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#NeverMoreNeeded Campaign Pack Launched

Want to be part of making sure charities get the support they need right now? The Never More Needed campaign has made it even easier for you to share the fantastic work you do, so that we can inform and inspire the politicians, policy makers, decision makers and supporters that we need on our side.

You can now download a campaign pack with template letters, great copy that you can just paste into your existing communications, and a whole host of critical facts and figures to help tell the story of how now, more than ever, charities are #NeverMoreNeeded. 

We need your help! Find out more and tell us what you’re doing on Twitter using #NeverMoreNeeded.

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FREE In-Work Skills Development for Your staff

New London Educational Trust are pleased to announce the launch of the brand new London Learning Project (LLP) in conjunction with Greater London Authority and funded through the European Social Fund, to support London companies, and their local staff, to re-energise their business activities through training and education.

The LLP focuses on the Health and Social Care, Retail and Hospitality and Catering sectors and is designed to support employees who live in the 7 associated London Boroughs*, to gain accredited units from recognised national awarding bodies. Participants will also receive individualised advice and guidance from trained specialist staff to identify what activities will help them achieve progression in their job roles, develop their skills and understanding and the added benefit of access to a range of online courses that will support their personal and professional development and increase their efficiency and effectiveness as employees.

This project is completely FREE to all eligible employees and their employers. In response to Covid-19 the LLP is currently available to eligible furloughed staff. The LLP has been devised to ensure all eligible staff will be able to access safe, secure, and flexible delivery with online sign up, 1-2-1 advice through Zoom sessions, a personal tutor to support each participant and, access to NLET’s fully Covid-19 complaint main campus in Hounslow. For more information please contact an NLET advisor at londonlearning@nletrust.org

* Eligible participants must be resident in one of the following 7 West London boroughs: 1) Barnet, 2) Brent, 3) Harrow, 4) Hillingdon (includes Hayes/ Uxbridge) 5) Hounslow, 6) Ealing, 7) Hammersmith.

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Support for Fundraisers Made Redundant

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has moved to ensure that as many fundraisers as possible have access to learning and development opportunities, should they be made redundant. Existing individual members who are made redundant will be offered three months worth of free membership, and fundraisers facing redundancy who want to join will get three free membership.

They are also offering organisational members the opportunity to buy individual membership for fundraisers they are making redundant at a discounted rate. Find out more.

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Kickstart Jobs Scheme

The government has introduced a new Kickstart Scheme in Great Britain, a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-month work placements aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment.

Funding available for each job will cover 100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week, plus the associated employer National Insurance contributions and employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions.

To help smaller businesses, employers offering fewer than 30 placements will be asked to make a bid through an intermediary, such as a Local Authority or Chamber of Commerce, who will then bid for 30 or more placements as a combined bid from several businesses. This will make the process easier and less labour intensive to apply for these smaller companies who only want to hire one or two Kickstarters.

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/kickstart-jobs

Please consider amplifying this tweet: https://twitter.com/HMGLondonSE/status/1301192420563005441

If you, or any local businesses you work with, are looking to make use of the Kickstart team, we would love to hear from you.

Green Homes Grant

Updates to the Simple Energy Advice website, allowing homeowners and landlords to check how the government’s new Green Homes Grant scheme can help make their homes warmer and more energy efficient, have been launched.

The Green Home Grants scheme, due to open by the end of September, will allow consumers to obtain funding for up to two-thirds of the cost of the energy saving measures identified, in the form of vouchers.

 

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/greenhomes1

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DHSC Invites Charities to Join Health & Wellbeing Alliance

The Department of Health and Social Care has invited charities to apply to join the Voluntary,  Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance. Members of the alliance receive grant funding on an annual basis of up to £80,000 for their core work.  The Health and Wellbeing Alliance is part of the Health and Wellbeing Programme to promote health equalities and reduce health inequalities. Read more here.

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Guide to Unlocking Furlough Bonus

New guidance has landed on the Job Retention Bonus, giving you fresh info on how to claim £1,000 for every furloughed employee you bring back to work.

But before you can unlock your funding, you need to meet a range of new rules that could impact how you bring staff back to work.

That’s why our HR experts have created an easy-to-read guide to help you unlock your furlough bonus when the time comes.

It’s completely free to read on the Peninsula website—there are no forms to fill in and no personal details required. Just click here to get it instantly.

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Hammersmith & Fulham Hive

We’re here to support local projects that make Hammersmith & Fulham a great place to live!

The Hammersmith & Fulham Hive offers a creative way for the community to shape our borough through crowdfunded projects. From community gardens to community kitchens, pop-up markets to food waste projects, and festivals to art installations, if you have an idea that will make your local area better, create your project page today and start to make it a reality!

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Be Scam Aware!

Masbro Elders Online Session 25th August:

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The Hammersmith & Fulham Hive

 WHAT IS H&F HIVE AND HOW CAN I TAKE PART?

The H&F Hive is an online crowdfunding platform which brings together local people and resources to make positive changes in their community. If you have a project idea for improving your local area, simply upload it to Spacehive, set your funding target and launch your fundraising campaign to bring your ideas to life!

Spacehive enables you to build visible local support for projects – the more pledges you can secure from the local community, the more likely you are to attract funding and support from local businesses, large corporations, charities and grant giving bodies. However, crowdfunding is about much more than just money. Running a Spacehive campaign is a great way to bring your community together to deliver projects that everyone can enjoy.

We are running a funding round with a deadline of 9th September by when you need to create your page, pitch to the fund(s) and submit your project for verification. To get started, create your project on Spacehive or share your idea via this short form and the team will be in touch soon. 

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THE LOSS PROJECT CIC

The Loss Project works across the UK and beyond connecting people in local communities through the universal experiences of grief, loss, death, dying or trauma.

We know that losses come in various forms; including the loss of independence, confidence, jobs, relationships and of course, of loved ones. We’re on a mission to reimagine traditional services, to challenge the status quo and to provide life affirming programmes that gives people the tools and confidence to support themselves and their communities.

Through creative community programmes, training, workshops and social action The Loss Project supports organisations and communities to become more open and connected.

We’re facilitators, connectors, and collaborators. We believe that a collective approach to these issues, can help to transform a better connected, and more resilient society.

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