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The Big Give- Christmas Challenge match-funding campaign

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Applications required from London charities working with vulnerable children for “new and improved” Christmas Challenge match-funding campaign

 

Applications Open                                                         

The Big Give has announced that charities will be able to apply for their annual match-funding campaign, The Christmas Challenge, from Monday 13th June. Charities will have three weeks to complete the initial applications but are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest online match-funding campaign which helps UK-registered charities raise funds for their cause. The Christmas Challenge was launched in 2008 by Sir Alec Reed CBE, founder of Reed Recruitment. Since 2008, the Christmas Challenge has raised over £71 million for 2,500 charity projects.

Funding Available for London charities

Whilst applications are open to all charities, The Big Give has announced it is has match funding specifically available for charities who are supporting vulnerable children living in poverty in London. Charities who meet this criteria are strongly encouraged to visit theBigGive.org.uk for more information and to apply.

About the Christmas Challenge

The Christmas Challenge offers supporters of participating charities the chance to have their donation doubled on theBigGive.org.uk when the campaign goes live. This year, The Christmas Challenge campaign will run for 72 hours, launching at midday on 29th November (#GivingTuesday) and closing on Friday 2nd December.

The match-funding is provided by a range of philanthropic organisations, called ‘Champions’, which in previous years have included The Reed Foundation, The Childhood Trust, Candis Magazine, The Waterloo Foundation, among many others. These Champion funds are joined with pledges from participating charities own major donors to double online donations during the Christmas Challenge.

Key changes

The Big Give has made some significant changes for this year’s Christmas Challenge, which include:

  • Match funding to be “ring-fenced” for each charity i.e. no competition.
  • The campaign will run over 72 hours with no pausing.
  • The Christmas Challenge to launch on #GivingTuesday.
  • No fees for charities taking part in the campaign.

How to apply

Any charities seeking more information about The Christmas Challenge or to make an application, should visit theBigGive.org.uk.

 

 

 

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Tesco’s ‘Bags of Help’ grant of up to £12,000

Bags of Help is our exciting local community grant scheme funded by the government’s 5p bag charge.
Supported by environmental charity Groundwork, we’re transforming green spaces, sports facilities and woodland walks across the UK for customers, colleagues and communities to enjoy.
It’s your money, so have a say where it goes.

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Job Opportunities with Standing Together

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Acute Health Trust Coordinator

We seek to appoint a dynamic Project Coordinator with a proven track record in project development and partnership working with a strong understanding of the Coordinated Community Response (CCR).

Standing Together coordinates the ground breaking multi-agency response to domestic abuse (DA).  Our work is recognised nationally and we continue to influence local and national policy and practice by initiating and driving innovative projects.

Our key mission is to work with agencies within the CCR framework to provide safer options for survivors and their children, ensuring that their perspectives are at the centre of service planning and delivery. We also aim to improve the way agencies respond to perpetrators, in particular in holding them to account for their abuse.

This exciting new role will focus on developing and supporting the domestic abuse response across two key London Health Trusts and will involve: engaging health professionals; building capacity and best practice; training staff around identification and responses to DA; coordinating of the steering group; and disseminating key learning between the two Trusts.

Salary: £30,537.00 (includes ILW)

Location: West London

Interview date: Wednesday 22 June 2016

Application packs are only available on our website www.standingtogether.org.uk  

CLOSING DATE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: 5pm Monday 13th June 2016

For any queries, please email admin@standingtogether.org.uk or call the office  on 020 8748 5717.

 

 

Domestic Abuse: Children and Health Coordinator

We seek to appoint a dynamic Project Coordinator with a proven track record in project development and partnership working with a strong understanding of the Coordinated Community Response (CCR).

Standing Together coordinates the ground breaking multi-agency response to domestic abuse.  Our work is recognised nationally and we continue to influence local and national policy and practice by initiating and driving innovative projects.

Our key mission is to work with agencies within the CCR framework to provide safer options for survivors and their children, ensuring that their perspectives are at the centre of service planning and delivery. We also aim to improve the way agencies respond to perpetrators, in particular in holding them to account for their abuse.

The role will focus on the coordination and development of projects related to health, children and young people in the Tri-Borough (Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea). This includes, but is not limited to, the delivery of training to improve services and responses to survivors and their children and coordinating the Operational Group comprising professionals from both the statutory and voluntary sector agencies.

Salary: £30,537.00 (includes ILW)

Location: West London

Interview date: Friday 24 June 2016

Application packs are only available on our website www.standingtogether.org.uk  

CLOSING DATE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: 5pm Monday 13th June 2016

For any queries, please email admin@standingtogether.org.uk or call the office  on 020 8748 5717.

 

 

Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) Administrator

This role is designed to allow us to effectively manage the administrative elements of the MARAC. This role requires excellent administrative skills; ability to ensure that MARACs function smoothly; capacity to operate swiftly and effectively across a number of levels and be a true multi-tasker.

MARACs are known to reduce serious harm to those most at risk of domestic violence. This role will include elements of deputising for the MARAC coordinator, who works in the London boroughs.

Salary: £21,840 per annum (includes ILW)

Contract: Full Time (35 hours per week)

Location: West London

CLOSING DATE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: 5pm Wednesday 22nd June 2016

For any queries, please email admin@standingtogether.org.uk or call 020 8748 5717

Application packs are only available on our website www.standingtogether.org.uk

 

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Third Sector Review

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham are currently undertaking a review of the 3rd Sector in the borough. Pam Wharfe who is doing the review attended the Leaders of the VCS meeting on the 19th May to get the views of attendees. Following on from the meeting we have put the questions into a survey so that you can help contribute to the review. Please take two minutes to complete the survey here

The survey will close on Friday 17th June so please complete it by then.

