Following NCAN’s emergency call to address the current cost-of-living crisis, over 144 members from the VCSE sector, local authorities, the health sector as well as two of nine local MPs
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Some stark news on the state of the sector amidst the cost-of-living crisis and the challenges that lie ahead. Here we’ll talk about issues arising from a fundraising conference organised
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In celebration of them investing £40 million in Norfolk communities over the past 17 years, we have cast our eyes back to the origins of one of our partners –
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One of our partners – the Norfolk Community Foundation – is helping to provide over 120 Community Hot-Spots for people living locally. Groups across Norfolk have received grants of £2,000
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In November, the Empowering Communities Partnership hosted the annual Norfolk VCSE Conference on the theme of Building Resilience through Networks and Collaboration. It was an opportunity to come together as
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N.B. The Norfolk Household Support Fund Round 4 is now closed. The Norfolk Household Support Fund (funded through the Norfolk County Council Cost of Living Support Scheme) is returning to
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In November, the Voluntary Norfolk Communities Team hosted an online Empowering Communities workshop bringing together different community food providers to share information and good practice. We heard from speakers from
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As the Cost-of-Living Crisis sets in, communities are looking for ways to support their most vulnerable to meet basic needs, such as through food provision. This has led to a
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In times of crisis, it is easy to turn inwards, to think that if we just work harder, we will somehow pull through, but often a different approach is needed.
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Workforce Wellbeing: Supporting Our Colleagues Through Tough Times When we first started planning the Empowering Communities training and events programme in late 2021, we identified workforce wellbeing and the wellbeing
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