Janet Miles works as Development Director for Chapel St Community Fund.
Whether you’re new to your neighbourhood or you’ve lived there for some time, building a sense of community in the area you live can play an essential part in your well-being. Read on for some tips to help build community and connect with your neighbours where you are…
In times of economic cut backs, lots of capable people are struggling to find work. But through volunteering, people can create routes back to work or change career. As well as a great way to support community life, volunteering provides all sorts of returns for people – Ben Richardson from Volunteering Wandsworth shares…
Creating a community project is exciting and challenging all at once. How do you manage diverse opinions? How do you deal with varying levels of support? How do you involve people – and still get stuff done?…
What does the word ‘community’ mean to you? Geographical area, shared interest, or common way of life? And what’s more powerful? A crowd or a community? What is it about this word ‘community’?…
‘It takes a community to raise a child’, says the old African proverb. So what can the framework of ’40 Developmental Assets’ teach communities in supporting their young people?…
How can you help your child develop emotional resilience? Parents can have a big impact by modelling positive traits and helping them build responsibility and other skills. Read more.
Starting school is a special day in your child’s life, but it can be an emotional for them and for you! So how can you make sure your child’s first day at school goes as smoothly as possible?
On June 22nd, Chapel St’s Phil Bywater (Finance Manager) and Russell Rook (CEO), will be lacing up their trail shoes to take on a gruelling, two-day, 69 mile, running challenge along Hadrian’s Wall: The Wall Ultra Run. Their run wil start at Carlisle Castle and finish at the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Newcastle, taking in […]
In recent weeks, Chapel St have been opening up new volunteering opportunities to work with two new community projects in South West London called ‘MumPlusMum’ and ‘Link Line’. MumPlusMum is a mentoring network supporting mums-to-be and new mums. Link Line is a telephone care and errand service aimed at providing extra support services to people […]
MumPlusMum is a mentoring project that connects mums with mums. Chapel St have been running the project in Fulham alongside the Cassidy Medical Centre, for almost a year and are now developing the initiative in Roehampton. The aim is to develop a network of mum’s that can provide support, friendly advice and a listening ear […]
