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Building a Stronger Britain Together

Funding and support for groups involved in counter-extremism projects in their communities.

About the programme

The counter-extremism strategy encourages partnership between the government and people involved in projects that counter extremism and build stronger communities.

To help groups expand their reach and influence, the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme offers 2 forms of support through a competitive bidding process:

  • in-kind support (such as social media training, technical assistance to help a group improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group protect more vulnerable individuals)
  • grants: targeted funding for specific projects with demonstrable outcomes which provide a positive alternative to extremist voices

You can apply for both in-kind support and grant funding if they are both needed.

Guidance for applicants

Please read the guidance for applicants (PDF, 235KB, 17 pages) . It contains information on:

  • programme objectives
  • who can bid for support
  • the types of support available
  • how to complete your application form

Apply for support

You can bid for in-kind support and grant funding from 16 September 2016.

The deadline for grants and combined in-kind/grant applications is 5pm on 14 October 2016. The deadline for in-kind support applications is 5pm on 9 December 2016.

We will assess in-kind applications on a monthly basis from October onwards. Grant and combined applications will be assessed in October only.

There is a fixed amount of funding available. We will consider bids on a first-come-first-served basis.

 

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Preventing hate crime: funding for community projects

Apply for funding for community projects that prevent hate crime.

Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by hostility on the grounds of race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity and national origin), religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Providing funding for projects that prevent hate crime is one of the actions included in the UK government’s hate crime action plan.

About the fund

The aim of the fund is to work with affected communities to fund the development of innovative projects that:

  • prevent hate crime
  • respond to hate crime in our communities
  • increase the reporting of hate crime
  • improve support for the victims of hate crime
  • build our understanding of hate crime

The Home Office is seeking to fund projects at 2 levels of either £25,000 or £50,000. We have made £300,000 available to spend by 31 March 2017, with project delivery expected in June 2017.

We expect to fund 6 to 8 projects, but reserve the right to vary the number of projects we fund.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for motivated and creative community groups or consortia to develop innovative programmes that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your programme development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, or are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime.

Please read the additional guidance for applicants (PDF, 352KB, 21 pages) before submitting a bid.

Who can apply?

The following people can apply:

  • any registered English or Welsh charities
  • any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
  • companies limited by guarantee
  • not for profit registered community interest companies
  • constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
  • 3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)

Consortium bids

A consortium project would have to be led by a charity or an organisation with a charitable purpose and can include charities, private companies and/or public sector bodies.

If a consortium is proposed, the group must nominate a lead partner. The Home Office would grant the funding to this partner.

It would be the responsibility of the lead organisation to make arrangements to distribute the funding and accountability amongst consortium partners.

Deadline: 14th October 2016 8pm

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Places of worship: security funding scheme

The scheme is part of the hate crime action plan. It will provide protective security measures to places of worship that need increased protection.

We will consider bids from places of worship in England and Wales. Schools and educational institutions are not eligible to apply.

The Jewish community will be exempt from this scheme as a similar commitment was made to fund Jewish community sites through a grant administered by the Community Security Trust.

About the fund

The aim of the fund is to work with affected communities to fund the development of innovative projects that:

  • prevent hate crime
  • respond to hate crime in our communities
  • increase the reporting of hate crime
  • improve support for the victims of hate crime
  • build our understanding of hate crime

The Home Office is seeking to fund projects at 2 levels of either £25,000 or £50,000. We have made £300,000 available to spend by 31 March 2017, with project delivery expected in June 2017.

We expect to fund 6 to 8 projects, but reserve the right to vary the number of projects we fund.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for motivated and creative community groups or consortia to develop innovative programmes that help to prevent hate crime and issues associated with it. Your programme development must involve stakeholders who are affected by, or are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime.

Please read the additional guidance for applicants (PDF, 352KB, 21 pages) before submitting a bid.

Who can apply?

