Survivors of sexual violence are invited to complete an anonymous survey for the Sexual Violence Support Consortium, which will identify demand for a possible paid counselling service in Bristol, Avon and Somerset.

The NHS Long Term Plan was launched in January to coincide with the 75^th anniversary of the service.

It aims to improve the quality of patient care and health outcomes and sets out how the £20.5 billion budget settlement for the NHS, announced by the Prime Minister in summer 2018, will be spent over the next 5 years.

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Welcome to a new series on the Voscur website, where we take a closer look at the many different job roles available in Bristol’s thriving VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) sector. To start the series, we’ve chosen to focus on being a Director – a senior level position that puts you in charge of steering an organisation. 

Bristol Community Health CIC and North Somerset Community Partnership CIC have announced their intention to merge. The merger will take place after August 2019, subject to a successful joint partnership bid for the Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Adults’ Community Healthcare Contract. This news follows the local CCG’s announcement today of its intention to commission a single provider to run the service from April 2020. 

Four projects based in Bristol have been awarded funding through the government’s £11.5 million Building Connections loneliness fund.

The King’s Fund has launched a report on the role of volunteers in the NHS.

Commissioned by the Royal Voluntary Service and Helpforce, it shows the perceptions of frontline staff working in acute care.

Charities are being encouraged to bid for £15 million in funding that has been made available through the Tampon Tax Fund.

The fund will be available to charities working with vulnerable women and girls and each successful project will receive at least £1 million in funding.

All grants from this round will be offered to charities for two year projects.

The government has announced a new VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund for organisations that support children and young people with their mental health.

The funding is for three years and is aimed at expanding and evaluating existing projects that are both successful and innovative and that: