Hounslow Council needs your help to reach unvaccinated residents in Hounslow, to provide them with the information they need to make an informed decision about the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Council has established a new Fund to help increase the uptake of Hounslow’s COVID-19 vaccination programme and to reduce health inequalities across the borough.

They are  inviting community and voluntary sector organisations and groups of residents to apply for funding of up to £1000 so that they can run local activities that would help to increase the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines in their communities.

This could involve:

• Local events and activities that will bring people together to discuss the vaccine

• Training for local community champions or volunteers

• Working with the Council and the NHS to identify locations and communities that would benefit from vaccination pop-up clinics.

There will be a special information session on Wednesday 2 February 4pm – 5pm

You can join here:

Hounslow COVID Vaccine Funding – Info session Tickets, Wed 2 Feb 2022 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

For more information click here https://www.h4all.org.uk/current-vacancies

Calling all young creatives 18-25yrs living in the boroughs of Hounslow & Kensington and Chelsea ONLY.

MAMA Youth Project is recruiting for a FREE 6 weeks full time Digital Media Training, where trainees gain 6 weeks of intensive training in digital content creation with an opportunity for a minimum 2 weeks paid work placement with one of our industry partners (such as Sky, Banijay, Netflix, Channel 4, Warner Bros Entertainment, Lime Pictures, Fremantle Media, Sister, Gravity Media and many more). The training takes place at the state of the art Sky Campus in Osterley, West London.

Travel, lunch expenses and equipment will be covered for the 6 weeks’ duration. Alumni will also benefit from a minimum of 6 months’ career follow up support in addition to mentoring by an industry professional. 

The skills participants will gain:

· End to end digital media content creation for Licklemor Productions (a BAFTA award winning production company https://www.licklemorproductions.com) and MAMA Youth Project (www.mamayouthproject.org.uk) social platforms, which includes developing ideas, storytelling, self-shooting, text and video editing.

· How to publish, schedule and distribute content, as well as monitor analytics to engage and grow an audience. 

· Successful candidates will also gain production etiquette, fundamental work ethics, CV tailoring, interview techniques, career mentorship and peer networking.

· Here is a video with testimonials from previous trainees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl7zscdKZpQ

Training Location: 

The training is due to take place at Sky Osterley Campus, TW7 5QD.  

Dates:

Application Deadline: Monday 21st of February 2022, 11.59pm.

Interviews: will take place from 7th-10th of March 2022 via Zoom.

Training Dates: 

• Trainee Production Manager and Trainee Production Coordinator start on Wednesday the 23rd Of March 2022. 
• Trainee Digital Media Producers start on Friday the 25th March 2022. 
• All trainees finish on Friday the 6th of May 2022, with an opportunity to begin a paid placement shortly after course completion.

More Info on Eligibility & How to apply:

Candidates should follow the step by step guide on our website https://www.mamayouth.org.uk/training/digital-media-training to complete the application process and find out if they are eligible to apply.

Online Info Sessions:

We will run two informal online info sessions where people who are interested in the programme can meet with a member of the team, learn more about the training and ask questions. Zoom links are on our website https://www.mamayouth.org.uk/live-info-sessions

• Up to £10k available for successful projects
• Submission deadline, using the attached proforma: 00hrs Monday 31st January 2022

The Commitment to Carers Programme team of NHS England & NHS Improvement is looking forward to receiving project bids from Voluntary Sector organisations on the theme of capturing learning and best practice around supporting unpaid carers/ family members during the COVID pandemic response, including increasing uptake of vaccination of unpaid carers. Our belief is that there have been innovative approaches developed at a local/ community level for which some funding will help to evaluate, sustain, communicate and spread best practice for wider benefit and inform and embed more collaborative ways of working going forward.

We are particularly interested in gathering learning from Community-based organisations that have been working with local authorities or primary care networks/ social prescribing link workers, within specific vulnerable or disadvantaged communities and where family-centred approaches are being used.

It is hoped this work will improve our understanding from a community and a patient & carer perspective about what processes/outcomes are most important to recognise and get right and what is, can and should be focussed on in future.

The Projects chosen will have to demonstrate current knowledge and commitment to the carer’s agenda and/or a workplan that shows a commitment to improvement. Where there are more bids than available funds projects will be selected to provide a broad cross-section of project content; size, geographies, health inequalities, economic disadvantage and diverse community coverage to maximise opportunities for shared learning, adoption and spread.

Project payments will be made up to a maximum of £10k according to the scope and scale of each project.

Some examples of the type of projects we would consider are listed below but this is not an exhaustive list and only a guide so please don’t be shy:

• Review of how unpaid carers are included, their views and needs understood and acted upon as part of efforts to reduce isolation at a community level e.g. through befriending offers
• Evaluation and promotion of schemes to improve access for unpaid carers to digital resources (e.g. Tablets) and training by completing a video of carers experiences
• What new services have been developed and introduced, when “face-to-face” services were not possible, that will be maintained and what has been the experience/response of carers.
• What innovative methods have been used to increase the uptake of vaccinations by unpaid carers. How has this learning been used to signpost unpaid carers to other services?

A final project report needs to be received by latest 28th April 2022, describing activities undertaken, specific learning points around sustainability, collaborative working and next steps.

For the Proforma click here Carer rapid-learning pandemic legacy projects proforma FINAL_

Please complete the Proforma by latest 17.00hrs on Monday 31st January 2022.

Our intention is to confirm successful bids by 17.00hrs on Thursday 3rd February 2022.

If you need more information please send an email in the first instance to: england.nhsthinkcarer@nhs.net and put NHS E&I Carer Spring 2022 Project in the subject line for easy identification.

 

Learn English at Home is seeking a Coordinator Team Leader to join their committed team. They are looking for someone with experience of and commitment to working in a multi-cultural environment, who has experience of planning and delivering courses, workshops and group sessions and supporting and developing volunteers. As well as your own caseload of clients and volunteers you will work with the team to ensure LEAH achieves their funded commitments and the team are well supported.

You can find more information about the role and how to apply on their website Join the team — LEAH

The grant scheme has relaunched with a focus on Children and Young People and Food Insecurity projects.

The scheme would welcome more applications from schools, voluntary and community organisations based in the London Borough of Hounslow, particularly under the theme of Food Insecurity.  The grant could cover new or existing services such as holiday/breakfast clubs, cookery classes, food growing courses, food packages, food banks etc.

If you are interested, you can apply online here: https://tescocommunitygrants.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/

The application process is relatively straight forward. Shortlisted projects will then be displayed in Tesco stores throughout the April-June 2022 voting period, and the top placed project will receive up to £1500, the 2nd – £1000 and the 3rd – £500. Funding will be awarded in July 2022 and must be used within a year.