Entries by Sophie Negus

CTP Mental Health Course

If you are working with people every day, it is likely that you will be in touch with someone experiencing poor mental health. This course will help you understand the factors that contribute to this condition, and what appropriate support looks like. Understanding this supports early intervention and can help prevent the serious consequences of […]

Connect Northamptonshire Alliances Manager invited to celebrate 75 years of the NHS

Connect Northamptonshire’s Alliances Manager, Claire Neilson, has been invited today to attend the service of celebration at Westminster Abbey to represent Northamptonshire’s voluntary and community sector, on the NHS 75th birthday.  The National Lottery funded Connect Northamptonshire project brings funding into our county to support the development of local community involvement in designing preventative and early […]

NCVO – Time Well Spent

NCVO have just released their latest Time Well Spent survey on volunteering. It’s a sequel to their last survey which took place prior to the advent of COVID. It’s a comprehensive examination of volunteering amongst their sample of 7,000 adults across the UK. Their 5 headline takeaways can be viewed by clicking on this link: […]

Key Challenges for the Charitable Sector

The Bank of England now expects the UK to fall into recession, a fact probably clear to many over the recent turbulent months. Whilst this is ultimately going to affect the pound in people’s pocket, it will also have implications for the charity sector as public donations dwindle in the face of an economic onslaught. […]

The Hewitt Review on Integrated Care Systems

As you may have seen the Government recently published its response to the Hewitt Review and the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on the autonomy and accountability of Integrated Care Systems. Most VCSE Infrastructure organisations are pleased to see recognition of prevention as being a continuing priority, but it’s disappointing there is still a […]

Resident Referral Form

Please fill in the form with as much detail as possible and email it to: happyathome@voluntaryimpact.org.uk        

Supporting Disabled Deaf and Disabled Charities – the Lloyds Foundation

The Foundation announces a new programme specifically for small and local registered charities with an income between £25,000 to £500,000 which are led by and working with Disabled Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty. Your organisation will: Be led by the communities you serve. Provide advice and or advocacy on social security. Deliver […]

The National Lottery Community Fund announce their new Strategy

The new strategy ‘It starts with community’ has been published today – outlining the Lottery ambition and approach through to 2030, a date by which they plan to have distributed £4 billion of funding.   In his blog published today, David Knott  (CEO) highlights three core hallmarks which will underpin their work and the approach […]