We support organisations to build stronger communities. That includes groups in specific neighbourhoods, those with shared ambitions or working with common groups. By prioritising organisational development for underrepresented groups, we build equity and resilience.
Build on the skills, strengths and connections you already have through advice, support and making new connections.
We’ve gathered knowledge, tools, data and practice to help organisation solve problems, work together and thrive.
Voscur supports collaboration between local groups to improve the quality and impact of services for local people, and to increase the effectiveness and sustainability.
Co-designing for improved health, social care and wellbeing BNSSG
Does your organisation work to improve health and wellbeing for people in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG)?
Whether you’re working in the voluntary, community or...
Nominations open for Bristol Social Impact Awards
Nominations are now open for the Bristol Social Impact Awards (formerly The Voscurs).
This prestigious awards ceremony will return on Thursday February 29th, and now is your chance to show...
Have Your Say and AGM
This year, our Have Your Say Forum event will be immediately followed by our AGM, in a double-event extravaganza!
These events will take place on December 5th, at The Park Centre. We are...
Come to the Locality Convention - hosted this year in Bristol
Locality is the national network of community orgs. They have over 1,600 members who help hundreds of thousands of people every week. Offering specialist advice, peer learning and campaign with...
Voscur seeks Innovation & Development Director
After thirteen years at Voscur, Mark Hubbard (Development Director) has decided to take on a new challenge. Everyone at Voscur is grateful for Mark's work, and he has shared some reflections on...
New learning opportunities to support the work of Trustees and Directors
“Excellence for Boards” is a newly-developed set of six courses that takes you through from the basics of your role as a charity trustee or CIC director to enabling you to become part of a truly...
VCSE Barometer Survey: 13-27 September
Can you believe it’s 15 weeks since our last VCSE Barometer? In May we received over 1,100 responses and learnt that:
Despite more than half of charities of all sizes expecting to meet demand...
Social Enterprise Leadership Development Programme 2023-24
The Social Enterprise Leadership Programme is a 5-month leadership development opportunity. It is designed to increase the knowledge, understanding, capability and confidence of Bristol’s VCSE...
Voscur working with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Recently the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman team, working in partnership with Voscur, engaged with the public as well as community leaders in Bristol as part of their roadshow. This...
The MAZI Project
The MAZI Project is an exciting, thriving social enterprise which since 2021 has provided over 6500 healthy meal boxes to vulnerable young people in Bristol, as well as delivering an innovative “...
Bringing the local voice of Bristol to the VCSE Barometer Survey
The Barometer Survey is a quarterly ‘temperature check’ of the VCSE sector which aims to uncover new trends and insights, and highlight real-time issues and challenges. You may have heard about...
Could your organisation run a community building in North Bristol?
Bristol City Council is inviting expressions of interest from community-based organisations to take a lease of the new St Peter's Community Centre, which is due to be completed by April next year...
BDP! Gets a 'Boost'
Voscur's Boost! Project matches community organisations with skilled volunteers to complete a short term piece of work that builds capacity. The main activity of Bristol Drugs Project (BDP) is to reduce alcohol and drug related harm which they do through a variety services.