We would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year – and a new decade to boot!  Many of you will have seen the ‘10 year challenge’ which is doing the rounds on social media, with people posting photographs of themselves – one current and one from a decade ago.  This provided a number of opportunities for people to share sometimes strange, often funny photographs – with many looking better at the beginning of 2020 than they did in 2010!  However, it got me thinking that an interesting moment might be given to comparing what we, as an organisation, look like today compared to 10 years ago! What would your organisation’s 10 Year challenge look like?

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Stewart White, an Instructor Member of MHFA England has recently set up a new business, based in Hammersmith, to provide Mental Health First Aid training for businesses and individuals. He is running the Adult MHFA Two Day course at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith on 27th/28th Jan 2020. The course is open to anyone over the age of 16 at a special introductory price of £200pp. Everyone who completes the course will receive:

  • A certificate of attendance to say they are a Mental Health First Aider
  • A manual to refer to whenever they need it
  • A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
  • A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support their own mental health

Website: www.blueshadow.co.uk
Contact stewart@blueshadow.co.ukl

 

Freston Road Hub is an enterprise hub, managed by Sobus (a Fulham based charity), and supported by our Landlords, Peabody Housing Trust and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Our aim is to support local enterprise – through the provision of affordable office and meeting room space, as well as through access to training and support. To see a list of forthcoming activities, RBKC news and useful resources, click here.

Standing Together Against Domestic Violence (STADV) coordinates the ground-breaking coordinated community response to domestic violence and abuse in London. As a pioneer of the first multi-agency group to implement safety measures for victims of domestic abuse, STADV seeks to appoint a dynamic MARAC Team Manager to operationally manage the work of its MARAC Coordination Team in West London.

The role will require you to coordinate one MARAC and to line manage four full time MARAC Coordinators. You will provide a high-quality management service delivery, performance and support to the ongoing development of the MARACs.

The post will be based in the STADV office with a degree of travelling within West London.

Salary:  £34,00 to £36,000 including London weighting depending on experience

Closing dates for completed applications: 24th January 2020

Interview date:  Week commencing 27th January 2020

To apply download the application pack from our website here. For more information, contact  admin@standingtogether.org.uk

See details on NPL couses for January-March 2020, including bid writing here

 

Whether it’s meeting fundraising targets, building the ultimate team or reaching more people with the message dedicated to your cause, we all have a resolution in mind. Scroll down for DSC’s top resources to get your 2020 off to a flying start. Here’s to making this year the best one yet!

Check out the latest DSC blog post – read it online here.

With 2020 kicking off, there’s no time like the present to ponder what you’d like to be proud of this time next year.

To help you out, we’ve put together a list of the pick of our library of 45 free courses and a few ways they could benefit you in the coming year.

Be excellent in 2020…

New Year! New Goals! Healthwatch Central West London is hosting a one-day training to help you to learn how to achieve your goals and be your own life coach! This one-day training will give the learners all the tools they need to achieve their goals. At the end of the day, they will be equipped with the tools to coach themselves and others.

When:

Saturday 11th January 2020, 10am-5pm

Where:

Bay 20 Community Centre,

71 St Marks Road,

W10 6JG

Please click here to register.

 

The UEFA EURO 2020 is coming to London. As part of the Mayor’s strategy for sport and social integration, the Mayor of London UEFA EURO 2020 Grants Programme will see up to £525,000 invested into community events and projects around our city. Please click here to apply and for more information.

Deadline: 20th January 2020 @ 9am 

Homeless charities can apply for capital grants of up to £5,000 for projects that aim to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life.  Typically, such organisations may operate small or medium-sized residential or training facilities to assist homeless people. To be eligible to apply, the charity must have an annual turnover of under £1million and with ‘unrestricted reserves’ of under six months.  Previously funded projects include the Booth Centre, an advice and activity centre for homeless people in Manchester, which received a grant of £1,500 to transform the centre with new lighting, a new water heater and new decoration; and a grant of £3,000 to the Amber Foundation to enable the Foundation to buy new bedroom furniture for their residential centre in Devon, where every year over 60 unemployed, homeless young people are able to rebuild their lives and gain the motivation, confidence, self-esteem and skills for independent living.

The closing date for applications is the 15th March 2020.