If you are registered with a GP practice in H&F then please take part in this short survey on how the reception service can be improved through training and development – click here.

Have you received feedback from your clients about GP reception services and have ideas on how they could be improved? Then please complete the above survey on their behalf.

There are a number of charities in H&F looking for trustees. Please see here a copy of our latest trustee prospectus with a range of vacancies – click here.

 

Localgiving the UK’s leading membership body, support network & match funding platform for local charities & community based organisations and FSI (the foundation for social improvement), are partnering up in order to give their UK based members access to a free, first year membership, usually worth £72! To access this free membership you need to:

  • Be an FSI member
  • Not be an existing Localgiving member
  • Meet Localgiving’s eligibility criteria

To find out more or to sign up, click here.

Blackbaud offer an affordable, cloud-based CRM (customer relationship management) for emerging non-profit organisations by the name of eTapestry®. This software will save your small charity much needed time and money, build stronger relationships and grow support for your mission by…

  • Helping you manage your relationships and deliver your mission.
  • Overcoming the challenge of limited resources by streamlining your processes within one fundraising platform.
  • Combining your supporter database with best-practice reporting, email marketing and fundraising dashboards.
  • Saying goodbye to spreadsheets and stopping the juggling of multiple platforms!

For more information on eTapestry® and to visit Blackbaud’s website click here.

 

 

Elgin Close Resource Centre offers a range of services and activities for adults living in Hammersmith & Fulham. For the February timetable, please click here.

There has been a reorganisation in the council’s community investment team (CIT) to extend its role in strengthening community partnerships. For further information on these changes, please click here.

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.

If you have any news we’re keen to tell residents about it. 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.

 

Working in a small venue means that the Gate’s Apprentice observes all of the activities behind running a theatre. A condition of the apprenticeship is ensuring that you have satisfactory college work. As such, this is an exciting learning opportunity.

If you are 16 – 24yrs old and living in London you are eligible to apply. You do not have to have any GCSE or A levels or you may have several, as long as you are not a graduate, you can apply. Due to a condition of our funding you need to have lived in the following London boroughs for at least two years: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, and Westminster.

The deadline for applications is 10am Monday 20th Feb 2017. All applications must be submitted via www.londontheatreconsortium.com. For further information, including Open Days and links to Application Forms, click here.

Tri-borough Adult Social Care will be holding workshops at RBKC for carers who would like to be a part of the tender evaluation process for the new services commissioned within Hammersmith and Fulham, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council.

Unfortunately, carers who are trustees or board members of existing voluntary sector organisations within the 3 boroughs, will not be able to be part of this evaluation process in order to ensure equity for all our submissions.

Location: Committer Room 5, Kensington Town Hall, Horton Street.

Date: Monday 6 February 2017
-1st Session: 11.00.a.m. – 12.30.p.m.
-2nd Session:1.30.p.m. – 3.00.p.m.
-3rd Session: 6.00.p.m. – 7.30.p.m.

Do you or someone you care for have a chronic condition?
Learn how to become a patient ambassador with the European
Patient Ambassador Programme. For further information, please click here.

Helping you to manage stress and lift your mood
Everyone gets stressed sometimes. If you are feeling on edge,
finding that you’re snappier or more tearful than normal,
Back on Track can help you get on top of your stress.
The next Carers Group with Back on Track will be on Tuesday
7th Feb from 11am to 1pm at 194 Hammersmith Road,
Hammersmith, London W6 7DJ.
The focus of the group will be on stress management.
Back on Track is part of the government’s Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies programme (IAPT).
To find out more about this national programme click here.