For those of you who don’t know, Connect Northamptonshire is a VIN managed programme funded by the Lottery Community Fund. The principal aim of Connect Northamptonshire is to embed the VCSE into the Integrated Care System, the biggest transformation in health and social care for decades: And why is that so important? Apart from it […]
Following on from our very successful Healthy Active Ageing event in April 2024 we are delighted to announce the formation of the Healthy Active Ageing Network in Northamptonshire, coinciding with the celebration of International Day of Older People on October 1st 2024. The Healthy Active Ageing Network are a core group of stakeholders who have […]
Both North and West Northamptonshire Councils, along with the Integrated Care Board, have successfully bid for a portion of Accelerating Reform Fund money. Northamptonshire Carers has been commissioned to deliver on the following priorities for Unpaid Carers: Priority 11 (focuses on unpaid carers): ways to better identify unpaid carers in local areas Priority 12 […]
I was recently invited to our Connect Northamptonshire mid term review which has held at the Waterside Connect Hub, home of SCCYC. Our Connect Northamptonshire Programme has made major strides over the past 10 months and has shone a light on how to do things differently at a point of place, using the skills and […]
Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across West Northamptonshire are invited to apply for grant funding to deliver community-based projects which seek to improve the mental wellbeing of local residents. Click here for more information.
The Leicestershire Partnership and Northamptonshire Healthcare Group are working towards their healthcare strategy for 2025. Views about this potential new strategy are being sought from staff, carers, volunteers, patients, service users and key stakeholders. Contained within the Bigger Picture Strategy Correspondence is a series of questions about what works well, and what could be improved. To access […]
VIN are looking to assist the wellbeing of staff at HMP Five Wells by employing a qualified counsellor to deliver one to one sessions, one day a month onsite at the prison. If you are interested in this opportunity please contact callum.bentley@voluntaryimpact.org.uk
VIN’s Executive Membership Product has come to an end, and we would like to thank those organisations that subscribed and supported the programme. The new West Northamptonshire Infrastructure Contract means that Executive Membership is no longer the right way in which to support organisations with their extra needs. The Membership Portal will be made an […]
For ten years, the Lloyds Bank Foundation has been investing in helping small and local charities to build on their strengths and grow more resilient so they can thrive over the long term. The Foundation wants to share their organisational development support offer with charities they cannot fund. This will include the full range of tailored support together […]
VIN’s new Strategic Plan entitled VINFRASTRUCTURE can be viewed by clicking here It covers the next 2-year period (from 2024 – 2026) and correlates with the 24-month award given by West Northamptonshire Council for Infrastructure services. In many respects it addresses the new world that Infrastructure charities and the wider VCSE are now part of: […]
