Construction Industry Online Training

 

Serious About Youth (SAY) and Laing O’Rourke are delivering the virtual version of our exciting free initiative for students (Years 11, 12 & 13) and unemployed young people aged 18 – 25 years old living or studying in Westminster or Hammersmith & Fulham called, ‘Construkt’, which is an immersive programme with live opportunities attached to give young people exposure to the wide range of great opportunities in engineering and construction. 

The virtual ‘Construkt’ programme will be for 1-week from 24th – 28th October 2022. We would particularly like to encourage females to take part. 

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Outreach Generalist Adviser Vacancy

 

This is your opportunity to join a pioneering advice project working with selected charity and community partner organisations across Hammersmith & Fulham. The overriding aim of the project is to support and assist local residents who are affected by poverty.  We require a dynamic individual who can deliver outreach generalist advice to vulnerable clients with multiple issues.

Closing date: Monday 24th October 2022 (09.00am)

Interview date: Thursday 27th October 2022

www.cahf.org.uk/work-us/

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FREE Emotional & Mental Wellbeing Support for Young People

The benefits of being outside in nature are plentiful – stress alleviation, relaxation and the reduction in symptoms of depression are just a few. It also helps social interaction so you make friends more easily and feel less isolated. 

Why don’t you join us for four weekly, free 2-hour sessions. Slow down and reconnect with yourself and your environment in this nature-based programme.

Typical activities include walks, some light conservation work or gardening. This is combined with a range of creative activities such as painting,  lino cutting, tie-dye or whittling. There will be time to talk and share collective struggles and the group form a supportive network of new friends that last beyond the programme.

“The programme has helped me see more of me and less of my disorder. It brought back my identity, as I remembered I have interests that I thought I lost due to my disorder. It helped me refocus on a task, activity or learning process and had a really positive impact on my wellbeing”, a young person who attended our programme.

The programme is for 16-25 year-olds, starts on Sun 6th November 2022 and runs for 4 weeks from 11.00-13.00 at Chiswick House & Gardens, Hounslow.

For further information please visit our website, contact us by email or phone 01273 230102.
To book a place on the programme, please complete our online Booking form  

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Phase 3b of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to Open for Applications (England)

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced that Phase 3b of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is expected to open to applications from public sector organisations in England in October 2022. Up to £635 million in funding will be allocated to single and multi-year projects for the installation of low carbon heating in public sector buildings when existing fossil-fuelled systems reach the end of their working lives. Applications will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis until a ‘sector soft cap’ has been reached. These caps have been introduced to allocate the funding fairly across education, health, and other sectors (emergency services, theatres, prisons etc). The opening date will be confirmed in due course. Phase 3b of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to Open for Applications (England)

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Carers Network Recruiting for LBHF Information, Advice & Guidance Service Manager 

Join Carers Network to be part of our Carers Hub providing unpaid adult carers in Hammersmith and Fulham with individual support plans tailored to their needs, as well as developing relationships with partner organisations to raise awareness of carers’ rights and needs. You will be an experienced leader willing to manage a small team, a very organized individual, great at administration and have excellent IT skills.

  • Salary: £31,000 pa
  • Hours: 37.5 per week, to include some unsocial hours as required to meet the needs of carers
  • Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays, increasing by a day for each year of service up to 29 days.

Download the Job Description and Person Specification here.

To apply: send us your Personal Statement and your CV to recruitment@carers-network.org.uk

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Sonia Benitez, Head of Services, on 07772 674 369.

Closing date 31st October 2022. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 7th November 2022

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H&F Fit To Bid® – October Workshops

Win More Contracts with Public & Private Sector Organisations

The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham have commissioned Branduin Business Support to deliver a fully funded Fit To Bid® supplier development programme covering business engagement, skills training, and specialist mentoring support to help SMEs based in the Borough to win new contracts with Council procurement and large private sector companies.

Please register for the October 2022 workshops by clicking on the link: H&F Fit To Bid® Collection

 

Develop Products & Services for Procurement – 12-Oct at 11am-12pm

This workshop will help you make product decisions by developing products and services that match your customers’ requirements. The focus is on the Jobs To Be Done by your customers – Local Government Procurement; large private sector companies, and Tier-1 & Tier-2 buyers and suppliers.

