Entries by Sophie Negus

Second Round Launch on Volunteering Opportunities.

West Northamptonshire Council is launching its second round of Grants to create volunteering opportunities. The link to this fund can be found here: Council launch second round of grant funding to create volunteering opportunities in West Northants | West Northamptonshire Council Successes from round one includes: Free 2 Talk CIC who were recently awarded funding […]

£950K grants scheme launched to support community transport initiatives in West Northants

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has launched a new £950k grants scheme to create new and support existing community transport initiatives in West Northants, as well as support the expansion of current grant funded transport projects and services. This grant funding will be available over the financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26 for eligible community transport projects […]

Warm this Winter

Northamptonshire Community Foundation have launched their annual Warm this Winter Appeal to tackle fuel poverty and to keep the older and vulnerable residents who are experiencing financial hardship across our county fed, warm and well as the cold weather hits. This appeal has been running every winter since 2010 and has raised over £255,000 to […]

A View From The Turret On VINs AGM

VINs Annual General Meeting 2023 VINs Annual General Meeting took place on the 9th of November 2023. The AGM PowerPoint can be seen here The AGM Minutes can be seen here Our Annual Snapshot can be seen here Our certified Accounts will be posted in due course So why you ask is an Annual General Meeting […]

Annual Snapshot 2022-23

VIN’s Annual Snapshot (2022/2023) is now available and can be viewed here.  The VIN CEO states: It’ always difficult to define the level of detail required for our Annual Review. As an organisation we want the content to be as clear and concise as possible yet provide readers with an understanding of our Infrastructure Role […]

Trustees’ Week 2023 6th – 11th November

Trustees’ Week is an annual celebration of the people who give up their time to lead and govern charities. If you would like to profile one of your Trustees in this week, VIN will ensure that they receive the necessary profile through our What’s New Section of our website and its associated social media. All […]

The Power of Small Roundtable October 2023

Over 45 smaller voluntary sector organisations across West Northamptonshire came together at the first Roundtable on the Power of Small, held at St Crispin’s Community Centre on the 19th of October 2023. You can view the charter here. The Power of Small was delivered in partnership between Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire and Community Spaces Northampton, with […]