Join us this Summer for a series of free science workshops and activities at The Invention Rooms! Create colourful chemical dye t-shirts, dig out dinosaurs, make your own musical instruments and more with our free STEM activities for families. We are offering two different types of sessions; Wednesday Science Workshops, which are two hour sessions where you can meet real scientists and learn more about our research through creative challenges and Thursday Create and Make Science sessions which will have a more relaxed feel, and be more suitable for our youngest visitors. This summer we are also introducing big builds, which will have a large community feel as we work together as a group to make something huge! Below you’ll find the details of the first two weeks and we will be releasing the final three weeks in the beginning of August. If you have any questions about the activities or if you prefer not to book via Eventbrite you can get in touch with me at s.allen-turner@imperial.ac.uk.
Plant Printing Workshop
Who: Ages 7 – 11
When: Wednesday 27 July 10am
Where: The Invention Rooms
Register: via Eventbrite here
Create and Make: Super Structures
Who: Ages 5 – 11
When: Thursday 28 July, 2pm
Where: The Invention Rooms
Register: via Eventbrite here
Tie Dye T-Shirts Workshop
Who: Ages 7 – 11
When: Wednesday 3 August 10am
Where: The Invention Rooms
Register: via Eventbrite here
Big Build: Lego Space Base
Who: Ages 5 – 11
When: Thursday 4 August, 10 AM and 2 PM
Where: The Invention Rooms
Register: via Eventbrite here
In this newsletter we will share information with you about the latest funding opportunities and news from The London Community Foundation and the sector: Click here
For survivors of violence against women and girls – particularly those from minoritised and marginalised communities – stigma, shame and isolation create barriers to support. This, coupled with additional unmet needs, can make the day-to-day feel overwhelming.
Our VAWG Grassroots Fund, funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), is a richly diverse cohort of 41 women-led organisations who work tirelessly to support these women and girls. Their services particularly support women facing multiple disadvantage where mainstream, generic provision is not always appropriate.
As the fund passes its halfway point, we asked the incredible organisations involved to report on the number of women and girls being supported, and how they are getting on with their recovery.
We are delighted to report that 100% of these organisations shared that their beneficiaries are better able to cope with everyday life because of the support and interventions they have provided. Join us in celebrating this milestone achievement by reading our latest blog.
A 20% room hire discount at Dawes Road Hub for all new bookings made July-August!
Plus,
We now also arrange a wide range of catering services for your booking!
Click here for all our room booking prices & services
Contact: reception.drh@sobus.org.uk / 020 7952 1230
This is what trustees need to do…
Follow the principles
Trustees will need to work together to make the best decisions for your charity.
Often there will not be a perfect solution but it must be an informed and responsible one for your situation.
The standard must be that your trustees:
- act within their powers
- act honestly and with good intentions, and only in your charity’s interests
- be sufficiently informed, taking any advice needed
- take account of all relevant factors
- ignore irrelevant factors
- manage conflicts of interest
- make a decision that is within a range of decisions that a reasonable body of trustees can make.
These principles should always guide the approach. But make especially sure that your trustees can show that you have used them for decisions which are:
- complex, or
- high impact, or
- involving significant money or other property, or
- high risk
There are some practical things you can do and think about to support these principles so that your charity makes decisions correctly. We have summarised them here.
From March to May 2022, over 1200 voluntary organisations responded to a survey on charity banking. The results have produced a wealth of detailed information about the issues charities are facing. Click here to see the results.
TfL are consulting about proposals to make changes to bus routes into central London and would like to hear your views. The changes being consulted on are intended to cause as little disruption to passengers as possible, while making the savings required by the Government.
TfL have done a detailed review of London’s bus network, to achieve these significant financial savings. As part of this work, they have reviewed key bus corridors from the north, south, east, and west into the centre of the city. This is because demand has reduced over the years on some roads leading into central and inner London due to changing travel patterns which have been accelerated by the pandemic.
For further information, to see which bus routes are included in our proposals and to complete our online survey, please visit https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/busreview
Alternatively you can submit your response to TfL by email or in writing (no stamp needed) to:
- haveyoursay@tfl.gov.uk; or
- FREEPOST TFL HAVE YOUR SAY (CLBR)
- Or you can telephone us on 020 3054 6037 to leave your name and contact number and we will call you back. Quote ‘Bus Review’ when leaving your message.
Consultation closes Tuesday 12 July 2022
TfL are keen to hear from anyone that wants to comment on this consultation. Please do pass on these details to your own contacts as you may find appropriate.
Please do not hesitate to contact TfL on the above email with any questions, or if you require any further information.
Be serenaded with a song while you get a massage, what a relaxing experience!
For more information and bookings email: mariesmassagelondon@gmail.com, or call on: 07724050592
The next Health & Wellbeing Board meeting will be held online on Wednesday 29th June at 6pm.
The main agenda items are:
- An update on Monkey Pox
- An update on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) for Hammersmith & Fulham. The JSNA provides detailed information about the local population, and is extremely useful for providing evidence of local health needs for your funding bids and applications
- Production of the H&F Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, which evaluates the key health needs of the borough population and how these are being met by pharmaceutical services or could be improved.
The full reports pack can be found here: Health and Wellbeing Board – Agenda papers, 29 June 2022
The meeting will be held online via Zoom. If you would like to attend, please follow the link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81263966167
Meeting ID: 812 6396 6167
Passcode: 155914
As always, if you are unable to attend but would like to raise a particular point, query or comment, please contact Sobus and we would be pleased to do this on your behalf.
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Friday 1 July from 1pm to 2.30pm
