How to Develop Great Legacy Communications

 

 

For new legacy fundraisers, this course will help you develop great legacy communications for every channel you are likely to use – Websites, Facebook and other digital media, newsletters, brochures, posters, bookmarks, etc. and what to say at virtually any event without upsetting anyone and encouraging many.

 

 

What will I get out of it?

  • You will learn exactly what messages will work and how to promote them in every channel of communication you use.
  • You will learn the motivations for leaving legacies
  • You will understand how to research and develop a whole team of legacy “voices” to promote this way of giving.

 

Click here for the full post on the Website

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Ayub Hassan

We are shocked and saddened at the tragic fatal stabbing in West Kensington last week of Ayub Hassan, a 17 year old local resident.   Ayub’s friends, family and community are understandably reeling from this horrific incident.  The police are reaching out to local communities to ask what support is needed, and they are obviously the first point of contact if you have any information that might assist their enquiries, but Sobus would also be glad to provide whatever support we can to help you and the communities you work with, through this very difficult time.

Knife crime and gang culture is clearly a huge issue affecting communities up and down the country, with last week’s horrific news planting this issue very firmly on our doorstep.  While lots of organisations are working incredibly hard to tackle the problem, clearly more needs to be done on both a national, regional and local level and it is likely that in the coming weeks and months, we will come together to explore how we, as individuals, organisations and a community, can work together on this.

Our deepest sympathies are extended to this young man’s family, friends and community.  It is hard to imagine the devastation and grief that they must now endure.

Any witnesses or anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101 or contact via Twitter @MetCC quoting CAD 4136/07MAR.

To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.”

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NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG – Financial Recovery – Equality Workshop

 

 

NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG would like to invite people living in Hammersmith and Fulham, and their carers, to attend a drop in Equalities Day on our financial recovery plans on:

Date: Wednesday 27 March, 2:30pm – 6pm.

Venue:Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Rd, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT

The purpose of the drop in is to give local people the opportunity to share how they think the CCG’s proposed financial recovery plans will affect different groups, particularly in consideration of the following: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation, people who are homeless, rough sleepers, vulnerable migrants, sex workers, gypsies or travellers, carers, different socio-economic groups and other multiply excluded people.

It is really important that we hear your views to help ensure that we are delivering the safest and most equitable level of clinical care possible.

Although it is a drop in event, we would be grateful if you could please register here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nhs-hammersmith-and-fulham-ccg-equality-workshop-tickets-58290288823

Click here to see full info.

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Funds Online – the all-new funding website

Why subscribe to Funds Online?

  • Over 8,000 funders giving £8 billion, all on one website. Funds Online will have data from our current four funding websites – Trustfunding.org.uk, Governmentfunding.org.uk, Companygiving.org.uk and Grantsforindividuals.org.uk – all on one website. If you subscribe to more than one of our current websites, you’ll have access to all your subscriptions in one place!
  • New user dashboard that will help you keep track of applications.
  • Improved search function; a quicker and more intuitive experience, helping you to connect with your funding like never before.
  • Find your funding on the go; access your funding on a range of mobile devices.

Same great team behind the data – we have a team of researchers updating the data to help you save time in your search.

Go to Funds Online now to find out more.

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H&F Civic Honours 2019 – don’t forget to nominate your local hero!

There are just three weeks until nominations close for the H&F Civic Honours 2019.

 

Nominations have been coming in from across the borough, so make sure your local hero doesn’t miss out on the chance to be recognised for the great things they do.

We are looking for nominations in 10 different categories:

  • Most dedicated volunteer
  • Acts of courage
  • Bringing people together
  • Acts of compassion
  • Contributions to art, culture and heritage
  • Sporting achievements
  • Community organiser
  • Improving our environment
  • Contributions to health and wellbeing
  • Lifetime achievement.

 

You can nominate anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in H&F, or a local community organisation.

Your nominations will go forward to a judging panel and the finalists in each category will be invited to a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Town Hall in King Street on Wednesday 12 June.

To send us your nominations, visit: www.lbhf.gov.uk/community/hf-civic-honours and remember that the final date for nominations is Sunday 31 March.

If you have any queries about making a nomination, please email civichonours@lbhf.gov.uk

 

Click here to see full post on Sobus website.

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National Park City Festival: Community Activity Grants Are Open!

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Applications are now open for National Park City Festival community activity grants.

The Mayor of London is working with the National Park City Foundation, other partners, and Londoners to make London the world’s first National Park City this year. We’ll be marking this moment with the National Park City Festival in July. Now we’d like you to help make it happen.

The festival runs from 20-28 July and will celebrate London’s great outdoor spaces. There’ll be fun activities from culture and health and fitness to wildlife, the environment and more. We will also encourage Londoners to discover new spaces and find fresh ways to get in touch with nature. We want to give all Londoners, community groups and businesses the opportunity to take part. With your help, we can make our city greener, healthier and wilder.

