Equally Ours
are offering free strategic communication training If you’re a communicator or campaigner working on poverty and inequality, this training is for you. These workshops are particularly aimed at small voluntary sector organisations (VSOs) working in London, and those with lived experience of poverty or inequality are particularly encouraged to attend. Run over two half days, dates are as follows; Workshop 1: 30 March and 1 April Workshop 2: 27 and 29 April Workshop 3: 11 and 13 May Workshop 4: 22 and 24 June
Maternity Action
are running a free webinar, Access to Primary Healthcare for migrant women with NRPF who are pregnant or new mothers. Thursday the 18th March from 10- 11am.
Clinks
are running an online event on service user involvement during Covid-19 2pm-3:30pm, 17th March for those working with people affected by the criminal justice system. Hearing from voluntary sector organisations who have used innovative ways to adapt their service user involvement during Covid-19. As well as their successes, they’ll be talking about the barriers and challenges they’ve faced. To access this you will have to join Clinks but they are happy for 4in10 members to do so and it is free.
Children and Young People’s Coalition
are running a free webinar on Inequalities and children and young people’s mental health, 10th March: 12pm to 1.15pm
Small Charities Coalition
have launched a new mentoring service for organisations looking for peer to peer support. They also run events all year to support smaller organisations including governance issues, finance support and events in community languages on setting up a charity.
Bromley By Bow Centre the Working Well Trust and the Work Rights Centre
have joined forces to run a free webinar on employment and employability in Tower Hamlets. 4th March from 1-2pm.
Digital Candle
is a free service matching voluntary organisations up with a volunteer expert for an hour of free digital advice. Submit your question and within 48 hours you will receive an email matching you with an appropriate expert, who will provide advice and possible signposting on to additional support resources. No question is too broad or too niche; whatever you need to know, they will find someone who can help.
Lime Bikes
are offering all London key workers – from NHS and emergency service staff to carers, teachers and supermarket staff unlimited free Lime e-bike rides to help commuting in a safe and socially distanced way during lockdown.
Expert Link
are recruiting a panel of people with lived experience of disadvantage and the benefit system to develop a strategy for long and short-term policy change, and lead monthly online forum with local and national influencers such as DWP Partnership Managers, national charities and Government officials. They are running a 2 part training session for anyone interested on Thursday 25th February (2-4pm) and Thursday 4th March (2-4pm).
Made of Money
the financial wellbeing project part of Quaker Social Action is running a series of FREE short webinars on reducing energy costs, best deals for broadband and online safety for Tower Hamlets, Hackney & Newham residents. 1st, 3rd and 4th March. Booking essential.