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Evaluation Review of the Teens Autism Confident programme pilot project

Evaluation Review of the Teens Autism Confident programme pilot project

BVSC Research was commissioned by Autism West Midlands to evaluate the Teens Autism Confident programme. The Teens Autism Confident programme is aimed at supporting autistic teenagers to understand their condition and respond positively to it. This was built upon a previously successful course targeting adults, with the belief that encouraging autistic teenagers to feel more confident about being autistic can improve how they feel about themselves in teenage years and later in life. Read more

Published: 21st July, 2022

Updated: 4th August, 2022

Author: Muhammed Bashir

Evaluation of the Nottingham Opportunity Nottingham Practice Development Unit

Evaluation of the Nottingham Opportunity Nottingham Practice Development Unit

At the core of the PDU’s activity, is a belief that the needs of people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage are best met by services which operate within a connected, informed system. In recent years, the Human Learning Systems (HLS) approach (Lowe and Plimmer, 2019) has emerged as a challenge to established means of organising public services. Read more

Published: 3rd February, 2022

Updated: 21st July, 2022

Author: Helen Cobain

Evaluation Partners for the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit

Evaluation Partners for the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit

During 2020 – 2021, BVSC Research, the Institute for Community Research & Development at the University of Wolverhampton, the University of Birmingham and Community Researchers from the USE-IT project formed the WMVRU evaluation partnership, offering evaluation and insight into the work of the VRU and the interventions funded and supported by the unit. Read more

Published: 12th January, 2022

Updated: 24th January, 2023

Author: Helen Cobain

Evaluation of Women of Yardley Unite, Arts in the Yard

Evaluation of Women of Yardley Unite, Arts in the Yard

Community group Arts in the Yard, set up by Yardley Arts Forum, Birmingham, commissioned BVSC Research to evaluate their Women of Yardley Unite programme. Read more

Published: 17th November, 2021

Updated: 18th November, 2021

Author: Helen Cobain

SIFA Fireside: Evaluation of the Resettlement Project

SIFA Fireside: Evaluation of the Resettlement Project

BVSC Research was commissioned to undertake an evaluation of the Resettlement Service. Read more

Published: 3rd February, 2021

Author: Helen Cobain

Working successfully with care leavers

Working successfully with care leavers

GMCVO worked in partnership with Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) and academics from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) to conduct an evaluation of the Boom+ project. This project supports care leavers into volunteering activities and was developed based on a similar project in which GMYN worked with young people in care. Read more

Published: 1st September, 2020

Updated: 3rd February, 2021

Author: Helen Cobain

An evaluation of BVSC’s role in supporting the WMCA Housing First programme and the Birmingham Rough Sleepers Initiative

An evaluation of BVSC’s role in supporting the WMCA Housing First programme and the Birmingham Rough Sleepers Initiative

BVSC Research was tasked with evaluating the role of BVSC as Strategic Partnership Managers for the West Midlands Housing First Programme and as the Project Manager of the Rough Sleepers Initiative in Birmingham. Birmingham City Council currently commission both functions. Read more

Published: 26th August, 2020

Updated: 1st September, 2020

Author: Helen Cobain

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  • Cost of Living Report highlights harsh realities faced by Birmingham citizens and Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector challenges

    A BVSC and Barrow Cadbury Trust (Charity Number 1115476) funded report on the Cost of Living crisis, following a summit on 1 November 2022, outlines the harsh realities faced by local citizens, and highlights the significant support being offered by Birmingham City’s Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector, even as it faces its own Cost of Living challenges.

  • Holocaust Memorial Day

    Holocaust Memorial Day

    Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place every year on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. It is an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. It is an occasion for everyone to come together to learn, remember and reflect. 

  • Gym Assistant Volunteers at Hagley Road Village

    Gym Assistant Volunteers at Hagley Road Village

    Ongoing opportunities to assist the gym instructor in the smooth running of the gym and ensure proper procedures are observed.

  • Gardening Volunteers at Hagley Road Village

    Gardening Volunteers at Hagley Road Village

    Ongoing Opportunities to assist with maintaining and update our village gardens.

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    Household Support Fund

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

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    Household Support Fund

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

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