We’re delighted to invite you to the NHS & H&F Community Health & Wellbeing Event on Saturday, 31 May 2025, at SEACC! Join us for a vibrant day of community connections, interactive workshops, engaging activities and informative stalls – all designed to bring people together, promote better health outcomes and build trust in healthcare.

6 Free walking tours for refugees living, working or studying in Waterloo & Southbank. Join Waterloo Community Counselling's FREE Summer Walking Group! In partnership with Lambeth Tour Guides Association, we’ll take you on fascinating guided walks to discover the stories behind the streets. Walk 1: ‘Secret Gardens & Safe Places of Waterloo’ delivered by Nikky Catto on Wednesday 7th May, 10:30am-2pm.

Age UK Westminster is launching a new project to better support older residents in our community - and we want to hear from local older people! We are inviting residents to join our Westminster Residents Feedback Forum, where they’ll have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the challenges and gaps in services for older adults. Insights will help shape real solutions that make a difference.

With a spacious, flexible event area, a dedicated meeting room, The Hub offers flexibility for a wide range of uses—whether you’re hosting workshops, meetings, or presentations. Our facilities include a fully-equipped kitchen, screens, and state-of-the-art presentation equipment to ensure your event runs smoothly. This space is free of charge for Westminster charities.

his programme is for small local charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity. Under this programme we will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000.

New antibody therapies could offer alternative to current treatments. Researchers led by Imperial have unveiled primary trial results that show encouraging advances in HIV treatment driven by immune-based therapies.

With sadness, we must inform you that Healthcare Central London Ltd are decommissioning their social prescribing contract with One Westminster. The service is due to cease on 30th April 2025 after delivering 5 years of excellent connection and support to thousands of GP patients throughout Westminster.

Please see the latest newsletter from Young Westminster Foundation with several training, job and funding opportunities including: London Catalyst Project Grants; Active Westminster Project Funding; Greener Futures Fund; and Sports England Movement Fund.

The Breast Cancer Now Train the Trainer (TtT) pilot is a free breast health promotion training course that trains local community-based health care professionals, health promotion workers and community workers to promote breast awareness, screening, and risk reduction messages in their local communities.

London Inspire Programme and CAHN will host the 2nd annual Black Health Inequalities Summit on Wednesday 26 March at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. This summit will feature leading voices from the Black Caribbean and African communities, healthcare professionals, community leaders, researchers, and individuals with lived experiences. Opportunities are available to showcase your work, research and programmes focused on tackling health inequalities and improving the health and wellbeing among the Black community.

Please see this list of upcoming events from London Sport's Welfare team including Welfare Officer Drop-in sessions; Gambling Awareness workshop on the 3rd March; National Bystander Awareness Day training; A Trauma informed approach to exercise provision CPD training.

The Culture and Community Grants programme invites arts organisations, community groups and schools to apply for funding to widen participation in Westminster’s extraordinarily vibrant cultural offer, thereby helping the council deliver its Fairer Westminster Strategy. This opportunity encourages local creatives and cultural organisations to deliver wellbeing and engagement projects in partnership with local residents.

Westway Trust have an indoor space located beside their main office, 2 Thorpe Close, available for local community organisations to host meetings with preference given to their member organisations.

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) has released a new statement saying that it will not reject applications from charities that have used AI tools. Recognising the value in tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Claude to save time and improve accessibility, NLCF have reassuringly said “you can use AI tools to help write your funding application. We will not reject an application just because AI was used.” Although AI applications will be considered, they have recommended to charities to make sure they personalise their applications and avoid using AI-suggested budgets without reviewing them.

This Valentine's day on the 14th February the Mayor of London launched a new campaign that many of you are now familiar with. Loved and Wanted sends a strong message that all Londoners are respected and valued in this city – a sentiment we know you already promote through your incredible work, and often during Londoners’ most vulnerable moments.

A Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership represents the service user voice in NHS maternity and neonatal services. Here at Chelsea and Westminster MNVP, we cover both West Middlesex University Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals. Have you given birth or used the maternity services in either of our hospitals over the last 2 years? We would love to speak to you. Only by hearing your experiences can we ensure positive changes are made to make maternity and neonatal services better for all.

The K&C Fraud newsletter contains information and figures of fraud cases in the borough including useful information about how to protect yourself against fraud crimes.

Celebrating 50 years of outreach at Imperial, the latest instalment from the Outreach at 50 special interview series explores how access to opportunities, guidance, and hands-on learning helps young people shape their futures, break down barriers and unlock their potential.

This spring, NHS North West London is engaging with residents, health and care professionals, community groups and stakeholders to develop a new strategy for planned care. Planned care refers to a non-emergency health care, such as hospital outpatient appointments or planned surgery.

