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The third event of VSNW’s Festival of North West Thinking took place on 12th November. It incorporated the Annual General Meeting which, whilst not intense in thinking, was certainly thought provoking – VSNW is bucking the trend and starts the new governance year with more trustees that it either started, or finished, the outgoing governance year with.
Action Planning is a charity consultancy that has just celebrated 30 years of operation. Over the period it has changed style of operation and currently operates in a federated...
Action Planning’s Top Tips According to CEOsSharon Martin, Head of Finance at Cats Protection has written a blogpost, which coincides with Charity Finance Week, offering an insight into how her team coped with the pandemi...
Coping with Covid-19 in the workplace: A personal storyThe third event of VSNW’s Festival of North West Thinking took place on 12th November. It incorporated the Annual General Meeting which, whilst not intense in thinking, w...
Bus Loads of North West ThinkingVNSW attended the virtual seminar of Safety Culture. Billed as “Surviving or Thriving” and found via a business service website we had hoped that this would provide some app...
Working with ex-offenders and those at risk of offending?This was a phrase used at the recent VSNW Festival of Thinking. It reflected that there is a need to develop new relationships and that communication with those with whom there...
Talking ToryThe Business Desk held the above seminar on 17th November 2020. VSNW attended to gain insights to share with our Social Enterprise Networks – many of whom need to explore “h...
Surviving or acquiring – strategies for business success.Social Enterprise Day is held annually on the 3rd Thursday in November. This year, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Social Enterprise Day falls on the 19th November. Acc...
Social Enterprise Day 2020Thank you to all those who attended our third Festival of North West Thinking event, which also incorporated our AGM. We know switching to digital interactions for events like t...
Welcome to our new TrusteesOn 10th November, the National Academy of Social Prescribing (NASP) launched Thriving Communities, a new national support programme for voluntary, community, faith and social en...
Thriving Communities Programme LaunchedNAVCA have produced a “quick guide to decision-making“ in relation to volunteering activity during this November lockdown....
NAVCA Guide to Volunteering in LockdownIn response to the current pandemic, Power to Change opened their first round of funding of the Community Business Renewal Initiative....
November update: upcoming funding and campaignsVSNW are pleased to announce that our Festival of North West Thinking 2020 will be taking place online over four weeks from 23rd October through to 12th November. The theme of t...
Announcing: Festival of North West Thinking 2020Infrastructure support charities from across Cheshire & Warrington have come together to form a new collective, the Cheshire & Warrington Infrastructure Partnership....
Cheshire & Warrington Infrastructure charities come togetherThe VCSE Leadership Group has published a discussion paper on ‘Building Back Better’ in Greater Manchester to create a more inclusive economy, together with the VCSE...
Inclusive economy report publishedFollowing on from a VCFSE Assembly on Shielded & Vulnerable People, the VS6 partnership has publish eight recommendations based on feedback from the event....
Shielded & Vulnerable People’s Assembly: Final Recommendations Published