Missed out on this year’s Engage conference? In our new article, Jay Kennedy, DSC’s Director of Policy and Research, has put together a round-up of the highlights from the event. Take a look here.
Carers Rights Day 2024 will take place in Ealing on Thursday 21 November 2024. The event is for the boroughs unpaid carers supporting family members and the theme this year is “recognising Your Rights.”
Carers Rights Day is an annual event in the UK that raises awareness of the challenges and rights of unpaid family carers. The day aims to help carers understand their rights and access the support they are entitled to.
There will be a range of local voluntary and staturory services stalls sharing information and advice about their services. The NHS will be providing blood pressure checks and providing valuable advice about health and healthy living.
The event takes place at 10am – 3pm on 21 November 2024. It takes place at Elm Lodge, in Greenford, Ealing.
NHS North West London, supported by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, ran a consultation from October 2023 to February 2024, on the future of acute mental health services in Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea following the temporary closure of the inpatient wards at the Gordon Hospital. There was significant engagement in the consultation with over 700 individual responses.
The responses from the consultation period helped identify a number of areas where further work was needed that would help continue to develop the case and proposed model of care to ensure it is meeting the needs of the local population. This work has all informed the Decision Making Business Case (DMBC) which will be presented to NHS North West London Board for a final decision.
To ensure all information has been sufficiently considered there has been a decision that the DMBC will be taken to NHS North West London Board on Wednesday 22 January 2025 where a final decision will be made. This is a public meeting and interested parties are invited to watch the meeting to see the discussion, a link will be available here closer to the time.
We also anticipate at least two more public meetings of the North West London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee to discuss the case before any changes are implemented. One will discuss the DMBC before it goes to NHS North West London for decision and the second will review the decision made at the meeting in January 2025. These meetings are both open to the public and more information about dates and how to join can be found here.
Thank you to everyone who has been involved in this engagement process and for your patience while a fully considered decision is reached to best meet the needs of the local community.
Charity Sector ‘Stuck in a Fear Loop’ on Anti-racism, Says Mind CEO
“The charity sector is “stuck in a fear loop” when it comes to anti-racism, mental health charity Mind’s chief executive Sarah Hughes said at a recent online event…” Read more here.
Trustees say their boards are performing worse at EDI than anything else
“Charity trustees have rated equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as the governance area in which their boards are most struggling to achieve positive outcomes…” Read more here.
A new white paper by a group of UK safety industry bodies calls for a national workplace mental health strategy to tackle rising levels of poor mental health.
Prioritising mental health in the workplace, which is joint-published by the The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Stakeholder Alliance, calls on the UK government and policy-makers to take action.
“Inaccessibility in the online world can limit people just as much as the physical world, and poorly designed websites are no exception, meaning that people with disabilities have less access to information than others…” Read more here.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act has given Companies House more powers to improve the accuracy of the data we hold and crack down on misuse of the register.
Companies that do not comply with their legal duties (for example, not filing their confirmation statement on time) could now face financial penalties.
We’ll continue to support businesses to comply with their legal duties and will take a consistent and proportionate approach to these new powers.
“There are no plans to charge users of the Charity Governance Code, the steering group responsible for it has said. The group consulted on potential changes to the code earlier this year and received nearly 500 responses to its questions including whether charities would be “willing to pay a small fee”, based on their size, to use it…” Read more here.
On 18th September 2024, at the “Towards Equity in Health” summit at Imperial College London, Lord Darzi and Sir Professor Michael Marmot presented their insights on the future of the NHS and the importance of addressing health inequalities. Below is an update from NAVCA, summarising key findings from the report, along with implications and opportunities for the VCSE sector, LIOs, and ICS-VCSE Alliances.
Christmas is fast approaching and here at Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham we’re buzzing with excitement! Our annual Carol Concert tickets are now on sale, and this year’s event promises to be more magical than ever. Mark your calendars for Wednesday 11th December at Holy Trinity Church, Brook Green, starting at 7pm.
Expect an enchanting evening filled with celebrity guests, professionally performed carols, and plenty of opportunities for you to sing along too. And don’t forget our exclusive post-concert reception to keep the festivities coming.
A huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors LMA Property and SWM Partners for helping make this event possible.
Get your ticket at https://giving.give-star.com/event/age-uk-hammersmith-and-fulham/carol-concert-2024
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