Women's History Month 1-31 March
International Women's Day 8th March
#IWD2020 #EachforEqual

March is Women's History Month, Time to Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias and Take action for equality.

Check out some of the events across Tower Hamlets, music, exhibitions, theatre, workshops for all ages and tastes, Join the celebration!

Thu, 25th June 10:00 -12:00
Professional Development Centre (Rm 101)
229 Bethnal Green Rd
London, E2 6AB

The next quarters Health and Wellbeing forum has an exciting agenda on personalisation. You will find out how the voluntary sector is working with people across the borough, explore how you can get involved with the work in the Local Authority and CCG supporting the personalisation agenda, get an update on commissioning and network to strengthen your organisations offer.

Here is a short video that explains what personalisation is.

NCVO Personalisation

Tuesday 10th March at Granby Hall
Saturday 21st March at THCVS
Thursday 26th March Venue TBC

Tower Hamlets Council is working with the VCS to develop a new Voluntary and Community Sector Strategy with the support of Tower Hamlets Homes and Tower Hamlets Together.

The new VCS Strategy builds on foundations established in the current VCS Strategy 2016-2019, but defines a new set of ambitions for how the Voluntary and Community Sector works with Partners across the Tower Hamlets Partnership to deliver the Tower Hamlets Partnership Plan and Outcomes Framework.

The Integrated Early Years Service’s (IEYS) Parenting and Adult Education team work closely with all Children’s Centres, local schools, community centres and private, voluntary and independent settings (PVIs) to support, plan and coordinate courses and programmes for families with children pre-birth – 11 years old, focussed on parenting, adult learning, ESOL and much more.

If you want to apply or to know more about the courses and programmes please email Zubair Ahmed

Charity Digital is a charity established in 2001 to help other charities accelerate their missions using digital technology.

With the recent Coronavirus outbreak we will see an increase in the amount of people working remotely.

In this article Charity Digital explores how it will impact charity operations in the years to come.

The traditional paper redbook, given to parents following the birth of their child has been upgraded and has now gone digital and is available alternatively. Now known as an eRedbook, parents can access and store antenatal information, their child’s key health and development milestones as well as any identified health and care issues, via a couple of clicks.

Plase visit GP care Group website for info and how to register and start using this tool.

Between £3,000 and £10,000
Deadline: Thursday 21st May 2020

The fund is aimed at innovative partnerships between health and community organisations with projects that can improve the care and well-being of people facing barriers to health.

Between £1,000 and £10,000
Deadline: Ongoing

Grants Avaiable for up to 3 years for:
-Greening and growing projects which bring communities together and improve the local environment.
-A project which enables disabled people and/or older people who are disadvantaged to actively participate in the arts, sports and health and well-being opportunities.

Small Grants: between £5,000 and £20,000
Major Grants: between £50,001 and £250,000
Deadline: 11th March (runs

London Marathon Charitable Trust offers grants for community projects in London and/or Surrey which aim to help improve existing amenities or to build new facilities that will enable organisations to encourage and support all members of the local community to become and remain physically active.

2 to 8 March 2020

Eating Disorders Awareness week is an international awareness event, fighting the myths and misunderstandings  that surround eating disorders. Awareness is raised to spotlight the impact eating disorders can have on an individual and highlight what individuals, colleagues and employers can do to support someone’s recovery. 

4 -10 March 2020

Many people now know that eating too much salt is bad for their health and are actively looking to cut down. However, 75% of the salt we eat comes from salt added to food by the food industry – we might want to #EatLessSalt but we need some help to do so!

11 March 2020

No smoking day is to encourage and support smokers to quit the habit.

On the 11th March join the No Smoking Day launch outside Whitechapel Underground Station (10am – 2pm) for free friendly advice from the team as well as a few goody bags for you to take away. The campaign will be launched and supported by Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs.

For more events and drop in sessions in Tower Hamlets please check their website.

13 March 2020

World sleep day  promotes important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. The aim is to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders. 

