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Living Medicine – Self Care for Coughs, Colds & Allergies

Living Medicine – Self Care for Coughs, Colds & Allergies

Saturday 10th September, 1pm to 5pm

With autumn now approaching, explore how resilience to infections can be improved through non-medical nutritional and herbal support. This practical session will include demonstrations, a walk in the garden, and a guide and utensils to take home.

Medical herbalist Alex Laird of Living Medicine will guide you on how to:

  • Identify, smell and taste common healing plants
  • Find out how plants’ defensive compounds promote and protect our own body functions
  • Make food and herb remedies to treat simple coughs, colds and allergies

This is the second in a five part series of workshops but can be attended as a standalone session. It is ideal for anyone interested in plants, food and health. No previous knowledge is necessary, though we’d love you to share your own experience or family remedies. Alex Laird BSc set up the first herbal clinic in hospital dermatology at Whipps Cross Hospital and also practices at The Haven breast cancer support centre in Fulham.

Details
£50/£45 for unemployed adults
Booking essential, via http://www.fulhampalace.org/events/colds-and-allergies/ or by telephoning 020 7736 3233
This event will take place in the Jessie Mylne Education Centre

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Silver Sunday

Silver Sunday takes place on 2 October 2016.

Silver Sunday is the national day for older people to try something new and meet new people. It’s aimed at people aged 65 and over who may feel isolated or lonely.

If you’re aged 65 or over, or know someone who is, take a look at the events and activities on Sunday 2 October as they go online.

Some events will be specific to Hammersmith & Fulham residents, and others are also open to residents of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

If you are working with an organisation that wants to organise a special event for local people on Silver Sunday 2016, you can apply for a funding contribution. Application documents and guidance notes can be found here:

These documents are short and to the point, and all applications will be turned around quickly. If you need more information on how to apply, please contact:

Katharina Herrmann
Community Investment Team
H&F Council
020 8753 2482
Katharina.Herrmann@lbhf.gov.uk

Or

Sacha Mortimer
Community Investment Team
H&F Council
020 8753 5009
Sacha.Mortimer@lbhf.gov.uk

Silver Sunday is supported by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.

It is so important that older people feel included in London’s communities. That is why I support Silver Sunday and hope that you all have a wonderful time celebrating the valuable contributions that older people make. These contributions span not just London but up and down the UK. In a city as large as London there is no need for older people to ever feel lonely or isolated but sadly some do. As Mayor, I want to make sure that everyone is engaged and active in their community – young or older.”

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Free Training In Quality Improvement!

QSIR: Practitioner is a nationally accredited program from the Advancing Change and Transformation (ACT) Academy that provides participants with the know-how to design and implement more productive services.
It is based on highly successful previous courses and offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes:

  • Leadership Fundamentals
  • Project Management
  • Sustainability of Improvement
  • Engaging and Working with Others
  • Process Mapping
  • Creativity in Improvement
  • Measurement for Improvement
  • Demand and Capacity

Participants attend for five days over a three month period, and  must have an existing project or project idea. During the program they apply the learning from the course to their own improvement projects, being supported between workshops to help make them a success. They are therefore not only learning methodology in quality improvement, but actively changing and improving local services as they study.

For more information

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Made of Money – Award Winning Training in Delivering Financial Education

‘Made of Money’ is running a 2 day Facilitator Training in London on 5th – 6th October 2016.

‘Made of Money’ is an award winning financial literacy resource, developed by anti-poverty charity Quaker Social Action. It aims to help groups talk about money and its impact on their lives, as well as learn vital money management skills. It is ideal to help front line workers offer support to those on low income, particularly in the run up to the introduction of Universal Credit, and all the welfare benefit changes.

‘Made of Money’ takes a different and innovative approach to financial literacy: it works holistically- with the whole person and the whole household.  The resources aim to build confidence; resilience and help people identify their own values and attitudes around money, as well as covering basics like budgeting, borrowing and debt. We recognise that unless people’s own situations are explored and confidence is increased, they won’t change behavior long–term. This in turn builds a more stable platform for the whole household financially.

‘Made of Money’ also focuses on emotions around money, our experiences growing up, consumer culture, communication about money & the pressure of raising children on low income. The resources are all provided, fully reusable as well as really fun and engaging!

