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Are These The Youngest Food Waste Warriors in the UK? 

A group of entrepreneurial children from West London are fighting food waste by selling surplus food in the school playground and to the local community. The initiative is led by 400 children aged 5 to 12 year old’s from Old Oak Primary School & Old Oak Community Centre in East Acton. They have named their social enterprise ‘Bubble & Squeak’, a nod to the traditional English dish made using leftover vegetables. Emphasising healthy eating, their aim is to take edible surplus food such as fruit and vegetables from local businesses, markets and supermarkets and redistribute it to the local community on a ‘pay as you feel’ basis. The kids want to get their whole community involved in changing attitudes towards food waste. They launched a crowdfunding campaign on the 24 April to raise £4,500 for a customised shipping container to store and sell the surplus food. Helping the children with the project are adult coordinators Elly Harrington and Lydia Gandaa.

For more information contact Elly Harrington at bubblesqueakeat@gmail.com / 07515946486, or Lydia Gandaa 02087437629 at Old Oak Primary School.

 

 

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Safety, Security and fire safety assessments FREE of charge in LBHF

We have caught up with our backlog and we now are taking referrals as usual. If you have any adult clients who are over 65 or have a disability that you feel we can support with safety, security or fire safety issues in their own homes (Including fire retardant bedding for smokers who smoke in bed and are at risk to themselves or others by doing so), then please refer them to us.
Once we have received your referral we will make contact with your client as soon as we can to book an appointment to complete a safety, security and fire safety assessment.  Once the assessment is done any work identified will also be completed by us FREE for those who are in receipt of benefits or a one off £10 fee for those who are not on benefits .

Draught proofing –limited funding – encourage clients now before the winter months and funding runs out!!!
Bishop Creighton House can provide and install draught proofing and help you with energy saving to make your home warmer – and save a little on energy bills.
Draught proofing is free for H & F residents who are 65 and over, or has a disability or long term ill health. For all other H & F residents the cost of draught proofing a door is £5-£15 and £5 per window (a discount of 50% is given to those receiving benefits)

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Charity Times Awards 2017 Now Open

The 18th annual Charity Times Awards 2017 are now open for entries –  click here. The deadline for entry is 9 June 2017. The winners will be announced at the celebratory gala dinner and ceremony on 4 October 2017 at the prestigious Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London

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The ICO Guidance on GDPR

Following the ICO’s first publication of the GDPR guidance in March, Elizabeth Chamberlain breaks it down and puts forward recommendations –  click here.

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UK Civil Society Almanac 2017

The research team are putting the finishing touches to this year’s edition – all the facts and figures on the voluntary sector you could ever need! For further information click here.

Look out on 9 May for the refreshed data at data.ncvo.org.uk.

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Mother’s Views Wanted for New NHS Maternity Programme

In November the NHS in North West London was awarded national funding to continue improving maternity services in-line with new national maternity guidelines.
Before we start investing and improving services over the next two years, we want to hear from women who have recently used maternity services. To do this, we have today launched a  new online engagement site encouraging mothers-to-be and new mums to share their experiences of maternity care in North West London.
The attached press release has been issued and we would be grateful if you can share this engagement site link through your networks, so we can reach as many mums as possible.

More information
The NHS in North West London was awarded national funding following work that has already taken place to improve maternity services across our eight boroughs.
In 2015, improvements were made providing all women with better access to senior doctors, a better environment to give birth in and more time with midwives whose numbers have increased since the changes were made. These improvements have made sure that North West London is already delivering many of the standards set out in the new National Maternity Guidelines ‘Better Births’, and with the help of national funding we can make sure we have better continuity of care during all stages of pregnancy, birth and support for mother and baby.

You may also wish to read the recent Healthwatch Hillingdon maternity review.

Press release
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New Sobus Hub Opening Soon!

Sobus will soon be opening a second, larger site in Kensington and Chelsea on Freston Road. Freston Road Hub is a modern shared office space for enterprises, charities and social business offering over 40 workspaces and with 4 high quality meeting and training rooms, gallery space and mailing services. Watch this space for our opening date!

For more details click here. For enquiries, please email info@sobus.org.uk.

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Raise Awareness of a Digital Engagement Insight Survey

To help raise awareness of a digital engagement insight survey that is being launched by NHS North West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and NHS Healthy London Partnerships.

The CCG’s commission healthcare across the following Boroughs:

  • Brent
  • Ealing
  • Harrow
  • Hammersmith & Fulham
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Kensington & Chelsea
  • Westminster

The purpose of the survey is to help NWL CCGs and health and care partners understand, plan and deliver better digital health services to our communities.
Key areas of insight will include:

  • The online health services people value most, what would motivate them to use them, and what tools and services are most beneficial to which population groups;
  • What populations want from digital services;
  • How different population groups would like to interact with digital services; and
  • How best we can create and sustain demand through understanding the behavior of different population groups.

We very much need your help in gathering this invaluable information from you and your networks. Please direct them to our survey at http://www.research.net/r/NWLdigital

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A snap general election – what should charities be doing?

In a political world where leaks are routine, Theresa May’s announcement of an election campaign seems to have caught everyone by surprise. Charities will not have made detailed plans for an election, so it’s worth thinking about what we should be doing to make sure we’re part of the debate.

For more information

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