Sistren Legal Collective is a community of lawyers working at the intersection of law, grassroots organising and movement-building.

Their new toolkit, published in July 2025, “Just Words: A Simple Guide to Common Legal Words used in the UK Charity & Non-Profit Sector” is designed to help community organisations, particularly those led by and for refugee and migrant communities in the UK, navigate complex legal language.

The toolkit includes a glossary of common terms used in the VCS, defined in their legal context.

RBKC Archives & Local Studies hold a Notting Hill Carnival archive collection that spans decades. The collection features photography, oral histories, posters, pamphlets, newsletters and more that range from the 1960s to the present day.

In February 2025, the Government announced plans to launch the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund as a part of delivering Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Steps.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-inclusion-action-pla…

Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea (ADKC) is launching a new regular advice session in co-production with RBKC Adult Social Care.

The first surgery took place on Thursday 31 July at their centre on Silchester Road, London W10 and online via Zoom. 

Upcoming sessions will be on:
28 August 2025
25 September 2025

This is a chance for local disabled people and older people to meet with staff from ADKC, Age UK, other support organisations and social workers from Adult Social Care, to get confidential advice and support.

LSCP have published a number of new resources and updates. 

We have recently become aware of an email scam mentioning our organisation. We have seen an email in which the sender offers a sale of KCSC data such as training attendees/registrants. The sender appears to be from an organisation called Business Box S.

The following opportunity comes from Protection Approaches, a UK-based charity working to prevent identity-based violence. They have been commissioned by the Greater London Authority’s London Resilience Unit to support the development of a new Equalities Partnership — and they are seeking input from civil society and equality-focused organisations across London.

Free new digital platform to help charities recruit the next generation of volunteers 

To help grow volunteer participation and mobilise the next generation of volunteers, Royal Voluntary Service has secured £5 million pounds of funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery to develop a major new digital volunteering platform.  

Urbanwise London are holding weekly volunteering sessions at Canalside Activity Centre for people to come along and help clean up the area around the canal. 

This includes litter picking on the path and by bell boat or kayak for those interested, gardening, and an opportunity to meet new people.

No previous experience is required.

Listen Up have published a new report on Testing learning on Adultification in Child Safeguarding Practices in England.

Adultification refers to the concept of notions of innocence and vulnerability not being afforded to certain children. Outside of the home, adultification is founded within discrimination and bias. This issue significantly impacts marginalised and vulnerable groups in our society, particularly Black children and those from less heard backgrounds.