I read the interesting report1 by NCVO, ‘Time Well Spent’, recently on volunteering. It looked at the impact of the epidemic and how changes will linger. It echoed the thoughts I have had having talked to many an organization about volunteers. Always a problem for organizations it seems that it Continue Reading
News
These are items than have come to my attention and I have thought to share.
Peer to Peer Mental Health Support
Normal, or whatever passes for it, is returning. A couple of weeks ago I went to an ‘in-person’ event: real rather than virtual. A networking event for mental health service across the Walsall area. I must admit that it felt a little strange to be back in a room full Continue Reading
Glorious Green Space
A project in Walsall has created a video which truly evokes what our green spaces mean to us. With the collaboration of over 100 local residents (aged 5 to 83) ‘Bostin’ Creative Arts & Theatre’ have created a hymn to Walsall’s Arboretum, known to locals as ‘The Arbo’. Follow the Continue Reading
It’s Our Job
Once again the not-for-profit sector is in the cross-hairs of the government in general and the Charity Commission in particular. Oliver Dowden is the Culture Secretary and wrote an opinion piece (see 1) in the Sunday Telegraph on 12 September on the appointment of the New Charity Commission chair. The Continue Reading
Report On CICs Now Published
The Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies has recently published its report for the last accounts year (ending 31 March 2021) and it has some interesting statistics. These are some 23,887 CICs in the UK and in the last twelve months the number increased by a huge 21%, Continue Reading
Trust in Charities is Rising
The Charity Commission has published a report which looks at the public’s views on the charity sector and it shows that the trust in charities is rising. A few years ago scandal hit the sector with abuse being found in Oxfam in Haiti and poor behaviour in Kids Company and Continue Reading
Can You Help Vulnerable People?
Burslem Jubilee Project has been working since 2014 to help asylum seekers & refugees. People who have fled war, persecution and torture and travelled in difficult and deadly circumstances to places where they are not welcome to find a refuge. BJP work in Burslem, are totally volunteer led and run Continue Reading
Twitter Is Mastered
A shout of accomplishment would be heard across the land were my voice loud enough. I have published my very first tweet. As this is it, it is not very exciting but a victory for me embracing one more facet of the 21st century. Being worth of the description of Continue Reading
Great Place and a Great Idea
Like many people I shop a lot on-line. It is quick and it is convenient and there is plenty of choice. As such I rarely go to my local town, Newcastle under Lyme. I have lived there for much of my life and it was the place to go to Continue Reading
Funding Success for Voice of Hope
We are in the 21st Century and still some evils are with us that should only be read about in history books. For me I had thought it was and if it was to happen it would have not happen here in the United Kingdom but some far off place. Continue Reading