Diabetes afflicts more people in the U.K. than any other serious health condition. There are 4.6 million Type 1 sufferers and an estimated 12.3 million people are potential type 2 diabetics. Help to raise awareness, participate in an event or alternatively share your experience on line.
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This Carers Week is looking at all the ways that support can be given to carers to stay Healthy and Connected. Building communities which support carers to look after their loved ones well, while recognising that they are individuals with health and wellbeing needs of their own.
Click Here to find out how you can help carers to become Healthy and Connected.
Over 21 million people volunteer in the UK at least once a year and this contributes an estimated £23.9bn to the UK economy. Behind these big numbers is a big contribution.
These 21 million people are a shining example of how we can all make a big difference to individuals and communities every day from improving the environment we live in, spending time with those who may otherwise be lonely and contributing to a range of other essential services and support. We believe such a big contribution is worth a big celebration!
Volunteers’ Week is a chance to be part of the UK’s biggest celebration of volunteering, recognising the contribution of volunteers in their communities across the UK.
NCVO is the national lead for Volunteers’ Week in England, and the week is led by our UK partners, WCVA, Volunteer Scotland, and Volunteer Now.
Date: 1st – 7th June 2018
Location: Events held across the UK
Volunteers’ Week is a long-standing, popular event in the voluntary sector, established in 1984. It is supported and celebrated by small grassroots organisations as well as larger, household-name charities, who together run hundreds of events across the UK. These events showcase and celebrate volunteers and the contribution volunteering makes in our communities.
People celebrate in a range of imaginative and creative ways, and you can see some of the best photos from last year’s events on our Volunteers Week Pinterest board.
Click here to go to the Volunteers’ Week website.
If you’re interested in being a community garden volunteer come and visit the Elgin Close Resource Centre on Tuesday 1st May and Tuesday 8th May from 10am to 12.00pm or Tuesday 15th and 22nd May from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. We are looking for volunteers that will help to transform and maintain the community garden at the Elgin Close Resource Centre and Extra Care Services. No experience is needed. You will be provided with any training you need. Some sessions will involve helping to run gardening and recycling workshops with younger and older people. The address for the centre is 1-3 Elgin Close, Shepherd’s Bush, W12 9NH.
If you are interested please email Deb Culmer (debshcga@gmail.com) or call Jennifer Thaxter on 020 3815 2186 for more information.
Click Here for the Flyer.
This is an exciting new gardening project in partnership with Elgin Close Resource Centre, Hammersmith Academy and Hammersmith Community Gardens Association (HCGA)
Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children’s Centre is now in its 30th year and supports Families who are homeless and those living under acute housing stress. We are looking to increase the number of trustees currently on our board. Are you energetic, committed and passionate about helping children, young people and their families improve their outcomes! Are you flexible and willing to think ‘out of the box’ if so we need you!
This is a voluntary role and we need someone with a variety of skills, knowledge and experience and a commitment to support the development of our important work with families and children and young people in the borough.
The Board of Trustees’ are the accountable body for Shepherds Bush Families Project & Children’s Centre. The Board is currently made up of trustees who have an interest in the work of the organisation and specifically family homelessness. Supported by the projects CEO, the Board meets 4-6 weekly to review strategy and performance, Trustees may also be meet in between to review progress on specific activities through formal and ad-hoc subcommittee meetings.
Trustees are pivotal in supporting the organisation at a strategic and governance level. Whilst this may seem like a daunting role it can in fact be very rewarding and offers Individuals the opportunity to learn more about the voluntary/charity sector, acquire skills and knowledge that may be used for their personal CV’s and allows individuals to share their own knowledge and expertise with others.
We welcome applications from a range of backgrounds and cultures.
This is a rewarding and important project. If you are interested in volunteering as member of the Board of Trustees and you would like further information, please contact us on 020 8749 2371 or email tinamayers@sbfp.org .
