The Grove Neighbourhood Centre’s next Spring Fete is on 22nd April, 1-3pm.
Grove Neighbourhood Centre
7 Bradmore Park Road
Hammersmith W6 0DT
Telephone: 020 8741 3321
For further information click here.
At the last meeting of the Westminster Community Network, participants focused on identifying unmet community needs and how best to work together to address them. One of the outcomes of the network meeting was an agreement to set up a new Older People Services Providers’ Network. The aim of the network will be, to help providers share experiences, reduce overlaps in services and enable us to work more effectively together to meet the needs of older people in Westminster. In time this might lead to joint bidding for funding and contracts. We would therefore like to invite you to the first of a regular series of Older People Services Provider’s Network meetings for voluntary sector organisations working in Westminster. Items for discussion will be;
- Services and Asset mapping
- Collaborative Working
- Setting terms of reference for the network
A full agenda will be sent in due course. If you would like to nominate yourself to chair the network, please let us know by replying to this invitation. Please register to attend the first meeting that will be held on:
Thursday 11 May 2017 2-4pm
One Westminster – 37 Chapel Street NW1 5DP
Westminster Adult Education Services are looking to fund 16 small projects (£5,000) to the value of £80,000 to support learning within the local communities of Westminster and neighboring boroughs, so if you have an engaging innovative project that supports at grass roots level, please do get in touch. All the necessary information you will find below or visit our website https://www.waes.ac.uk/communitylearning or contact Sindi Hearn on 0207 641 7099 to discuss further.
To express your interest, please email communitytenders@waes.ac.uk by Wednesday 5 April 2017. They will email you the project proposal document, also please find the specifications for the community learning services here. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm on 19 April 2017.
Everyone is welcome to come and join us for traditional foods, face painting, music & dance, meeting new people and learning about different cultures.
When: 22nd April, 10am-3pm
Where: 2 Edith Road, West Kensington W14 9BA
Contact: 07882855377
In April 2018 the Government is planning to impose an arbitrary cap on the amount of support disabled people can claim from the Access to Work Scheme. This policy will make it much harder for disabled people to find and keep a job and has already come into effect for new applicants. To find out more, click here.
The Chair of Action on Disability, a charity based in Hammersmith and Fulham, is asking for your help with a campaign run with AoD to set up a Parliamentary petition to put pressure on the Government to drop this draconian, short-sighted policy. The petition needs 10,000 signatures to force a Government response and 100,000 signatures to trigger a debate in Parliament. For the petition click here.
SBFP & CC is based in West London and provides a range of day-time drop-in centre and outreach support services to families who are homeless, living in temporary accommodation or other unsuitable housing:
Cover Letter – Click here
Job Decription/ Person Spec – Click here
Application Form – Click here
Disclosure Form – Click here
Please note closing date for applications is 5pm on 31st March 2017.
Don’t miss the big Charity Reggae Night (Part 130) hosted by DJ Boots, fundraising for H&F charities and St Gearge’s Hospital.
When: Friday 7th April 8pm-1am
Where: The Goose, 248 North End Road, SW6 1NL
Entry: £5 (all night)
There has been a reorganisation in the council’s community investment team (CIT). For further information on these changes, please click here.
If you have any news we’re keen to tell residents about it
The communications team sends an e-newsletter every week to over 80,000 subscribers and has been including news stories on local groups. We’re currently working on marrying up these stories with our website profile on each funded group. So whether it’s a new service, a new funding allocation or an event, please do get in touch. There’s a template to help you get the information together – click here. The contact to send it to is michael.russell@lbhf.gov.uk.
NCVO has recently released a report on the extent to which the voluntary & community sector (VCS) has been involved in the devolution process. The report makes recommendations for central government, local government and the VCS sector. Click here for the report.
This is why you should get involved:
Small Charity Week celebrates the amazing work of the small charity sector and shines some light on the charities on the smaller spectrum by raising your profile with the public, businesses and local and national government. Each day of the week (19th-24th June) is themed to make sure there is something to benefit all organisations. To register your interest or to have any queries answered, please email us at info@smallcharityweek.com or call us on 0207 3244 777.
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
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.