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£25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme is now open
The £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme scheme is now open to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency. It is part of the package of over £100 million of support announced by the Government at the Spring Budget […]
Locality Launch Community Manifesto
Locality have recently launched a manifesto at their annual Convention in Bristol. It sets a ten-year vision that calls for a “community power revolution”, predicated on knowledge that local communities are best placed to transform lives and create a fairer society. It calls on the […]
Time to End the Silence: the experience of Muslims in the prison system
Maslaha have published Time to End the Silence: the experience of Muslims in the prison system. The report shows in stark detail how Muslims in prison face racism which obstructs them from practicing their religion and prevents them from accessing vital services such as mental […]
GLA Mapping of Services for Migrants, Refugees, and Newly Arrived Communities
Groundswork are continuing support the GLA to update the Mayor’s new Migrant Londoners Hub, a map of services for migrants, refugees and newly arrived communities. This is an online resource to support different groups of refugees and migrants in London to understand their rights and to […]
Department for Education – updated guidance on keeping children safe in out of school settings
The Department for Education has updated their guidance on safeguarding. This is non-statutory guidance for organisations or individuals who provide community activities, tuition or after-school clubs for children. ‘Children’ refers to individuals who have not yet reached their 18th birthday. These are also known as […]
Mitzvah Day 2023
Mitzvah Day takes place on 19th November and the theme this year is ‘Repairing the World’. The theme aims to remind us that we can all play a part, however big or small, in helping to heal our increasingly damaged world and to reconsider the […]
Join the GLA Eid Community Advisory Group
The Greater London Authority (GLA) are looking for new members to join existing members of their Eid Community Advisory Group (ECAG), to support and steer the GLA to deliver Eid in the Square successfully for London and its communities over the next two years. They […]
Experiences of Suicide in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
Fellow VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance members, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) recently released a research summary offering insights into the experiences of death-by-suicide in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities using responses from community members who had experienced the death of a friend or loved-one. The […]
London Community Resilience – Faith Training Programme
Expressions of interest are now open for a Community Resilience Faith Training courses in London, run by the London Boroughs Faiths Network. Two cohorts are taking place over the next few months, in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Tower Hamlets […]
Challenge Poverty Week 2023
Challenge Poverty Week (England & Wales) 2023 is taking place between 16th and 22nd October. The Week is supported and made possible by a number of national partner organisations and networks, and is an opportunity to speak up collectively about issues that are impacting your […]