GDPR has of course been on everyone’s mind for some time, with new legislation in force since 25th May. If you’re still in a GDPR muddle – don’t panic! GDPR requirements seem rather daunting, but in reality, particularly for small organisations, it shouldn’t be as overwhelming as it appears. Remember – you didn’t have to have everything in place by 25th May, but you should have a plan on how you will work towards being GDPR compliant. The following link will take you to the Information Commissioners office (ICO), which has lots of helpful information. https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/charity/charities-faqs/ To read on, click here.
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This year’s Funders Fair will take place on Tuesday 3rd July at Kensington Town Hall in the Great Hall, Small Hall and Committee rooms 2, 3 and 4. This is an opportunity to meet with funders, pick up tips to improve your fundraising and learn about new ways to generate income. Sobus, One Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea Social Council look forward to seeing you there! Details of the timetable, workshops etc will follow. Click Here for more info and to register on Eventbrite
Sobus are running a program of three sessions to develop a shared approach to how the voluntary and community sector in H&F can be better integrated into Accountable Care Partnership. These sessions are essential for any CEO or senior manager to attend if you work with services users with health and wellbeing support needs and want to ensure your service is integrated into local care pathways and commissioned. Places are limited and to book your place click here Coffee and tea will be available from 9.30am, the session will run from 10am to 3pm and lunch will be provided. Session 1 outline – 19th February What accountable care partnerships are What does it mean for the VCS in H&F in terms of risk and opportunities How to develop a model for the VCS in H&F Next steps Session 2 outline – 12th March Vision and values Learning from other models that have worked and those that have not Benefits and risks for organisations, service users and commissioners Next steps Session 3 outline – 19th March Developing a model for H&F Next steps Places are limited and to book your place click here The above sessions are complimented by a series of one day training sessions for frontline workers across voluntary and community sector providers, healthcare providers, social care providers and local authorities in Hammersmith and Fulham throughout March.We would also recommend attendance of these sessions which will provide an opportunity to meet health care and other social care professionals. These workshops are: Learn more about integrated working and what this means for yourselves, your teams and our patients Explore what integrated working looks like at Hammersmith and Fulham and how we can achieve this Build relationships across organisational boundaries and decide how you will work together Please forward to your colleagues. To sign up, please register your details online here and answer a short pre-course questionnaire. If you have any queries on any of the above please contact Shad Haibatan at shad.haibatan@b29ab5c8692d7e7444b83a9dfaae2a38-18455.sites.k-hosting.co.uk or tel: 020 7952 1230
In the past two weeks Mark Hardman from Computer Bright Ltd ran a training session on the new regulations coming out in May this year. The session was well attended and invoked a lot of discussion and questions about what needs to be done. Certainly there will be is a step change from the existing Data Protection Act and impacts on all organisations whatever size and or structure. It also empowers the Government i.e. the Information Commissioner’s Office to be able to carry out audits of organisations at any time. So what did it cover? In short this is what was said:- The new regulation will come in to force on 25th May 2018 There will be increased powers of audit by the Information Commissioners Office (and they are recruiting more staff!) The regulation seeks to further protect peoples information. That covers information that is directly a record of personal detail (e.g. name and telephone number) and information that is kept indirectly (e.g. within an email or on a list) It requires organisations to state the purposes for holding information and the purposes need to be specific and explicit Consent from the individual needs to be obtained for each purpose. Individuals will have the:- Right to access their information Right to be forgotten Right to information about the use of data Right to have information corrected or rectified. Feedback from the first session has been excellent and Mark or his Company may be able to deliver some further sessions. So if you are interested then please let us know at Sobus: nigel.jacques@b29ab5c8692d7e7444b83a9dfaae2a38-18455.sites.k-hosting.co.uk ”
“Localgiving are continuing to deliver their fantastic sessions about Online Fundraising. The next one will be on 16th February here at Sobus, The Dawes Road Hub. The session being delivered is new so if you have been previously you might like to come along to this one too. It will run from 11:00am through to 1:30pm, so if you are interested then please book online through the Sobus website. Or simply give me, Nigel Jacques a call on 0207 952 1230 or email me on nigel.jacques@b29ab5c8692d7e7444b83a9dfaae2a38-18455.sites.k-hosting.co.uk The session is entitled: ‘Engaging with Online Influencers and Fundraisers’ and will cover: Reaching New Audiences and Engaging Influencers Online Engaging Online Fundraisers The session will provide you with the following learning outcomes: Understand the key concepts around social media. How to identify key channels to engage new supporters and influencers online. Communicate effectively with your supporters through social media. Recruit, develop and support online fundraisers for your organisation. How you can join Localgiving and take part in our Local Hero competition We hope you attend. If you are unable to make that date and are interested then let Nigel Jacques at Sobus know.”
DanceWest is seeking an enthusiastic and committed coordinator to support the delivery of our programmes for West London communities. Supported by the WestWay Trust this entry-level post is open to people aged 21-30 years living or working in Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster or Brent. For full details click here Deadline: 12th January 2017