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Job Opportunities at Ealing and Hounslow CVS

Ealing and Hounslow CVS currently has a number of job opportunities, for more details click here https://ehcvs.org.uk/current-opportunities/

Participants Needed For Digital Inclusion Research

A Masters student of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics is looking for participants to interview about their experience with digital inclusion initiatives and social life for her final dissertation project, Social Capital and Civil Society: Digital Inclusion in London.

Interviewees should be people who are direct beneficiaries for digital inequality civil society organisations/charity/CICs initiatives (this could be receiving free laptops/smartphones, digital skills courses, etc).

The interviews can be done face-to-face in London or via Zoom, and will last around 30 minutes. Confidentiality and anonymity is guaranteed. All participants must be 18+.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Sofia at s.de-ceglie@lse.ac.uk. Thanks in advance for your help in this important research!

Hounslow PB Application Form

For the application form click here Go Hounslow application form

Equip Community Grants

This project is fully funded by the European Social Fund

New grants are available for small organisations that offer employment and skills programmes. The awards have been funded by the ESFA under the Community Grants Scheme.

In Central and West London the allocation of grants is managed by Paddington Development Trust (PDT). The money is for organisations that help unemployed people, be they on JSA or economically inactive, to get into, or to move towards, employment. This may be through good advice and guidance; outreach work; improving basic and digital skills; removing barriers; supporting work placements; improving confidence and motivation or helping people access skills training and jobs brokerage.

The grant programme in West and Central London is called EQUIP since its goal is to equip third sector, not-for-profit, organisations (any size) or smaller organisations (those with under 49 FTE staff) which often struggle to find funds to build capacity and through them to equip local disadvantaged people with new skills and job opportunities.

Applicable Boroughs

West London

Barnet
Harrow
Brent
Hillingdon
Ealing
Hounslow
Hammersmith & Fulham

Grant Size

Grants are a minimum of £5,000 and a maximum of £20,000.

Spring 2022 Round

Announcement

Applications for this round opens on Thursday 19^th May 2022 9am and closes Friday 10^th June 11:59pm

All applicants will be notified by 13^thJuly 2022 the outcome of their application.

Application Access

Equip Guidance

FAQ

A full list of Successful EQUIP Grant Recipients can be found here (document of organisations)

5th West London Turkish Festival

Emotional Health and Well-being Sessions

Parent/Carer Network – Role

We are currently looking for Parents/Carers in Hounslow who are interested in supporting other parents and being a part of network that aims to empower parents/carers & help to make their community a safer place for their children.

The Hounslow Parent Carers Champions Network is a new volunteer-led project with parents supporting other parents who may have difficulty navigating systems (education, criminal justice, and statutory support services such as social care). The support network will help guide parents whose children may be at risk of or who have experienced violence, arrest, school exclusion, challenging behaviours, exploitation, or other issues.

Purpose of role: To inform, encourage and support parents in your local community about safeguarding, exploitation awareness and access to relevant services.

Key Activities: Engage with parents to offer support and advice, build knowledge of your community needs, build knowledge of safeguarding and potential risks to children/young people, attend training and other development activities, signpost parents to relevant services, treat all parents with respect and consideration.

Person specification: Parent or carer residing in the borough of Hounslow, passion for improving the safety of the local community, ability to communicate with other parents, commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

What we offer: Incentives/rewards, opportunities to gain new skills and knowledge, expert training on safeguarding, access to social/networking events, fun activities, and a chance to be part of an innovative new community project.

Please contact Rebecca.evans@hounslow.gov.uk if you are interested in becoming a Parent/Carer Champion.

For more information click here Parent+Carer Network Overview

New: Racial Justice Fund

Trust for London is partnering with City Bridge Trust to launch a new fund to address racial injustice.

This fund will seek to support Black and minoritised innovators (by this, we mean organisations not individuals) or innovative organisations whose work has the potential to increase incomes and wealth in local communities.

This funding opportunity was influenced by the voices of many key stakeholders we have talked to, including several organisations working at the intersection of racial justice, together with our own experience of funding work on these issues over many years.