 

 

 

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Potential Development for your organisation

This is to invite those groups, who are in the process of developing their capacity, to a opening event run by a charity called Pilotlight. The charity Pilotlight is a unique, capacity building organisation offering free tailored strategic planning support to charities and social enterprises that are tackling disadvantage in the UK. They match  charity leaders and social enterprise leaders with teams of senior business people and facilitate a year long engagement to plan for sustainability, development and growth.

Sobus is pleased to be able to work with Pilotlight to secure placements for organisations registered with us. The process will involve an introductory session which will be held on either 24th June at 3:30pm or 27th June at 9:00am. These opening session will last 2 hours. After this you will be asked to make a formal application should you be interested in taking up a place on the Pilotlight programme.  The whole process lasts for 10 – 12 months and requires you to attend mentoring sessions with a team of business leaders who guide you through a planned process enabling your organisation develop. I would strongly suggest that this would help organisations that struggle with funding and require added support.

Please let me know if you are interested and let me know which date you can attend. Please if you are not certain then take a look at the Piloltlight website: http://www.pilotlight.org.uk

If you could come back to me as quickly as possible I would be grateful. Only so many places are available ……

If you are interested please email Nigel Jacques: nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

 

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Health and Wellbeing Board Joint Strategy Workshop

West London and Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s would like to invite you to a ‘Health and Wellbeing Board Joint Strategy Refresh Workshop’ for patients and service users.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday 7th June 2016, 14.00 – 16.00, at St Pauls Church Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte Street, W6 9PJ.

We are currently reviewing our Health and Wellbeing Strategies across the Tri-Borough and the workshop is an opportunity for patients and service users to feed their views and comments into the strategy refresh process.

If you would like to attend, or have any queries, please could you RSVP to Emily Nicholls: Emily.Nicholls@nw.london.nhs.uk – 020 3350 4746 by 12pm on Monday 6th June.

 

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Job Opportunity with RELATE LONDON SW

 

 

Relate logoSERVICE MANAGER

Hours:            28 hours (4 days) per week – 18 month fixed term contract

Salary:            £22,400 (£28k pro rata)

                                                                              Location:        Richmond/Kingston

 

 

Relate London SW is a member of the country’s largest provider of relationship support. Relate nationally reaches over a million people every year, and works directly with people of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations to support them with their relationships. Relate provides relationship counselling for couples, individuals, children and young people, families and provides sex therapy and education and learning services to help people at all stages of life.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to fulfil this new role of Service Manager within our organisation, initially for an interim period of 18 months. This is an exciting and challenging time to be joining us as we grow our organisation to meet the demands of our expanded area of operation. We are seeking a confident and dynamic manager with staff management experience, excellent customer focus and attention to detail. This position offers the opportunity to help drive our organisation forward at a time of growth and change.

We currently deliver counselling services in 7 locations across SW London including our main offices in Kingston and Richmond and at locations in Isleworth, Barnes, Earl’s Court, Chiswick and Ladbroke Grove and from June will be adding Fulham and Wandsworth.

The post carries responsibility for line management of a team of 5 part-time administrators and non-clinical line management of 30 counsellors.

The position will work across our two offices in Richmond and Kingston with some travel to other locations as necessary to fulfil the duties of the role.

This position is offered initially as a part-time (28 hrs pw) interim position for 18 months.

Closing date for applications is: 12 midnight on Friday 17 June 2016.

Interviews will be held on Monday 27 June 2016.

Please complete the downloadable application form on our website at: http://www.relatelondonsw.org/aboutus/work/ and return to sallyb@relatelondonsw.org   

Job Description

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How can we improve health and care services for offenders? Consultation event with Care Quality Commission Inspectors

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Date: 8th June 2016 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Venue: 200a Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London, N1 9JP. Link to directions

Clinks and LVSC invite you to a workshop with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on how to share information about health and care services for offenders in London and encourage services to be ‘outstanding’. CQC would like to build contacts with user and advocacy groups supporting people in the criminal justice system in London to better understand the quality of care they receive.

  • Do you have clients whose health and care needs are not being met?
  • Are your staff or volunteers having to spend more time and energy supporting clients with their health needs, or to navigate health and care services?

If so, this is your chance to tell CQC about the quality of health and care services and help them identify good and poor care.

Meet with CQC inspectors to share your experiences of health and care services (including GPs, hospitals, mental health, prison healthcare and social care services) and discuss where services need to be improved.

Clinks members tell us that both the variety and severity of your clients’ needs are increasing, while at the same time health and care services are being cut back and those that remain are under constant pressure.

The CQC inspect and regulate health and social care services (in prison and in the community) to ensure they are delivering safe, effective, high quality care to all their patients. They want to hear your stories, and the stories of people you support, of how health and care services in London are delivering for people in contact with the Criminal Justice System.

The event is free to attend; and vouchers and travel expenses can be paid for volunteers and service users. Please note this event is not aimed at service providers who are regulated by CQC.

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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK- MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK- MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS

The Women’s Association for Networking and Development WAND invites you to the next Happy Healthy Family Club on Wednesday 25 May 2016

10.00-14.00, Small Chapel, St. Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Exmoor St, London W10 6DZ

***Lunch Provided***

Activities include

  • Tai Chi session by Royal Borough

Kensington & Chelsea Leisure Department

  • Sister Size – Bra Measure – Breast Awareness
  • Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) by Take-Time-To-Talk

Mental Health And Relationships by Vittoria Demeo

For further information please contact WAND UK on

Tel: 020 8962 4132 or 07813485607 (Dilhani)

Email: info@wanduk.org

 

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