Not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of up to £2,000 for projects working to reduce disadvantage experienced by the most deprived people in the community such as the disabled, those living in poverty, voluntary carers and isolated older people. Larger organisations with a turnover in excess of £300,000 are unlikely to be successful with those located near to a Greggs shop most likely to receive awards. The funding is being made available through the Greggs Foundation Local Community Projects Fund. The closing date for applications is the 8th June 2020. Click here
We face an unprecedented challenge to our health, economy, businesses, personal finance and way of life. And many of those who normally help society – our charities – are going to face similar pressures right now too. To try and help I’m going to release £1,000,000 from my personal charity fund to provide grants of £5,000 to £20,000 to small registered charities, or local arms of bigger charities, across the UK – to help with specific UK coronavirus-related poverty relief projects. APPLICATIONS CLOSE AT 11.59pm ON WED 25 MAR 2020. Click here
Individuals, charities, community groups, statutory organisations and educational institutions can apply for grants of between £1,500 and £3,000 from the Lankelly Chase Foundations’s Connected Grants Programme to promote and support new conversations about severe and multiple disadvantage in their local area. The funding is available to cover costs incurred in organising and running an activity or event such as venue hire, catering, materials and staff. The events will be aimed at exploring and expanding on Lankelly Chase’s ‘Connected’ series of reports on the people who are affected by severe and multiple disadvantage and who are in contact with homelessness, substance misuse and criminal justice services. The closing date for applications is 9th April 2020. Click here
The H&F GP Federation is hosting the employment of ten social prescribing Link Workers, five funded via the national GP contract and five funded by Macmillan Cancer Support. All of them are generic roles but will include working with patients living with cancer. Alongside the Link Workers (two per network) there is funding from Macmillan available for a community activator role. Further details and expression of interest document If you wish to be considered as an employing organisation for this post/s, please complete the expression of interest and return to the HFGP Federation no later than 5pm on Wednesday 25 March.
The Council’s next Health and Wellbeing Board meeting is due to take place on 18th March 2020, at 6pm. A number of items on the agenda may be of particular interest to local third sector organisations, including: CORONOVIRUS (COVID 19) UPDATE The Council’s preparations and contingency planning in response to Covid 19. COMMUNITY H&F CCG AND ICHT PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES UPDATE A report to update on both the current community physiotherapy provision in Hammersmith and Fulham and future opportunities for physiotherapy within Primary Care Networks (PCNs). BUSINESS INFORMATION UPDATE A report to outline the work of the Councils Business Intelligence Unit in utilising data and key metrics to evidence and inform the development and provision of targeted and resident focused services. CCG COMMISSIONING INTENTIONS 2020-2021 An report providing details on the North West London Commissioning Intentions and the local Hammersmith and Fulham Commissioning Intentions. The report also includes a snapshot of the H&F ICP programme. NWL AMALGAMATION UPDATE The CCG will provide an update regarding plans for the amalgamation of North West London CCGs. The agenda and reports are available on the Council’s website: www.lbhf.gov.uk/committees The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to attend, please contact Bathsheba.mall@lbhf.gov.uk in advance, as access to the venue (Meeting Room 2 (2nd Floor), 3 Shortlands, Hammersmith, W6 8DA) is security controlled and it will be difficult to gain entry if you haven’t informed the Council in advance that you will be attending.
New for 2020, there will be: Bonus Learning Sessions in small groups Catch the trainers from previous seminars and workshops during bonus learning sessions and ask the questions you want answered in small groups. More varied breakout sessions Attend one-hour seminars to get compact updates and overviews on a range of topics and two-hour interactive workshops to dig deeper. Super early bird residential tickets from £499 are available Super early bird residential rates are available until 31 March 2020 and include: Both days of the conference 4* en suite accommodation for one night (day one) Three course dinner with wine and entertainment (day one) We’re still fine-tuning the event and creating the sessions, but for now you can book, without making session choices, and we’ll contact you when it’s time to select your sessions. In the meantime, you can view this year’s content streams online Remember there are only 22 days left before super early bird expires… Book now
The London Growth Hub has launched a new initiative that provides FREE face-to-face Business Support to London based businesses with the West London advisor based at WLB member Huddle in Hammersmith. The aim of the programme is to help businesses ’unlock growth, investment and make productivity improvements’. Read more
Every Thursday 2pm to 4pm – Central Library 3pm to 7pm – North Kensington Library Need some support to stop smoking? RBKC One You has two weekly clinics in our libraries that can help. Both sessions are free and there’s no need to book, just turn up. No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day in the United Kingdom which is intended to help smokers who want to quit. The first No Smoking Day was in 1984.
At Dawes Road Hub, one of the services Sobus provide is affordable meeting rooms. We also offer a further discounted rate for third sector organisations based in, or providing services within H&F and on multiple block bookings. To view the space: Use the link and then simply click inside the dotted circles on the plan to see images of that area of the hub: http://dawesroadhub.org.uk/explore-the-hub/ To make an enquiry: Call 020 7952 1230, or email reception.drh@b29ab5c8692d7e7444b83a9dfaae2a38-18455.sites.k-hosting.co.uk Special requests: email caritamagnani@b29ab5c8692d7e7444b83a9dfaae2a38-18455.sites.k-hosting.co.uk