Wandsworth Care Alliance

VCS Warm Spaces and Food Grant Fund

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The VCS Warm Spaces and Food Grant Fund is intended to support voluntary and community sector organisations in their work to help residents through the cost of living crisis.

It aims to boost the current offer of warm spaces where residents can keep warm and access other services and increasing opportunities for local communities to develop initiatives that link social activities to food with a particular focus on older, vulnerable adults who are at risk of isolation. In this context, ‘food’ means a healthy, nutritious, substantive meal e.g. breakfast, lunch or dinner.

If you are an individual seeking support, there is information on where to find help locally on the Wandsworth Cost of Living Hub.

Timescales

Due to the short timescales involved in funding and delivering provision, the funding is focused on projects that may be existing, to enable them to expand the current service offer or geographic reach. Other new projects will also be welcomed.

Services will need to mobilise quickly and have a clear exit strategy.

Applications can be received at any time from now, with the deadline being 5pm on Monday 5 December 2022.  We will aim to assess all applications within two weeks of them being received, subject to demand.

More information on the Council’s website: https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/volunteering/grants-for-the-community-and-voluntary-sector/warm-spaces-food-grant-fund/

Free Suicide Prevention Awareness Training

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Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster is offering a free Suicide Prevention Awareness session tailored to those working with children and young people in different settings across South West London (Merton, Sutton, Richmond, Kingston, Wandsworth and Croydon).

The session is aimed to increase confidence of professionals who work in various services providing support to children and young people, including local council services, different charities, youth centres and anyone involved in the care of young people. The session is about breaking stigma and taking away shame associated with suicide by encouraging conversation in those settings and challenging existing misconceptions about mental health and suicide. Our aim is to support individuals within the community to build meaningful networks, promote awareness around suicide and increase confidence to support those most at risk.
 
If you are interested and looking to attend, booking is now open for your organization/team/service. The session lasts for 1-1.5 hours and can take place either online or in-person. Our sessions are flexible and can accommodate large and small groups. To arrange a separate session for your team, please contact a Suicide Prevention Coordinator for Children and Young People, Ana Djurdjevic at adjurdjevic@bwwmind.org.uk
 
Please note that this session is not a comprehensive training, it is an awareness session delivered as part of a wider Suicide Prevention Project in South West London.

For more information on this project, please visit: https://www.swlondon.nhs.uk/ourwork/suicide-prevention/

Free2B – Have PRIDE in your work

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HAVE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK
LGBTQ+ Inclusivity –  a 90 minute beginners online course, aimed at organisations and services working with children and young people
 
Upcoming session dates:
Saturday 26th November 2022 | 10:00-11:30
Friday 9th December 2022 | 10:30-12:00 

To book please use the link below and then select the date you’d like to attend:

https://free2b.lgbt/training/#PRIDE

Wandsworth Older People’s Forum

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All organisations of or for older people are invited to send two representatives to a conference addressing some of the current problems facing older people in Wandsworth on Wednesday 16 November at 10.30 for 10.45 am at Anchor Church Centre, 273 Garratt Lane, SW18 4DU.

The Conference will be addressed by Cllr Simon Hogg, Leader of Wandsworth Council who will talk on some of the priorities of the Council for the next year or two.

There will also be speakers on the help available for people who are concerned how they will survive through the winter with the expected increase in energy costs.

After lunch there will be speakers from the new commissioners of NHS in Wandsworth.

There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion and a report will be prepared which will go to the Council and the new NHS Board.

https://www.wopf.org.uk/

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