DanceWest: Trustee Required

Our mission is to engage people of all ages and abilities in high quality dance activity, improve the mental, physical health and wellbeing of all people through dance. We believe that dance enriches lives and is the catalyst for positive change in our community. Simply dance for everyone and everybody.

DanceWest is an award winning charity that has pioneered high-quality dance programmes since 2014 offering a creative response to issues including poor health, socio-economic disadvantage and unequal access to physical activity. DanceWest was founded by Rosie Whitney-Fish with a mission to enable everyone to have access to dance.

We provide free & low cost dance, health and wellbeing activities co-designed with participants and partners. Transforming the health and wellbeing of vulnerable and diverse communities. Our sole aim is to keep our community healthy and happy by participating in dance.

Our mission is to engage people of all ages and abilities in high quality dance activity, improve the mental, physical health and wellbeing of all people through dance. We believe that dance enriches lives and is the catalyst for positive change in our community. Simply dance for everyone and everybody.

DanceWest is an award winning charity that has pioneered high-quality dance programmes since 2014 offering a creative response to issues including poor health, socio-economic disadvantage and unequal access to physical activity. DanceWest was founded by Rosie Whitney-Fish with a mission to enable everyone to have access to dance.

We provide free & low cost dance, health and wellbeing activities co-designed with participants and partners. Transforming the health and wellbeing of vulnerable and diverse communities. Our sole aim is to keep our community healthy and happy by participating in dance.

Trustee Role & Application details

 

Key facts

  • We engage 30,000 people each year in 76 weekly classes.
  • Our community programmes are delivered across seven London boroughs: Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hounslow, Richmond, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston and Westminster.
  • DanceWest opened a community dance studio at the Sands End Arts & Community Centre in Fulham in 2022.
  • DanceWest was nominated and shortlisted for the One Dance UK Health & Wellbeing award and Rosie Whitney-Fish, our Founder for the One Dance UK Spotlight award in 2022.
  • In 2024 we became the nominated charity for the Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham.
  • In 2024 we changed our constitution to enable us to collaborate with partners across the UK.
  • Our work has been featured in The Guardian, Evening Standard, Marie Clare and London Live.
  • We are a member of London Youth, Sported, One Dance UK & People Dancing.
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Hammersmith & Fulham Community Resilience Alliance

New H&F Community Resilience Alliance will add the value of the Community Sector to emergency planning.

London’s resilience to emergencies is reliant on everyone working together. London’s responders, including emergency services and local authorities, play a key role but so do London’s diverse communities, faith groups, voluntary sector and businesses. Community organisations and businesses can provide knowledge, resources and contacts that would make a real difference at a time of an emergency. 

Hammersmith & Fulham Council, in partnership with the Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre, are launching the Hammersmith & Fulham Community Resilience Alliance.  It is a new initiative to enable the voluntary sector, faith groups, community groups and businesses to support and work with the Council in providing a coordinated response to emergencies in the borough.   

The new H&F Community Resilience Alliance will engage with organisations to offer the opportunity to play a role during times of crisis in the borough.   We would like to invite you to complete a short survey which will detail how you might be able to support in an emergency, subject to the availability of your resources. 

This could include anything from providing space (e.g. for people affected, storage, sorting of donations), transport, equipment, staff/volunteers, community contacts, languages and specialist skills (e.g. advice).

The results of the survey will clarify what potential resources are in the borough that could be available during an emergency.

Organisations and businesses in the H&F Community Resilience Alliance will take part on a purely voluntary basis and the only commitment asked for is specifying how and when they could be contacted if an emergency were to take place. It will add the value of the community sector and businesses to emergency planning in our borough.

Please click here to complete the survey (on Microsoft Forms) and I would be grateful if you could complete it by 24 June 2024.

If you have any queries about this initiative, please contact: Michelle Otoo Michelle.Otoo@lbhf.gov.uk / 020 8753 6724 / 07748932584 and Denise Prieto Denise.Prieto@lbhf.gov.uk

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Carers Network Require Admin Support Volunteer

Carers Network is looking for an enthusiastic team player to support our work. We employ three teams of Caseworkers across the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.

We provide carer’s assessments to unpaid carers on behalf of the council. The carer’s assessments we provide are either face to face or over the telephone and look at the person’s emotional and physical health through looking at their current circumstances and agreed long term outcomes, such as accessing work or wellbeing activities.

This role will support our admin team through maintaining telephone contact with our service users, responding to voicemail queries and, where necessary, registering those individuals onto our database for a more in-depth call with one of our caseworkers. You will have the opportunity to develop your admin skills and gain knowledge in the services and resources are available in the community.

We offer training and continuous support, and the opportunity to be part of a small and vibrant team. We are looking for a volunteer to support us for a minimum of six months, for ideally two hours per week.

The role:

  • Telephoning our service users to respond to their queries, and where appropriate, registering them for further communications.
  • Calling our service users and gathering feedback on the quality of our services
  • Helping with admin tasks: Scanning, photocopying, preparing letters…

Person specification:

  • A team player who is not afraid to ask for support from the team if necessary
  • Some experience using Microsoft Office is desirable
  • Polite telephone manner
  • Empathic to the needs and circumstances of our service users

To apply for this role please email your CV and covering letter to brian.jones@carers-network.org.uk

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Outside Edge Theatre Company Seeking New Trustees

Outside Edge Theatre Company are seeking new Trustees who share our passion about changing lives through the power of theatre.

