No Going Back: Voices from Manchester’s voluntary, community and social enterprise sector on the response to Covid-19 and their thoughts for the future

Manchester Community Central (Macc) is Manchester’s equivalent to BVSC. They have recently published a fascinating report, entitled No Going Back, in which Chief Executives from 22 VCS organisations reflect on their experiences of Covid19. You can find a copy of the report by clicking on the link below.

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2023 State of the Sector Insight Report #5 – Funding

Following the BVSC 2021 State of the Sector Survey, BVSC Research facilitated five deep dive events to work with the sector to progress the key themes that were highlighted within the survey. This fifth and final deep dive discusses organisational concerns regarding the current funding landscape within the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector.
2023 State of the Sector Insight Report #4 Staff Health and Wellbeing

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2023 State of the Sector Insight Report #3 VCFSE Sector Mini Race Impact Summit

Following the BVSC 2021 State of the Sector Survey, BVSC Research facilitated five deep dive events to work with the sector to progress the key themes that were highlighted within the survey. This third report in our ‘Insight’ series presents an analysis of findings from a ‘VCFSE Sector Mini Race Impact Summit’ that was developed in partnership with Birmingham Race Impact Group (BRIG) and took place in December 2022.
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Following the BVSC 2021 State of the Sector Survey, BVSC Research facilitated five deep dive events to work with the sector to progress the key themes that were highlighted within the survey. This second report in our ‘Insight’ series presents an analysis of findings from two recent BVSC consultation events designed to explore and understand the local volunteering landscape.
2023 BVSC ICS 10 Year Strategy Engagement Report

The Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Partnership have developed the 10 Year Integrated Care Strategy. As part of this, engagement took place with citizens, stakeholders and the workforce to obtain views on whether the strategy met the needs of the population and staff. This engagement report discusses the key themes that emanated from that consultation and gives recommendations to help the strategy be as effective as possible.
2023 State of the Sector, Insight Report #1, Cost of Living

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