Silver Sunday is a day of fun and free activities for older people which celebrates the value and knowledge they contribute to our communities. Loneliness and isolation is an increasing problem and the day also aims to draw those at risk into the community for a fun, stimulating day out, meeting new people.
“If you don’t have anywhere to go you tend to think ‘I can’t be bothered to go out’ and get stuck indoors”
Visit the Silver Sunday page on People First to see what’s going on and let residents know about some of the huge range of activities on offer – there are over 100 across the 3 boroughs. Some will take place next week as well – it’s not just Sunday!
“The majority of people who attended had not engaged with us before. I spoke to at least two people who said they never leave the house”
People First is the core Information and Advice web service for residents, staff and fellow professionals, run by the Adult Social Care departments of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster. Our aim is to provide easy-to-use, jargon free and engaging information in a bright visual way that will help keep people stay safe, well and independent.
We are inviting all interested charities and social enterprises in the Greater London area to an information session about the Stepping Stones Fund, a £1m social investment readiness grant programme of City Bridge Trust and UBS.
The second round of the Fund is now open for applications. This programme provides grants and risk finance to enterprising organisations that wish to prepare themselves for social investment in order to improve their social outcomes. There are three strands you can consider:
1. obtain capacity building support that will help you better access social investment in the future
2. pilot new ways, ideas or business models aiming for better social outcomes
3. secure risk finance that can catalyse a social investment package.
For more information and to register for a place on:
5th October 2015
15 October 2015
29th October 2015
BOOST YOUR BUSINESS!
Enter the Hammersmith & Fulham Brilliant Business Awards
• Join in this borough-wide competition that shines a light on outstanding local firms.
• Showcase your business to customers and suppliers.
• FREE ENTRY and easy to take part.
Win one of two ways – by public vote or judges’ prize.
PUBLIC VOTE
Get others to nominate you for overall best business
We ask residents, shoppers and customers to nominate their favourite businesses in
Fulham, Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush.
JUDGES’ PRIZE
Enter yourself in a range of categories
You submit an entry and our expert panel of judges decides the winners.
Shortlisted businesses and those with the most public votes will be invited to the awards ceremony in the Assembly Hall at Hammersmith Town Hall on Thursday 19 November 2015.
How to get nominated or enter
PUBLIC VOTE
Get yourself nominated in one of these three categories:
• Best Fulham Business
• Best Hammersmith Business
• Best Shepherds 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 Thursday 12 November 2015.
JUDGES’ PRIZE
Enter yourself for up to two of the following:
• Best Customer Service
• Best New Business (under 18 months)
• Best Restaurant
• Best Cafe
• Best Independent Retailer
• Best Creative Business
• Best Small Business (employing 10 people or less)
• Best Local Employer
• Best Training and Development Provider
• Best Export Business
• Best Social Enterprise or Charity
• Best Technology 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 Sunday 1 November 2015. The judges will draw up a shortlist from which they will decide a winner.
Help encourage people to nominate their favourite 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 on our website and through local H&F media and business networks.
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 »
H&F Brilliant Business Awards Facebook page »
Download the H&F Brilliant Business Awards flyer »
Free tickets are available for our next data protection seminars: “Data Protection: How to avoid the reputational and financial risks…and reap the benefits”
Managing data protection risk is fast becoming essential for anyone handling personal information. Donors, commissioning bodies, the media and service users are keenly aware of security breaches – meaning your reputation can quickly be harmed though poor or outdated practice. Over £6m of fines have been issued for serious breaches since 2010.
Have you kept pace with the increasing technological change and raised expectations…? Will you be ready for the EU Data Protection Regulation?
Our two-hour session will take you through some of the common data protection pitfalls, particularly the hot topics of data sharing, remote working, electronic marketing, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), online security and outsourcing, as well as the steps you can take to ensure there is compliance across your organisation.
Please use the following link to see further details and book your free ticket:
• Free ticket – Thursday 1st October
Free data protection policy review
We are also running a free offer: to review your data protection policies.
• We will assess them against the six key themes and 24 control areas we would expect policy to address.
• We will then provide you with a report containing our assessment and any key recommendations.
• All we ask in return is the opportunity to meet with you to present our report.
To take advantage of this free offer, simply email your policy document(s) to Nicola Kendall.
If you have any further questions about the free tickets or review, please do not hesitate to Nicola Kendall.
Venue: Dawes Road Hub, 20 Dawes Road, Fulham, SW6 7EN
Time: 9.45 am – 11.30 am
Refreshments from 9.45am for a 10am start
1. Presentation on Volunteer Management software by Kate Saunders from Better Impact
2. What are community organisers – how can they help support your organisation, presentation by Sharon Tomlin, Sobus
3. Equality, diversity and volunteers – Chris McCosh, HR Manager, HFV
4. Presentation on the health trainer programme by Nathan Asare, Turning Point
5. Working with clients with a history of substance misuse and supporting them to volunteer, presentation by David Cosgrove, Foundation 66
6. AOB & Future meeting dates for your diaries
Please email Catherine or call 020 9741 9876 to confirm your place (we need to know numbers for refreshments)
Enthusiastic, efficient and self-motivated Older People’s Outreach Worker needed to enable isolated older people to access befriending and events in Hammersmith and Fulham. The Older People’s Outreach Worker will undertake outreach work with isolated older people to enable them to access the new H&F Connect 55+ project Your focus will be on isolated older people who are living in sheltered housing or not in receipt of any other befriending services. The Outreach worker will also help the Older People’s Services team cover essential services such as telephone befriending and preparing publicity for events. Applicants should ideally have excellent office skills and a minimum of one year’s recent experience working with older people and volunteers. Experience of hosting events for older people is an asset. The post is for 28 hours a week.
