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“Covid-19 Omicron wave – getting the sector prepared” — BVSC open letter

December 20, 2021

BVSC’s chief executive Brian Carr has just published an open letter calling on Birmingham’s third sector organisations to use their communications channels to promote key public health messages in advance of the mid-January point when cases of the Omicron COVID

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Online briefing to explain West Midlands’ £53m share of Household Support Fund

November 22, 2021

On 30th September the government launched a £500m Household Support Fund to provide winter support to families and vulnerable households with food, fuel, bills, household items and essentials between October 2021 and March 2022. This funding is being issued to local authorities to add

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BVSC State of the Sector survey 2021 is now live

September 27, 2021

There is still time to complete BVSC’s State of the Sector survey 2021…but the survey will end soon. Please see below. BVSC has just announced that its State of the Sector survey 2021 is now live and will run until the 15th October. The State of the Sector survey generates

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There’s A Better Way — new campaign promotes giving and joined-up action on homelessness and rough sleeping

September 14, 2021

Birmingham City Council has just announced the launch of the There’s a Better Way campaign (Birmingham City Council blog and news), a new initiative to encourage people to donate to Change into Action, a charity supporting the region’s homelessness and street outreach char

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Birmingham City Council launches new Match My Project portal

August 16, 2021

For some while now Birmingham City Council has been considering methods for making it easier for businesses to support local community projects — whether they wish to do this as part of their CSR commitments or in pursuit of specific Social Value pledges a company may have made

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BVSC wants your feedback on what this year’s ‘state of the sector survey’ should include

August 12, 2021

BVSC’s State of the Sector 2020 survey underwent an almost complete redesign last year in order to focus on gathering as much data as possible about the state of the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector as it went into the pandemic and as it began to emerge f

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WMCA & BVSC join forces on homelessness prevention toolkit

August 09, 2021

In the wake of the the metropolitan Mayors of the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, and Liverpool City Region jointly calling on the government to continue funding the Housing First pilot scheme to help vulnerable people off the streets, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in

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Online public health briefing with Dr Justin Varney to focus on VCFSE — 29th July

July 26, 2021

Thursday 29th July, 2:00pm-3:00pm: BVSC is hosting an online briefing with Birmingham’s Director of Public Health Dr Justin Varney who will be providing an update on the current Covid-19 situation. The event will have a particular focus on the voluntary, community, faith and soc

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iSE & Witton Lodge offer new work, wellbeing and enterprise programme

July 14, 2021

Employment support

iSE and Witton Lodge Community Association are now delivering a new ESF-funded employment and enterprise programme called the WOWED project — which stands for World of Work, Wellbeing and Enterprise Development. The project offers: Basic skills support Confidence/assertiven

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Free online help for the reopening of community buildings

July 12, 2021

BVSC has just announced that in conjunction with Acivico, the design, facilities management and built environment consultancy, it will be offering two free online workshops in July, aimed specifically at those responsible for the safe reopening of community buildings. The workshops in

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New project to boost digital literacy and inclusion in Northfield & Edgbaston

July 08, 2021

Northfield Community Partnership, Age UK and Gateway Family Services are just starting a new project focused on improving digital literacy and inclusion amongst the over-50s in Northfield and Edgbaston. The project is seeking to recruit 2 x Digital Literacy Project Workers. These are

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Welcome Change CIC opens community hub in Lea Village

July 06, 2021

Councillor Marje Bridle has officially opened a new Community Hub in Lea Village in east Birmingham. The hub is run by BSSEC member, Welcome Change CIC. It has been supported by a grant of £500k from the National Lottery Community Fund, securing its future for the next five years. The

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Roots HR CIC announces free HR toolkits

July 01, 2021

If you’ve been planning to build up up your in-house resources on HR and recruitment, now is a very good time to do so. Social sector HR specialist Roots HR CIC has just announced that as part of delivering on its social mission it will be releasing a free HR toolkit every month

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Martineau Gardens seeks new CEO

April 26, 2021

This, just in from Martineau Gardens (which we have written about before here), which is seeking to recruit a new Chief Executive Officer. Martineau Gardens is a beautiful therapeutic community garden, a charity and social enterprise, located two miles from Birmingham City Centre

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Harness the power of smart phone tech to make better videos — watch the workshop replay

January 27, 2021

I wrote in a recent post about a free online workshop on smart phone video production skills being offered by Ruth Duggal of Make Your Own Video Training Academy (MYO VDO) in conjunction with BVSC. That webinar took place on 20th January but you can still view the recording

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BVSC/Shuut Videos — harness the power of smartphone video tech in a free online workshop

December 21, 2020

Free workshop: How To Get Better At Video Date: Wednesday 20th January 2021 Time: 10.00-11.00 Charities and voluntary organisations have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Demand for services has increased yet fundraising opportunities – especially in-person – have

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New BVSC report reveals detailed picture of the impact of the Covid crisis on Birmingham’s VCS — and the sector’s contribution

November 26, 2020

A new report just published by BVSC reveals a fascinating and detailed picture of the impact of the Covid crisis on Birmingham’s voluntary and community sector. Birmingham Voluntary Service Council: State of the Sector 2020: Digest of Headlines brings together key findings from

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Micro-fund opens to grassroots community groups in Birmingham

November 26, 2020

BVSC has just announced the following: The Brum Recovery Micro Fund is set up with funding from Birmingham City Council and is aimed at unconstituted and grassroots community groups in the city. Groups can apply for between £500 and £2,000 to support activity that responds to the need

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‘Levelling Up Our Communities’ — new report by Danny Kruger MP published

September 28, 2020

Further to this post, Danny Kruger MP has completed his report on civil society and communities that Boris Johnson tasked him with producing and it has just been published… I started to read Kruger’s report, Levelling Up Our Communities: Proposals for a New Social Covenant

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New social investment support programme for social enterprises & third sector

September 03, 2020

Through its Social Investment Catalyst Programme the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is offering six free online masterclasses between 10th September and 19th November. The sessions will include a variety of expert keynote speakers from the VCSE sector across the Midl

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