Cost of Living

Volunteer Befrienders for Younger Adults, Bridgebuilders

Bridgebuilders helps socially isolated adults aged 18-49 in the Northfield area, through befriending, to build confidence, positive wellbeing and self-esteem.
Helping residents who use food banks - can you connect us to residents we can talk to?

Birmingham City Council Early Intervention and Prevention programme aims to tackle inequalities and access to services and support such as unemployment, loneliness, housing, and debt. We are looking on how information on our website can be improved to help residents easily access information, advice and guidance about support services available to them. We are focusing first on food provision, especially food bank vouchers.
FREE Introduction to Storytelling in Fundraising Workshop

We have a FREE Introduction to Storytelling for Fundraising Workshop. Storytelling is a valuable skill that can be used to influence your potential supporters and maximise on your fundraising efforts.
Energy Adviser

BVSC, Closing date: 16 October

Connected Services Programme

Birmingham City Council have been fortunate to secure £1.1m worth of brand new devices from the West Midlands Combined Authority to support the Connected Services Programme, as part of our digital inclusion focus. We are actively looking to attract applications from voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations who support citizens in Birmingham 16+. The closing date for applications is 15 August.
Hardship Grant Community Fund

Help for Birmingham households experiencing financial hardship is being developed as part of Birmingham’s Household Support Fund programme.
Prevention and Communities Grants Recommissioning 2023 - Birmingham City Council

Adult Social Care within Birmingham City Council are recommissioning the Prevention and Communities (P&C) grant programme (could you hyperlink this back to the main page on P&C please). This will open in mid March 2023 and is due to end at noon on Tuesday 09 May.
Prevention and Communities Grants

Adult Social Care funds 44 voluntary organisations to support the Prevention First agenda with “Prevention and Communities Grants”.
Birmingham: A Living Wage City

One in seven Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector workers nationally are paid below the Living Wage, with over three quarters of the public backing them to receive enough to live on (Living Wage Foundation, June 2022). These figures are reflected locally. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic combined witrising living costs has left many VCFSE workers struggling.
Household Support Fund

Help for Birmingham households experiencing financial hardship is being developed as part of Birmingham’s Household Support Fund programme.
YEF Neighbourhood Fund Programme

The programme will test different models and approaches to community engagement to better understand how, where and why it supports improved outcomes for children at risk of becoming involved in violence. Birmingham is one of five pilot areas.
Neighbourhood Network Schemes in Birmingham

The aim of Neighbourhood Network Schemes (known as NNS) in Birmingham is to help older adults in Birmingham to lead healthy, happy and independent lives in their own homes and communities.
Housing First

An initiative that provides housing as a first priority for homeless people across the West Midlands.
Health & Social Care

BVSC is involved in a number of health related projects, in partnership with: the health and social care sector; the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector; and the private sectors.