The VCS Assembly provided the opportunity for the sector to come together focus strengthening relationships with corporates. The event examined the benefits of corporate and voluntary and community sector (VCS) relationships as well as how social value works within procurement to deliver benefits to the local VCS.
Read more about the event and actions to help guide corporate/VCS relationships here
This new report, produced in collaboration with One Westminster, provides in-depth analysis on Demonstrating Impact in the Voluntary & Community Sector.
KCSC are working with Vibrant & Healthy Communities to design an approach to gather, collate, and analyse community sentiment through the use of digital tools to aid decision-making in our health system.
Run by the leading national digital inclusion organisation Good Things Foundation. Made up of third sector organisations, libraries, community centres, NHS services, public sector departments and food banks - all working together to support people who are excluded from the online world.
Why Join the National Digital Inclusion Network?
Digital Skills & Support
Digital Help in Kensington and Chelsea Libraries & Archives
Brompton
• IT Help Session on Thursdays, weekly, 1-3pm
No booking required. Delivered by volunteers and library staff
Chelsea
• IT Help Session on Tuesdays, weekly, 2-3pm
No booking required. Delivered by volunteers and library staff
• Digital Clinic with Age UK on last Thursday, monthly, 10am-12pm
Top FREE resources to help your community get online - A guide to quickly boosting your digital support
Recognising digital exclusion
Bringing all stakeholders together to assess the current picture within Kensington and Chelsea and what it means for residents.
The VCS Assembly provided the opportunity for the sector to come together focus strengthening relationships with corporates. The event examined the benefits of corporate and voluntary and community sector (VCS) relationships as well as how social value works within procurement to deliver benefits to the local VCS.
Read more about the event and actions to help guide corporate/VCS relationships here.
Thank you to Penny Wilson who facilitated the VCS Assembly titled Adaptive leadership in uncertain times on 19 November.
It was a great learning session and KCSC will be diving into the feedback to help inform future topics and sector development needs.
Some feedback from participants who attended told us what they hoped to get out of the session such as ‘to gather some insights for weathering the forthcoming storm’ and ‘to think about how to lead the board though a new strategy in challenging times’.
In today’s difficult financial climate mergers (defined as two or more separate organisations coming together to form one organisation) between voluntary organisations are being encouraged by interested parties such as the Charity Commission, government and other funding bodies.
A number of high profile charity mergers have taken place in recent years and debates about the pros and cons of mergers are a recurrent feature in the voluntary sector press.
