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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.
Ask the Experts about Internet Safety – 9 February
National and International ‘Safer Internet Day’ takes place on Tuesday 9 February and with more people working from home and children now having their school lessons online, the need to use the internet more safely and securely has never been greater. North Yorkshire...
Healthwatch York Welcomes New Chair
Healthwatch York is excited to announce changes to their Steering Group membership, including welcoming their new Chair, Janet Wright. Janet replaces John Clark, who has been Chair since 2013. She is looking forward to getting to know all the Healthwatch York...
Lord Mayor of York’s Fund open for applications
The Lord Mayor of York’s fund has been established by Cllr Janet Looker during her year in office to support local charitable and community activity. The fund will receive donations and distribute these in the form of grants to voluntary and community groups,...
Focus Group Series: Planning in a time of uncertainty
Despite the current uncertainty we are all facing, here at York CVS we are pressing ahead with developing our Strategic Plan. We have been in York for over 80 years and have our sights set on 100! We are organising a series of Focus Groups to inform our future...
Make Volunteering your New Year’s Resolution
It’s a New Year. The days are getting longer. Vaccines are being deployed. There’s still a long way to go but there’s hope on the horizon and you can help everyone get their sooner. Here’s just a few ways how: Charitable groups are needed more than ever but are...
York IT Reuse scheme launched to get York connected!
Funding has been awarded from the Build Back Better Fund to support the IT Reuse Project run by a partnership, including: Community Furniture Store, City of York Council, Changing Lives, Age UK York and others. The partnership’s aim is to help more people be...
Healthwatch York Report Published
How does your ethnicity or the colour of your skin affect how you are treated within health and social care services in York? Over the summer, Healthwatch York launched a survey to understand more about people from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities’...
Symptom-free Testing Expanded in York
After the successful launch of targeted symptom-free testing in the city at the start of this week, City of York Council (CYC) is now expanding its offer to those who support those who are most at risk from Coronavirus. Since opening the service on Monday to those who...
Tell Healthwatch York what you think about them!
Healthwatch York wants to hear what you know about them and the work that they do. They are currently running the Healthwatch York Awareness Survey 2020 so they can understand how well they are doing at representing your views on health and social care. Healthwatch...