Archive for November, 2010

Need extra staff? …we’ll pay!

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Take on a new person for one day a week and Westminster Works will pay you 60% of their wages!

What’s the catch? There isn’t one. Supported by Westminster Council, Westminster Works is a local partnership  run by PDT, a Westminster based charity and we  help people get jobs and start work during the recession. We also help businesses in Westminster start up or  boost their existing operations. .

If you would like to know more about this scheme, please call Jessica to find out how it works:  07960 672 629  or  020 3214 3113

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Get ready for Christmas

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Try to make it to Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, London W2 5EU for some fantastic Christmas gifts.

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Get on the phone!

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Local charity, the Floating Classroom’s project On the Waterfront is through to the final of the People’s Millions! They are about to go head-to-head with one other project in a public vote. The winner has their project funded; the loser gets nothing.

If they win the project, On the Waterfront will provide film-making workshops for children at four schools in North Westminster. The children will research the histories of their neighbourhood and the canals that run through it and then shoot short films based on these stories. The project will culminate in a community premiere to celebrate the children’s achievements.

A TV feature about On the Waterfront will be shown on ITV’s London Tonight on TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER between 6-6.30pm. Phone lines open at 9amand close at midnight on Tuesday 23rd November. Read the rest of this entry »

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Neighbourhoods Advisory Group launched

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Paddington Development Trust, the Westminster based award winning social enterprise,  is launching the Neighbourhoods Advisory Group (NAG) as a response to the changing nature of community development in these times of extreme austerity. See more under NAG in projects.

Neil Johnston, PDT CEO and Director of NAG said:

In this new age of austerity it is vital that the skills base and approach to solving our most difficult social and economic challenges do not disappear. NAG will help keep these skills alive in the coming years by providing third sector and public organisations with cost effective and action-based neighbourhood solutions, and ensuring equitable access and opportunities to the many people who do not yet benefit from membership of the big society.

Neil Johnston

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