Neighbourhood Doulas are delighted to be starting a new term of our Perinatal Hub — a fully-funded antenatal course open to all pregnant residents. These sessions are trauma-informed and inclusive, giving participants the knowledge and confidence to navigate pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

Neighbourhood Doulas are launching two free, community-led programmes this June.

Programme 1: Birth Education & Advocacy Classes

A fully-funded antenatal course open to all pregnant residents. These sessions are trauma-informed and inclusive, giving participants the knowledge and confidence to navigate pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

Digital training organisation Superhighways have released a new schedule of training dates, all catered towards the voluntary and charity sector.

Upcoming dates in June:

Easy email marketing with EmailOctopus - Wednesday 17 June 2026, 10am to 1pm

Microsoft Teams essentials for better collaboration - Wednesday 3 June 2026, 10am to 11:30am

📢 FREE ESOL COURSES – Improve Your English!

Provided by: Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice

For refugees and local residents

Build practical English skills for work and daily life:

Helping older Londoners stay steady, active and independent 

Falls can have a serious impact on confidence, independence and wellbeing - but they are not an inevitable part of ageing. 

Open Age’s Steady and Stable programme supports older people across Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent to improve balance, strength and confidence through specialist exercise classes designed to help prevent falls. 

Change4Life's new term of clubs are running, open to any child (with accompanying parent/carer), young person or expectant parent who lives, attends a state-funded school or children’s centre, or is registered with a GP in Kensington and Chelsea or Westminster.

Exciting meals can be quick, fun, easy and cheap to cook with Bags of Taste, FREE (ingredients included), flexible, home-based short courses.

Learn how to make delicious, healthy meals from all over the world whilst saving money. All you need is a kitchen and a phone.

Find out more and register here. 

Download the flyer here.
 

START is a flagship drama training programme for NEET young people aged 16-25, begins another term on Monday 1 June. REFERRALS ARE NOW OPEN! 

What is START?

🎭 A free creative training programme culminating in a performance on the Lyric Hammersmith’s Studio Theatre 

🍕  All lunches, refreshments, and travel costs will be provided 

📅 START takes place Monday to Thursday, 11am to 3.30pm, for 6 weeks, beginning on Monday 1 June

JOIN OUR FRIENDLY TEAM AND SUPPORT LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES!

Help Counselling Centre is a low-cost counselling charity who have been providing affordable counselling services for over 50 years. We operate across London providing online and face to face support with a particular focus on the tri-boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster.

We are recruiting a team of Community Outreach Volunteers to help raise awareness of our service at a local level and ensure those most in need can access support.

NHS Volunteering is a free platform from NHS England which helps people across England find and apply for volunteering roles in healthcare. The platform is quick and easy to use, and accessible for both recruiters and volunteers.

NHS organisations and charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises (VCSEs) can advertise volunteering roles on the platform. It extends your reach to a diverse pool of motivated volunteers actively seeking healthcare opportunities.

You can advertise your roles if: