BATCA is delighted to announce the launch of the BATCA Community Awards 2023.  The aim of the Awards is to recognise the volunteers who do amazing work to serve our community and its people. They are a much cherished part of local life. Please give the Awards your support. MAKE YOUR NOMINATION HERE  https://forms.gle/7vKBk25Gjps53v5v5  Closing […]

Join the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and Martin Lewis CBE on Thursday 2 February for a discussion on the cost of living crisis and tips to help manage it.   Organisations such as Citizens Advice and Energy Saving Trust will host stalls to provide information and support with things like unclaimed benefits, debt, energy efficiency and […]

Free training for people who work in the Night Time Economy as part of the council’s Safer Streets campaign. This can include anything from licensed premises like bars/clubs/restaurants to theatres, gyms (many open 24 hours a day) or evening services/groups.  The aim of the training is to help women especially feel safer when out at […]

YoungMinds has a range of information, advice as well as resources including things like wellbeing activities, toolkits and webinars to help you support the young people in your lives.  YoungMinds has a new set of online community support resources and discounted webinars and training courses: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

Towards the end of 2022, we were delighted to announce that the Vision for Volunteering partnership had received £600,000 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to take the project forwards. Now, we’re looking ahead to this year and beyond. This blog post explores the Vision’s story, and what we want to achieve going […]