Entries by Ella Sage

Volunteering for Health: Test, Learn and Innovate Programme

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Northamptonshire Community Foundation has opened the second and final round of its Volunteering for Health Test, Learn and Innovate Programme. Grants of £7,500–£10,000 are available to small, local VCSE organisations in Northamptonshire to pilot new or adapted volunteering models that improve health and wellbeing and tackle health inequalities. The fund particularly encourages community‑led approaches, increased volunteer diversity, and projects supporting under‑represented groups through volunteering in health and care settings. […]

Introducing the New Toolkit, Strategy and Charter from Volunteers for Health, Northamptonshire

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Good Practice Volunteer Management Toolkit We are pleased to share our new Toolkit, created to help local organisations strengthen their volunteering and increase their impact. The Toolkit is free to access and designed for organisations of all sizes across Northamptonshire. Access it here.   Volunteers for Health Strategy Launch The new Volunteers for Health Strategy for Northamptonshire sets out a shared approach […]

State of the Sector Survey 2025

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In the Autumn of 2025, SAWN (the Infrastructure Partnership of VIN and SNVB) surveyed the West Northamptonshire VCFSE and has produced a report entitled What’s happening in your World. The Report can be seen here: Sawn-State-of-the-Sector_Final V4 February 2026 It is clear to SAWN that our VCFSE is fragile and struggling with the triple bottom line […]