Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
The number of organisations funded through Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) was down by one third in the year 2017-18 according to new figures released by HM Revenue & Customs.
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To mark Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June 2019), let’s examine the huge range of volunteers in Bristol. People of all ages give their time and energy to charities, community groups and social enterprises in the...
This year marks a quarter of a century since the National Lottery launched in the UK. During this time, 535,000 individual projects have been funded using more than £39 billion gathered from lottery ticket sales.
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Sector Leader report: Health & Wellbeing Board
Sector Leader: Elaine Flint
Date of meeting: 22 May 2019
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Policy round-up: Spring 2019
Those of you on our mailing list will have noticed that this quarter’s policy round-up omitted the very important announcement that Theresa May would...
Unite has published the findings of a survey revealing an epidemic of stress related illness mental health issues, charities and NGO staff.
The survey found that 80 per cent of...
The Care Quality Commission is consulting on how inspectors can work better with voluntary sector organisations. The survey takes around 5–7 minutes.
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The West Women of the Year Awards 2019 acknowledged the contribution of female leaders and pioneers in the VCSE sector at last week’s ceremony.
Voscur’s CEO and a number of female leaders from member groups made the shortlist of 100 most inspiring women in the West and some were...
The Government has announced that it will begin the process of developing an experimental statistic based on the measure of poverty developed by the...
Probation services in England and Wales are to be renationalised after...