Hackney CVS

Neighbourhoods Conversation: Woodberry Wetlands
2020-11-24 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue:
• Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally
• Informing a ground level picture of needs and priorities
• Sharing key updates and covid-19 developments – from Public Health, the Council and others
• Highlighting opportunities, resources and opportunities for joint action
Part 2 of the meeting will focus on practical next steps for collaboration, tailored to each Neighbourhood.
Register here

Neighbourhoods Conversation: London Fields
2020-11-26 11:00 - 12:30
Part 1 of the meeting will give a chance for all those living, working and providing services in the London Fields Neighbourhood to come together again in a large cross sector community meeting (groups, organisations, activists, health, council) to continue:
• Building connections, local relationships and finding out what’s going on locally
• Informing a ground level picture of needs and priorities
• Sharing key updates and covid-19 developments – from Public Health, the Council and others
• Highlighting opportunities, resources and opportunities for joint action
Part 2 of the meeting will focus on practical next steps for collaboration, tailored to each Neighbourhood.
Register here

Shoreditch Forum
2020-12-01 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.

Dalston Forum
2020-12-03 09:30 - 11:00

Hackney Central Forum
2020-12-07 09:30 - 11:00

Stoke Newington Forum
2020-12-08 09:30 - 11:00

Life Lanterns event
2020-12-10 17:00 - 18:00
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
2021-01-14 14:30 - 16:30
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
2021-01-20 13:30 - 15:30
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 can be strengthened, laying the foundations for how the VCS can eventually get back to some sense of normality.
As such, we would like to invite you to the Covid-19 VCS resilience strategy event on 20 January 2021. It’s free of course.
Read more and register here

Modern Day Slavery scoping meeting
2021-01-20 14:00 - 15:00
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 support victims living in Hackney and prevent slavery from occurring.
Please get in touch with Rachel at rachel.robb@hackney.gov.uk if you would like to attend the meeting. Date: 20 January 2021, 2pm-3pm via Google Meet.

Hackney's Holocaust Memorial Day Event: Be the light in the darkness
2021-01-27 10:00 - 11:00
The Holocaust Memorial Day is the International Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides. Date: 27 January, at 10am. Register here

Children & families forum meeting
2021-01-28 10:30 - 12:30
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
2021-02-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2021-02-23 09:00 - 12:00
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 frontline staff.
The programme has been designed to maximise reach to ensure the most vulnerable residents in City and Hackney can receive life supporting advice and guidance on issues relating to COVID-19 and how to stay safe during the pandemic. Read more

Healthwatch Hackney Board meeting
2021-02-10 18:00 - 20:30
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

People management in a crisis
2021-02-25 11:30 - 13:00
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 have arisen as a result.
They are running an online webinar on 25th February as part of our ‘Learning from Leaders’ series, about how to manage people and teams during a crisis. Read more

Come Correct Hackney: Supporting and Including LGBTQ+ Young People
2021-03-18 09:30 - 13:00
This condensed 3-hour training aims to support participants to increase understanding and confidence around LGBTQ+ terminology, definitions and experience. The course will address prejudice and discrimination and enable participants to develop strategies to address these and to support and include LGBT+ young people in their services. Read more

Connect Hackney Ageing Well in Hackney: Co-production
2021-03-18 10:00 - 13:00
Come to this event to learn how to successfully embed Asset Based Community Development approach to your work and understand the potential benefits.
Agendas and more details and to book your place.

Connect Hackney Ageing Well in Hackney: Embedding diversity across services
2021-03-23 14:00 - 17:00
Come to this event to learn how to increase diversity within your service to further its impact, and understand the benefits of adopting a targeted approach.
Agenda, more details and to book your space.

