For key Government and Public Health links related to Covid-19 as well as important information for Organisations and Residents please click the link below.
The Purls.UK bring people together to build friendships and inclusive communities, combating loneliness and isolation and benefiting the street homeless and their pets by donating handmade warm items of clothing and working in partnership with like-minded organisations. Thank you to those of you that have gotten past any technical issues and successfully liked, commented and pledged on our Spacehive page. Your support is greatly appreciated.
The Purls.UK have been awarded a Community Small Sparks Grant, which Sobus partners and we will be preparing knitting & crocheting kits for those who are shielding or self-isolating very soon, with regular contact by phone.
The Purls.UK have gone live and are now Crowdfunding!!!! Please visit our page to like, comment and pledge at www.spacehive.com/building-healthier-communities
Thursday 8th October
4.30pm-6.00pm
Corona and beyond … a pan-London briefing for faith and community groups
Up to date information and discussion on
- Public health update
- London’s strategic response – and other issues on the horizon; Weather, Brexit and Flu
- Adapting to changing regulations
- Funding and resourcing
- Local collaboration supporting those in need
- Spiritual support for Londoners
We will be welcomed by Fiona Twycross, Deputy Mayor of London, and joined by senior professionals from specialist agencies and asking:
Where are we now?
What have we learned?
What can we do better?
To register send your name and organisation name to convener@lbfn.org by 10.00am Thursday 8th October. Zoom connection details will be sent out one hour before the briefing. For updates on speakers and agenda look at our Whatsapp Group https://chat.whatsapp.com/JU9RxahR9MC6WKBCfiLnyu
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On 5th July, the birthday of the NHS, /together brought millions of people together in a shared moment of thanks, as the ‘Clap for carers’ was heard again in streets across the UK.
We believe that moments like these, when we come together to focus on what we have in common, are important. And we want to find out how we can do more of this.
/Together is a campaign that starts with questions rather than answers.
We have now launched talk/together : a UK-wide conversation about what divides us, what unites us and what will bring us closer /together. We hope this will be the biggest public survey since the census, engaging people in conversations right across the UK.
It will shape the direction of the campaign’s future activities to promote social connection and bridge divides.
And we want to invite you to have your say.
Find out more about Talk/together here
Changes to timeframes in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force on 29 September. The Act introduced several temporary measures due to expire on 30 September 2020, which have now been extended:
Provisions enabling companies and certain other qualifying bodies (including English/Welsh CIOs) to hold virtual AGMs are extended until 30 December 2020;
Restrictions on statutory demands and winding up petitions are extended until 31 December 2020;
The small supplier exemption from restrictions on terminating supply contracts are extended to 31 March 2021; and
Modifications to the new moratorium procedure (including eligibility conditions) are extended until 30 March 2021.
Other provisions have not been extended. The temporary rules offering trustees/directors some protection from ‘wrongful trading’ expire on 30 September 2020 after which they will no longer be effective. Trustees/directors could be liable to contribute personally towards the debts of their company if it is heading towards insolvency and they fail to take steps to minimise losses. Read more
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Young H&F would like to present our latest report Growing up in Hammersmith & Fulham. The report explores the needs of young people aged 10 -25 in Hammersmith & Fulham. The research was carried out by young people between the ages of 13 to 24.
Some of the key findings are:
- Young people are largely unaware of how to access local youth services.
- The majority of young people are worried about the impact of coronavirus on their education and employment.
- The majority of young people were interested in receiving advice on finance, anxiety and stress and managing emotions.
- Knowledge of how to access youth services is important for mental health
To find out more you can download the report here
Three libraries in Kensington and Chelsea are open with limited services on offer and social distancing measures in place. You are welcome to visit Central, Chelsea and North Kensington libraries from 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday and from 9.30am to 5pm on Saturdays. Chelsea Library is open on Sundays too, 1pm to 5pm.
Face covering is required to enter the library and we are asking people to submit their details for the NHS track&trace programme or scan the QR code if they have the app.
But our online library of newspapers, journals, comics, books, audiobooks and much more is available to you at all times, remotely, with your library card.
Our events programme continues online and there is a lot happening on our social media platforms too!
The PM today set out plans to transform the training and skills system to help the country recover from coronavirus.
The plans include:
- A Lifetime Skills Guarantee to give adults the chance to take free college courses valued by employers.
- A new entitlement to flexible loans to allow courses to be taken in segments, boosting opportunities to retrain.
A press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office is available at: https://bit.ly/2S7DCWO. The PM’s speech can meanwhile be read at: https://bit.ly/3n4AjxV
The Skills Toolkit
There has also been an expansion of DfE’s online learning platform, The Skills Toolkit, to more than 70 courses in digital, numeracy and employability or work-readiness courses.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council have been working on a new policy to make sure residents are fully involved in any decisions on the future of their homes. It’s called the Defend Council Homes policy and we’d like to know what our residents think about it.
Our new Defend Council Homes policy has been designed by a resident-led team. It aims to protect resident’s interests and make sure that if there are any proposals affecting their homes in the future they can’t go ahead unless residents have had the opportunity to be fully involved from the very beginning.
Cllr Lisa Homan, Cabinet Member for Housing, has recorded a short video to explain why this policy is so important. You can watch it here at https://youtu.be/BIXN6vm5ng8
No other council has done this before, and we believe we’ve found a way to give residents the protection they have the right to expect. The Defend Council Homes policy sets out our new approach.
We’d like to know what residents think about the policy and the protection it offers. In fact, we’re hoping for a big thumbs-up from all residents, because the greater the support for the policy, the stronger its protection will be.
There’s more information, including some videos explaining the policy, on our website at www.lbhf.gov.uk/defendcouncilhomes
The deadline for the consultation is Friday 2 October 2020
This consultation is open to all council housing household members and we would welcome individual returns from each person.
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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.