Announcements
Neighbourhood Doulas are launching two free, community-led programmes this June.
Programme 1: Birth Education & Advocacy Classes
A fully-funded antenatal course open to all pregnant residents. These sessions are trauma-informed and inclusive, giving participants the knowledge and confidence to navigate pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
📢 FREE ESOL COURSES – Improve Your English!
Provided by: Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice
For refugees and local residents
Build practical English skills for work and daily life:
Helping older Londoners stay steady, active and independent
Falls can have a serious impact on confidence, independence and wellbeing - but they are not an inevitable part of ageing.
Open Age’s Steady and Stable programme supports older people across Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent to improve balance, strength and confidence through specialist exercise classes designed to help prevent falls.
Exciting meals can be quick, fun, easy and cheap to cook with Bags of Taste, FREE (ingredients included), flexible, home-based short courses.
Learn how to make delicious, healthy meals from all over the world whilst saving money. All you need is a kitchen and a phone.
Find out more and register here.
Download the flyer here.
JOIN OUR FRIENDLY TEAM AND SUPPORT LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES!
Help Counselling Centre is a low-cost counselling charity who have been providing affordable counselling services for over 50 years. We operate across London providing online and face to face support with a particular focus on the tri-boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster.
We are recruiting a team of Community Outreach Volunteers to help raise awareness of our service at a local level and ensure those most in need can access support.
NHS Volunteering is a free platform from NHS England which helps people across England find and apply for volunteering roles in healthcare. The platform is quick and easy to use, and accessible for both recruiters and volunteers.
NHS organisations and charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises (VCSEs) can advertise volunteering roles on the platform. It extends your reach to a diverse pool of motivated volunteers actively seeking healthcare opportunities.
You can advertise your roles if:
Chasing the Stigma and Social Finance have published a new research brief focused on supporting suicide prevention efforts across London. Read the full brief here.
If you live or work in the North Kensington area and are affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, then you are eligible for a free Enhanced Health Check.
The Grenfell Enhanced Health Checks are available each year and include an initial in person appointment to undertake a range of checks and tests that will be provided by a health care professional.
Find out more: https://www.grenfell.nhs.uk/nhs-services/enhanced-health-checks.
Free maths workshops for parents/carers running this June. The sessions focus on helping parents support their child’s learning in maths, particularly around problem solving (Reception-Year 6), with practical support for learning at home.
Attendees can choose from one of the 3 delivery locations : Avondale Park Primary, Westway (1 Thorpe Close), and Lancaster Youth Hub.
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