In this months newsletter, it’s the final chance to nominate your volunteer’s for the Mayor of London’s Volunteering awards. Can you assist HEAR with their 7 Deadly Sins of Digital Exclusion project? Plus Superhighways is launching a new data literacy and digital skills partnership, could your small charity benefit from this?
Mayor of London’s Volunteering Awards
The annual Mayor of London’s Volunteering Awards celebrate the individuals, teams and corporate volunteers who are making outstanding contributions to their communities. Awards are presented across a range of categories and are awarded to both individuals and groups of volunteers. Find out more about how you can nominate those volunteers who always go above and beyond and deserve a special recognition. The closing date for nominations is midday on Friday 26 July 2019.
Latest from London Plus
What can the survey of Londoners tell us about Volunteering and civic participation in the capital?
The Greater London Authority has recently published the Survey of Londoners results. We’ve highlighted some key findings most relevant to London’s civil society and volunteering sector.
CommUNITY Barnet: Bringing Communities together
In our latest case study CommUNITY Barnet explain the challenges and learning from their Nowruz Spring Festival. A community event developed in partnership with local charities to build a stronger relationship with the Farsi speaking community in Barnet.
London Good Work Commission releases interim findings
Over the past four months, the London Good Work Commission has been investigating the extent and nature of both poverty and bad work in London. Our research and findings show a capital that is shamed by vast and chronic levels of poverty. In fact, we have the highest levels in the country, with 28% of people (2.4 million), currently languishing in poverty. That shockingly includes 700,000 children. The interim findings are available on our website. And if you’re a bit of short for time, here’s a quick read blog.
Sector News
7 Deadly Sins of Digital Exclusion – input and examples needed
HEAR is working with members to improve understanding of Digital Exclusion experienced by Londoners. As part of this work they are developing a document, the 7 Deadly Sins of Digital Exclusion which also includes some examples of how to overcome barriers to digital inclusion. Read their blog and get in touch with them with your thoughts.
London Refugee & Migrant Civil Society Data Project
We ran a session about open data with Hannah Goulding from the GLA at an event organised by Superhighways, Datakind and Rita Chadha. You can read about the day and their Refugee and Migrant data project in this blog.
Data literacy and digital skills partnership
Superhighways is launching a new data literacy and digital skills partnership to help small charities and community organisations tackle the tough issues that Londoners face – see full press release here. The two-year programme will offer training, advice and practical support to help small charities develop data and digital skills they need to deliver the best possible activities and outcomes for local people.
Useful Tools
Digital Leadership Toolkit
Superhighways has developed a Conversation Starter Pack that can help small charity leaders talk about their strategic use of digital. It can help you think think through your responsibilities, areas for skills development and consider future actions. You can read about it and download the pack on their website.
Apomatix
Apomatix is a cybersecurity and compliance platform for small businesses and charities. Designed by cybersecurity experts their platform allows users to easily identify, quantify, understand and then fix their security issues, in line with cybersecurity and compliance standards. If you would like to know more about Apomatix, please visit their website. If you’d like a demo of the platform, please contact Matt from our Customer Success Team: matt@apomatix.com
Changemaker Jobs
Are you looking for platforms to promote your job vacancies? You can post your vacancy on Changemaker jobs for free. There is £60 (including VAT) ‘success fee’ when the job is filled via their platform – think ‘no win-no fee’. You can find out more information on their website.
