We invite VCSE representatives to express their interest in helping shape our Live Well work in Manchester, through a VCSE-led Live Well working group!
Find out more and express your interest here: https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/live-well-vcse-working-group
Find out more and express your interest here: https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/live-well-vcse-working-group
November 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
We invite VCSE representatives to express their interest in helping shape our Live Well work in Manchester, through a VCSE-led Live Well working group!
Find out more and express your interest here: https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/live-well-vcse-working-group
Find out more and express your interest here: https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/live-well-vcse-working-group
And then we went into short papers - chaotic but fun. A highlight being @davidclk.bsky.social presenting his #AI toolkit for the #VCSE sector. He will be by his poster with the toolkit to try out in the poster session this afternoon. #northumbriaAtBritCHI #poster #phdlife #postdoc
November 2, 2026 at 12:18 PM
And then we went into short papers - chaotic but fun. A highlight being @davidclk.bsky.social presenting his #AI toolkit for the #VCSE sector. He will be by his poster with the toolkit to try out in the poster session this afternoon. #northumbriaAtBritCHI #poster #phdlife #postdoc
VCSE Funding: Up to £50,000 for York organisations helping low-income households manage financial hardship and build resilience.
City of York Council's Crisis and Resilience Fund is open for applications.
Deadline: 7 December 2026, 9am.
Apply: https://www.york.gov.uk/crf
City of York Council's Crisis and Resilience Fund is open for applications.
Deadline: 7 December 2026, 9am.
Apply: https://www.york.gov.uk/crf
November 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
VCSE Funding: Up to £50,000 for York organisations helping low-income households manage financial hardship and build resilience.
City of York Council's Crisis and Resilience Fund is open for applications.
Deadline: 7 December 2026, 9am.
Apply: https://www.york.gov.uk/crf
City of York Council's Crisis and Resilience Fund is open for applications.
Deadline: 7 December 2026, 9am.
Apply: https://www.york.gov.uk/crf
Thanks to NAVCA, the #VCSE sector health and care network ALLiance42, and The Partner Ship for highlighting our work in its VCSE Handbook for #NeighbourhoodHealth, 'Building neighbourhood health around communities'.
www.navca.org.uk/news/buildin...
www.navca.org.uk/news/buildin...
Building neighbourhood health around communities: why VCSE partnership is essential
National policy sets out a clear ambition to shift care closer to home, strengthen prevention, and bring services together around people and communities through neighbourhood health. This reflects a g...
www.navca.org.uk
October 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Thanks to NAVCA, the #VCSE sector health and care network ALLiance42, and The Partner Ship for highlighting our work in its VCSE Handbook for #NeighbourhoodHealth, 'Building neighbourhood health around communities'.
www.navca.org.uk/news/buildin...
www.navca.org.uk/news/buildin...
Legal advice can be expensive - we're offering York's VCSE sector free access to expert property law guidance from SJP Law, covering buildings, leases and responsibilities, with the chance to ask questions.
17 Nov | Priory Street Centre
Book: https://ow.ly/qqt451001Hr
17 Nov | Priory Street Centre
Book: https://ow.ly/qqt451001Hr
October 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Legal advice can be expensive - we're offering York's VCSE sector free access to expert property law guidance from SJP Law, covering buildings, leases and responsibilities, with the chance to ask questions.
17 Nov | Priory Street Centre
Book: https://ow.ly/qqt451001Hr
17 Nov | Priory Street Centre
Book: https://ow.ly/qqt451001Hr
..alongside funding to local government and VCSE organisations to address the social isolation that inevitably accompanies wealth inequality. In any crisis, it is those without support that are the most vulnerable.
October 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
..alongside funding to local government and VCSE organisations to address the social isolation that inevitably accompanies wealth inequality. In any crisis, it is those without support that are the most vulnerable.
Digital Inclusion in London: Low Income Residents - 2 Nov 2026
The next session in this series of online conversations is looking to bring together organisations working with residents and families on low income in London.
Find out more and book here. buff.ly/lpy8NS8
The next session in this series of online conversations is looking to bring together organisations working with residents and families on low income in London.
Find out more and book here. buff.ly/lpy8NS8
Shape Digital Inclusion in London & Showcase Your Best Practice - Richmond CVS
Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are invited to take part in a series of six online conversations launched by London Plus, in collaboration with Croydon Voluntary…
buff.ly
October 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Digital Inclusion in London: Low Income Residents - 2 Nov 2026
The next session in this series of online conversations is looking to bring together organisations working with residents and families on low income in London.
