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Job Opportunities with Advance

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Female* CRC Community Keyworker
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £28,191 – £29,838 per year inc London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours a week, with some evening and weekend work required
Work Location: Base in West London, with travel to designated North and/or East London boroughs

Advance is committed to equality and diversity, and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds, from the LBT community, and women with personal experience of the Criminal Justice system, as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday and a non-contributory pension scheme.
Closing date: 28th October 2016 at 12pm Interview dates: 10th/11th November 2016

Female* Young Persons IDVA
Contract: Permanent
Salary: NJC scale 29-31 £28,191 – 29,838 per annum inc. London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week according to contract terms
Work Location: Based in Advance office in Hammersmith and other community locations

Advance delivers nationally accredited, quality marked services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea. We work within a coordinated partnership response to domestic violence to provide independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women, children and young people and women’s community services for women who are involved in the criminal justice system, in anti-social behaviour or are at risk of breaking the law.

The Young Persons IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process specialising in but not only working with young women aged 13-25, with a particular focus on 13-17 year olds, whilst also working with key agencies, youth services and communities to improve their awareness of domestic violence as it impacts on young people. Part of the role will to be to establish positive, proactive and innovative working relationships with services providing support to young people and partner agencies within Angelou Partnership this may include delivering group work and awareness sessions for young people in partnership with Angelou agencies. The post holder will work across the three boroughs and will be
based in both Advance and community locations under the guidance of the programme managers and Director of DVA Services.
ADVANCE is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).

Benefits include 30 days holiday and a non-contributory pension scheme.
Closing date: 12pm on Wednesday, October 19th
Interview date: Wednesday 26th October, Thursday 27th October

To apply for either of these posts, please download the application form and Job Description from our website at: http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/

Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to :
Althea King, ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
Unit 6 The Lanchesters 162-164 Fulham Palace Road London W6 9ER

 

Registered Charity Number 1086873

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Free Quality Improvement Course in H&F

QSIR: Practitioner is a nationally accredited program than provides participants with the know-how to design and implement more productive services. It is based on highly successful previous courses and ofers a comprehensive curriculum that includes:

  • Leadership Fundamentals
  • Project Management
  • Sustainabilty of Improvement
  • Engaging and Working with Others
  • Process Mapping
  • Creativity in Improvement
  • Measurement for Improvement
  • Demand and Capacity

Participants must have an existing project or project idea, and during the program they apply the learning from the course to their own improvement projects, being supported between workshops to help make them a success. Registering for this course involves attending on 5 dates over three months:

  • Tuesday 1 Nov 2016 (09:00-17:00)
  • Tuesday 8 Nov 2016 (09:00-17:00)
  • Tuesday 29 Nov 2016 (09:00-13:00)
  • Tuesday 13 Dec 2016 (09:00-13:00)
  • Tuesday 10 Jan 2017 (09:00-17:00)

It is suited to clinical and non-clinical staff, and although based and funded by the NHS, is also open to anyone from the public and voluntary sector. Hammersmith and Fulham is one of just three places offering this training in North West London, and the only location offering this to primary care. There are no fees, but places are limited so early booking is recommended.

 

Register here

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Match Funding Opportunity with Local Giving

The Office for Civil Society has announced its support for Grow Your Tenner, an online match fund campaign run by Localgiving that supports local charities and community groups in the UK. OCS is contributing £245,000 to the pot, bringing the current total amount of match funding available to £345,000!

To participate, charities just need an active Localgiving membership and as an FSI member, you have the chance to claim a free first year membership of Localgiving, usually worth £72.

To access your free membership, click here: join.localgiving.org/fsi

Grow Your Tenner 2016 will run from 10am on Tuesday the 18th October until the match fund runs out, or 5pm on Thursday the 17th November – whichever comes first.

To find out more about the match funding opportunity, click here.

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Caring Across Generations Campaign

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Help raise awareness of the resources available to carers

to help them make informed decisions about care

About the #CaringAcrossGenerations campaign

A growing number of people are now caring across generations – having caring responsibility for young children or grandchildren and older loved ones.

We polled people with caring responsibilities and found that nine in 10 (92%) felt that choosing care for a loved one is ‘very’ or ‘quite’ stressful – ranking it higher than selling or buying a home and getting divorced.

CQC want people who make care decisions for loved ones to know that our reports and ratings can help them to make informed choices about care. To raise awareness of the resources available to them when choosing adult social care, and to educate them about the standards of care they have a right to expect, we will be launching a multi-channel public engagement campaign on Monday, 17 October.

