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Charity Governance Awards 2017

 

Win £5K for your charity!

Charity Governance Awards 2017 are now open for entry. The Charity Governance Awards 2017 are the UK awards that recognise and reward good charity governance in charities both large and small.

By shining a spotlight on the best of the sector, the awards will demonstrate how effective governance can transform a charity and even more, the lives of its beneficiaries.

Entry to the awards is free. Each of the seven categories offers a £5000 cash prize.

Categories
The award categories are:

  • Board Diversity & Inclusivity
  • Embracing Digital
    Embracing Opportunity & Harnessing Risk
  • Improving Impact – charities with 3 paid staff or fewer (including charities with no paid staff)
  • Improving Impact – charities with 4–25 paid staff
  • Improving Impact – charities with 26 paid staff or more
  • Managing Turnaround

How to enter
You can enter online for free until 23.59 on 13th January 2017. The winners will be announced at the free awards ceremony drinks reception on 24th May 2017. You can follow the conversation via #charitygov17 .

Looking for inspiration for your entry?
Hear from the winners of the 2016 awards in our podcast interviews, with representatives from the winning charities talking about governance at their organisation and what it meant to win an award. You can also read about all the 2016 shortlisted charities.

About the organisers
The Charity Governance Awards are organised by The Clothworkers’ Company– a City Livery company that supports trusteeship initiatives – in partnership with charity think tank and consultancy NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), charity recruitment specialists Prospectus and volunteer matching charity Reach.

 

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Raise Awareness of Prevent Workshops

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Worried about Radicalisation? Attend a Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent

Worried about Radicalisation? Attend a Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP)

What is WRAP?

The Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP) is a free, 90-minute workshop designed to improve awareness
of the Prevent strategy: the strand of the government’s national Counter-Terrorism Strategy which seeks to offer safeguarding support to vulnerable individuals at risk of radicalisation. Training sessions explore topics such as radicalisation and vulnerability, how some people are able to influence others, a discussion around how to spot the signs that someone might need some form of safeguarding help and support, how to safely refer an individual for specialised support and the forms of support that can be provided once this has occurred.

We encourage and welcome all individuals who work or volunteer in a frontline role to attend one of our WRAP training sessions. It is also worth noting that the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, passed by Parliament in February 2015, places a statutory requirement on the Council (and organisations commissioned by the Council) to
“have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.” For organisations commissioned by the Council, ensuring that frontline staff attend an accredited WRAP training session is necessary to ensure that they are compliant with this requirement.
Individuals can either attend one of our regularly booked training sessions (dates provided below) or, for teams
counting 15 or more members of staff, the Bi-Borough Prevent team can also run bespoke sessions on your place of
work in order to minimise any disruption to your activities.
To register for a session or to schedule a bespoke training session please email prevent2@lbhf.gov.uk

Dates of upcoming WRAP training sessions with vacancies remaining are as follows:
· 15th November 2016 (13.30 – 15:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 30th November 2016 (10:30 – 12:00), Kensington Town Hall
· 9th December 2016 (10:30 – 12:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 9th January 2017 (13:00 – 14:30), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 18th January 2017 (14:30 – 16:00), Kensington Town Hall
· 8th February 2017 (10:30 – 12:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 23rd February 2017 (10.30 – 12.00), Kensington Town Hall
· 8th March 2017 (10:30 – 12:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 21st March 2017 (10.30 – 12:00), Kensington Town Hall
· 4th April 2017 (13:00 – 14:30), Hammersmith Town Hall

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Inducting and Training Volunteers

Friday 04th November 2016 from 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
at HFVC, 148 King Street, Hammersmith W6 0QU

Free Registrations

This course aims to help you develop skills to introduce volunteers to your organisation, communicate relevant policies and procedures and set out both what is expected of them and what they can expect in their new role.  The course will explore how to:-

  • Develop a Volunteer Induction process
  • Understand the purpose and content of a Volunteer Handbook
  • Understand the purpose and content of a Volunteer Agreement
  • Have clarity about volunteer expenses
  • Consider different training options

Places are free for delegates who live, work, study or volunteer within LB Hammersmith & Fulham. Free places are also available to team members from third-sector organisations who serve beneficiaries within LBH&F.

NB: The training venue is accessed via two flights of stairs with 14 and 6 steps respectively. Please contact us with any accessibility queries.

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Welfare Benefits Caseworker Job Opportunity

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Salary: £16,800  Pro Rata £28,000 per annum                             Working hours: 21 hours

Ealing Law Centre has recently secured grant funding to allow us to expand Welfare benefits advice and representation service. We are looking for an enthusiastic Welfare Benefits caseworker who can help us grow and expand our services to local residents. The Law Centre currently provides advice in Housing, Immigration and Welfare Benefits. We have Legal Aid contracts in Housing and Immigration and receive grant funding for our Welfare Benefits work.

This is an exciting time for the Law Centre. We have got new grant funding secured for the next three years.  We are looking for someone who is keen to use their Welfare Benefits experience in a Law Centre setting.

The successful candidate will conduct casework up to and including Tribunal representation and also assist with a Welfare Benefits advice line. The postholder will be expected to be proactive in developing links with the local community and in providing training to first tier advice services in the area.

Ealing Law Centre is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates who meet the person specification regardless of age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or race.

Please click here to see job description and person specification

For an application pack email: info@ealinglaw.org.uk

Closing date: 5pm Monday 14 November 2016

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Electric And Gas SMART Meters

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Electric and Gas SMART readers are being rolled out across the UK now. Every household will have the opportunity to upgrade to a smart meter, at no additional cost, by 2020. Everyone will have a chance to decide whether they wish to have a SMART meter installed by their provider and now is probably a good time to think about any pros and cons.

