National Lottery Awards for All is changing!
The National Lottery’s flagship funding programme, National Lottery Awards For All, is changing – supporting the ambition to turbocharge funding for grassroots community projects across the UK. You can now: Apply…
Tipping Point: The Cost of Living Crisis
Tipping Point, the latest report by VCS Emergencies Partnership, describes some of the ways the voluntary and community sector (VCS) has been responding to the challenge of the cost of living…
Social Media Guidance for Charities
An update on the new guidance on social media produced by the Charity Commission The Charity Commission has released new guidance on the use of social media for charities which…
Embedding the VCSE sector in Integrated Care Systems
NAVCA has announced (25/09/23) the publication of a new set of resources for the VCSE around embedding the sector in Integrated Care Systems. The aim of these resources is to…
Organisational Health Checks: A How-to Guide
Health checks are an increasingly accepted way of identifying how your organisation really works and whilst primarily aimed at smaller organisations they can be used as a starting point for…
Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service
The Ministry of Justice has just launched a new service to help those at risk of losing their homes called the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service. The service provides: Early…
Boardroom behaviour: a recipe for success
How your board works together as a group is vital and improving this is often a key development need for boards. Some of the things that you can do to…
The Charity Commission 2023 trustee and public trust annual research
The Charity Commission undertakes annual research which relates closely to their statutory objectives, including increasing public trust and confidence in charities, promoting compliance by charity trustees with their legal obligations…
Restructuring advisors say charity sector facing a challenging 2023
The number of charities in financial difficulty is expected to rise this year as a result of the increasing economic challenges facing the sector. This is the view of a…
Raising awareness of Usher Syndrome
Jo Milne, founder and Chair of UK Charity Cure Usher has teamed up with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to create an educational film which will help to raise awareness…
Charity Trustee 5-min guides
As a trustee, your charity relies on your leadership to help it fulfil its purpose and its legal responsibilities. But could there be better ways of…
Digital Boost – free support to boost your digital skills
Digital Boost, a non-profit online platform that brings together those who work in small businesses and charities with a community of digital expert volunteers, is offering to help charities and…
NAVCA’s #HeartOfOurCommunity campaign
Local infrastructure organisations provide valuable support to their communities every day. But during the COVID-19 pandemic their support has been vital. The NAVCA #HeartOfOurCommunity campaign is a celebration and a…
Suicide Prevention website launches to support the North East and North Cumbria
The North East and North Cumbria Suicide Prevention Network is a regional partnership of organisations and individuals, collaborating across different agencies and communities, to help enhance and support all suicide…
Working With the VCS: how can we make North Tyneside an even safer place to live?
The March 2020 Working With the VCS event, hosted by Whitley Bay Big Local, focused on the vital work of voluntary and community organisations in creating safe, cohesive and resilient…
Charity Commission urges charities to “listen and learn” when they receive complaints
Charities continue to play a vital role in our society, as they have for centuries. Most charities rely on the goodwill of volunteers, including their trustees, to carry out their…
New digital portal to strengthen safeguarding guidance for charities
The Government has launched a new online portal that will strengthen its support to charities handling safeguarding concerns or allegations. Every organisation that delivers charitable activities has a responsibility to…
National helpline to support people experiencing domestic abuse
If you are experiencing domestic abuse, or worried about your partner’s behaviour, you can call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline run by Refuge, for free and in confidence. The helpline…
HMRC updates guidance on recognising phishing emails
The government has updated its official guidance on recognising genuine HMRC contact and identifying phishing emails. Phishing is the fraudulent act of emailing a person to get their personal or…
National Lottery Community Fund launches free impact tool
The National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new index tool of existing outcome frameworks and indicators as an open resource for the sector. Small and medium-sized charities, community groups and voluntary…
