Nigel Jacques, Sobus Organisational Development Officer has collated some useful tips on working remotely.
For tips sourced from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development on working remotely click here
For tips on using your computer at home click here
New employment laws have landed this April. Find out what they are and how they change your business in Bright HR’s complimentary guide. Click here
To mark National Stress Awareness Month 2020, Bright HR explain 5 ways to handle stress during the coronavirus pandemic. Click here
The latest announcement from the Chancellor included a much needed emergency package of £750 Million to keep charities afloat during these uncertain times. Chancellor Rishi Sunak also confirmed that charities and their employees are eligible for the government’s job retention scheme.
Tens of thousands of charities providing vital services will benefit from direct cash grants, to ensure they can meet increased demand as a result of the virus, as well as continuing their day-to-day activities supporting those in need.
Mr Sunak also announced that the government would match all donations from the public to the BBC’s Big Night In fundraising event on the 23rd April, pledging a minimum of £20m.
Keep up to date with the latest developments on this much needed support package, including how much funding charities will be entitled to claim and over what period, and how long it will be before the funding reaches charities accounts from the Charity Tax Group.
Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre is still open and we are continuing to give advice and support to organisations in the borough.
Your clients may be homeless, facing eviction or have questions about their tenancies, benefit or immigration or the European Union Resettlement Scheme, family or employment issues.
For an information sheet to assist with your clients at this difficult time click here, but the law centre also wants to support you with the provision of second tier advice to your organisations.
Housing
If you need second tier housing advice please contact, Sara Taylor, solicitor, at sara.taylor@hflaw.org.uk. She will call or email you back.
Welfare Benefits
If you need second tier welfare benefits advice please contact Stephen Cutter, solicitor, at stephen.cutter@hflaw.org.uk. He will call or email you back.
Immigration & Asylum
If you need second tier immigration and asylum advice please contact Rajwinder Sahota, solicitor, at rajwinder.sahota@hflaw.org.uk. She will call or email you back.
EUSS
If you need second tier euss advice please contact Deborah Acquaah, immigration caseworker, at Deborah.acquaah@hflaw.org.uk. She will call or email you back.
The DHSC has issued a call for evidence relating to volunteering. Any insight you can offer from the frontline would be really helpful in informing their policy decisions. They’ve asked for any data/evidence to be submitted to Matthew.Siddons@dhsc.gov.uk, ideally by the end of the day on Wednesday 15 April. Click here.
The Ubele Initiative highlights to government urgent concern that BAME communities who are both on the frontline dealing with outbreak and are set to face disproportionate impacts, are not being adequately included and considered in decisions being made by government and civil society leadership. Find out more.
The Bring Joy Foundation has launched a campaign to support seniors who are socially isolated throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Donations can be made via justgiving.com/campaign/HomeIsolation. Funds will be distributed to local community groups and Home Instead Senior Care offices to supply craft materials, activities, communication tools and assistive technology to seniors to support them in their isolation. Grants are also available for seniors facing extra challenges during this time due to illness or disability. Local community groups, either registered or unregistered, that have had to suspend meetings can apply for this funding by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button on the homepage of the charity’s website.
DSC say they are dissapointed with the government’s support package for charities, but still pushing desperately for the help we all need. They’re wrestling with the implications of what’s been announced and looking at the gaps that leaves, and will be back arguing the case for more help after the Easter weekend.
In the meantime, they’re relaunching our #EverybodyBenefits campaign. There’s no better time to show government, journalists, and everybody else that the work charities do is critical to society. It’s not an add-on or something we can do without, everything we do is connected to making the world a better place – and #EverybodyBenefits from that!
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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.
