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Volunteers Required to Assist People with a Learning Disability

Volunteers are needed to help deliver an engagement programme in art, drama and literature for the benefit of people with a learning disability. The programme is called ‘Books Beyond Word’ and is an Arts Council funded project.

There will be a training session on 22nd September 10-4pm at, Feltham Library, The Centre Feltham, High St, Feltham, TW13 4GU.

You Will Learn about:

The BBWPlus project
The history behind BW book clubs
New reading techniques for groups
Evaluating your BBWP book club
Wider community engagement
Future potential and sustainability

Book your place here: training@booksbeyondwords.co.uk

Cranford Stronger Together Steering Group: vacancy for a new Chair

Cranford Stronger Together is a consortium of projects and services operating in the Cranford Ward of the London Borough of Hounslow that aims to support struggling residents, particularly those from the Meadows and Beavers Lane Estates, to improve their individual wellbeing and the communitys resilience.
A vacancy has arisen for a new Chair of the group.

Ideally you will have experience of:
Community development and/or wellbeing promotion
Social innovation is desirable.
Being the Chair of an organisation .

The role of the Chair is to:
To Chair during Steering Group meetings, encouraging an atmosphere of inclusion and participation;
To represent the Steering group and, where necessary, report up to the boroughs local strategic partnership, the Hounslow Together Board;
To promote the work of the project to relevant, external bodies and funders;
To input in the development and review of meeting agendas and papers;
To mediate between members should any conflicts arise.

To register your interest, please contact:
Iche Amadi, iche.amadi@hounslow.gov.uk, 0208 583 2416
Closing date: Friday 15th September 2017

Increasing Voluntary Sector Participation in Health Transformation

NHS England and NCVO are keen to support voluntary organisations around England to have a greater role in delivering the transformations that are envisaged through STPs and accountable care systems.

This will require:

– Public sector bodies to understand and be able to engage with the full range of ways that the voluntary sector can contribute strategically to health and wellbeing transformation not least in terms of prevention, community
involvement and equalities agendas
– Voluntary organisations to be well organised at STP geographical footprint level and have the necessary relationships to engage in this way.

Our sense of the picture around the country is that some STPs have gone further towards this than others. This can be because of cultural and structural biases within the NHS, compounded by financial and capacity challenges, and some of it could be the result of a diverse and poorly coordinated or resourced voluntary sector, particularly at the geographical areas covered by STPs.

The project aims to understand and overcome these, and other challenges, by facilitating better collaborative and governance approaches within the STP that include the voluntary sector.

For more information click here

Hounslow Council Grants

The Community Partnerships Unit offers grants to organisations and projects, to help us to achieve the aims of the councils Thriving Communities and VCSE Sector Strategy. Decisions on funding are made by the Lead Member for Finance and Engagement in consultation with members of the Councils Community Investment Advisory Panel.
Please visit the Hounslow Grants pages for details and documents.

Hounslow Community Grant

The Hounslow Community Grant provides funding of up to £15,000 for voluntary and community sector projects or services that can show a clear benefit to Hounslow residents and help to achieve our strategic outcomes. 18 organisations were allocated funding in Round 1 with grants ranging from £3,000 to £15,000.
Following a recent review of our funding criteria Round 2 is now open. The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Monday 2 October 2017. The decision on funding allocations will be made at the 13 November meeting of the Community Investment Advisory Panel.
Please visit the Hounslow Grants pages for details and documents.

Small grants programme

The small grants programme provides grants of up to £500 to support local community events or activities across the borough. This could include street parties, local events or activities for residents to help prevent social isolation, or help neighbours to get to know one another better.
Round 3 is now open. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 9 October 2017. The decision on funding allocations will be made at the 13 November meeting of the Community Investment Advisory Panel.
The deadline for Round 4 applications will be 12 noon on Friday 26 January 2018 (final round in 2017-18)
Please visit the Hounslow Grants pages for details and documents.

Community Impact Fund

The Community Impact Fund provides grants of up to £1,000 to support local community events or activities across the borough that benefit Hounslow Housing Tenants and Leaseholders. This could include street parties, local events or activities for residents to help prevent social isolation, or help neighbours to get to know one another better.
Round 2 will open for applications at the end of September 2017. The exact date will be published here
Download the guidance document for full information about who can apply for the Community Impact Fund and eligible projects. Please visit the Hounslow Grants pages for details and documents.
Applications should be submitted by emailing the team

Come for a stroll, chat and coffee with us in a local park

Do you know someone who would benefit from a stroll in the park, a chat and a cuppa? Lets Go Outside and Learn CIC is encouraging local people at risk of isolation to participate in free activities in four parks in Hounslow. The project aims to raise awareness of the health benefits of being outdoors, encourage friendship and highlight other opportunities available. All the walks have themes and over the next few weeks include mindfulness, butterflies and bees, craft activities and storytelling. All sessions are free with no need to book, but we ask participants to register when they attend. We are also recruiting volunteer “Nature Buddies” to support the project and participants.

Further information can be found on www.lgoal.org or here or contact Frances Bennett outdoor.learning@outlook.com

Hounslow VCS Efficiency and Effectiveness Survey

The final report on the Hounslow VCS Efficiency and Effectiveness Survey carried out jointly by HVSSS, HCN and Hounslow CPU has been produced.

It contains a lot of interesting information especially in the context of future reduced VCS grants in Hounslow as well as information on external funding raised by Hounslow VCS groups, income generation, use of volunteers and the ‘value of volunteer time to Hounslow’.

To read the report click here

£300,000 in Sportivate Funding Now Available

Your chance to support the next generation of physically active Londoners
Applications open until 23 August 2017.
Sportivate is a £56 million Lottery funded London 2012 legacy project that gives 11-25 year olds the chance to discover a sport that they havent tried before through sessions delivered across six to eight weeks.
For more information click here

London Marathon Charitable Trust- Small Capital Project Grants Programme

The London Marathon Charitable Trust Small Capital Project Grants Programme provides awards of between £5,000 and £19,999 to small projects which aim to help improve existing amenities or to build new facilities that will enable organisations to encourage and support more people to become involved in sport and physical activity, particularly those who are currently physically inactive.
Their current priorities are to increase participation, especially among those who are currently physically inactive or who have low levels of activity. For more information click here