One You Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster provide a universal Integrated Health Lifestyle Service to provide bespoke interventions that enable your patients to make simple and sustainable changes and improve their health. The aim of the service is to reduce their long-term risk of developing cardiovascular disease or lifestyle-related cancers. The service is funded in partnership by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council and delivered by Reed Wellbeing.

CNWL are looking for a Mental Health Ward Volunteer at St Charles Hospital - Mental Health Centre. This role is part of their Volunteer to Career (VtC) programme, which is designed to give volunteers practical experience in mental health care while supporting their teams. Volunteers help with tasks like organising recreational activities, assisting with practical tasks, and providing general ward support - all under the guidance of their wonderful staff.

The Charity Commission have released new guidance for charities on regulations coming into force on 1 September 2025.

Large charities (for example those with over 250 employees) will be subject to tighter regulations around preventing fraud, and the Charity Commission have sent out alerts to charities who may be affected. 

New businesses in Kensington and Chelsea can take up the offer of free business advice from Portobello Business Centre - even if you're just at the idea stage.

Portolbello Business Centre offers free 1-to-1 business advice. PBC have offered guidance to new businesses in the area for 25 years, across a range of industries and stages of setting up a business.

Find out more here: https://www.pbc.co.uk/pbc-rbkc-programme

 

Over the next few weeks, we will be running a new series on each of our teams here at KCSC.

We sat down with each of our teams and asked them a few questions about their work, the projects they've been involved in recently, and what they are looking forward to over the next year or so.

First up, it's the Community Development team - Lucy Hughes, Community Resilience Programme Manager and Joe Batty, Community Development Manager.

Public Sector Executive's Building Back Britain Online Conference included 5 different speakers across areas outlined by Keir Starmer as key for his long term vision for the country.

You can watch these discussions here. 

 

Join the Volunteer Team in Kensington and Chelsea at Doorstep Library! 

RBKC council has published a new archive of stories from the North Kensington area about campaigns for social justice and equality. 

Engagement sessions were led by UCL consultants last summer to develop this project. Further news about the project's next stages will be announced at a presentation on Tuesday 4 February 2025.

In the meantime you can learn more and view the Social Justice archive here. 
 

This new report was produced by Protection Approaches with input from over 100 submissions in a call for evidence on good practice on social cohesion and community resilience. The report includes several case studies from community and faith organisations bringing people together, responding to shocks, crises, and chronic stresses.