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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.

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.

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.  

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.

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:

It's World Mental Health Day on Thursday 10 October 2024 and this year's focus is mental health at work.

Find out more about mental health & wellbeing support in Gloucestershire and how to get involved in this year's campaign below.

Our team would like to say a huge congratulations to our Chief Executive Officer, Matt Lennard, who graduated from the QuoLux LEAD™ programme last week. LEAD™ is a specially designed programme for individuals wanting to be better leaders and grow their organisations.

Are you interested in Women’s Health? If so, your new Women's Health Clinical Programme Group (CPG) representatives would like to hear from you.