After 20 years without a Youth Strategy in place, December 2025 saw the DCMS and central government launch ‘Youth Matters – Your National Youth Strategy’. When you think back a
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June saw the successful launch of the first Norfolk Festival of Volunteering. This aimed to raise awareness of volunteering and to help not for profit groups across the county recruit new volunteers. It
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It is not often that people describe a meeting as “great, but it should have been longer.” Yet that is exactly what happened twice in the past month, after we
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On Thursday 4th June Voluntary Norfolk held the third annual Volunteer Extravaganza during Volunteers’ Week. Nearly 70 charities, social enterprises and community groups joined us at the Forum in Norwich
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Earlier this month, we saw extreme, racist violence in Belfast, whipped up by commentators with huge online platforms. Over recent years these commentators have told stories of division, painting a
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On Thursday 21st May Empowering Communities partners Voluntary Norfolk, Community Action Norfolk and FUSE Network welcomed 30 trustees, non-executive directors and board members of Norfolk voluntary organisations to an online networking session. Trustees of charities and
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Across the VCSE sector, conversations about money and sustainability are happening all the time, but often quietly. At FUSE Network, our work with the Empowering Communities Partnership has been exploring
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We are currently witnessing a renewed interest in community development, the likes of which we have not seen for many years. Increasingly I am drawn into conversations about the best
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Funding the Future: Diversifying Income for Charities & Social Enterprises On 29th January the Empowering Communities Partnership held our second annual funding-themed event for Norfolk VCSEs: Funding the Future. This
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We are excited to announce the inaugural Norfolk Festival of Volunteering, to be held in June 2026! Inspired by the UN’s International Volunteer Year (IVY) and the ongoing work of
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