Welcome to Voscur

Voscur is a council for voluntary service (CVS)
we work to support voluntary and community action in Bristol

 

Welcome to Voscur

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Voscur is supporting Bristol 20:20 week

To mark the launch of the 20:20 plan - the Bristol Partnership vision for Bristol, Voscur is involved with a number of events during 20:20 week 20 - 28 March connected to the 20:20 plan.

Click here to find out more about the 20:20 Plan - Bristol's Sustainable City Strategey

Monday 22 March - Green Open and Social
Voscur is supporting this event organised by Connecting Bristol to help shape the Digital Future of Bristol... placing Bristol's public bodies, businesses and communities outside but also ahead of the crowd.

Saturday 27 March - Neighbourhood Partnership Residents Forum
Peak oil - find out what peak oil is and how it will affect your neighbourhood.

Bristol's leaders learning from the voluntary community sector - full details soon
Voscur is arranging for leaders from the Bristol Partnership to shadow VCS organisations in Bristol show them ways of working that statutory partners could learn from.

For more details on any of the 20:20 week events Voscur is involved with contact Matthew Symonds or call 909 9949.

 


Low cost training for Volunteer Managers - only £10

Voscur and Volunteering Bristol are delivering low cost training for Volunteer managers.  We still have places on our Volunteers and the Law and How to deal with difficult Issues in Volunteer Management courses - you may have missed out as last time as these courses were full and had waiting lists. Book now to avoid disappointment for only £10. If you are interested click here or call Lucy Fletcher on 0117 909 9949.

 


Green ICT Surgeries

Learn how to save money & protect the Environment. Voscur's Green ICT Surgery uses a new database of activities to help you plan your future computing strategy for yours and everybody else's benefit.  2 hour sessions in February and March. For more information and to book see our Green ICT Surgeries page


Missed the Voscur and Clinks 'Push for local partnerships in criminal justice' meeting?

Watch the videos of the key speakers: Alex Raikes - Support Against Racist Incidents, Sarah Minns - Novas Scarman,
Pete Anderson - Safer Bristol and Marilyn Harrison - Avon and Somerset Probation Service.

Click here to watch the videos of the speakers

 


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Use our A – Z guide to help you influencing decision-making

Across Bristol decisions are made every day on things that might affect you. They might be decisions about the environment, new buildings, things for young or old people, decisions about jobs or transport – almost anything you can think of. This guide will help to show you some of the many different ways that you can influence decisions made about things that affect you.

Click here to see the A - Z of influencing decision-making

 

 


 

 

What did Voscur do last year?

Voscur staff talk about some of the work we've carried out over the last year (2008/2009)

Click here to see our 2008/2009 Annual Report

 


Voscur is a Council for Voluntary Service (CVS).

Voscur works to support and develop a thriving, effective and influential voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Bristol.

We are a membership-led organisation, and we currently have over 350 members, which include social enterprises, community & voluntary sector groups, individuals and public sector agencies.

Click here for information on how to contact Voscur and how to find us.

>> Become a Voscur Member

Make sure you keep up to date and let others know about what you're doing throughout 2009 by using our online services including our weekly e-bulletin, e-forums, network meetings, online diary, community noticeboard and Thrive! magazine

For more information on using this site and creating your log-in see Using the Website

 


Voscur Limited is a not for profit company limited by guarantee.

Registered company no. 3918210