Birmingham City Council Section 114 and the VCFSE Sector

On 11 April Birmingham Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations asked Birmingham City Council Leader & Acting Chief Executive questions on Section 114
244 people attended the online event held by BVSC to discuss the potential impact of Section 114 on Birmingham’s VCFSE sector and communities
Recording and presentation from the meeting are now available on BVSC website
A Section 114 Community Assets event is to take place on 23 May
Take part in Section 114 Research led by BVSC Research in partnership with Birmingham City Council and the University of Wolverhampton and funded by Fusion21

On 11 April, Birmingham Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations attended a BVSC hosted briefing on Birmingham City Council Section 114.

Speakers included Councillor John Cotton, Leader of Birmingham City Council and Professor Graeme Betts, Acting Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council.

Chaired by Brian Carr, Chief Executive of BVSC (Birmingham Voluntary Service Council), the event also heard from Stephen Raybould, Director of Programmes, BVSC about the BVSC and VCFSE Sector response and potential impact of Section 114 on Birmingham’s VCFSE sector and communities.

Over 244 people attended and were given the opportunity to ask the speakers questions and participate in a VCFSE discussion group facilitated by Sophie Wilson, Director of BVSC Research and the BVSC Research Team.

The recording and presentation from the meeting are now available on the BVSC website on our Section 114 pages.

Next Steps

The questions raised and discussion from the event will be collated and by our BVSC Research Team and given to the City Council for response to the VCFSE sector. These will be published as appropriate on the BVSC website and the BVSC Section 114 pages.

Further S114 themed events will take place over the next year.

The first of these upcoming events is the Community Assets Briefing Online Meeting taking place on Thursday 23 May 2pm – 4.30pm.

To sign up to attend this event or find out more please click here.

Take Part in S114 Research

BVSC Research has also received funding from Fusion 21 to undertake research in partnership with Birmingham City Council and Prof. James Rees ICRD at the University of Wolverhampton on Section 114 and the VCFSE Sector.

To take part in the research or find out more about this please contact Sophie Wilson, Director of Research, BVSC at [email protected]

Further Information

Briefing Event: Contact Elizabeth Goodchild, Strategic Partnership Manager, BVSC at [email protected]

Community Assets Briefing Event: https://www.bvsc.org/Event/birmingham-city-council-section-114-community-assets-briefing-online-meeting

Section 114 Research: Contact Sophie Wilson, Director of Research, BVSC at [email protected]

Birmingham City Council FAQs: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50306/commissioners_intervention_and_improvement/2757/frequently_asked_questions_faqs_about_section_114

BVSC FAQs: https://www.bvsc.org/birminghams-city-council-section-114-notice

Statement for VCFSE Sector by Birmingham City Council: https://www.bvsc.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=ecce04e1-1fa7-4a1a-b761-4883bd516602

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