The Centre of People, Work and Organisational Practice (CWPOP) have released their latest Respond Report for July 2021. Read the report here.
Black Heroes is a living exhibition telling the stories of our heroes. This Pop-Up exhibition supported by Westminster Council, launched on Windrush Day 22 June and runs through to 27 July, with DSC Trustee Joyce Fraser as an artist-in-residence. Click here to find out more.
Media Trust has teamed up with Facebook’s Community Partnerships Team to offer a free masterclass at 10am on 15 September on building communities through Facebook groups. The trend towards online connectivity and community has only accelerated during the pandemic. Today, 35 million people in the UK are part of Facebook groups. Many charities and mission-driven enterprises are already building and leveraging online communities to support their work and further their causes.
This masterclass will unpack the power of community and outline the key skills necessary for how charities can effectively manage online communities. In the second part of the masterclass, the Facebook team will give an overview of their new Certified Community Manager Programme, which will be offered pro-bono to all charity participants interested in starting, growing, or sustaining their online communities. Attend our masterclass on building online communities and get free access to Facebook’s Community Manager Certification Programme
Charity, In Kind Direct is distributing over 100,000 products to children as new research from Save the Children and Beano Brain shows how the pandemic has drastically changed their social and physical interactions, with 51% playing outside less* and 34% playing alone more than before. Find out more here.
Grants of up to £4,000 are available to support groups across the UK to help them establish a new Community Fridge. Applications close at 9am on Monday 16 August. For more information click here
The charity leaders body ACEVO is hosting a survey to find out more about people’s experience of grants from central government departments. If you’ve had a grant that was bureaucratic and terrible to manage, or flexible with good partnership working, or anything in between – take a few minutes to complete it today (or before 6 August when the survey closes). Your evidence will feed into discussions with Ministers and officials. Complete the survey here.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council are working with the local youth activity provider LMP Action and the Holiday Activity and Food Programme to offer a summer of food and fun activities and events for children and young people. The activities are spread in parks across this borough and run for 5 weeks, starting on 26 July and through to 27 August 2021.
We have more than 25 different providers delivering across H&F and there will be something for everyone! Sport, music, arts and crafts, drama, dance and family fun for four to 18-year-olds – or up to 25 for those with additional needs.
The most important thing, this summer, is that every event is free. This year, we are ensuring that families can have access to a regular source of free nutritious meals over the summer holidays, whether at a local club or event and /or join an array of community activities.
Summer in the City is also about enrichment, learning and wellbeing. We think of it as a ‘big learning tent’ and wherever you go will be warm, welcoming and offer a range of unique and exciting opportunities for children and young people.
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The Department of Education has announced a new £24 million fund that will ‘support projects tackling the issues facing the most vulnerable children in society in 2021-22, including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) abuse, care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, preventing adolescents from being caught up in harms outside the home such as gangs and reducing the pressure on the system by reducing court backlogs or improving technology’. The fund will be distributed among nine regions in England split into Regional Improvement and Innovation Alliances. Each region will be awarded between £2 million and £3million to support projects that address their regional priorities. This includes ‘a flat rate of £50,000 for each region to help local authorities play their part in accommodating unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’. Find out more here.
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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.