Please see the latest Newsletter from NHS Health and Social Care Skills Academy Stakeholder newsletter with information about the NHS Masterclass at City of Westminster College promoting NHS careers to 16-18 year olds; information about the Displaced International Social Care Worker Project; NWL Midwifery OSCE Training Programme; WorkWell programme; and Upcoming CPD dates.

Kelly Gleason, Lead Nurse at Cancer Research UK and the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Surgery and Cancer Public Involvement Theme Lead and Evie Wren, PhD student and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) describe 'the journey of research from bench to bedside". 'Bench' refers to laboratory research where scientists develop new medications or gain a better understanding of diseases. Kelly and Evie explain the process by which lab research reaches and benefits patients.

See the latest funding opportunities and news from London Community Foundation including information about: Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund, Greener Futures Fund, The Hedley Foundation, Active Lives (Peter Harrison Foundation), Trust for London, Windrush Justice Programme, Percy Bilton Charity, YAPP Charitable Trust, Skipton Charitable Trust, Children in Need Core Cost grants, and more

This is a follow-up on the community projects that One Westminster have been advertising to Westminster Responsible Businesses this winter. Please let One Westminster know if you have received business support so far, or if these projects are still in need, then we can update and re-advertise them. Furthermore if you have other charity requests for corporate support for upcoming months, just get in touch. We can promote these in the Spring edition of the Community Investment bulletin, which goes out to hundreds of businesses in Westminster Council’s Responsible Business Network.

Please see the latest newsletter from Young Westminster Foundation with several training, job and funding opportunities including: How to talk to young people about sex and relationships; Young K&C Foundation are growing their team; Building the boundaries masterclass; Community Contribution Fund; Ward budget funding; Harley Street Community Fund; and more.

PAPYRUS are offering two fully funded suicide prevention trainings: SPOT - for people in hair/beauty and hospitality industries in North West London and South West London; and SPEAK - for anybody in NWL - popular for those with safeguarding responsibilities.

Welcome to the January 2025 London Resilience Update. Happy Lunar New Year to all East and Southeast Asian communities celebrating! In this update you’ll find information on: Winter Preparedness Resources ; The N10 Gas Outage Response; The Mayor’s Loved and Wanted Campaign; British Red Cross’ Flood Risk Report; The Met Office Training; and Great Mental Health Day 2025.

We’re excited to announce that North East London Cancer Alliance and The Eve Appeal charity launched the ‘You Need To Know’ ovarian cancer awareness campaign this week at Tila Nails salon in Hackney. Do check out our campaign video here and various news links to find out more.

Please see details of a range of Learning Sessions being offered by the Safeguarding Children's Board over 2025. They include FGM in the Middle East and North Africa, Parental Substance Use and the Impact on Children, and, Safer Recruitment Refresher.

The K&C Fraud newsletter contains information and figures of fraud cases in the borough including useful information about how to protect yourself against fraud crimes.

An opportunity is arriving on the canal by Meanwhile Gardens in Golborne in the last week of February to run a 90-min workshop or workshops for up to 10 people on a visiting community canal boat. Workshops could be for a closed group you already have in mind, or advertised for public access. The focus of the week is on arts, education and health/wellbeing.

Young Westminster Foundation is pleased to announce that 32 grants totalling £419,139 have been awarded to youth organisations across Westminster in the sixth round of the Westminster Brighter Futures Fund. This investment will provide invaluable support for Westminster’s young people and their families over the coming 12 months. The Fund has become a vital lifeline for many organisations in Westminster who experience great demand for their services against a backdrop of financial uncertainty.

Please see the latest newsletter from Young Westminster Foundation with several training, job and funding opportunities including: YOUNG WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION Helping Hands Community Fund 2025 (Deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025); MAKE IT BIG WITH PATHWAY FUND - ROUND 2 (Deadline: Tuesday, 14 January 2025); LONDON MUSIC FUND Amplify London (Deadline: Monday, 20 January 2025); COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION FUND - City of Westminster Charitable Trust (Deadline: Thursday, 13 February 2025).

Please find the latest Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) newsletter via the link provided. This edition of the newsletter highlights very interesting updates, including: New AI Model Pinpointing Stroke Timing; Imperial's Science in Medicine School Prize 2024; NIHR Awards Over £1m to Imperial BRC for Vital Research Equipment…and much more!

Please see the following updates and information from NHS North West London including Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) strategy; Specialist palliative care consultation; Integrated Neighbourhood Teams; and Summary notes from the resident's forum.

See the latest funding opportunities and news from London Community Foundation including information about: Lambeth Mental Health Inequalities Fund; Pathways to Economic Opportunities: Recommendations for community organisations; Disbility inclusion on charity boards: Peer support session event for trustees; and usual list of currently open funding opportunities.

The winner of the NIHR Imperial BRC Public Involvement in Research Competition 2024 was announced early this month. The project titled, "Addressing ethnic inequities in maternity care for Black, African, Caribbean, and mixed-Black families through co-production within the North West London integrated care system", won the competition.