Website: www.shepherdsbushfamiliesproject.org
We will be holding an Open Day event at our centre, 58a Bulwer Street, W12 8AP, on Friday 4th May 11-2pm. Please come along if you would like to see the work we do and get further information
The countdown to Volunteers Week 2018 has begun!
At Healthwatch Central West London we are currently planning this year’s celebration, so make sure to check for more information coming your way.
If you haven’t volunteered with us before, or are looking to get involved again, why not check out our current volunteering roles on our website, or speak to us at volunteer@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org
Click here to go to the Volunteering section of the Healthwatch website
Calm Mediation have two volunteering opportunities available. Please click the links below for details of the roles
For more than 20 years Calm Mediation have been helping people to resolve conflict.
We provide the following services in the London area:
Mediation in the community
Helping neighbours, families, young people and others to resolve conflict in their lives.
Mediation in the workplace
Supporting employers and employees to resolve conflict at work.
Restorative justice
Helping victims and offenders to move forward in the aftermath of crime.
Training
Teaching the skills of conflict management, mediation and restorative justice.
Originally established as CALM (Confidential and Local Mediation) in 1995, we amended our name to Calm Mediation in October 2016. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration no. 1161807.
Please support our first ever fundraiser
Support @beneckett as he runs 👣 the London Marathon for us.
We’ve been a bit quiet lately as we’ve been busy working on many things. Design and consultation on our Theory of Change continuesWe will be recruiting for some really exciting roles soon
Plus we edge closer to our BIG launch on 10th May! Today though we would like to ask for support for our first ever fundraiser, BenEckett
Ben is running the 2018 LondonMarathon for us with all funds raised going into our Small Grants scheme. These Small Grants will be awarded to our Smaller Members to help support them in the the great work they do for Children and Young People.
Here is the link if you want to support Ben
Even £2 can make a huge difference as we can win a bonus £1000 from Localgiving #localhero
This is judge on how many different donors we get not the total amounts donated so please help where you can as this money will make a big difference to our Members projects.
We will be back in touch soon with a more comprehensive update on Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation and opportunities for you.
We will be transforming Parson’s Green by staging a super fun day this coming July, and raising money to support our work with local older people in need. To learn more about our charitable work, please visit http://www.fulhamgoodneighbours.org/our-services
Parsons Green Fair attracts around eight thousand visitors and this year we will have more than 100 stalls including charities, organisations, and small businesses creating awareness for their products or services. Lots of those who have already booked to take part come back year after year, which confirms the event’s popularity. All indications are that this year’s Fair – on 7th July 2018 – will be bigger and better than ever.
The event will be opened officially at 11.30am by the Chair of Fulham Good Neighbours Robert Fryer and the Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham (TBC).
The main stage programme includes:
12.00pm Music ‘All – A School of Music for All
12.30pm Slice/Cupcake Family Club
12.55pm The Little Dance Academy
1.20pm Stagecoach Theatre Arts – Fulham
2.00pm La Sylvaine School of Dancing
3.00pm Albert & Friends Circus Skills
3.30pm Magician – John Clayton
4.00pm Pinky & Roxy Magic Show
4.30pm Fulham Brass Band
On the Children’s Stage acts will also include a Magician and a performing dog. Other attractions include Carousels, Bouncy Slide, Bouncy Castle, Trampolines, plus ‘Punch and Judy Shows’ and ‘Riffham’s Donkey Rides’ and a Petting Zoo.
A wide range of refreshments will be provided at the event including offers from; Il Pagliacci, BBQ, Bombay Street Food, Jerk Spice, Heavenly Crepes and much more.
We are still looking for local volunteers who could act as Event Marshalls; to find out more please visit us at https://www.parsonsgreenfair.org/get-involved All those interested in having a stall are encourage to contact info@fulhamgoodneighbours.org as soon as possible.
The main event sponsor is Marston Properties but we are grateful to all other sponsors like Strutt&Parker.
Jac Davies 020 7385 8850
Parsons Green Fair Administrator
From the NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations)
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