Announcements

The West Central London MS Society support group was set up in Autumn 2018 to provide support, advice & friendship to people living with MS (& their carers) in Westminster, Kensington/Chelsea or Hammersmith/Fulham.

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Please find attached the Social Cycling Winter Programme. Cycling outdoors when it is cold is a fantastic boost for our immune system. Warm clothes are essential. Also, the social rides on Saturdays at the Westway Sports Centre are back! Groups meet at 10am and finish at 12:30pm!

Please note that KCSC's Health and Wellbeing VOF has been moved from the 15th January to the 21st February. The location and timings have not changed. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

If you would like to register for the Health and Wellbeing VOF in February please click here. 

After much success in the past couple of year, Hear Women is renewing their Positive Women programme.

Vittoria De Meo will be facilitating Positive Women sessions in partnership with Hear Women.  The programme is evidence-based and helps tackle isolation and loneliness.  It also helps women to express themselves and seek help if needed. 

The programme will run:

The NHS across North West London have launched a new mum and baby app – a personal guide for pregnancy, birth and beyond. The app was developed by mums, midwives and doctors in North West London and charity CW+ to provide women with a single source of trusted NHS information for all their maternity needs.

From the start of pregnancy to early parenthood, this app will support women and their families with:

The Advocacy Project's community choir is in full swing! Its open to service users, professionals, any members from the community and any one who would love to sing.   

Their aims of the choir are to:

• address social isolation 
• promote wellbeing
• create greater community cohesion
• increase awareness of the value of advocacy in all its various forms

The choir are also singing on the 6 Dec where they welcome any one to join in for a sing along! 

Please find link to the Autumn edition of Community Living Well Magazine here. 

Advance, a specialist Domestic Violence Charity providing support for women experiencing intimate partner or familial abuse (Honour Based Violence & Forced Marriage) can provide workshops, briefings and training to young people and/or professionals.

Migrants Organise and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, will host the eighth annual Women on the Move Awards at the WOW – Women of the World festival on 8th of March 2019. 

Nominations are now open for the four award categories: Woman of the Year, Young Woman of the Year, Champion Award, and the Sue Lloyd-Roberts Media Award.