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Carers Week: Events and Trips for H&F Carers

The countdown is on for Carers Week 2016!

This year’s focus is on building Carer Friendly Communities; communities which support carers to look after their family or friends well, while recognising that they are individuals with needs of their own.

To celebrate Carers Week we have a busy week of activities for Hammersmith and Fulham carers.

To book on to events and trips please call 020 8960 3033 / email info@carers-network.co.uk

Monday 6 June we kick off the week with a trip to Chiswick House at 1.30pm. We will be able to provide free entry to the house – then, after your visit you can enjoy the gardens.

Tuesday 7 June we’ll be exploring The Thames on a River Cruise. We have a number of tickets available which enable
you to hop on and off the boats as many times as you like during the day. We’ll be meeting at Westminster Pier at 11am
where you can collect your ticket and we’ll depart on the 11.30am boat to Greenwich.

Wednesday 8 June we’ll be celebrating Carers Network’s 25th birthday in style, at the Beethoven Centre, W10 4JL.
Come along to join in the fun from 1pm. There’ll be tea and cake and Carers Time Bank members will be demonstrating
their skills – we’ll also be inaugurating the Great Beethoven Carers Bake Off!

Thursday 9 June we will have Advice and Wellbeing Workshops at the Mencap Centre, 65 Aspenlea Road, W6
8LH from 10.30am – 3.30pm. This will include a number of interactive workshops and a light lunch will be provided.

Friday 10 June finally – and like the River Cruise, back by popular demand – we will be organising a guided tour of
The Houses of Parliament. The group will be meeting at Westminster tube station at 9.30am for a 10am tour.

Booking on to Carers Weeks Events

  • Tickets for River Cruise and Houses of Parliament tour are prioritised on a first come first served basis for carers who did not go on these trips last year.
  • To ensure as many carers as possible have the chance to be involved, carers will only be able to book onto one of either the River Cruise, Houses of Parliament tour or trip to Chiswick House.
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How can we improve health and care services for offenders? Consultation event with Care Quality Commission Inspectors

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Date: 8th June 2016 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Venue: 200a Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London, N1 9JP. Link to directions

Clinks and LVSC invite you to a workshop with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on how to share information about health and care services for offenders in London and encourage services to be ‘outstanding’. CQC would like to build contacts with user and advocacy groups supporting people in the criminal justice system in London to better understand the quality of care they receive.

  • Do you have clients whose health and care needs are not being met?
  • Are your staff or volunteers having to spend more time and energy supporting clients with their health needs, or to navigate health and care services?

If so, this is your chance to tell CQC about the quality of health and care services and help them identify good and poor care.

Meet with CQC inspectors to share your experiences of health and care services (including GPs, hospitals, mental health, prison healthcare and social care services) and discuss where services need to be improved.

Clinks members tell us that both the variety and severity of your clients’ needs are increasing, while at the same time health and care services are being cut back and those that remain are under constant pressure.

The CQC inspect and regulate health and social care services (in prison and in the community) to ensure they are delivering safe, effective, high quality care to all their patients. They want to hear your stories, and the stories of people you support, of how health and care services in London are delivering for people in contact with the Criminal Justice System.

The event is free to attend; and vouchers and travel expenses can be paid for volunteers and service users. Please note this event is not aimed at service providers who are regulated by CQC.

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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK- MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK- MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS

The Women’s Association for Networking and Development WAND invites you to the next Happy Healthy Family Club on Wednesday 25 May 2016

10.00-14.00, Small Chapel, St. Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Exmoor St, London W10 6DZ

***Lunch Provided***

Activities include

  • Tai Chi session by Royal Borough

Kensington & Chelsea Leisure Department

  • Sister Size – Bra Measure – Breast Awareness
  • Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) by Take-Time-To-Talk

Mental Health And Relationships by Vittoria Demeo

For further information please contact WAND UK on

Tel: 020 8962 4132 or 07813485607 (Dilhani)

