Ambition Community Energy (ACE), a community-owned business led by residents of Lawrence Weston, has secured an investment of £150,000 from City Funds, for a wind turbine project that will reduce local fuel poverty and power nearly 4,000 houses. ...
The charity sector expects to lose around £12.4bn or 24% of their total income this year, according to the results of a recent...
Leaders from 36 national VCSE umbrella bodies, have signed a joint statement on the problem of race inequality in society and the sector and the impact this...
The number of people giving to charity has dropped to its lowest level in a decade according to new research.
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New research on the role that the VCSE sector played during the coronavirus suggests that community organisations should be trusted to lead the post-pandemic recovery.
Published by Locality, “...
The Black Lives Matter demonstration in Bristol recently amplified the message from the Black community that systemic racial discrimination and inequality must end, and end now. Many people from Black and Asian communities in Bristol have been...
As many English charity shops look to reopen their doors from Monday 15 June, with social distancing regulations and COVID-secure guidelines in place and a likely reduction in volunteer numbers, the VCSE sector is calling for donors to consider the relevance and...
Barnardos is to launch a new charity partnership to support vulnerable children and young people who are at risk due to COVID-19.
The partnership will be funded using £7 million of the emergency charity sector money...
The Disability Charities Consortium (DCC) has criticised the government for failing to represent the interests of disabled people.
In a statement, the DCC members say that disabled people are being forgotten by the government and...
A group of sector bodies has proposed the formation of a data collective, with the aim of coordinating efforts to gather and use data in the charity sector.
In a blog post on the Catalyst website, the group states that the...