'I Will Be Heard' - engaging diverse communities in the Truth Project
11 April, 2018 - 14:02The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recently met with Bristol’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community leaders to raise awareness of the Truth Project. Voscur representatives from BME Voice and Influence and the Bristol Sexual Violence Support Consortium attended....
Council halts changes to 2018-19 Discretionary Rate Relief
10 April, 2018 - 15:17Bristol City Council has confirmed that it will no longer be making changes to its discretionary rate relief (DRR) scheme in the 2018-19 tax year. This decision has relieved considerable pressure on the 19 voluntary sector groups who’s relief of up to 100% was...
New West of England Community Transport Network
10 April, 2018 - 11:58Community transport provides a vital service for thousands of people across the West of England. Over 45 community organisations provide a diverse range of services, including community minibuses, volunteer car schemes taking people to medical appointments, wheels to work schemes and regular...
Domestic Abuse Bill: briefing
4 April, 2018 - 11:32
The government recently launched a consultatiion to seek views on measures to be included in the draft Domestic Abuse Bill. The consultation sets out the government’s approach to dealing with...
Disrespect NoBody campaign
4 April, 2018 - 10:47The Home Office has launched the third phase of the Disrespect NoBody campaign. The Disrespect NoBody campaign helps young people to understand what a healthy relationship is and re-think their views of controlling behaviour, violence, abuse, sexual abuse and what consent means within their...
A message from the Voscur Chair
28 March, 2018 - 14:41Voscur has been through a period of significant change. You can read more about it in our statement. But I wanted to say a personal thank you to all of the staff, both those who are staying and those who are leaving us, for...
Research: Diversity And Discrimination in The Charity Sector
27 March, 2018 - 15:08The charity sector can be perceived as being caring and inclusive, but just how well are we doing at maintaining this? CharityJob’s latest research paper seeks to investigate diversity and discrimination in the not-for-profit sector, with a particular focus on recruitment and the workplace....
Changes at Voscur
27 March, 2018 - 12:48The Voscur Board recently completed a period of consultation with staff about options for restructuring the organisation and we are now able to announce that a new structure will be in place with effect from 1 April 2018.
Like many VCSE sector organisations in Bristol,...