We are stronger when we work together. By enabling partnerships we make better use of shared assets and make more progress towards common ambitions. Our independence enables Voscur to be the glue in collaborations that are equitable and effective.
Voscur supports partnerships between local groups to strengthen communities and make organisations more sustainable.
Commissioning is increasingly a shared endeavour between public bodies and the public, and between community groups in partnership. Voscur facilitates dialogue into delivery.
Communities have never been better placed to lead change after Covid forced new perspectives on inequality. This partnership is planning our next steps together.
UK National Workplace Day of Remembrance
12th of December marks the Workplace Day of Remembrance. Established in 2019 the day is a time to remember everyone who lost their lives at work, whatever their job. Thankfully and quite rightly,...
Trees are priceless. Just ask a doctor. Or a teenager.
Woodland walks save the NHS £185m a year in mental health costs, calculated Forest Research, because they result in fewer GP visits and prescriptions, reduced hospital and social service care, and...
April increase to energy price cap could double cost of heating home, fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) warns.
It's National Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, and Max Channon in the Bristol Post, reports that average domestic dual fuel energy bill, which has already soared by more than £230 per customer compared...
World Aids Day in Bristol
World AIDS Day, has been marked on 1 December every year since 1988. It's an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and...
Four new Trustees join the Voscur Board
Following our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 25th of November, this week we are giving a warm welcome to our newly elected trustees, voted onto the Voscur Board by our Members.
Phil Barry...
Volunteering should be built into the levelling up agenda to improve the nation's well-being
Volunteering for a Healthier Britain, research by the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) found that the Covid-19 pandemic negatively affected the health of people living in Britain’s poorest...
Debt advice squeezed ahead of Black Friday and Christmas
Thousands of vulnerable people struggling with personal debts could lose access to free specialist face-to face help as a result of a government shake-up that seeks to move more services online, ...
The UN's International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The UN's International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women is this Thursday (25th November)
The United Nations reports that nearly 1 in 3 women will be abused in their...
Charity Commission releases new safeguarding guidance
The Charity Commission for England and Wales has just released updated safeguarding guidance that now includes safeguarding online. The guidance is aimed at Trustees but covers a lot of areas that...
New advice drop-in sessions launched to support community groups
Are you a new organisation or a local community group in Bristol? Voscur can give you advice and information on funding and training. Come and tell us what you need to make progress...
Unprecedented Crisis in Adult Social Care: innovation and new approaches are needed
New workshop to reflect on innovative approaches to delivering Adult Social Care
Adult Social Care is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. During the pandemic, community ...
Unlocking the potential of Bristol's communities: Voscur's impact story for 2021
Welcome to Voscur’s Summary Impact Report for 2021.
Watch the video below now and we'll publish a downloadable PDF version soon.
Having survived 2020 – ‘...
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