In NCVO’s monthly round-up you will find:
• recommended approaches to measuring personal wellbeing
• a new podcast full of inspiring impact
• new resources to help funders measure their effectiveness
• plus check out some of our upcoming training and events.
Click here to read this month’s impact round-up
With just three weeks to go until the end of the transition period on 31 December, there is still time to prepare. You can find out what actions you may need to take by using the checker tool at gov.uk/transition and keep up to date with regular business readiness bulletins too.
If you receive personal data from the EU/EEA, I urge you to act now to ensure you can continue to lawfully receive data from your clients in the EU from 1 January 2021, whatever the EU decides. Specifically, this means:
Shop & Donate sell fresh products from our sustainable UK farms and markets. By purchasing one of our products your contribution goes towards sending donations to key workers, food banks and vulnerable residents affect by COVID-19. We also provide other services such as telephone befriending and aftercare support for Covid-19 patients, which gives those leaving the hospital a food package for when they arrive home. Shop our range of fresh products and together we can help vulnerable people in our community and support our key workers. Find out more
In 2018 Sobus started working on a BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) Mental health project in partnership with BAME led organisations and other voluntary and community organisations who were interested in the issue. This included the Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation, Nubian Life, People Arise Now, Community Education Forum. The disproportionate numbers of BAME people diagnosed with mental health conditions under the care of mental health services and inadequate service provision has been a concern for decades. Read on
Sobus are delighted to announce that we will shortly be launching an online training programme – Sobus Online Learning, Information and Development (SOLID), which will offer over 500 free training courses to Hammersmith & Fulham Voluntary and Community Groups.
SOLID will include courses on
We are looking for a small group of organisations to test pilot the scheme. If you would like to be involved, or would like to register your interest in signing up to SOLID, please contact admin@sobus.org.uk
The last Health & Wellbeing Board was held on MS Teams on Wednesday 2nd December.
You can find the agenda and papers by following this link.
To read on, click here.
An exciting update on the Hammersmith Bridge closure has been published on the council’s website: Click here
As well as our regular newsletter containing up to date funding opportunities Sobus subscribes to Grantfinder.
Grantinder is one of the largest database of funders from across the UK. It is well maintained and up to date. However, in order to search the database well it needs some clear information:
From this point onwards the database will produce a range of funding opportunities. And within that it will give clear criteria about what the funder expects and what you as an organisation might need in order to apply e.g. a certain level of income. Usually there will be about 20+ funders for each search but it can be a good place to start.
If you need Sobus to carry out a search then contact us by email at admin@sobus.org.uk
Alternatively if you are not too clear about how to describe your funding needs then please contact Nigel at nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk
Age UK London urge now more than ever, to get your free flu jab and protect yourself and those around you. For the Age UK Flu Vaccine Toolkit, click here . For information and resources, click here.
The updated 2020 Charity Governance Code follows a rigorous consultation with the charity sector that received over 800 responses. The enhancements focus on Principle 3: Integrity and Principle 6: Diversity, now called Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Find out more.
