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Projects and Programmes

BVSC manages a number of projects and programmes. Click on the links below to find out more about them.

Prevention and Communities Awareness Webinars

Prevention and Communities Awareness Webinars

BVSC hosts an occasional series of Awareness Webinars. Read more

Published: 10th March, 2023

Updated: 17th March, 2023

Author: Muhammed Bashir

Prevention and Communities Grants Recommissioning 2023 - Birmingham City Council

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. Read more

Published: 10th March, 2023

Updated: 22nd March, 2023

Author: Muhammed Bashir

Cost of Living

Cost of Living

On this page you'll find information and resources related to the Cost of Living Crisis in Birmingham. Read more

Published: 31st October, 2022

Updated: 27th January, 2023

Author: Helen Cobain

Prevention and Communities Grants

Prevention and Communities Grants

Adult Social Care funds 44 voluntary organisations to support the Prevention First agenda with “Prevention and Communities Grants”. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2022

Updated: 17th March, 2023

Author: Muhammed Bashir

Birmingham: A Living Wage City

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. Read more

Published: 27th June, 2022

Updated: 20th November, 2022

Author: Helen Cobain

Household Support Fund

Household Support Fund

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

Published: 10th June, 2022

Updated: 21st March, 2023

Author: Helen Cobain

YEF Neighbourhood 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. Read more

Published: 19th October, 2021

Updated: 9th November, 2021

Author: Helen Cobain

Neighbourhood Network Schemes in Birmingham

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. Read more

Published: 16th September, 2021

Updated: 18th August, 2022

Author: Puja Mistry

Housing First

Housing First

An initiative that provides housing as a first priority for homeless people across the West Midlands. Read more

Published: 24th February, 2020

Updated: 7th July, 2020

Author: Helen Cobain

Health & Social Care

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. Read more

Published: 24th February, 2020

Updated: 8th September, 2022

Author: Helen Cobain

Ageing Better in Birmingham

Ageing Better in Birmingham

A programme that aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation among people over the age of 50 across Birmingham. Read more

Published: 24th February, 2020

Updated: 10th June, 2022

Author: Helen Cobain

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  • Congratulations to All Winners of West Midlands Natural Environment Awards!

    Congratulations to All Winners of West Midlands Natural Environment Awards!

    Birmingham City Community Groups and Schools were among those who won and were highly commended at the West Midlands Natural Environment Awards on Tuesday. Kings Rise Academy Knowledge and Education in Nature (KRAKEN), Kingstanding won in the Education category whilst Handsworth Association of Schools Green Mentor programme were “Highly Commended” in the Community category. BVSC judge at the awards congratulates all who won and took part!

  • Final Call For 11th Community Inspiration Awards 2023 Nominations

    Final Call For 11th Community Inspiration Awards 2023 Nominations

    Only a few days now remains to submit a nomination to the Community Inspiration Awards 2023. If you have not already done so, please, get your nominations in as we will not be able to accept any beyond the deadline. Deadline for nomination is 5pm Friday 31st March 2023.

  • Business Guru Appointed Chair of Trustees at Sport 4 Life UK

    Business Guru Appointed Chair of Trustees at Sport 4 Life UK

    West Midlands leading sport-for-employment charity Sport 4 Life UK has appointed business guru Mike Gahir as Chair of its Board of Trustees. Mike is a financial and business development professional with considerable experience in leading organisations as an executive and non-executive director. Following a number of director roles at major banks over the past three decades, in 2020 Mike was recruited Managing Director of Lakes Bathrooms Limited.

  • Free Workshops for Secondary Schools - Best Start in Life ‘Health Hack’

    Free Workshops for Secondary Schools - Best Start in Life ‘Health Hack’

    In partnership with Ladywood and Perry Barr Locality Partnership, the Young People Education Community are running FREE workshops in schools around health attitudes and behaviours and the impact they can have on health, in particular reproductive health.

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  • Household Support Fund

    Household Support Fund

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

  • Hardship Grant Community Fund

    Hardship Grant Community Fund

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

  • Become a volunteer

    Become a volunteer

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

  • What we do

    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

    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.

  • Become a member

    Become a member

    Become part of a growing network of voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations in Birmingham.

  • Quality Standards

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  • Funding

    Find out how BVSC can help you with fundraising

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35 Livery Street

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