This year sees the fifth annual Silver Sunday event, scheduled for Sunday 1st October 2017
Silver Sunday is a celebration of the contribution of older people to their communities and the aim is to give older people a chance to try new things, stay active, meet new people and combat loneliness. It is also an opportunity to encourage good relationship between young and old.
For more information and ways to get involved please click here
Hammersmith & Fulham Council is looking at how we can work better with local organisations to plan for emergency situations in the borough. So we’re organising our first ever ‘Emergency Response Hackathon’.
When: Tuesday 19 September, 5.30-9.00pm
Where: Assembly Hall, Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9JU
This ‘hackathon’ will be an evening of discussion and activities about the roles local groups can play in an emergency event. It will cover everything from co-ordinating volunteers, sorting and distributing donations and providing storage space, to helping with bereavement support or counselling services. We want to make sure that, in an emergency, we can all feel like we know what we can do to help, who to get in touch with, when, and how.
Come to our event and join us in creating a new era of collaborative working across Hammersmith & Fulham. Places at the event are limited. Please RSVP to internal.communications@lbhf.gov.uk by Friday 8 September.
The One Westminster Volunteers’ Fair will take place on Tuesday 3 October from 1pm- 3.30pm at Stowe Centre, W2 5ES (nearest underground- Royal Oak, Buses 18 and 36). It will be an ideal opportunity for your organisation to promote volunteer opportunities to people living, working and studying in Westminster.
It is free to have a table and lunch will be provided.
Quotes from organisations who attended last year’s Volunteers’ Fair included: ‘Absolutely brilliant’ ‘Achieved goal of recruiting volunteers and raising awareness of charity’ and ‘Great to see such a great turn out’.
If you would like to book a table, please email info@onewestminster.org.uk or phone 0207 723 1216
The PEACE (People, Ethnicity, Age and Community Engagement) Project, a cross borough partnership between Nubian Life Resource Centre and PLIAS Resettlement funded by The Big Lottery will be launching a Peace Wall as part of an intergenerational project. The intergenerational project has worked with communities from all cultural & faith backgrounds in Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham. The Peace Wall aims to remind, inform, educate and raise awareness about the importance of peace.
For more details please click here
We are pleased to invite you to Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 12 September 2017. The meeting begins at 5.30pm, but if you arrive at 5pm there is an opportunity to enjoy refreshments (including tea and coffee) and to find out more about what our individual teams, Healthwatch, Sobus, and our small grant project leads are working on at our market place stalls.
Date: Tuesday 12 September 2017
Time: 5.00pm to 7.30pm
Venue: St Paul’s Church, Queen Caroline Street, London W6 9PJ
The purpose of the AGM is for the CCG, stakeholders, partners and local people to come together and enjoy a lively discussion about the CCG’s key achievements so far, and plans to improve healthcare in Hammersmith and Fulham. We will present our annual report and accounts, which are also available on our website, then take questions from stakeholders, patients and members of the public.
Our achievements include:
Our future plans
Our vision for health services is to develop personalised, localised, integrated and specialised care for local people and over the last 12 months we have continued to deliver real improvements to local services. We have played a key role in driving forward transformational activity at a local level as well as being a leading player in the agenda set out nationally by Simon Stevens in the Five Year Forward View. At the AGM, you will hear about the progress and the achievements we have made. We will present our annual report and accounts (available on our website). If you have a query to which you would like a formal response, please submit this to hf.ccg@nw.london.nhs.uk up to 48 hours prior to the AGM. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the CCG Governing Body on the evening
RSVP
In order to cater for the event, we would be grateful if you could indicate whether you are able to attend. Please respond by following this link to our Eventbrite page.
LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art) offers exceptional training to actors, directors, technicians and stage managers. The Academy has recently completed a £28.2 million redevelopment of their drama school campus on Talgarth Road. Join them on Sunday 17 September from 10am to 5pm as they open their doors to their neighbours and the local community as part of Open House 2017.
Admission is free and all are welcome!
Wednesday 13th September 9.30am – 1pm at HFVC Offices, 148 King St; W6 0QU
Learning Outcomes
Identifying your organisation’s needs
Motivations of potential volunteers
Identifying new volunteer roles and developing existing roles
Writing role descriptions
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-workshop-developing-volunteer-roles-tickets-36859385414
Implementing the Five Year forward View
20th September 2017 – RSM, London
Govconnect are delighted to announce that our inaugural Mental Health – Implementing the Five Year forward View conference will be held on the 20th September 2017 at the RSM, London.
The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health has made an unarguable case for transforming mental health care in England, a single programme, but one which includes numerous different, related elements across the health system for all ages.
Implementing the Five Year Forward View published in mid-2016 was a welcomed and timely roadmap. This conference will outline the core elements of the implementation plan and will review and assess the actions for each of the key objectives.
Request to attend by clicking here
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.
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
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
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Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.
