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Nominations Have Opened for The H&F Civic Honours 2020!

This will be H&F Council’s third annual awards celebrating those individuals and organisations who give their time to help to enrich the lives of others in the borough.  This year, we are looking for nominations in the following categories: 

  • Most dedicated volunteer
  • Bringing people together
  • Community organiser
  • Acts of compassion
  • Contributions to art, culture or heritage
  • Contributions to health and well-being
  • Improving our environment
  • Lifetime achievement

You can nominate anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in the borough, or any community or voluntary group or organisation.  All nominations will be put before a panel of judges and the finalists will be invited to an awards ceremony in early June (exact date and venue tbc), at which the winners will be announced.

Visit the story on the council website for more information, a link to the nomination form – and also to see the video from last year’s awards event at the town hall.

If you know someone who deserves recognition for their hard work and dedication, nominate them now!  Nominations close on Monday 9th March 2020.

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Media Trust Announce Their Fourth Annual Women’s Voices Event

Media Trust is thrilled to announce the launch of our fourth annual Women’s Voices event in celebration of International Women’s Day.

Date: Thursday 5 March 2020
Time: 12:45-17:30, followed by networking and drinks
Location: Academy London, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria SW1W 9SH

We’re offering 30 charities that support, campaign and advocate for women and girls the opportunity to work with their own team of media and creative industry volunteers. Each team will have the combined skills to help their charity build an effective, impactful and compelling communications campaign. The afternoon will also include light lunch ​when you arrive.

Get involved, get support
To apply, simply head over to the Media Trust website and complete the application form.
With limited places available, we are looking for strong applications that clearly outline a specific communication challenge including: reaching new audiences, developing a new campaign, or raising awareness about your cause.

The deadline for applications is Friday 24 January at 17:00. Successful charities will be notified by Friday 31 January.

Apply today!

All applicants must:

  • Be a UK registered charity that supports, campaigns and/or advocates for women and girls
  • Only submit one application per charity
  • Ensure two relevant members of staff, one of which is a senior leader/decision-maker are available to attend the event on 5 March 2020 from 12:45-17:30
  • Take part in one case study post event

To read more about what to expect on the day check out the highlights from Women’s Voices 2019. If you have any questions, please email Carly Bell on carlyb@mediatrust.org.

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Fundraising Mini Masterclass

This mini masterclass offers outstanding value to small charities who will learn about fundraising strategy, trust fundraising and building relationships in corporate and community fundraising. You will hear from three successful fundraisers, sharing insights and taking you through practical templates that you can put to use to improve the success of your charity’s fundraising. You will also have the opportunity to network with your peers, with a drink on us!

When: Tuesday 28 January 2020, 13.00 – 17.00

Where: The main event is at Voluntary Action Islington, 200a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP, followed by networking drinks at Camino, 3 Varnishers Yard, The Regent Quarter, Kings Cross, N1 9FD

Who: This event has been designed for small charity leaders and fundraisers in small to medium size charities.

How much: Tickets are priced from just £5+VAT for small charities.

Full details and booking: https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/event/fundraising-mini-masterclass/

 

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Mental Health First Aid Training

Stewart White, an Instructor Member of MHFA England has recently set up a new business, based in Hammersmith, to provide Mental Health First Aid training for businesses and individuals. He is running the Adult MHFA Two Day course at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith on 27th/28th Jan 2020. The course is open to anyone over the age of 16 at a special introductory price of £200pp. Everyone who completes the course will receive:

  • A certificate of attendance to say they are a Mental Health First Aider
  • A manual to refer to whenever they need it
  • A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan
  • A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support their own mental health

Website: www.blueshadow.co.uk
Contact stewart@blueshadow.co.ukl

 

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Six Affordable Training Courses for Charities, Schools & Public Sector Organisations

See details on NPL couses for January-March 2020, including bid writing here

 

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Top Tips for 2020 Resolutions

Whether it’s meeting fundraising targets, building the ultimate team or reaching more people with the message dedicated to your cause, we all have a resolution in mind. Scroll down for DSC’s top resources to get your 2020 off to a flying start. Here’s to making this year the best one yet!

Check out the latest DSC blog post – read it online here.

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Forty-Five FREE Online Courses for 2020!

With 2020 kicking off, there’s no time like the present to ponder what you’d like to be proud of this time next year.

To help you out, we’ve put together a list of the pick of our library of 45 free courses and a few ways they could benefit you in the coming year.

Be excellent in 2020…

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Life Coaching Training

New Year! New Goals! Healthwatch Central West London is hosting a one-day training to help you to learn how to achieve your goals and be your own life coach! This one-day training will give the learners all the tools they need to achieve their goals. At the end of the day, they will be equipped with the tools to coach themselves and others.

When:

Saturday 11th January 2020, 10am-5pm

Where:

Bay 20 Community Centre,

71 St Marks Road,

W10 6JG

Please click here to register.

 

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Young Healthwatch Focuses on Mental Health for 2020

Young Healthwatch has selected its project focus, which is on local mental health services.

If you know young people with an interest in this area, they can get in touch by emailing Alex at alex.weston@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org ,or go on to the website for more information here

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Now is the Time to Start Thinking about Your Training & Development Needs for 2020

Here at DSC we want to see the voluntary sector flourish into next year and beyond. We have a medley of 2020 training courses that will help you improve the service you deliver to your beneficiaries and keep you up-to-date with the trends and techniques. A small selection of courses coming up:

February courses

Essential Presentation Skills

Support and Supervision of Staff 1

March courses

Fundraising with digital marketing

HR for Non-HR Specialist

For all upcoming courses for 2020 click here now

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