September’s bulletin reflects on the responses that took place over the summer as well as takeaways from recent public inquiry reports including the Covid-19 and Grenfell Tower inquiries.
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July’s bulletin reflects on a busy few weeks with a headline-grabbing election night, a new government, the King’s speech and the publication of the Covid-19 Inquiry first module recommendations.
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In the third bulletin in this series, we discuss the link between mental health and the cost-of-living crisis. The impact of this on the most vulnerable groups, actions taken by the government and partner activity and resources to help resolve the issue.
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This report, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport explores the lessons learnt throughout the VCSEP’s transition from being primarily focussed on supporting the voluntary and community sector response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to supporting the voluntary and community sector develop their emergency preparedness approaches and skills.
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On 8 April 2020, the Chancellor announced an unprecedented emergency funding package of £750 million for the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector for them to continue day-to-day work during the pandemic and meet any increased demand to support people in need.
The evaluation, commissioned by DCMS takes a theory-based, mixed methods approach and aimed to assess the impact of the funding on grant holders, and on people and communities in need (impact evaluation); as well as assessing how well the scheme worked and if it was implemented as intended (process evaluation).
Join us for our next skills sharing session on Volunteer Management in an Emergency, apply to the Emergencies Partnership Community Engagement Fund and learn more about our new pilot for surplus donated goods.
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Our response to Omicron, Winter pressures and flooding. Register for our next event on Spontaneous Volunteer Management and read Anna Pashley’s blog on the importance of adapting and working together.
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This report conducted by the Good Faith Partnership, makes recommendations towards a social covenant between faith communities and the government in the Covid-19 recovery phase. Key to this is the creation of more integrated ways of working, through the appointment of a Faiths Commissioner and an Expert Panel of Faith Leaders, to enable further strategic collaboration at all levels of local, regional and national government.
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COVID-19 has dramatically altered the assumptions around emergency planning and responses. The Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership expanded its work considerably through 2020 and 2021, bringing national and local voluntary sector organisations together to construct a multi-tier framework of communication, intelligence and support. This report by the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University draws its findings from the accounts of 170 local infrastructure organisations.
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