The Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind has put together some tips for line managers about how they can support their team’s wellbeing as well as their own while working remotely or from home. Read on.

St Barnabas has recruited the fitness expert to host workouts on Facebook to help improve people’s health during social isolation at home and to raise money for patient support. Learn more

If you are an individual enquiring about our COVID19 Relief – Free Meal Delivery Service then you can refer yourself or a friend via the following: click here

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please click here

If you work for a service and would like to refer a client who is vulnerable and in need; then please email with the following: Your clients name, age, address and contact number. Along with any allergies and dietary requirements they may have (Vegetarian, Halal, Soft Foods Only). Email: thesmilebrigade.org Tel: 07714621220

Please note that our COVID19 Relief – Free Meal Delivery Service is only available to residents and organisations based within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. 

 

 

The Smile Brigade and Rylston Pub in Fulham are offering cooked/packaged meals for people in need in the current COVID 19 crisis. Monique (Smile Brigade) and Jonathan (Rylston Pub & Director of the Yellow Panda Pub Co) will be leading the project.

In summary the project wishes to:

  • reach out to groups that have or can identify people in need
  • provide 2 to 3 meals twice a week for groups to collect from the community hall

o logistics of delivering to groups beneficiaries will mostly be left to the groups workers or volunteers

Logistics and other bits:

  • Monique (Smile Brigade) to work as coordinator with the groups, make initial contact and assess if we can work with them and in what capacity
  • Jonathan to organise food preparation/stock
  • Meals including food like pies, lasagne, curry etc
  • All group food donations to be diverted to the community hall/Rylston pub
  • Key is that they realise that organisations will need to take care of the distribution to their beneficiaries. They will have a certain resource that we can use but only for those that absolutely cannot do themselves.

Rylston are doing delivery for the Smile Brigade this Friday, so it would be really good if organisations interested could respond before Friday if possible.

Outside of groups using workers and volunteers to deliver their food the project may need to ask for food containers, cleaning products, pick up/collection of raw produce.

Please contact Monique monique@thesmilebrigade.org and Jonathan jonathan@woollardj.co.uk Tel:07989981049 directly.

Thank you so much to all of you that have downloaded this template letter and sent it to your MP already – the more of you that do this, the harder it will be for government to ignore the cries for help that are going up across the sector. Find out more here now.

#SaveOurSector #EveryDayCounts – Please write to your MP today

The charity sector is set to lose at least £4.3bn in income over the next three months – at precisely the time when society needs so many charity services the most. The letter writing campaign is already having an impact – MPs are writing to the Chancellor and asking questions of the Prime Minister in Parliament. They need to hear your story! Our template letter makes it easy – it only takes five minutes.

Giving World are providing free of charge clothing, food Items, toiletries, cleaning and household products so the most vulnerable people in our communities can stay safe and well.

COVID-19 presents us with one of the greatest challenges we have seen during our lifetimes. However, during this difficult time, at Giving World remain committed to supporting people in crisis by providing our service in the time of their greatest need.

They understand the need in our communities will grow. They will continue to service their partners and your beneficiaries’ needs, whilst following all the latest government guidelines for employee and volunteers’ safety.

If you are not already registered with Giving World to access free of charge business surplus stock please register here.

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Any queries contact Giving World by email: admin@givingworld.org.uk.

To help charities at this difficult time, we’re offering additional support by telephone. If you need guidance on any legal issue arising from the crisis, you can call any member of our team for a short conversation, without charge or obligation.

You can find contact details for our team here, or call us on +44 (0)20 3826 7510

We’ve also put together a brief note on some of the many issues charities are facing, with links to additional sources of useful information. Click here.

Do call us if you think we can help.

Many organisations are already asking how they can help during the Coronavirus outbreak. WLB are working with our partners in the public and non-profit sectors to assist with signposting members of the business community to where you can offer support.

Read our briefing note on where you can direct your support in our seven boroughs of: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon and Hounslow.

Read our Community Action Briefing Note

From Brompton Bike Hire to Frame, here are a few inspirational actions that the West London Business team has spotted from companies in response to Coronavirus. We hope these provide creative and timely inspiration as you reflect on how your firm can adapt your talents and capabilities to support those in need of support.

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Online nominations are now live for the Youth Achievement Awards 2020!!!

Click here to nominate.

Popular CBeebies cooking series ‘My World Kitchen’ is BACK and on the lookout for fun, bubbly characters between the ages of 6-9 years old. The show involves a child cooking a recipe based on their heritage or where they live in the UK, and inviting their friends over to taste their final dish.

Please get in touch ASAP if you are interested in taking part – casting is closing on Friday 20th March.

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