 

Marketing to Tier-1 & Tier-2 Suppliers (B2B) – 26-Oct 2022 at 11am-12pm

This workshop will show you how to unlock the hidden secrets of LinkedIn by helping you make a great profile, and provide advice on who to connect to, how to find leads to grow your business, and leverage your relationships.

Businesses based in the Borough of H&F can also access two free 1-2-1 confidential tender business advice sessions with an experienced advisor who will work closely with you to find solutions to overcome key challenges and help you win more local business.

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Information Regarding Westminster Works Launch Event & The Jobs Fair (Previously Postponed Due to Period of National Mourning)

We are officially inviting You to the Launch of the Westminster Works project & Your customers to the Jobs Fair on Monday 10th October at the Thistle Marble Arch, Bryanston Street London W1H 7EH. We have established a partnership with Westminster City Council to deliver employment support across the Hospitality and Leisure Sectors.

All employers joining the Westminster Works programme sign a pledge guaranteeing pay levels of at least the London Living Wage (and often above), flexibility in working patterns and practices, progression routes and support, and respect. All of their jobs (currently circa 200, but with a total of over 2,000 jobs over the next 2 years) are reserved to candidates coming through Step Ahead.

Please read below to see how you and your customers can register for the event. Places are limited, so book straight away to avoid disappointment.

The event is split into 2 parts. The first part is the official launch for council members, employers and referral organisations.

We would like to invite You to the formal launch which will take place from 10am to 11am to see the benefits of the programme for your customers.

To book your place, please visit Westminster Works Launch Event or https://westminsterworkslaunch22.eventbrite.co.uk

Second part is for customers. It is a jobs fair with fun activities related to tasks in the sector & amazing job opportunities.

From 11 o’clock, at least 25 employers with live vacancies will be offering different opportunities including insight days and interviews/job offers on the day of the event. The employers are open to all candidates with

  • limited job experience,
  • language skills, and
  • job sharing and flexible working schemes to help support parents.

To book your candidate in, please visit Westminster Works Jobs Fair or https://westminsterworksjobsfair22.eventbrite.co.uk

 Map location: https://w3w.co/task.calms.final

More info

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Volunteer Mentor Role: Be the Person you Needed Growing Up!

The Kids Network believes every child should have access to the childhoods they deserve.

They connect a child aged 8-11 with a volunteer mentor who helps build their mentee’s confidence, improve their wellbeing, and develop skills for a positive future through a structured mentoring programme over the course of a year.

Full training and 1-1 support is provided throughout!

Connect with your community and explore London as a volunteer mentor, there’s a child waiting to be inspired by you.

Volunteer role description

Apply today: https://thekidsnetwork.org.uk/become-a-mentor

It’s vital that our mentoring programme centres the voices, needs and identities of the children we work with. We are looking for volunteers who identify as men, especially from the global majority including Black African, Black Caribbean and SWANA heritage.

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Meet the Funder – National Lottery Heritage Fund Session on Thursday 29 September

Please find a pdf copy of the presentation slides here. 

Also mentioned during the presentation were the following useful links:

For further support with funding, including advice and feedback on applications, please contact your local CVS:

If you have not already done so may I ask you to take a few moments to complete the session feedback form, this is extremely helpful in planning future sessions.

We look forward to seeing you at future Meet the Funder events.

Kind regards,
The KCSC Team.

 

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Building Your Capacity as an Organisation is Now More Important Than Ever! by Nigel Jacques, Sobus Head of Organisation Development & Enterprise

In the current environment capacity building is ever more important – in fact critical! We need only need to survive inflation, we need to provide even more support to our communities which in turn is placing pressures on funders. Funders themselves may be facing depreciation in their investments –and this follows Covid. So in real terms money is very tight not just tight. Consequently, organisations will have to show what they can do and how they will remain sustainable even in the short term.
Capacity building is not just about the capacity of a nonprofit today — it’s about the nonprofit’s ability to deliver its mission effectively now, and in the future. Capacity building is an investment in the effectiveness and future sustainability of the organisation. Read on

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