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Archives for April 2021

Brentford Together – Global Action Plan

Brentford Together is a project which provides local people with free community-led health and wellbeing sessions. The project has helped people learn new skills, connect and stay active during the pandemic.  

Free and fun online workshop sessions are currently taking place weekly: 

·       Fitness – Mondays at 6pm 

·       Sewing – Tuesdays at 6pm 

·       Cooking – Thursdays at 10am 

·       Children’s Music Mornings - Fridays at 10am 

·       First Aid – Sundays at 6pm 

As we head towards longer summer days and the country starting to open again, we are running a host of  new, exciting, face to face workshops, including?photography walks, community gardening, sewing 121’s and bike maintenance.  Friends of Cathja will be at Brentford Market providing taster sessions every second Sunday of the month. These will include pop-up sessions in fitness & first aid, sewing, photography and community cooking classes. 

Whether you want to try out a new skill, meet people or just spend time outdoors – everyone is welcome!  

More information on dates for the sessions and details of how to register can be found on our events page. To keep up to date with the latest information, visit, like and follow the?Brentford Together Facebook page. 

Email: b.together@globalactionplan.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrentfordTogether/

Website: https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/post-consumerism/brentford-together

Triangle Trust 1949 Fund Launches New Grants Programme

The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund has launched a new grants strategy for 2021. The TrustÂ’s primary focus for 2021 is to help support the needs of young carers (round 1) and young people caught up in the criminal justice system (round 2). This marks a shift from previous years when the Trust focused its funding on unpaid adult carers and adult offenders.

Registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies that are working within the UK and have a UK office can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £60,000 for a duration of six months to two years. (A maximum of £30,000 per year can be requested.)

The funding is not for standalone new projects, rather it’s to support work that ‘amplifies the impact’ of existing work with young carers (up to the age of 25) and develops existing support around learning and access to education and training.

Projects should start after 1 November 2021 for the following types of work:

·        Providing support to young carers and young adult carers who have fallen behind with their learning due to their responsibilities and the impact of Covid-19.

·        In/with local primary and secondary schools to identify, support and raise awareness of young carers. Projects may provide support directly to young carers as well as helping schools to develop whole-school approaches to raising awareness of caring and supporting children and young people who have caring responsibilities.

·        Providing support to young adult carers to continue in higher and further education and training.

The deadline for applications is 11 May 2021 (12noon).

To learn more click here

Free donation processing service for charities

JustGiving has launched a free service that allows charities to process donations outside the JustGiving website.

Giving Checkout is a new service designed to make it easier for charities and donors to support one another outside the JustGiving platform.

https://www.cloudoingood.com/insights/justgiving-launches-free-donation-processing-service-for-charities/?utm_campaign=20042021+justgiving&essfirstname=Jane&esslastname=Medici&essid=jane@ehcvs.org.uk

Racial equity fund launched

The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has announced a new racial equity funding programme for small and local charities that are led by, and support, black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities.

From 20 April eligible charities will be able to apply for two-year unrestricted grants of £50,000 alongside development support.

Funding will be open year-round, so that charities can apply without being restricted by deadlines.

Funds will be available to charities with an annual income of between £25,000 and £1m that have a strong track record of helping people from minoritised communities, and where more than half of the trustee board self-identifies as black, Asian or minority ethnic.

Racial equity fund launched by Lloyds Bank Foundation | Cloud Doing Good (cloudoingood.com)

Gunnersbury Director role

Help shape the new Gunnersbury by joining our team of Directors

Managed by a Community Interest Company on behalf of London Boroughs of Hounslow and Ealing, thereÂ’s so much going on at Gunnersbury: a busy Grade II* listed heritage park, new sports facilities, a history museum celebrating social and community life in West London, a bustling public programme to name but a few. There are also major plans to further improve the park and the offering to local communities.

This all means thereÂ’s lots to get involved in – and to get excited about.

Are you excited about the opportunities for using the museum, historic buildings, heritage gardens, extensive new sports facilities and significant other open spaces to improve peoples mental and physical wellbeing and further green the local environment? Are you already involved in developing these opportunities? Then you may be the person weÂ’re looking for.

