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Job opportunity – Youth Futures Foundation

 

Youth Futures Foundation is a new organisation that has been set up with £90m of dormant assets to help young people furthest from the employment market into meaningful work.

 

As an ambitious and independent organisation, the Foundation will collaborate with the youth sector, business, young people and the public sector to support more young people into meaningful employment by identifying and championing what works in order to deliver profound and lasting change.

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Based in London (minimum of 3 days a week, able to be located elsewhere remaining 2 days).

 

Closing date: Sunday 2nd June 2019

 

Click here to see all details.

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Creating a seamless user-journey through effective use of data: programme now online

 

We are delighted to announce that the agenda for June’s charity technology breakfast briefing is now available online. You can view it here.

 

Book your place before Friday 24th May, for just £40, and join speakers from NSPCC, OJO Solutions and The Fire Fighters Charity to explore how the charity sector can streamline the online user experience to increase engagement and boost fundraising.

 

Seminar takeaways:

 

·     Learn how the NSPCC simplified and improved its online giving experience with a more engaging donation journey and effective use of payment technologies.

·     Share in the successes and challenges faced by The Fire Fighters Charity when they launched a new online giving platform.

·     Understand the role of a charity’s website in engaging an audience and maximising fundraising potential.

 

Click here to see full post.
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Breaking news… Colin Maclean will be leaving Community Links Bromley (CLB)

 

With the announcement of his retirement, Colin Maclean will be leaving  (CLB) later this year.

 

He has led the organisation for 8 years through significant changes, resulting in positive outcomes for voluntary and community organisations as well as local people and communities.

 

Read the full announcement from Janet Tibbalds, CLB Chair of Trustees here.

 

The recruitment for a new Chief Executive has started. You can read and download the recruitment pack here.

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Advocating for Students on the Autism Spectrum

Navigating today’s educational system is not an easy or straightforward task for anyone, whether students, parents, teachers, or administrators.

For parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, making sure your kids get a fair and useful education involves even more complicated considerations and decisions.

This guide discusses issues surrounding the education of students on the autism spectrum, including the rights and responsibilities of parties involved, plus governing laws, programs, and additional resources.

The information also includes classroom concerns and accommodations, considerations for choosing an appropriate school setting, options for dispute resolution, and tips for further advocacy.

Whether you decide to homeschool or place your child in the public education system, it’s important to know the available options and stay informed to advocate most effectively for your child’s education and well-being.

Educational policy, childhood disability advocacy, and the legislation governing both have produced terms and acronyms that might require clarification if you’re new to the system.

To better understand the points and tips that follow, here is a list of brief explanations and definitions. You can find elaboration on each term and topic  in this guide.

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Urgent and Emergency Care: Facilitating Patient Flow

 

Join senior NHS professional from across the country at The 6th Annual Urgent and Emergency Care: Facilitating Patient Flow conference where will examine in depth the aims of the long-term plan and how they will impact on urgent and emergency care delivery.

Key areas of focus include:

  • The emphasis on greater ‘out of hospital care’
  • The roll out of new ways of working within the acute hospital setting
  • The plans to cut the delays in patients returning home

 

The agenda will provide delegates with a greater understanding of how the long-term plan will shape the future of urgent and emergency care provision and discuss the opportunities and the challenges in providing a sustainable service that is reactive to demand.

 

Click here to book your ticket.

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Small Charity Week 2019

General info here –  communications pack.

 

Click here to see schedule.

 

Small Charity Week 2019 – 17th – 22nd June

This year Small Charity Week marks its 10th anniversary, and offers small charities a range of opportunities to shout about their work, get support and advice, and develop skills and knowledge. Taking place over six themed days, there are a multitude of ways to get involved:

 

I Love Small Charities Day: Social media competitions to win funds for your charity.

Big Advice Day: Free advice on any charity topic of your choosing from experts across the sector and business leaders. Taking place at City Hall in London, around the UK with our CVS partners, or remotely by phone or Skype.

Policy Day: Local and national events to support engagement between small charities and policy makers and influencers.

Fundraising Day: Take part in competitions and initiatives to raise vital funds for your small charity and join the Fundraising Conference to improve your knowledge on fundraising topics.

Small Charity Big Impact Day: We announce the winners of our Small Charity Big Impact Awards and celebrate the huge impact small charities have.

Celebration Day: Get involved and run an event to help raise awareness of and celebrate your amazing work.

 

17 May is the deadline to book Big Advice Day!

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Charity Digital Conference: Time for Action

 

 

Tueday 25 June 2019, London

 

How many years? How many conferences? How many more 20 somethings in tortoiseshell glasses will stand up to tell you how you’re doing your job wrong?

So that you can start taking action, we’ll tell you how it is and grapple with the challenges.

We’ll talk: finding the cash, digital on a budget, learning from digital disasters, understanding the risks and separating facts from fearmongering.

 

Action is what this event is about.

We’ve invited leaders to share honestly and openly their experiences and advice to support your charity in moving forward with digital.

This event is for the do-ers, this is for the people who want to make it happen.

 

Download full event brochure or see who’s speaking.

 

For one day, we’ll focus on the following themes:

Big impact against the odds

  • Anti-social media – How to go guerilla on social media
  • Honest hour – Digital disasters and what we learnt
  • Being smart with digital
  • Cyber security & GDPR – Separating the facts from the fearmongering

Pioneering digital

  • Building leadership before building tech
  • Preparing yourself for the best digital funding bid application
  • Changemakers – Behaviours to inspire a change in culture
  • Service users building charities in a digital world

Looking to the future

  • How the civil society strategy can change your digital strategy
  • Charity seeking digital innovator with GSOH
  • Future tech trends
  • Ask a digital native what makes them care

Click here to see full post on website.

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Lloyds Bank Foundation to close Enable grants programme

 

The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has announced that it is to close its Enable grants programme on 31 August.

Charities have until the end of August to apply for the remaining £1.9m in the programme, which awards up to £15,000 over one or two years to improve systems or pilot new projects.

 

The grants have been used to help with issues such as business planning, trustee recruitment and marketing projects.

Click here to see full article on website.

 

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Introducing Key4Life

 

 

Founded in 2011, Key4Life is a youth rehabilitation programme working with young men, aged 18-30 years old in prison or at risk of going to prison to reduce re-offending and support participants into sustainable and meaningful employment.

 

 

 

Key4Life offers two programmes, following the same model,detailed below:

1. A 6-month preventative community-based programme, with at-risk young males who are NEET, to divert them away from offending and onto a positive path to employment.

2. A 12-month ‘through the gate’ programme to participants seeking a second chance postrelease from prison, with support tailored to their needs.

 

Please click here to see flyer.

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Hammersmith & Fulham Mental Health Discussion Group

 

 

Hammersmith & Fulham Mental Health Discussion Group

The NHS is changing and it needs your help.

Have you or a loved one had any experience with services that look after one or more of these conditions:

– cancer

– mental health

– heart and lung diseases

– dementia

– autism

– learning disability

– long-term conditions e.g. diabetes and arthritis

Your local NHS needs to hear from you about how it can provide better care for people. Have your say to help make services better where you live.

 

See alternative versions of our survey here.

Any information you share with us will be anonymous.

Share your views and explore what the NHS Long Term Plan means for you at our discussion group. Our special focus will be on mental health provision in our local area. You can also share your views via the What Would You Do? survey online.

Wednesday 8th May, 17:00–21:00, Irish Cultural Centre, W6 9DT

 

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