Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
The government is now consulting on how to distribute approximately £900m from dormant bank accounts. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) announced the 12-week public consultation last week and input will help to determine how the next tranche of assets should...
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More than 3,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations across England and Wales have already...
VOSCUR has launched the Skills 4 Social Purpose Programme.
This new programme is being delivered in partnership with the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and a whole host of organisations spanning the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
The...
Bristol City Council has announced a one-off fund of £4 million for organisations working with people in Bristol who belong to communities experiencing the greatest inequality. The council recognises that our diverse communities are underpinned by a network of dedicated VCSE...
Dr Javed Khan, former chief executive of Barnardo’s, recently commented that big charities don't do enough to share power with their smaller counterparts.
Khan commented that what the sector needs to do is recognise that, through partnerships between national and local charities...
Voscur statement submitted for Bristol City Council's Full Council meeting, 5th July, 2022
Voscur is the support and development agency for Bristol’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector (VCSE). Bristol’s VCSE sector, working with other city partners...
Last week, along with our colleagues Baher and Heather of BRASP (Bristol Refugee and Asylum Seeker Partnership), Voscur celebrated the contribution that refugees and asylum seekers make to Bristol as part of Refugee Week.
Baher, who is originally from Syria, has volunteered for...
Voscur's new Skills for Social Purpose programme will enable local women to use their existing life skills, plus new skills which will be developed on the course, to help them think about working and volunteering in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
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Macmillan Cancer Support has admitted that it has “fallen short both in culture and processes”, and apologised after an internal report uncovered incidents of racism and bullying at the charity.
Staff described incidents such as a racial slur being used (and unchallenged) during an...
Correction 30/6/22 16:30 - this article was amended to include a statement from St Monica Trust and with our apology for a mistake in the previous version.
Less than a quarter of care workers feel happy at the end of their shift, according to new research. ...