Barnwood Trust, Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucestershire VCS Alliance are today announcing a new partnership aimed at enhancing inclusive short breaks for families of disabled children and young people.
This initiative will run until April 2027, and will see the partners working together to co-fund short breaks in Gloucester, the North Cotswolds and Tewkesbury.
We're delighted to announce the launch of our analysis of Community Interest Companies (CICs) in Gloucestershire.
Our Research and Development Officer, Emily, has also created an Interactive Data Dashboard containing information about CICs in the county.
Earlier this year, the Gloucestershire VCSE Strategic Partnership consulted VCSE sector colleagues.
As a result of the feedback received, the Partnership has developed a new plan based on feedback from the sector.
In the first of our 'Spotlight On' series, Wendy Kewley meets Sarah Frazer from the Trinity Rooms Community Hub to find out about the work of the Network of Stroud Hubs.
From January 2025, the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System will be working with the VCSE sector and the people & communities of Gloucestershire to:
Codesign a partnership model to support a thriving and sustainable VCSE sector and Create community capacity and support to individuals on the ground.
There has been a lot of talking about the need to do something about loneliness in Gloucestershire.
This document is our attempt to concisely summarise where those conversations have been landing and to steer us towards the actions we can take as a county to do something about prioritising connection.
In September, we announced the launch of a new free Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) toolkit for VCSE groups & organisations across Gloucestershire.
We were delighted to find out that members of the Strategy & Transformation Directorate at NHS Gloucestershire ICB recently visited The Grace Network for their Volunteering Away Day and thoroughly enjoyed participating in some ESV.
You can find out more in our Guest Blog, written by Hannah Norman (VCSE Impact Manager in the Healthy Communities and Individuals Team) below...
