Voscur works to challenge the various inequalities that communities in Bristol experience. We foster relationships, collective action and trust. We enable people to change systems.
We take positive action to ensure resources are invested specifically in those areas, organisations and groups that can bridge the equity gap.
Voscur's Sector Leaders Network links grassroots community activists to citywide decision-making so citizens can shape local strategies and policies equitably.
Equality doesn’t just happen. Diversity doesn’t have to create new inequalities in order to challenge old ones. We use democratic approaches to make Bristol more inclusive.
Communities have never been better placed to lead change after Covid forced new perspectives on inequality. This partnership is planning our next steps together.
NCVO warns of volunteer burnout and guilt
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has just published their report Time Well Spent: Impact of Covid-19 On the Volunteer Experience, and in it they say as a result of...
Could you sponsor a young person to take part in the GAP initiative?
The Grassroot Activators Programme (GAP) is a year long initiative taking place within Bristol communities. It's purpose is to raise aspirations and develop pathways to future opportunities for 16...
Bristol Local Food Fund is now recruiting for their Citizens Panel
Bristol Local Food Fund is looking for seven people with lived experience of food insecurity who will decide how £60,000 of funding is given out to community food projects across the city...
Pay gap between charity and private sector widening
According to Pro Bono Economics (PBE), the fiscal think tank, there is a widening pay gap between earnings in charities and businesses. Although analysis shows that the rate of growth in...
Consultation on next round of dormant assets funding launched
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...
State of the sector: Make your experiences count
Whether your organisation or group is big or small, flourishing or struggling – or just carrying on more or less as normal – Third Sector Trends wants to hear from you.
More than...
Voscur's Skills 4 Social Purpose programme - sign up now!
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...
New capital funding for Bristol communities
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...
Charities and the power dynamic
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...
Voscur's new CEO to start in September
Following a wide-ranging open recruitment process, the Trustees of Voscur are delighted to announce that the new Chief Executive Officer will be Rebecca Mear.
Rebecca currently...
The cost of living crisis in Bristol - Voscur's response
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...
A Celebration Of Refugees In Our City
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...
Houria social enterprise grows with support from Voscur
Houria, which means ‘freedom’, is a pan-African catering social enterprise that specifically supports, trains and employs migrant women and survivors of slavery. It was founded in 2019, by Kim Prado, with values of empowerment, sisterhood, enterprise and cooperation.