Two NHS staff members painting panels on a wall

In September, we announced the launch of a new free Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) toolkit for VCSE groups & organisations across Gloucestershire.

We were delighted to find out that members of the Strategy & Transformation Directorate at NHS Gloucestershire ICB recently visited The Grace Network for their Volunteering Away Day and thoroughly enjoyed participating in some ESV. You can find out more in our Guest Blog below...

Angela Gilbert

This month, Angela Gilbert, VCSE representative on the Cheltenham Integrated Locality Partnership (ILP), shares how she, and fellow representative Andy Herbert, have helped make it possible for VCSE groups & organisations in Cheltenham to influence priorities for the Strengthening Local Communities grants.

Words 'Connected Gloucestershire'

There has been a lot of talking about the need to do something about loneliness in Gloucestershire.

This document is our attempt to concisely summarise where those conversations have been landing and to steer us towards the actions we can take as a county to do something about prioritising connection.

Three volunteers in kitchen prepping a meal

In the first of our 'Spotlight On' series, Wendy Kewley meets Sarah Frazer from the Trinity Rooms Community Hub to find out about the work of the Network of Stroud Hubs.

Words: Trustees' Week Team Blog

This week, NCVO published a report documenting the trustee recruitment and retention challenges faced by charities across the country. We have therefore dedicated our team blog this month to this hot topic.

In this blog, our Business Support Lead, Karen, shares how we diversified our recent trustee recruitment campaign to reach a wider pool of trustees. Karen also shares some simple and effective changes that you can make to enhance your next recruitment drive. 

A picture of the Big Ben clock tower and the Houses of Parliament with the caption 'Overview: Autumn Budget 2024'

The Autumn Budget set out the governments spending plan up until March 2026. It also provides insight into the 2026 spending review, which is important as it will outline how funding to central government departments will be allocated (up until March 2029).

Any decisions made now and in the future will impact on the VCSE sector and local communities in a range of ways. We’ve therefore put together a list of articles and resources that you may find useful.

Padlock with words Cyber Security

This interactive workshop is designed specifically to help local VCSE groups & organisations to strengthen their cyber security practices.

Places are fully funded for VCSE sector groups & organisations delivering services in Gloucestershire.  

Trustees' Week logo

Trustees' Week runs from 4 to 8 November this year.

This year's theme is celebrating, supporting and inspiring trustees. We've put together a list of seven free things that you can do now in preperation:

Magnifying glass placed over newspaper with the word 'Jobs' magnified under glass

This weeks round up of job and trustee vacancies within the VCSE sector in Gloucestershire.

Week beginning 21 October 2024.

Tewkesbury Borough Council

It's the last chance for groups & organisations in Tewkesbury Borough to apply for UK Shared Prosperity and Rural England Prosperity funding.

Eligible groups & organisations across the Borough are being encouraged to apply before 5 November 2024.