We want to hear from stakeholders about their views on current and future infrastructure support and voluntary support services provided in two contracts by Newcastle City Council between 2023-2025.
The importance of the voluntary and community sector
Newcastle City Council continues to place great value on the contribution that the voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) sector makes to the life and social fabric of Newcastle. It recognises that a thriving and vibrant sector is vital to ensuring that residents enjoy a high quality of life with opportunities to improve their own health and wellbeing, the wellbeing of their families, friends and neighbours, and the communities they live and work in.
How support is provided
There are two contracts. One contract is with Connected Voice to provide independent infrastructure support for the sector, supporting it to develop and improve its internal capacity through funding success, training in key areas and governance support. The other contract is with Volunteering Matters through the Volunteer Centre Newcastle. This service includes: advertising volunteering opportunities and a matching and signposting service, creating and developing roles with organisations and supporting them with engagement, communication and good practice in volunteering.
What we would like to you to do
We invite you to take part in this consultation to provide us with as much feedback as possible about your needs and requirements from this service, your experiences of services you have used, your awareness about services (whether or not you have used them) and your future needs, so that we can shape the contract appropriately. Please complete the survey at the bottom of the page to give us your feedback; you can also use this link to open it in a new browser tab or window if you like: Support Needs for the Voluntary and Community Sector in 2025
Other ways to take part
We will also hold several focus groups and discuss these contracts at the upcoming Neighbourhood Network meetings. You can find information on the Neighbourhood Network meetings here: Neighbourhood Network meetings or contact Kate Bowman by email to find out more about the planned focus groups here: kate.bowman@newcastle.gov.uk.
Confidentiality
Newcastle City Council continues to place great value on the contribution that the voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) sector makes to the life and social fabric of Newcastle. It recognises that a thriving and vibrant sector is vital to ensuring that residents enjoy a high quality of life with opportunities to improve their own health and wellbeing, the wellbeing of their families, friends and neighbours, and the communities they live and work in.
How support is provided
There are two contracts. One contract is with Connected Voice to provide independent infrastructure support for the sector, supporting it to develop and improve its internal capacity through funding success, training in key areas and governance support. The other contract is with Volunteering Matters through the Volunteer Centre Newcastle. This service includes: advertising volunteering opportunities and a matching and signposting service, creating and developing roles with organisations and supporting them with engagement, communication and good practice in volunteering.
What we would like to you to do
We invite you to take part in this consultation to provide us with as much feedback as possible about your needs and requirements from this service, your experiences of services you have used, your awareness about services (whether or not you have used them) and your future needs, so that we can shape the contract appropriately. Please complete the survey at the bottom of the page to give us your feedback; you can also use this link to open it in a new browser tab or window if you like: Support Needs for the Voluntary and Community Sector in 2025
Other ways to take part
We will also hold several focus groups and discuss these contracts at the upcoming Neighbourhood Network meetings. You can find information on the Neighbourhood Network meetings here: Neighbourhood Network meetings or contact Kate Bowman by email to find out more about the planned focus groups here: kate.bowman@newcastle.gov.uk.
Confidentiality
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