Following our recent announcement of the launch of the Small Charity Training Programme, supported by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, we are excited to offer our series of 1.5 hour webinars. These online learning opportunities will focus on a variety of essential fundraising topics to help support your organisation. Please note, spaces are limited to 20 attendees per session. For more information and to book your places, follow the links below: Topic: Developing Your Fundraising Strategy Date: Thursday, 10th August 2017 Time: 9.30am-11.00am Venue: Your desk! Booking: Follow this link to book your place Topic: Fundraising from Trusts & Foundations Date: Thursday, 10th August 2017 Time: 12.00pm-1.30pm Venue: Your desk! Booking: Follow this link to book your place Topic: Developing Your Case for Support Date: Thursday, 10th August 2017 Time: 2.30pm-4.00pm Venue: Your desk! Booking: Follow this link to book your place 17th August 2017 Topic: Developing Corporate Relationships Date: Thursday, 17th August 2017 Time: 9.30am-11.00am Venue: Your desk! Booking: Follow this link to book your place Topic: Major Donor Fundraising Date: Thursday, 17th August 2017 Time: 12.00pm-01.30pm Venue: Your desk! Booking: Follow this link to book your place Topic: Community & Events Fundraising Date: Thursday, 17th August 2017 Time: 2.30pm-4.00pm Venue: Your desk! Booking: Follow this link to book your place Cost: On booking you will pay a deposit of £15 per delegate place. £10 of this will be refunded to you after you have attended the webinar in full and completed the surveys. Deposits will not be returned in cases of partial attendance or incomplete survey responses. We will refund the deposit, retaining £5 which contributes to deposit and refund processing and administration costs.
Healthwatch Central West London is holding an event on Wednesday 18th October, from 11:00am – 3:30pm at the Irish Cultural Centre to bring together people that use or might want to use mental health services in Hammersmith & Fulham, their carers, and those that provide those services. This will be an opportunity to explore what support services are available, how to access them and if they met our needs. There will be free lunch and refreshments. Help us make this a great event. Get involved by answering our survey by Sunday 6th August to enter a raffle. Take Our Survey If you wish to attend this event or if you require a paper version of this survey please contact the Engagement Lead for Hammersmith and Fulham, eva.psychrani@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org or 07734 962 255
Open Forum Events would like you to join us at our National Smart Cities and Communities: Connecting Citizens conference which is taking place in London on the 9th November 2017. We have invited key industry professionals from across the globe to help you implement smart technology strategies. New thinking is allowing city regions to explore solutions and create smarter, more connected places that can enhance service delivery and improve citizen’s lives. The aim of this event is to tap into smarter and most innovative ways to support the complex needs of citizens and develop the infrastructure to overcome some of the grand societal challenges Join us at Smart Cities and Communities: Connecting Citizens to explore the most innovative and efficient ways to use technology and data to tackle some of the biggest problems. Major city leaders and business figures from across the UK and internationally will share their views on how to develop smart and more connected cities. To book your place click here
Training in “Developing a fundraising plan” and gaining an insight into fundraising online with “Grow your 10’er” has been organised for 20th September here at Sobus starting at 11:00 through to 1:00. The training will be delivered by Local Giving who are a registered charity that support charitable organisations to diversify income through online fundraising. Please register with us by contacting Nigel Jacques at nigel.jacques@b29ab5c8692d7e7444b83a9dfaae2a38-18455.sites.k-hosting.co.uk Places are limited so please register as quickly as possible.
Unpredictability is a sign of the times. Everywhere you look public sector organisations are struggling to understand what the future might hold. Learn from experts, and share your experience, at the Agile Business Conference 2017 – a two-day interactive event for all professionals wishing to use Agile principles to create adaptive organisations and successful business transformation. View event details and book here
Open Forum Events would like you to join us at Smart Cities and Communities: Connecting Citizens conference taking place in London on the 9th November 2017. We have invited key industry professionals from across the globe to help you implement smart technology strategies. New thinking is allowing city regions to explore solutions and create smarter, more connected places that can enhance service delivery and improve citizen’s lives. The aim of this event is to tap into smarter and most innovative ways to support the complex needs of citizens and develop the infrastructure to overcome some of the grand societal challenges For more information and to book your place click here
The Linnean Society is very pleased to announce that the BioMedia Meltdown competition is back for its third year! This exciting competition gives young people (aged 11-14) in Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham and Ealing the opportunity to show off their scientific knowledge, by thinking creatively and they could even win some amazing prices! To help inspire young people to create some winning entries we have free interactive workshops and resources available. Previously students have enjoyed creating stop motion animation to develop an understanding of predator-prey relationships in food webs and have explored the idea of maladaptation by sculpting a sabre-tooth tiger skull! They last around one hour (this can be flexible) and are delivered by a trained DBS checked facilitator for free at your meeting place. The workshops are a fun, creative way to explore scientific ideas and are available at your Youth Club or organization between September 2017 and January 2018 to young people in Year 7, 8 and 9. To find out more about the competition and the free resources available do not hesitate to get in touch with me or visit the website.
For the last Westminster Community Network meeting before the summer break, we’re going to discuss that most topical of subjects: ‘What is the future of civil society? ’ Taking our cue from the Civil Society Futures independent inquiry which was recently launched at the NCVO’s annual conference and is being chaired by Julia Unwin, we will debate and discuss how the third sector can address and find solutions to the challenges facing our society and how our civil society can flourish in a fast changing world. A key part of this inquiry is a call for evidence and Civil Society Futures has asked for contributions as to what organisations think the future holds and we will be sending them the findings from our meeting. It promises to be a lively and informative afternoon and will be held on Thursday, 20 July from 2.30pm to 5pm at: Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, London W2 5ES There’ll be plenty of networking too! Register here to reserve your place. If you have any queries please email Nina Hathway, WCN facilitator.
All volunteer involving organisations are invited to our quarterly Volunteer Organisers Forum Date: Wednesday 26th July 2017 Refreshments at 9.45am for a 10am start Venue: Dawes Road Hub, 20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN AGENDA 1. Introductions 2. Linda Thomas from Public Health talks about the Community Champions projects in Hammersmith and Fulham 3. Alex Hill talks about recruiting and manage volunteers at Barons Court Project and how success in involving volunteers in a variety of roles, has enabled service expansion. 4. Gabriella Notarianni Costa from the Austin Forum talks about her experiences of managing a volunteer led ESOL programme. 5. AOB