The Hammersmith & Fulham Virtual Youth Achievement Awards are being organised by our Youth Council and Inclusive Apprentices with the support of the Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation and local services and organisations. The awards celebrate the diversity of achievement and talent of H&F’s youth.
The nominations can be from peers, teachers, youth or social workers and practitioners, for young people aged 11-25 who live, work or go to school in the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and relate to achievements made within the past two years. All nominations will be judged by a panel of young people and local stakeholders.
Here is a video which explains the nomination process: https://youtu.be/D163EfAlMwY
The categories
- Young person who has made a significant contribution to others– e.g. young carers, to their family, to their school, or to a local organisation.
- Young leader– a young role model who has motivated and inspired others.
- Achievement in education – a young person who has made excellent progress or attainment in education.
- Young volunteer – a young person who has made an active and significant contribution to the community.
- Young performer of the year– a young person who has excelled in the performing arts including music and dance.
- Young artist of the year– a young person who has excelled in non-performance related arts.
- Young innovator of the year– a young entrepreneurial or technological innovator.
- Overcoming adversity – a young person who has overcome and persevered through challenges.
- Green champion– a young person who has championed a positive change for the local environment.
- Young COVID 19 champion- a young person who has done something outstanding to support others during lockdown.
There is also a Contribution to Young People Award A service or youth project that has gone the extra mile or done something extraordinary to support young people.
To nominate, just fill in the short online form: H&F Youth Achievement Awards | LBHF
Nominations run until 6th April 2021.
The West London Spring Property Lunch will take place online, with future 2021 lunches to be announced in due course. An expert panel from the public and private sector on Thursday 1 April will debate: “With unprecedented disruption hitting the markets for office space, residential, and high street retail, what does the future hold for planning policy and investment in West London?”
In keeping with the best tradition of West London Property Lunches, a three-course lunch including wine (if desired), will be available to order to your doorstep through our catering partner Cote at Home. Attendees at the Spring Property Lunch will be able to enjoy a 10% discount code on Cote at Home orders placed before 2pm on Monday 29 March!* Free Delivery | £40 minimum spend | Single use code per attendee/email address. Attendees will be supplied their code upon registration.
Tickets:
• £21 + VAT for WLB/PRBG members
• £29 + VAT for non-members
Bookings for the Spring Property Lunch will open soon.
For enquiries or details of advance booking, please contact rohan.gupta@westlondon.com
Yesterday (3 March) the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced in the Budget that the Government is doubling the incentive payment for employers who take on new apprentices.
As an employer if you recruit an apprentice (anyone over the age of 16) you will receive a payment of £3,000 for each NEW apprentice hired. If you take on a new apprentice aged 16-18 or someone under 25 with an Education, Health and Care Plan you will also receive the existing £1,000 bonus together with the new incentive totaling £4,000.
Last month the Government also announced an extension to the Traineeship programme, investing £126million to triple the number of traineeships available and each employer will receive £1,000 for each new trainee they take on to ensure young people are provided with high-quality work experience placments and supported with skills development.
Join our Information and Q+A Session for Employers: How can you make the incentive payments work for you? Join myself, Paul Willis, Head of Apprenticeship Strategy and our Head of Traineeships, Lisa Brooks on Wednesday 10 March at 10.00am to discuss:
- The benefits of traineeships and apprenticeships
- Incentive payments for Traineeships of £1,000 and Apprenticeships of up to £4,000
- Reinvesting back into your business
- Integrating Traineeships and Apprenticeships into your recruitment strategy
- Application process and terms and conditions
Courses are selling out quickly so don’t delay your booking. For upcoming NCVO online Training, click here.
Action on Disability has been asked by its trustees and members to introduce a new Activity Service within Hammersmith and Fulham for local disabled adults. We would like to know from you what activities you would like to access and when. We have created a short list of questions that will help us to get the money we need to set up a new activity service.
We would like you to answer the questions and add any other thoughts or ideas you might have. You can complete the questions here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=zibQeO-dukCGrZVNlVk_54LPcPgF4M9OkmFKWP5V5e1UNUM4TzlNSkdOTTZWWUpDU0dERFFORzZBNS4u
We would also like to meet with you to hear your thoughts on what activities you would like us to introduce.
You can meet with us, using the zoom app on Monday 01st of March at 1pm (This meeting is called Meeting 1).
If you can’t make this meeting, you could come along to our meeting on Wednesday 03rd of March at 9:30am (this meeting is called Meeting 2).
If you want to attend this meeting please email us at info@aod.org.uk and we will send you a zoom invitation link. When you do email us, please tell us which meeting you would like to attend; Meeting 1 or Meeting 2.
We look forward to hearing from you about your ideas and thoughts.
For Women Group are offering the opportunity to meet up…virtually and just have a good old chat and a laugh this Friday and every Friday.
In this month’s edition of Talk at Ten we’ll be placing a spotlight on the markedly different impacts that working from home during the pandemic has had on different groups.
With children once again being home schooled has additional childcare been evenly split between the genders? How have staff relatively lower down the pay scale, and potentially without the proper facilities for a true ‘home office’ fared? What can employers be doing to look after their staff now that working from home is the norm?
10am, Thursday 25 February
Zooms with Roisin Reilly & Alex Laird, Medical Herbalists:
Monday 8th March, 12.30-1.45pm
World Womens Day – Self Care & Food Remedies for Periods & Menopause
Coffee Morning Tuesdays, 11.30-12.45pm
Do you want to learn sign language, or want to gain new skills? Maybe you have a deaf member of the family or a friend and want to learn to communicate? Does your organisation want to be inclusive and accessible for those who are deaf?
Deaf Unity is offering British Sign Language Course from Introduction to BSL, Deaf Awareness and British Sign language Level 1 – 3. They are a local based charity who are passionate about improving access for deaf people and improving relationships between deaf and hearing.
Sign up today:
Introduction to British Sign Language – Deaf Unity
British Sign Language Level 1 – Deaf Unity
