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Free information and signposting service for people seeking alcohol rehab and addiction treatment both in the UK and abroad.
Rehab 4 Alcoholism is a helpline for people experiencing addiction. This helpline aims to stop addiction before it becomes too late. www.rehab4alcoholism.com 0800 111 4108
As of the 25th May, all organisations, including charities, must comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law. The ICO have released a new FAQ page specifically to provide small charities with the information you need to comply.
You can have a read of the FAQs here.
Elizabeth Denham, the current Information Commissioner, has also written a blog announcing the Data Protection Act 2018, which sits alongside GDPR. Have a read here to make sure you’re in the know about data protection.
The annual Team London Awards celebrate the individuals, groups, charitable projects and corporate volunteers who are making outstanding contributions and helping to make London the best it can be.
Each day, tens of thousands of volunteers help charities to deliver their services. The Awards is one of the ways the Mayor recognises some of those volunteers who go above and beyond to create better local communities.
This year’s categories focus on the Mayor’s priority areas of social integration, social mobility and community engagement. The deadline for nominations is 25 July 2018, with the ceremony taking place on 15 October in the Chamber at City Hall. Find out more here and nominate!
In my wrap-up of funding news for the last month:
I hope you find it a useful read.
Best wishes,
Paul Winyard
Senior Policy Officer
@PaulWinyard
Last year, Hammersmith & Fulham council ran an emergency response ‘hackathon’ with local community organisations, where we came together to see how we could help each other in an emergency. On the day, it was decided we needed a space online to work together in the event of an emergency, and also that we should set up a training day to show more about what we do. With this in mind we have set up a Community Resilience Event on Saturday 7th July from 10am to 2pm (including lunch) at Hammersmith Town Hall and we would love you to join us.
The Community Resilience Event will include showing how we provide for displaced residents in a fully operational rest centre, how our extensive CCTV network assists in managing incidents, and seeing some of the command and control vehicles from the frontline services we work alongside. There will be a presentation to attendees for them to learn more about what we do, as well as professionals in attendance to answer questions. There will also be an opportunity to sign up for specific further training such to train your staff/volunteers as rest centre officers. To book your place on this event (2 places per organisation are available), please email camilla.mcbrearty@lbhf.gov.uk or call 07748 932 584 for more details. Once we have your interest, I will send the official invitation with more info.
In addition, we’ve built and launched a ground-breaking new community emergency response website! The “extranet” allows us to include chosen partners in a website designed to help us work together in an emergency to achieve the best outcomes for our community, therefore strengthening our community resilience. It’s also a place where we can communicate with each other and share vital information before, during and after an emergency event. If you would like to be a member of this website, please email camilla.mcbrearty@lbhf.gov.uk so that you can be added.
Camilla McBrearty
Emergency Planning Officer
Emergency Services Division
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Mobile: 07748 932 584
Email: camilla.mcbrearty@lbhf.gov.uk
Web: www.lbhf.gov.uk
Director of Environmental Health: Nick Austin
The last POPS meeting had an interesting presentation from the Frequent Attenders Project, which works with a small cohort of people with multiple and complex issues, including mental health needs, who are frequent attenders at local hospitals and A&E. The service has achieved a 70% reduction of hospital presentations, through a wide ranging support service, which supports clients with physical and mental health management, and addresses a wide range of other issues including housing, social care, welfare benefits and isolation. To read on, click here.
The next POPS forum will be held on Monday 18th June at Bishop Creighton House, 10am – 12pm
For further information on the ICP programme, please contact sue.spiller@sobus.org.uk or shad.haibitan@sobus.org.uk
Hammersmith and Fulham’s ICP Programme is working to improve health and well-being outcomes for local people by integrating care around individuals’ needs. When we talk about integrating care, we mean that a group of existing, local organisations need to work more closely together to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in H&F.
Our work with the NHS “Integrated Care Partnerships” began with a series of workshops earlier in the year, which explored how the ICP could better engage with the local 3rd sector. The workshops were well attended, with more than 30 organisations participating and contributing to the discussion and shaping the proposal for how the 3rd sector could be supported and involved in the ICP programme. We are delighted that the ICP has agreed the proposal, which includes Sobus operating as the information hub for ICP, facilitating and inviting your input and contributions, and providing feedback through our website, newsletter and networks.
Older Adults ICP workstream
In order to improve health and wellbeing outcomes, we need to:
EVENT: The NHS would like to invite you to a workshop focusing specifically on health and well-being priorities for older people on Thursday 21st June, 9.30-12.30 at the White City Community Centre. We are seeking attendees who are older people with lived experience of using NHS services, and/or their carers.
You can register for a free ticket via this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-to-discuss-health-and-care-priorities-for-older-people-tickets-46360667003
Alternatively, to get more information about the event, confirm your attendance, or request assistance with getting to the workshop or at the workshop itself, please contact: Pete Ellis (NHS Hammersmith and Fulham Project Manager): pete.ellis@nhs.net / 020 3350 4869.
Please ensure you include your full name, role / reason for attending, and organisation (if you have one). If you require any kind of assistance or reasonable adjustments, please could you contact us about this by Thursday 7 June.
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.
ECHO is a startup Community Interest Company which is specialised to build bridges between Charities, Non-profit Organisations and Citizens. We are equipped with state-of-the-art tools which allow us to grant greater visibility for our partner organisations introducing their work to the wider public via cinematic short stories and video sharing community development.
We also encourage our community members to financially support our partners and in exchange they receive compact knowledge “bites” of the world’s most pressing issues (in relation with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals) we are facing every day, and they also could get involved in raising awareness of those problems and finding alternative solutions.
We strongly believe our modern, engaging approach leads the way towards a sustainable, prosperous future for all of us. Find out more here.
Our hubs in Fulham and in North Kensington offer affordable, modern, serviced office space, close to all amenities and special discounts available for charities and social business and enterprises.
Private office space and multiple desk spaces are available now at our brand new build, Freston Road Hub in W10.
We also have six desks spaces available at Dawes Road Hub in SW6.
Find out more on our website: https://sobus.org.uk/office-space/
To enquire/ arrange a viewing please call 020 7952 1230 or email sue.spiller@sobus.org.uk
