National Business Response Network

Over the past 7 months, we have created 2400 matches of items of and business skills to local community groups. These have included but have not been limited to:

  • Food donations from Nestle, Greggs, McVities, LNER plus much more
  • Clothing donations
  • Donations of items such as thermal backpacks to transport hot meals
  • Smartphones with pre-loaded data from Tesco
  • Laptops from BP
  • Linking business skills such as app development support, risk mitigation, marketing, website development etc. with community groups.

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Top Tips for Entering The West London Business Awards 2021

There are plenty of things you can do to give your entry the best chance of winning. Perhaps the most important is to read and understand the judging criteria, and make sure you respond to these in your entry. You’d be amazed how many people don’t! Informing the judges should be at the heart of your thinking when preparing your entry, as it is they who make the decision.  Here are our Top Tips…

  1. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS – All awards schemes have small print, and it’s important to read it!
  1. HIT THE DEADLINE – Your nomination must be submitted by 10pm Friday 23rd October 2020, Don’t miss out by leaving it to the last minute!
  1. GET THE JUDGES’ ATTENTION – A precise, well-written entry will always do better than one with no focus (think of it like a sales pitch!). Address the criteria individually and data use to demonstrate why your business should win.
  1. MATCH THE JUDGING CRITERIA – Read the awards criteria for the particular category you are entering.
  1. SEEK ADVICE ON COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE DATA – When including statistics and data in your entry be sure to check that these aren’t confidential. We strongly encourage you to use this type of information, but all businesses need to keep some things private!
  1. DON’T WRITE YOUR ENTRY ‘ON THE SIDE’ – Ensure that you allocate enough time to put together a high-quality nomination.
  1. PUT PEOPLE IN IT – Staff can embody commitment and excellence. Customers can say why you’re great in a single sentence. Use your own people, and your customers to tell your story.
  1. LOOK AT LAST YEAR’S WINNERS – Read about last year’s winners What singled them out as the winner in your category?
  1. KEEP IT BRIEF – Be efficient with your words and space. A well phrased sentence can often communicate why you should win better than a whole page.

Entry Deadline – Friday 23 October

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Grants for Black-led Social Enterprises & Charities that Benefit Ethnic Minorities (UK)

Black-led social enterprises, as well as charities with ethnic minority beneficiaries can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £25,000 for projects which help to build an inclusive culture and tackle racial inequality. The size of the grants will depend on their scale, activity and impact of the social enterprise. The funding is being made available through the PwC Foundation’s ColourBrave Charity Committee and the closing date for applications is 5pm on the 30th October 2020. Click here

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Covid-19 School Holiday Activity Fund (London)

Grants of up to £4,000 are available to enable registered charities and mainstream state schools to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays. The John Lyon’s Charity’s Covid-19 School Holiday Activity Fund (SHAF) will pay for the running costs of holiday programmes which provide activities in accordance with current Government Guidelines for young people in the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London. Costs could include sessional staffing costs, transport for children with special needs and/or disabilities, digital delivery, equipment, and food during activities. Applications for the Christmas School Holiday 2020 must be submitted by the 16th November 2020. Click here

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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Rights and Justice (UK)

The next round of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s Rights and Justice programme is now open and will close on the 13th November 2020. The Funding priorities for this scheme are the protection and promotion of human rights and their enforcement in the UK; promoting rights and justice for minorities who face the most severe forms of racism; and the promotion of rights and justice for refugees and other migrants. The Trust makes grants to a range of organisations including registered, excepted or exempt charities across the UK. Click here

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Grants Available for Projects Benefitting Children & Young People (London)

Grants of up to £5,000 are available for small one-off projects lasting up to one year that promote the life-chances of children and young people through education and family support. State schools; Independent schools with charitable status; Local authorities; Exempt and Registered charities and national organisations with a track record and reputation of working to benefit children and young people can apply. The work must be carried out in one of the John Lyon’s Charity’s nine boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London. Applications can be submitted at any time. Click here

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Anti-Slavery Day: FREE Online Community Workshop for Community Leaders

Free Online Community Workshop – Raising Awareness of Modern Slavery in H&F

Tue, 20 October 2020

14:30 – 16:00

Register via Eventbrite

Delivered on Zoom

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New Corporate Insolvency & Governance Act

Changes to timeframes in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force on 29 September. The Act introduced several temporary measures due to expire on 30 September 2020, which have now been extended:

Provisions enabling companies and certain other qualifying bodies (including English/Welsh CIOs) to hold virtual AGMs are extended until 30 December 2020;

Restrictions on statutory demands and winding up petitions are extended until 31 December 2020;

The small supplier exemption from restrictions on terminating supply contracts are extended to 31 March 2021; and

Modifications to the new moratorium procedure (including eligibility conditions) are extended until 30 March 2021.

Other provisions have not been extended. The temporary rules offering trustees/directors some protection from ‘wrongful trading’ expire on 30 September 2020 after which they will no longer be effective. Trustees/directors could be liable to contribute personally towards the debts of their company if it is heading towards insolvency and they fail to take steps to minimise losses. Read more

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YHFF Launch Peer Research Report: Growing up in Hammersmith & Fulham

Young H&F would like to present our latest report Growing up in Hammersmith & Fulham. The report explores the needs of young people aged 10 -25 in Hammersmith & Fulham. The research was carried out by young people between the ages of 13 to 24.

Some of the key findings are:

  • Young people are largely unaware of how to access local youth services.
  • The majority of young people are worried about the impact of coronavirus on their education and employment.
  • The majority of young people were  interested in receiving advice on finance, anxiety and stress and managing emotions.
  • Knowledge of how to access youth services is important for mental health

To find out more you can download the report here

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K&C Libraries Newsletter – October 2020

Three libraries in Kensington and Chelsea are open with limited services on offer and social distancing measures in place. You are welcome to visit Central, Chelsea and North Kensington libraries from 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and from 9.30am to 5pm on Saturdays. Chelsea Library is open on Sundays too, 1pm to 5pm.

Face covering is required to enter the library and we are asking people to submit their details for the NHS track&trace programme or scan the QR code if they have the app.

But our online library of newspapers, journals, comics, books, audiobooks and much more is available to you at all times, remotely, with your library card.

Our events programme continues online and there is a lot happening on our social media platforms too!

Read on

 

 

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