A new package has been announced to support and enforce self-isolation. People will be required by law to self-isolate from 28 September, supported by payment of £500 for those on lower incomes who cannot work from home and have lost income as a result.
If you’re a homeowner or private tenant on benefits or a low income you could get help to improve your home by applying for Warmer Homes.
Wednesday 23 September 11.00 – 12.00 – In Kind Direct Speaker Series
The spotlight this month for this popular free series is on brands. The session will cover how the effects of the pandemic have made us all think differently and why it’s now more important than ever to unite brand aims with the needs of local communities. Find out more.
10 councils have become the first in England to add their support to the call for the Community Wealth Fund (CWF) a new independent endowment to invest in the most ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods in the country. Establishing a CWF is a key part of the ‘5 point plan’ of the #NeverMoreNeeded campaign. Find out more.
Following their success in winning the Jo’s Trust Award in 2019/20, The Cervical Screening Project Team is being recognised yet again !
The team was shortlisted for the 2020 Nursing Time Awards in the Cancer Nursing category .
Project background:
H&F GP Federation was approached by the RM Partners (the Cancer Alliance across North West and South West London) to establish a dedicated Cervical Cancer Programme. The programme started in 2018 continuing to raise awareness as well as improve uptake for all women aged between 25 – 64, with the long-term goal of reducing the incidence of cervical cancer related deaths in Hammersmith and Fulham.
The programme targeted practices with low recorded uptake and worked with Sobus, (voluntary sector organisation representing the majority voluntary organisations in Hammersmith and Fulham) to help reach out too and engage the hard to reach groups. For more information click here
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).
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
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
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.
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.