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Older People in H&F To Benefit from Community Grant

A Hammersmith and Fulham care provider has launched its first Community Grant scheme and is making available £250 to a community group or initiative that works with older people within LBHF. The group that can best demonstrate a need for additional support will be allocated the funds. Bluebird Care is a local provider of care in the home and Nathan Hartley is coordinating the scheme on their behalf. He says: The Community Grant will also come with support and advice. We want to work with a local project that gives older people an opportunity to try something new and that will add benefit to their lives.  Examples of the type of projects we are looking for could include gardening, leisure, recreational or musical activities.”

For more details, and to receive an application form, email hartleypr@hotmail.co.uk

 

 

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Funders Fair 2017 – 2 Weeks To Go

A chance to meet with funders, pick up tips to improve your fundraising and learn about new ways to generate income.

This year’s Funder’s Fair will be held on Tuesday 4th July 2017 at Porchester Hall, Porchester Road, W2 5HS from  09:00 to 14:00.

For more information see the event poster here

To book click here

 

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Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group (H&F CCG) – Voluntary & Community Sector Grants Programme 2017/18

Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group (H&F CCG) has commissioned Sobus to manage a Health and Wellbeing grants programme for voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver projects in Hammersmith and Fulham.
The funding will be for 12 months and the success of this programme will be evaluated during the course of 2017/18 in order to determine whether it should continue in 2018/19.

Please find Application Guidance and Application form below-

Application Guidance
Application Form

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New Funding: Westminster Adult Education Services – Community Learning

Westminster Adult Education Services are looking to fund 16 small projects (£5,000) to the value of £80,000 to support learning within the local communities of Westminster and neighboring boroughs, so if you have an engaging innovative project that supports at grass roots level, please do get in touch. All the necessary information you will find below or visit our website https://www.waes.ac.uk/communitylearning or contact Sindi Hearn on 0207 641 7099 to discuss further.

To express your interest, please email communitytenders@waes.ac.uk by Wednesday 5 April 2017. They will email you the project proposal document, also please find the specifications for the community learning services here. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm on 19 April 2017.

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Opportunity for Local Groups to Reach Over 80,000 People

There has been a reorganisation in the council’s community investment team (CIT). For further information on these changes, please click here.

If you have any news we’re keen to tell residents about it
The communications team sends an e-newsletter every week to over 80,000 subscribers and has been including news stories on local groups. We’re currently working on marrying up these stories with our website profile on each funded group. So whether it’s a new service, a new funding allocation or an event, please do get in touch. There’s a template to help you get the information together –  click here. The contact to send it to is michael.russell@lbhf.gov.uk.

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Fundraising Day is Back as Part of  Small Charity Week 2017

We are excited to announce a range of initiatives to support your small charity to raise funds in Small Charity Week 2017. Fundraising Day is the perfect opportunity for small charities to engage with current and new supporters to get fundraising. Fundraising Day 2017 will take place on 22nd June, but lots of the activities and events have deadlines so get involved before then and get planning now.

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Coach Trip Scheme 2017/18

The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham will be running its popular Coach Trip Scheme again this year. This scheme enables local older people’s groups to have a day out by helping with the cost of hiring transport.  A contribution of up to £300 will be awarded to successful applicants. To be eligible to apply:

  • Applicants must be based in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and support people living in the borough
  • Can show they support residents from all communities
  • Should have a local management committee (of at least 3 members)
  • Have their own bank account
  • Have an income of less than £10,000

For further details and application pack click here. However, if you would like an application pack posted to you or have any other questions, please contact sacha.mortimer@lbhf.gov.uk or telephone 020 8753 5009.

 

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Event – Being a Charity Trustee: Roles & Responsibilities

In partnership with the H&F Volunteer Centre we will be delivering this training event at Dawes Road Hub on 11th May at 11:00, 11am-1pm. The event is aimed at those wishing to become trustees or those who are already trustees and would like to develop their understanding of the role. The event will cover:

  • Management or Executive – where do you draw the line
  • Responsibilities and your accountability
  • Relationship of the team and being effective
  • Delegation
  • What can be achieved

You can book this event online or contact nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk to book a place on the day.

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Event: Developing a Fundraising Plan & Identifying Online Opportunities

We will be running this fantastic training event on 18th April, 11am-1pm here at Sobus. The event will be delivered by Localgiving who have particular expertise in developing online fundraising methods. This event will run through the key steps of creating and delivering a fundraising plan, with particular emphasis on fundraising online. This session is most appropriate for organisations that have some experience in fundraising from individuals and who want to make their proactive fundraising activities more structured in the future. However it is open to all and we look forward to seeing you.

You can apply online or you can contact Nigel Jacques at nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

 

 

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H&F CCG 2017 Grants Programme

Sobus has great pleasure in announcing that the H&F Clinical Commissioning Group (H&F CCG) Health and Wellbeing Grants Programme will run again in 2017. H&F CCG have been very impressed with the projects funded in 2016 and as part of their commitment to continue to work with the VCS they are putting £100,000 into the grants programme for 2017. For information on the organisations currently funding please visit our website

Sobus is organising an event on Thursday 6th April from 3pm – 5pm and this is an opportunity to talk to the organisations currently being funded, find out about the project they have run and learn about how to apply for the 2017 programme. Full information about the event is available here and to book your place please click here. Further information will also be in our April funding bulletin.

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