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System Wide Integrated Mental Health Strategy Development
Ruthe Sawyer (a previous NCVS employee) is now working in a system role for the Integrated Care System (ICS) to develop the new three-year mental health strategy and wants to hear from organisations about how they can inform the future of this work and stay updated.Work began in January 2024 within Nottinghamshire and Nottingham ICS to use an integrated approach to transforming the mental health…
NCVS in the Community - Healthwatch Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Community Roadshow
On Tuesday 30 April 2024 Davia, Projects Support Administrator, Billie, Communications and Marketing Coordinator, and Jules, CEO, went down to The Vine Community Centre to represent Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS) at the first city-based Community Roadshow. It was a lovely spring day, and we were honoured to be working in partnership with Healthwatch Nottingham and…
Working towards a Trauma Informed Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Our Practice Development Unit (PDU) team, along with Changing Futures, attended a workshop this April to help shape implementation plans for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Trauma Informed Strategy. As a member of the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) Trauma Informed Implementation Group, we joined several agency partners to consider priorities and…
Sport England Small Grants Fund 2024
This is an open fund and you are welcome to apply at any time. Please apply for funding at least 12 weeks before you need the funding.The Small Grants Programme aims to develop opportunities for communities to get more people physically active and will support new or existing projects by providing National Lottery funding of between £300 and £15,000 for voluntary or community organisations.…
Volunteer Management software review
Dave Thomas, Volunteering Development Officer at NCVS, continues his series of articles in support of Leaders of Volunteers. This time, Dave looks into different Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems that could be used by organisations to manage their volunteer programme.While many of us are still using old-school solutions such as Excel and Google Sheets to manage our volunteer…
Groundwork - VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme
This fund closed to applications in August 2024The VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme will help voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across England deliver more efficient services for people and communities by saving money on their energy bills. The scheme is funded as part of a package of over £100 million of support being delivered by the Government to help frontline…
Women's Health Community Fund
This fund closed for applications on Sunday 19 May 2024Wellbeing of Women has partnered with Holland and Barrett to offer grants of up to £5,000 to small, grassroots organisations and community groups to support women, girls and people from underrepresented groups.They are seeking projects that cover the following areas:Projects that aim to improve information, education and support for menstrual…
Funding and tailored support for social entrepreneurs
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, the next deadline will be Sunday 30 June 2024An award scheme from UK-registered charity UnLtd is providing funding and tailored support to social entrepreneurs, to help them grow their social venture and become social leaders. Successful applicants will be given a dedicated support manager, expert mentors and pro bono support as well as…
Building Resilience in Ethnically Diverse Communities: what we've learned
There are definite inequalities within our communities. Breaking down barriers and stigma is fundamental to people engaging. Better health outcomes for people and less demand on health services. In early 2023, NCVS engaged with community organisations to understand why some communities (especially those from South Asian backgrounds) were not accessing NHS Talk Therapy services. Based on…
Aviva Community Fund
There is no deadline, organisations are encouraged to apply at any timeAviva has partnered with Crowdfunder to give charities and social enterprises the opportunity to raise up to £500,000. Organisations can submit an application at any time; once approved, they can then create a page detailing the project and start collecting donations. Aviva will match each individual donation up to £250. Their…