£5 Tickets for Award-winning, ‘Botis Seva’ at Sadlers Wells

Sadler’s Wells have allocated £5 tickets for Award-winning, ‘Botis Seva’ BLKDOG (details below).

South London-born, Seva formed his company Far From The Norm aged 19. Influenced by hip-hop theatre his talent grew largely unmentored and was nurtured on the streets of London. Vital and gripping, BLKDOG is Botis Seva’s haunting commentary on surviving adulthood as a childlike artist. A genre-defying blend of hip-hop dance and free form antics, BLKDOG explores the inner battlefield of an ageing artist trying to retain his youth.

Click on link for more info and to watch the trailer Botis Seva – BLKDOG – Sadler’s Wells Theatre (sadlerswells.com)

The £5 tickets offer are for seats on the Upper Circle for performances on Fri 19 and Sat 20 November. (This show is suitable for ages 12 upwards, starts at 7.30mpm and last for 1 hour and 10 mins with no interval)

To book please call the Box Office on 020 7863 8000 or online and use the promo code BLKDOG1. (Please note that there is a £3 transaction fee for phone or online bookings)

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Meet The Funder Online Event: Tuesday 30th November, 11:00-12:00.

Sobus invites you to our next Meet the Funder event. The funder will be The Greater London Authority. This is being delivered along with Kensington and Chelsea Social Council and One Westminster.  If you want to attend, please contact Nigel Jacques at Sobus – nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

For this Meet the Funder event we have the Greater London Authority presenting on Untold Stories and Community Micro Grants .

The two new funds are aimed at supporting community-led projects across London.

Untold Stories is a £1m new funding programme to support community-led organisations make a change in their public spaces. It is part of the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, one of the Mayor’s flagship commitments to cementing London’s reputation as a diverse, global city.   

Community-led organisations are invited to apply for grants to help develop and deliver projects that increase diversity in London’s public spaces. Whether this is creating something new, highlighting something missing or hidden, or presenting a different story to what already exists.

The Community Grants Fund will launch in winter 2021. £900k will be distributed over three waves of funding. The purpose is to support grassroots and community-led activity that helps Londoners to lead recovery from the COVID-19 crisis in their own communities.

Priority will be given to questions submitted in advance. Please send them across to dhani@kcsc.org.uk by 5pm on Monday 29 November.

The session will be held on Zoom, and you will be emailed prior to the event with a link to join, so please ensure your contact details are correct.

If you have any questions about the event, or if your organisation has support needs you would like to discuss, please contact support@kcsc.org.uk and we will direct you to a colleague or partner organisation that can help.

 

 

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Dance for Dementia: FREE Classes for Adults with Dementia Starts November 2021!

DanceWest are now permanently  ‘in residence’ at Sands End Art & Community Centre. DanceWest founder, Rosie was instrumental in researching the impact of movement and all the Arts on people with dementia and their friends and families many, many years ago. Great news for DanceWest and H&F! Find out more

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Corporate Standard Office & Meeting Space – 20% Discount!

Sobus are currently offering a 20% discount on our corporate standard office and meeting space at Dawes Road Hub for all new serviced office desk and full day Board room, or Training room bookings.

Please see price lists (before discount) below:

https://sobus.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DRH-office-space-price-list.pdf

https://sobus.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DRH-meeting-rooms-price-list-A5.pdf

To make an enquiry, please contact: reception.drh@sobus.org.uk, 02079521230

 

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Trustees Week Events – November

NCVO events: NCVO are running a series of events, as follows:

Webinar: Leading on equality, diversity, and inclusion with your board – 3 November 2021, 11am

Webinar: Undertaking a governance review – NCVO and Trusted Charity – 3 November 2021, 1pm

Webinar: Leading by example on mental health and wellbeing – 4 November 2021, 9:30am

Panel discussion: Strengthening board relationships in times of uncertainty – 5 November 2021, 2pm

Find out more about NCVO’s events and book here.

Getting on Board’s Festival of Trusteeship
Getting on Board’s online Festival of Trusteeship will take place 1st-5th November 2021 and they have offered our members a 50% discount. The festival is filled with exciting events for people who want to become trustees, trustees who want to keep learning and developing, and for charity leaders who want to understand best practice in trustee recruitment and diversity. Use the code SCC50 to receive a 50% discount. The code also works on weekly passes, bringing a pass to attend as many of the 24 events as you’d like down to £12.50.

