The Wild Mind Project

The Wild Mind Project run programmes to support young people experiencing mental ill-health, including specific LGBTQ+ programmes. We also run workshops for parents/carers and young people to attend together. COVID-19: As a charitable therapy service, The Wild Mind Project are able to continue operating. Full Covid-19 safety protocols are adhered to.

The next programme starts on the 14th March 2021, each programme includes four or five weekly 2-hour sessions. We ask for a contribution of £10 to attend the full programme but if this a problem please let us know.

For further information please contact us by email or phone 07515 3557969

To book the programme, please complete the Booking form on our website.

Referral Form available for professionals.

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Remote Workers’ Essential Tips To Mitigate the Risk Of Cyber Attack

It’s fast approaching a year since remote working has become the new normal. Throughout this period, reports of cyber attacks have continued to increase and the attacks themselves have become ever more sophisticated and damaging to businesses.

Remote workers have grown accustomed to this way of working, but have you done everything you can to remain protected? Extra vigilance is key to avoid becoming vulnerable to a targeted cyber attack.

Discover the key steps to mitigating your risk of a data breach, download our latest Desk Aid and Dos and Don’ts security guides. Download our free guides here.

 

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Cash Bonuses for NEW Apprenticeships Doubled to £3,000

Yesterday (3 March) the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced in the Budget that the Government is doubling the incentive payment for employers who take on new apprentices.

As an employer if you recruit an apprentice (anyone over the age of 16) you will receive a payment of £3,000 for each NEW apprentice hired. If you take on a new apprentice aged 16-18 or someone under 25 with an Education, Health and Care Plan you will also receive the existing £1,000 bonus together with the new incentive totaling £4,000.

Last month the Government also announced an extension to the Traineeship programme, investing £126million to triple the number of traineeships available and each employer will receive £1,000 for each new trainee they take on to ensure young people are provided with high-quality work experience placments and supported with skills development.

Join our Information and Q+A Session for Employers: How can you make the incentive payments work for you? Join myself, Paul Willis, Head of Apprenticeship Strategy and our Head of Traineeships, Lisa Brooks on Wednesday 10 March at 10.00am to discuss:

  • The benefits of traineeships and apprenticeships
  • Incentive payments for Traineeships of £1,000 and Apprenticeships of up to £4,000
  • Reinvesting back into your business
  • Integrating Traineeships and Apprenticeships into your recruitment strategy
  • Application process and terms and conditions

    Register here

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K&C Libraries Newsletter – March 2021

We continue our programme of virtual events, courses, book clubs, workshops and more throughout March – we hope you can join us.

Newsletter

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Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre are recruiting

Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre are recruiting a new CEO to join their team.

Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £45 – £50,000 per annuum
Hours: 35
Contract: Full time (but will consider part-time, flexible hours and job share)
Annual leave: 30 days
Pension: 5.6%

We are a vibrant, forward thinking law centre co-located in Hammersmith Library. We have a strong reputation locally and nationally for providing people in need with legal advice and representation and campaigning on access to justice issues.

The law centre was established in November 1979 to assist those most vulnerable and disadvantaged to access their legal rights, to promote social inclusion and reduce homelessness and poverty. These goals still remain at the core of our vision to uphold equality and social justice.

We have a 40-year history of providing an excellent service to the community. Our patron is Lady Hale, retired president of the Supreme Court.

To apply, please email HFLAW@hflaw.org.uk for an application form and job pack.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on the 20th March 2021

 

 

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Age UK Free Taxi Transport for Over 50s to Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments

If you are aged 50+ and would like Age UK to arrange free taxi transport to and from your Covid-19 Vaccination appointment within Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminister, Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent area, then please get in touch: ashallon@aukc.org.uk, or please call on: 07947 188 221 and ask for Amy Shallon.

We are aiming to run this service up to the end March 2021, although this is dependent to some extent on take up as we have limited resourcing.  We would particularly like to focus on supporting people in this age group from BAME communities.

The taxi service we are using is Uber and as we have one code for each Borough, we will book rides on behalf of people.  The full cost of the travel to and from the vaccination centre will be covered.

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Gift Aid Emergency Relief Campaign

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) are campaigning to help charity supporters give more, and to better support the fantastic charities in the UK to meet the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis.

The sector is currently facing one of the biggest financial crises yet. This has resulted in huge falls in income, increased levels of demand for services. Therefore, needing to do more to respond to Covid-19 and care for the most at-risk and marginalised individuals and communities has created a perfect storm.

CAF are part of a coalition of charities, campaigning for a two year Gift Aid Emergency Relief package. The campaign proposes a 5% increase of Gift Aid from 20% to 25% and that the Small Donation scheme, which makes claiming gift aid easier for small charities, be extended to many more. This change could result in an additional £450m to help the sector survive the crisis and recover.

To read more about the campaign and join, click here.

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Action on Disability – New service for Local Disabled Adults

Action on Disability has been asked by its trustees and members to introduce a new Activity Service within Hammersmith and Fulham for local disabled adults. We would like to know from you what activities you would like to access and when. We have created a short list of questions that will help us to get the money we need to set up a new activity service.

We would like you to answer the questions and add any other thoughts or ideas you might have. You can complete the questions here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=zibQeO-dukCGrZVNlVk_54LPcPgF4M9OkmFKWP5V5e1UNUM4TzlNSkdOTTZWWUpDU0dERFFORzZBNS4u

We would also like to meet with you to hear your thoughts on what activities you would like us to introduce.

You can meet with us, using the zoom app on Monday 01st of March at 1pm (This meeting is called Meeting 1).

If you can’t make this meeting, you could come along to our meeting on Wednesday 03rd of March at 9:30am (this meeting is called Meeting 2).

If you want to attend this meeting please email us at info@aod.org.uk and we will send you a zoom invitation link. When you do email us, please tell us which meeting you would like to attend; Meeting 1 or Meeting 2.

We look forward to hearing from you about your ideas and thoughts.

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Your Creative Lowdown

Welcome to this week’s Creative Lowdown, and wow do we have a cracking line-up of creative events for you. From a virtual exhibition showcasing mesmerising work from British Chinese artists, to exclusive live interviews with some of our best-loved performers, and a powerful short film celebrating girl power, there are loads of fantastic creative opportunities at your fingertips. So – unearth your diary, dust off the cobwebs and start making plans!

Click here

Are you organising a creative event or activity? We want to hear about it! Just enter the details in this easy form for your chance to be featured in a future Creative Lowdown.

Submit your creative event

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Covid-19 Community Influencing Comms Pack from Government

A new Covid-19 comms toolkit has been released by the government including multi-language videos, posters and key messages relating to the new national vaccine booking system for over 70s. The aim of the toolkit is to help those in influential positions in communities to communicate this important information. Find the toolkit here.

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