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Apply for the Co-op Local Community Fund

 

The Co-op Local Community Fund supports projects that make a difference to local communities near to our stores and funeral homes.

We are still accepting applications from causes in some communities.

 

Use this form to apply to be one of our causes from 27 October 2019.

 

Your project must either:

  • help a local community come together to save, build, fix or improve indoor or outdoor local spaces
  • support the mental or physical health of a community through wellbeing activities
  • help people reach their full potential by developing their skills

 

Click here to see more detail.

Applications close on 7 July.

 

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Careers and Learning Event

 

National Careers Service London in partnership with Chelsea Foundation are hosting Careers & Learning Event.

 

This event is taking place at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday 2nd July 2019, 10am to 4pm..

 

Careers & Learning Event will bring together jobseekers, commiunity groups, training providers and employers. It will be a great day of career and learning opportunities.

 

Click here to view/download a flyer.

Click here to view/download a poster.

 

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Community Development training

 

This training session is to provide staff with the knowledge and understanding of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Model that the DAWS service are using to build and empower local residents and organisations within Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington & Chelsea.

 

By the end of the Day participants will leave:

– Understanding the concept of ABCD and its roots in Strengths Based Practice.

– More aware of the benefits of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing for you & others.

– Having explored the difference between ‘Needs Based’ & ‘Asset Based’ approaches.

– Reflecting over what Recovery Capital is all about & it’s importance in ABCD.

– Looking over & practicing using some of the Node-Link Mapping Tools.

– Confident in knowing what a Strength Based Approach is.

– Exploring the Basic Motivational Interviewing techniques.

– Understanding & developing your Socratic Questioning skills.

– Having looked over the Big Ideas & Innovations application forms.

 

 

 

THIS TRAINING IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO CANDIDATES WORKING IN THE FOLLOWING LONDON BOROUGHS: CITY OF WESTMINSTER, HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM, ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA.

 

Click here to see more details and book your ticket.

 

 

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Sobus recruitment for Chair of Trustees

 

Sobus is looking for a talented, passionate individual to become its new Chair of Trustees and help guide the charity through a time of exciting opportunity and development.

We are seeking a committed individual with a proven, professional track record of leadership at the highest level, and a sound understanding and experience of the voluntary sector.

We need someone with significant experience of leading long-term strategic development and driving financial sustainability.

You will share our vision and want to take a leading role in our journey to be recognised as an outstanding organisation.

 

Sobus was formed in 2014 following a merger between the Community & Voluntary Sector Association and Fulham Community Partnership Trust.

However, we were first established as the local CVS in Hammersmith & Fulham in 1998.

 

Click here to vew/download full advertisement.

To see job description, please click on the Chair of Trustees Role Description.

To view/download Person Specification for Chair of the Board of Trustees click here.

Find a Sobus Trustee application form here.

 

Closing date: 12 noon, Thursday 11th July 2019

Shortlisted candidates will be notified on 16th July 2019, and interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd July 2019.

 

For an informal discussion about the position or for more information, contact the Sobus CEO, Sue Spiller, on 020 7952 1230 or email sue.spiller@sobus.org.uk

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Outreach & Activities Support Assistant – Job Opportunity

 

Age UK Westminster is an independent charity supporting the over 50s in aspects of later life including, loneliness, isolation or poverty, by providing support and vital services to help people accept and adapt to later life and enjoy it.

We are seeking to recruit an Outreach & Activities Support Assistant to join our team to tackle social isolation and loneliness and to provide activity opportunities to older people living in City of Westminster.

 

Please click here to view/download to go to the job flyer for more information and details about how to apply.

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Fundraising & Business Development Manager – Job Opportunity

 

Age UK Westminster is an independent charity supporting the over 50s in aspects of later life including:

  • loneliness,
  • isolation or poverty, by providing support and vital services to help people accept and adapt to later life and enjoy it.

 

We are seeking to appoint a Fundraising and Business Development Coordinator with proven skills in a range of income generating activities, developing new services, partnership building and communications.

 

Please click here to view/download to go to the job flyer for more information and details about how to apply.

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Be part of a bigger story with The Reader…

 

 

“We’re a national charity that wants to bring about a reading revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which we believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well.

Everything we do – from our Shared Reading groups to our social enterprises, from our publications to The Reader Storybarn – creates lively, connected, warm communities by bringing people together and books to life”.

 

The Reader is looking for new people in West London to train to lead Shared Reading groups locally.

 

Click here to view/download a flyer.

 

Try Shared Reading in Hammersmith & Fulham or in Kensington & Chelsea.

 

Visit The Reader website for more information.

 

 

 

 

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Free training courses for staff

 

We have access to a range of Level 2 fully funded courses that offer huge advantages to your organisation :

  • cost-effective,
  • help you support talented employees who want to learn and progress,
  • and they are an effective way to support your skills requirements.

 

We want to support you in focusing on the retraining or up-skilling of your staff, which will provide them with motivation, job satisfaction and bring new skills to your organisation.

The courses can be delivered online and therefore do not require staff to be off-site whilst studying them.

They are fully accredited by NCFE and successful completers will be awarded a formal qualification.

 

There is a range of courses to choose from including:

– business admin,

– data protection,

– ma variety of digital marketing workshops

– and a host of health and social care courses.

 

View our full list of free courses here

 

All of these courses are funded and therefore there is no cost to you as a business (eligibility criteria apply).

 

Click here to see more details on the website.
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Council apprenticeship – RBKC

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea offers a range of apprenticeship opportunities:

  • Business administration and Customer service (Level 2 and 3)
  • Trades: Installation electrician / maintenance electrician, Advanced Carpentry and Joinery, Plumbing and domestic heating technician, Surveying technician (Level 3)
  • Associate project management, Data analysis, Improvement practitioner (Level 4)
  • HR consultant (Level 5)
  • Building control surveyor (Level 6)

 

Applications for these roles close on 7 July and we expect to hold interviews during the first two weeks of August.

 

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is committed to increasing employment opportunities for local people from all walks of life.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is also keen to receive applications from candidates who are:

  • A resident in the Borough
  • An RBKC care leaver
  • An RBKC secondary school leaver who left school in the past 5 years.

 

 

How to apply?

Please go to the RBKC Careers portal to see our current vacancies.

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Macmillan Community Connectors training

 

The London Engagement Team at Macmillan have recently finished the design and development of a new Macmillan Community Connectors training programme that we would like to roll out and offer to community organisations for free.

The training sessions covers topics such as:

• Cancer awareness
• Macmillan information and support services
• Asset based community development

Click here to view/download a flyer.

Click here to view a poster.

 

 

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