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The issues with Artificial Intelligence (or AI)
As the world witnesses unprecedented growth in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, it’s essential to consider the potential risks and challenges associated with their widespread adoption. AI is being touted as a great capacity saving platform for the Charity sector, and we all know the issues we have around resource and just having too much to […]
SAWN facilitates the first West Northamptonshire VCFSE Engagement Group
Social Action West Northamptonshire (the Infrastructure Collaboration including VIN, SNVB and Daventry Volunteers) held its first VCFSE Engagement Group on the 7th of August 2025. SAWN set the scene of a landscape ever changing with a new political administration in Reform UK, a Place based reset within the Local Authority, an ICB clustering with […]
Local Civil Society Infrastructure (LCSI)
The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) have published the findings of a 12-month research project, carried out in 2024, on Local Civil Society Infrastructure (LCSI). The purpose of the research was to develop the evidence base on LCSI in England by identifying the positive impacts of effective LCSI, the negative impacts of its absence and […]
HOUSING COURT DUTY WORKER
This post will join our expert Housing Advice Team, providing a weekly court duty service at county courts in Milton Keynes and Peterborough at housing possession hearings. The post will provide on the day advice and representation to individuals who are facing repossession, offering a varied and interesting working week. This post also contributes to […]
Grant Provision for Warm Welcoming Spaces
Community organisations are now able to apply for funds via West Northamptonshire Council as applications are now open for the Welcoming Spaces Grant Scheme which will run until October 2025. These spaces offer a safe, warm, and welcoming environment for local people, especially during colder months, and can provide vital services and support to those […]
Social Action West Northamptonshire launches its latest Training Programme
Social Action West Northamptonshire (SAWN) your local Infrastructure Partnership of VIN, SNVB and Daventry Volunteers have launched their latest Training Programme for the VCFSE. The programme can be seen here. In addition to this training, VCFSE organisations can also join our virtual Engagement Group, the first of which begins on the 7th of August 2025. […]
Calling VCSE Providers
The Children and Young People’s Team within Public Health at West Northamptonshire are seeking a provider to deliver the Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Infant Relationship Service. VCSE organisations should note that the Request for Quotation (RFQ) has officially gone live today on the Find a Tender Service, and Public Health expect that potential providers would […]
Update on the new NHS 10 Year Plan.
The new NHS 10 Year Plan has now been released. It’s a weighty document (some 168 pages) but it sets a direction for the NHS around three themes: Hospital to Community: Community initiatives to prevent unwanted hospital admissions. Sickness to Prevention: Preventing people from being sick in the first place through better and more effective […]
The Civil Society Covenant
The Government has published its new Civil Society Covenant, a national commitment to improving relationships between government and civil society. Civil Society Covenant: programme – GOV.UK The Covenant recognises that Voluntary Sector Partnerships often happen at the local level, with councils, health systems, and other public bodies. It sets out principles for how civil society […]
