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Hannah Gorf (Senior Programme Manager: Healthy Communities and Individuals Team, NHS Gloucestershire) would like to share some important updates for VCSE groups & organisations in Gloucestershire.
Earlier this week our Chief Executive Officer, Matt Lennard, joined partners from the Barnwood Trust and Gloucestershire County Council to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, setting out our joint commitments for the next two years.
This month's guest blog is written by Emma Owen (Chair) and Tom Beasley (CEO) from Active Gloucestershire. Find out more about Active Gloucestershire's journey and key lessons learned along the way...
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Trustee Bank training for 2025. Our free-to-stream online training courses are for VCSE organisations in Gloucestershire and were produced thanks to funding from Healthy Communities Together Gloucestershire and The National Lottery Community Fund.
In our team blog this month, our Communications Coordinator Wendy, shares how volunteering within the community helps inform her role at the Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance. Wendy also shares her three motivations for volunteering and the positive impact volunteering has on her wellbeing.
The Charity Commission is launching a consultation into the Charities SORP in 2025. Here's a roundup of some of the expected changes, and the significant impact they may have on VCSE organisations in Gloucestershire.
On Tuesday 29 November our CEO, Matt Lennard, joined partners from Gloucestershire County Council, the NHS, the police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. Each partner signed a charter committing to work together to make Gloucestershire ‘a great place to grow up where children and young people thrive and live lives of choice and opportunity’.
Barnwood Trust, Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance are today announcing a new partnership aimed at enhancing inclusive short breaks for families of disabled children and young people. This initiative will run until April 2027, and will see the partners working together to co-fund short breaks in Gloucester, the North Cotswolds and Tewkesbury.