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Pregnant? There’s an app for that!

The NHS across North West London is today launching a new mum and baby app – a personal guide for pregnancy, birth and beyond.

The app was developed by mums, midwives and doctors in North West London and charity CW+ to provide women with a single source of trusted NHS information for all their maternity needs.

From the start of pregnancy to early parenthood, this app will support women and their families with:

  • Choice on where in North West London they would like to give birth and how they would like their birth to go
  • access to essential information every step of the way from being pregnant, to giving birth and looking after a new baby
  • personalised plans for their care during pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Leo Mead who lives in Ealing and is expecting her first baby in December said:
“I really like the app, the fact that all the information provided is from the NHS makes it feel very comforting. I never knew there was so much to know and this app helps to keep it all in one place. Being able to note my thoughts, questions and feelings also means it’s easier to remember things I want to discuss when I have appointments with my midwife.” 

The app aims to improve women’s experiences of maternity care and ensures that the information they receive is consistent no matter where they choose to give birth in the local area.

Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, Head of Maternity, Children and Young People for NHS England, said: “This new app shows what is possible when we embrace modern technology. It now also means that we are able to offer personal care to women and their families in North West London by ensuring they can access information quickly and easily which will help give women and clinicians their valuable time back’.

Baroness Julia Cumberlege, Chair of the National Maternity Review, ‘Better Births’, said: “The mum & baby app shows how we can harness digital technology to deliver innovation in the NHS. This maternity app supports women and families to understand their choices, especially around choosing their place of birth, which pregnant women have told us how important this is to them.”

“The NHS in North West London have shown the potential of ‘digital’ to enhance services which deliver choice and personalisation to women, and empowers women to make shared decisions and manage their own care throughout their pregnancy, birth and beyond.”

Doctor Sunita Sharma, Consultant Obstetrician from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said: “The North West London mum and baby app represents an innovative way in which these local maternity services have come together to provide women and their families with consistent NHS information on how to look after themselves and their babies in an easily accessible format. I think this is great step forward for our maternity services.”

 Download it!
This helpful new app is available for download on both Apple and Android just go to your app store and search ‘mum and baby’.

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Click the image above for a short video with details on the apps features

Ask us anything!
If there is anything you are unsure about or you have a question that you haven’t been able to ask your midwife, ask us!

Post questions on Twitter with #askthemidwifenwl

Ayesha Baker
Communications Manager
North West London Communications Team
North West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups
2nd floor, 15 Marylebone Rd, London, NW1 5JD

email: ayesha.baker@nhs.net
Direct line: 020 3350 4639
Mobile: 0773 3484 891
web: www.healthiernorthwestlondon.nhs.uk
twitter: @HealthierNWL

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Christmas Campaign hopes to see Hammersmith & Fulham become dementia friendly

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People across the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham have another opportunity to find out more about dementia, thanks to a series of free workshops over the Christmas season.

The local award-winning provider of personal care in the home, Bluebird Care Hammersmith and Fulham, is hosting Dementia Awareness Workshops across the borough during the month of December.

They are making themselves available to visit as many businesses, organisations and charities as possible this Christmas time!

Managing Director of Bluebird Hammersmith and Fulham, Soheila Amin, said:

“One in four people will be affected by dementia in their lifetimes, which is why it’s important to work with individuals and their families to try and make life much easier for those who have it.

A recent report made recommendations to the government about the need to continue to raise awareness of dementia, and the work that can be done to make our communities more dementia friendly.

With the specialist services we provide at Bluebird Care we are determined to do just that with these Dementia Awareness Sessions over the festive season.”

Set up by the Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Awareness Sessions have been running across the country for a number of years and focus on improving inclusion and quality of life for people living with dementia. By holding information workshops in towns, villages and cities across the UK, the society’s ambition is to work with people affected by dementia and key partners to develop dementia-friendly communities.

By doing so people will be aware of and understand more about dementia, people with dementia and their careers will be encouraged to seek help and support; and people with dementia will feel included in their community.

Soheila added: “The Bluebird Care team want to meet as many people as possible and make them aware of dementia, its affects and how we as a community can support those who are suffering from it.”

Are you part of a community group, work with a housing provider, school or social club, or an individual who just wants to find out more about dementia? Would you like Bluebird Care to host a Dementia Awareness Workshop for you? If so, get in touch.

For more information and to arrange a dementia awareness workshop contact Nathan Hartley, Bluebird Care Communications Officer, by emailing hartleypr@hotmail.co.uk

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BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme (UK)

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The BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme which supports children and young people up to the age of 18 living with severe poverty as well as additional pressures such as domestic violence, disability or poor health in the family is currently open for applications from referral organisations that will be able to apply for grants on behalf of families or young people.

