Hackney CVS

Healthcare Horizon pre-employability training
2020-01-09 10:30 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
Are you aged between 16-29 and looking for a career in the NHS? Then the Healthcare Horizon pre-employability training programme could be for you. Date: 9 January. Read more

Pembury Community Centre — Smokefree Hackney
2020-01-15 10:00 - 13:00
Smokefree Hackney’s “New Year, New You!” campaign is launching in Hackney on 27th December 2019. The campaign encourages people to make the resolution to stop smoking for good in 2020, and will run throughout January.
Drop in clinic at the Pembury Community Centre IT Suite Room 3, (Upstairs) 1 Atkins Square, Dalston Ln, London E8 1FA.
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Primary care workshop.
2020-01-21 12:00 - 14:00
NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working with City and Hackney residents to find out what they think about GP services. They are particularly keen to hear from people who are members of a faith group. Date: 21 January. Read more

How can trustees support place-based approaches?
2020-01-27 16:00 - 18:00
The places where we live and work define who we are and what we do. They determine the nature of our relationships with the people around us and the nature of the communities that we create together. Place-based approaches are characterised by a shift away from centrally dictated policy, towards holistic and collaborative solutions that are defined, generated and delivered locally.
Aimed at trustees, and anyone interested in place-based working, this seminar will take a look at the charities operating across the UK, and internationally, that are increasingly considering more joined up working to achieve sustained social change. Despite its prevalence, there is still a lack of clarity about what place-based working means and what it looks like in practice, let alone what role trustees might play.
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Modern slavery awareness session
2020-01-28 13:00 - 16:30
CHSAB (City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board) offers free training opportunities: Modern slavery awareness session and Trafficking & abuse of children for the purposes of sexual exploitation. Date: 28 January. If you would like to attend, please complete the form and return it to TrainingHSC@hackney.gov.uk.

Smokefree Hackney
2020-01-30 10:00 - 16:00
Come to training sessions organised by Smokefree Hackney. Level 1 or ‘Very Brief Advice’: a 2-hour training that equips healthcare professionals with basic skills/knowledge to offer smokers brief advice and then signpost to Hackney’s Stop Smoking Service. Date: 24 January. Level 2 Advisor: applicable for professionals who want to become a specialist Stop Smoking Advisor. Date: 30 January. Read more

Volunteer Fair
2020-01-30 17:00 - 19:00
The next Volunteer Fair organised by Volunteer Centre Hackney will be taking place in January 2020, and is a great way for anyone interested in social action or volunteering to meet local people and charities who are seeking volunteers.
Totally free and open to all, if you live, work or play in Hackney and are looking to give your time to good causes, then drop by and meet local organisations offering roles including administration, befriending, mentoring and more.Organisations attending on the day include: City Year, Hackney Museum, Headway East London, BlindAid, FoodDrop and Virgin Sports amongst many more.
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Ending violence against women and girls
2020-01-30 18:00 - 20:00
The next Hackney Faith Network event – Ending violence against women and girls – will focus on the support available to women and girls facing violence and abuse. You will also hear about how to apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, the planned women’s faith gathering, an interfaith initiative to mark World Water Day and how you can provide feedback on the Prevent Programme. Date: 30 January, 6-8pm, room 102, Hackney Town Hall.
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Community building/community bridging
2020-02-03 18:00 - 20:00
Ella Baker School Of Transformative Organising is launching a specific initiative in Hackney called ‘Community building/community bridging’, designed to bring communities together. The objective is to bring together people from Hackney’s diverse communities. If you are from Hackney then do sign up for the first meeting on Monday 3 February.

Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
2020-02-08 13:00 - 17:00
Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation event on Saturday 8th February 2020.
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Hackney CVS community awards night 2020
2020-02-11 17:30 - 20:30
Join us for an inspirational evening as we celebrate both Hackney’s young people and the local voluntary and community sector.

Gary Francis awards will be given to local young people who have achieved against the odds.
Adiaha Antigha awards will be given to individuals or organisations from Hackney’s voluntary and community sector. This year’s categories are for the best work to:
– challenge discrimination
– bring communities together
– empower disabled people
– outreach to engage new people.

Register here.

Tower Hamlets CVS - Meet The Funders
2020-03-03 10:00 - 12:00
Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham CVS’s in partnership with the East London Health Care Partnership would like to invite you to attend a meet the funders event.
The day will include:

A market place with information stalls from over 20 local and national funders.
Opportunities to attend a 30-minute workshop on approaches such as crowdfunding
Chances to discuss funding approaches
Network with organisations across East London.

