Due to popular demand our free digital marketing workshops have returned! With the Covid-19 national lockdown requiring many businesses to close, Hammersmith & Fulham Council is helping local businesses to boost their online presence asas the nation emerges from the latest Covid-19 lockdown. The virtual workshops will be delivered by Samer Bata from the Knowledge Acedemy to give business owners the essential digital skills they need to promote their business online.

Who can attend?

The training is open to all businesses in H&F and local residents looking to start a new business.

What will I learn in the workshops?

The workshops will focus on –

Building simple and effective marketing strategies
Mobile marketing platforms
Social Media
Email Marketing
Search Engine Marketing
When will the workshops begin?

There are five separate course dates to choose from with each course consisting of two sessions (each session lasts three hours and will take place via Zoom). Each course is open to 30 people. The time and dates are:

Course 1 : 26 and 27 April 2021, 6pm to 9pm

Course 2 : 3 and 4 May 2021 , 6pm to 9pm

Course 3: 10 and 11 May 2021, 6pm to 9pm

Course 4 : 17 and 18 May 2021, 6pm to 9pm

Course 5 : 24 and 25 May 2021, 6pm to 9pm

Please note, the content for each course is the same so please do not sign up for more than one course. For more information, please contact Sam Ridley at sam.ridley@lbhf.gov.uk.

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Donations for Festive Youth giving Day

It’s finally that time of the year. The year for families, communities, friends and neighbours to come together and celebrate Christmas.
The past year has caused hardships to many families, which has had an impact on people’s mental well-being especially children and young people.
We have all helped each other a great deal during these troublesome times.
This year we wanted to celebrate the White City & Wormholt community, especially the youth.

Come join us this festive season on the 26th of December ( 2pm – 4pm ) at Bridget’s Joyce Square for a youth gift giving day along with some mulled wine and mince pies for the adults.

If you can, please consider donating any new toys/gifts that we can distribute on the day.

Where can you donate your gifts:
The Hub@79 :Monday, Thursday and Friday ( 10 am to 4 pm )
Our Lady of Fatima, The Presbytery : Every day of the week ( 10am – 5pm ) we can also collect donations.

In collaboration with various individuals from the community, W12 together, Black role models, The Hub, Our Lady of Fatima and St Michael and St George’s Church White City, (Community Champions, Maternity Champions. -tbc )

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ACIE Events

ACIE Events

Please find below a list of upcoming training and conference events.

It’s the last chance to book for December events, the final two events of the year take place next week.

Monday 14th January, Tony Cooke is giving a webinar introduction to Independent Examination, ‘Thinking of Becoming an Independent Examiner?’ Book here.

On Tuesday 15th of December we have the final Building Your Independent Examination workshop of the year.  The next one isn’t until the end of January. Book here.

ACIE Conferences 2021

ACIE Scotland
26th August 2021, the Barracks Conference Centre, Stirling

ACIE England and Wales
28th October 202, Kings House, Manchester

Would your business be interested in sponsoring one or both conferences?
See the booking options for details or contact Admin@acie.org.uk

See Events for the full list.

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London Travel Watch

As you may know, London Travel Watch has been reaching out to industry leaders, politicians and members of the travelling public to get their take on what we should expect to happen to London’s transport in the post-Covid world.

Many of you shared your thoughts with us and we’re really pleased to have heard from a wide range of people. Our work on this is still continuing for another couple of weeks but we wanted to let you know that on 3 December 2020 at 2pm we will be holding a special hour long virtual seminar to present our initial findings.

If you would like to attend you can find out more and register for a place for free here. Please feel free to share with anyone you feel might be interested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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West london Business Christmas Reception

Join us for our first online Christmas Reception, bringing together senior professionals from the West London business community

The West London Business annual Christmas Reception brings together senior professionals from across the sub-region. Join us on Thursday 3rd December for an evening of keynotes from celebrated speakers and facilitated networking.

Things are a little different this festive season so we will be hosting the reception online, however, as always we’re going to be celebrating organisations who have been shortlisted for the West London Business Awards 2021!

Book now

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FREE DSC Zoom Talks

Join us for our new series of Free DSC Zoom Talks – an opportunity to get together for an honest discussion of the topical issues facing our sector today.

Next up is Giving yourself the edge. Our fantastic panel will be giving tips and tricks on job hunting in the charity sector both internally and externally, including how to give yourself the edge, interviewing skills and some essential do’s and don’ts. Wednesday 25 November between 17.00-18.00 is the date and time to have in your diary. Sign up here.

