Social welfare law and tech charity Lasa is providing a free and easy-to-use adviser guide to personal independence payment regulations and case law. You can search by activity, issue or health condition to find out more about the legal framework and how the law has been interpreted – click here.
Nationwide community running movement, Goodgym, an innovative organisation that combines physical fitness with volunteering, is looking for Westminster-based organisations that its volunteers can help on a Wednesday evening. Goodgym volunteers combine getting fit with doing good. As an integral part of their runs the volunteers do physical tasks for community organisations, as well as supporting isolated older people with social visits. They also complete one-off tasks for anyone who can’t do them on their own.
To find out more click here. If your organisation could benefit from some help from Goodgym, please email your details to joel@goodgym.org.
The handouts listed below are free to download. Just click on the selected handout.
| • | A Conflict Resolution Process |
| • | Bullying – What You Need to Know |
| • | Eight Ways to Plan for a Successful Meeting |
| • | Helping Children Through Conflict |
| • | How To Build Comfort and Confidence With Clients |
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Following the recent monetary penalties and notices of intent issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Fundraising Regulator has produced specific guidance aimed at helping charities to become fully compliant and better understand their responsibilities in relation to donor consent, legitimate interest and data protection.
The guidance has been published alongside 6 case studies from charities at different stages in the process of achieving full data compliance. There is also a consent self-assessment toolkit and an actions checklist. Feedback on the guidance is welcomed.
Nominate someone for a Community Award to get them the recognition they deserve for their life-changing work. The awards, including the City for All Volunteer of the Year award, recognise people and organisations who have made life better for others by donating their time and skills.
The deadline for nominations is midnight Monday 13 March 2017.
The awards are organised by Westminster City Council in partnership with Groundwork London and One Westminster. For further details click here.
The Government has published its White Paper which sets out the Prime Minister’s plans for exiting the EU. The PM also introduced a Great Repeal Bill to end the supremacy of EU law in the UK. Small charities may have the opportunity to influence how laws which impact them, such as those on VAT, will be formulated.
Through the Small Charity Index, FSI are conducting a Brexit Temperature Check to see how small charities are feeling and dealing with Brexit, which will form part of our research, Brexit: One Year On. If you have any points you’d like to feedback to us on funding and freedom of movement of people, then please email olivia@thefsi.org
The national charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has recently opened a new debt- counselling centre in Fulham Reach, London at Twynholm Baptist Church.
CAP is an award-winning debt counselling charity with a proven track record of helping people in difficult financial circumstances and offers free, face to face debt counselling to all. Our personal and long-term approach empowers people to get out of debt and learn budgeting skills with great success. Almost 90% of all bills and debts are paid on time by established clients every morning, and 94% said that our help was life transforming or a great help.
For further information click here.
On top of FSI’s training for small charities, they also offer a bespoke consultancy service. Comprehensive Organisation Strengths Review undertakes a review of your organisation and provides a clear, concise overview of which areas you are performing well, and which areas may need to be developed or refreshed.
Visit FSI’s blog: How effective is your charity? 7 questions to ask to see if consultancy is necessary for your small charity, or for more information email admin@thefsi.org or click here.
JSNA’s for Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham: The JSNA Online is a collection of web-based tools built by the Public Health Intelligence team to deliver the latest data to our stakeholders. It contains really useful, up to date data on local health and wellbeing stats that groups can use to inform service design and funding bids.
For further information, please click here.
If you tune into a BBC station on 9th February, you might well hear a feature about charities, as Acevo have been working with the BBC to stimulate discussion of the charity sector. If your local radio station is running anything on charities, feel free to phone in and join the discussion to talk about the work of your organisation.
NCVO is also keen to let the media know about all the work that charities do to make a difference locally, nationally and internationally. If you’d like to help get your charity’s work in the news, get in touch with NCVO’s Constructive Voices programme – click here.
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.