VCSE TLG meeting
2021-03-30 10:00 - 12:00
VCSE TLG Meeting – 30th March 10am-12pm
Tue 30/03/2021 10:00 – 12:00
Zoom
Organiser: Oladapo Awosokanre
Tel: 020 7923 1962
Mobile: 079 30321 097
Email: oladapo@hcvs.org.uk

Community wellbeing conversation
2021-04-19 15:00 - 17:00
Hackney CVS and ELBA are hosting a community wellbeing conversation on Monday 19 April, 3-5.00pm. The voluntary & community sector responded to COVID with creativity and commitment in an incredibly difficult environment. However there is now an unsustainable level of burnout and stress among staff and volunteers. It is time to come together as a sector to share experiences, reflect why this is happening and the impact it is having on our work, and together to work out what we can do about it practically. Hackney CVS and ELBA will be hosting a community conversation about wellbeing across the voluntary & community sector to identify the greatest areas of need and prompt ideas about how to address them.
Please let groups know. Booking link: https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=853

Hackney Refugee and Migrant Forum steering group
2021-04-21 14:00 - 16:00
Hackney Refugee and Migrant Forum steering group
https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=851

Well Street Common Neighbourhood Forum
2021-04-27 10:00 - 13:00
27 April
This is a chance for the Well Street Common Neighbourhood community across all sectors – community, voluntary, council and health – to continue to make connections, build relationships and support the flow of local information, ideas and collaborative action, supporting and strengthening the Neighbourhood’s collective well-being.
Hear an update from the Interim Core Partnership group
Inform shared priorities going into 2021
Hear about the new MDM (Multi-disciplinary Meetings) pilot
Book online

Getting started with Corporate Volunteering Pt1
2021-05-11 11:00 - 12:30
Getting started with Corporate Volunteering Pt1
Register Now
https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/register?id=857&reset=1
Literacy Pirates and Volunteer Centre Hackney will share how you can engage and make the most out of corporate volunteers for your organisation.
Split over two sessions, in this first session we’ll cover how to get started in developing your corporate volunteering programme and how to address barriers or challenges. In the second session we’ll cover how to develop and improve your corporate volunteering programme.
There will also be an opportunity for you to pitch your programme to practice talking about your projects to gain corporate support.
When
May 11th, 2021 11:00 AM through 12:30 PM
Location
Zoom online “Training”
United Kingdom
Contact
Phone: 07377502474
Phone: 020 7923 1962
Email: zebina@hcvs.org.uk

Building resilience and wellbeing - a method to de-stress
2021-05-13 14:00 - 16:00
Building resilience and wellbeing – a method to de-stress
Take a nourishing afternoon out of your busy schedule to bring self-care into your life with our Wellbeing Resilience With the Alexander Technique workshop.
May 13. Book here

Sexual Health SIG Meeting
2021-05-18 11:00 - 12:30
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Please confirm your attendance by completing this registration, you will then be emailed the zoom login details.
If you are unable to login please contact shamima@hcvs.org.uk
Sexual Health SIG- Tuesday 18th May at 11am-12.30pm:
1. Welcomes and Introduction
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Updates from the group:
– How services have been operating in your organisation over the past year?
– Where are you now as an organisation?
– How is the future looking for your organisation?
4. Guest Speakers
5. Upcoming Events:
– VCS Assembly- 1st meeting on Emotional Health- 15th June , 12pm-2.30pm via zoom- further information to follow
6. Co-Chair of Sexual Health SIG
7. Date for the year 2021
8. Any Other Business

When
May 18th, 2021 11:00 AM through 12:30 PM

Writing a charitable fundraising application
2021-05-27 11:00 - 13:00
Writing a charitable fundraising application
Register Now – https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/register?id=855&reset=1
This introductory course to fundraising will help those who are new to fundraising and have little experience or confidence in writing fundraising applications. This training session will provide you with the basics in writing fundraising applications.
Course aims
This course aims to give participants the skills necessary to tackle small fund applications in line with their aims and desired charitable outcomes.
The course will cover
• Why we fundraise
• How to analyse and tackle a fundraising application
• How to research available funding
• Planning the application
• Presenting the desired outcome as a winner
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Records and budgeting
Learning outcomes
Participants will:
• Learn how to match funders to charitable work
• Understand how to assess the practicality and deliverability of the funders’ requirements
• Gain knowledge of how to complete the application form strategically
• Know how to monitor outcomes and report effectively
Register Now – https://crm.hcvs.org.uk/civicrm/event/register?id=855&reset=1
April 29th, 2021 11:00 AM through 1:00 PM
Zoom online “Training”
Phone: 020 7923 1962
Email: zebina@hcvs.org.uk

