Entries by Carita Magnani

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Eye Heroes Campaign

Eye Heroes is a child-led campaign to fight avoidable blindness. Children are trained through volunteer-led interactive workshops in schools to become eye health champions, and inform adults in their communities about eye health and the benefits of regular eye tests. The workshops are run for free by local volunteers, marrying the science of eye health with the […]

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Free Guide to Digital Marketing for Charities

A marketing agency has published a free guide to digital marketing for charities. The 12-step guide to digital marketing for charities, compiled by Flagship Consulting, addresses the recommendations made by the Charity Commission last year that aimed to help charities keep pace with digital change. In addition, the guide provides advice on brand development and […]

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Stay Well This Winter Guide

‘A guide to all the health services available in Hammersmith & Fulham can be picked up free of charge at local libraries, GPs, pharmacies, community centres and voluntary organisations across the borough. Stay well: Your guide to local health services in Hammersmith & Fulham  is packed full of tips on how to stay well, take […]

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Homeline Volunteer Coordinator (Maternity Cover) Opportunity

Enthusiastic, efficient and self-motivated Volunteer Coordinator needed to join our Homeline team to cover maternity leave.  Homeline provides befriending, casework and social events through trained local volunteers to older people living alone and aims to address the detrimental effect of isolation on older people’s physical and mental well-being.  Applicants should  have a minimum of one year’s recent experience of […]

Case Study: Next Step Community Hammersmith & Fulham

Development of a new group using community organising at local level Four women, Assia, Fahiya, Foos and Amina – all of East African background came together in late 2015 with concerns and issues that they identified that exist within the community of which they lived. They had experience of building support for local women and […]

Help Make Health & Care Services Better

Do you have an idea that could help improve health and care for you, a loved one or your community? The more people share their ideas, experiences and concerns about NHS and social care, the more services can understand when improvements are needed. Your local Healthwatch exists to help make care better by making sure […]

Disability Rights UK Care Act Guide

This guide has been written for and from the perspective of disabled people. It is intended to be used by disabled people and people with long-term health conditions who have support needs. The guide does not cover everything that is in the Act but concentrates on those parts of the legislation that are most relevant […]

Automatic Disqualification

There are concerns that automatic disqualification rules being extended to cover even more criminal convictions in 2017 could have implications for charities, particularly user-led organisations.