Outside Edge is the UK’s only theatre and participatory arts charity focused on fighting addiction. For 25 years, our work has supported people affected by substance misuse to rebuild self-confidence, improve wellbeing and make healthier choices.

We are looking to broaden our Board’s diversity of thought with creative and strategic thinkers, including the appointment of two new roles: Treasurer and Deputy Chair of the Board. We’re particularly interested in the following experience: Fundraising, Charity Finance, Drug & Alcohol services, Participatory arts, Theatre making, EDI and CSR. The most important factor, however, is that you bring energy and commitment to the role and a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort.

Please visit http://edgetc.org/about-us/work-with-us/ for the Trustee Recruitment Pack and details on how to apply. 

Deadline to apply is Friday 24th May, 12pm.

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Volunteer Opportunities at Spark

We are thrilled to announce our new centralised page for Volunteer Opportunities at Spark! – a hub of impactful collaboration and life-changing experiences.

Whether you’re looking to enrich lives or expand your own horizons, we have a variety of roles awaiting your unique talents:

🎓 Support career and employability activities in schools
🏢 Host insightful industry visits for students
🤝 Offer work experience opportunities
🚀 Become a one-on-one Career Mentor

Volunteering isn’t just about giving back; it’s a pathway to personal and professional growth.

✅Boost your health, stress levels, and mood
✅Enhance your leadership skills
✅Expand your professional network
✅Skyrocket your employment opportunities – with 60% of hiring managers valuing volunteering experiences
✅Deepen your sense of purpose and impact in the community

Ready to make a difference?

Dive into our pool of opportunities today and find the role that fits you best. 
For more information, reach out to fayerounding@sparkcharity.org.uk

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The Earls Court & Olympia Charitable Trust Voluntary Trustee Opportunity

Our trustees play a vital role in making sure the Olympia Charitable Trust achieves its core purpose.

We are looking for two people willing to bring energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board. Trustees have a collective responsibility in relation to funding applications and will act as a group and not as individuals.

Deadline for applications: 21 February 2024.

Further details

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Could you be a DSC Trustee?

Are you passionate about the charity sector? Want to help tens of thousands of charities to be as awesome as they possibly can? Love the idea of championing the massive impact that independent charities have across the UK? Then we want to hear from you! We’re currently looking for people to join our (already pretty amazing) Board of Trustees. Find out more here.

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The Access Project – Volunteer Tutor Opportunity

The volunteer tutor role provides a rewarding opportunity to connect with a young person and help them reach their full potential, by supporting their education and learning, and inspiring the next generation. We are currently partnered with 23 schools across London and it would be fantastic for local volunteers to get involved. Please follow the link to our website, here. 

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Youth Volunteering Programme (Term Time) now recruiting 16-21 year olds

 

Imperial Health Charity works with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in central and north-west London.

Following the enormous popularity of our Summer Youth Volunteering Programme, recruitment has opened for our term time programme which starts in September. We seek young people who live within a few miles of our hospitals to lend a hand on wards, offering friendly companionship to patients at the bedside, delivering meals at lunchtime and carrying out other useful tasks that help staff provide the best possible care. Please note we do not offer work experience.

Our Youth Volunteering Programme gives young people the opportunity to learn new skills and gain invaluable experience in a unique setting. We welcome local young people who are aged 16-21, whether young people who are interested in a future career in healthcare, or those who simply wish to support their local hospital. We give training and support to every young person we take on.

Applications close on 23 July. However, we will close applications earlier if we receive a very high number, so please encourage young people to apply well before the closing date.

 Applicants must be aged 16 by 25 August. We carry out Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on all potential volunteers, to determine their suitability to volunteer in our hospitals.

Full details about the programme, key dates and how to apply can be found here.  Thank you for sharing this opportunity with your young people.

 

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Interested in Volunteering? A new Volunteer Fair is coming to Fulham!

Hammersmith & Fulham residents interested in volunteering are invited to find out about the many great volunteering opportunities across the borough at our first-ever Spring Volunteer Fair at Fulham Good Neighbours, Rosaline Hall, in partnership with H&F Volunteer Centre.

You will also get to speak to various other organisations including Barons Court Project, Blind Veterans UK, Bishops Creighton House, Carers’ Network H&F, Citizens’ Advice H&F, Healthwatch H&F, Shaw Trust, and Home-Start alongside Fulham Good Neighbours and H&F Volunteer Centre.

Fulham Good Neighbours and H&F Volunteer Centre are taking part in the National Volunteer Fair week to increase community engagement within the community. There are several perks to volunteering including engaging with new people, improving interpersonal skills, and most importantly developing vital skills that in turn will enable you to add an edge to your CV.

The event will take place on Tuesday the 6th of June at 1:00pm-4:00pm at Rosaline Hall, 70 Rosaline Rd, SW6 7QT. This is a great opportunity for residents to speak with local organisations and find out more about the work they are each doing.

The event is free, and entry is for all! If you wish to find out more, please contact us at info@fulhamgoodneighbours.org or call us at 020 7385 8850. You can also visit our website at www.fulhamgoodneighbours.org to find out more about our services and volunteering opportunities.

Book your tickets now – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/638595816277!

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