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Safeguarding and the Digital Thread
2020-03-04 09:30 - 15:30
The CHSCP Conference: Safeguarding and the Digital Thread. The Conference is free to attend for all staff and volunteers working with children and young people in either the City of London and/or the London Borough of Hackney. This year’s Conference will cover safeguarding children and young people in the context of technology and social media. Date: 4 March. Read more

How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign
2020-03-05 08:30 - 11:00
Join the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platform to help you build the best crowdfunding campaign possible for your business.
Learn how to create a successful crowdfunding campaign, with experts from Crowdcube. A successful campaign will not only drive investment but will also increase your reach, help to spread brand awareness and keep your community engaged.
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Ways of Being: drop-in family activities!
2020-03-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Autograph, Rivington Place,, Hackney, EC2A 3BA, United Kingdom
Saturday, 07 March 2020 1pm – 5pm
We warmly invite families – including those with children with SEND – to drop in for fun, creative activities at Autograph. Gallery 2 will be set up with green screen technology to create playful films with fantastical digital backdrops. The entire family can get involved in creating props, backdrops and costumes. Age group: 4-16. Disabled access: yes. Contact: Krystina Robinson. Email: krystina@autograph-abp.co.uk Telephone: .
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Hackney Central Forum
2020-03-09 09:00 - 11:00

Yoga And Moving Mindfulness
2020-03-10 18:30 - 19:30 | St Anne’s Church, Hemsworth Street, Hoxton, London, N1 5LF, United Kingdom
Join a new yoga and moving
mindfulness classes all for a
good cause. All income goes
to St Anne’s Hoxton Relief in
Need charity providing a soup
kitchen, night shelter, youth
club and food gifts. Led by a
qualified yoga teacher. Suitable
for all levels, beginners are
welcome. Bring your own yoga
mat. £5. All ages.

Shaping a vision for community navigation
2020-03-12 13:00 - 17:00
Invitation from the City & Hackney neighbourhoods team
Shaping a vision for community navigation in City and Hackney. We are bringing together a broad range of stakeholders to shape a vision for community navigation in City and Hackney. This includes service users, those funding and delivering community navigation, people who refer to these services and voluntary sector organisations that navigators refer onto. You play a key role within community navigation in Hackney and the City, and we hope you are able to join us to shape this work.
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'International Women’s Day'
2020-03-12 18:00 - 21:00 | St. Clement Church, Treadgold Street, London, London W11 4BP, United Kingdom
WAND UK is inviting you all for the celebration of ‘International Women’s Day’ which is going to be on Thursday 12 March 2020. There will be Drinks, Canapes, Speeches, awards to volunteers and live music by Ebony Steel band.
There is only limited places, please book now and be booked, by calling:
020 8962 4132 (don’t leave a message)
Or call 078134 850 607 (You can leave a message on the mobile).
Hope to see you on the day,
Nearest Tube station is Latimer Road
Buses are : 295, 316

Making Every Contact Count training
2020-03-16 13:00 - 16:00 | Hackney CVS, The Adiaha Antigha Centre, London, E8 3AZ, United Kingdom
Making Every Contact Count is a model to help frontline workers to have brief conversations with services users and members of the public about positive changes to health and wellbeing.

Making Every Contact Count is about using every appropriate opportunity to encourage people to consider, and feel positive about, making changes to improve their wellbeing.
At this FREE training, learn how to maximise the interactions you have with the public and identify appropriate opportunities during these interactions to have brief healthy conversations that promote positive change.
The training covers the healthy lifestyle behaviours as well as the wider issues that affect people’s lives such as employment, immigration, housing, domestic violence and social isolation.
This bespoke training is for all frontline staff (including volunteers) and will equip you with the core skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver behaviour change interventions through effective conversations and signposting to relevant local services. It’s about connecting the public to local support, helping people better self-care and using the appropriate language to do this effectively.

Yoga And Moving Mindfulness
2020-03-17 18:30 - 19:30 | St Anne’s Church, Hemsworth Street,Hoxton, London, N1 5LF, United Kingdom
Join a new yoga and moving
mindfulness classes all for a
good cause. All income goes
to St Anne’s Hoxton Relief in
Need charity providing a soup
kitchen, night shelter, youth
club and food gifts. Led by a
qualified yoga teacher. Suitable
for all levels, beginners are
welcome. Bring your own yoga
mat. £5. All ages

The Psychological Impact of Working in Isolation
2020-04-22 10:30 - 12:00
On 22nd April ELBA are running a webinar on ‘The Psychological Impact of Working in Isolation’, open to all Hackney-based community organisations. Led by Dr Gwenllian Williams, a doctor of psychology, the session will focus on the effects of adapting to working from home, both professionally and with regards to mental health, and offer the chance to share tips and advice across both the corporate and community sector. More info & registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elba-webinar-the-psychological-impact-of-working-in-isolation-tickets-102248146960

