Raquel Garrido-Soriano from Visionary shares her personal journey into the sight loss sector and reflects on how embedding accessibility as a core, evolving practice through small, practical steps can create genuinely inclusive documents, conversations and organisations. Take a look here.
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Meet the Funder session with The Giving Machine and The Giving Lottery.
You can find the event details and register here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-funder-the-giving-machine-the-giving-lottery-tickets-1834397896489
Each year, the Sheila McKechnie Foundation celebrates the best campaigns and campaigners. SMK celebrates big ideas, bold action, and the individuals and groups who make our communities fairer, stronger, and more hopeful. If someone has inspired you through their creativity, courage, or impact, this is your chance to champion their work.
Nominations are open until Friday 6 February, midnight.
Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to support the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other projects. Projects that will help enhance the self-confidence, teamwork skills and future employability of children and young people are of particular interest. In most cases, grants are made on a relatively small scale. Many grants will be under £2,000, most will be under £5,000, and in only a few cases will grants exceed £10,000. The funding provided by the BlueSpark Foundation can be for physical assets (such as iPads, sports equipment, or lighting for stage productions) for services or facilities (such as sports coaching or music or drama tuition) or simply for the provision of experiences (such as theatre visits). These examples are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive regarding the funding BlueSpark may provide to support projects. Applications can be submitted anytime and must be made online using BlueSpark Foundation’s standard application form. Funding for Projects that Support the Education and Development of Children and Young People (England)
The training session dates planned for the new year (Jan/Feb) are uploaded to HFCC – the dates are programmed, and Eventbrite links will be added in the new year. In the meantime, please see Training sessions for voluntary and community professionals | H&F Community Compass
Better Cycling is a community project that combines creativity with cycling safety to inspire young people in Hammersmith. The programme uses graffiti art as a way to promote safer, more independent cycling, while also encouraging environmental awareness by helping to reduce carbon emissions and prevent accidents.
Together we are offering 2 workshops:
– Freehand and Stencil Spray Painting
– Safer Cycling Training
For £100, participants will have access to both workshops. Places are limited and early booking is advised. We are also opened to explore ways of being able to offer the workshop for a year group of your school.
By taking part, pupils and families will also be contributing to the creation of the Better Cycling mural at OMA Bikes, funded via the Space Hive crowdfunding platform.
Venue: OMA Bikes, 325 Fulham Palace Road, London SW6 6TJ
We would be delighted to work with your school and available to arrange a meeting to explore collaboration possibilities further. We would be grateful as well if you could share this opportunity with your pupils or their families.
This Guardian article explores the challenges facing the voluntary sector as it attempts to cope with an ongoing funding crisis. Take a look here.
Workshops are live online via Zoom 10.00 to 12.30. Each workshop costs £95 per participant.
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We have ambitious plans in 2026 to reach even more children who would benefit from support.
You can help us identify children who would need the life changing experience of having a mentor. If you’re a school leader or work with children in education, we’d love to hear from you.
Please get in touch with our Schools Partnership Lead Priya to make a referral and explore how we can partner with your school this year.
More information here https://www.thekidsnetwork.org.uk/i-work-with-children
Become a volunteer mentor with The Kids Network
Just one hour a week – a walk, a board game, a chat over hot chocolate – can help a child feel seen, supported and full of possibility. You’ll never find a resolution quite so easy to keep: mentoring is deeply rewarding, and genuinely life-changing for the young person you’re matched with.
If you’re ready to start the year with purpose, connection and joy, we’ll give you all the training and support you need. Apply now and you’ll be able to join our training session in January!
Sign up to be a mentor and make 2026 the year you changed a child’s story for the better. https://www.thekidsnetwork.org.uk/i-want-to-mentor
Our first training of 2026 will be on 17th Jan!
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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.