This FREE event will focus on sensitive issues that affect our community such as domestic violence, FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and forced marriages.
Date: Weds 9th March 2016
Time: 10.30 am – 1.00 pm
Venue: African Women Care, Canalside House,
383 Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5AA
For more information please contact Lillian on:
020 8969 8389/africanwomencare@hotmail.com
or Teresa on 020 8969 6300/ teresas@dalgarnotrust.org.uk
The Star Centre at St Andrew’s on Greyhound Road, W14 9SA is hosting four ‘Healthy Response to Diabetes’ Mornings for local residents and welcomes all local organisations and community groups who have an interest in either improving awareness of the condition, including the strain it can make on our mental health or who are providing information and activities to do with lifestyle choices and diet, to join us.
The dates of the events are Tuesday March 15th, April 19th, May 17th and June 14th 2016 from 10.00 – 1.00 pm.
The events are free to all participating groups and the morning includes a cookery demonstration by Sarah Green, Vice Chair of the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy and medical advice from the staff of the Medical Centre, North End.
If you would like to take a stand or run a demonstration please register by emailing Pippa Grieve at starcentrefulham@gmail.com giving details of your organization and the dates that you would like to take part. Poster and flyers to promote your participation are available.
We hope to see you there.
www.standrewsfulham.com/3079/a-healthy-response-to-diabetes
Head of Operations – £35-38,000 full time post
Carers Network are looking for a highly organised, personable and experienced manager to lead on operational management of their growing charity. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, experience in very effective prioritisation and able to solve problems in a practical, common sense manner. This postholder will oversee Carers Network’s finance, IT and premises and will manage their admin team. They will also deputise for the CEO when necessary.
Deadline for applications is: Monday 21st March at 9am.
Interview date: Friday 1st April.
Personal specification and job description for this role.
Please use our application form to apply.
Send your completed application to us at: info@carers-network.co.uk
If you would like to talk to someone informally about applying for this role please contact Sarah on: 020 8960 3033.
Salary: £25,000 pa (pro rata)
Hours: 1 day per week
Contract: Permanent
Base White City Community Centre
This is an opportunity to join a growing organisation that is nationally recognised for being at the heart of the devolution of public services to local people. We are looking for a part time financial bookkeeper to join our incredible team.
White City in Shepherds Bush is one of government’s Neighbourhood Community Budget Pilot areas. The White City Enterprise (WCE) is a Charity that was established in 2013 by the community; to identify and run public services that have the potential of being delivered more effectively by the community.
We are looking for someone to join us immediately who has experience of preparing management accounts and providing financial support for a small organisation and preferably has knowledge of QuickBooks. Ideally you will live locally and can start immediately.
Closing date for application: 14th March 2016
If you are interested in the role and would like to know more, please contact Mary Hennessy on:
020 8743 4545, mary@whitecityenterprise.org.uk or send a covering letter and cv.
What
Come and take part in a borough wide Triathlon and raise money for sports relief.
Individual: £5 complete all 3
Team entries: £10- take it in turns and share the load.
This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved and raise money for a good cause and to push your fitness boundaries.
One participants has already raised £150
When
Saturday 12th March
11:00-14:00
Where
5km run at Lillie Road sports centre
10km cycle at Hammersmith fitness and Squash centre
400m swim at Phoenix/ Janet Adegoke
Additional
Better goody bag provided
Award recognition at Phoenix following completion
Set-up your own personal Sports Relief just giving page and get your family & friends to sponsor you
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.
This service is available to all H&F residents. The cost to draught proof a door is £5 – £15 and £5 for each window. A 50% discount is given to those receiving benefits.
All our staff are fully trained and DBS checked.
Please contact Tony Carmichael for a referral form via email if you wish to refer a client for this service or telephone with your details if the draught proofing is for you personally.
