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Walking and Cycling Grants

 

 

 

 

 

Applications are now open for Walking and Cycling Grants London.

Walking and Cycling Grants London is a grants programme funded by Transport for London and administered by Groundwork London.

 

The programme is aimed at groups that are traditionally under-represented in walking and cycling (e.g through income, health, ability, isolation skills and access to information or equipment).

 

 

Walking and Cycling Grants London is a programme which supports London’s diverse communities to walk and cycle more often and more safely.

 

The programme aims to:

  • Increase walking and cycling in London (including new, lapsed or occasional cyclists)
  • Increase confidence in walking and cycling
  • Increase walking and cycling frequency
  • Make bike ownership more accessible
  • Introduce exercise to people who are particularly inactive via walking and cycling
  • Reduce social isolation and get people involved in their local community

 

 

Walking and cycling makes people healthier and happier and is an affordable, green and fun way to get around and explore the city and to get some exercise.

Just ask anyone you know who frequently walks or cycles!

London is fast becoming a cycling city and Cycling Grants London wants to make sure all Londoners benefit from the joys of cycling, regardless of their background or situation.

Often people don’t cycle because they lack the opportunity, information, skills, confidence or motivation to do so; or because they do not have access to a bicycle or the means to maintain it.

 

Cycling Grants London supports community organisations that work with those who need encouragement and support to get them cycling.

 

If you have an idea to inspire and support people in your community to cycle more often and cycle more safely, Cycling Grants London may be able to support you!
 

Type of grants available

Organisations that have not received a grant from Walking and Cycling Grants London or the Cycling Grants London before, OR that have but are looking to deliver a new project,* can apply for the following funding:

 

£10,000 for Three Year Projects

  • Year 1 – up to £5,000
  • Year 2 – up to £3,000
  • Year 3 – up to £2,000

Click here to see more details.

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NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG – Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Hammersmith & Fulham CCG

 

 

NHS Hammersmith & Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 10 September 2019.

 

At the AGM, you will hear about the progress and the achievements we have made.

We will present our annual report and accounts along with the agenda on our website in due course.

 

We will also send letters to go out in August and prior to the AGM.

 

You will have the opportunity at our project market stalls to look in more detail at some of the work that the CCG has been leading on, and our plans for the future.

 

There will be an opportunity to ask questions of the Governing Body on any of the topics covered in the formal presentations at the end of the meeting.

 

Please feel free to submit any advance 48 hours prior to the meeting to: hafccg.engagement@nhs.net. You can also call 0203 350 4303 for more information.

 

 

Date: Tuesday 10 September 2019

Time: 5pm to 7pm

Venue: St Paul’s Church, Hammersmith, London W6 9PJ

 

Click here to book your space.

 

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Development Officer – Job Opportunity

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Hackney CVS is Hackney’s leading voluntary and community sector support agency and the local Council for Voluntary Service, or CVS.

We support hundreds of groups to run successful voluntary and community sector organisations by giving them access to the key skills, knowledge and resources necessary to respond to the needs of local people, especially those most in need.

We also provide a range of partnerships and mechanisms for the local voluntary sector to bid for contracts, work together on key issues, influence policy and develop joint projects.

 

Development Officer needed to support Hackney’s Voluntary & Community Sector to meet the needs of Hackney residents.

With a particular focus on BAMER community groups, small and grass root organisations.

 

The role will also provide advice, capacity building and organisational development support to migrants and refugee organisations in Hackney that will make up the network.

The deadline for applications is 9.00 am on 14 August, and interviews will take place w/c 19 August 2019.

 

To view/download the job descriptio, click here.

 

Please visit website at www.hcvs.org.uk for more information about Hackney’s Voluntary & Community Sector.

 

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Administration & Publicity Coordinator

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We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled individual who is efficient, organised and an experienced administrator.

Your role will be as an Administration and Publicity Co-ordinator to assist in the running of busy and dynamic Families & Children’s Centre.

This will involve a wide range of administrative duties including:

  • data collection,
  • input in to various E support systems,
  • answering the telephone
  • dealing with face to face enquiries.

 

You will have considerable experience in administration and be interested in working in the voluntary and community sector for a registered charity.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy working within a multi-disciplinary team, with a diverse group of colleagues and service users.

 

Closing date for applications Friday 23rd August 5pm

 

Click here to view/download flyer.

 

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Opportunities for experienced, independent Lay Members to join Hammersmith & Fulham CCG’s Governing Body

Passionate about patient and public engagement?

Looking for an NHS role where you can make a difference?

 

The CCG has two opportunities for experienced, independent Lay Members to join Hammersmith & Fulham CCG’s Governing Body.

Local individuals with strong links to public and patient engagement are sought.

As a member of the CCG Governing body, Lay Members are key individuals in the team that ensure the CCG exercises its functions effectively, efficiently, economically, with good governance and in accordance with the terms of the CCG’s constitution.

 

In taking decisions as part of the Governing Body, they help ensure that:

– the interests of patients and the community remain at the heart of discussions and decisions;

– the CCG commissions the highest quality services, maintaining a consistent focus on quality, integration and innovation;

– decisions are taken with regard to securing the best use of the public money;

– the CCG, secures health services that are provided to our local population in a way which promotes the NHS Constitution, improves individuals’ health and wellbeing, supports them to keep mentally and physically well, to get better when they are ill and, when the individual cannot fully recover, to stay as well as they can to the end of their lives;

– the CCG is responsive to the views of local people and promotes self-care and shared decision-making in all aspects of its business; and

– good governance remains central at all times.

 

Specifically, we are looking to recruit two lay members in Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, to start immediately.

