Announcements

RBKC's Lancaster West Neighbourhood Team is excited to offer a new opportunity through RBKC’s Green Skills Academy: the Level 3 Energy Awareness Course. Funded by RBKC and provided by National Energy Action (NEA), this course is perfect for anyone looking to make a real difference in the community.

Whether you’re working in a community-facing role within a local organisation or an RBKC resident eager to improve energy efficiency, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to provide energy-saving advice to households.

Fundraising Magazine and Charity Finance want to find out how happy charities are with their CRM packages and what they need to be able to do with their data.

By completing the questionnaire you will be put in the running to win a £100 John Lewis voucher. Do feel free to ask colleagues for input if they are better placed to answer certain questions.

Your information will be reported on an aggregated, non-attributable basis, so please be assured you may answer candidly and in confidence.

The deadline to complete the questionnaire is Friday 21 March.

Come and speak to an expert in harmful practices at RBKC Local Safeguarding Children Partnership's twice monthly online drop-in sessions.

In response to feedback at the recent Harmful Practices Conference, the Harmful Practices Operational Group (HPOG) are excited to launch twice-monthly drop-in sessions for all professionals working in the Bi-borough and H&F. These sessions offer a safe, judgment-free space to discuss cases, ask questions, and build confidence in identifying and responding to harmful practices.

This network supports care-experienced NHS staff of all ages.

Peer support plays a vital role in boosting well-being and connecting with others who have similar experiences can help build self-esteem, confidence, and lasting friendships.

This peer support group connects NHS staff with care experience to celebrate achievements and foster support.

Allies, including non-care-experienced colleagues who wish to support care leavers, are also welcome. It's important that past experiences won’t affect your future within the NHS.

The Young K&C Achievement Awards, taking place on 19 June 2025, are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements made by voluntary and community organisations and people working with children and young people across Kensington and Chelsea.

Nominations are now open to all current Young K&C members, to put forward nominations that showcase the incredible standard of service provided to children and young people across Kensington and Chelsea.

Do With is a network of people and organisations calling for a radical shift in the public sector from ‘doing to’ to ‘doing with’.

Aims include: 

Woman's Trust, an organisation dedicated to providing resources and improving mental heath responses for survivors of domestic abuse, have published Living Without Hope. This report looks into the startling lack of mental health support for survivors and the rates at which the consequences of this are being felt.

There is information on the services currently available, as well as the gaps that are highlighted in support for survivors.

The report also provides a model for therapeutic-care to improve outcomes for survivors and alleviate pressures on the NHS.

A new programme of support has been launched for the next four years for the immediate community near Grenfell Tower. 

The support is specifically for residents who live within 500m of the Tower, or moved out since the tragedy.

RBKC are looking for local residents to become part of a Citizen's Panel, which help guide the council and give a resident's view. The panel is broadly representative of people who live in the borough.

Participants will join discussions and meet other local people, and through surveys and focus groups, have the opportunity to influence council decisions.

You don't need any experience to take part. Find out more here.
 

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), in partnership with National Voices and the Point of Care Foundation, has developed a self-assessment and improvement framework.

The aim of the framework is to support integrated care systems (ICSs) to improve how they tackle health inequalities through honest conversations, gathering insights and developing practical actions through engagement linked to people and community strategies. The project was supported by funding from the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF).