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Emergency Response & Recovery Volunteer Team – Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre

Would you like the opportunity to support your local community in an emergency situation?

CAMERA is a new and innovative emergency response & recovery volunteer team that has launched in the London Boroughs of Camden and Hammersmith & Fulham which will enable local people, businesses and organisations to help in a time of emergency through volunteering skills and experience as well as donating goods and space. The experience of the Grenfell Tragedy has highlighted that local people want to offer their skills and experience in an emergency, but were not allowed to as there was no time to vet their skills or train them. CAMERA will enable local people who have useful skills and experience, to offer their skills in an emergency, easily. Volunteers will be fully trained and will be called upon in an emergency situation.

There are a variety of ways to get involved in the project, depending on your skills and interests. Roles we have come up with include Rest Centre Officers, Social Media Assistants, Entertainers and Donation Sorting Assistants.

Click Here for the full leaflet and information

Philip Boye-Anawomah

Head of Volunteering

Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre
148 King Street, London. W6 0QU
020 8741 9876 – enquiries@hfvc.org.uk  -www.hfvc.org.uk

Registered Charity Number: 1062032

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Advance Job Opportunities

Advance LogoAdvance is a well-respected, award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women experiencing domestic abuse and supporting women with custodial and community sentences to reduce offending. Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, to collaborate, innovate and be accountable. We have expanded our services significantly over the past 2 years, with annual income to over £3m and 75 staff, reaching over 3000 women and their children.

Current Opportunities

  • Treasurer – volunteer trustee. Click Here for the link to the Job Advert and information
  • Female* Peer Mentor- Voluntary position. Click Here for the link to the Job Advert and information

Click Here to go to the Advance Job website and to download the application form and Job Description for the above and other current roles.

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Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children’s Centre – 2018 AGM

Click the image above for your invite

Click Here for the advert for new Trustees.

Tina Mayers
Manager/CEO

Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children’s Centre
58A Bulwer Street
London W12 8AP
Telephone:  020 8749 2371 

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Customer Insight Assistant for Well At Work – H&F MIND

Hammersmith and Fulham Mind (HFM) is a charity working to promote good mental health within our locality. Well at Work was launched by HFM in 2003. We are a team of mental health experts dedicated to improving staff wellbeing and the management of mental health in the workplace. http://www.wellatwork.org.uk/meettheteam

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated volunteer to support the Well at Work Team’s Client Relationship Management Co-ordinator with data gathering, collation, analysis and reporting.

The role will offer insight into business development and marketing, providing scope for job learning and development. This may suit a student or individual looking to begin a career in these areas. 

Hours are flexible; we are looking for someone to contribute at least five hours a week, ideally more.  The role is based in our office in Fulham but there could also be opportunities for remote working.   

To apply for this role, please send us your CV to recruit@hfmind.org.uk, along with a few bullet points to explain why you are applying. 

Posted on: 3/9/ 2018

Closing date: 23/9/ 2018

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Calling Disabled residents of Hammersmith & Fulham

Come and make our Borough even better for disabled people to live and work in.

This is an invitation to Disabled residents of Hammersmith & Fulham to apply to join the Hammersmith and Fulham Co-production (working together) Implementation Group (HFCIG).

The group will make sure that the recommendations set out in the Hammersmith and Fulham Disabled People’s Commission report, are put into place.  The Council Cabinet approved this report on December 4th, 2017.

The Commission looked at the many barriers still faced by Disabled residents in their day to day lives and made recommendations to change those experiences.

Click Here to view the report, or for a copy of the report or if you have any questions about applying please get in touch with Jessica Pezzolesi using the details below.

Click Here for information about the Hammersmith and Fulham Co-production (working together) Implementation Group (HFCIG).

Jessica Pezzolesi
Executive Support Manager
Public Services Reform
Hammersmith and Fulham Council
1st Floor, Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, W6 9JU
by calling/ texting: 07825833695
or emailing: jessica.pezzolesi@lbhf.gov.uk

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Arts & Crafts Autumn Fair

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Click Here to support the event

Click Here to participate in this free event

Groups who would like to attend our free workshops, open to all, can flag their interest through the contact form at artdemos.org, or contact me directly, workshops could be:

  • – Wall-E robot making for children and their parents
  • – Pottery
  • – Sewing, up-cycle your unwanted garments or bags
  • – Leather jewellery making
  • – Cyanotype printing

Cinzia Sinicropi

+44 7810 177528  |  cinzia@artdemos.org

Art Demos C.I.C.

Dawes Road Hub, 20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN

Company no. 11352171  |  www.artdemos.org

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Can You Help Us Improve Bowl Cancer Screening Across The UK?

Want to get involved?

  • Are you aged between 57 – 66?
  • Would you like to help make the bowel cancer screening programme more effective and more efficient for the NHS?
  • Interested in learning more about the research process?

If so, we would like your help! The Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Group (CSPRG) at Imperial College London are looking for individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds to become  Public Patient Representatives for their new research project called FIT for Screening.

This year, the NHS English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) is introducing a new bowel cancer screening test called FIT (faecal immunochemical test) to all men and women aged 60 years and over. FIT detects blood hidden in stool, and currently no evidence or research exists that indicates the ‘ideal’ level which the BCSP should use, to indicate a positive result and detect as many bowel cancers as possible. The FIT for Screening study aims to look into this further. Imperial would like to research what this ideal level should be and would like members of the public to help them shape their research proposal and plan.

The Public Patient Representative role is initially for 1 year and will be reviewed annually. The role involves reading about the study and a simple summary and providing us your thoughts on our research plans. You will need access to a computer and email to receive these documents. You will also be required to attend two half-day workshops at the CSPRG office and participate in activities and discussions with other patient/public representatives. The CSPRG is based at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.

You will be reimbursed for your time and reasonable travel expenses throughout the duration of your involvement. Payment for reviewing documents will range from £50 – £200 depending on the length of the document. For attending workshops and completing shorter study activities, payment will range from £25 – £150.

Please note, this role does not require any previous experience in public/patient involvement or clinical research. You will be supported and trained on all aspects of the study, with a member of the CSPRG team appointed as a point of contact at all times.

If you would like to know more, please contact: Bhavita Patel. Email: cancerscreen@imperial.ac.uk

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Call Out For Battle Of Ideas Volunteer-Shooters

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WORLDbytes, the school of Citizen TV based in Hackney East London, are the key media partners for the Battle of Ideas festival 2018 at the Barbican on Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th October.

This is a major weekend festival with over 100 debates and 400+ speakers from around the world – and you could be a part of the film crew. With different strands on social, political, scientific, academic and cultural discussions, this is an exciting and highly creditable event.

To be part of the film crew, no camera experience is necessary – the free film training we provide will ensure everyone is able to operate as a professional at this exciting event. A free festival weekend pass, travel expenses within London and refreshments will be provided. All volunteers will be credited on all resulting videos and references provided as required.

To take part, would be volunteers need to complete an online application here: http://www.worldbytes.org/become-a-volunteer/ and be available to attend an introductory meeting on Thursday 13th September 2018 at 7.30pm at the WORLDwrite Centre in Hackney, London E5.

For more details about the festival, please visit the Battle of Ideas website here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/

Marisa Pereira

Volunteer Production Coordinator

WORLDwrite | WORLDbytes

Phone: 020 8985 5435

Email: world.write@btconnect.com

Website: www.worldbytes.org

Social Media: Facebook | Twitter

Millfields Lodge, 201 Millfields Road, London E5 0AL
UK Registered Charity No. 1060869

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Healthwatch Central West London – Local Committee Member Elections

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Do you believe that people should be at the heart of the way our health and care system is designed and delivered?

At Healthwatch Central West London we have three local committees that represent the boroughs we work in.

They provide the link between local people and community members with the board, as well as a way of ensuring that Healthwatch is responsive to local issues and that our work plan is co-produced.

This year we became an independent organisation and therefore need to hold elections for local committee members. To find out more about what this role involves and the process of being elected, please click more information.

More Information

If you are already a local committee member, or wish to become one, you will need to complete an application form by the 9th September. To find out more, please click on apply.

If you need any help while completeting your application, or would like further information, please email info@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org

Apply

 

 

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World Alzheimer’s Month – September 2018

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Globally there is thought to be poor understanding and a great deal of stigma surrounding dementia, so the work of World Alzheimer’s Month is vital and is growing and targeting the stigma and lack of understanding and knowledge surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and dementia as well as supporting those suffering with the disease.The month is an opportunity for individuals, businesses and charities to hold events and raise awareness in their communities of the effects of dementia. Participants can get campaign materials for their event from ADI, and anyone unable to arrange their own event but keen to take part, can find events run by their National Alzheimer’s Charity and participate in those. For more info click here

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