Westminster Befriend A Family

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Jacqueline Crooks

Director Of Services

Westminster

http://www.befriendafamily.co.uk

Mission

To improve the lives of disadvantaged children and families who live in the borough of Westminster

Category

Disability

Additional Information

We’re not just a home-visiting service Each year OUR 200 Volunteers provide a weekly home visiting service to families.  Regular hands-on contact with isolated and vulnerable families is vital to families whose needs may change from week to week. Volunteers also provide a range of weekly community-based sports, arts and educational projects for children and parents.  They organise half-term and summer family outings so that children and parents can build positive relationships, learn and have fun together in exciting places around London. We’re not just for the under fives We are the only local service supporting families with children and young people aged 0-18, supporting families inside their homes and providing weekly community-based services.  We support families with multiple and complex needs including homelessness, physical and mental health problems, children on the edge of care, domestic violence and poverty. We support families like Anna, who is cared for by her aunt who has a serious mental health illness.  Anna's mother was killed by her father and she has therefore lost both her parents.  Our volunteer takes Anna to our swimming and martial arts club twice a week to ensure she engages in normalising activities. With just 4 staff and a whopping 200 volunteers, we punch above our weight in mobilizing a voluntary workforce to support 250 families each year  There is a great need in Westminster.  14% of Westminster’s neighbourhoods are in the 10% most deprived in England in terms of income.  Church Street ward, where many of our families live, is the most deprived neighbourhood in London. Westminster has a severe shortage of permanent homes, so families in temporary accommodation spend several years living in temporary accommodation before they are housed.   

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Jul 17, 2016

Can your graphic design skills help us design a fresh, slick Annual Report on a budget?

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We’re looking for a pro bono graphic designer to help our small, London-based charity create an Annual Report that stands out.We: Are a charity that supports people affected by drug and alcohol use. We believe in people’s capacity to change.Are looking for a graphic designer that can help us design a fresh, slick Annual Report on a budget - using the colour schemes, font, content and images we provide.-      Approx. 28 pages (for print and pdf), including some double-page spreads;-      A ‘Key updates and statistics page’, with infographics, to use both in the annual report and on printed postcards; You: Will be a graphic designer looking to apply your skills to a charitable cause and develop your portfolio;Will be able to share with us a CV and examples of your work prior to recruitment;Will be available for several discussions in August to develop the design brief;Will be available for working on the design of the report over a fortnight in mid-September, to finalise the design by 23 September. Thank you in advance for your interest in our work - we look forward to working with you!

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  • Graphic Design

Posted on Jul 08, 2016

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Sep 02, 2016

Can you help a small London based charity with our annual report?

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Blenheim are a small, London based charity who supports people affected by drug and alcohol use. We are looking for a graphic designer to help us design a polished, fresh Annual Report in the month of September. The report:The annual report showcases our achievements over the last financial year. We are in the process of finalising the copy for a 24 page A4 report, that we want to have printed, as well as upload online as a PDF. We have a number of photos that we would like to see incorporated into the report as the front cover, background images, and featured images.We want the design to look professional, fresh, and easy to read.Ideally we would like to finalise the design by 23rd September.We are looking for: - A freelance designer with experience creating reports, brochures and marketing material (or similar) who has availability in September - A collaborative relationship to discuss the design and what is feasible using the material we have collected.We look forward to hearing from you!

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  • Graphic Design

Posted on Aug 25, 2016

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