As part of their annual quality assurance activity, please find the Safeguarding Adults Partnership Audit Tool (SAPAT) Survey 2025/26 which is being shared to all partners. Your responses are essential in helping them understand what is working well, where challenges remain, and how they can continue to improve safeguarding practice across the partnership.

London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP) have launched a new Community Resilience Capabilities Project, with funding of up to £1,500. The successful organisations will receive a full‑day Train‑the‑Trainer workshop, practical tools to run a local emergency exercise, guidance to help organisations understand local risks, and up to £1,500. In return, LCEP are ask participating organisations to commit to attending the training, delivering a local emergency exercise and follow up activity, and share learning with us to help strengthen community‑led resilience across London.

Are you looking for a role where you can use your fundraising skills to make a real difference in London’s communities? Join Link UP London in 2026 and be part of a growing team driving positive change across the charity sector through skilled volunteering. This role will focus on strengthening their Trusts and Foundations income and shaping a clear, effective Major Donor approach.

Please read through the following letter from the Leader of RBKC Council, Cllr Elizabeth Campbell, providing an important update on the Council’s financial position and the implications of the Government’s recent Funding Settlement. They want to ensure the VCS receive this information directly, given the vital role you play in supporting our communities.

Do you need help and advice to make a positive change in your life? Are you struggling emotionally, and need practical support? The Abbey Centre now offers personalised information, advice and support for residents, who might be facing a range of challenges, or who just need a friendly person to talk to. Through our range of services, as well as our network of partner organisations, we can help with employment advice, affordable food, referrals for advice on debt and housing, health and wellbeing, emotional support, physical and social activities, and more.

Healthwatch Westminster and Healthwatch RBKC are working with voluntary, community, and faith organisations to develop a Bi-Borough VCS Mental Health Strategy for Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. Mental health affects us all, but many people still face barriers to getting the right support. We want to strengthen community-led mental health services, improve access, and influence the NHS and local councils to invest in what truly matters to local people. Have Your Say! We invite residents, community members, and people with lived experience to share their perspectives through our survey. Your feedback will help identify gaps, remove barriers, and guide practical actions that can make a real difference to mental health support locally

Inside Joke is a supportive space where women can build confidence, connection and emotional wellbeing through humour and creative expression. WCC culture microgrants are funding this free comedy course offering weekly daytime workshops for all adults identifying as female and non binary. The course will aim to empower women to build towards a three to five minute stand up comedy routine culminating at a friends and family showing in the Elgar Room at The Royal Albert Hall.

Please have a look through a list of all SAFE by CST's upcoming webinars from February through to April on: School security; Events security; A practical walk through Martyn’s Law; Women’s Safety; Lone Actors (the threat of mixed, unstable and unknown ideologies); Myth Busting Martyn’s Law (answers to the 10 most common questions; The Big Lie (Disinformation in the 21st century); Nihilistic Subcultures (Violence for the sake of violence – how to spot the signs); and more.

The Mosaic Community Trust and its collaborative partners (Women's Health Research Centre, Imperial College London, North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Tommy's National Centre for Preterm Birth Research) are pleased to invite you to our dissemination and learning event on Tuesday 27th January. You will get to hear the experiences of local mothers who took part in a series of workshops over 12 months period, aimed at: Health Literacy; Genomics & Research; Equitable access to health information, genomics testing and research; and Improving health outcomes in an inclusive and equitable manner.

The London Boroughs Faiths Network (LBFN) hosts renowned Community Resilience Training courses on a regular basis, but are there any other training programmes you would like LBFN to run? Some future training programmes could include: How to be a volunteer responder to local emergencies; Psychosocial support for people impacted by emergencies; Active bystander training; How to complete a Community Emergency Plan. Please fill out our resilience training survey. Have your say on what our future training looks like!

This free, open development programme is designed to support diverse-led creative and cultural organisations by offering online sessions on improving skills, knowledge and confidence on topics such as business development, governance, finances and fundraising. It also includes peer networking and mentoring opportunities. Arts Council England has teamed up with Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy to run the Diversity Development Programme from January to October 2026.

Please read through this important update from MEWSo regarding the current situation in Iran and of the support they can provide during this emergency. They offer culturally sensitive advice, group counselling and coaching across London, with a particular focus on Westminster, Islington, and Hackney. Their Farsi-speaking advisors and counsellors are from Iran and have a deep understanding of the current situation, enabling them to provide informed and compassionate support.

See the latest funding opportunities and news from London Community Foundation including information about: The London Community Foundation (LCF) survey to inform strategic plan (DEADLINE 09.01); New applications portal; Resources list; Funding including: Lambeth Wellbeing Fund; Deptford Challenge Trust Open Programme; Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund; Lambeth Community Fund; Mayor of London Green Roots Fund; and more.

The Good Space Collective in collaboration with Waltham Forest VCS, we are delivering a three-part workshop series designed specifically to support Black women living with diabetes who are navigating menopause—a group whose needs are often overlooked within mainstream health provision. This three-part workshop series is designed to be taken as a complete programme, guiding you step-by-step through understanding menopause and diabetes, nourishing your body, and managing stress with culturally grounded tools.

Please find translated copies of the latest information leaflet about the cyber attack affecting RBKC council in six languages for residents, and for staff if that would be helpful in their everyday engagement with residents. Hard copies of the information will have been delivered to some community centres as well.