The Mayor is offering community activity grants of £200-2000 to support organisations that want to hold festival activities in their local area. We particularly want to reach out to broader networks and attract audiences who traditionally under-use outdoor space.

Applications are open now with the deadline of 5pm on Friday 15 March. All activities must take place during the National Park City Festival in July.

We would love to hear your fantastic ideas for festival activities from sing-a-long trails and wildlife-hotel building workshops, to park parkour and canal paddle boarding. For more information or to apply, visit http://www.london.gov.uk/national-park-city-festival-grants. Please also feel free to share with any relevant organisations who may be interested in taking part.

If you don’t need grant funding for your activity, you can still add it to the event listings and programme. We’ll be posting more details soon.

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Elane Heffernan, New Development Worker at HAFCAC introduces herself and her work

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I am writing to introduce myself as the development worker at Hammersmith & Fulham Coalition against Cuts.  HAFCAC is a social model group—we are made up of Deaf and disabled people. Non-disabled people can get involved as supporters.   We believe that what disables us is not our impairments or health condition, but the way that society does not make adjustments to include us.

My role here is to build on the success HAFCAC has had in fighting to defend services and extend participation of disabled people in local decision making I have lived experience of disability. HAFCAC was at the forefront of the fight to end charging for home care services has been most recently been working to chair the Disabled People’s Commission. This resulted in new ways of the local authority working with disabled people to plan, organise and deliver services—this is called CoProduction.

Because of the lack of services and support for our impairments and the way that everything from electoral registration, to local meetings and consultation by the council and public bodies have traditionally worked disabled people have been excluded from politics and from local decision making.  CoProduction is a big step forward. It is based on the social model of disability—that nothing about us can be decided without us

My work will be to get more disabled people involved in fighting for our rights and speaking up about what we need.

This will involve

  • Running a campaign about voting and lobbying the council to make sure that we get the adjustments to current voting information and practice that we need.
  • Getting disabled people to join HAFCAC and get involved in running the organisation or in campaigning. It can seem hard to get involved but we will be training disabled people who live or work in Hammersmith and Fulham in how to do this. It will be empowering to work with other Deaf and disabled people and there is fun to be had.
  • Training disabled people in how democracy works and how local services work so that they can be confident in checking on if the local council is delivering CoProduction and services in the way they promised
  • Organising with other Disabled Peoples Organisations to meet up and make our voices stronger.

Please get involved. It is free for Disabled People to join as a full member.
Ring me on 020 8960 8888 ext. 21
Email me: Development@hafcac.org.uk

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New Editions of Carers Network’s Newsletters

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The new editions of Carers Network’s February – April 2019 newsletters are out now.

  • Download the Westminster edition here
  • Download the Hammersmith and Fulham edition here
  • Download the Kensington & Chelsea email here

We hope you find the newsletter an interesting and enjoyable read.

Mark Bradford
Communications Officer
020-8960-3033
www.carers-network.org.uk

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Help shape the future of North End Road – give your views in H&F Council’s online survey

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Hammersmith & Fulham Council is investing in a community-led redesign of North End Road in Fulham – and would love to know what you think.

Since 2014, the council has been working hard with businesses, traders and residents to improve North End Road as a thriving retail and food destination.

And now it is ready to move to the next stage.

“We want to do things with residents and businesses, not to them,” said Cllr Andrew Jones, H&F Cabinet Member for the Economy and the Arts. “This is why we’re asking local people and businesses to share their ideas and suggestions on how we can improve North End Road to live and work in and visit – all part of our plan to make H&F the best place to live, work and play in Europe.”

Complete the online survey here: Tell us what you think

Survey closes on Friday 22 February

Give your views directly
H&F Council has already been talking to shopkeepers, market traders, community representatives and local community groups.

Based on what they said, the council is putting together an initial wish list of possible future improvements. Some of these will be small and quick, others will be long-term projects which need more investment.

All residents are invited to view and give their opinions on the wish list on 8 February (from 2pm to 6pm) and 9 February (from 10am to 2pm) at St John’s Church, North End Road, Fulham (Click Here for a map)

Based on the responses to this and the online questionnaire, the council will come up with a plan for the way forward, which will involve further consultation.

Find out more
You can follow the progress of this project at www.northendroad.com or contact us at northendroad@lbhf.gov.uk.

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Applications are open for support from Pilotlight

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Pilotlight have just opened for applications from ambitious charities and social enterprises based in London, the South East and the Home Counties to start working with them from March onwards.

Pilotlight is an award-winning charity that connects the charity and business worlds to create positive social change. Our programmes enable organisations and their leaders to develop the strategic business skills needed to become more effective and sustainable. The programmes are free of charge.

Deadline for applications is 28th February.

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Contact
Georges Lebreton
email: glebreton@pilotlight.org.uk 
tel: 020 7283 7022

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