Charities need to recruit and retain 10,000 more ethnically diverse trustees to bridge the 6% under-representation gap on charity trustee boards in England and Wales. Only 8% of trustees are ethnically diverse compared to the England and Wales population of 14%. Less than 3% are women of colour. 

Research completed at our recent Strategic Planning Day, identified that of those attending, the majority were female. One of the top issues delegates identified as important to them, was access to leadership training. 

Following the successful VCSE  Planning Day on the 7th October, The Healthy Communities Together  (Healthy Communities Together Gloucestershire (hctgloucestershire.co.uk) Stewardship Group are hosting a VCSE event to continue the conversation about how we create the conditions for greater trust between VCSE, Health and Local Government to deliver better outcomes and fairer health for people in Gloucestershire.

The fund is to create, expand and improve local youth facilities and their services, to drive positive outcomes for young people, including improved mental and physical wellbeing, and skills for life and work.
 
The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is made up of £288m capital and up to £80m revenue grants and is funded by the UK Government.

Following the successful VCSE  Planning Day on the 7th October, The Healthy Communities Together  (Healthy Communities Together Gloucestershire (hctgloucestershire.co.uk) Stewardship Group are hosting a VCSE event to continue the conversation about how we create the conditions for greater trust between VCSE, Health and Local Government to deliver better outcomes and fairer health for people in Gloucestershire.

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who attended our VCSE Wellbeing Retreat and Strategic Planning Day last week. 

We had over 130 people visit the events at Hawkwood and have been blown away by the feedback we have received so far!

We are pleased to announce the first cohort for this session has been filled.

If you would like to reserve your place for the second and final cohort, please click on the link at the bottom of this post.