 
We are trying hard at Gunnersbury to ensure we have a diverse group of Directors, with a range of experience and skills and as far as possible reflecting our local communities. Ideally, we would like our new Director to come from the Borough of Hounslow but above all we are keen to appoint the right person who has the enthusiasm to get involved. To help with our diversity balance applications are especially welcomed from women and candidates from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities and cultural heritage.

If you are interested, join us for an informal virtual meetup (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/join-gunnersburys-team-of-directors-introductory-meetup-tickets-151087467683) on the evening of Wednesday 26 May, where you can meet others from our team of seven board members and find out more about how you can get involved.

Hounslow Council VCSE Survey

Every year the CouncilÂ’s Community Partnerships Unit carries out a survey of our voluntary and community organisations, to get valuable feedback on the health of the sector.

This yearÂ’s survey has gone live and, as you would expect, it focuses very much on the effect of Covid-19 on our voluntary sector.

The results of the survey will provide the Council with valuable information about the work of our VCS sector in their communities and it will help to assess how we all move forward, as partners, to continue to develop an active and sustainable voluntary and community sector that meets the needs of all our residents.

The survey will run until the end of May and the results will be published on the Council website in mid – June.

Everyone that takes part will go into a Prize Draw with the chance to win £50

Hounslow CouncilÂ’s Survey of the VCSE Sector 2021

Hounslow Get Active Events

WomenÂ’s Recreational Football Opportunity

Women’s Recreational Football is a key area of growth in Hounslow as we look to welcome the UEFA Women’s Euros to Hounslow in 2022. Organisations interested in setting up a football based session as part of our wider legacy plan are encouraged to complete this short questionnaire here https://bit.ly/3t4NVvD and get in touch with Sian Osmond Sian.Osmond@middlesexfa.com. All types of organisations are welcome to get involved, particularly those interested in having an exercise based offer.

ParkPlay Local Champions

Parkplay are continuing to recruit for local PlayLeaders to lead ParkPlay delivery on Saturday mornings in their park. This part-time paid role is funded by Sport England in specific parks in the Hounslow. For more information visit https://park-play.com/. If you are interested in the above vacancy, please contact Rick Jenner via rick@park-play.com. Rick is also happy to hear from anyone interested in developing Park Play opportunities in other spaces.

Couch to Afrobics- OurParks

We know a lot of people want to feel fitter and want to find activities they can do at home with their family, so we created Couch to Afrobics – an at-home dance exercise plan for beginners. The plan involves 3 video sessions a week, with rest days in between, and a different schedule for each of the 4 weeks. FREE outdoor classes are also returning – DonÂ’t forget to book Outdoor classes  Our Parks | Get Fit For Free and FREE daily rise and shine classes are available online Classes | Our Parks

Feel Good Fitness

Brentford Community Sports Trust Coaches are running free football sessions as part of the Feel Good Fitness Programme. Activities combine football technique and fitness with an element of healthy competition thrown in to keep everyone on their toes! Participants will also have the opportunity to learn about mindfulness, stress management, challenging unhelpful habits, and how to boost your mood. Online Fitness and Running Groups also Available! Visit Feel Good Fitness – Brentford FC Community Sports Trust (brentfordfccst.com)

2 weeks left to pitch to the Future Ealing Crowdfunding Programme

Through the Future Ealing Crowdfunding programme, the council can pledge up to £10,000 to local projects in the Borough. Groups have until the 28th of April to get involved, meaning they need to have created their crowdfunding project page on Spacehive and have answered some key questions asked by the council.

 

Please visit the Future Ealing Crowdfunding site for more information on the programme and the criteria of the council’s fund, including who can apply and what elements of your project the council funding can cover.

 

Click to start your project page today!

 

Do not leave your page to the last minute – the sooner you start populating it, the more helpful the team at Spacehive can be to ensure you have the best chance at receiving lots of pledges. We have lots of examples of how to fill out each section of your project page via the designated area of our Help Centre.

 

Read more about the funding available via this link. The deadline to pitch for council funds is the 28th April 2021 so you and your project team now have 2 weeks to complete your project page and prepare your pitch answers.