Training and Events

Life Lanterns event

Life Lanterns event  St Joseph’s Hospice will be holding a Life Lanterns service for bereaved children and families. It will take place online via Zoom. They will be floating the lanterns on the pond this year. Please email Bridget b.lee@stjh.org.uk for a lantern making kit. Read more  

Volunteering Summit

The GLA, London Plus and the London Boroughs Faiths Network invite you to the pan-London Volunteering Summit on 14 January, 2:30 - 4:30pm. Register here

COVID-19 – we need a resilience strategy for the VCS

We need your help. Since the first lockdown, you have been telling us how Covid-19 has impacted on the communities you represent, the people you support and the impact on your own organisations. We’ve been listening to everything you have said and now want to share back with you how we think the sector’s resilience […]

Modern Day Slavery scoping meeting

Hackney Council would like to community groups to a Modern Day Slavery scoping meeting. This meeting marks the launch of a project to better understand the profile of modern slavery in Hackney. The data collected for this project will be used to develop a set of proposals on how to take this work forward to better […]

Children & families forum meeting

Join us at a Children & families forum meeting. We will learn about effective approaches to protect children at risk, and address wellbeing and resilience. Register more and register here.

City and Hackney Public Health Community Champions Programme

Volunteer Centre Hackney, in partnership with Hackney CVS and City and Hackney Public Health, recently launched the new Public Health Community Champions programme. The aim of the programme is to support the reduction in the transmission of COVID-19 in City and Hackney, by communicating important public health messages to vulnerable residents, through trained volunteers and […]

Healthwatch Hackney Board meeting

Healthwatch Hackney Board meeting on zoom. Anne Canning, Group Director, Children and Education, will report to the meeting on the actions the Council is taking to address the issues raised in the Ofsted report. Come along and find out more and ask questions about how the Council will improve children's services. Register here

City and Hackney Public Health Community Champions Programme

Volunteer Centre Hackney, in partnership with Hackney CVS and City and Hackney Public Health, recently launched the new Public Health Community Champions programme. The aim of the programme is to support the reduction in the transmission of COVID-19 in City and Hackney, by communicating important public health messages to vulnerable residents, through trained volunteers and […]

People management in a crisis

The East London Business Alliance (ELBA) works with corporate companies in the City and Canary Wharf to support and empower East London communities. We know the impact of coronavirus has hit charities and community organisations hard, and we are endeavouring to provide a variety of remote and online support to tackle the various challenges that […]

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