning and Development opportunities below and feel free to share them:
- King’s Fund webinar on 8 October 2020 Personalising digital tools for people with learning disabilities: challenges and solutions
- Involving citizens in the next phase of the pandemic response Covid-19 webinar on 13 October 2020
- Re-opening of recruitment for the NHS Volunteer Responders
- Roma communities in the UK: from myths and facts to increasing engagement webinar on 21 October 2020
- NHS England and NHS Improvement have identified eight steps to build on the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to reduce health inequalities
- New online tool to involve young people in policy making
- Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign offers NHS approved tips and advice to empower parents and carers to look after their children’s mental wellbeing
- Zero Suicide Awareness offer a range of awareness training to look out for and the skills required to approach someone who is struggling, whether that be through social isolation or suicidal thoughts
The Little Book of Phone Scams Link
The Little Book of Advice Link
The Little Book of Cyber Scams Link
The Little Book of Big Scams Link
On 5th July, the birthday of the NHS, /together brought millions of people together in a shared moment of thanks, as the ‘Clap for carers’ was heard again in streets across the UK.
We believe that moments like these, when we come together to focus on what we have in common, are important. And we want to find out how we can do more of this.
/Together is a campaign that starts with questions rather than answers.
We have now launched talk/together : a UK-wide conversation about what divides us, what unites us and what will bring us closer /together. We hope this will be the biggest public survey since the census, engaging people in conversations right across the UK.
It will shape the direction of the campaign’s future activities to promote social connection and bridge divides.
And we want to invite you to have your say.
Find out more about Talk/together here
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.