Find out more and book here. buff.ly/lpy8NS8
The next session in this series of online conversations is looking to bring together organisations working with residents and families on low income in London.
Find out more and book here. buff.ly/lpy8NS8
We're delighted to welcome Spencer to the team as our new Membership and Engagement Officer!
As part of the Membership and Engagement team, he'll be supporting trans and non-binary organisations to run well and speak up for the people they support.
As part of the Membership and Engagement team, he'll be supporting trans and non-binary organisations to run well and speak up for the people they support.
October 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
We're delighted to welcome Spencer to the team as our new Membership and Engagement Officer!
As part of the Membership and Engagement team, he'll be supporting trans and non-binary organisations to run well and speak up for the people they support.
As part of the Membership and Engagement team, he'll be supporting trans and non-binary organisations to run well and speak up for the people they support.
Hear us. York. is bringing young people and city leaders together to explore the realities of poverty in York and shape change through lived experience.
VCSE organisations can get involved by hosting sessions or sharing the project.
Find out more:
https://ow.ly/oLO550ZYUgt
VCSE organisations can get involved by hosting sessions or sharing the project.
Find out more:
https://ow.ly/oLO550ZYUgt
October 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Hear us. York. is bringing young people and city leaders together to explore the realities of poverty in York and shape change through lived experience.
VCSE organisations can get involved by hosting sessions or sharing the project.
Find out more:
https://ow.ly/oLO550ZYUgt
VCSE organisations can get involved by hosting sessions or sharing the project.
Find out more:
https://ow.ly/oLO550ZYUgt
Partnerships in practice: how to strengthen the role of community-led organisations in neighbourhood health
NHS Alliance and Local Trust, 13th October 2026 his report shares learning from an 18-month action research programme on how the NHS and local government partners can change how they work…
NHS Alliance and Local Trust, 13th October 2026 his report shares learning from an 18-month action research programme on how the NHS and local government partners can change how they work…
Partnerships in practice: how to strengthen the role of community-led organisations in neighbourhood health
NHS Alliance and Local Trust, 13th October 2026 his report shares learning from an 18-month action research programme on how the NHS and local government partners can change how they work with local communities and the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. Run by the NHS Alliance and Local Trust, and supported by the Innovation Unit, six of the Big Local legacy areas in some of England’s most deprived neighbourhoods each received funding to test community-led approaches to health and to build partnerships with statutory services.
trfthealthweeklydigest.wordpress.com
October 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Partnerships in practice: how to strengthen the role of community-led organisations in neighbourhood health
NHS Alliance and Local Trust, 13th October 2026 his report shares learning from an 18-month action research programme on how the NHS and local government partners can change how they work…
NHS Alliance and Local Trust, 13th October 2026 his report shares learning from an 18-month action research programme on how the NHS and local government partners can change how they work…
This is a unique opportunity to be part of the largest VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations) Carbon Literacy training event Manchester has ever seen, as part of International Carbon Literacy Action Day (CLAD) 2026!
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/UFfe50ZVN1A
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/UFfe50ZVN1A
October 23, 2026 at 12:05 PM
This is a unique opportunity to be part of the largest VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations) Carbon Literacy training event Manchester has ever seen, as part of International Carbon Literacy Action Day (CLAD) 2026!
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/UFfe50ZVN1A
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/UFfe50ZVN1A
Free Active Bystander Training for York's VCSE sector.
Learn to recognise unwelcome behaviour, respond safely and use the 5Ds of intervention.
10 Dec, 9.30am–12.30pm
Priory Street Centre
Max 2 places per organisation.
Book:
https://ow.ly/5rhZ50ZYoEn
Learn to recognise unwelcome behaviour, respond safely and use the 5Ds of intervention.
10 Dec, 9.30am–12.30pm
Priory Street Centre
Max 2 places per organisation.
Book:
https://ow.ly/5rhZ50ZYoEn
October 22, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Free Active Bystander Training for York's VCSE sector.
Learn to recognise unwelcome behaviour, respond safely and use the 5Ds of intervention.
10 Dec, 9.30am–12.30pm
Priory Street Centre
Max 2 places per organisation.
Book:
https://ow.ly/5rhZ50ZYoEn
Learn to recognise unwelcome behaviour, respond safely and use the 5Ds of intervention.
10 Dec, 9.30am–12.30pm
Priory Street Centre
Max 2 places per organisation.
