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SIGN UP THIS SUMMER! Community Air Quality study



Do you live in W10, W11 or W12? Do you have kids with asthma/allergies, care about your family’s health and the air in West London? Our world-leading Environmental Research Group are looking for families to join the first major UK study to measure indoor air pollution – with free sensors and science activities.

Check out the info sheet, and sign up now.

We particularly welcome families from Black/Black British, North African, and Asian backgrounds, or who speak Somali, Arabic, Albanian, Spanish, Amharic or Portuguese, to reflect West London’s rich diversity.

If you have any questions or need additional support, please email Esther on wellhome@ic.ac.uk  or call, text or Whatsapp: 07596 955261

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CLIMATE FILM SCREENING


Join the Imperial Sustainability Working Group, students and community members for a free film screening of Newtok: The water is rising at the Invention Rooms – exploring indigenous communities & climate change. It is about a village seeking justice in climate disaster.

Free popcorn, informal Q&A and networking afterwards with environmental researchers!

Thursday 21st July, 5.30-8.30pm
Invention Rooms
Book now

Suitable for teenagers and adults

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FREE Entry: DJ Boots Playing in Fulham

DJ Boots will be playing Reggae, RNB and 80’s & 90’s music at The Bar & Grill, Fulham Broadway on 22nd & 29th July at 8pm-1am. Free entry all night!

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Grove Neighbourhood Centre Summer Sale Saturday 16th July 2022

The Grove Neighbourhood Centre, 7 Bradmore Park Road, Hammersmith, W6 0DT is having a Summer Sale on Saturday 16th July, 11am to 3pm.

Clothes, jewellery, handbags, gifts, bric a brac, books – bargains to be had! Do come along and support your local Community Centre.

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Get Grants: Training Courses & FREE Events

Get Grants provide grant fundraising training opportunities for charities and community groups across the UK, as well as fundraising advice and services and currently delivers training courses nationally on a virtual platform, regularly throughout the year.

Our next Online Bid Writing for Charities and Community Groups Course is taking place on Tuesday 9th August & Tuesday 16th August, 9:30am – 11:30am and people can book their place though Eventbrite.

Here is a list of the training courses we offer:

  • Bid-Writing for Charities and Community Groups
  • Developing a Fundraising Strategy
  • Using Data to Increase Fundraising Success
  • Storytelling for Fundraising
  • Trusts and Foundations Fundraising
  • Corporate Fundraising
  • Bid Writing in Sports & Physical Activity Workshop
  • Get Tender Ready
  • Developing Your Individual Giving
  • Major Donor Fundraising

All our courses can be viewed on our website link https://www.getgrants.org.uk/training/

In addition to our public training courses, we also deliver them as an in-house training option, which allows them to be tailored to individual organisation’s needs!

Alongside our training opportunities we also deliver free events and networking that provide practical insights and advice on a range of grant fundraising topics.

Our next free virtual events are:

Virtual Fundraisers Networking

  • Wednesday 20th July, 10am – 11am

Meet the Funder Events

  • Meet the Funder: The Henry Smith Charity 
  • Tuesday 19th July, 10am – 11am
  • Meet the Funder: Heart of England Community Foundation
  • Thursday 21st July, 10am – 11am
  • Meet the Expert: The Good Things Foundation
  • Monday 5th September, 1pm – 2pm
  • Meet the Expert: National Funding Scheme
  • Tuesday 27th September, 1pm – 2pm
  • Meet the Funder: The Hilden Charitable Fund
  • Tuesday 11th October, 10am – 11am

 

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The Kids Network

 

The Kids Network are on the lookout for volunteers to be a mentor in their local community!

Could you support an 8–11-year-old through fun and friendship?

As a TKN mentor you will:
• Express care 👂
• Explore London 🌃
• Challenge growth 🤝
• Have fun 🤸♂️

You receive:
• Training 📔
• Support 🙌
• Networking events 📅
• A monthly budget 💰
• Travel expenses 🚌

Find out more drop-in sessions:
Wednesday 13th July, 12-1pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mentor-drop-in-session-afternoon-tickets-374200653227
Wednesday 13th July, 5-6pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mentor-drop-in-session-evening-tickets-374205417477

“I used to feel so lonely and now I have my mentor in my life, I have someone to talk to and have fun with!” Child

Be the person you needed growing up. Apply to become a mentor today: https://thekidsnetwork.org.uk/become-a-mentor/

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20% Room Hire Discount until 31st August 2022 at Dawes Road Hub!

A 20% room hire discount at Dawes Road Hub for all new bookings made July-August!

Plus,

We now also arrange a wide range of catering services for your booking!

Click here for all our room booking prices & services

Contact: reception.drh@sobus.org.uk / 020 7952 1230

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Free Health Event for RBKC Residents and Staff

Free Health event for RBKC residents and staff thanks to the Health Equalities Programme and Portobello Business Centre

When: 4th August 2022 10am-4pm

Where: Essex Unitarian Church 112 Palace Gardens Terrace W8 4RT

Speakers: talk about: covid, covid vaccine, mental health during covid, service users, CCG, Public Health & other organisations

Stalls: CCG, Public Health, Change4Life, One You, Sexual Health (SASH), Substance misuse, African Women’s Care, Mental Health worker, CatherineMHT and more

Expert Panel: CCG, Public Health, service users, mental health worker, Change4Life and more

Hot Food

Sleep workshop              

Mindfulness workshop

Exercise session

Raffle

Booking is essential. For a place, please contact Catherine on mhtcatherine@gmail.com or 07809602140

For a downloadable flyer click here: MHT PBC Event Poster

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FREE Event – Insights Talk: The Role of Charities in Sustainability

As the environmental crisis impacts more and more people across the globe, what role can charities play? How can we incorporate values of sustainability into our own charities? And how can we work as a collective on this issue?

To spark collective action, we’ve partnered with Neighbourly to put on this free event.

Insights Talk: The Role of Charities in Sustainability – Thursday 14 July

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