Collaboration

Voscur supports partnerships between local groups to strengthen communities and make organisations more sustainable.

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Commissioning

Commissioning is increasingly a shared endeavour between public bodies and the public, and between community groups in partnership. Voscur facilitates dialogue into delivery.

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VCSE Strategy Group

Communities have never been better placed to lead change after Covid forced new perspectives on inequality. This partnership is planning our next steps together.

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Latest News

Expressions of Interest welcomed for Bristol’s One City Culture Board 

 

The City Office, creator and guardian of the Bristol One City Plan, has announced that the Expression of Interest process to join the Culture Board is now open.

Launched in January...
People, not processes, must be at the heart volunteering

 

What do volunteers in Bristol really need in order to make their most effective contributions? The new Vision For Volunteering provokes fresh dialogue.  

The Vision for...
South Bristol Wellbeing – Call for expressions of interest

City Lab is a new way of funding which brings groups together to explore key issues in Bristol. The project is led by City Funds, a partnership between Bristol City Council, Bristol & Bath...
Voscur and Wesport to distribute £380,000 to local communities

 

Wesport, the sports charity that helps people to become more physically active and enjoy the benefits that an active lifestyle can bring, has launched the Sport England, Together Fund.  ...
Bristol to have UK's first regular drug checking service

 

The proposed service is due to be decided on by Bristol’s cabinet on May 10, and could open its doors for the first time on May 28 as well as operating before events such as festivals....
Bristol votes to remove elected mayor role

 

Just 10 years after voting to bring in a directly elected mayor, last week Bristolians voted against keeping the role of an elected Mayor.

Labour incumbent Marvin Rees, who had...
Bristol mayor - how will you vote in the referendum?

 

This Thursday Bristolians will vote on whether to keep the existing city mayoral system or to return to the committee system, a method last used in Bristol in 2000. 

As a city, we...
High Court ruling allows charity trustees to consider the climate crisis in investment decisions

The High Court has reinterpreted a 30-year old judgment which mandated that charity trustees maximise return on investment except in circumstances where to do so would conflict with the charities...
Charity Creatives

Charity Creatives is an opportunity for local charities to get a fresh perspective on a marketing challenge, and for marketing professionals to socialise, meet new people and put their skills to...
Common Call’s social investment co-design research project

Common Call is working on the development of a social investment model that benefits underrepresented communities, such as global majority-led, Black-led, and lived experience-led. 

This...
The Big Jubilee Lunch

Bristol Cathedral and partners are delighted to announce a Big Jubilee Lunch on College Green on Sunday 5 June to celebrate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

This full day free event is...
All Charities need an EDI Strategy, experts say

 

All charities, regardless of size, need to have an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy, experts told leaders last week.

Gamiel Yafai, CEO of Diversity Marketplace, and...

Supporting local impact

How The Real Photography Company became a CIC

 

The Real Photography Company, based in St. Paul’s Learning Centre, began as a group of local photographers who wanted to share their love of analogue photography and darkroom techniques. Founding directors Wendy Leocque and Ruth Jacobs spoke to Voscur about their journey to becoming a fully-formed Community