Email: info@wanduk.org

 

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FREE tickets to see Pleasure at the Lyric Wednesday 11th May

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Free tickets to see Pleasure at the Lyric Hammersmith on Wednesday 11th May at 7.30pm

Up to 10 tickets per community group are available. Tickets will be distributed on a first come first serve basis

Val works the toilets in Pleasure, a hedonistic gay club in the north of England. For years, she has been a shoulder to cry on and a confidante – much loved but viewed as an enigma. Why is she still there? Why does she never leave? When a young man, both beautiful and unpredictable, arrives from the city and leaves a gift for Val – performed in this premiere production by the well-known British soprano Lesley Garrett – it marks the start of a passionate and violent night.

Born in Liverpool in 1988, composer Mark Simpson won BBC Young Musician of the Year as a clarinettist in 2006 and also, that same year, received the accolade of BBC Young Composer of the Year – the only individual to have won both competitions. In 2010 he won the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Award, and he has a growing catalogue of works to his credit, including his orchestral scores A Mirror Fragment and Threads (both 2008) as well as sparks (2012), which have all been well received. Most recently his oratorio The Immortal was performed to acclaim at the Manchester International Festival. Here he turns to opera for the first time; his librettist is long-time collaborator Melanie Challenger, whose poetry and prose have been widely admired.

Contains themes of an adult nature.

To book your tickets email lucy.court@lyric.co.uk

 

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HUDC’s International Festival

HUDC’s International Festival on Saturday 4th June 2016,

 4pm to 9pm

Harrow Council, Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY

 

 

Harrow United Deaf Club will be hosting an international festival to bring people together to celebrate their cultures and the Queen’s 90th birthday.

The event will take place on Saturday, June 4, from 4pm to 9pm at Member’s Lounge, Committee Rooms and the Council Chambers of Harrow Council Civic Centre in Station Road.

The Mayor of Harrow will open the programme, which includes a range of information and cultural stalls, guest speakers on international themes, variety of performances and cuisines from around the world.

Asif Iqbal, president of Harrow United Deaf Club, said: “We wish to congratulate the Queen on her 90th birthday. She is a great inspiration to us all in UK and worldwide with so much achievements in her reign.”

Harrow College will be providing a range of hair and beauty session including make-up, nail-painting for people who wish to be pampered.

Karan of KSPARK entertainment will be running a Bollywood masterclass and dance workshop for guests to have fun throughout the afternoon.

Hasnian Somji of Caketastic will make a special birthday cake for the Queen.

Evening cultural performances include Bollywood dance from KSPARK entertainment, Bengali dancers, Flamenco dancers and dance performance from Harrow Tamil School Association.

Speakers will talk on teamwork, ,black history, celebrating Chinese New Year, sharing the pride (LGBT), sharing Asian woman experience, Muslim men embracing Islam and meeting communities around the world.

Sylvia Simmonds, one of the guest speakers for the event, said: “Awesome event. It is rare and unique opportunity to gather with both deaf and hearing to celebrate this event. Come and join with us to celebrate our identities in many ways – most of all – enjoy and treasure our values.”

Entry is free for all and guests are encouraged to wear cultural dress or international costumes of their choice.

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Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Workshop Invitation

The Hammersmith and Fulham Health and Wellbeing Board is currently developing its Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2016-2021

 

Through this strategy, and the hard work which will follow, the Health and Wellbeing Board aims to drive forward even closer working between health, social care, the voluntary sector and other partners, improve people’s experience of health and care services and ensure the financial sustainability of the local system into the future.

This process provides an opportunity for all partners across Hammersmith & Fulham to agree collectively how we will work together to improve our resident’s health and wellbeing over the next five years and transform people’s experience of health and social care services.

To inform the development of our strategy, we are hosting a workshop with local stakeholders to discuss collective ambitions for the borough and how we will transform health and care services locally over the next five years

The workshop is an opportunity to hear from senior directors, managers and commissioners and feed your views and comments into the strategy development process.