Here are a few points to help you make the right decision for you:

– Smart meters will bring an end to estimated bills and show us how much energy we’re using in near real time and in pounds and pence.

– You will receive an in-house display, which shows exactly how much energy you’re using, as you use it.

– If you change suppliers your (1st generation) SMART meter will lose its smart features.

– Your SMART meter will be installed by a trained installer at NO EXTRA COST.

– The installer should spend time with you explaining how to operate the in-house display so that you can use it confidently on your own.

– The installation will take approximately 1 hour.

– When you are eligible depends on many factors and your supplier will be in touch when your smart meter is ready to be installed (before 2020).

In the future:

  • Switching between suppliers will be quicker and easier and you will not need to change your (2nd generation) SMART meter each time you change suppliers.

If you would like to receive further information on SMART meters please contact:

Krzysztof Mikata-Pralat

Fulham Good Neighbours

Rosaline Hall

70 Rosaline Road

London, SW6 7QT

Tel. 020 7385 8850

Email: chrismikata@fulhamgoodneighbours.org

 

Fulham Good Neighbours received funding from Smart Energy GP, voice of the smart meter rollout, to make local older people aware of it and are running several information workshops at different local organisations between now and 31st December 2016.

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£18,000 Grants To Fund New Websites For Charities

The Transform Foundation (https://www.transformfoundation.org.uk) has recently launched a new grant programme, which will be providing £18,000 grants to a select number of non-profits, to fund the design and build of a new website for them.  The grant will include a range of cutting edge tools for engaging with supporters and service users as well as the costs of the strategy, design and training required to get the website up and running.  The grant programme is mostly focused on non-profits with between £0.5m – £20m annual income, although organisations outside of this range are welcome to apply.

You can apply for the grant here

Or discover more information about it on the Transform Foundation website

 

 

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Project Worker Job Opportunity

WAND are recruiting a part-time Projects Worker. For a Recruitment Pack please email: info@wanduk.org

Closing date for receiving applications 4 November 2016

WAND UK

St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Exmoor Street, London, W10 6DZ

0208 962 4132  or 0753 415 5619

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Food for London Grant Information

Food for London grant information:

Food for London is the new Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund campaign highlighting the disconnect between the prevalent food poverty that exists in London and the tonnes of surplus food that is thrown away or fed to animals.

Through this fund, the aim is to support groups working across London who are turning edible food surplus into a social solution; who are diverting fresh food that is fit for human consumption away from being wasted and using it to feed people in need; who are developing solutions to improve how food is redistributed; who are striving to reduce food waste at production or store level and in the home; and who are directly delivering solutions to alleviate hunger and food poverty in London. The Fund is also keen to support projects that encourage volunteering opportunities for people to get involved.

If you are a charity, community group, CIC or social enterprise tackling food waste and/or using fresh food to address food poverty, you can apply for a grant of between £1,000 and £20,000. Applications must be received by 11 November 2016 and successful applicants will be notified in February 2017.

You can access the Fund Guidance notes and online application form at: http://www.londoncf.org.uk/grants/food-for-london.aspx

Once you have read the guidance notes, if you still have any questions you can contact The London Community Foundation team on 0207 582 5117 or email applications@londoncf.org.uk.

 

 

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H&F Business Awards

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The entry deadline for the Hammersmith & Fulham Brilliant Business Awards 2016 has been extended.

We are responding to a number of pleas from businesses in H&F who haven’t had the time to pull the information together, but who very much want to enter Hammersmith & Fulham’s premier business awards.

The Judges’ Prize deadline has been extended by one week to Friday 28 October. But don’t sit back and relax – get on with your entry now!

Judges’ Prize
Entries now close Friday 28 October
An extra week for you to do your entry!

Public Vote
Nominations close Sunday 6 November

Ceremony
Thursday 17 November

Judges’ Prize

Enter yourself for up to two of the following:

  • Best Customer Service
  • Best New Business (under 18 months)
  • Best Place to Eat
  • Best Place to Drink
  • Best Independent Retailer
  • Best Creative Business
  • Best Small Business (employing 10 people or less)
  • Best Local Employer
  • Best Social Enterprise or Charity
  • Best Technology Business
  • NEW Best Health and Beauty Business
  • NEW Best Design and Interiors Business
  • NEW Best Arts Business

Just download the entry form from the awards website. The website explains what the judges are looking for. If you enter up to two categories, you increase your chances of winning!
Closing date for entries is Friday 28 October. The judges will draw up a shortlist from which they will decide a winner.

Public Vote

Get yourself nominated in one of these three categories:

  • Best Fulham Business
  • Best Hammersmith Business
  • Best Shepherd’s Bush Business

There is no application process – just encourage your customers to say you’re the best! Promote the awards in store and online and ask people to nominate you at the awards website. Each nomination counts as a vote.

Closing date for nominations is Sunday 6 November.

Download your printable ‘Vote for Me’ poster from our website

Social Media

Use the awards social media channels to raise your business profile, network online and connect with other borough businesses.

 

Help encourage people to nominate their favourite business and get some free publicity for your business

We will be encouraging people to nominate their favourite business by giving them a chance to win a prize draw.

To get people voting, please consider offering a prize for the draw.
A bottle of wine, lunch, an item from your shop or a free service from a haircut to a dry cleaning voucher… please offer anything that you think will help us promote the awards.
We will publicise all prize contributors and their business on the awards website.
To offer a prize, please email Nicki.Burgess@lbhf.gov.uk or call 020 8753 5695.

 

Any questions?

 

Email Nicki.Burgess@lbhf.gov.uk or call 020 8753 5695. Good luck!

H&F Brilliant Business Awards website
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