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Sophie Negus2026-06-05 13:40:112026-06-11 15:05:49The Big ConversationAfter winning two awards at the BBC Make a Difference Awards 2025 we are actively fundraising for Northampton Volunteer Car Scheme.
We provide our support through three main strands:
Group support – providing training, advice and resources for local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations
Community projects – supporting local communities through direct delivery projects, focusing on health inequalities and helping communities to thrive
Volunteering – promoting volunteering in all its forms and helping local VCFSE to find and involve volunteers.
Each element aligns to our values of:
- Being strategic and supportive
- Making things happen
- Leading in our field
- Placing people at our heart
Our ethos is built on transparency, honesty and integrity.
About us
We provide a range of services to individuals and community based organisations
What we do
We are here to support
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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Community
Supporting communities and organisations
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.
Support
Supporting residents
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.
Social Action West Northants (SAWN)
SAWN stands for Social Action West Northamptonshire. It is a Partnership Collaboration between Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire, South Northants Volunteer Bureau (incorporating Daventry Volunteer Centre). Whist we have always worked closely together, our Partnership formalised under the new Infrastructure contract for West Northamptonshire in 2024.
We work in partnership with SNVB to provide support and services to community organisations and communities across the whole of West Northamptonshire.
Services
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 […]