The following people can apply:

  • any registered English or Welsh charities
  • any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
  • companies limited by guarantee
  • not for profit registered community interest companies
  • constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
  • 3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)

Consortium bids

A consortium project would have to be led by a charity or an organisation with a charitable purpose and can include charities, private companies and/or public sector bodies.

If a consortium is proposed, the group must nominate a lead partner. The Home Office would grant the funding to this partner.

It would be the responsibility of the lead organisation to make arrangements to distribute the funding and accountability amongst consortium partners.

The closing date has been extended until 4 October 2016. A second round of bids will open in spring 2017.

Click here for more information

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Fundraising Manager

  • Salary £27,000 Pro-Rata
  • Location Hammersmith and Fulham, London, Greater London
  • Job Type Part-time

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Fundraiser to develop and implement a fundriasing strategy at the Barons Court Project.

We are a Day Centre for people who are homeless or living with mental health problems. Our Community Project provides practical services as well as activites that are educational. We also offer opportunities for self-development and participation. We are proud of our freindly and welcoming atmosphere and how we work with our Service Users to reduce isolation, decrease the risk of becoming homeless and increase their chances of employment.

For full joib description and how to apply please click here

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Volunteering opportunities with the Upper Room

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the community? Do you have the passion and perhaps a personal story that can make a difference in the lives of ex-offenders? Are you a good communicator with the ability to inspire determination in others, and do you have excellent inter-personal skills? We are looking for suitable volunteers to provide mentoring to the ex-offenders on our UR4Driving Project. For more information on this project, please visit www.theupperroom.org.uk/ur4driving. Any interested candidate may apply, but we are particularly interested in hearing from people who have been personally affected by crime, such as a family member of an ex-offender or people who are themselves ex-offenders.

Purpose of the Role:

To develop supportive and confidential relationship with ex-offenders, helping them to:

  • Receive a holistic support from the project – Supporting their learning and providing case management support to help them address the barriers they face to moving their lives forward.
  • Become self-aware – learn to evaluate themselves, developing awareness of their personal strengths and weaknesses, their skills, the contributions they make that are valued, their interpersonal relationships with others etc.
  • Become self-directing – choosing the directions they want to take. Develop a sense of their own purpose (ownership) – understanding their personal needs, what interests them, what they want, where they are going in life.
  • Experience their own success – the reward of feedback from accomplishments in which they
    have shared. Learning from their mistakes. Gaining deeper insights into themselves and others and the world in general through “doing”.

This is an opportunity to gain key skills in offender management and case work principles. Successful candidates would be provided with Mentor Training. If you are interested and can spare a minimum of 2 straight hours a week in a working day please send a one page statement by email to applications@theupperroom.org.uk, giving your contact details and your suitability for the role.

Having a past criminal conviction will NOT exclude you form this opportunity.

For more information, please go to www.theupperroom.org.uk or contact us on 020 8740 5688 or by email to uradmin@theupperroom.org.uk.

 

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SAFEGUARDING For Third Sector Workers

Meet your local Safeguarding Board

Tuesday 20th September 2016
St Paul’s Centre, Hammersmith W6 9PJ
10am to approx 11:15am

 

FREE REGISTRATIONS

This informative session will be delivered by Denise Roach – Professional Standards & Safeguarding Team. Learn about:

  • Triborough Safeguarding Team – its size, scope and responsibilities
  • The Care Act 2014
  • Legal frameworks for protecting vulnerable adults and children
  • Safeguarding duties placed on all organisations, including third sector organisations

Find out a few simple things that you could do to improve your Safeguarding, and ensure your organisation is compliant. There will be printed literature available to take away.
To book a place using Eventbrite, please click HERE.

For queries, please contact connectingcommunities@hfvc.org.uk or 020 8741 9876.

 

This event is presented by HFVC and the Tri-Borough Professional Standards and Safeguarding Team.

