HF ArtsFest 2018 and Elgin Close Resource Centre present an exhibition of artwork by older local artists who attend the centre.
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Are you an experienced restorative practitioner who is looking to further your skills and develop your ability to deliver training in this field. If so, please join us for a three day training course (9th and 16th October, 2018), two days of which will be in the learning environment, the final day will be an observation of your delivery of training.
This course is delivered by Janet Clark and experienced Trainer, Accredited Restorative Practitioner, Assessor, Consultant and someone who has been working in the field for over 17 years.
For further information, please contact Janet Clark on 07825 315624 or janetclark@restorativeapproachestraining.co.uk
Caring for a friend or family member can be extremely rewarding. However, it can be easy for carers to neglect their own needs and they can be unaware of the support available to them.
For Carers’ Week (11th – 17th June) we’ve put together some of our information guides to help carers fulfil their role as carer, both practically and emotionally:
There are currently around 6.5 million carers in the UK – so it’s likely that you’ll know a carer, or are one yourself.
From: Age UK Information & Advice
Team London are offering grants of £10,000 – £30,000 per year, for up to three years, to community groups, small charities and voluntary sector organisations to run projects which encourage young Londoners to volunteer or take part in social action.
Funded projects will:
- Work with 10 – 20 year olds on volunteering and/or social action projects which promote wellbeing and emotional resilience.
- Demonstrate how volunteering and/or social action positively impacts on young people’s wellbeing and emotional resilience.
- Work with groups that are disproportionately affected by mental health issues such as those within the criminal justice system or young refugees or asylum seekers.
Click Here for more information.
Deadline to apply is 9th July 2018.
Chloe Holness
Youth Social Action Project Officer, Team London
City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA
020 7084 2546 or 07522 218 637
Family Friends are currently looking for a fundraising consultant to maximize the generation of funds for our charity. The role is primary to prepare applications and reports for Trusts and Grant-Making Bodies. We are ideally looking for someone that is London based with at least two years’ experience of grants and trusts fundraising. This is for one day a week.
Click here for a PDF document with more info
Click the logo above to go to the Family Friends Website
West Trans are looking to expand their e-bike programme.
Electric bikes now account for over a third of bicyle sales in Germany, with the Netherlands and Holland not far behind. These countries have embraced the convenience of the e-bike, and its potential to expand cycling to people who wouldn’t, or couldn’t, ride a standard bicycle.
However, e-bike popularity is very low in the UK, despite the benefits they can provide to older people, people recovering from injuries or illness, people who want to cycle but live in a hilly area, commuters, and many others. They also have potential for business use, especially e-cargo bikes.
They are hopeful that running this trial will encourage greater adoption of e-bikes, and wider cycling, particularly for groups who have low cycling levels at the moment.
To encourage the take-up of e-bikes in West London, and to gauge the different uses they could serve, WestTrans is running a trial. This will initially involve providing free e-bikes to employees of businesses in West London to use to get to and from work, and for site visits. Contact Emily Shovlar: ShovlarE@ealing.gov.uk if you’re interested.
We are working with Accenture on a board-matching event which will take place on Monday 18th June, from 6.30-7.30pm in central London. The event will introduce charities looking for new trustees/board members with Accenture employees who would like to become trustees.
The expertise of the Accenture employees could include digital, marketing and comms, strategy, business planning, business development, finance, HR and more.
We are going to select the charities to get a range of causes, and to match skills available with charity needs. Your board meetings need to be held in London since that is where the Accenture employees are based. If you are interested in attending, please register your interest at:https://gettingonboard.formstack.com/forms/accenture_board_matching_event
Penny Wilson
CEO
Getting on Board
Registered charity 1112013
email: penny@gettingonboard.org
web: www.gettingonboard.org
Diabetes afflicts more people in the U.K. than any other serious health condition. There are 4.6 million Type 1 sufferers and an estimated 12.3 million people are potential type 2 diabetics. Help to raise awareness, participate in an event or alternatively share your experience on line.
Click here to find out how you can get involved.
This Carers Week is looking at all the ways that support can be given to carers to stay Healthy and Connected. Building communities which support carers to look after their loved ones well, while recognising that they are individuals with health and wellbeing needs of their own.
Click Here to find out how you can help carers to become Healthy and Connected.
In the NCVO update for May:
- Get our new simple compliance checklist for trustees.
- The Charity Commission have introduced a welcome pack for new trustees.
- There’s a new support programme for Chairs at small charities.
- Data suggests there is a diversity problem in trusteeship
- Find out about our upcoming training.
Click here for the update
