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Community Care – Fulham Volunteer Network

Please see the following message from Ross at Community Care:

“Community Care is borne out of St Eth’s and is a local-to-Fulham volunteer run network, with a mission to provide a safe door-door delivery service for those in self-isolation during COVID-19. Since mid-March, our team of over 300 volunteers have successfully delivered hundreds of shopping runs to those in isolation, but we want to do more.

Now we have officially extended our service to support all key workers, including NHS staff, teachers and more, with the support of our MP Greg Hands.

Please help share our message. If you are a key worker or self-isolated, or know someone who is, let’s make sure no one goes without during COVID-19.

For more information on how to get involved, donate, or to get help, please visit our website
www.communitycarelondon.com

It’s ok to ask for help. Our own members have utilised our service, and by doing so, have supported the governments ‘stay at home’ campaign.

For those who would prefer to shop for themselves, we have developed a list of all other local delivery services.”

 

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Connecting Choices Virtual Hub

Connecting Choices Virtual Hub was set up in response to COVID-19 in early April 2020. The Virtual Hub is an ESF-funded project that is part of the Building Better Opportunities (BBO) project that started at the end of 2016 described as offering Holistic support for disadvantaged people across Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Staffordshire Moorlands.

The website contains useful links to posts that include articles such as “What is Ramadan?” and a link to online training, “Free Online Digital Skills Training for Everyone” and more. Current virtual offerings are weekly activities include Art & Craft and Creative Writing. More activities are in development.

The programme is managed by Ixion a not-for-profit group of companies, delivering government funded provision that is a subsidiary of The Shaw Trust ( http://www.ixionholdings.com/).

For more information visit https://connectingchoices.co.uk/

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Weekly Surgeries for The Voluntary & Community Sector

Following the Labour Party leadership election Rachel Maskell MP has been appointed Shadow Charities Minister, and she says she will be doing weekly surgeries for the Voluntary and Community Sector starting today!

What better time to tell her about your experience of the current crisis, and what support your charity needs to continue to provide critical services for people? Do the government’s existing schemes work for you, and what more do you need? What policy changes might help most?

Find out more and how to book your slot here.

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Free Online Courses to Improve Your Digital Skills

 

The Skills Toolkit is made up of free online courses, tools and resources to help you improve your digital and numeracy skills. The Department for Education has consulted some of the country’s leading educational experts and employers to make up a collection of high quality resources to suit a range of interests and skill levels.

 

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Coping with Loneliness and Isolation

 

Connection Coalition key part of UK Government’s major effort to tackle loneliness and social isolation during the coronavirus outbreak

The group will explore ways to bring people together to build strong community spirit, with a focus on groups at particular risk of loneliness.

Why now?

Since the start of Covid-19, many people have reached out and are supporting their neighbours and communities in creative and inspiring ways. For many people this is nothing new, but for some this is a new and deep experience of community connectedness. More than ever we are seeing that reciprocal relationships build solidarity, belonging and the belief that we have more in common than that which divides us. Britain will be a changed country as a result of Covid-19, but it will have changed for the better if people are ready to build and strengthen the connections within society that bind us together.

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Affordable, Private, Serviced Office Space for Two in Fulham

An affordable, private, serviced office space suitable for two has become available at Sobus’ Dawes Road Hub in Fulham, close to a wide range of transport links and local amenities.

To view the office, please click here.

If you would like to make an enquiry/ register your interest, please contact:

carita.magnani@sobus.org.uk

sue.spiller@sobus.org.uk

 

 

 

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#NeverMoreNeeded

For the last 5 weeks DSC have been desperately campaigning for adequate support for charities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Working with others across the sector, we’ve been pushing government relentlessly for a £4.3bn stabilisation fund to ensure the millions of people whose lives are enriched, made easier, and saved by charities, are still around to help them when this crisis abates. Many of you wrote to your MPs and shared your stories.

Tonight, whilst the eyes of the nation are fixed on Big Night In, we want you to share and showcase the difference your charity makes to your beneficiaries and communities, share pictures and stories across social media using the hashtag #NeverMoreNeeded and help us to show the world the difference that you’re making. Find out more.

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WAND UK Social Media Volunteer Role

Where: Kensington & Chelsea / Hammersmith and Fulham / Westminster

Role tiltle: Social media Volunteer

Commitment: 3- 4 hours a week

Women Association for Networking & Development is a small charity based in the Greenfield area and is actively working in a number of London boroughs, currently running regular activities and supporting over 400 vulnerable women, disadvantaged young girls and families in Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster. Our aims are to empower women to become agents for their own change, increase visibility for disadvantaged young girls, and raise awareness of their struggle for equality in our communities in London. Read more

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Struggling with Debt or Money Issues?

Free, expert advice and support is available
over the phone.

Crosslight is a specialist debt and money advice
charity that has been supporting the local
community in Hammersmith & Fulham for 18 years.
We are open, and our experienced debt advisers
are ready to provide you with support and advice
over the phone.

Website

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The Childhood Trust

The Childhood Trust is launching its £2.5m Champions for Children fund to support vulnerable children and young people across London affected by Coronavirus. Charities can now sign up for this match-funding campaign to raise unrestricted funds. Charities recruit pledgers from their own network, and then raise funds during an online campaign taking place between 23 and 30 June. Their pledgers and The Childhood Trust will then match what’s raised; so if a charity raises £30,000, they will receive a further £30,000 (£15,000 from their pledgers; £15,000 from The Childhood Trust) at the end of campaign. For further details on how the campaign will work and to sign up, click here.

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