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Clinks, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are holding an event to launch the Older People in the Criminal Justice System (OPIC) network is designed to bring together voluntary and statutory organisations and practitioners, as well as academics, who provide services for and/or […]

People from ethnic minority communities in Britain are, on average, more affected by the climate and nature crises than White British people due to profound societal inequity, according to an evidence review by NPC and the Race Equality Foundation as part of the Everyone’s Environment […]

The government is calling on anyone who tops up their energy via a traditional prepayment electricity meter (PPM), to redeem money-off vouchers before they expire on 30th June. The Energy Bills Support Scheme, which ran between October 2022 to March 2023, enabled households to save […]

Next month sees the official start of summer, so attention has been turning to what the next season may hold, particularly when it comes to weather.  The Met Office’s three-month outlook, published on 1 May, forecasts that the months of May, June and July have […]

NCVO have published their key findings from the latest Time Well Spent report. New data has shown the impact of COVID-19 and the Cost-of-Living crisis on volunteering and the experiences of those involved. Headline findings included: Volunteering levels in some key activities have decreased. The […]

The Emergencies Partnership is currently compiling the experiences of the VCSE sector in a Cost-of-Living – Lessons from the Voluntary Sector report. The Partnership would like to sense check themes and topics that have arisen and are holding a drop in session to ensure that their […]

This month, the Government published draft legislation for Martyn’s Law, setting out the requirements that, under the new law, venues and other organisations will have to meet to ensure public safety. The draft bill, named in tribute to Martyn Hett, who was one of 22 […]

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have set out the government’s plans to fundamentally reform the private rented sector (PRS) and level up housing quality. The proposed reforms, the Renters (Reform) Bill, commit to “bring in a better deal for renters” and […]

This year, the ever more popular national Inter Faith Week takes place from 12th to 19th November. This will be its 15th year. The Week’s aims are to: Strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels Increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities […]

The Children & Young People Now Awards have become the gold standard for everyone working with children, young people and families. Now in their 18th year, the awards are a source of pride and recognition for all those working to improve the lives of children […]