The National Grid Electricity Distribution has launched a £500,000 fund to support charities and community groups in helping vulnerable households reduce energy costs and stay warm this winter.
Registered charities or non-profit companies limited by guarantee can apply for up to £5,000, while constituted charitable organisations without a charity number can apply for up to £2,000.
Applications are open until 5pm on Friday 1 November 2024.
Full information and a link to apply for the fund can be found here.
A new white paper by a group of UK safety industry bodies calls for a national workplace mental health strategy to tackle rising levels of poor mental health.
Prioritising mental health in the workplace, which is joint-published by the The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Stakeholder Alliance, calls on the UK government and policy-makers to take action.
Join our shared objective to to develop a roadmap to significantly reduce youth unemployment and boost productivity and growth across West London by securing your free place at the upcoming West London Youth Careers Summit.
Thursday 14 November 2024 | 9am – 5pm | Ibis Earls Court, SW6 1UD
“Inaccessibility in the online world can limit people just as much as the physical world, and poorly designed websites are no exception, meaning that people with disabilities have less access to information than others…” Read more here.
H&F Law Centre is pleased to invite you to attend our forthcoming eight training sessions this month.
Please find below more information & details.
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No |
Title |
Date |
Time |
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1 |
Allocation of Social Housing through the Housing Register: Applications, Banding, and Bidding
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Tuesday, 15th October 2024 |
3 – 4pm |
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2 |
Issues arising on dismissal |
Wednesday, 16th October 2024
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11am – 12pm |
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3 |
Discrimination in the workplace
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Friday, 18th October 2024 |
11am – 12pm |
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4 |
MV DAC and DV applications
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Friday, 18th October 2024 |
3 – 4pm |
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5 |
PIP Form Filling
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Monday, 21st October 2024 |
11am – 12pm |
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6 |
Eligibility for Legal Aid for Immigration
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Tuesday, 22nd October 2024 |
11am – 12pm |
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7 |
Universal Credit: Overpayments
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Wednesday, 23rd October 2024 |
11am – 12pm |
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8 |
Possession Proceedings: an overview
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Thursday, 24th October 2024 |
11am – 12pm |
Please let us know as soon as possible, which training sessions you would like to attend, so we could send you a Microsoft Teams joining link.
N.B. The training will take place online and unfortunately, the sessions won’t be recorded.
We look forward to seeing you all at our training sessions.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act has given Companies House more powers to improve the accuracy of the data we hold and crack down on misuse of the register.
Companies that do not comply with their legal duties (for example, not filing their confirmation statement on time) could now face financial penalties.
We’ll continue to support businesses to comply with their legal duties and will take a consistent and proportionate approach to these new powers.
Building on the success of the 2023 summit, the 2024 West London Youth Careers Summit will once again gather key stakeholders from across West London to promote deeper collaboration between employers, skills providers, and the voluntary sector to enhance youth employment opportunities in West London.
The event will bring together over 250 attendees, including career leaders, senior leadership teams from schools and colleges, employers of all sizes, youth employment service providers, and local council representatives.
Whether you’re an employer, representing a school/college, local council, or youth service provider, your participation is key to creating a cross-sector roadmap that will boost youth employment, economic growth, and productivity in West London.
Thursday 14 November 2024 | 9am – 5pm | Ibis Earls Court, SW6 1UD
“There are no plans to charge users of the Charity Governance Code, the steering group responsible for it has said. The group consulted on potential changes to the code earlier this year and received nearly 500 responses to its questions including whether charities would be “willing to pay a small fee”, based on their size, to use it…” Read more here.
Book your places at the National Supporting Autistic People and People with a Learning Disability Conference
The National Supporting Autistic People and People with a Learning Disability Conference 2024 will seek to foster a deeper understanding of the challenges that autistic people and people living with a learning disability experience, advocate for inclusivity and support and demolish the barriers preventing individuals the opportunity to thrive and succeed.
Delegates will have the opportunity to exchange insights, experiences, and best practices through a series of discussion and debate sessions during the plenary sessions with further interaction facilitated through casual networking breaks..
We have a series of online workshops available in November 2024 and February 2025 for VCSE, local authority and health sector workers. Please find click on the links below for further information.
How to Design Peer Support Workshop
Group Dynamics and Facilitation Workshop
Boundaries in the VCSE Workplace Workshop
Recognising and Responding to Challenging Behaviour Workshop
Visit our Eventbrite page to view all available dates.
If you are interested in organising a session exclusively for your organisation or on behalf of another organisation, please see details of our Training for Professionals on our website, which gives all the details of the workshops we can provide either in-person or online. If you would like to talk to us about this, please email us at info@peerpartnership.org or call us on 0117 955 5038.
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.