Business Development and Funding Weekly Lunchtime Webinar

Join us every Monday at 1pm for an hour of discussion, training and meet-the-funder events. These sessions are designed to help BVSC members access more funding for their work – so don’t miss out!

We're taking a short break, but we'll be back on 9th May. Sign up to register below. Once registered you'll receive a link and you can join us every week - or whenever you can!

Webinar on Monday 16 May

Details to be posted here soon...

What would you like us to cover?

If you would like to influence future topic areas please complete the survey through this link: https://www.menti.com/2qtz119z3n.

Alternatively, scan this QR for instant access:

Booking for this event has now closed.

Latest

The Community Development Practice Hub

The Community Development Practice Hub aims to connect, inspire, and upskill community development practitioners in Birmingham. Its mission is to 'advocate for a practice of community development in the city that focuses on 'doing with', not 'doing to'. We provide opportunities for professional development, peer support, networking, and more support to enable strengths-based approaches to community development to take place in the city.
Year 10 Work Experience Placements

Our Year 10 pupils (aged 14 and 15) are looking for local opportunities to volunteer and learn about how different organisations are run. This helps develop their confidence and employability skills required for future employment. This is for 4 days Monday 18th to Thursday 21st July 2022.
Volunteer Independent Visitor for National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)

An Independent Visitor is a volunteer who befriends and develops a long-term friendship with a young person in care. This can involve helping young people develop new interests, skills and hobbies or going on outings such as to the cinema, bowling or just a walk in the park. The volunteers are called ‘Independent Visitors’ because they are a truly ‘independent’ person outside the care system giving the young person continuity, which is something not always possible with changing carers.
Independent Visitor (IV) Service (Action for Children)

We are Action for Children - London Independent Visitors Scheme, a project run by Action for Children. We are a national Charity and we work with Looked-After Children for some UK local authorities place across the country.

We are recruiting for a Independent visitors (Volunteers) and in the Birmingham and West Midland area, Black and ethnic minority Independent visitor are welcome to apply.

Engage for Good Environment & Energy Network Meeting

As we come towards the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, find out some fun facts about the Queen and Royal Family’s action on the environment at the Environment & Energy Network (as well as some more serious stuff about what the Queen’s Speech has announced about Environment and Energy!)
Social Enterprise Drive Event

Event for teachers and third sector organisations to get a feel for what we do at The Pump and see the space.
Explore Hosting with Hope at Home

Join us for this information session on modern slavery in the UK and how hosting can make a real difference to the lives of survivors.
CSCS Construction Skills (inc. Level 1 Health & Safety Certificate (3 Days)

This 3-day course offers appropriate construction related qualifications and training required to work in the construction industry. Complete your training, take your test and receive your CSCS Card; proof that you are ready to work on construction sites and have the appropriate training and qualifications for the job.
Cooking for your community: a recipe for success.

Free one hour online event 25th May at midday Join The Active Wellbeing Society, FoodCycle and other speakers for inspiring examples and a guide to both planning and starting up a regular hot meal in your community. Hosted by Food for Life.
Get Grants Get Together

A FREE Networking and Funders event taking place in Moseley
The Big Bang Fair

The Big Bang Fair returns Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 June 2022 at The NEC in Birmingham and is seeking volunteers from the STEM world who can spark the imaginations and inspire the engineers and science of tomorrow.
Restore Befrienders Training Course

Restore is known primarily as a befriending project. Trained volunteers meet with a refugee or asylum seeker about once a fortnight to offer the opportunity to share together, develop English language skills, explain British systems and culture, visit places of interest and signpost to other services. Our training course is an opportunity for anybody to find out more about refugee issues, about Restore, and about becoming a befriender.
Participatory research in social care: A learning and networking event

Participants will be invited to share their experiences of participatory research. It will be a chance to get to know each other, share issues and dilemmas, and create a space for mutual support and learning. The project defines social care in the broadest sense as ‘supporting people to do the things they value and enjoy’.
Sight Village Central

Sight Village provides the opportunity to see leading providers of products and services that are available for blind, partially sighted people and those living with age related sight loss. In addition to the exhibition, there is a full schedule of seminars and workshops. This event is ideal for end users, employers, professionals and public sector.

Household Support Fund open for applications

Support is available to households in Birmingham over the winter using funding from the government’s Household Support Fund.
Become a volunteer

Volunteering involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that is of benefit to others or the environment.
What we do

BVSC works to make a positive difference to the lives of people in Birmingham and we believe that the key to this is found in our communities.
The Weather Model

This model uses the weather as a metaphor for different elements of reflective practice.
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.
Quality Standards
Become a member

Become part of a growing network of voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations in Birmingham.
Birmingham Holiday Activities and Food Grant Programme 2021

Birmingham City Council has received grant funding from the Department for Education to coordinate a large-scale holiday activity programme with the inclusion of food for children and young people across the city this summer and over the Christmas period.
Promote your organisation
Covid-19 Vaccination Information and Resources for Communities

As part of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, we have compiled below different information and resources currently available with a specific focus on communities that may have experienced marginalisation.