The Fundraising Regulator has launched a digital fundraising badge, which allows charities and other organisations to link directly to their entry on the regulator’s directory. Read more here.
Join us for our annual celebration of the National Co-production Week, hosted by Co-production Matters H&F. This event brings together Disabled residents, council officers, councillors, and community organisations who are working collaboratively to transform local services.
This year’s theme is “Co-production and Independent Living”
In our event, we will explore how we can build the council’s vision for independent living into current and future co-production work, all underpinned by the Social Model of Disability which focuses on removing the barriers for Disabled residents, working towards greater choice, control, and inclusion.
Date: Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Time: 4:00-7:00 PM
Place: Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith W6 9DT
The registration link is already available, so feel free to sign up early.
Light refreshments will be provided. There will be British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters and a palantypist at the event. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please let us know about your access needs: send us an email to coproduction@lbhf.gov.uk or send a text to 07823 535 858.
Together, we’re making Hammersmith & Fulham the most accessible and inclusive borough in the country!
The event is a Silver Social but the offer of a health conversation is for anyone aged over 18, so any supporting family members/friends not there for the social could also get a free health conversation. Further information
Any communications should include this link Silver Social Series | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, and the event is ticketed via the link.
LBH&F Finance & Corporate Services are recruiting for a Grant Monitoring Role within their team.
The role covers both support for the administration of the new Community Compass platform, together with leading grant monitoring and reporting requirements.
Salary range: £43,542 – £46,437 per annum
Work location: 145 King Street, London W6 9XY
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 25 April 2025
For more information please follow this link: Grant Monitoring Officer.
Funding is available to support schools and youth organisations in London and Essex with the costs of visiting museums, theatres, science shows and more. The Jack Petchey Foundation’s Educational Visit Grants provide funding of up to £1,200 (£20 per head) for up to two trips per calendar year to schools and clubs that successfully run the Achievement Award Scheme. SEND schools/organisations, pupil referral units, and alternative education provisions can apply for up to £60 per person for day trips and £100 per person for residential trips. The fund aims to help young people develop a wide range of valuable personal and social skills and provide the chance to learn outside of the classroom. Trips must be of educational value, and funding can be used to pay transport or entrance fees. Applications can be made at any time. Grants to Support Educational Visits (London & Essex)
Working pattern: Remote
Contract type: 3 years FTC
Location: Homebased
- Salary: £140 per day
Interview date: Wednesday 14 May 2025 – Online via MS Teams
Thanks to full funding from The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, the programme is completely free to attend. It’s designed for women who have already started a business and are looking to improve their results with practical, accessible support.
Here are the course details again:
Session 1
Thursday 24th April 10am to 1pm – Live Online via Zoom® (presented live)
Session 2
Thursday 1st May 2025 10am to 4pm – In-person at Baseline Studios
Registration link:
We run online management training courses. 10.00 to 12.30. Ninety five pounds. Our website contains descriptions, reviews and booking links – https://nfpworkshops.co.uk/.
13 May Managing Staff
14 May Leadership Skills
20 May Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
10 Jun Project Management
11 Jun Coaching Skills
24 Jun Charity Finance
08 Jul Managing Staff
09 Jul Leadership Skills
22 Jul Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
05 Aug Project Management
06 Aug Charity Trustee Duties
This symposium aims to offer stakeholders – including policymakers, local authorities, charities, and social housing providers – an opportunity to examine the current state of homelessness and rough sleeping in the UK, assess the new Labour government’s plans to eliminate homelessness and the ability of local authorities to support vulnerable households, and discuss avenues for reversing the UK’s escalating homelessness and rough sleeping crisis.
Programme
- Learn about and assess current trends in and drivers of homelessness and rough sleeping in the UK, the different approaches taken to tackle thee across the UK and the new Labour government’s plans in this area
- Assess the role that the Renters’ Rights Bill could play in tackling homelessness and rough sleeping and how the bill could be improved
- Exchange views on what a new national strategy for ending homelessness should look like
- Understand how local authorities, charities and other stakeholders can work together to support rough sleepers into accommodation
- Consider the roles that increased devolution can play in assisting local authorities, combined authorities, and regional mayors in tackling housebuilding and rough sleeping
- Evaluate the varying roles that rent caps, increased housebuilding, empty homes, Council housing, social housing and housing benefit could play in addressing homelessness and rough sleeping
- Assess the state of local homelessness prevention services and the additional support they need to ensure sufficient provision for vulnerable households
- Exchange best practice on how local authorities, housing associations and landlords can better support vulnerable households
To register for the briefing, please click here.
This symposium will provide an opportunity for EU-wide stakeholders, policymakers, and other professionals working in this sector to discuss the latest trends in and drivers of homelessness across Europe, examine the merits of current policies aimed at tackling Europe’s escalating homelessness crisis, and develop comprehensive strategies designed to end homelessness for good. #
Programme
- Learn about and assess current trends and drivers of homelessness across Europe
- Examine the successes and failures of EU policies, programs and initiatives designed to tackle homelessness
- Exchange views on what the internationally agreed definition of homelessness and associated statistical definitions and data collection methods should be and how these should be established
- Develop strategies that go beyond managing homelessness, but on ending it
- Examine the role that taking a housing-led, Housing First approach can play in tackling homelessness
- Understand the impact of taking a punitive and criminalising response to homelessness
- Discuss how to ensure that the needs of homeless people are met in policymaking and service delivery, including with regard to access to health and other social services
- Assess how EU policymakers, in concert with EU structural and investment funds, can help shape and support national and regional homelessness strategies in such a way as to embed the right to housing across the continent
To register for the briefing, please click here.
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.