What We Are Asking From You

We’re asking for a commitment to help raise awareness of the resources available to people who are looking to choose adult social care on behalf of themselves or a loved one. During our launch week, 17 October – 21 October, we’re asking you to support our campaign on your social media channels:

  • Campaign hashtag: #CaringAcrossGenerations
  • CQC Twitter account: @CareQualityComm
  • Suggested Tweets:
    • If you’re #CaringAcrossGenerations @CareQualityComm reports & ratings can help you to choose care for a loved one
    • Share your experiences of choosing care w/ @CareQualityComm #CaringAcrossGenerations https://youtu.be/faYJJwm-PHg
    • Do you care for children and older loved ones? Find out how @CareQualityComm can help #CaringAcrossGenerations
  • Suggested Facebook Post:
    • 92% people feel that choosing the right care for a loved one is a stressful experience. If you care for a loved one and are thinking about care options now or in the future, @CareQualityCommission reports and ratings can help you make informed decisions about care. https://youtu.be/faYJJwm-PHg

You can find more information on our webpage at: www.cqc.org.uk/caringacrossgenerations

You can download campaign graphics, e-newsletter content and other campaign content at this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7WUWAlSbl15REJVcnMtSTVBQXc

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Hate Crime Awareness Event

 

 

Following the success of Unity Day on 17th July 2016, Hammersmith and Fulham Council is hosting this event for Hate Crime Awareness Week. The session will give you the opportunity to hear about hate crime from the Council, Police, local community and the Youth Council.

 

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Book your place here

 

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Female Fundraising Officer

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Female* Fundraising Officer
Contract: Permanent position or a consultancy arrangement
Salary: NJC scale 29 – 31 £28,191 – 29,838 inc. London Weighting pro rata or day rate as a consultancy position £175
Working hours: 21 hours per week, weekdays. Or two days a week consultancy position.
Work Location: Based in Advance Business Support Office, Hammersmith & Fulham

You will join a friendly team of 45 based in our Hammersmith offices and will research a range of appropriate trusts and foundations to support the increased capacity of Advance. You will maintain a high level of awareness of funding opportunities arising to inform the organisation of new funding opportunities from both trusts and other initiatives. You will research relevant statistics and outcomes which support the need for projects and present these effectively to funders. You will develop relationships with funders wherever possible to engage them with the projects for which we are seeking funding and ensure their eligibility. The post is appropriate for home working at least part of the week, once an understanding of the programmes of work is established and the post holder will be part of management and strategic meetings which direct our fundraising activity and report back on bids and fundraising progress. A full induction and supportive work environment are integral to the development of the post.

Closing date: Friday 14th October midday
Interviews: Monday 24th October

To apply to either consultancy or permanent role: please download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/

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What you need to know about Brexit and how it might affect migration, housing need and eligibility

The Brexit vote has already led to speculation that there will be more controls over immigration and on migrants’ eligibility for services such as welfare benefits and social housing. Nothing will change in the short term and timescales are not yet known, but here we sketch out some of the key issues about housing need and eligibility for housing which will have to be addressed.

How much does EU migration affect housing demand?

If Brexit goes ahead, and EU migration is reduced significantly, this could have a considerable effect on household growth and therefore on future housing
demand. Across the UK, in any one year, about half of new migrants are from other EU countries. In England, net migration (the difference between numbers coming in and going out) accounts for37 per cent of the projected growth in numbers of households over the next 25 years, hence demand for extra homes. In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, in contrast, migration is projected to have little impact on household growth.

However, the current household projections were made before the referendum. Obviously, all are now subject to revision once it becomes clearer what future levels of net migration might be. There is speculation, for example, that there could be a surge in EU migration in the next two years, by those wanting to take advantage of the right to enter the UK before it is curtailed.

Apart from new migration, there are nearly three million citizens of other EU countries already living in the UK (excluding those who already have UK citizenship). Some 70 per cent have lived here for more than five years. It seems likely that all – or a majority – of those already here will be allowed to stay. If they do not, it will create severe problems for construction and other industries where many are employed. Social landlords may want to consider creating training programmes in construction skills for their tenants, to help fill the gaps.

How does demand from EU migrants affect social housing tenancies?

Most new EU migrants enter the private rented sector and, even if eligible for social housing, are unlikely to get a housing allocation until they have been in the UK for several years. Overall, 15.9 percent of EU migrants are in social housing compared with 17 per cent for UK nationals. In terms of new social lettings each year, only four per cent go to nationals from other EU countries. If new rules were to deny social tenancies to new EU migrants,the effect on supply would therefore be very small (although it would be greater in areas where more EU migrants currently live).

