COVID-19: PM’s Speech

The Prime Minister has this afternoon set out new measures to restrict the spread of Coronavirus. The PM’s statement can be found here

The new measures include the following:

  • From Monday 14 September it will not be possible to meet with people from other households socially in groups of more than six. This will apply indoors and outdoors, including in private homes. Education and work settings are unaffected;
  • Businesses will have a clear duty to support NHS Test and Trace. From Friday 18 September, it will be mandatory for certain businesses to have a system to collect NHS Test and Trace data, which must be kept for 21 days.

More information about the measures is available here. This also provides a link to simplified COVID-19 Secure guidance published today.

A video – Hands Face Space – can meanwhile be seen here. Any questions can be directed to our dedicated business enquiries mailbox (covid19-partnerships@cabinetoffice.gov.uk).

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Hapi Nutrition UK: Liver Health

The liver is one of the hardest working organs in the body, performing over 500 functions vital for our life and health These include filtering and removing toxic substances from the body, producing bile to help us digest fats and storing and releasing glucose and essential nutrients as needed Our livers are detoxifying our
bodies every minute of every day, however, caring for our livers is usually an afterthought and we do not give them the attention they deserve. Read on

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Cabinet Office Letter: Better Health – Every Mind Matters

Launching today, Public Health England (PHE)’s new Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign provides NHS-endorsed tips and advice to look after children and young people’s mental wellbeing. Read on

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#NeverMoreNeeded Campaign Pack Launched

Want to be part of making sure charities get the support they need right now? The Never More Needed campaign has made it even easier for you to share the fantastic work you do, so that we can inform and inspire the politicians, policy makers, decision makers and supporters that we need on our side.

You can now download a campaign pack with template letters, great copy that you can just paste into your existing communications, and a whole host of critical facts and figures to help tell the story of how now, more than ever, charities are #NeverMoreNeeded. 

We need your help! Find out more and tell us what you’re doing on Twitter using #NeverMoreNeeded.

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Young H&F’s Report on Mental Health

Young H&F would like to present our latest report carried out by Imperial College Global Health students, Raymond, Aditi and Shahini on their Community Group Placement at Young H&F. The report is an ‘Analysis of community provision to support the mental health of young people of the African Diaspora aged 0-25 years in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham‘.

Key recommendations are:

  •  More extensive map of services in the borough.
  • Greater education on how to have a positive mental health in youth clubs, community groups and education settings.
  • Taking a multi-sectoral approach when tackling mental health in H&F.
  • Better diversity and training of staff to support young people from the African Diaspora.
  • An Update of the Young Adults Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

You can view the report on our website here.

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Live-in Care Services

Able Community Care is a nationwide provider of Live-in Care Services. We can provide the following services throughout London:

  • Long term Live-in Care, a true alternative to moving into a care home.
  • Home from Hospital Care enabling a person to regain independence happily at home.
  • Planned Respite Care for families who need a break from caring
  • Holiday Companion Care for people who want to have a holiday but need care support.

We have information packs on all the above services. For further information click here, or call us on 01603 764567.

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How to Spot, Avoid & Report Fake Cheque Scams

Business Expert have just written our own comprehensive guide to How to Spot, Avoid and Report Fake Cheque Scams, plus information on how to keep yourself safe. It covers the UK, USA, Australia and Canada and can be found here

 

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‘Show the Salary’ Campaign Launched

A campaign has been launched to encourage charities to always publish the salary for roles they are advertising (and a number of other things that help prevent the perpetuation of salary inequalities). Find out more here.

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Charity Commission Launches Improved Public Register of Charities

The Charity Commission has launched an improved public register of charities, which makes more information about individual charities available to donors and the public. The register receives over 40 million page views per year. The regulator says the public feel strongly about transparency around where charity money goes and the efficient use of resources by charities, and the register is an important source of information for the public, funders, philanthropists and charities themselves. Find out more.

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Kickstart Jobs Scheme

The government has introduced a new Kickstart Scheme in Great Britain, a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-month work placements aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment.

Funding available for each job will cover 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week, plus the associated employer National Insurance contributions and employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions.

To help smaller businesses, employers offering fewer than 30 placements will be asked to make a bid through an intermediary, such as a Local Authority or Chamber of Commerce, who will then bid for 30 or more placements as a combined bid from several businesses. This will make the process easier and less labour intensive to apply for these smaller companies who only want to hire one or two Kickstarters.

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/kickstart-jobs

Please consider amplifying this tweet: https://twitter.com/HMGLondonSE/status/1301192420563005441

If you, or any local businesses you work with, are looking to make use of the Kickstart team, we would love to hear from you.

Green Homes Grant

Updates to the Simple Energy Advice website, allowing homeowners and landlords to check how the government’s new Green Homes Grant scheme can help make their homes warmer and more energy efficient, have been launched.

The Green Home Grants scheme, due to open by the end of September, will allow consumers to obtain funding for up to two-thirds of the cost of the energy saving measures identified, in the form of vouchers.

 

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/greenhomes1

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