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Welcome to our Voluntary Sector News section, where you’ll find all the latest news from York CVS and York’s thriving voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. Please share your news stories, events and achievements with us so we can share it far and wide. Email anna.boad@yorkcvs.org.uk to feature in the news section and in the next issue of Voluntary Voice.
Free Benefits Talks from the Welfare Benefits Unit
Want to talk about Benefits? With thanks to funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Welfare Benefits Unit are offering organisations in York the opportunity for free talks to service users and their carers about benefits. The Welfare Benefits Unit can provide...
York Disability Week – Book your tickets!
York Disability Week is a week-long programme of exciting events in York, from 28 November to 5 December, around the United Nations International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December. There’s something of interest for both adults and families – disabled and...
Meet our new Volunteer Centre Team
We're really pleased to introduce you to our new Volunteer Centre Coordinators, Bev Frain and Drew Richardson. Bev and Drew are here to support the sector with: the recruitment of volunteers (by advertising your organisation's volunteering opportunities); supporting...
Jessie’s Fund on BBC TV with Maxine Peake
Jessie’s Fund can be seen on TV, in a BBC Lifeline Appeal which was broadcast in late October 2020. This is a great chance for you to see some of the amazing children and young people the charity works with. The ten minute programme was presented by the charity's...
More information about the NHS Volunteer Responders Service
On Thursday 5 November we welcomed Ben Long, Business Development Lead from Royal Voluntary Service to provide further information to the sector about the NHS Volunteer Responders service. The national volunteer scheme was set up by the NHS in England in March to help...
York MCN Network’s Cultural Values Survey Findings
In August the Multiple Complex Needs (MCN) Network issued a Cultural Values Survey for the system that responds to severe and multiple disadvantage and multiple complex needs in York. The purpose of the Survey was to reveal the often invisible context and conditions...
Messages of Hope as York Lights Up Lockdown
Members of York CVS' staff team have come together to spread messages of hope across the city with the aim of lighting up lockdown. The team are delivering decorated lights in jam jars and lanterns, with handwritten message of hope, across the city to show that people...
Growing Green Spaces Funds New Volunteer Projects in York
Growing Green Spaces has awarded nine new grants to green volunteering projects across York. Funded by the City of York Council and managed by York CVS, the grants programme is aimed at supporting volunteers to improve parks and open spaces for people and wildlife....
Trustees’ Week (2-6 November) – Information and Resources for Trustees
It's Trustees Week (2-6 November)! Trustees’ Week is an annual event to showcase the great work that trustees do and to highlight opportunities for people from all walks of life to get involved and make a difference. Trustees play a crucial role, volunteering their...