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Building a Stronger Britain Together

Funding and support for groups involved in counter-extremism projects in their communities.

About the programme

The counter-extremism strategy encourages partnership between the government and people involved in projects that counter extremism and build stronger communities.

To help groups expand their reach and influence, the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme offers 2 forms of support through a competitive bidding process:

  • in-kind support (such as social media training, technical assistance to help a group improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group protect more vulnerable individuals)
  • grants: targeted funding for specific projects with demonstrable outcomes which provide a positive alternative to extremist voices

You can apply for both in-kind support and grant funding if they are both needed.

Guidance for applicants

Please read the guidance for applicants (PDF, 235KB, 17 pages) . It contains information on:

  • programme objectives
  • who can bid for support
  • the types of support available
  • how to complete your application form

Apply for support

You can bid for in-kind support and grant funding from 16 September 2016.

The deadline for grants and combined in-kind/grant applications is 5pm on 14 October 2016. The deadline for in-kind support applications is 5pm on 9 December 2016.

We will assess in-kind applications on a monthly basis from October onwards. Grant and combined applications will be assessed in October only.

There is a fixed amount of funding available. We will consider bids on a first-come-first-served basis.

 

Click here for more information

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Preventing hate crime: funding for community projects

Apply for funding for community projects that prevent hate crime.

Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by hostility on the grounds of race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity and national origin), religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Providing funding for projects that prevent hate crime is one of the actions included in the UK government’s hate crime action plan.

About the fund

The aim of the fund is to work with affected communities to fund the development of innovative projects that:

  • prevent hate crime
  • respond to hate crime in our communities
  • increase the reporting of hate crime
  • improve support for the victims of hate crime
  • build our understanding of hate crime

The Home Office is seeking to fund projects at 2 levels of either £25,000 or £50,000. We have made £300,000 available to spend by 31 March 2017, with project delivery expected in June 2017.

We expect to fund 6 to 8 projects, but reserve the right to vary the number of projects we fund.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for motivated and creative community groups or consortia to develop innovative programmes that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your programme development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, or are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime.

Please read the additional guidance for applicants (PDF, 352KB, 21 pages) before submitting a bid.

Who can apply?

The following people can apply:

  • any registered English or Welsh charities
  • any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
  • companies limited by guarantee
  • not for profit registered community interest companies
  • constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
  • 3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)

Consortium bids

A consortium project would have to be led by a charity or an organisation with a charitable purpose and can include charities, private companies and/or public sector bodies.

If a consortium is proposed, the group must nominate a lead partner. The Home Office would grant the funding to this partner.

It would be the responsibility of the lead organisation to make arrangements to distribute the funding and accountability amongst consortium partners.

Deadline: 14th October 2016 8pm

Click here for more information

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Places of worship: security funding scheme

The scheme is part of the hate crime action plan. It will provide protective security measures to places of worship that need increased protection.

We will consider bids from places of worship in England and Wales. Schools and educational institutions are not eligible to apply.

The Jewish community will be exempt from this scheme as a similar commitment was made to fund Jewish community sites through a grant administered by the Community Security Trust.

About the fund

The aim of the fund is to work with affected communities to fund the development of innovative projects that:

  • prevent hate crime
  • respond to hate crime in our communities
  • increase the reporting of hate crime
  • improve support for the victims of hate crime
  • build our understanding of hate crime

The Home Office is seeking to fund projects at 2 levels of either £25,000 or £50,000. We have made £300,000 available to spend by 31 March 2017, with project delivery expected in June 2017.

We expect to fund 6 to 8 projects, but reserve the right to vary the number of projects we fund.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for motivated and creative community groups or consortia to develop innovative programmes that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your programme development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, or are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime.

Please read the additional guidance for applicants (PDF, 352KB, 21 pages) before submitting a bid.

Who can apply?

The following people can apply:

  • any registered English or Welsh charities
  • any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
  • companies limited by guarantee
  • not for profit registered community interest companies
  • constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
  • 3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)

Consortium bids

A consortium project would have to be led by a charity or an organisation with a charitable purpose and can include charities, private companies and/or public sector bodies.

If a consortium is proposed, the group must nominate a lead partner. The Home Office would grant the funding to this partner.

It would be the responsibility of the lead organisation to make arrangements to distribute the funding and accountability amongst consortium partners.

The closing date has been extended until 4 October 2016. A second round of bids will open in spring 2017.

Click here for more information

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