Creative People and Places are running a series of business development workshops in February and March for artists and creative sector companies.
All of these sessions are free and take place online from 7.30pm – 9pm
To book for these workshops email: admin@therealbusinessclub.co.uk
Cidori in partnership with O’Neill & Brennan and Wates are running a free 3 week on-line construction course.
Applicants who complete the course will be guaranteed a first stage interview with O’Neill & Brennan.
Applicants can also sit the test for the CSCS card and if successful obtain a 5 year CSCS card. For further information click here
The DWP have launched the West London Rapid Response Service for Redundancies. If you are at risk of being made redundant you can receive:
Contact Mohit (Team Leader) on 07979512538, Mona on 07385414723, Priya on 07385414681 or Rishika on 07385414642
Targeted support for residents who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 More than £12 million has been made available through the Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS) programme to help people to find work and to develop new skills and retrain to improve their chances of securing alternative employment. The scheme is designed to help people who have been unemployed and in receipt of benefits for at least 13 weeks. Employment advisers will support individuals for up to six months and candidates will have access to online courses, training and information on suitable vacancies. Find out more here.
Addecco are recruiting for temporary Census Officers and Census Team Leaders – full job descriptions and details of how to apply can be found here
Evolve Apprentices Ltd manage the Construction Industry Training Board Shared Apprenticeship Scheme in London. They currently have a vacancy in Hounslow for anyone interested in starting and completing a Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor apprenticeship. For a job description and details of how to apply please email here and put “Site Supervisor Apprenticeship” in the subject box.
Skills Escalator Business Mentoring Programme
This programme is for residents of Hounslow, in receipt of means tested welfare benefits, in work (self-employed/sole trading) or recently made unemployed and either running or hoping to start a successful business.
If this is you, we can help with free business mentoring from entrepreneurs who have run their own businesses.
If you are interested please Elizabeth Whenu via email: Elizabeth.Whenu@hounslow.gov.uk or on 07790359392
]]>“Today we woke up to another national lockdown following the Prime Minister’s address to the country last night. This is not the start to the new year that any of us wanted but it is a decision that we must all wholeheartedly support.
In Harrow, and indeed across the country, coronavirus cases are out of control and our NHS is close to being overwhelmed. Here, our cases currently stand at 939 cases per 100,000 and this is likely to rise to 1,000 imminently. The national average is 487.
Northwick Park Hospital is under severe pressure with increasing numbers of our residents of all ages requiring mechanical ventilators to keep them alive. Large numbers of people in this borough will die unless the infection rate is reduced. This is why we are all being called on to stay at home, break the chain of infection – and ultimately save the lives of our friends, neighbours and loved ones.
The move from tier 4 to 5 (lockdown) is necessary to deal with the new, more infectious strain.
Under the new rules and with the new infectious strain, just as with schools we would strongly advise places of worship only open in exceptional circumstances.
Remember support is available for those who have not yet moved services online.
Funerals can be attended by a maximum of 30 people. Linked religious or commemorative events such as stone settings or ash scatterings can be attended by up to 6. Weddings and civil partnerships must only take place with up to 6 people. These should only take place in exceptional circumstances. Read more
Everyone is being told to stay in their homes and leave only for a limited set of reasons – including going to work if you are unable to work from home, essential shopping, medical reasons and exercise once a day. Read more
I know it is tiring and will be difficult – it is especially tough on mental health and wellbeing, those who live alone and hard for those managing work with home-schooling children.
Please remember that staying at home is the best way to break the chain of infection.
It was absolutely the right decision to close schools and move into a lockdown, especially as we are not yet seeing the full impact of household mixing over Christmas.
We have positive news in that vaccines are here and the rollout continues but, as the Prime Minister stressed last night, we will not be out of this situation until at least March.
We know you have many questions and are inviting you to another Covid Community Webinar on Tuesday 19 January at 6.30pm to discuss matters in greater depth. We will also set out in more detail plans around testing and vaccination. Please save the date and we will share details of how to join next week.
By working together, and with the community looking out for each other, we previously managed to reduce the infection rate in Harrow by following the Public Health guidance and the national restrictions – and we can do so again.
Please stay at home, stay safe and take all necessary precautions to do so.”
Cllr Graham Henson
Leader of Harrow Council
]]>In July we started planning provisionally to re-open the Centre in September or October but the resurgence of Coronavirus infections halted that aspiration.
Fortunately, with the help of a Government Coronavirus Community Support Fund grant, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, Carramea has been able to survive the last 10 months.
Although the Centre has been closed, we have still had outgoings which had to be paid without the benefit of any of our normal daily revenue which we rely on to sustain our Centre. The Government grant filled this gap.
During lockdown, it has been a very busy period for us, working with Harrow Council and suppliers to make arrangements to get through this very difficult time financially, working remotely to keep Carramea functioning properly, as well as doing our best to support and keep information flowing to the organisations registered at our Centre, to service-users and our volunteers.
Part of the grant has been used to enhance our use of digital technology, including this new website, to be able to communicate more effectively and compensate as much as possible for not being able to meet face to face with the 100 or so volunteers and service-users that visit the Centre every day in normal times.
We have been missing you all and the wonderful cohesive community spirit you created every day at the Centre!!!
Together, though, we’ll get through this and build an even better Centre after the country’s scientists and NHS beat back Coronavirus to the extent that it will be safe to re-open the Centre.
In the meantime,
Stay Safe!
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