Book:
https://ow.ly/5rhZ50ZYoEn
📢 Calling all #VCSE organisations in #Hounslow
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
October 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📢 Calling all #VCSE organisations in #Hounslow
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
Join us for York CVS's AGM!
Reflect on our work, hear from guest speakers and connect with York's VCSE sector.
1 Dec 2026, 2–4pm
Priory Street Centre, York
Refreshments from 1.30pm
Book by 27 Nov, 1pm:
https://ow.ly/4k2P50ZYnGf
Reflect on our work, hear from guest speakers and connect with York's VCSE sector.
1 Dec 2026, 2–4pm
Priory Street Centre, York
Refreshments from 1.30pm
Book by 27 Nov, 1pm:
https://ow.ly/4k2P50ZYnGf
October 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Join us for York CVS's AGM!
Reflect on our work, hear from guest speakers and connect with York's VCSE sector.
1 Dec 2026, 2–4pm
Priory Street Centre, York
Refreshments from 1.30pm
Book by 27 Nov, 1pm:
https://ow.ly/4k2P50ZYnGf
Reflect on our work, hear from guest speakers and connect with York's VCSE sector.
1 Dec 2026, 2–4pm
Priory Street Centre, York
Refreshments from 1.30pm
Book by 27 Nov, 1pm:
https://ow.ly/4k2P50ZYnGf
Got news to share from York's VCSE sector?
Our monthly Voluntary Voice newsletter features local news, events, volunteering opportunities and funding updates.
We'd love to help spread the word!
Send your news to comms@yorkcvs.org.uk for our website and next newsletter.
Our monthly Voluntary Voice newsletter features local news, events, volunteering opportunities and funding updates.
We'd love to help spread the word!
Send your news to comms@yorkcvs.org.uk for our website and next newsletter.
October 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Got news to share from York's VCSE sector?
Our monthly Voluntary Voice newsletter features local news, events, volunteering opportunities and funding updates.
We'd love to help spread the word!
Send your news to comms@yorkcvs.org.uk for our website and next newsletter.
Our monthly Voluntary Voice newsletter features local news, events, volunteering opportunities and funding updates.
We'd love to help spread the word!
Send your news to comms@yorkcvs.org.uk for our website and next newsletter.
This is worth a look - a case study of work we’ve been doing with HIVCA (VCSE Alliance for health and care across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) and Energise Me, the local Active Partnership. Plenty of food for thought and guidance about building leadership capacity and confidence in the sector 😃
Voluntary sector organisations in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight came together to strengthen their voice in health and care. Today, we’re pleased to share their story in the ‘YES WE HIVCAN’ case study:
www.leadershipcentre.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@debbiesorkin.bsky.social
www.leadershipcentre.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@debbiesorkin.bsky.social
October 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This is worth a look - a case study of work we’ve been doing with HIVCA (VCSE Alliance for health and care across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) and Energise Me, the local Active Partnership. Plenty of food for thought and guidance about building leadership capacity and confidence in the sector 😃
New seed funding: awards of up to £2,000 will help researchers, communities and VCSE organisations build strong partnerships before developing a research application.
Creative approaches that support inclusive, relevant research are welcome.
tinyurl.com/53w9r4kf
#ResearchFunding
Creative approaches that support inclusive, relevant research are welcome.
tinyurl.com/53w9r4kf
#ResearchFunding
October 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
New seed funding: awards of up to £2,000 will help researchers, communities and VCSE organisations build strong partnerships before developing a research application.
Creative approaches that support inclusive, relevant research are welcome.
tinyurl.com/53w9r4kf
#ResearchFunding
Creative approaches that support inclusive, relevant research are welcome.
tinyurl.com/53w9r4kf
#ResearchFunding
Can we ever really measure what matters most? It's a question I've been exploring in the context of grassroots charities & social enterprises...
www.natalienuttall.co.uk/post/can-we-...
#purpose #impact #charitysky #vcse
www.natalienuttall.co.uk/post/can-we-...
#purpose #impact #charitysky #vcse
Can we ever really measure what matters most?
"You know I love you more than you can imagine." It's something I whisper to my nearest and dearest, because there is no conceivable measure for what matters most. Back in the early days of charity fo...
www.natalienuttall.co.uk
October 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Can we ever really measure what matters most? It's a question I've been exploring in the context of grassroots charities & social enterprises...
www.natalienuttall.co.uk/post/can-we-...
#purpose #impact #charitysky #vcse
www.natalienuttall.co.uk/post/can-we-...