The K&C Fraud newsletter contains information and figures of fraud cases in the borough including useful information about how to protect yourself against fraud crimes.

It can be challenging to know where to start with investments. We have developed a useful, free guide as a starting point to help simplify the complex world of investing. Download the guide for expert insight, including: A clear summary of different investment types and the associated risks; How you can prepare your trustees to make the right investment decision; An introduction to sustainable investing.

The Prevent Awareness Workshop is a 1.5 hours training session that runs monthly for internal and external staff on the following: Prevent and CONTEST; Extremism, Radicalisation, Terrorism; Risk indicators of radicalisation – how to identify individuals who are susceptible; Local safeguarding and referral mechanisms and people to contact for further help and advice; and, Latest extremism and radicalisation risks/ The national threat picture.

On the 2nd December the London Resilience Unit launched their new report Building Resilient Communities: The Case for Social Cohesion. The report was produced by Protection Approaches with input from over 100 submissions in our call for evidence on good practice on social cohesion and community resilience.

As part of the ActiveWestminster Skills & Training programme, Westminster City Council’s Sport Leisure & Active Communities Team is providing a bursary scheme available through a rolling application process throughout the year. he bursary is designed to help support and develop people either currently working or volunteering within a charitable organisation or within the Voluntary sector or is looking to develop themselves with a view to supporting the Voluntary Sector in Westminster by enhancing their skills and qualifications.

Every charity is susceptible to fraud but there is so much you can do to help keep your organisation safe. Today (25.11.2024) marks the start of Charity Fraud Awareness Week. We are joining the effort to raise awareness and share best practices for preventing fraud and cybercrime. Please see the following top tips and useful resources.

Please see the following animations (one for residents and one professionals) that talk about Long covid (also known as post covid) and available services, the common symptoms and what you can do to get help and support.

As of September 2nd NHS North West London completed its organisation restructure. One of the consequences of this has been a slight change in the boroughs that our engagement team support. My name is James Connell and I am now the Senior Involvement Manager for Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hounslow.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been chosen as one of the pilot sites for the rollout of Martha's Rule, an NHS England, nationwide initiative. We are proud to launch this service as part of our work to create a patient-centred safety culture that amplifies patients' voices. As of Monday 30 September, our 24/7 patient care escalation phone line is be open to inpatients receiving care at both Chelsea and Westminster and West Middlesex University Hospitals, as well as their relatives and carers who may be concerned about their clinical condition.

The Westminster City Council website now has a translate button at the top which gives translation of all pages in 20 languages. The translation is through google translate - so it is not going to be perfect, but it may help with sharing information with a resident who doesn't speak English. Also they would be keen to have some feedback about whether people find it useful or not, and anything that could be improved.

Please see the following Support and Resources document in the event that individuals evacuate from Lebanon to the UK. Information enclosed includes: Mental Health Support (Adult) and Mental Health Support (Children), Organisational/Practioner Support, Immigration Advice, and Communications,

The NHS bowel cancer screening 'Helping you Decide' leaflet has now been translated now into 30 languages. Please see the link for where you can download the leaflets.

The BME Health Forum was commissioned by Rethink and the NHS to work in collaboration with four BME grassroot organisations to conduct a survey regarding suicide prevention and mental health with one hundred residents. The survey was conducted during October 2023-March 2024. You can now read the final report of the survey findings which is also available to download from our website.

The Mayor, London Assembly, GLA website have recently added content around finding quality immigration advice on the Migrant Londoners Hub. Information includes when you should seek advice, how immigration advice can help you, how to find an immigration lawyer and whether you will need to pay or not. There is also Google translate function at the bottom of the page.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust recently published a set of resources for patients waiting for an appointment or surgery at the hospital. On the Imperial College website, there are now pages on: Waiting for an appointment, surgery or treatment; Staying well while you wait; and Frequently asked questions.

It is recognised that in many cases a number of callers to emergency services may not have English as their first language. In such instances, a third party language translation service may be used to assist the EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatcher) in taking the details of the call (at the point of the 999 or 111 call) . [This is done by conferencing in the interpreter once the language required is confirmed].

Please take a look at the following 10 short animated films aimed at promoting awareness about prostate cancer. These animated films were made by Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Hospital Foundation Trust in partnership with Year 2 University of London Art Students at the London College of Communications in Elephant and Castle.

Please see a collection of resources to support patients in using NHS App and Patchs tool. You will also find some useful manuals and information leaflets about ordering repeat prescriptions, using PKB (Patients Know Best) website and other useful digital inclusion and NHS online services support.

This Strategy has been developed over a period of months through a collaborative process with the voluntary and community sector and colleagues from across the statutory sector/NHS. It presents a number of case studies from the VCS that illustrate its main goals and offers a set of clear recommended actions.

Please see the Westminster City Council landing page for all upcoming council grant funding opportunities for the VCS.