Entries by Carita Magnani

Queen Honours 241 UK Organisations with Awards for Voluntary Service

Civil Society have reported that the recipients of the 2021 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service have been announced, with 241 organisations honoured across the UK. This year’s winners include Bradford Immigration and Asylum Support and Advice Network (BIASAN) and Asylum Link Merseyside, which both provide support for asylum seekers. Read the article here.

Equalities, Inclusiveness, Diversity and Organisations

Equalities, diversity and inclusiveness has gained prominence over the last year with the Black Lives Matter agenda.  There is also much talk of community focused, inclusive, bottom up, co-production, and person centred approaches in service design and delivery, whether in the statutory or voluntary sector. This issue also applies to how organisations are run and […]

Chief Executive Vacancy: Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank

Location: Based at St Matthew’s Church, Wandsworth Bridge Road, London, SW6 2TX, with visits to Foodbank centres Job type: Full Time, 37.5 hours a week with occasional evening and Saturday work Term:  Permanent Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience Benefits: 33 days annual leave, the afternoon off work on your birthday […]

Asda Foundation ‘Bringing Communities Back Together’ Scheme

The Asda Foundation has launched phase one of its ‘Bringing Communities Back Together’ scheme. Funding is available for a celebration event (such as a welcome back party), getting activities and services back on track or a combination of both. Charities, not-for-profit companies, CIC’s and unincorporated clubs and associations may apply for one grant of up […]

Hammersmith & Fulham Writers Festival Need Your Help!

Hammersmith and Fulham will be holding its first indie Writers Festival on 22nd August 2021! This is an exciting opportunity for creative writers in the borough. The festival “aim to inspire and encourage families, readers, creative thinkers and writers to attend this one-day event, which will be held between Bush Theatre and Shepherds Bush Library.” […]

Job Opportunities with Lewisham Local

Lewisham Local are recruiting for three roles below (plus two kickstart roles on the DWP portal if you know any young people on Universal Credit).   Volunteering Programme Manager Organisation: Lewisham Local Salary: £35,000 + 6% pension Hours: 35 hours per week Term: Fixed until Dec 2022 Closing Date: 9th June Time Bank Coordinator Organisation: […]

Vaccination Pop up & Bus Operational Management Plan

Overview of the plan: •Plan to increase capacity for vaccinating in low vaccination uptake areas by setting up walk–in Pop–up (fixed sites) vaccination hubs in community centres & deploying a vaccination bus •Initial 4 week programme •Creating additional vaccination capacity to bolster Novotel mass vaccination site pax •Targeted comms to residents in surrounding area, mainly […]

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Refugee Week at H&F: FREE Virtual Workshops

To mark Refugee Week, we are running a series of free virtual workshops from Monday 14th June to Friday 18th June. They will be hosted on Zoom by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and will cover a range of topics relating to refugees and asylum-seekers, including employment, wellbeing and rights. These events are open to all, […]