VCS Assembly Meeting
2021-06-15 12:00 - 14:30
We are excited to bring you the first VCS Assembly meeting which will take place on 15th June from 12:00 – 2:30 – please save the date and zoom details below.
Topic: VCS Assembly – 1st Meeting on Emotional Wellbeing
Time: Jun 15, 2021 12:00 -14:30
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81730523006?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 817 3052 3006 Passcode: [REDACTED]
To attend the meeting, please register here
What is the VCS Assembly? Is it new? I have not heard of it…
The short answer: It’s a zoom call getting the community and the health system together to see what we can do that will make the biggest difference
More detail: The VCS Assembly is a new quarterly meeting which will bring all the Hackney & City voluntary and community organisations and networks together to discuss how we can address and find solutions to the most important issues we face. The plan is to discuss what we know and what people think will make a difference if we work together better and have the resources to act.
What’s its purpose?
The short answer: Bringing everyone together so that great ideas from the grass roots can get heard and acted on.
More detail: the quarterly Assembly meetings will have four key objectives:

To bring together all voluntary and community organisations and networks to discuss the most important issues facing Hackney and the City.
To provide a forum to develop solutions and build consensus on an agreed set of actions to deliver the solutions.
Translating the solutions into business cases (as appropriate), to secure the support of the City & Hackney health and social care system.
To explore further opportunities to strengthen and reinforce joint working with public sector colleagues.

How can it actually make a difference?
Short answer: by shifting power and funding to the frontline organisations – so communities are leading the solutions
More detail: Ideally the things we agree on, and the actions we identify, will form business cases so that we can secure the support of the health and care system – the NHS, Council and other key players.
Many of you will know that since lockdown we have secured over £1m in grant investment from the Council’s Public Health department and the Clinical Commissioning Group so that local VCS organisations can support the roll out of test and trace, have funding to support their activities and, more recently, help communities and residents get the right information to make informed choices about taking the vaccine. We want to build on this approach to host Assembly meetings that further explore the issues and to establish what we can do if we work together with our public sector colleagues.
Why should I get involved?
Short and long answer: we need you! Its not going to work without everyone giving this a go… we will be learning as we go to ensure the meetings are inclusive for everyone and get results. The assembly is for everyone – whether you are a small community group focussed on one community or a large charity serving a wide number of people. Everyone’s voice is important!
Be prepared!
The first meeting in June will focus on ‘Emotional Wellbeing’ as it’s an issue that everyone has been impacted by in some way. Get thinking now – what can we all work on together that will make the greatest difference?
As background reading, please review the VCS Recovery & Resilience Strategy, which many of you helped us to pull together by inputting to focus groups and online conversations that we held. This document helps to set the scene for our forthcoming Assembly meeting by identifying what you think is important and what we can do together.

When is it? How do I join in?
We will be sending more details about the Assembly in the next few weeks so, for now, please hold the 15th June – 12 – 2.30 in your diaries. The event will be held on zoom and will be an inclusive format so everyone can be involved.

LGBTQ+ Meeting
2021-07-07 15:00 - 16:30
Register Now

Agenda is currently being drafted.

Zoom details will be emailed once registered.

When
July 7th, 2021 3:00 PM through 4:30 PM

FREE Neighbourhoods Equality, Racial and Cultural identity training
2021-07-08 09:30 - 12:30
Two- part: 8th July & 13 July. We are pleased to be working with Mabadiliko to offer this important FREE training opportunity to all 8 Hackney and City Neighbourhoods. A chance to open up thinking and support practical insight towards achieving greater equality in our work and relationship with others. 3 places are available to voluntary and community sector organisations per Neighbourhood (limited to one place per organisation) on a first come first served basis. You will need to be able to attend both workshops.
For more information and to register your interest click here
