Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
Black South West Network (BSWN) has launched an important new report focusing on Bristol’s voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and its recovery after COVID-19.
The report, called D...
South Bristol charity and Voscur member Youth Moves has partnered with national charity OnSide Youth Zones to create the South West’s first Youth Zone: a new building with open access...
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By Tom Burnett, Policy and Information Officer, Voscur |
Although a digital divide existed in...
As we reflect on 12 months of life-changing regulations to try and stop the spread of COVID-19, a range of Bristol organisations will mark the occasion by releasing a new short film reflecting on the losses in our communities and the community spirit that helped us get...
Bristol’s local councillors have voted overwhelmingly to drive forward the conversation around Bristol’s role in the Transatlantic Traffic of Enslaved Afrikans (TTEA). The vote was the...
A new report from Single Parent Rights has revealed that 96% of single parents want being a single parent added as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act, reflecting the discrimination...
As we begin to think about emerging from the worst of the pandemic, economic recovery is high on the agenda - alongside tackling entrenched inequalities. According to ONS figures, the UK economy was hit by a record slump in 2020 with GDP shrinking 9.9%. However, the...
The second Bristol Impact Fund from Bristol City Council will soon be open for medium and large grant applications from voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations in the city. Voscur has created a ...
A new report from Lloyds Bank Foundation has found that smaller charities in England and Wales (with an income of less than £1 million and either defined as small or medium-sized) ‘showed up’, ‘worked flexibly’ and ‘stuck around’ during the first wave of the COVID-19...
A new report looking at leaders with disability in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector suggests that people with disabilities aren’t fully represented, supported or understood.
According to the...