Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
Volunteers' Week is officially upon us! As we've mentioned in previous posts, we are celebrating the week by writing a series of spotlight stories on local organisations - highlighting the diversity of volunteer involving...
Volunteers' Week is the annual celebration of, and expression of gratitude for, volunteers across the country. Running from 1st-7th June, the week offers an opportunity to say thanks to our volunteers, and advocate for volunteering as a fulfilling and vital service.
There are several...
As we go into #volunteersweek we wanted to take a moment to say a huge THANK YOU to all volunteer coordinators across the city! Many volunteer coordinators are volunteers themselves (if involved in an entirely volunteer-run organisation), and some...
At the end of March Voscur hosted the Cost of Living and Inequalities Conference, bringing together leading voices from across the city to share insight, understand challenges and plot pathways forwards through the current economic climate.
As a result of this work, a manifesto has been...
Between February 8th and March 10th, we conducted a survey of local community organisations, asking them how the cost of living crisis has affected their organisations’ services and sustainability....
Six new Bristol community organisations will be supported to co-develop their own responses to the climate crisis, after being accepted into the Community Climate Action Project learning and mentoring programme...
It is common for people to offer each other books they have read and liked. But, when you come from a place where not many people can relate,...
What's your name and role?
My Name is Shane Perry and I am a Centre Assistant at St Werburghs Community Centre.
What does your Welcome Space offer the community?
We have been a proud member of the welcoming spaces...
At the end of March Voscur hosted the Cost of Living and Inequalities Conference, bringing together leading voices from across the city to share insight, understand challenges and plot pathways forwards through the current economic climate.
One of the in-progress outcomes from the...
Our spotlight series focusses on the Welcome Spaces established in response to the Cost of Living Crisis. Recently, Rachel Varley, VCSE Development Advisor - Outreach, visited JTE Hub at Shirehampton Methodist Church to guage the feeling on the ground of this vital space.
What...