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We provide a range of services to individuals and community based organisations
What we do
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Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire started in 1990 as a volunteer centre and over the years we have grown significantly not only by the size of our team but also in the services that we offer.
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We offer support to voluntary and community organisations in Northampton helping to maximise their effectiveness and become more flexible in approach to the current and changing environment.
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We develop community connections through projects which provide essential links between people and places. By developing this friendship, confidence and wellbeing is built, as is trust and life-long acquaintance.
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We provide a range of services to individuals and community based organisations
- Group support and development
- Volunteering brokerage and Employer Supported Volunteering
- Northampton Community Transport scheme
- Happy at Home befriending scheme
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Five-Year Strategic Commissioning Plan
/by Sophie NegusThe ICB Cluster of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland (LNR) have just released their new 5 Year Plan as they move into the role of Strategic Commissioners. Their stated Commissioning objectives are: • Elective care – improving access and reducing long waits, modernising pathways, reducing unwarranted variation and delivering more care closer to home. • Urgent and […]
VIN launches Managing Change
/by Sophie NegusVIN launchers its new short-term strategy entitled Managing Change. The Strategy can be found here Russell Rolph, the CEO of VIN states: VIN launches its new short-term strategy at a time when the VCFSE is under more pressure than ever. VIN is not immune from these challenges and must find a new way of ensuring […]