Free Business Advice Services on offer for London Charities

Thursday, 10 September 2009 16:06

City of London Corporation has created two new projects that will provide London-based charities with free advice and business support to help them through the recession.

The City of London Corporation has invested £105,000 in the projects, which it hopes will help small and medium-sized organisations, charities and businesses survive the economic downturn and plan for growth.

The schemes will provide free one-to-one ‘business health checks' and ‘recovery services' to about 400 organisations based in Camden, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets.

The services on offer include helping to identify sources of funding and planning for increased revenue streams in the economic upturn. The support given to charities would last for 12 months.

More information is available on the City of London Corporation website.

Government publishes Social Care Green Paper

Monday, 24 August 2009 00:00

The government published its long-awaited Green Paper on Social Care in mid July. The government has proposed to establish a National Care Service, and that anyone who meets an England-wide eligibility threshold will be entitled to some state funding for their personal care and support.
For a copy of the Social Care Green paper download the document here.

A Consultation on proposals for specific public sector equality duties was published

It is an opportunity to contribute to the current Government Equalities Office’s consultation document setting out policy proposals for the specific public sector equality duties under new single Equality Bill. The consultation was published on the 11th of June 2009 and the closing date for comments is 30 September 2009. The details can be downloaded here to make your comments.