#purpose #impact #charitysky #vcse
At @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk today exploring AI, funding and organisational knowledge
Small charities hold so much expertise but often lack capacity to capture and use it
Interested in how #AI can help without losing human relationships and values behind the work
#VCSE #AIStrategy #Fundraising
Small charities hold so much expertise but often lack capacity to capture and use it
Interested in how #AI can help without losing human relationships and values behind the work
#VCSE #AIStrategy #Fundraising
October 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM
At @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk today exploring AI, funding and organisational knowledge
Small charities hold so much expertise but often lack capacity to capture and use it
Interested in how #AI can help without losing human relationships and values behind the work
#VCSE #AIStrategy #Fundraising
Small charities hold so much expertise but often lack capacity to capture and use it
Interested in how #AI can help without losing human relationships and values behind the work
#VCSE #AIStrategy #Fundraising
📢 Calling all #VCSE organisations in #Hounslow
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
October 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
📢 Calling all #VCSE organisations in #Hounslow
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
Complete our VCSE Sector Needs Survey to help shape support for the sector.
📝 15-20 mins
🔗 https://talk.hounslow.gov.uk/voluntary-sector-survey-2026
Complete the survey by 30 November 2026 for a chance to win one of five prizes worth up to £50.
Continuing my #AI learning today, with a particular interest in funding bids
I'm keen to build on my research and evaluation skills and return to grant writing, having previously worked on successful bids in the arts, film and women's sectors
Always learning and diversifying!
#VCSE
I'm keen to build on my research and evaluation skills and return to grant writing, having previously worked on successful bids in the arts, film and women's sectors
Always learning and diversifying!
#VCSE
October 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
At ReCoCo in #Newcastle for @fuseonline.bsky.social & HDRC's Researching Together for Impact
Connecting academic researchers with Newcastle City Council's priority areas, specifically its newly launched Public Health Areas of Research Interest (ARIs)
#PublicHealth #VCSE
Connecting academic researchers with Newcastle City Council's priority areas, specifically its newly launched Public Health Areas of Research Interest (ARIs)
#PublicHealth #VCSE
October 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
At ReCoCo in #Newcastle for @fuseonline.bsky.social & HDRC's Researching Together for Impact
Connecting academic researchers with Newcastle City Council's priority areas, specifically its newly launched Public Health Areas of Research Interest (ARIs)
#PublicHealth #VCSE
Connecting academic researchers with Newcastle City Council's priority areas, specifically its newly launched Public Health Areas of Research Interest (ARIs)
#PublicHealth #VCSE
The report also highlights the strength and expertise already within communities – but VCSE/FBOs can't tackle structural inequality alone.
With better data, sustained investment, and, crucially, the involvement of minority ethnic women, we can design and deliver better interventions for women.
4/6
With better data, sustained investment, and, crucially, the involvement of minority ethnic women, we can design and deliver better interventions for women.
4/6
October 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The report also highlights the strength and expertise already within communities – but VCSE/FBOs can't tackle structural inequality alone.
With better data, sustained investment, and, crucially, the involvement of minority ethnic women, we can design and deliver better interventions for women.
4/6
With better data, sustained investment, and, crucially, the involvement of minority ethnic women, we can design and deliver better interventions for women.
4/6
Most VCSE, Foundation and Skills Suite qualifications have now been approved for first teaching from September 2027, with development continuing in five remaining subject areas.
Find out more: qualifications.wales
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Find out more: qualifications.wales
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Qualifications Wales
Qualifications Wales is the independent regulator of non-degree qualifications in Wales.
qualifications.wales
October 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Most VCSE, Foundation and Skills Suite qualifications have now been approved for first teaching from September 2027, with development continuing in five remaining subject areas.
Find out more: qualifications.wales
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Find out more: qualifications.wales
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Commissioners rarely have all the answers inside one organisation.
The National Commissioning Academy creates space to learn with people from local government, health, public health, VCSE organisations and the wider public service system.
Register now:
link.redquadrant.com/nextacademy25
The National Commissioning Academy creates space to learn with people from local government, health, public health, VCSE organisations and the wider public service system.
Register now:
link.redquadrant.com/nextacademy25
October 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Commissioners rarely have all the answers inside one organisation.
The National Commissioning Academy creates space to learn with people from local government, health, public health, VCSE organisations and the wider public service system.
Register now:
link.redquadrant.com/nextacademy25
The National Commissioning Academy creates space to learn with people from local government, health, public health, VCSE organisations and the wider public service system.
Register now:
link.redquadrant.com/nextacademy25