**Become a mentor with MCR Pathways** and help inspire care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in and around **Ealing**.
– Just 1 hour a week (flexible)
– At least 1 year commitment
– In person meeting
– No skills or experience required.
Community Events
Let’s Go Outside and Learn January activities
Women’s Walk and Mindfulness:
Come join in our Women’s Mindfulness walk with Apinder. Let’s take some time to explore nature in a mindful way, and go with the flow of the River Crane. We will be taking ideas about how the park makes us feel to send to decision makers.
Women’s Walk and Mindfulness with Apinder
When: Saturday 11th January 2025
Time: 11am – 12.30pm
Where: Avenue Park – High Street Entrance TW5 9RG
To register please email or sign up:
Email:Â ReclaimingtheRiverside@lgoal.org.uk
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1109258926309?aff=oddtdtcreator
TMTTR – Winter Trail Walk
Come on a walk with us on a part of the Crane Trail and discover the magic of the River Crane as part of the Take me to the River Project. Starting at Avenue Park in Cranford, we’ll walk along the River Crane to Crane Park in Hanworth.
Enjoy different habitats as we walk along the river and learn about some interesting history and wildlife along the way.
Bring walking shoes and water bottle. There are bus routes along the way if you can only join us for part of the journey
Workshop running in partnership with Habitats and Heritage and London Borough of Hounslow.
Winter Trail Walk
When: Saturday 18th January 2025
Time: 11am – 2pm
Where: Avenue Park – High Street Entrance TW5 9RG
*Starts at Avenue Park ends in Crane Park
To register please email or sign up:
Email:Â Takemetotheriver@lgoal.org.uk
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1112677090129?aff=oddtdtcreator
Embroidery Workshop
Stitch the River Crane and Reclaim the Riverside! Connect with the River Crane in an indoor environment and learn embroidery skills. All materials provided. Embroidery pieces will become part of a collaborative community artwork.
Embroidery workshop Session 3 of 3 with Srividya
When: Thursday 23rd 2025
Time: 10.30am – 12pm
Where: Cranford Library Bath Rd, Cranford, TW5 9TL
To register please email or sign up:
Email:Â ReclaimingtheRiverside@lgoal.org.uk
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1095251730409?aff=oddtdtcreator
Bird Watching Walk:
Join us on a gentle walk and learn how to identify different birds in Waye Avenue Open Space. We will look for birds on the banks of the River Crane. Find out how to take part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. We will be joined by London Wildlife Trust.
Please wear appropriate clothing for cold/wet weather.
Bird Watching Walk with London Wildlife Trust
When: Saturday 25th January 2025
Time: 9am – 10.30am
Where: Waye Avenue Open Space – TW5 9SQ
To register please email or sign up:
Email:Â ReclaimingtheRiverside@lgoal.org.uk
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1113696398909?aff=oddtdtcreator
Willow Crafting:
Have you ever wondered how to craft your own creatures? Join local artist Susie to learn how to craft your own willow weaving creatures.
All materials supplied.
Willow Crafting with Susie John
When: Tuesday 28th January 2025
Time: 10.30am – 12pm
Where: Cranford Library, Bath Road, TW5 9TL
To register please email or sign up:
Email:Â ReclaimingtheRiverside@lgoal.org.uk
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1106243396779?aff=oddtdtcreator
Keep Warm this Winter at Hounslow Youth Centre
Autism Hounslow invites you to a comfortable and neurodivergent-friendly space between Monday, 2nd December and 13th January.
Stay warm at Hounslow Youth Centre in a quiet space – you are welcome.
Our doors will be open between 12 pm -5 pm – we look forward to seeing you!
Crosslight Advice
Our free, practical workshops help you make sense of your finances, even on a tight budget.
In just 3 sessions, you’ll:
Upcoming Workshop
Friday 11, 18 and 25 Oct,
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Greenford Baptist Church,
UB6 9UA
Sign up today:
themoneycourse.org/join
Rolladome All Skate
Degrees of Opportunity is excited to announce our upcoming special event, ‘Pamper Day,’ designed to celebrate and empower young women.
Ealing’s Living Wage Action Group
Join us to explore how to become a London Living Wage employer while discovering one of Acton’s cultural gems!
Legal & General – Community Chest
Legal & General has recently announced the launch of a £3m ‘Health Equity’ Fund, designed to support projects run by organisations (e.g. charities, social enterprises, community groups) across the UK that address health inequalities.
The fund is offering grants of up to £75,000 to place-based projects that address the social determinants of health: non-medical social and economic factors, such as housing, education, infrastructure, or quality of work.
The opportunity is now open to receiving interest from organisations with projects or ideas for projects to be delivered in regions and communities UK-wide by 3rd September 2024. The initial EOI is quite high-level level and a successful proposal will be expected to submit a more detailed bid at a later date.
They are particularly interested in proposals that can demonstrate:
- Local impact on reducing health inequality, addressing underserved communities
- Potential to scale up and be replicated nationally
- Potential to become financially sustainable in the medium term
- Particularly innovative approaches
- Initiatives which can demonstrate local support and key stakeholder engagement (including support from Local and/or Combined Authorities)
They have been supporting local areas in London to deliver community chest approaches as a way to support underserved communities. Community Chests are a shared investment fund that brings together key representatives from across a local community to work in partnership and use local intelligence to agree on funding priorities.
They combine money from the NHS, the local authority, as well as other sources to create an accessible funding pot. This funding is awarded to voluntary and community groups to support local activities that aim to reduce health inequalities.
Examples of community chest-funded activities include support for parents of those living with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, drama groups working with children and young people with learning disabilities, and football sessions for refugees and asylum seekers.
If you are interested in submitting an EOI to deliver a community chest or similar approach, please get in touch to access support with drafting the submission.
