Commissioning

Ensure your expertise, and clients' perspectives and aspirations, help to shape local commissioning strategies by influencing relevant decision-makers.

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Sector Leaders

Voscur's Sector Leaders represent our collective voice through their role on strategic decision-making and policy boards across the city, because we're stronger and more effective working together.

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Inclusion

The disadvantages that equalities groups and marginalised communities face in Bristol is both structural and often invisible, so we use positive action to address such inequalities.

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Latest News

91% of charities expect difficulties in meeting objectives and reduced income

Pro Bono Economics has launched its latest survey results, finding that 91% of charities and voluntary organisations expect COVID-19 to have a negative impact on their ability to meet their...
Survey reveals perceptions of grant givers

The Grant Givers’ Movement (GGM) has published results from its Sector Pulse Survey.

The survey aims to find:

How those working within grantmaking organizations perceive their own...
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020: what you need to know

The government has published new legislation that relaxes corporate governance and insolvency law to help organisations under pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Under the Corporate...
Charity Commission appoints new Chief Operating Officer

 

The Charity Commission has appointed former Staffordshire Police Deputy Chief Constable Nick Baker, to its newly created Chief Operating Officer Role.

The new post focuses on...
Volunteers to support public transport network

 

Volunteers will be at the forefront of a new government public transport initiative that is being designed to deal with the increased pressure on routes as lockdown is lifted.

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Emergency government funding: apply now or risk missing out

 

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) today opened the £200 million emergency fund to support charities and community groups during the coronavirus pandemic.

You can read the...
£150 million additional emergency charity funding released

The government has released an additional £150 million to support charities during the pandemic.

Oliver Dowden MP, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport announced that the additional...
Government’s new Coronavirus Community Support Fund opening for applications on Friday 22nd May

The Government's new Coronavirus Community Support Fund will open for applications on Friday 22nd May at 10am. £200million of funding will be available primarily for small to medium organisations...
NPC publishes State of the Sector results

 

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has published recent results from its State of the Sector programme.

The results have been released earlier than originally intended, in order to...
COVID-19 emergency funding update

 

More information has been made available on how the government’s £750 million package of support for the charity sector is being distributed, as well as how organisations can apply for it...
Charity Commission focuses on misuse of restricted funds during pandemic

 

The Charity Commission has published new guidance to examiners urging them to be vigilant for charities misusing funds during the coronavirus pandemic.

Independent examiners review...
Government committee describes emergency charity funding as “too little, too late”

 

A Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee has criticised the government for failing to adequately support UK charities in the face of plunging incomes and rising demand...

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ACORN

Following a community organising campaign, ACORN UK started in 2014 when a group of residents in Easton joined together to take action against unscrupulous landlords.  Through a network of volunteers trained and empowered to organise in their local communities, ACORN currently works to combat evictions, fight rip-off tenancy fees and insist on