The fund will cover the purchase of critical items such as gas or electric cookers and other essential household items. The referrer’s organisation should also be able to administer and supervise the grant on behalf of the BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme.

All applications must be made by a registered referrer.

Register as a referrer

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Click Here to go to the application website for Eligibility, How we help and How to apply.

 

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Grants for School Expeditions and Fieldwork (UK)

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Secondary schools across the UK and Ireland schools that are planning expeditions and fieldwork can apply for grants of £200 to £600 towards the costs of the trip. Preference is given to projects that involve a strong element of human geography and those that take place within the United Kingdom and Ireland. The next deadline to apply is the 18th January 2019 and the funding is offered by the Frederick Soddy Schools Award through the Royal Geographic Society.

Click Here to go to the website

 

 

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Advance Job Opportunities

Advance LogoAdvance is a well-respected, award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women experiencing domestic abuse and supporting women with custodial and community sentences to reduce offending. Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, to collaborate, innovate and be accountable. We have expanded our services significantly over the past 2 years, with annual income to over £3m and 75 staff, reaching over 3000 women and their children.

Current Opportunities

  • Female* Mental Health IDVA
  • Click Here for the link to the Job Advert and information
  • Female* Domestic Violence Peripatetic Worker  
  • Click Here for the link to the Job Advert and information

Closing date for the above positions: Sunday, 25th November 2018 12.00 am

Click Here to go to the Advance Job website and to download the application form and Job Description for the above and other current roles.

This post is open to *female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

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Order your First Aid Supplies – St. John’s Ambulance

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A company registered in England no. 3866129.
Registered address: 27 St John’s Lane, London EC1M 4BU

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Heart of the Community Fund – Virgin Money Foundation

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Here at the Virgin Money Foundation, we’re on a mission to support community regeneration by backing people who can make big changes happen locally.

We love helping local communities thrive so every two months, we’re giving three local charities the chance to win £1,000 – with awards of £500 and £250 for the two runners-up.

The awards will go to the charities with the most votes from Virgin Money customers and Lounge members.

We’d love to support projects:

  • Run by smaller local registered charities. That means annual running costs of less than £500,000
  • Working in the parts of Inner London that need money the most
  • With strong local roots
  • Benefiting the wider community

Funds can be used to buy materials and equipment, make improvements to a community building or sports facility, clean up an area of wasteland or support an event. The money could also pay for staff to run an activity.

If you know of any local charities you think fit the bill and deserve to feature on our voting unit, they should apply to the Virgin Money foundation online.

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Fundraising Now 2018 – Update

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There are just 15 days to go until Fundraising Now (28-29 November).

With well over 100 charity professionals just like you signed up, it’s never been easier to network as well as hear from sector experts themselves.

There are still tickets available to attend on the day…

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Click the Image above to go to the event site

 

The Live Streaming package is now available

Can’t make it? The Live Streaming package is now available.

What does it mean for you?

Attend eight sessions from the office, and you’ll even be able to re-watch the footage for 30 days after the event!

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Click the image above to review the Streaming Options

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Free Christmas Workshops for over 65’s in Shepherds Bush

Elgin Close Resource Centre are holding a group of Christmas Workshop over a 4 week period for older people over the age of 65 who may be socially isolated or lonely. The workshops will run on Saturdays from 10.00am to 2.00pm and will include lunch and afternoon bingo.

Details of the workshops and dates are as follows:

  • Saturday 24th November, 10.00am to 2.00pm – Create your own Christmas cards and Christmas Box
  • Saturday 01st December, 10.00am to 2.00pm – Make your own Christmas Wreath
  • Saturday 08th December, 10.00am to 2.00pm – Make your own Christmas Snow Globe
  • Saturday 15th December, 10.00am to 2.00pm – Decorate your own Christmas Cake and make some Christmas Chocolates
  • Saturday 22nd December, 10.00am to 2.00pm – End of workshop celebration where we will have music, mulled wine (non alcoholic) and mince pies.

The aim of the workshops is to encourage people who may be socially isolated to meet new people, make some new friends and to create some of your own personal Christmas items and collect them in a Christmas Box for you to take home at the end of the programme. Therefore priority will be given to those who book for the full four weeks.

These workshops including lunch and bingo are free but places are limited to 10 people for the four week block so places will go quickly.  Unfortunately we are not able to able to provide transport.

Referrals can be made direct to the centre, for more information or to book a place please call 0203 815 2184 or email murdo.maciver@nhhg.org.uk

Click here for the Event Leaflet to download.

Elgin Close Resource Centre
3 Elgin Close
Off Goldhawk Road
Shepherds Bush
W12 9NH

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Happy Trustees’ Week

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Trustees’ Week: 12-16 November 2018

What are trustees?

Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They help to make the UK the sixth most giving country in the world.

Click Here to see more on the Trustees’ Week Website

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