For more information

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National Quality Assurance Manager

 

Salary £14,400 (pro rata £36,000, 2 days p/week) per annum

Location Islington, London, Greater London

Job Type Permanent

Contract: Part-time post – 2 days (14.4 hrs) per week, with the possibilty of hours/days increasing

The work is office based but will require occasional weekend working.

Providing a focal point for the NRCSE’s Quality Framework, this post is key to growing the NRCSE’s delivery of a national, tailored, quality assurance scheme for the supplementary education sector that responds to contemporary requirements of both community and statutory sector agencies and ensures safe and effective delivery of educational activities for children and young people. You will be working with community, voluntary and statutory sector staff at senior levels, and recruiting and managing volunteers.

This is a unique opportunity for a high calibre manager to join an organisation that is transforming out-of-school education in a supportive and appreciative way.

In this role, you will lead, manage and develop a growing quality development team, responsible for quality monitoring, coaching and supporting advisers, to ensure consistently high standards of advice and drive client focus and service excellence.

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will work closely with Regional Development Managers and our statutory agency partners to enhance and develop processes and systems supporting high quality and compliance, to ensure effective outcomes for our members and partners.

How to apply: please click here

 

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Quality Development Adviser

 

Salary £16,800 (pro rata £28,000, 3 days p/week)

Job Type Permanent

Contract: Part-time post – 3 days (21.6 hrs) per week.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 23rd August, 2016.

The post will have desk space allocated within NRCSE London office at Resource for London, N7.

The work will require flexible hours, outside of usual office hours and occasional weekend working. Travel within the boroughs will also be required.

Outline of role

As a member of the Quality Development Advice Team in NRCSE this post will support community-led supplementary schools (out-of-school hours educational projects) within the London Boroughs of Brent/Barnet/Camden/Ealing/Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster by providing mentoring and guidance towards quality assurance.

The postholder will be giving advice and guidance to management committee members and co-ordinators and visiting supplementary schools in operation to ensure that they are running safely and effectively (requires flexibility to work some weekends and evenings).

If you are passionate about community-led change, believe that culture and language are a crucial part of who we are, if you are outgoing and self-motivating this could be just the job for you.

How to apply: please click here.

 

 

 

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Counselling Service Administrator

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Contract details                                Initial 12 Month Contract

Salary details                                   Skilled Admin Worker £21,336 – £23,332 (pro rata)

Hours                                               16 hours per week (Mon-Thurs 5pm – 9pm)

 

We currently have a vacancy in the Counselling Service for a skilled administrator.  Our counselling service provides long term talking therapy to people from any borough. We have a 30 strong team of counsellors we see 50-60 clients at any time during the year and the service is expanding all the time.

We are a dynamic organisation offering opportunities to develop your skills and practice in a supportive working environment.

We are looking for an innovative individual to join our staff team to provide administration service and support to our counselling team.

You will have proven experience of managing your own workload and working in a busy and high pressure environment.

HFM is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from individuals who have experience of using mental health services.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post please contact Farya Barlas, Therapeutic Services Manager on 020 7471 0580

As we hoping to recruit the right person as soon as possible we are not using a closing date as we may recruit immediately for the right candidate.

Interviews will be held at our offices in Fulham – you will be contacted directly to arrange a convenient date and time.

To apply please compete the application form using the Job description and person specification available on our website http://www.hfmind.org.uk/get_involved/job-opportunities.htm for your supporting statement and send to farya.barlas@hfmind.org.uk

 

 

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Fulham Lunch Club

From September 2016 Reachout Social Club at Fulham Good Neighbours is being transformed into Fulham Lunch Club. We hope to ultimately become the world’s smallest lunch club for 10 housebound older people requiring transport. The club takes place on Wednesdays and a typical afternoon has the following programme:

13:00 Lunch

13:45 Guest Speaker or Performer

14:30 Board Games and Crosswords

15:30 Tea and Cake

We are encouraging new members to join us and the club is FREE of charge.

Address: Rosaline Hall

70 Rosaline Road

London, SW6 7QT

Tel. 020 7385 8850

Email: info@fulhamgoodneighbours.org

Volunteers Needed: We are always looking for volunteer drivers and volunteers to help out on the day so please get in touch if you would like to assist the local community.’

 

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