 

The closing date for applications is 5pm, 7 August.

 

Full details around the roles can be found on our website: https://bit.ly/30SsWOk​

 

 

 

 

 

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“We need to look after the nation’s lungs…” – Youth Asthma & Air Pollution in Hammersmith & Fulham

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For #HealthyLifestyles month, we have a special episode dedicated entirely to young people, air pollution, and asthma resources across Hammersmith & Fulham.

 

Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting adolescents, with approx 800,000 young people affected in the UK.

As an increasing health concern for young people across London, asthma education and resources are an incredibly important issue to cover.

 

Young H&F brings together youth organisations, businesses, local government, schools, funders, and the wider community to create opportunities for young people.

We want a happier, safer, and healthier Hammersmith & Fulham! 

To continue the conversation about young people and youth services throughout H&F, we have started our very first podcast series, Change the Narrative.

 

We’ll be hearing about asthma awareness, resources, air pollution and local responses, as well as the work schools, health providers, youth orgs, local charities and more are doing to support young people with asthma and those concerned with air pollution across the borough!

 

Each month, we’ll be sharing these episodes to raise awareness around our five areas of focus:

  • mental health,
  • education,
  • healthy lifestyles,
  • youth justice,
  • employability.

    We will be featuring guests from across our network:

  • young people,
  • youth workers,
  • councilors…
  • people who care about our Hammersmith & Fulham community.

 

Tune in to Change the Narrative, and find out how we’re all working together and how you can get involved!

 

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Exciting new opportunity to join the Young H & F team!

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Exciting new opportunity to join the Young H & F team!

We are recruiting for a new role – Consortium Manager, 15 hours per week

 

Please click here for the Job Description

 

 

Applicants must submit both a CV and Cover Letter to be considered.

Any questions regarding the role, please email Gareth@yhff.org.uk

 

 

Deadline July 26th @ 5pm

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Age Allies: Reflections for the Future

Come and find out how our Age Allies workshops have helped businesses and organisations to tackle age-discrimination!

 

About this Event

After three successful years the Age Allies Programme is now coming to an end – we’d love you to come and celebrate the project’s achievements with us!

 

“Age Allies: Reflections for the Future” is a one-off event to celebrate the work and share the key learning points from the Age Allies programme.

 

We will also be thanking all the volunteers who supported it and looking ahead to see how the learning from the project can be incorporated into future age-friendly projects

 

The Age Allies prgoramme has been working with organisations across the Capital to facilitate positive change in attitudes to age and ageing. We have some important findings to discuss around how businesses and organisations across London can become more age-friendly.

 

Date and Time

Fri, 6 September 2019, 14:00 – 16:15 BST

Venue:

Lumen United Reformed Church & Community Centre URC

88 Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9RS

 

To book your space and see more detail, click here.

 

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HostNation Refugee befriending

Do you work with asylum seekers or refugees who may be lonely living in London?

 

We offer a befriending service to adult refugees who are socially isolated, spend too much time alone and don’t have enough to do.

We connect them to our volunteer befrienders – all screened and checked Londoners with a passion for the city and goodwill towards refugees.

The idea is a ‘friend’ who can help them participate and experience a more positive side of the city.

They commit to meet once or twice a fortnight over 3 months but many (80%) become firm friends.

 

Our criteria is: 18+, asylum seeker or refugee, lonely, speak reasonable English, stable (mental health/housing), social and curious, keen to practice their English and experience more of London.  They must also live within the M25 as HostNation only operates in Greater London.

 

If you know someone who fits this please tell them about us. This takes about 10 minutes with a secure connection to fill out the web referral questionnaire and consent to us holding personal data which ideally needs to be done together with the personal being referred, so they fully understand what is being offered and can tell us a bit about themselves and their interests.

 

To view/ download Referrals Leaflet 2019, click here.

To read more about “What is HostNation?”, click here.

 

 

Here is the link to the online referral page https://www.hostnation.org.uk/refer

 

We have over 100 unmatched befrienders across London’s boroughs waiting for your referral!

 

If you want to contact us before making a referral email info@hostnation.org.uk and to find out more, visit our website https://www.hostnation.org.uk/

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Info for RCOs on Starbucks Employability Programme

Refugees Into Jobs team at Refugee Council have a new Starbucks Employability and Customer Service programme starting in just over two weeks’ time, in case you know any individuals who may be interested in participating.

Our next course is starting on the 8th August at Barnsbury Job Centre Plus in Angel and is running for four days (8th, 9th, 15th and 16th).

For individuals with refugee status, family reunion, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave to remain as a result of asylum, who have an interest in customer service, wish to improve their employability skills and are looking for full or part-time work in a barista role at Starbucks or alternative role, it may be a great opportunity.

Interested participants are invited to drop in at our OPEN DAY Tuesday 30th July, 10am – 3pm at Barnsbury Jobcentre Plus (1 Barnsbury Road, London N1 0EX) to meet us and register for the programme – see full info attached:

– August Starbucks employability programme

– Open day Barnsbury 30.7.2019.

 

Regardless of the participants’ locations, we pay travel expenses and help candidates apply for roles that suit them.

 

For referrals or questions, get in touch on 07778105404/020 7346 6736 or starbucks@refugeecouncil.org.uk or take one minute to fill in this simple form here.

 

Finally, if you have refugee with different career aspirations, our Refugees Into Jobs service provides 1:1 support, courses and specialist programmes e.g. ‘Building Bridges’ for healthcare professionals and Just Bread baking and catering programme, tailored for all backgrounds and career aspirations.

Get in touch on 020 7346 1047 or rij@refugeecouncil.org.uk for general employment support.

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