More than two million North West London residents are benefiting from improved GP services, with extra appointments being made available over Christmas and New Year including 24, 25, 26 December and 1 January.
In addition to normal opening times, GPs and nurses are offering patients appointments in the evening, on weekends and bank holidays.
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Taking place on 15th December 2017, Local Charities Day provides a platform to celebrate the work of small local charities and community groups across the UK. You can find out more about the campaign and get involved by downloading this digital toolkit.
Carers Network has partnered with Rethink Mental Illness to provide a new Carers Support Group in Hammersmith and Fulham.
This group will:
The first meeting will be held Tuesday 9th January. To register please email events@carers-network.org.uk or call 020 8960 3033.
The rules and regulations on data protection are changing and the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will effect all organisations big and small. This workshop will help ensure your organisation has an understanding of GDPR and what you need to do next. Places are limited and to book your place click here
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In-depth resource on addiction, recovery and their affects on sleep
Disclosing a Mental Health Condition to Others
Disability, Substance Abuse & Addiction
The Comprehensive Guide to Home Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Recovery
Financial Burdens of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
The Guide To Keeping Your Home Through Debilitating Disease
Healing After the Passing of Your Parent: How to Nurture Your Grief Without Drugs or Alcohol
Daisy Coles is a Sixth Form student who wanted to do more for older people in Hammersmith. For a year and a half, every week at lunchtime she had been visiting the residents of a local care home when she read an article about the science behind how people with Dementia who take part in creative activities reduce their stress levels and experience greater feelings of well-being. So it was only natural that Daisy, who has 52 hours of volunteer time required to satisfy her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award , wanted to find a way to make it easy to access artistic stimulation such as painting and drawing. After attending a training seminar put on by the charity Arts 4 Dementia with Dementia Pathfinders, Daisy started organising small art workshops in neighbourhoods where there were few, if any, visual art activities available. She set about vetting venues, interviewing art facilitators, getting friends to join her and meeting an LBHF Councillor to discuss how the council services could support her idea to increase the provision of art for people with Early-Stage Dementia who live independently. To find out more click here.
The next series of workshops starts on Saturday, 13 January 2018 inside the Hammersmith & Fulham Town Hall.
Welcome to our biggest ever consultation on childcare in Hammersmith & Fulham. We want to hear from everyone using childcare for under 12s in H&F. As well as having your say, you’ll be entered into a draw to win a £500 John Lewis voucher. What’s more the five runners-up will each win a £100 voucher. People tell us they love our 16 children’s centres and the many fantastic projects run by schools, charities and private organisations but we know more can be done.
What do you think? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? Do you get what you need when you need it? Are services and activities close enough? This is your chance to tell us. Join our Big Childcare Conversation. It will only take a few moments and then you’ll be in the running to win that £500 John Lewis voucher. The childcare consultation is for parents and guardians of children aged 11 and under and people will be entered into a draw to win a £500 John Lewis voucher.
Deadline: 18th December
Stress, anxiety and depression are the biggest cause of sickness absence in our society. In fact, work related stress accounted for 45% of all working days lost to ill health in the UK in 2015/16.
Mental health related absences cost UK employers an estimated £26 billion per year – over £1,000 per employee – on top of the value of lost productivity. It is estimated that by taking a few simple steps to improve the management of mental health in the workplace, UK employers could save 30% or more of these losses – at least £8 billion a year.
Visit our website to find out more about the importance of Mental Health First Aid training and to view the courses we have available.
Kick It is the stop smoking service for the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Kingston upon Thames. Kick It delivers a high quality, evidence based community service and by seeing one of our specialist advisors you are 4x more likely to quit for good. The service is funded by Public Health and provided through Thrive Tribe.
What the service provides…
If you are keen to know more about the service and how your service users could benefit from Kick-it then check out our website www.healthyhearts.org.uk or email us at arnas.stuksys@thrivetribe.org.uk or call on 07595 454 010.
Healthy Hearts is the new Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Service for the London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. The Healthy Hearts service provides people at risk of Cardiovascular Disease with a one hour face-to-face assessment near to your home. During this session, a number of measurements are taken, including cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure, along with an assessment of risk factors such as a poor diet and low levels of physical activity.
You will come away with a personalised Healthy Heart Plan which opens the door to a range of FREE programmes designed to reduce your risk of CVD; these programmes include.
Weight Management Groups – Our ten week Lose Weight with Healthy Hearts programme combines theory and practical elements, where we help you lose 5% of your bodyweight. Healthy Cookery Classes – Our six week Cook & Eat classes are designed to teach you how to cook healthy, simple meals on a budget; before enjoying what you make with the group. Physical Activity Clubs – Our Healthy Hearts Active Clubs provide up to six free sessions giving you the opportunity to try new things like walking football, aqua aerobics and chair based exercise. If you are keen to know more about the service and how your service users could benefit from Healthy Hearts then check out our website www.healthyhearts.org.uk or email us at arnas.stuksys@thrivetribe.org.uk or call on 07595 454 010.
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.
