Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
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...
Public Health England has published its report on the disparity between COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) population, and in the white or white ethnic population.
The abruptly...
Pro Bono Economics has launched its latest survey results, finding that 91% of charities and voluntary organisations expect COVID-19 to have a negative impact on their...
The Grant Givers’ Movement (GGM) has published results from its Sector Pulse Survey.
The survey aims to find:
The government has published new legislation that relaxes corporate governance and insolvency law to help organisations under pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020, organisations will be given greater flexibility over things like...