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Safeguarding Project Update and Opportunity for Funding

Covid-19 has changed a lot of our ways of working, which creates new challenges when considering people’s safety, and the second part of our events has focused on discussions around how to navigate this new landscape, where there is currently Safeguarding support available, and how this can be improved. As a result of these discussions, we have found that there are some region-specific needs, as well as common themes appearing across all regions. These common themes are:

  • Lack of awareness around safeguarding responsibility and reluctance to have safeguarding conversations
  • Building & maintaining relationships with local boards/partnerships & LADOs
  • Lack of funding for safeguarding trainers/support
  • Need for a list/bank of available safeguarding trainers

We would be keen to know your thoughts around this, do you think our findings are accurate? Do you think there’s anything we’ve missed? Come along to our final Every Person, Every Conversation event on Tuesday 9th November to share your experiences and find out more about the work we’ve been doing – you can sign up via our Eventbrite page. This event is open to all staff and volunteers within your organisation and your members as well, so feel free to share with them too!

As our series of events comes to a close, we are now moving into the next steps of this project. We are working with a research team at the University of Sussex who have been creating toolkit newsletters for Mutual Aid groups – we have commissioned further research which will help to create a safeguarding-focused addition of their toolkit, as well as supporting our work at NAVCA. We will keep you updated about this work as it progresses.

This next step of our project has also created an opportunity for you to work with us and get some funding for it! We are able to offer up to £3,500 to support four projects which focus on safeguarding awareness raising and/or support within your region – it could relate to the common themes mentioned above, or another safeguarding need you’ve identified in your area. The project needs to be additional to any safeguarding work you may already be doing, and the funds would need to be spent by Friday 11th March 2022. Proposals must be submitted via this survey link by Monday 22nd November 2021. This opportunity is for members only, and we will share the outcomes of this work in April 2022 when the project has ended.

If you have any questions or want to discuss any of this in more detail, please get in touch! I would be happy to hear from you and have a chat about the work we’re doing.

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People Arise Now Community Connect Initiative

 
People Arise Now Community Connect Initiative
 
Together we can arise and make a difference in our communities.
 
Join us for our next meeting on Tuesday 26th October 2021
 
For more information click on the link: www.peoplearisenow.org 
 
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Flu and Covid-19 Booster Jabs

With colder months fast approaching, the winter flu vaccination programme will get well and truly underway.  This year the flu jab will be offered via GPs, pharmacies and schools to:

  • All children who are aged two and three on 31 August 2021
  • All children in primary school and all secondary school pupils under the age of 16 on 31 August
  • Those aged six months to under 50 years in clinical risk groups
  • Pregnant women
  • Those aged 50 years and over
  • People in residential care
  • Unpaid carers
  • Close contacts of people with weakened immune systems
  • Health and care staff

At the same time, a Covid-19 booster jab is being offered to the over-50s, frontline health and care workers and younger adults with health conditions.  Your Covid-19 booster can only be given 180 days (6 months) after your second vaccination.

If you or any of your clients have questions or concerns about getting a flu or Covid-19 booster jab, please speak to your GP or pharmacist or visit: www.nhs.uk

Support from Sobus:

If you would like to arrange a workshop or information session with your clients about the winter flu vaccine and/or Covid-19 booster, Sobus can help arrange for health professionals to attend to provide the right information or advice. 

You might also want to come along to one of our upcoming meetings:

Sobus Health & Wellbeing Forum, 12th October at 1pm

POPS (Provides of Older People’s Services) Forum, 1st November

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A Word from Sue Spiller, Sobus CEO

Whilst offices and workplaces have opened up again many of us are now working both in the office and from home.  “Hybrid working” is becoming the norm for lots of organisations and businesses, but we need to make sure that we are managing this approach carefully so as to avoid any complications that may arise.

Ideally, organisations should have a clear flexible working policy in place, which includes home working options.  This kind of policy can help you set expectations for staff, such as when they should be logged on, how they will handle communication, and how they will log their time. Having these rules defined can help employees feel prepared and connected to the team. 

If you would like help developing or updating your flexible working policy, please contact us for information and support.

Lastly, October is Black History Month, and we are delighted that a number of local events and activities are planned to celebrate the achievements and contributions of black people both in the UK and throughout the world.  You can find details of these at https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/arts-and-parks/events/race-equality-and-black-history-cultural-events

We have some truly outstanding and inspirational BAME organisations, community leaders and individuals in Hammersmith & Fulham and we need to share and celebrate their stories! 

As always, Sobus is here to provide organisations with the advice and support they need – please don’t hesitate to contact us.

 

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Black History Month in H&F, By Sharon Tomlin, Sobus Community Organiser

Historically during the month of October, Black History Month – residents, the local authority, community groups, voluntary organisations and community leaders have celebrated aspects of the lives of people from ethnically marginalised communities, particularly from the African and Asian diasporas who have contributed to the borough.

This year sees a strong focus in the borough on creating change and addressing inequalities in areas of local life by working across all sectors that aim to create transformational change and reform paths of accountability.

At Sobus, we aim to capture and celebrate the efforts of organisations with diverse and inclusive approaches that leads to transformational changes for residents and statutory, voluntary and community organisations in the borough.

In honour of the contributions made by local residents we highlight some of the stories that are usually left out of the mainstream narrative.

Read on for an overview of some of our local contributors and events!

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