August 2023

Help prioritise how local funding is spent:

Have your say on how funding should be spent to improve your local area and the activities on offer. By completing the Neighbourhood Fund Survey you can share your views and help shape the priorities of local grant funding across the City of London.

Each year the City of London’s Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund distributes over two million pounds in grants across the Square Mile. The fund’s primary focus is to provide neighbourhood infrastructure and community benefit for those who live and work within the City of London. The Neighbourhood Fund supports an extremely broad range of capital projects and community activities. From providing children’s workshops during school holidays, to supporting arts and health activities for young families both locally in community centres and at City-wide festivals. From improving the City’s green spaces for users and wildlife, to encouraging cycling through the provision of safe, secure cycle parking. From adapting buildings to reduce noise pollution, to animating public spaces through art designed for and with young residents.

Please tell us your thoughts and ideas on how to shape the Neighbourhood Fund and share the survey with your neighbours. The City of London Corporation would like to hear your views. Simply click the hyperlink or type bit.ly/47wakXw in to your browser.

QR code for City of London’s CIL Neighbourhood Fund Public Consultation 2023 below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop Smoking Clinic (Smokefree City and Hackney)

Smokefree City and Hackney will be running stop smoking clinics, aimed at supporting individuals who wish to embark on their journey to a healthier, smoke-free life.

The clinic will be located at The Guildhall North Wing – Room 9. We have a dedicated advisor available every Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm to offer our services to the public.

 

 

 

 

 

City and Hackney Wellbeing Network 

Mind City, Hackney and Waltham Forest have been working hard on their new Wellbeing Network which we are really excited about. It has so much to offer to people who are having difficulties with their mental health and struggling to access the support they need. If you are curious and would like to find out more or to see if you are eligible, please reach out to Ruby, our Wellbeing Coordinator, for a friendly chat: 07432 726495 or ruby@cityconnections.org.uk

 

 

 

Have Your Say on Making the City a Fairer Place!

Workers, residents and visitors are being asked to help shape the Square Mile governing body’s approach to promoting a City where everyone can thrive.

The City of London Corporation is consulting on five equality, diversity and inclusion objectives, which outline its approach to making the City a fairer, more diverse place.

It aims to provide aspirational leadership, enable career progression opportunities for all, create a community-based approach to service delivery and promote socio-economic diversity.

Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the City’s work, and attracting and retaining the widest possible pool of global talent is vital to ensure the City remains competitive, productive and innovative.

Are the objectives clear, strong and relevant enough to make an impact? Have your say:

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/equalityinclusion

 

City Nail Cutting Service

Information on the new free toenail cutting service for the elderly and disabled, provided by Hoxton Health, for City residents. Don’t forget to book your appointment on 020 7739 2533.

 

City and Hackney Recovery College – Spring Prospectus

Check out the latest course prospectus from the City and Hackney Recovery College here. There are some amazing courses for people with mental health difficulties, their families and their carers.

The City & Hackney Recovery College has been designed to develop courses to empower people to become experts in their own self-care and wellbeing.

All our courses are based on the ”five to thrive” and CHIME principles. We are open for all and anyone with a connection to City or Hackney. We are proud to support and work with those who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness. We do this by aiming to promote social inclusion and to break down the stigma and discrimination of mental illness. Sometimes people just need to be reminded that they are more than an illness and that’s what we aim to do.

 

Digital City Friends

Our lovely Community Engagement Officer, Gow, has set up a new Digital Drop-in session for City residents in the Golden Lane Community Centre every Thursday from 4.00 – 5.30pm!

 

 

The Green Doctor in the City

The Green Doctor service recently helped one City resident to save more than £750 a year with energy advice and their hands-on interventions. They were able to help with a Water Help Application, give advice on tariffs and were able to install LED bulbs and other energy saving devices.

The service is free to use, and if you live in the Square Mile, you can call them on 0300 365 3005 (free-of-charge). Others can refer residents using the referral form on the Green Doctor web page. Residents in Southwark and Lambeth are also able to use the Green Doctor and residents elsewhere can look at their local council website for offers where they live.