SASH provides free, non-judgemental support to improve your sexual health, your relationships, and your mental health. We work in Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster to improve residents’ sexual health. You can find out about what we offer here.
The London Growth Hub has launched a new initiative that provides FREE face-to-face Business Support to London based businesses with the West London advisor based at WLB member Huddle in Hammersmith. The aim of the programme is to help businesses ’unlock growth, investment and make productivity improvements’.
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The end of the 2019/20 tax year is approaching and Bright Grahame Murray have shared their insights for year end tax planning time and what lies ahead with the new government’s tax plans for business.
Every Thursday
2pm to 4pm – Central Library
3pm to 7pm – North Kensington Library
Need some support to stop smoking?
RBKC One You has two weekly clinics in our libraries that can help. Both sessions are free and there’s no need to book, just turn up.
No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day in the United Kingdom which is intended to help smokers who want to quit. The first No Smoking Day was in 1984.
At Dawes Road Hub, one of the services Sobus provide is affordable meeting rooms. We also offer a further discounted rate for third sector organisations based in, or providing services within H&F and on multiple block bookings.
To view the space: Use the link and then simply click inside the dotted circles on the plan to see images of that area of the hub: http://dawesroadhub.org.uk/explore-the-hub/
To make an enquiry: Call 020 7952 1230, or email reception.drh@sobus.org.uk
Special requests: email caritamagnani@sobus.org.uk
Nominations for the SMK National Campaigner Awards are open for 2020, and the deadline to nominate is 13 March. Each year, SMK celebrates the best campaigns and campaigners – whether working locally or nationally, and from individuals and community groups to people working in large organisations. Our interest is in finding those who have made change happen – most effectively, creatively and courageously. The SMK National Campaigner Awards is where we bring the campaign community together to champion and celebrate campaigning, demonstrating its value and acknowledging success.
We want to push nominations as much as possible, especially as we are anticipating this year’s Awards ceremony to be the biggest so far!
If you know of any great campaigns or campaigners, please nominate them, or let us know about it and we can nominate them. If you’ve done some great work, you can even nominate yourself!
More info of the awards here
Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation recently won a national award for their work in raising awareness of cervical screening as the borough was identified as one that has the lowest uptake rates in England.
The Team reached out to the community in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham by working with most GP Practices through engaging with diverse groups and organisations in the borough. The aim was to target those that have not attended appointment when invited. Since 2018, over 1000 women attended a screening appointment as a result.
The initiative was supported by working in collaboration with RM Partners, Sobus, the west London Cancer Alliance hosted by The Royal Marsden.
For more information visit:
Hammersmith and Fulham GP Federation – click here
Jo`s Trust – click here
By Sharon Tomlin, Sobus Community Organiser
Like me, I’m sure many of you are busy with your budget for 20-21, and dealing with the day to day pressures of balancing service delivery with good governance, fundraising and supporting and developing our teams of staff and volunteers – there are never quite enough days in the week to get it all done!
In the meantime, COVID-19 is making major headlines, as experts try to predict the course that this might take. The best evidence suggests that much higher numbers of the population will likely be affected, but the majority of people (over 80%) only experience mild symptoms (similar to having the Flu). Those with underlying health conditions and frail/elderly people are most at risk, so it would be prudent to make sure we’re following the advice available, and protecting both ourselves and the people we support as far as we possibly can.
Do give some thought to how your business can adapt to a short term change – whether staff could work from home, whether phone or conference calls could replace meetings etc. In the meantime, keep an eye out for regular updates from the NHS and other central government departments for further advice.
As the saying goes – keep calm and carry on!
Ahead of his upcoming training course – Charity Survival and Sustainability on 7th April – Graeme provides three articles (so far) in a series, featuring practical tips and tools for organisational sustainability.
The capacity of an organisation
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
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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.