Older People’s Services
Older People’s Services covers a range of projects delivering befriending, casework, events and advocacy support through trained volunteers to isolated or lonely older people in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Bishop Creighton House
Older People’s Services is part of Bishop Creighton House. BCH is a multi-purpose charity which was founded in 1908. We run a community resource centre and a number of social support and welfare services mostly for people living in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. We specialise in meeting the needs of people who are older, disabled, vulnerable or socially excluded, and aim to support their independence, health and well being, and to help them maximise their potential.
Apply via website : www.creightonhouse.org
Keep Active Westminster Coordinator
Salary £27,877 – £29,698 NJC SCP 28-30
Contract : Permanent
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced coordinator to oversee and deliver a new exciting expansion of our Keep Active volunteer programme into the City of Westminster. The Keep Active Co-ordinator will recruit, train and support volunteers to enable older people referred from Community Rehabilitation Services to regain mobility and independence through indoor and outdoor exercise support. Applicants should ideally have a minimum of one year’s recent experience of managing volunteers and working with older people. Knowledge of Westminster is desirable. The job will be based at Bishop Creighton House in Fulham but will involve extensive working in Westminster.
The Keep Active project
Keep Active Westminster is a pilot partnership project with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and is being funded for 3 years by Public Health. Keep Active will provide volunteers for 9 weekly sessions to older people who have lost some function due to illness, stroke or fall. Volunteers help older people to stay mobile and engage with their local community. All referrals will come from the Westminster Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) for clients being discharged who could benefit further from volunteers giving them motivational companionship and support. This project is an expansion from our Keep Active Hammersmith & Fulham Service which was shortlisted for the Guardian Charity Awards 2014.
Bishop Creighton House
Keep Active is part of Bishop Creighton House. BCH is a multi-purpose charity which was founded in 1908. We run a community resource centre and a number of social support and welfare services mostly for people living in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. We specialise in meeting the needs of people who are older, disabled, vulnerable or socially excluded, and aim to support their independence, health and well being, and to help them maximise their potential.
Apply via website : www.creightonhouse.org
H&F Connect 55 + is a new service commissioned by Hammersmith & Fulham Council for local residents who are in need of befriending. The service is provided by Bishop Creighton House through volunteers and is available for anyone aged 55 years or older who lives in the borough and is feeling lonely or isolated. The befriending will be short term (3-6 months) with the aim to help residents become more connected with their local community, get involved with activities they are interested in, meet new people to form lasting connections and to beat isolation in the longer term.
The project urgently needs volunteers and it will be a great chance to make a real difference to someone who may not see many people socially during the week, learn more about the community and make new friends. In addition, it will be an opportunity to create new community links for both volunteers and older people. To volunteer please call Marianne on 020 7385 9689, email mmandjano@creightonhouse.org or visit www.creightonhouse.org.
The Family Support Worker will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process specialising in working with clients who have children and are engaged with a children’s centre in Westminster or are referred either by agencies in Westminster or the Angelou Partnership. They will work within the team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children and of best practice within domestic abuse services and in working with women with children. As an experienced domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, the postholder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence, of supporting women with children, and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.
ADVANCE is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday and a non-contributory pension scheme.
Closing date: 23rd September at 12 noon Interviews: 30th September
Previous applicants need not apply
To apply: please download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/#/come-work-for-us/4550289399
Completed applications should be emailed to althea.k@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to :
Althea King, ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
Unit 6,The Lanchesters 162-164 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 9ER
Registered Charity Number 1086873
The deadline for the first round of stage one applications closed on Monday 3 August, and we received 325 applications in total across the 71 project outlines published. You can see how many applications were submitted in each area in the related documents section on our website.
We plan to launch a second round of funding opportunities in October 2015. Keep checking these newsletters and following our twitter account @BigLotteryFund for further information.
Later in the year we plan to award an independent evaluation contract for Building Better Opportunities which will help projects share learning and improve their service delivery along the way. As part of our market testing we are inviting potential bidders to complete a short questionnaire for their views on our proposed contract.
The questionnaire can be downloaded here and should be submitted to us no later than 12 noon, 7 September 2015.
Big Lottery Fund would like to apologise as we made an error in the Thames Valley Berkshire ‘Project 1 of 3 – supporting families with complex needs’ project outline. This error means we have closed the competition we ran between 5 June and 3 August 2015 without accepting applications, and will re-open from 1 September 2015 with a new project outline.
Existing and new applicants have time to consider the new project outline and submit their application by 12 noon, Monday 3 November.
For further information visit the Thames Valley Berkshire LEP page
We had lots of new questions in the days leading up to the deadline so we have updated our Questions and Answers to include them all, new ones highlighted in red. We hope this will be a useful tool for potential applicants in round two, but if your question isn’t already answered email esf@biglotteryfund.org.uk
We are pleased to announce that Solent LEP is opting in to BBO and will have a funding opportunity open in round two. We have now submitted all funding applications to the managing authority and if approved, expect to give out approximately £315 million to 134 projects across 38 LEP areas.
Further details of funding opportunities in Solent and all other LEP areas are on our website.