We are very pleased to invite you to this workshop which is taking place on:

Tuesday 24 May  from 10:30am to 12:30am at

Linden House, Corinthians Rowing Clubhouse,

Upper Mall , Hammersmith , London W6 9TA .

I would be grateful if you could confirm your attendance in the first instance by emailing me (dominic.carey@lbhf.gov.uk) by Tuesday 10th May  and then clicking onto the

appropriate link below where you can book your place online.

Hammersmith and Fulham Staff

Westminster City Council Staff

Kensington and Chelsea Staff

Non-Council Staff (You will need to create a profile)

 

Please click on links below to see supporting documents and workshop outline

H&F Strategy Work Document

North West London Integrated Care Outcomes Framework

Workshop Outline

If you encounter any difficulties please email  learning@lbhf.gov.uk.

Please note some of you will also receive an invitation to attend the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Workshop Invitation in RBKC Weds 25 May 10.30am-12.30pm and others to be invited to lead on the same workshop outline sessions you hosted in the Westminster event In April

 

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Domestic Abuse in BME communities Meeting

BME Health Forum  warmly invites you to their  next quarterly meeting on Domestic Abuse among BME Communities on the 25th May 10-1 at Greenside Community Centre, 24 Lilestone Street, London NW8 8SR.

We will explore the issue of Domestic Abuse from many different angles such as the barriers around housing, the particular difficulties for people with no recourse to public funds and the psychological issues for young people who have been exploited for domestic servitude. We have confirmed presenters from Al Hasaniya, African Women’s Care, Afruca, Justice for Domestic Workers and Standing Together. At the end of the meeting there will be an opportunity for delegates to give feedback to commissioners and providers about what we think the key issues are on this complex topic.

A hot and delicious lunch will be served at 12.30

Everyone is welcome.

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Living Medicine Workshop

Unlock the healing potential of your kitchen or garden with our award-winning course!
Kitchen Pharmacy  The Basics of Self Care

Fulham Palace, Saturday 7 May, 1pm-5pm

Join Alex Laird from Living Medicine for the first of two inspirational afternoons on how you can use certain foods and herbs to improve everyday self care and health.
Learn through practical demonstrations and a plant medicine walk through the historic Fulham Palace Walled Garden.
This is the first in a five part series; it is possible to receive a Certificate of Attendance should you choose to pursue the full course with Living Medicine. The second session is on Colds & Allergies on Saturday 10 September.

Booking essential places limited to 15, so first come, first served! Cost is £50/£45 for unemployed adults, including handouts and starter kit.

Book & pay for Kitchen Pharmacy: http://www.fulhampalace.org/events/kitchen-pharmacy/

Book & pay for Colds & Allergies: http://www.fulhampalace.org/events/colds-and-allergies/

Venue: Jessie Mylne Education Centre
Fulham Palace, Bishop’s Avenue, SW6 6EA

 

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Black on Boards: Open Evening promoting Board readiness in BME community

Black on Boards: An Open Evening 5th May

Black on Boards: Open Evening promoting Board readiness in BME community

Black on Boards is a project that seeks to recruit and strengthen,diverse, high potential talents from local Black and Minority Ethnic communities to make a contribution within UK private, public and non-profit boardrooms.
HFVC is hosting an open evening session where you will be briefed about this intriguing subject by the NIAS Director. This session will include two guest speakers and aims to give you an overview of Boardroom Experiences and Tactics, Speed Networking and Personal Experience of rising through the ranks. An interactive Q&A will follow this explanatory session. The event will take place:
Thursday 5th May 2016 from 6.30 pm to 9.00pm
At The Triangle, 5 Hammersmith Grove London, UK, W6 0LG

To register please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-on-boards-open-evening-promoting-board-readiness-in-bme-community-tickets-24618872711

Enquiries: connectingcommunities@hfvc.org.uk .

 

 

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