The Charity Retail Association has published a 6th version of its reopening pack for charity shops, including the revised reduction in quarantining donations and returned stock to 48 hours and face covering guidance. Find out more here.
The Charity Commission is to launch a new online register of charities, replacing the two that are currently available. Civil Society reports the regulator’s accounts state that it has been working on improvements to its register. Find out more.
Project Grants is open to anyone who needs funding for an arts, museums or libraries project that shows public benefit. We’ve updated our guidance so we can support more individuals and creative practitioners during Covid-19.
We’re making sure individual applicants are well supported and, for now, you won’t need to provide 10% match funding to be eligible. We’re also more likely to fund activity that gives you the time to think, plan and test new ideas and we’re funding a wider range of museum and library activity. Find out about these changes and more on our website.
If your question isn’t covered by any of the above, check out our FAQs before you get in touch. We may already have an answer for you! Read the FAQs >
- Individuals you can claim for who are not employees
- HMRC will not decline or seek repayment of any grant based solely on the particular choice between fixed or variable approach to calculating usual hours, as long as a reasonable choice is made
- Adjusted text to add clarity to ‘Paying employee taxes and pension contributions’ section and added wording to section on employee rights to make it clear that you can continue to claim for a furloughed employee who is serving a statutory notice period.
- The scheme is now open for registrations
- Register your establishment for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
- Check the availability and any issues affecting the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.
- Further information on the scheme can be found here.
- Promotional materials you can use can be found here.
- For customers: Get a discount with the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
Within the newsletter we are providing local updates on Coronavirus, our North West London priorities and service provision:
PM’s Speech
The Prime Minister has this morning set out next steps in the Government’s Covid-19 recovery strategy, including an update to ‘Our Plan to Rebuild’, originally published on 11 May and publication of the Contain Framework, setting out how local authorities and national Government will work together to manage local outbreaks.
The PM’s speech can be found at bit.ly/2OECI2h
The next chapter in our plan to rebuild, setting out next steps on the Government’s roadmap for responding to Covid-19 and how the Government is preparing for winter is available at: bit.ly/30esVWg
The Contain Framework setting out how national and local partners will work with the public at a local level to prevent, contain and manage outbreaks can be found at bit.ly/32qpHl4
To help amplify this message to customers and employees, you may wish to consider sharing No10’s messaging at bit.ly/2CohOCf
New Social Enterprise, ‘Home(less) made’ is an initiative from the Barons Court Project, supporting our guests who are homeless or living with mental health conditions to enable them to live the life they deserve.We run a weekly art group that encourages them to express their emotions into beautiful creations.
There are three lovely cards designed by one of our super talented guests, Guan and we are now selling these to raise funds for the Barons Court Project and the artist, who is homeless. We will have more designs coming soon and from another guest.
We really hope that this will take off and not only help BCP but also the artists. You can find out more on our website at www.homelessmade.co.uk and also promote our work on Twitter – @homelessmade, Facebook – Home_less Made and Instagram – homelessmade_uk. Many thanks.
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.