Volunteer with your Local NHS

Hammersmith & Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group is responsible for planning and commissioning health and care services in the borough. They contract a range of providers to offer health services to local people.
They are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help shape a primary care strategy to improve GP access and patient experience

What will the volunteer role involve?
Attending a focus group at St Pauls Centre, W6 9PJ, on

  • Monday 10th Juy 2017
    2 – 4 pm
  • Thursday 27th July
    6 – 8 pm

For more information click here

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Female Peer Mentor- Voluntary position

Advance’s Minerva service works with women involved in the Criminal Justice System offering safe, targeted support and advocacy to women to help them address their complex needs in relation to the 9 pathways to offending, such as substance misuse and financial difficulties. Minerva aims to reduce re-offending, encourage desistance amongst repeat offenders, divert women from Criminal Justice involvement as early as possible and reduce the number of custodial sentences imposed by Courts.
We have expanded our successful Minerva service as part of a contract funded by London CRC and MOPAC (Mayor’s Office for Policing & Crime) to provide services to women with medium and complex needs who are being supervised by London CRC (Probation).

 

For more information and to apply please click here

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Healthwatch: Three Trustee Opportunities

Three Trustees required to share responsibility for the strategic organisation, ensuring sound local governance, and staying true to the charitable objectives of Healthwatch Central West London. We particularly welcome people with expertise in:

  • HR
  • PR, Media and Communications
  • Performance and Finance
  • Corporate or Charity Law
  • Health and Social Care Policy
  • Business Development
  • Community Development Practice

To find out more about the role, please email tsveta.todorova@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org

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Extension for Westminster Community Awards’ Nominations

Good news for those who haven’t been able to make the time yet to compose and send in their nominations for this year’s awards. The deadline has now been extended to 11.59pm on Wednesday, 22 March.

So get nominating now to give local heroes the recognition they deserve for their life-changing work. There are no fewer than seven awards, including the City for All Volunteer of the Year award, that recognise both people and organisations. Click here.

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

In recognition of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21st March, Sobus is highlighting the efforts of the group, Hammersmith and Fulham Refugee Welcome Group (HF RWG).

HF RWG membership comprises a number of local residents that are passionate about supporting the issues and concerns on the plight of refugees in this borough. The group is actively engaged with local and national communities, businesses, groups, organisations and churches. They are actively involved in the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the local community and addressing the issues and concerns of unaccompanied children, especially those currently in Calais. HF RWG main focus is seeking support from the community to aid in the finding homes, domestic goods, furnishing and other general needs. For more information and to find out how you may help click here.

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Healthwatch: Volunteering Opportunities

We have two exciting and ongoing roles: Community Listeners and Dignity Champions.

Community Listeners are out and about in Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and, Westminster conducting interviews and surveys to gather views, and representing Healthwatch at local events. Dignity Champions visit health and care services, such as care homes, to understand the experiences of those who are staying there and their visitors.

You can also contribute to our work in many different ways by taking an action eg writing a story for our blog, helping at a stall or distributing leaflets for an event in your local area! If you would like to get involved, please get in touch with Eva at Eva.Psychrani@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org

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Volunteer Fundraising Manager Role

I AM SCS is a small UK based charity dedicated to providing rehabilitation and support for former child soldiers and victims of war. We are looking for a creative and experienced volunteer fundraising manager to help us support former child soldiers and victims of war in Northern Uganda. For further information click here.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and all CVs and enquiries should be sent to paula.louise@iamsomebodyschildsoldier.org

 

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Volunteer Role: Patient Representative – Telemedicine in Care Homes Procurement

This volunteering role involves supporting a procurement process for a telemedicine in care homes service. You would be involved in evaluating tenders from organisations bidding to provide the service. Ideally we are seeking members of the public or carers with prior experience around procurement and / or end of life care services, but there is some flexibility.

For full details of the role description, click here. For an overview of the context of the work and what it will involve, click here. To get involved, please contact Sarah Alliston (Senior Programme Manager):  sarah.alliston@nw.london.nhs.uk (cc) / 0203 350 4280 by 3rd March 2017.

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Let Goodgym Help Your Organisation

Nationwide community running movement, Goodgym, an innovative organisation that combines physical fitness with volunteering, is looking for Westminster-based organisations that its volunteers can help on a Wednesday evening. Goodgym volunteers combine getting fit with doing good. As an integral part of their runs the volunteers do physical tasks for community organisations, as well as supporting isolated older people with social visits. They also complete one-off tasks for anyone who can’t do them on their own.

To find out more click here. If your organisation could benefit from some help from Goodgym, please email your details to joel@goodgym.org.

 

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Free Film Training Volunteer Opportunity for 16 – 25 Year Olds

WORLDwrite’s school of Citizen TV WORLDbytes, is providing free access to film training, facilities, tuition and media opportunities to young people under 25 years of age.

Throughout a 6-day training package over the Easter holidays, a team of experienced tutors will take participants through core production elements to produce two programmes for online broadcast. Participants will learn camera work, sound recording, lighting, public speaking, interview technique, promotion and much more. The deadline for applications is 16th March 2017. For further information and to apply click here.

 

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