16 to 22 March 2020

This global movement aims to focus on nutrition and hydration as an important part of quality care, experience and safety improvement in health and social care settings. 

90% of the world’s population will suffer from oral diseases in their lifetime and many of them can be avoided with increased governmental, health association and society support and funding for prevention, detection and treatment programmes. 

World Oral Health Day offers the dental and oral health community a platform to take action and help reduce the overall disease burden. 

From last November a series of workshops have been led by Gemma Cossins from LBTH involving voluntary and community groups to gather feedback for the new VCS Strategy 2020-2023.

Notes have been taken from the following VCS Strategy Development Workshops: 

-Co-design Event: Nov 27th
-Training Employment and Enterprise Forum (TEEF):  Dec 5th
-Coproduction Network: Dec 10th

You can read the findings on our website and give your feedback on the proposed themes.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets is running this survey to map the EU investment in the borough.

This will provide a clearer picture of what delivery may be affected and which areas or resident groups will be most affected.

LBTH shall use this information to explore alternative funding streams and lobby government for replacement funding under the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

This survey is aimed at organisation who hold funding contracts with the EU, the data will be used anonymously to analyse the impact of EU funding across the borough.

The Charity Digital Skills Report is the annual barometer of the sector's use of technology.

The survey is run by Skills Platform and Zoe Amar Digital and supported by The Catalyst, a partnership that aims to improve how charities can use digital to halp tackle social and enviromental issues.

In this year's edition they are exploring new issues as digital ethics, funding for digital and service design.

Read the 2019 report

Tue, 17th March 2020 10:00 – 13:00
The Green House | Ethical Property
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA

Learn how to report on your financial activities. Using best practice guidance, this session will help you understand the value of financial management and help you set up 3 basic financial management templates to get you going.

Application deadline: 5pm Thursday 26th March 2020

Are you passionate about person centred care? Do you want to help empower others to promote positive population health outcomes? Are you a skilled facilitator? Why not apply to become a licensed ‘Coaching for Health and Wellbeing’ Trainer!

Tue, 21 April 10:00 – 14:00
The Green House | Ethical Property
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA

Keen to ensure that your organisation is doing all it can to be protected against cyber-attack?

This training has been tailored by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA),

17th & 18th March 9am – 3pm
Brady Arts Centre
192-196 Hanbury St,
London E1 5HU

Social Action for Health is running a befriending project in Tower Hamlets to support people living with long term health conditions.

For more details, contact Nimo: nimom@safh.org.uk 020 8510 1970

Check eventbrite for available dates
Bernie Cameron Community Centre
32 Merchant Street
Bow E3 4LX

You can expect to learn the essential ingredients of Quality Improvement (QI), from theory to testing changes in your daily work. This training is essential for teams and individuals who want to get started on their QI journey, or who need a refresh of their skills.

Sat, 14 March 13:00 – 17:00
Limborough Green Hub
Thomas Road
London E14 7AW

Tools are so useful! Join Wen for this fun, friendly and practical workshop building confidence using power tools. No experience necessary. This workshop is for women and non-binary people.

Second Wednesday of every month
14:00-16:00
Museum of London Docklands
West India Quay
London E14 4AL

Singing for the Brain is a local singing group for people with Dementia. Join to sing and have fun in a relaxed enviroment.

For more info contact Fahima Khatun  0203 713 3161

Tue, 17 March 19:00 – 21:00
Bethnal Green Library
Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 0HL

‘Ask the Mayor’ events are question and answer sessions held throughout the year that allow residents of Tower Hamlets to raise the issues that matter to them directly with the mayor.

Wed, March 25 11:00 AM – 12:30
Oxford House in Bethnal Green
Derbyshire Street
London E2 6HG

Interested in volunteering?

Join Oxford House Volunteering Open Day where they'll tel you more about opportunities volunteer in the cafe, community development, gardening and event support staff.

Please email me if you would like to have anything included in the bulletin. Alison.robert@thcvs.org.uk or give me a call on the main office number 0203 559 6696