What does voice, rights and choice mean for people at the end of life?
2020-04-30 15:00 - 16:00
What does voice, rights and choice mean for people at the end of life?
A lecture and Q&A with Jonathan Ellis
Online via Zoom (they’ll send a link once you book on Eventbrite)
Jonathan Ellis will explore how a rights-based approach can make all the difference for a person at the end of life. You will learn how an advocate can support someone to be in control of key decisions when planning end of life care and what best interests really means in those last few days.
Jonathan Ellis is Trustee of The Advocacy Project and Director of Advocacy and Change at Hospice UK. He is a policy and public affairs professional with over 20 years experience in health and social care. He is skilled at influencing policy in complex systems, representing the interests of patients and the public, and designing successful campaigns.
Book your free place here: https://talkapr.eventbrite.co.uk

Mind hacks for difficult conversations
2020-05-19 14:00 - 16:00
The ELBA Toolkit is back and it’s now digital. The first webinar will be focussed on the multitude of Covid-19 related emergency fundraising grants.
The session will be run by Megan Cannons, L&Q’s Impact and Evaluation Manager. Megan will be discussing the close alignment between effectively evidencing your impact and writing successful fundraising applications. She will also respond directly to your existing challenges in a Q&A session.
Date: Tuesday 19 May
Time: 2pm-4pm
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Emergency Funding Applications : A response to Covid-19
2020-05-20 10:30 - 11:30
Right now the community sector is facing a lot of tough decisions, and leaders are having to conduct difficult conversations with their staff – about wellbeing, furlough or even redundancy. This session is run by ELBA and the Learning & Development team at Linklaters LLP, and will look at the psychological effects of these conversations, and how to manage these effectively. It is open to all staff in Hackney organisations.
Date: Wednesday 20 May
Time: 10.30am-11.45am
Register here

Religious London project launch (webinar)
2020-06-24 19:30 - 20:30
Theos think tank Invites you to a Religious London webinar on 24 June at 7.30pm to hear about:

What role can religious communities play in the city’s recovery?
How can we help London’s religious communities cope and thrive in a new normal?
What are the likely future trends in London’s religious demography?

Register here

Return to work after COVID webinar
2020-06-26 14:00 - 16:00
How can you re-open safely? New ways of working. Putting staff wellbeing first
Chaired by Jake Ferguson, CEO at Hackney CVS
Health & Safety Rob Bartlett, Senior Environmental Health Officer at Hackney Council will present on what organisations should be doing to prepare to re-open safely, looking at legislation, the risk assessment process, training & supervision for volunteers and staff, information to service users, and more specific guidance around hand washing, social distancing, occupational health and PPE.
Case studies There will be an opportunity to hear from a few organisations who can share their experience.
Q&A
Please let us know what you would like to know – email vicky@hcvs.org.uk before the meeting. We will try to answer your questions in the webinar, and there will also be a chance during the session for you to ask questions.
Wellbeing & the wider implications of returning – Vicky Scott, Operations & HR Manager at Hackney CVS will talk about wellbeing and the opportunities for doing things differently after COVID.
Mohammed Mansour, VCS Development Manager at Hackney CVS will talk about wider issues around leadership, funding, safeguarding and Trustee training.
This webinar will be held by Zoom:
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 816 7213 9748
Password: [REDACTED]
Book your place here:

Covid-19: how can we use this opportunity to value carers?
2020-07-06 10:00 - 11:00
The advocacy Project invites you to online lecture with Sonia Benitez.
Over 7 million people in the UK care for a loved one who has an illness or disability. Research suggests this number is increasing dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic. Caring is rarely something that is planned for and carers often put their own life and wellbeing on hold to support their loved one.
It’s essential that as a society, we make caring visible and we give the right support.
Sonia will share her experiences of the impacts carers are facing because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the issues lockdown has highlighted include isolation, importance of access to technology, impact on mental health and lack of respite.
Register here

VCS Safety Planning Tools and Tips Exchange session
2020-07-08 11:30 - 13:00
Many organisations have requested guidelines so that they can safely deliver services to children and young people in parks, open spaces, youth and community setting.
There is a need for clarity about how to keep service users and the workforce safe.
Organisations need to assess risk and make reasonable adjustments to adapt and adjust the service opening times. Young people may take it in turn to access. The VCS require resources for PPE and information about quotas permitted. Several VCS organisations have already created safety plans in response to Covid-19 and are willing to share the tools.
The VCS children’s workforce are invited to an online peer to peer session to share safety plans, tips and tools to resume activities in parks, youth and community settings.
The VCS Safety Planning Tools and Tips Exchange sessions work best when two people take the lead.
If you would like to share your safety plan and lead a short session do contact Kristine to discuss your contribution by 1 July: Kristine@hcvs.org.uk.

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Hackney Wick Forum
2020-07-23 09:30 - 11:00
The Hackney Business Network runs forums throughout the year aimed at business owners, employees and entrepreneurs in all areas of Hackney.
The forums are an opportunity to network with other local businesses, hear about business focused opportunities, events and news from Hackney Council.
Eventbrite links will appear on this page two weeks before each forum, to be notified of when a forum goes live please subscribe using the form at the end of this page.
