Entries by Carita Magnani

Volunteer Community Aid Network Launched by H&F Council

H&F CAN is the volunteer community aid network launched by Hammersmith & Fulham Council to support vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Working with the voluntary and charity sector, and alongside the ward and street-level mutual aid groups, H&F CAN offers support to residents who don’t have friends or family close by to help them. […]

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Important Guidance on Volunteering

Volunteering will be crucial in the response to coronavirus and people have not been stopped from doing this. However, volunteering that requires going out of the house is now only permitted in certain circumstances.   Please check this latest government guidance on what you can and cannot do at the moment (section 7 in particular) – […]

Volunteers Needed to Support Local Business

Despite a raft of new measures announced by the government to support businesses through the Coronavirus outbreak, the national business helpline is stretched to its limit in responding to queries around the range of available options. West London Business are gearing up to launch a dedicated business support helpline to field queries from local businesses […]

New £3 Million Fund to Boost Health in Disadvantaged Areas (England)

The King’s Fund in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new £3 million Healthy Communities Together programme to empower voluntary and community sector organisations and the local health and care sector to work together to boost the health and wellbeing of their communities. The programme consists of two phases. In phase […]

Funding for Projects that Improve People’s Lives (UK)

Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years are available to charitable organisations that help people at times of crisis in their lives. In particular, funding is available when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. The funding is provided through the Henry Smith […]

New Procurement Notice for Public Bodies

In response to COVID19 and the restrictions on social activity, government has issued a procurement notice to clarify how contracting bodies should support contractors. For example, by putting in place ‘the most appropriate payment measures to support supplier cash flow’ and ensuring ‘invoices submitted by suppliers are paid immediately on receipt’.