This will be followed two weeks later by Racism: Not in our sector? (Part 2). The recent backlash on Twitter following Barnardo’s guidance on understanding white privilege with your children and the issues of racism and inequality we are seeing in our government today has left us questioning: is it getting worse? And as a charity sector: what can we do? This talk is taking place between 17.00-18.00 on Wednesday 9 December. Sign up here.

Discover more of our Zoom talks and courses here.

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Property in the Time of Covid: Virtual Roundtable

Covid has brought property right up to the top of the agenda for charities, and has highlighted in many cases the need for a fundamental shift in how they use and occupy land. This also has implications for what charities should be looking at in respect of their existing premises.

This virtual roundtable on Thursday 26 November, 11:00 – 12:30 will be chaired by partner Andrew Small of Russell-Cooke with Dr. Peter Damesick, Chair and Antonia Swinson CEO of The Ethical Property Foundation and Catherine Flexer, associate from Russell-Cooke. The discussion will explore these topics in light of the results from the ‘2020 Charity Property Matters surveyed’, conducted by EPF and sponsored by Russell-Cook

  • Do charities still need offices for all their staff? (where the property is used only as an office, as almost 50% are)?
  • If they do, is CV19 an opportunity with so many properties being left empty and favourable terms being offered?
  • Almost 50% of the charities surveyed are based in London – is this still necessary with all the expenses that involves?
  • Do charities have the expertise and capacity to make these decisions? How to boost that capacity?
  • The cost of compliance. What needs to be done to existing premises to make them Covid secure and to meet ever more stringent environmental requirements? Who does that work and who pays for it?
  • What can charities do to get rid of excess space.

This meeting will be an interactive session. You will be virtually introduced to the speakers and have the opportunity to ask questions. If you would like to submit questions ahead of the meeting, feel free to email us.

Register here. *Please note that places are limited.

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DSC’s Funds Online Webinar

We understand that finding funding sources can be difficult. Which is why Funds Online is a tool you should take advantage of.

Funds Online is a database of over 8,000 funders. By subscribing, either as an individual or as a whole fundraising team, fundraising suddenly becomes that much easier with access to funding from grant-making charities, companies, and statutory sources (including central and local government and the EU) all at the click of a button.

Our resident Funds Online expert, George Knight, is hosting a free 30 minute webinar on Wednesday 2 December to give you tips and tricks on finding the funding you need. Sign up here.

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CGL – Alcohol Awareness Week Festival

Join Change Grow Live – Connecting London to mark this year’s Alcohol Awareness Week which runs from Monday 16-22 November on the theme of ‘Alcohol and mental health’. The campaign provides an ideal opportunity to highlight the link between alcohol and mental health and how by making changes to our drinking behaviour we can reduce our risk of developing or worsening mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.

Connecting London is a partnership of Change Grow Live services across the London area. During Alcohol Awareness Week, we’ll be hosting events and activities on Zoom and sharing resources. For more information and to access the full timetable, click here.

We will kick start the week with an online event via Zoom on Monday 16th Of November at 11am. The event will be focused around a Q&A session with our very own Dr Julie Scheiner (Chartered Psychologist) who will be answering questions on the effect of alcohol on mental health. If you would like to send in a question for Dr Julie beforehand please email to thealcoholservice.info@cgl.org.uk

Details of how to join all the activities

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88949712930?pwd=eVdPUE1QV2VsOTZHOGdiczczMFlUdz09

Meeting ID: 889 4971 2930

Passcode: 387107

 

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Calling All Unpaid Carers – Know your Rights & Where to Get Support This Carers Rights Day!

Are you a local unpaid carer, or do you have a family member or friend who is? Thursday 26 November is Carers Rights Day 2020! This is a national day to raise awareness about your rights and where you can get help and support!

Carers Network is a local charity supporting unpaid carers in central London. We would love to be out and about in the community meeting local carers, but due to current restrictions we are instead going to be hosting an online ‘virtual stall’ on the day. Why not pop in, meet the team over a cup of tea or coffee, and find out how we can help you! We will have a morning session from 11am-1pm and an afternoon session from 2pm-4pm. We’d love to meet as many carers on day as possible. There is no need to register, and the log-in details are the same for the morning and afternoon:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87846319852?pwd=QXFGcG1QdFh5M3lFSXQ5Z05rZ3diQT09

Meeting ID: 878 4631 9852

Passcode: 247911

We look forward to hopefully meeting lots of local unpaid carers on the day!

 

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Entries Open for The Business Charity Awards 2021

The Business Charity Awards, which recognise the work of people and teams behind corporate and charity partnerships, have opened to entries for 2021. Third Sector have reported that the awards will feature 25 categories, spanning sector partnerships and teams. Entries are also open for people to nominate either themselves or a colleague to sit on the 2021 awards judging panel. Find out more.

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