The Hammersmith Society is delighted to be a Founding Partner of Hammersmith United Charities’ new project to mark the 400^th year since its founding - what an achievement!  Many people will be familiar with Sycamore House and John Betts House which provide housing for the elderly, as the most visible activity of HUC. UNITED is a new grant-giving charity and a joint venture of HUC and Dr Edwards and Bishop King’s Fulham Charity.  It was inaugurated with a happy and sunny garden party at St Pauls Church Hammersmith last July and is focused on helping people make change for the better, establishing better neighbourhood connections, and building stronger communities.

It aims to encourage local giving: it will support and give grants to charitable projects that are run and developed by local people and which benefit their neighbours and communities in all of Hammersmith and Fulham. It also encourages other forms of giving including volunteering, mentoring, professional pro bono advice and in-kind support.

United says: “We want to get behind those activities that might take place in a community centre, that help you get to know your neighbours and that give you a better chance of having someone to talk to when you have a bigger problem. We want to make the kind of connections that mean someone will call on you if you haven’t been seen around for a while, and do the kind of things that alleviate loneliness and support good mental health”.

Read more at https://unitedhf.org and @UNITEDinHF