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Healthcare in the Digital Era, from Healthwatch Central West London

The latest report from Healthwatch Central West London (HWCWL) provides an independent insight into the healthcare needs and aspirations of young people in Hammersmith and Fulham, and how these can be met using digital technology. We also worked with Sharon Tomlin from Sobus on this report, and she is credited in the document.You can read the full report and summary documents below, or find them on our website.

I hope that you find this report as informative, interesting and useful as we found the research and analysis.

For more information about the Healthcare in the Digital Era report, email: info@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org

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Do any Local Charities or Community Projects Operating in H&F Need Assistance with a Physical Task?

Goodgym Hammersmtih & Fulham runners meet every Tuesday evening to run together to a local good cause and lend a helping hand.  We have been painting school rooms, tidying community gardens, sorting clothing donations and litter picking in Hammersmith & Fulham for three and a half years now.  We are always on the look out for more Tuesday evening tasks for us to take on – and with our volunteer numbers exponentially growing we are now often carrying out two tasks in an evening.  If you have a task there are two dozen GoodGym volunteers ready to help in the borough.

To request a task, please email bethn@goodgym.org (our coordinator and run leader for Hammersmith and Fulham Goodgym).

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Third Sector Leaders Share Their Personal Experiences of Overhauling Charities

The well-known saying ‘it’s tough at the top’ rings true for charity chief executives whose organisations face financial deficits, low morale and overstretched services. The CEOs responsible for giving a new lease of life to The Brain Charity, St John’s Hospice and Autism Together offer their top tips for getting the job done effectively

1. Be Brave
You need to be prepared to be unpopular to get things done, says the CEO of The Brain Charity, Nanette Mellor, who was appointed to plug the organisation’s financial hole. “The last thing you need to think about is being liked by anybody. If you start to worry about trying to please everybody, then you’re going to start to make the wrong decisions.”

Read the full article here

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Recruitment to Disability Forum Planning Group (DFPG)

Are you a Disabled person and have experienced facing barriers when accessing housing, public buildings and open space?

Do you live, study, work or volunteer in Hammersmith & Fulham and would like to make a difference locally?

Would you like to give advice to the council’s planning department on planning applications?

We would like to invite you to join the H&F Disability Forum Planning Group

The DFPG provides advice to Hammersmith & Fulham Council on making sure that planning applications1 create new buildings are accessible and inclusive that work for everyone. The group will use the Social Model of Disability2 and a human rights way3 of working in all its work.

We would provide:

  • Training to new members on access and inclusion
  • Empower new members to take an active part
  • Access to technical expertise

For more information contact Kevin Caulfield on coproduction@lbhf.gov.uk or 0777 667 2367

Closing date for applications: Friday 28 February 2020 at midday

Invitation to join

For more information 

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Elgin Close Resource Centre Timetable

Please click below for the latest monthly and quarterly timetables for Elgin Close Resource Centre.

Please be aware of our new opening times as from January 2020: Monday to Friday – 9.00am to 5.00pm .We are no longer open at weekends.

Activity timetable 
Elgin’s timetable

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Hammersmith & Fulham Hive is back!

Learn how to get the funding your community project needs at the upcoming workshop!

Wednesday 12th February, Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Rd, Hammersmith, W6 9DT, 2.30pm – 4.30pm – Get your FREE ticket here!

Hammersmith & Fulham Hive is the place to go for local change makers and community champions who want to make the borough an even better place to live. LBHF is pledging up to £20k towards community-led projects that bring local places to life! Join programme partners Spacehive for an interactive workshop  for people interested in becoming project creators! You will:

  • Learn more about H&F Hive funds and the Spring Funding Round
  • Discover additional funds available for your project
  • Get advice on creating your campaign plan

Explore how to promote your project successfully!

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Fundraising Spotlight: The Complete Fundraising Handbook

The Complete Fundraising Handbook has never been out of print since it was published in 1992, this trusty guide encompasses all of the main fundraising sources and techniques.

“Since the very first edition, it’s been providing wise counsel and practical guidance for all fundraisers and this edition brilliantly continues this tradition at a time when it’s very much needed.” Paul Amadi, Chief Supporter Officer, British Red Cross

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Free Boxing Training

Would you like to incorporate boxing training in to your group or community activities? We recently opened our boxing studio in Fulham with a mission to get more people active! As well as an ambition to grow our boxing business, we’re passionate about bringing the benefits of sport and physical activity to more people that wouldn’t normally have access to quality training, both children and adults – going a little way to help reduce the inequalities in sport and exercise that persist today.

If you are a charity, community group, local school or social enterprise and would like to know more about our free boxing training, we’d love to have a chat. Please email Charlotte on charlotte@thesquareboxing.co.uk if you are interested.

We are also launching a crowdfunding campaign to help support this if you would like to help support by sharing and also to find out more about us – you can see the preview page here

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Nominations Have Opened for The H&F Civic Honours 2020!

This will be H&F Council’s third annual awards celebrating those individuals and organisations who give their time to help to enrich the lives of others in the borough.  This year, we are looking for nominations in the following categories: 

  • Most dedicated volunteer
  • Bringing people together
  • Community organiser
  • Acts of compassion
  • Contributions to art, culture or heritage
  • Contributions to health and well-being
  • Improving our environment
  • Lifetime achievement

You can nominate anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in the borough, or any community or voluntary group or organisation.  All nominations will be put before a panel of judges and the finalists will be invited to an awards ceremony in early June (exact date and venue tbc), at which the winners will be announced.

Visit the story on the council website for more information, a link to the nomination form – and also to see the video from last year’s awards event at the town hall.

If you know someone who deserves recognition for their hard work and dedication, nominate them now!  Nominations close on Monday 9th March 2020.

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Finance Top Tips from DSC

For DSC’s finance top tips, click on the links below:

Duties of a company secretary: five top tips

Data protection: the importance of knowing your controllers from your processors

Finance is for everyone: top tips to help people ‘get’ finance

The five major risks all charity board members need to think about

A five step plan to reduce charity fraud

Improving your charity finance function

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