The session is expected to last approximately one hour. Free of charge for all third-sector team members – staff, Trustees and/or volunteers – whose organisations are active within LB Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and RB Kensington & Chelsea. £10 tickets (plus Eventbrite booking free) available for other delegates.

St Paul’s Centre is an accessible venue. Please notify us of any accessibility needs.

Refreshments are not provided but we recommend the atrium Café “Kettle & Crust” on the ground floor of the St Paul’s Centre, which is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4:30pm.

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Hammersmith & Fulham Council brings you the Home Buy Road Show

Hammersmith & Fulham’s Home Buy team is coming to an area near you!

  • Are you currently renting privately?
  • A council tenant?
  • Still living at home?
  • Are you ready to become a home owner?

If so we can help you. At Home Buy, we have various schemes
available to assist you in getting your foot onto the property
ladder.

We would like to invite you to join us for seminars, focus groups
and 1-2-1 advice sessions in an area near you.

If you are currently living or working in the borough and would
like to find out more about the Home Buy options
available to you, we can help!

If this is something you are interested in then please spread the
word and come along!

Please see below for dates and locations.

If you want to find out more, please call us on 020 8753 6464
or email: h&fHome-Buy@lbhf.gov.uk

Thursday 22 September 2016
10am – 1pm
Parkview Centre for Health,Cranston Court, 56 Bloemfontein Road W12 7FG

Thursday 24 November 2016
10am – 2pm
South Area Housing Office, Clem Attlee Estate, Lillie Road SW6 7RX

Saturday 29 October 2016
10am – 2pm
Askew Road Library, 87/91 Askew Road W12 9AS

Thursday 12 January 2017
10am – 2pm
Avonmore Library & Neighbourhood Centre, North End Crescent W14 8TG

Tuesday 14 March 2017
10am – 2pm
North Area Housing Office, New Zealand Way, White City Estate W12 7DE

Saturday 8 April 2017
10am – 4pm
Shepherds Bush Library, 6 Wood Lane W12 7BF

See flyer

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Golden Ticket Community Reward – Win £2,500 for your group!

In partnership with the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) has relaunched its Golden Ticket prize draws, giving all residents  and community groups the chance to be rewarded for their recycling efforts.

Local community groups can make a clear commitment to recycling and be in with a chance of winning £2,500 for their efforts. To be nominated for a Community Reward, your group/organisation must meet the eligibility criteria (detailed in the Terms and Conditions) and complete a form on the WRWA website in advance. Please follow this link – http://www.wrwa.gov.uk/goldenticket

Each borough will see one lucky winner receive a £500 cash prize, with eight more receiving £250. The first prize draw will take place on 16th December 2016 and a second draw on 24th March 2017. This year the resident who wins the big prize (£500) gets to decide which community group will receive £2,500 from a list provided by WRWA/LBHF.  To get on the list LBHF Community groups will need to make 2 pledges on the WRWA website (as last year) and once LBHF officers are satisfied that they have completed their pledges, they will be put on the list to be considered by the winner.

Good luck!

 

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HEAD OF SOUTHWARK GIVING

SALARY: £38,000 (including inner London weighting)
CONTRACT:12 months (potential for extension); 35 hours per week
RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Social Action (Community Southwark1)
KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Southwark Giving Advisory Group

Application Closing Date: 14th September

PURPOSE OF JOB
 To develop and grow relationships with multiple stakeholders (corporates, SMEs, funders and the public and voluntary sectors)
 To establish a clear strategy and future model for Southwark Giving
 To develop and raise Southwark Giving’s profile and market it to potential partners
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WHAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO

Develop and grow relationships
To secure resources (financial and in-kind) for the ongoing development and delivery of Southwark Giving

Develop relationships and build connections with corporates, SMEs, community based partners, public agencies and other donors to be a part of Southwark Giving

Identify new opportunities and relationships to ensure the strategic
development and expansion of Southwark Giving

Read full Job description

Application form

 

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