Coronavirus

Good Things Foundation launches digital blueprint for the UK

29 September, 2020

The Good Things Foundation has launched a new ‘Blueprint for a 100% Digitally Included UK’.

It is calling upon the government and other organisations to level-up opportunity and #FixTheDigitalDivide.

The campaign proposes:

New report highlights the impact of COVID-19 on Bristol’s VCSE sector

29 September, 2020

Black South West Network (BSWN) has completed new research highlighting the impact that COVID-19 has had on Bristol’s VCSE sector.

The report, Priority Areas for Investment for an effective VCSE recovery post-Covid, assesses how to foster greater community resilience in the new operating environment, and ultimately provide evidence for a thoroughly informed sector that can strengthen a post-lockdown recovery strategy.

#NeverMoreNeeded campaign pack for VCSE organisations

The #NeverMoreNeeded social media campaign, which raises awareness of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector in light of coronavirus, has issued a campaign pack with materials for VCSE organisations to use.

Free mental health courses for VCSE sector workers, from Thrive Bristol

7 September, 2020

Thrive Bristol is offering a range of free mental health courses, delivered online, to people who work or volunteer in the city's Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. The courses focus on general wellbeing, principles of mental health, resilience, suicide awareness, bereavement and much more.

Blog: Online training with Voscur during COVID-19

Blog written by Maria Franchi, Training and Development Officer at Voscur

Voscur is proud of its training offer – we provide interactive and practical training across the local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.

NLCF emergency charity funding awards exceed £140m

1 September, 2020

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) has so far made awards worth a combined total of £140.8 million to communities that need support during the coronavirus crisis.

The funding is part of the £750 million of the emergency coronavirus support fund that was announced by UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak in April.

The £140.8 million covers:

2,546 awards totalling £75.6 million from NLCF budgets

2,779 awards totalling £65.2 million using DCMS budgets – an increase of £10m in one week

Have your say on Bristol’s COVID-19 recovery

11 August, 2020

Bristol City Council has launched a new survey, giving citizens the opportunity to help shape the future of the city as it rebuilds following lockdown and adapts to the challenges posed by COVID-19.

Take Care of Each Other text sign on building

Building Back paper from ACAS calls for more inclusive and flexible workplaces

29 July, 2020

A new policy paper from Sir Brendan Barber, ACAS Chair from 2014-2020, calls for fairer, more inclusive and flexible workplaces and a new workplace contract as the nation recovers from coronavirus.

Building back: Making working lives better uses insight from long before coronavirus, as well as knowledge gathered during the pandemic. The paper recognises that:

COVID-19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme

27 July, 2020

The first round of the COVID-19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme (CCLORS) opens at 10am on Tuesday 28 July 2020. Grants of up to £100,000 are available to organisations led by the community that are facing financial difficulties due to coronavirus.

Eligible organisations deliver community support and services to support people most at risk of COVID-19. There is an emphasis on supporting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)-supporting or BAME-led businesses.

Guidance for holding Trustee or Director meetings remotely

Due to COVID-19, charities and community groups have had to move most face-to-face meetings online, and this includes meetings of their board and directors. However, you need to make sure your Articles of Association allow for remote meetings, e.g. 'by suitable electronic means'.

This guidance, produced by Voscur, explains the two options you have if there is no clause in your Articles of Association allowing for remote meetings.