Tony Carmichael
Project Support Officer
Safer Homes
Bishop Creighton House
378 Lillie Rd, London SW6 7PH
Tel: 020 7385 9689 | Fax: 020 7386 9149
Working with the community since 1908
Exciting and challenging opportunity to be much more than a PA
Advance is a pioneering charity with an excellent reputation. We support women at high risk to cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse and we support women who are at risk of committing crime or with short term sentences to reduce offending. Established in 1998, Advance is undergoing a period of growth and innovation, leading a partnership of nine organisations across west London to offer a range of services to protect girls and women from violence. This programme of work, called Angelou, is gaining a high profile and is very successful. We are also negotiating to make our work with women offenders pan London and to lead the London Women’s Consortium to offer a range of rehabilitative services in prison and in the community. This will be a three year programme of work. Advance is developing a media profile, working to gain corporate support and will be growing in the next three years. We need a bright, pro-active, organised and self motivated person to step up to the role of Executive Support and Communications Officer, offering support to a busy but approachable management team and putting Advance on the map in the media and spotting local and regional opportunities.
Female* Executive Support and Communications Officer
Contract: Permanent
Salary: NJC Scale 5 22-25 £23,116-£25,033 inc London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
The job may involve working out of hours and time off in lieu will be taken by arrangement with the Manager.
This is an exciting, interesting and challenging role working to support the work of the Chief Executive, Board and Senior Management Team of this innovative and leading charity. The Executive Support and Communications Officer will provide administrative and IT support to the management team and staff assistance to the CEO and Board. She will also oversee the communications function of Advance, organising events, overseeing the development of new and existing material liaising with the media and CEO and managing Advance’s profile through traditional and social media. She will ensure a high standard of professional support is provided and administrative systems are established and maintained to ensure the CEO is able to maximise use of her time to efficiently lead the organisation. Excellent communication and organisational skills, a flair for design, strong IT skills and a proactive approach will enable the post-holder to deal with internal and external communications, produce high-quality written work, organise and process information and co-ordinate meetings and events. You will be working within a strong learning culture and be able to use your initiative, bring forward ideas and see the contribution you are making to the organisation and the lives of girls and women. You will need to be committed to our aims and objectives.
ADVANCE is committed to equality and diversity and particularly welcomes applications from BME groups and the LBT 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: 11th March at 12pm Interviews: 21st March
To apply: Download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/
Completed applications should be emailed to althea.k@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
A project that spans the generations in Hammersmith and Fulham’s Somali community is about to celebrate its first successful year.
Fulham-based Banooda Aid Foundation has been working with its community elders and young people on a two-year project made possible, thanks to a £36,000 grant from the “HealthEquality”
Arts, culture and recreation are the topics through which communication between the youngsters and the older members of their community are being fostered.
Traditional African dance and music, as well as drawing and painting and arts and crafts are among the means by which the young and not so young are interacting with one another. Debates and discussions are also held to help break down the barriers that exist between the ages and which are common to all communities.
“This is a great idea because it brings generations together through a creative platform and reduces isolation and boredom, “ said Banooda Aid Foundation’s Director Abdirahman Haidarow. “ New friendships will be formed which will continue outside in the wider community. It is a flexible project which is exclusively managed by the beneficiaries and this also improves their self-esteem and respect.”
The project is currently working with some 40 people from the age of 14 upwards, 43% of elders and 67% of the younger people reported that they have now learned more about the arts and media that are relevant to their culture. Elderly members reported that they are now more confident in using computers, cameras and also using some music instruments. We have also seen 3 young people are now volunteering to the local community Centre where elderly members come together.
Banooda Aid Foundation is based at Bishop Creighton House, 378 Lillie Road, Fulham.
You can enter any project that has had Lottery funding since 1994 and hasn’t previously won one of our Awards.
The application process is really quick – simply visit http://www.nationallotteryawards.org.uk/awards and click on ‘Enter or nominate a project here’.
The deadline is 9 March and you’ll be in with a chance of being shortlisted for the Awards, which will be broadcast on BBC One, and winning £3,000. Awards finalists will benefit from a national media campaign (in recent years, projects have featured on TV programmes such as This Morning and The One Show, on local radio and in the press, including The Telegraph, The Sun and the Daily Mirror) – so this is a fantastic opportunity for your work to be showcased to the nation.
