Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to fund equipment and services to support disabled and disadvantaged children under the age of 13 across the UK. The Toy Trust fund helps disadvantaged children and their families to alleviate suffering; support children through awful experiences; encourage achievement through adversity; purchase vital equipment; provide care; bolster existing initiatives; initiate brand new projects; and satisfy basic needs. Groups that have carried out some form of effective fundraising by themselves are particularly encouraged to apply. The next deadline to apply is mid-June 2023 for the March meeting of Trustees. Funding to Support Disabled & Disadvantaged Children (UK)
View Westminster Insight’s popular range of NHS events and training courses below. We are delighted to offer a discount of 20% off all events booked before Thursday 23rd February. Group discounts are also available. You’ll receive a discount of 25% if you book 5 places or more.
Our events are CPD certified. You will receive a personalised attendance certificate stating the number of learning hours undertaken. For your convenience, all events will take place online.
Improving Complaint Handling in the NHS Digital Conference
Monday 27th March
Get the latest updates on the NHS Complaints Standards and hear how you can successfully implement the framework in your organisation. Prepare for the new evaluation process. Provide quicker, simpler and more streamlined complaint handling services. Attend to hear how you can embed the Patient Safety Incident Response framework (PSIRF) by September 2023.
Developing Confident Leaders in the NHS Online Training
Thursday 27th April
Participate in this online training to learn how to successfully lead your NHS team with confidence.Build knowledge and implement confident actions that will support you in your role and inspire confidence in patients and team members. Gain an insight into imposter syndrome, how it can affect team performance and what you can do to overcome it.
Join Carers Network to be part of our well stablished Carers Hubs and work with the rest of the Team providing unpaid adult carers with individual support plans tailored to their needs, as well as developing relationships with partner organisations to raise awareness of carers’ rights and needs. We are looking for someone who is empathetic and confident to engage and support conversations around matters that are important to carers and to raise awareness of carers issues and rights with other professionals. You will also be a very organized individual, great at administration and have excellent IT skills. We are keen to attract former carers to join our team.
Our team is currently working on hybrid basis, with the opportunity to work from home and our offices near Queen’s Park tube station.
The ability to speak a community language would be advantageous.
Download job description and person specification here.
To apply: send us your cover letter and your CV to recruitment@carers-network.org.uk. Please note applications with cover letters are more likely to be short-listed. Use the list provided in the Person Specification below to describe in your cover letter how you meet each of the specifications. If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Sandie Roberts, Service Manager, on sandie.roberts@carers-network.org.uk
Closing date 3rd March 2023. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 13th March 2023
Join Carers Network to be part of our well stablished End of Life Carers Project and work with the Project Manager providing unpaid adult carers with individual support plans tailored to their needs, as well as developing relationships with partner organisations to raise awareness of carers’ rights and needs. We are looking for someone who is empathetic and confident to engage and support conversations around matters relating to death, dying and bereavement with both carers and professionals. You will also be a very organized individual, great at administration and have excellent IT skills. We are keen to attract former carers to join our team.
Our team is currently working on hybrid basis, with the opportunity to work from home and our offices near Queen’s Park tube station.
The ability to speak a community language would be advantageous.
Download job description and person specification here.
To apply: send us your cover letter and your CV to recruitment@carers-network.org.uk. Please note applications with cover letters are more likely to be short-listed. Use the list provided in the Person Specification below to describe in your cover letter how you meet each of the specifications. If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Heather St Louis, End of Life Carers Project Manager on 07721 024 687.
Closing date 3rd March 2023. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 13th March 2023
This is a moment of rapid change for the whole sector, as the cost-of-living bites and service demands rise. Completing this independent survey by experts at Pro Bono Economics and Nottingham Trent University’s National VCSE Data and Insights Observatory is essential. By taking part, you will help inform government, media, and many others, of the pressures that charities, community groups and voluntary organisations are facing, across areas such as income, people, demand and impact. Complete the survey here.
A useful article from https://nonprofitgrowth.co.uk
Trust fundraising for core costs is one of the biggest challenges for trust and grants fundraisers out there.
Firstly, there are a lot of trusts out there that are offering core support, though this may have decreased due to Pandemic. During the first two years of their Covid-19 response, many Trusts decreased their restrictions on funding, with many offering no-strings funding and though some have continued to do this, in the past year project and specific sector funding has returned.
When you first start researching Trusts to fund your organisation it is natural to feel that most trusts are focused on issues not relevant to your cause and that fewer and fewer trusts are accepting unsolicited applications. Add that to the fact that you are looking for core costs and it can want to search for a needle in a haystack.
Sadly, there is no silver bullet or short-cut answer, Trust fundraising requires rigour and focus when searching for organisations to apply to. Read on
A useful article from Charity Excellence on the impact of the Cost of Living crisis on UK charities. You can find more on their website https://www.charityexcellence.co.uk/
There are no major changes to our previous forecast, as the crisis appears to be following our modelling predictions.
Good News.
- There has been some hopeful economic news, such as falling gas prices giving the Chancellor some head room
- Inflation expected to fall soon.
- Plus, the deterioration in fundraising that began in late 2021, has been slowing in recent months.
- We think we may see some signs of recovery earlier than our predicted mid-year 2023.
Not So Good News.
- The Bank of England forecast suggests that economic recovery will take longer and.
- We are seeing signs of deep financial distress amongst charities.
- If there are significant closures as we fear, those charities won’t be coming back, and.
- For others that are liquidating large amounts of reserves, restoring those will take years, with a commensurate impact on service delivery.
- Our forecast for full sector recovery has moved from 2024 to 2025.
Residents of Hammersmith and Kensington can enjoy Bikeworks ‘cycle taxi with a difference’. The perfect vehicle for tackling loneliness.
This completely free service operating across North London, allows up to three passengers to enjoy gentle exercise and fresh air while making journeys in their neighbourhood in a social group- it has been proven to be beneficial for physical and mental health.
Bikeworks surveyed users of its previous cycle taxi pilot to explore the impact to people who used the cycle taxi. The results showed that people felt less isolated, they noted improvements in their health and wellbeing, that they were able to expand their boundaries and reach and felt freedom through improved mobility.
‘It was that sense of independence that I can achieve something again. Before I’d always been told no, no, no, no, no. It was like YES you CAN do this, let’s GO! I struggle to use public transport. The cycle taxi gives me a good sense of independence…’
Sonia – Old Oak resident
‘It was very good, it also happened to be a nice day, we were really happy to get out and be outdoors, and we were able to pedal and get some exercise and at the same time sit comfortably on the seats. It forces me to go out and cycle which is good for my health and wellbeing. I physically felt like I had worked out.’
Ali – White City resident
Designed for people seeking social connection, people with a health condition, those with restricted mobility or those with visual/sensory impairments, the taxi can fit 3 passengers, is easy to get on and off and can carry luggage such as shopping and walking aids. Passengers can choose whether to pedal and with an electric battery and friendly pilot with you all the way, it is hard not to have a good time.
Book a journey using the Book a trip button from Bikeworks’ website https://www.bikeworks.org.uk/cycle-taxi-service/. Or give Bikeworks a call on 020 8980 7998 (option 5).
The service can be used for leisure (to explore the neighbourhood) or practical purposes (to the doctor or shops)- even both at the same time and can be booked for taster sessions or return journeys.
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.