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Small Charity Week 18th – 23rd June 2018

Get your Charity Ready 
There are a range of opportunities available on the Small Charity Week website for your small charity to take advantage of, with many more opportunities and activities to come.

Today we have launched our I Love Small Charities Day Competition information and our Celebration Day toolkit to give you enough time to gear up and prepare your charity and your supporters in advance.

 

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Have you heard of Shared Lives – an innovative way to support someone with extra needs by becoming a paid, professional carer?

Shared Lives is a community based service for adults with learning disabilities, mental health needs, or older people that runs across Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.  The scheme is being delivered by Grace Eyre, a charity whose name is taken from Grace Eyre Woodhead, who not only founded the organisation in 1898 but also formed the first Shared Lives scheme in the UK.

Our carers are regular people who want to make a difference and can share their home with someone who needs extra support – in return, they are paid, receive training and ongoing support, and become part of an active, supportive network of carers across the UK.

There are over 150 Shared Lives Schemes across the UK.  The schemes are managed by experts in this field, funded by local authorities and regulated by the Care Quality Commission.

We are looking for more people to become carers.  As one of our current carers says, “It’s a highly rewarding job and I’ve really benefitted too – I’ve made a firm friend!” – so why not get in touch to find out more?

If you would like to know more about this extraordinary paid role, maybe as a career change or back to work idea, or if you know someone who would be interested, contact us on sharedliveslondon@grace-eyre.org or 020 7924 0631.

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Citizens Advice H & F – Recruitment – Open Afternoon

We recruiting for:

  • Adviser
  • Project Management
  • Training roles

Who are we – Citizens Advice Hammersmith & Fulham is an innovative service, delivering generalist and specialist advice services via our pioneering projects and through multiple channels both locally and nationally.

We are one of the first advice agencies to secure 10 years funding for our core service and its associated specialist projects. We are now looking to recruit to a variety of roles to support this service.

Opportunity – We are looking for individuals who are interested in working with a high achieving, innovative and award winning service and to be a part of its continued success.

If you think you have what it takes, a high level of motivation to achieve results, the ability to work efficiently and to high quality standards, why not come to our Open afternoon event to learn more about the opportunities to work in a supportive environment which will develop and enhance your advice and project management skills, delivering a service with 99% satisfaction rate and which 81% of our staff would recommend CAHF as a place to work or volunteer.

Come and MEET us – at our event to learn more about us, our impact in the community, and the roles on offer and meet the CEO and Senior Management Team who will be on hand to answer your questions. All of which will help you to complete your application more effectively.

Open Afternoon      Wednesday 14th March       Time: 16.00 – 18.00pm

Venue:                       Avonmore Library and Neighbourhood Centre, W14 8TG

To book your place at the Open Event, please contact  ivy.lewis@cahf.org.uk  by Tuesday  13  March 2018.  (please note spaces are limited and will be allocated on first come basis).

If you are unable to attend the Open Day, want more information about the roles please contact ivy.lewis@cahf.org.uk

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Healthwatch Report of Charing Cross Hospital

Public says ‘involve us in Charing Cross Hospital future’

Concerns about the future of Charing Cross Hospital have been repeatedly raised to Healthwatch CWL by Hammersmith & Fulham residents.

To address this, we raised a series of questions to decision-makers in the local NHS. We also spoke to over 200 outpatients, to hear directly from people using Charing Cross Hospital.

We found that:

  •  70% of respondents from Hammersmith and Fulham want opportunities to be involved.
  •   83% of all respondents were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘extremely satisfied’ with treatment on the day.

Christine Vigars, Chair of Healthwatch Central West London said:

“Healthwatch Central West London has compiled this report to support patients and people who use Charing Cross to get their voices heard. We are working to ensure that their views are listened to and acted on by those with the power to make decisions about future health provision locally.”

Click Here to read the full report and recommendations

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Welcome to Good Finance

Our mission is to help charities & social enterprises navigate the world of social investment.

 

Social investment is the use of repayable finance to help an organisation achieve a social purpose.

 

The Good Finance UK website is full of useful information, tools and resources including…
…a quick profiler tool to help you work out if social investment is right for you
…a blog with loads of tips like these five for 2018
…a directory of investors and advisors
…upcoming events around the country
…guidance on how to measure your social impact

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Monthly Health and Wellbeing Event at Chelsea FC

Chelsea FC have recently started a movement session as part of the St Andrew’s Health & Well Being Series which is running through until June 2018.

