With the support of City Bridge Foundation, we are able to offer a range of free resources available for London-based charities that are least able to access or afford support. Over the next few months we will offer selected training courses, events, publications and funding support, all for free! Learn more here.
Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 21 November!
Carers Network is running a programme of online and in-person workshop talks and activities on both the day itself and on Weds 20 and Fri 22 November. Sessions are online unless indicated.
Click here for the programme
We are a charity theatre company who specialise in using theatre as a form of therapy and have been working within the elderly community for over 20 years. We see firsthand the truth of the Arts Council statement, “Getting involved in creative activities in communities reduces loneliness, supports physical and mental health and wellbeing, sustains older people and helps to build and strengthen social ties.” Sharing in watching a show with music, comedy and drama is a perfect way for the elderly (especially those suffering with dementia) to reconnect and bring some much needed joy back into their lives. “A smile starts on the lips, a grin spreads to the eyes, a chuckle comes from the belly; but a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all around”.
So far, the company has produced and toured 50 highly successful shows to over 1000 different venues. We pride ourselves in writing and producing our own original material. All our productions are interactive and aim to encourage audiences to join in as much as possible so as to create a memorable experience. We believe this to be why venues invite us back time and time again. Some of our regular clients include Chelsea Pensioners, Age UK, BUPA, Care UK, Sunrise and Senior Living, National Trust, Hallmark Care Homes, Rose Theatre, 10 different London councils and various NHS groups.
Our Christmas 2024 diary is almost full, however we have a few slots left in your area!
We don`t want you to miss out so contact us soon if you would like to book either of our fabulous Christmas shows!
Little Red Riding Hood (25th November 2024 – 17th January 2025)
An inventive and magical panto full of toe-tapping, singalong songs, audience interaction and laugh-out-loud comedy. Festive, feel-good fun for all!
Jingle Bell Singers (25th November – 28th December 2024)
A collection of ‘feel good’ Christmas songs performed by our ‘Christmas Carollers’ with heart warming harmonies and a hilarious comedy through line.
Each show costs £250.00 (1 hour, 3 performers). Our time slots are 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm or 6.30pm
For more details or to make a booking, please contact us on 07944868358 or rahrahtheatre@hotmail.com.
Our Charity Trustee Quiz is back with new questions for 2024!
NICOLA Arts is offering free dance classes for young people aged 15–25 in Hammersmith and Fulham, RBKC, and the surrounding areas. This exciting initiative is generously funded by Sport England, allowing us to offer the classes completely free of charge.
The classes include:
- Street Dance– Tuesdays, 4:30 – 5:30 PM
- Break Dance– Fridays, 5:30 – 6:30 PM
- Dance Hall– Fridays, 6:30 – 7:30 PM
The above classes are taking place at Vanston Place Community Centre, and we welcome participants of all experience levels. For those under 18, a parental permission slip will be required.
We’d greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity within your networks to help us reach as many young people as possible. If anyone is interested, they can contact us via WhatsApp at +44 796 748 3977 or email us at contact@nicolaarts.org for more details or to register.
We would also be happy to offer a 4 weeks dance course for your clients at our or your venue, we are flexible with time and style of dance.
For more information please feel free to contact us directly or to find out more about NICOLA Arts and our work, please visit our website at www.nicolaarts.org.
Join our shared objective to to develop a roadmap to significantly reduce youth unemployment and boost productivity and growth across West London by securing your free place at the upcoming West London Youth Careers Summit.
Thursday 14 November 2024 | 9am – 5pm | Ibis Earls Court, SW6 1UD
The day includes the opportunity to meet local trusts, primary care, social work, volunteer teams, and education and training providers.
There is still time for the community to join us at our World Mental Health Day celebrations at our More Than A Game Open Day in October! We are hosting another More Than A Game Open Day to give people in the community the opportunity to get active for their mental health, get involved in inclusive football activities and learn about mental health and wellbeing opportunities in the community! The Open Day will provide a taster session of our weekly More Than A Game Football sessions, which include fun and inclusive football and wellbeing activities for adults (18+) of all abilities and experiences.
The Open Day will take place on Sunday 13th October 2024 from 11am until 1pm at Fulham FC Training Ground, New Malden, Motspur Park, KT3 6PT.
People can find more information and book their space on: www.fulhamfc.com/morethanagame.
All of our Trusts will be ‘under one roof’ to talk about our great NHS and care careers. Live talks and will take place & it is the ideal place to find out about opportunities and pathways/careers. Some of ours exhibitors include:
- Imperial NHS Trust
- Chelsea & Westminster NSH Trust
- West London NHS Trust
- CLCH NHS Trust
- CNWL NHS Trust
- London North West
- Volunteer to career
- Midwifery
- General Practice
- Allied Health Professionals
- Social work
- NHS England
Association of Chairs is a network for Chairs and Vice Chairs working in social purpose and not-for-profit organisations.
I’m Lally and I’m leading our London project at AoC, which is providing extra support specifically for London Chairs and Vice Chairs in the form of monthly in-person peer support events and a Co-Mentoring Scheme. This is thanks to specialist funder City Bridge Foundation.
Our mission is:
- To help enable more London Chairs to lead more effectively
- For Chairs to have access to a London network for mutual support
- For more equity, diversity and inclusion among London Chairs
We have a great programme of monthly in-person London peer sessions lined up for the Autumn, kicking off in September and our co-mentoring scheme for London Chairs is going really well too and the application process is open for that, with the next matching taking place in October time. We’re into the second year of our London Project now and we are focussing on our EDI strategy this year too. So lots going on.
Our updated London Project web-page can be found online here.
We’re so keen to get the word out to as many London Chairs / Vice Chairs / Co-Chairs and aspiring Chairs as possible and these events and co-mentoring scheme are totally free of charge.
