Announcements
RBKC are looking for people to join as an Independent Visitor and positively impact the lives of children and young people in care (ages 10-25). By providing a consistent, supportive, and fun presence, Independent Visitors help build their confidence and create lasting memories. This role has been described as life-changing, offering volunteers a chance to be truly valued and make a difference.
Environmental charity Hubbub has launched a new “Community Nature Network” to connect, grow and fund community green spaces. The network will offer funding opportunities, free resources, guidance and peer to peer support to community groups who wish to establish new green spaces or improve existing ones.
Members will gain access to a wide range of free useful resources, from videos and case studies to measurement guides and communications templates. It will also allow them to share their success stories and how they’ve overcome barriers.
The Caring Hands Project is a culturally specific health project for Sub-Saharan African residents of North Kensington. Providing arts & crafts, coffee and tea mornings, walking groups and cooking of healthy African food.
For more information, click here to view the flyer.
Kensington + Chelsea Foundation have released a resources leaflet titled 'Worrying about money?', including important contact details for advice services, emergency cash support etc.
The flyer includes resident eligibility criteria and information for referral partners.
To view the information flyer, click here.
City Living, Local Life (CLLL) is a ward-based community programme that helps residents improve their neighbourhoods by creating opportunities for conversations and providing funding for community activities.
As part of City Living, Local Life you can:
The East and North London Hubs mobility advice service is supported by the Department of Transport and can provide tailored, bespoke advice and information to disabled and older people who can not or do not wish to drive and need assistance with accessible transport options.
What is Local Area Coordination?
Local Area Coordination is a community-based approach that helps people stay strong, safe, and connected. It focuses on building relationships and supporting individuals to achieve their goals.
The Greater London Authority are working alongside Communities Prepared and Groundwork London to develop the first ever London Community Resilience Toolkit. This toolkit will be designed for community partners to use locally.
They ask you to please complete this survey to input your views on what you’d like the London Community Resilience Toolkit to look like.
The Community Enterprise project with Community Catalysts and RBKC is a new Adult Social Care programme, which will run for two years and aims to stimulate the development and growth of community enterprises.
They plan to work with other local partners to find people who might be interested in setting up enterprises and provide business training and support.
Another component of the project is helping people with disabilities to set up the enterprises themselves.
Integrate, is a social enterprise committed to repurposing vacant office spaces by partnering with charitable organisations.
Integrate matches landlords with charities aligned with causes they are passionate about, offering them rent-free workspace in a vacant central London property.