Click Here for details about the Activate Seniors Programme

Click Here for details about the Healthy Response Programme and Click Here for comments about the last series and directions to the venue.

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Opportunity for free, facilitated coaching from senior business mentors

Are you an ambitious organisation looking for support to make the next strategic step in your development?

Pilotlight is an award-winning charity that transforms the lives of disadvantaged people in the UK by offering charities and social enterprises access to the strategic business support they need to become bigger, better and more sustainable. We do this by harnessing and matching the talents of our members – we call them Pilotlighters – to charities through our programmes. All our programmes are project managed by experienced Pilotlight Project Managers who drive for the best outcomes for both our Charity Partners and our Pilotlighters.

We currently have a small number of places available for ambitious organisations that tackle social disadvantaged in the UK and are based in London to participate in our Pilotlight Programme. The programme offers 10 months of facilitated coaching from four volunteer senior business mentors (we call them Pilotlighters), supported by a dedicated Pilotlight Project Manager and is free of charge. Teams meet monthly in our central London office and each project is bespoke to the strategic challenges the organisation is facing.

Two years after their engagement with Pilotlight, our charity partners are on average:

  • reaching 53% more people
  • generating 28% more income

Could this be your organisation?

For more information and to apply visit: Click Here

If you have any queries please contact Georges Lebreton on 020 7283 7022 or GLebreton@pilotlight.org.uk

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Advance Team – WORK FOR US

You can become part of the Advance team and become part of a well respected and well established charity working to support women to cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse and supporting women who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce offending.

Five years ago we diversified our services to start our successful Minerva project, working with women offenders, many of whom are also experiencing domestic abuse. Less than one year ago Advance became part of the Angelou Partnership who successfully won the contract for an exciting new range of services seeking to counteract Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the three borough area (Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham). This includes sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage, honour based violence and work with younger women.

Our positions vacant are listed below.

Female* Programme Manager – Minerva WrapAround Service

Female* Regional Team & Centre Manager – Minerva WrapAround Service x 2

Here is a link to the website for more info about Advance and the Job Opportunities http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/

Closing date is 12th March at 9.00am for both adverts.

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Hammersmith and Fulham Means Business – 22nd March 2018

Are you a Hammersmith & Fulham small business?

The council wants H&F to be the best place to do business in Europe. Please join us for this year’s business-boosting event and exhibition.

PRE-REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE TICKET at  hammersmithandfulhammeansbusiness.co.uk

Exhibit at this event

Event Date: 22nd March 2018

Please call 0333 358 3399 or visit our website for more information.

We also have pro bono opportrunities for selected Hammersmith & Fulham businesses to have a free stand at the event in some targeted sectors.

Free networking

With two free Speed Networking sessions and informal networking across the day, there are plenty of opportunities to meet your next client, supplier or partners.

Exhibition

Over 30 suppliers, support groups, H&F Council departments and service providers will be on hand throughout the day to help, guide, advise and support your business.

One-to-One advice sessions

Book an appointment for personal advice with an expert on accounting, law, marketing, sales, business development, funding and much more.

Seminars
Four inspirational seminars covering subjects relevant to all businesses. These are:

  • NatWest start-up masterclass
  • What GDPR means for your business. The new data protection rules come into place on 25 May and will affect everyone in business
  • Planning for success – strategies and tips to help you grow
  • Question Time – with a panel of business experts to answer your questions.

For further information contact 

Nicki Burgess, H&F Business Investment Team  – Phone 020 8753 5695 • email: nicki.burgess@lbhf.gov.uk

Your Business Community – Phone 0333 358 3399 • web: yourbusinesscommunity.co.uk

Many thanks to our sponsors

NatWest Business

Your Business Community

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Funding Available: Tesco Bags of Help is seeking applications from West London!

 

 

 

A reminder for West London community organisations that we are currently receiving applications in for the May/June 2018 voting round for Tesco Bags of Help.

Local projects that benefit the community may be eligible for funding. These can include:

  • volunteer training
  • equipment purchases
  • community events
  • physical improvements of open spaces
  • sports and leisure activities

Following each public vote, three projects in each Tesco region (by borough in London), will receive a grant award, with first place receiving up to £4K, second place up to £2K and third place up to £1K.

Voting occurs bi-monthly in-store. You can take our eligibility quiz  and apply online by Clicking Here

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