Do you have enthusiasm, commitment and sound judgement? Do you share our vision for Birmingham in which all people enjoy lives of inclusion, safety, wellbeing and fulfilment. If yes, you could be the person we are looking for. Closing date: 30 November Read more
The Inclusive Communities Fund is here! A groundbreaking opportunity for the West Midlands. Today marks a significant milestone as we announce the launch of the £9 million Commonwealth Games legacy funding for grassroots projects. Our mission is to promote physical and mental well-being, foster community cohesion, and ensure that the positive legacy of the 2022 Commonwealth Games reverberates throughout our region. Read more
Birmingham’s Vision for Volunteering sets out an aspirational view of what the volunteering landscape in Birmingham could look like by 2027. It draws on the recently developed national Vision for Volunteering, produced by the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and its partners. It was co-produced by citizens, voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations, the public sector, and academic partners in Birmingham, through a series of events held in late 2022. Read more
BVSC is pleased to offer free job advertising until 21 December as a limited time offer to promote our new Charity Jobs Website for the West Midlands. Read more
The event was introduced by Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations. She was joined by The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Amazon, Comic Relief, The Brick and Accrol to make an urgent plea to big business, philanthropists and local UK charities to support the expansion of the “multibank” initiative. Read more
Support is available to households in Birmingham using funding from the Department for Work and Pension's Household Support Fund. Read more
BVSC is delighted to announce the launch of the Birmingham Community Lottery, an exciting new fundraising initiative for the city. All good causes across Birmingham are invited to attend a launch event on 17 January at 11:00 to find out how they can get involved. Read more
Birmingham Hospice has released a heart-warming animation to raise awareness of why the charity’s support is so desperately needed, how its care makes a difference, and why donations are vital to ensuring that its services can continue to be provided. Read more
A programme of free events took place across the City during Cost of Living Week (6-10 November) and Living Wage Week (6-12 November). The week aimed to celebrate and promote the work done so far, work together to tackle challenges and encourage involvement and support around the Cost of Living and the Real Living Wage. BVSC took part in several events across the Week as well as holding our own VCFSE (Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise) Sector event on 8 November. Read more
Interfaith Week takes place 12 – 19 November 2023 with 15 local events during the week and beyond, the Launch Event takes place 10 November at the Council House. Faith based organisations form the largest part of Birmingham’s Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector providing vital activities and services. It’s been a year since BVSC and partners signed the refreshed Birmingham Faith Covenant and we are working to develop our faith offer. Read more
Something exciting’s happening… the Gift Drop is landing on the easyfundraising site, get ready! Every day from 9 – 27 November, the gift will drop onto a hidden location on the easyfundraising site. Solve the clues, find the gift, and your organisation will enter a daily prize draw to win a £100 donation! Read more
Did you know 57% of shoppers will do most of their Christmas shopping online this year. And did you know this shopping can easily turn into funding for your organisation? Read more
Starting Monday 13th November 2023, Social Economy Drive is a week-long programme of Meet the Buyer, workshops, networking, conferences, roundtables and expert knowledge-exchange collaborations. It brings together key stakeholders, Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSE), commissioners, public and private sector, and entrepreneurs who are passionate about ‘growing the regional social economy’. Read more
The Active Communities Learning Festival is sharing all the key lessons from the programme over a six month period. This is being done through a series of courses, sharing days and online resources. There is also be a longer leadership course designed for those who want to have more impact on the systems in which they work. Attendees can learn with us, for free, and as they prefer, by dipping their toe into those briefings and speed learning sessions, or by taking more time on the longer options Read more
Get Involved in the first ever Birmingham Cost of Living Week and the Annual National Living Wage Week taking place from 6 – 10 November. Events include a Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector event being organised by BVSC on 8 November at The Old Library in Digbeth. Read more
In the wake of Birmingham City Council’s Section 114 declaration and the arrival of government commissioners in the city, Birmingham’s City Partnership Board - of which BVSC is a member - has released a statement confirming its commitment to work together for Birmingham’s future. Read more
Birmingham’s Vision for Volunteering sets out an aspirational view of what the volunteering landscape in Birmingham could look like by 2027. It was co-produced by citizens, voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations, the public sector, and academic partners in Birmingham, through a series of events held in late 2022. Come along to a virtual session to find out more about the vision, what it hopes to achieve in Birmingham and how you can get involved. Read more
BVSC are thrilled to have been awarded a £100k NHS Research Engagement Network (REN) development grant. Together with our partners we want to reshape the ways in which health inequalities across Birmingham and Solihull are addressed. Read more
There is now a second opportunity for organisations, networks or partnerships to express their interest in up to 20 hours of free support to help them use our Commitment to Collaborate (C2C) Toolkit to think about what actions can be taken to help prevent homelessness at the earliest opportunity. We are interested in hearing from organisations, networks, or partnerships that: Read more
BVSC will be running additional community leadership training sessions later this year. These will be delivered in a 'blended' style which will combine face-to-face learning at BVSC with self learning using BVSC's e-learning platform. Read more
All at BVSC were sad to learn of the recent passing of Colette Carter, who played an important role as an Expert by Experience volunteer in our Birmingham Changing Futures Together programme. Colette also made valuable contributions to research on systems change in the multiple disadvantage field carried out by BVSC Research. Read more
Salus Fatigue Foundation are delighted to be working in partnership with BVSC and DRC to deliver a series of workshops as part of this collaborative hormonal health project, the main focus being perimenopause and menopause. Read more
Tesco and easyfundraising have come together to give a helping hand to voluntary groups, charities, and CICs working tirelessly to keep up with spiraling costs and rising demand. They will donate £1000 funding pots to 5 community organisations this October. Read more
BVSC wants to support the Birmingham Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector to celebrate Black History Month which runs from 1 – 31 October. The 2023 theme is ‘Saluting Our Sisters’ – highlighting the crucial role black women have played in shaping history, inspiring change and building communities Get involved in Black History Month through events across the City – or create your own event! Read more