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What’s happening in Cornwall’s VCSE sector
Communities in Cornwall
Walking through any Cornish town, we may see Passmore Edwards, Stephen Hawker, the Fox family who contributed to communities in Cornwall
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Funding roundup 30 April 2021
Each week, Cornwall VSF creates a funding roundup to inform the sector what support is available nationally and locally.
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Volunteering in Cornwall is good for you
Volunteering in Cornwall has a long history of philanthropy. It is a way of life here. We look at why it’s good to be good.
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Celebrities get behind Healthy Start scheme with recipe ideas
Full Time project offers recipe ideas and tips for low-income families to help tackle food poverty and encourage healthy eating
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Levelling Up – what’s missing?
Danny Kruger wrote Levelling Up to suggest how the government can create equity in communities. We examine what’s needed from the VCSE sector
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What we can learn from trees
Trees are all connected. What we can learn from them is about connection and community. This is prevalent in the VCSE sector in Cornwall
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Funding roundup 23 April
Charities and the VCSE sector are transforming the UK. Here’s our roundup to suggest the foundations helping make this happen.
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Volunteering in Covid-19 updates
We are all mindful of the impact Covid-19 has had on the voluntary sector. As things have been opening up locally, we do still need to be mindful of social distancing. However, here's the government updates on volunteering in Cornwall. Volunteering in Cornwall: step 2...
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Supporting Families in 2021 and beyond
The government has launched its next phase of support for families ‘Supporting Families’, with £165m budget. Locally Together for Families
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What digital preparation have you done?
Charities in Cornwall have embraced digital preparation to respond to the pandemic. How has your organisation manged this change?
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Volunteering in Cornwall
Volunteering in Cornwall is a way of life. Our Charity Search Tool shows that 25% of residents volunteer formally. Above the national average
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Covid roundup – 16 April
A roundup of all coronavirus related updates and changes as part of the roadmap out of lockdown.
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Funding roundup 16 April
A look at what funding is available for the VCSE sector, as foundations seek to increase opportunties for those in the sector
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Why doughnuts are the key to VCSE build back
Cornwall VSF is excited to announce a workshop for co-creating Doughnut Economics ideas into transformative action.
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BAME charities and funding
This week two reports have released information to suggest BAME charities need more funding. this comes at a time following the Sewell Report
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Volunteering and Covid
The impact of the pandemic on the VCSE sector in Cornwall has been unusual. Communities have pulled together to ensure that no one gets left behind
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Hardship Fund to reach people in need
British Red Cross is looking for help to find the people in greatest need of financial support from their Hardship Fund.
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New member benefits
You may have read about our Charity Search Tool last week. Membership to VSF offers many other new member benefits to help amplify your voice
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Rebuilding communities: kindness is key
This week Wales is introducing the socio-economic duty and we look at how this could benefit Cornwall and its VCSE organisations
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#IamCornwall
Updates on the Co-creating Cornwall’s Future event and new #IamCornwall hashatg social media campaign to represent voices
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